{"id":7233,"date":"2026-08-31T10:27:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T10:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=7233"},"modified":"2026-08-31T10:27:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T10:27:23","slug":"the-lord-reigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=7233","title":{"rendered":"The Lord reigns!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Lord reigns!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(John Newton)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Lord reigneth! He is clothed with majesty! The Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith He has girded Himself!\u201d Psalm 93:1

\u201cThe Lord reigneth! Let the people tremble!\u201d Psalm 99:1

The Lord reigns!<\/strong> He who once bore our sins and carried our sorrows-is seated upon a throne of glory and exercises all power in heaven and on earth! Thrones, principalities and powers bow before Him. Every being <\/em>and event <\/em>are under His rule. His providence <\/em>pervades and manages the whole, and is as minutely attentive to every part-as if there were only that single object in His view.

From the tallest archangel<\/em>, to the meanest ant <\/em>or fly<\/em>-all depend on Him for their being, their preservation and their powers! He directs the sparrows <\/em>where to build their nests, and to find their food. He overrules the rise and fall of nations<\/em>; and bends, with an invincible energy and unerring wisdom-all events! So that, while many intend otherwise-in the outcome their designs all concur and coincide in the accomplishment of His holy will. He restrains<\/em> with a mighty hand the still more formidable efforts of the powers of darkness; and Satan with all his hosts cannot exert their malice a hair\u2019s breadth beyond the limits of His permission. Satan may rage-but he is a chained <\/em>enemy!

This is He, who is the Redeemer and Husband of His believing people.
How happy <\/em>are those whom it is His good pleasure to bless!
How safe <\/em>are those whom He has engaged to protect!
How honoured <\/em>and privileged <\/em>are those whom He enables and warrants to claim Him as their friend and their portion!
Having redeemed<\/em> them by His own blood, He sets a high value<\/em> upon them! He esteems them His treasure, His jewels! He guards<\/em> them as the pupil of His eye. They shall not lack, and they need not fear!
His eye <\/em>is upon them in every situation,
His ear <\/em>is open to their prayers, and
His everlasting arms <\/em>are under them for their sure support.

On earth, <\/em>He guides their steps, controls their enemies, and directs all His dispensations for their good! While, in Heaven<\/em>, He is pleading their cause, preparing a place for them, and communicating down to them reviving foretastes of the glory that shall shortly be theirs!

\u201cThe Lord shall reign forever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the Lord!\u201d Psalm 146:10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Lord reigns! (John Newton) \u201cThe Lord reigneth! He is clothed with majesty! The Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith He has girded Himself!\u201d Psalm 93:1 \u201cThe Lord reigneth! Let the people tremble!\u201d Psalm 99:1 The Lord reigns! He who once bore our sins and carried our sorrows-is seated upon a throne of glory and exercises […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,35,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-john-newton","category-gods-attributes","category-sovereignty-of-god"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7234,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7233\/revisions\/7234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}