{"id":1412,"date":"2018-10-15T06:11:22","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T10:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/?p=1412"},"modified":"2019-10-01T01:01:48","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T05:01:48","slug":"the-lord-is-my-delight-20-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/the-lord-is-my-delight-20-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lord Is My Delight\u2014Twenty Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Waterfall<\/a><\/p>\n

“But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ” (Philippians 3:7).<\/em><\/p>\n

The Lord is my delight!
To serve my Sov’reign King;
My life poured out to do His will,
A joyful offering!<\/p>\n

As I arise this day,
May I count all things loss,
To the know the joy of life in Christ
By taking up my cross.<\/p>\n

I long to be like Christ,
His will my meat and drink,
Delighting in obedience
In all I do and think.<\/p>\n

This day the Lord has giv’n
Belongs to Him, not me,
To be lived out in faith and love,
And not spent selfishly.<\/p>\n

Each person that I meet,
Each circumstance I face,
Is an occasion to make known
The riches of His grace.<\/p>\n

My joy is in the Lord,
To serve Him all my days;
My life poured out for all to see,
A sacrifice of praise.<\/p>\n

Words \u00a91998 Kenneth A Puls<\/p>\n

This is the title hymn from the album The Lord Is My Delight<\/em><\/a>, a collection of hymns and songs celebrating the joy of following and serving Christ. I wrote the hymn twenty years ago, in October 1998, in my final semester at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. I had successfully defended my dissertation in September and I was looking forward to graduation in December with a PhD in Church Music Ministry. The hymn is a declaration of my ongoing commitment to acknowledge every day as a gift from God to be used for His glory.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Check out the lyric video on youtube:<\/p>\n