Main message: Confident in God's promise of protection.

Bible references:

• V1. "Rejoice in the Lord" (Philippians 4:4)

"all in all" (1 Corinthians 15:28)

"If God is for us, who can be against us?" (Romans 8:31)

• V2. "Be strong in the Lord" (Ephesians 6:10)

• V3. "His promises so sure" (Psalm 111:7)

"They ever shall endure" (1 Peter 1:25)

• V4. "Abide in the Lord" (1 John 2:28)

Keywords: rejoice in the Lord, cheer, enthrall, redeemed, all in all, if God is for us, who, be strong in the Lord, loyal, truth, right, strength, stay, confide, His Word, yea, amen, endure, abide in the Lord

Interpretation notes:

• The opening includes a leap of a 6th. 

• The end of both the first and second systems uses a crescendo. 

• The phrase 'If God is for us' is repeated three times, and the word 'who' is also repeated three times. 

• The phrase ends with a V-I authentic cadence.