Oh My God, Since Thou Art With Me

When I am tempted to despairGod bids me lean on Him in prayerThere He tramples the enemyAs He whispers His peace to Me The world may sometimes seem like a different place than in 'the good, old days' but it isn't really. Evil has always been evil and God has always been faithful and good! 1 John 4:4Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. Ps.18:2The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Oh my God, since Thou art with meThou who givest life its breathThou who walked the way to Calv’ryThou who bore love’s cross, to/through deathThou, whom death could never conquerThou, whose Name grants hope its goalThou, the Victor of grave’s plunderThou, the Saviour of the soulThou, who satisfies Want’s hungerThrough Thy everlasting wordThou, who fits us with faith’s armourThou, whose will is undeterredThou, who orchestrates each seasonThou who numbers all our daysThou, whose ways transcend our reasonThou, whose love never betraysThou, who never will forsake usThou, whose promises secureThou, whose favor longs to make usMore like Thee; holy and pureOh, my God since Thou art with meTo commune and commandeerThou, whose Light transcends death’s valleyWhat have I to dread or fear? Oh, my God, since Thou art with meThou who suffered for my sinThou whose blood out-poured, redeems meThou, whose Spirit dwells withinThou, my Comforter in sorrowThou, my fortress, come what mayThou who bidst me not to borrowMorrow’s troubles for todayThou who cheers me in the struggleThou, who guards me from despairThou, who is my help in troubleThou, who hears my earnest prayerThou, whose purpose will not falterThou whose power will prevailThou, who beholds worship’s altarThou, whose Ransom will not failThou, who receives my confessionThou, Forgiver of sin’s shameThou, who keeps no record of themTo crush joy with guilt or blameThou whose Goodness overwhelms meThou whose mercy overridesOh my God, since Thou art with meWhat have I to need besides? Oh my God, since Thou art with meThou who holds Time in Thy handsThou, Cradle of eternityThou whose Supreme Say commands Thou, whose Provision is perfectThou, whose judgments never errThou, who is changeless in edictWhose love is beyond compare Thou, who stepped from Heaven's gloryTo be sin's Atonement LambAuthor of Salvation's StoryI AM who I say I AMKing of Kings and Lord of Lords, yetThou, Redemption's Once-For-AllThou, who broke the curse sin beget/begot  Thou, who saves us from The FallThou, who did not spare His bodyBut with selfless sympathyPut on flesh, became nobodySuffered in all ways, as weThou, who rent the veil to ritual Thou who saves us by His graceOh my God, since Thou art faithfulWho could ever take Thy place? © Janet Martin And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations. Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.