Closer Still
This song “Closer Still” is a confident and humble prayer for our relationship with the Lord to become closer and closer. The song points to a wonderful truth — which is that the Lord will help and guide us toward Continue Reading →
Author Archives: Dale Reichel
Guide My Feet
This traditional song gives us the “heart” prayer of a person who wants the Lord to occupy the throne at the center of his very being. Please give it a sing-along listen and see if you can put it to Continue Reading →
My Savior How I Love You
Here is another song by Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. He was born a few years before the Civil War and lived just past the end of WW I. Hymnary.org reports “His father was an excellent singer, and it always delighted Continue Reading →
Peace I Give To You
I asked the Google what were the MOST and LEAST searched for items. Among hits in one of the “least” lists I found “hash brown cd-rom tutorial”. I might not have guessed that. Among hits in one of the “most” Continue Reading →
Blessed Assurance
The book of James alerts us to the problems of being double-minded. A double-minded person is restless and confused in his thoughts, his actions and his behavior. Doesn’t that sound like something God’s enemies would like to inflict on all Continue Reading →
God Of Our Fathers
This inspiring classic hymn was written for the 100th anniversary of American independence with at least these two purposes in mind: 1) to praise God and 2) to celebrate the blessings of liberty that flow from the Lord — in Continue Reading →
Dakota Hymn
Our song writer, Joseph Renville, was born in 1779 in a small village near the east bank of the Mississippi River in a place now called St. Paul, Minnesota, only four miles from where I was born 175 years later. Continue Reading →
Gracious To Give
“Comfort, comfort My people… Speak tenderly from the heart to revive those in Jerusalem, and proclaim that their warfare is over. Her debt of sin is paid for, and she will not be treated as guilty. Prophesy to her that Continue Reading →
It’s Time
That very fact that humans exist says a lot about the creative ability and loving character of the Lord. What we humans choose to do with the wondrous life the Lord gave us says a lot about our character — Continue Reading →
His Yoke Is Easy
In Matthew 11 Jesus says, “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and Continue Reading →