You help make Hymnary.org possible. More than 10 million people from 200+ countries found hymns, liturgical resources and encouragement on Hymnary.org in 2025, including you. Every visit affirms the global impact of this ministry.

If Hymnary has been meaningful to you this year, would you take a moment today to help sustain it? A gift of any size—paired with a note of encouragement if you wish—directly supports the server costs, research work and curation that keep this resource freely available to the world.

Give securely online today, or mail a check to:
Hymnary.org
Calvin University
3201 Burton Street SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49546

Thank you for your partnership, and may the hope of Advent fill your heart.

Text Results

Topics:longing+for+christ+and+god
In:texts

Planning worship? Check out our sister site, ZeteoSearch.org, for 20+ additional resources related to your search.
Showing 71 - 80 of 128Results Per Page: 102050
Text

Eternal light, shine in my heart

Author: Alcuin, 735-804; Christopher Idle, 1938- Appears in 19 hymnals Topics: Longing for God and Christ Lyrics: 1 Eternal light, shine in my heart; eternal hope, lift up my eyes; eternal power, be my support; eternal wisdom, make me wise. 2 Eternal life, raise me from death; eternal brightness, make me see; eternal Spirit, give me breath; eternal Saviour, come to me. 3 Until by your most costly grace, invited by your holy Word, at last I come before your face to know you, my eternal God. Used With Tune: HEREFORD
TextFlexScoreFlexPresent

Fill all my life, O Lord my God

Author: Horatius Bonar, 1808-1889 Appears in 102 hymnals Topics: Longing for God and Christ Lyrics: 1 Fill all my life, O Lord my God, in every part with praise, that my whole being may proclaim your being and yours ways: 2 praise in the common things of life, our going out and in; praise in each duty and each deed, however small and plain. 3 Fill every part of me with praise, strong though I be or weak; of you and of your love, O Lord, let all my being speak; 4 then shall each part of day and night be sacred to the end, and all my life be fellowship with you, my Guide and Friend. Scripture: Psalm 146:1-2 Used With Tune: SENNEN COVE
TextPage scans

Our Support Amidst Distress

Appears in 12 hymnals Topics: Afflictions Many and Severe; Afflictions Refuge in; Aspirations For Christ; Aspirations For Church Priveleges; Assurance Declared; Christians Believers; Christians Christ the Life of; Christians Conscious of Safety; Christians Fellowship of; Comfort in Trials; Despondency; Faith Confidence of; Grace Sustaining; Hope; House of God Longed for and Loved; Nature An Emblem of Grace; Water of Life First Line: As pants the hart for streams of living water Lyrics: 1 As pants the hart for streams of living water, So longs my soul, O living God, for Thee; I thirst for Thee, for Thee my heart is yearning; When shall I come Thy gracious face to see? 2 O Lord my God, o'erwhelmed in deep affliction, Far from Thy rest, to Thee I lift my soul; Deep calls to deep and storms of trouble thunder, While o'er my head the waves and billows roll. 3 Thou wilt command Thy servant's consolation, Thy loving-kindness yet shall cheer my day, And in the night Thy song shall be my comfort; God of my life, to Thee I still will pray. 4 Why, O my soul, art thou cast down within me, Why art thou troubled and oppressed with grief? Hope thou in God, the God of thy salvation, Hope, and thy God will surely send relief. Scripture: Psalm 42 Used With Tune: RAYNOLDS

God, when I stand

Author: Herbert O'Driscoll, 1928- Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Longing for God and Christ First Line: God, when I stand, no path before me clear Scripture: Psalm 107:4-5 Used With Tune: PRINCESS EUGENIE

When heaven's bright with mystery

Author: Rob Johns, 1942-1986 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Longing for God and Christ Scripture: Psalm 103:14-16 Used With Tune: MEADVILLE
FlexScore

O Christ, you wept when grief was raw

Author: Iona Community (Scotland) Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Longing for God and Christ Scripture: John 11:17-37 Used With Tune: PALMER

O Great Spirit

Author: Doreen Clellamin, 1941- Meter: Irregular Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Longing for God and Christ First Line: O Great Spirit, how I long to hear your name Scripture: Psalm 27:8 Used With Tune: O GREAT SPIRIT
TextPage scans

My Soul for Thy Salvation Faints

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Longing for God or Christ Lyrics: 1 My soul for Thy salvation faints, But still I hope in Thee; I long to see thy promised help, When Thou shalt comfort me. 2 Thy statues I do not forget, Though wasting grief I know; Thy servant's days are few, O Lord; When wilt Thou judge my foe? 3 The proud, disdainful of Thy law, Entrap me wrongfully; O Thou, Whose law is just and true, Help and deliver me. 4 Almost consumed, yet from Thy law I have not turned away; In lovingkindness give me strength, That I may still obey. Scripture: Psalm 119 Used With Tune: BELMONT
FlexScore

Jesus, remember me

Appears in 57 hymnals Topics: Comfort; Forgiveness; Good Friday; Jesus Christ Passion and Cross; Kingdom of God; Longing for God; Personal Petition; Prayer; Reconciliation; Responses Scripture: Luke 23:39-43 Used With Tune: JESUS, REMEMBER ME
TextPage scans

True Blessedness

Appears in 8 hymnals Topics: Access to God; Adoration; Aspirations For Christ; Aspirations For Church Priveleges; Aspirations For Grace; Aspirations For Heaven; Blessedness Of Those Abiding in God's House; Christ Anointed; Christ Communion with; Christ Preciousness of; Christians Blessedness of; Christians Fellowship of; Christians Graces of; Christians Heirs of Heaven; Church Beloved of Saints; Dedication of Church; Faith Confidence of; Faith Walking by; Glory of God In Church and Heaven; Gospel Fulness of ; Gospel Privileges of; Gospel Sanctifying and Saving; Grace Quickening; Grace Sustaining; House of God Described; House of God Longed for and Loved; Installation Psalms; Nature An Emblem of Grace; The Righteous Blessedness of; Trust in God Blessedness of; Walking with God; Worship Delightful to Saints; Worship public; Zeal True; Zion Glory of First Line: Lord God of Hosts, in mercy Lyrics: 1 Lord God of Hosts, in mercy My supplication hear; Almighty and all-faithful, Our fathers' God, give ear; Our shield and great defender, No longer hide Thy face, But look upon Thy servant, Anointed by Thy grace. 2 In Thy blest courts to worship, My God, a single day Is better than a thousand While far from Thee I stray; Tho' in a lowly station, the service of my Lord I choose above all pleasures That sinful ways afford. 3 A sun and shield forever Is God, the Lord Most High; To those who walk uprightly No good will He deny; His saints, His grace receiving, Shall soon His glory see; O Lord of Hosts, most blessed Are they that trust in Thee. Scripture: Psalm 84 Used With Tune: CRUX CHRISTI

Pages


Export as CSV
It looks like you are using an ad-blocker. Ad revenue helps keep us running. Please consider white-listing Hymnary.org or getting Hymnary Pro to eliminate ads entirely and help support Hymnary.org.