{"id":21548,"date":"2024-01-14T19:40:41","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T19:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/?p=21548"},"modified":"2024-01-31T10:03:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T10:03:39","slug":"psalm-139","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/psalm-139\/","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 139"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This morning, the Revd Alistair Cumming preached a sermon on Psalm 139, a psalm of hope &#8211; \u201cSearch me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts.\u201d (Psalm 139:23)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>There is nowhere \u2014 no height and no depth \u2014 we can ever go that God is not already there. God cares for each one us, and he cared for us even before we were born. \u00a0<\/strong><strong>Remember that he knows you, he knows your thoughts, and he cares for you whatever life may bring you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alistair read a modern version of Psalm 139, sung by Emily Smith and New Scottish Folk which can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/newscottishhymns.com\/new-single-released\/\">here<\/a> and elsewhere on YouTube.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Were I to cross from land to land<br \/>\nAnd sail afar by sea<br \/>\nDescend the depths or climb the heights<br \/>\nMy Lord remains with me<\/p>\n<p>Before the blood ran in these veins<br \/>\nThe days ordained for me<br \/>\nWere written in Your book O Lord<br \/>\nBefore I came to be<\/p>\n<p>I grieve to hear Your enemies<br \/>\nSpeak hatred, Lord, of You<br \/>\nLong though they scheme with ill-intent<br \/>\nTheir days are numbered too<\/p>\n<p>How precious are Your thoughts to me<br \/>\nHow countless, Lord, they are<br \/>\nMore than the shores have grains of sand<br \/>\nMore than the skies have stars<\/p>\n<p>Come search and test this heart O Lord,<br \/>\nDispel each anxious thought<br \/>\nAnd lead me onward evermore<br \/>\nTo tread the path I ought<\/p>\n<p>How blessed I am, so bound with love<br \/>\nSurrounded, yet so free<br \/>\nIn doubt or blessing, life or death<br \/>\nMy Lord remains with me<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>2008 Greg De Blieck CCLI &#8211; 6467780<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, the Revd Alistair Cumming preached a sermon on Psalm 139, a psalm of hope &#8211; \u201cSearch me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts.\u201d (Psalm 139:23) There is nowhere \u2014 no height and no depth \u2014 we can ever go that God is not already there. God cares &hellip; <\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/psalm-139\/\" class=\"button more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Psalm 139&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21549,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[162,189],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-worship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21548"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21559,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21548\/revisions\/21559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}