Abide

to stay near or live near
“Trust and Obey”

“God Will Take Care of You”

Altar

“all on the altar we lay” means that we give God every part of our lives, trusting him to do what’s best, even when things happen that we don’t like
“Trust and Obey”

Amen

the word we say at the end of a prayer that means “I mean what I prayed,” or “let it be as I have prayed,” or “it is so”

“Doxology”

Arose

to come to life again after being dead
“We Welcome Glad Easter”

Assail

to attack
“God Will Take Care of You”

Begotten

this means that Jesus was God’s Son
“For God So Loved the World”

Belong
to be owned by someone, to be taken care of by someone, to fit together in a special way with someone or something

“I Belong to Jesus”

Bestows

gives

“Trust and Obey”

Betide

to happen, to come about
“God Will Take Care of You”

Blessings
all the things (Jesus, family, food, toys—everything!) God gives to us

“Doxology”

Bought (soul)
When Jesus died on the cross, his death paid the price that every one of us owed for all our sins.

“I Belong to Jesus”

Burden

a heavy thing we have to carry.  It can be like a heavy backpack or something that happens in your life that makes you hurt or feel sad and tired.
“Trust and Obey”

Calvary

the hill where Jesus died on the cross for our sins
“Come and Praise the Lord Our King”

Confess

to say “it is true”
“He Is Lord”

Creatures

all the people and animals God made/created
“All Things Bright and Beautiful”

“Doxology”

Cross (ours)

Here it means hard things that happen to Christians
“Trust and Obey”

Disciples

the twelve men that Jesus called to follow him when he lived as a man on earth. We are Jesus’ disciples too if we follow him.

“Jesus Revealed His Glory”

Dismay

to frighten, bother or make you feel scared
“God Will Take Care of You”

Eternity

forever and for always

“I Belong to Jesus”

Faith

trusting God, believing him completely. Faith is a gift from God.

“Jesus Revealed His Glory”

Fair (day)

Fair is talking about a day, so it means bright or sunny.

“Father We Thank You for the Night”

Favor

special blessing, love; goodwill
“Trust and Obey”

Fellowship

talking to Jesus in prayer and listening to Jesus in his Word, the Bible, like talking and listening to your best friend
“Trust and Obey”

Forgiven

when God doesn’t hold your sins against you even though he ought to. Jesus died on the cross for our sins so that we could be forgiven. God is so holy that he can’t stand to see our sin, and we’re all sinful so Jesus died to take away our sin so that we could know God.

“I Am Trusting You, Lord Jesus”

Free

to not be a prisoner to sin anymore. We can’t stop sinning by ourselves, and so it’s like we’re locked in a prison of our bad desires. But Jesus took away our sins when he died on the cross, and he promises to help us stop sinning or “to free us from our sin.”

“I Am Trusting You, Lord Jesus”

Glorify

to honor and praise God; to love, trust and obey him because of how good and great he is
“Let Your Light Shine”

Glory

the greatness and goodness of God

“Jesus Revealed His Glory”

Grief

very deep sadness
“Trust and Obey”

Guide

to show someone where to go and what to do, to lead. When God guides us, we must follow him.

“I Am Trusting You, Lord Jesus”

Handiwork

something someone makes with his own hands

“My God Is So Big”

Holy Ghost

God, the Holy Spirit
“Gloria Patri”

“Doxology”

Host

a crowd [a lot] of people or an army
“Doxology”

Perish

to die, to be separated from God
“For God So Loved the World”

Praise

to tell God about it when we see how good and strong and loving and wise he is

“Praise Him”

Priest

In the Old Testament, priests served in the temple and made offerings to God for the sins of the people and prayed for the people. In the New Testament, Jesus is called our High Priest (Hebrews 2:17). Jesus died on the cross for our sins; he talks to God for us and he made it so we can talk directly to God.
“Message from an Angel”

Reigning

being king over

“I Belong to Jesus”

Rejoice

to be glad
“Praise the Lord”

Revealed

to show, to make other people see

“Jesus Revealed His Glory”

Soul

that part of ourselves that will never die

“I Belong to Jesus”

Temptations

when you think about doing something that God says is wrong
“Anywhere with Jesus”

Three in One
There are three Persons in the one God: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus) and God the Holy Spirit. They’re all just as important as each other. We love, worship and obey one God in three Persons.

“Trinity”

Toil

hard work
“Trust and Obey”

“God Will Take Care of You”

Tomb

grave, where a dead person is buried
“We Welcome Glad Easter”

Trust

to believe Jesus died to save you and forgive your sins; to believe that Jesus is kind to you, takes care of you, wants good things for you, is strong enough to protect you, and always tells the truth

“Trust and Obey”

Undefiled

pure, unspoiled, spotless, without anything bad in it
“Come and Praise the Lord Our King”

Victor

the winner of a battle
“Anywhere with Jesus”

Will (God’s)

God’s commands or God’s good desires for us as his children, his kingdom and the world

“God Is So Good”

“Trust and Obey”

Willing

wanting to do what God tells you to do
“Two Little Eyes”

Wonderful

when something is so good that we are amazed at how good it is

“Isn’t He Wonderful?”

Youth

the age when people are children or very young adults
“Two Little Eyes”

Songs not listed in the glossary:

Jesus Loves Even Me

Jesus Loves Me

Part of the Family of God

Praise Him, Praise Him

Zacchaeus