Highlights from lyrics to “Hallelujah Today!” by Denise Rosier:With every mile, I’m reminded I never go empty-handed. God is my strength, I’m never stranded. I’m not alone.
Every breath in me proclaims, Hallelujah today!
The road is long, but I will make it, that’s who I am.
It’s not the race but how I’m running, not who I was, who I’m becoming.
Steady on, I’ll finish strong on this path.
Hear me now, I’m ringing out around the world! In every song I sing, in every part of me, in everything! Every breath in me proclaims, Hallelujah today!
Responsive Reading for April 2
“Exult greatly, O daughter Zion! Shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem! Behold: your king is coming to you, a just savior is he, humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey” (Zechariah 9:9). “When they drew near to Jerusalem…. he sent two of his disciples and said to them, ‘Go into the village opposite you, and immediately on entering it, you will find a colt tethered on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone should say to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ reply, ‘The Master has need of it and will send it back here at once’” (Mk. 11:1-3). “Say to daughter Zion, ‘Behold, your king comes to you, meek and riding on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden’” (Mt. 21:5).
With every mile, I’m reminded I never go empty-handed.
God is my strength I’m never stranded, I’m not alone.
“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! Let all the people say, Amen! Hallelujah” (I. Chronicles 16:36). “This happened so that what had been spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled . . . The very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and strewed them on the road. The crowds preceding him and those following kept crying out and saying: ‘Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord; hosanna in the highest’” (Mt. 21:4-9).
Every breath in me proclaims, Hallelujah today!
“Let everything that has breath give praise to the LORD! Hallelujah!” (Ps.150:6). “As he rode along, the people were spreading their cloaks on the road; and now as he was approaching the slope of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of his disciples began to praise God aloud with joy for all the mighty deeds they had seen. They proclaimed: ‘Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord. Peace in heaven and glory in the highest” (Lk. 19:36-8).
The road is long but I will make it, that’s who I am. It’s not the race but how I’m running, not who I was, who I’m becoming. Steady on, I’ll finish strong on this path.
“The gates of Jerusalem will sing hymns of gladness, and all its houses will cry out, Hallelujah! Blessed be the God of Israel for all ages! For in you the blessed will bless the holy name forever and ever” (Tobit 13:18). “And when he entered Jerusalem the whole city was shaken” (Mt. 21:10). “…The crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from death continued to testify. This was [also] why the crowd went to meet him, because they heard that he had done this sign” (Jn. 12:17-18). “Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.’ He said in reply, ‘I tell you, if they keep silent, the stones will cry out!’ (Lk. 19:39).
Hear me now, I’m ringing out around the world!
In every song I sing, in every part of me, in everything,
every breath in me proclaims, Hallelujah today!