Saturday, December 24, 2016

Crown Him King of Kings. Listen online...



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  • Crown Him King of KingsCrown Him Lord of Lords
    Wonderful, Counselor
    The Mighty God
    Emmanuel, God is with us
    And He shall reign,
    He shall reign He shall reign forevermore 



Thursday, October 13, 2016

Here I am Lord


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I, the Lord of sea and sky
I have heard my people cry
All who dwell in dark and sin
My hand will save.

I who made the stars of night
I will make the darkness bright
Who will bear my light to them
Whom shall I send?

Chorus: Here I am Lord
Is it I Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night
I will go Lord
If you lead me
I will hold your people in my heart.

I the Lord of snow and rain
I have borne my people's pain
I have wept for love of them
They turn away.

I will break their hearts of stone
Fill their hearts with love alone
I will speak my word to them
Whom shall I send?



Sunday, September 25, 2016

Come Ye Sinners. Listen online...



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  • Come ye sinners, poor and needy,
    Weak and wounded, sick and sore;
    Jesus ready stands to save you,
    Full of pity, love, and pow'r.

  • I will arise and go to Jesus,
    He will embrace me in His arms;
    In the arms of my dear Savior,
    O there are ten thousand charms.

  • Come, ye thirsty, come and welcome,
    God's free bounty glorify;
    True belief and true repentance,
    Ev'ry grace that brings you nigh.

  • Come ye weary, heavy laden,
    Lost and ruined by the fall;
    If you tarry till you're better,
    You will never come at all.

  • Let not conscience make you linger,
    Nor of fitness fondly dream;
    All the fitness He requireth
    Is to feel your need of Him.

  • I will arise and go to Jesus
    He will embrace me in His arms
    In the arms of my dear Savior
    Oh, there are ten thousand charms

  • Feel Him Prostate in the garden
    On the ground your Maker lies
    On the bloody tree, behold him
    Sinner, will this not suffice?

  • Lo, the incarnate God ascended
    Pleads the merit of his blood
    Venture on him, venture wholly
    Let no other trust intrude

  • I will arise and go to Jesus
    He will embrace me in His arms
    In the arms of my dear Savior
    Oh, there are ten thousand charms


- Hymn by Joseph Hart, 1759



Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted. Listen online...


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  • Stricken, smitten, and afflicted,
    See Him dying on the tree!
    'Tis the Christ by man rejected;
    Yes, my soul, 'tis He, 'tis He!
    'Tis the long-expected Prophet,
    David's Son, yet David's Lord;
    Proofs I see sufficient of it:
    'Tis the true and faithful Word.

  • Tell me, ye who hear Him groaning,
    Was there ever grief like His?
    Friends through fear His cause disowning,
    Foes insulting His distress;
    Many hands were raised to wound Him,
    None would interpose to save;
    But the deepest stroke that pierced Him
    Was the stroke that Justice gave.

  • Ye who think of sin but lightly
    Nor suppose the evil great
    Here may view its nature rightly,
    Here its guilt may estimate.
    Mark the sacrifice appointed,
    See who bears the awful load;
    'Tis the Word, the Lord's anointed,
    Son of Man and Son of God.

  • Here we have a firm foundation;
    Here the refuge of the lost;
    Christ, the Rock of our salvation,
    His the name of which we boast.
    Lamb of God, for sinners wounded,
    Sacrifice to cancel guilt!
    None shall ever be confounded
    Who on Him their hope have built.


Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Come, thou long expected Jesus. Listen online...



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  • Come, thou long expected Jesus,
    born to set thy people free;
    from our fears and sins release us,
    let us find our rest in thee.

  • Israel's strength and consolation,
    hope of all the earth thou art;
    dear desire of every nation,
    joy of every longing heart.

  • Born thy people to deliver,
    born a child and yet a King,
    born to reign in us forever,
    now thy gracious kingdom bring.

  • By thine own eternal spirit
    rule in all our hearts alone;
    by thine all sufficient merit,
    raise us to thy glorious throne.

- Charles Wesley, United Methodist Hymnal, 1744



Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Create in Me a Clean Heart. Listen online...


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  • Create in me a clean heart, O God
    A clean heart O God, create in me.

  • O God, in your goodness
    Have mercy on me.
    In your compassion
    Wipe out my offense.
    Thoroughly wash me from my guilt,
    And cleanse me from my sins.

  • For I acknowledge my offense
    And my sin is always before me;
    Against only you have I sinned,
    And done what is evil in your eyes.

  • A clean heart create for me, O God,
    A steadfast spirit renew in me.
    Cast me not out
    From your presence, O God.
    Take not your Holy Spirit from me.

  • Give us back the joy of our salvation,
    And renew in us a willing spirit.
    O God, open my lips,
    Lord, open my lips.
    And we will sing your praise. 



Sunday, January 31, 2016

Jesus, Savior, pilot me. Listen online...


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  • Jesus, Savior, pilot me
    Over life’s tempestuous sea;
    Unknown waves before me roll,
    Hiding rock and treacherous shoal.
    Chart and compass come from Thee;
    Jesus, Savior, pilot me.

  • While th’Apostles’ fragile bark
    Struggled with the billows dark,
    On the stormy Galilee,
    Thou didst walk upon the sea;
    And when they beheld Thy form,
    Safe they glided through the storm.

  • Though the sea be smooth and bright,
    Sparkling with the stars of night,
    And my ship’s path be ablaze
    With the light of halcyon days,
    Still I know my need of Thee;
    Jesus, Savior, pilot me.

  • When the darkling heavens frown,
    And the wrathful winds come down,
    And the fierce waves, tossed on high,
    Lash themselves against the sky,
    Jesus, Savior, pilot me,
    Over life’s tempestuous sea.

  • As a mother stills her child,
    Thou canst hush the ocean wild;
    Boisterous waves obey Thy will,
    When Thou sayest to them, “Be still!”
    Wondrous Sovereign of the sea,
    Jesus, Savior, pilot me.

  • When at last I near the shore,
    And the fearful breakers roar
    ’Twixt me and the peaceful rest,
    Then, while leaning on Thy breast,
    May I hear Thee say to me,
    “Fear not, I will pilot thee.”