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Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Author: Thomas O. Chisholm Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 182 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-23 First Line: Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father Lyrics: 1 Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
there is no shadow of turning with thee;
thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not;
as thou hast been thou forever wilt be.
Refrain:
Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
all I have needed thy hand hath provided.
Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
2 Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
sun, moon, and stars in their courses above
join with all nature in manifold witness
to thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love. [Refrain]
3 Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
thy own dear presence to cheer and to guide,
strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow–
blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside! [Refrain]
Topics: Walk with God; Assurance; Creation; Faithfulness of God; Forgiveness; Hope; Mercy; Providence; Redemption; Walk with God Used With Tune: FAITHFULNESS
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Hymn 81
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 614 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:23 First Line: God, how endless is thy love! Lyrics:
God, how endless is thy love!
Thy gifts are every evening new;
And morning mercies from above
Gently distil like early dew.
Thou spread'st the curtains of the night,
Great guardian of my sleeping hours;
Thy sovereign word restores the light,
And quickens all my drowsy powers.
I yield my powers to thy command,
To thee I consecrate my days;
Perpetual blessings from thine hand
Demand perpetual songs of praise.
Hymn 81
New Every Morning Is the Love
Author: John Keble Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 362 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:23 Lyrics: 1 New ev'ry morning is the love
our waking and uprising prove;
through sleep and darkness safely brought,
restored to life, and pow'r, and thought.
2 New mercies each returning day
hover around us while we pray;
new perils past, new sins forgiv'n,
new thoughts of God, new hopes of heav'n.
3 If on our daily course our mind
be set to hallow all we find,
new treasures still of countless price
God will provide for sacrifice.
4 The trivial round, the common task
will furnish all we need or ask:
room to deny ourselves, a road
to bring us daily nearer God.
5 Seek we no more; content with these,
let present rapture, comfort, ease
as God shall bid them, come and go--
the secret, this, of rest below.
6 Only, O Lord, in thy dear love
fit us for perfect rest above,
and help us this and every day
to live more nearly as we pray.
Topics: Devotion Used With Tune: MELCOMBE
New Every Morning Is the Love
Morning Has Broken
Author: Eleanor Farjeon Meter: 5.5.5.4 D Appears in 93 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-23 Topics: The Glory of the Triune God Creation; Particular Times of Worship Morning; Adoration and Praise; Children's Choir Selections; Creation; Morning Prayer; Nature; Opening Hymns; Service Music Greeting/Call to Worship Used With Tune: BUNESSAN
Morning Has Broken
Every Morning Mercies New
Author: G. Phillimore, 1821-1884 Appears in 153 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-23 First Line: Ev'ry morning mercies new Topics: Public Worship Morning Used With Tune: KELSO
Every Morning Mercies New
God of Our Life
Author: Hugh T. Kerr Meter: 10.4.10.4.10.10 Appears in 51 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:22 First Line: God of our life, through all the circling years Lyrics: 1 God of our life, through all the circling years,
we trust in you;
in all the past, through all our hopes and fears,
your hand we view.
With each new day, when morning lifts the veil,
we own your mercies, Lord, which never fail.
2 God of the past, our times are in your hand;
with us abide.
Lead us by faith to hope's true Promised Land;
be now our guide.
With you to bless, the darkness shines as light,
and faith's fair vision changes into sight.
3 God of the coming years, thro' paths unknown
we follow you;
when we are strong, Lord, leave us not alone;
our faith renew.
Be now for us in life our daily bread,
our heart's true home when all our years have sped. Topics: Passing Days; God Faithfulness; God Guide; Trust; Changing Year Used With Tune: SANDON
God of Our Life
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus in the Morning
Meter: Irregular Appears in 23 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:23 Lyrics: 1 Jesus, Jesus, Jesus in the morning,
Jesus in the noontime;
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus when the sun goes down!
2 Praise him, praise him, praise him in the morning,
praise him in the noontime;
praise him, praise him, praise him when the sun goes down!
3 Love him, love him, love him in the morning,
love him in the noontime;
love him, love him, love him when the sun goes down!
4 Serve him, serve him, serve him in the morning,
serve him in the noontime;
serve him, serve him, serve him when the sun goes down!
5 Jesus, Jesus, Jesus in the morning,
Jesus in the noontime;
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus when the sun goes down! Topics: Choruses, Refrains; Passing Days; Love Our Love of Christ Used With Tune: JESUS IN THE MORNING Text Sources: Afro-American folk song
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus in the Morning
By Gracious Powers
Author: Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000; Dietrich Bonhöffer, 1906-1945 Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 17 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:23 First Line: By gracious pow'rs so wonderfully sheltered Lyrics: 1 By gracious pow'rs so wonderfully sheltered,
and confidently waiting come what may,
we know that God is with us night and morning,
and never fails to greet us each new day.
2 Yet is this heart by its old foe tormented,
still evil days bring burdens hard to bear;
Oh, give our frightened souls the sure salvation,
for which, O Lord, you taught us to prepare.
3 And when this cup you give is filled to brimming
with bitter suffering, hard to understand,
we take it thankfully and without trembling
out of so good and so beloved a hand.
4 Yet when again in this same world you give us
the joy we had, the brightness of your sun,
we shall remember all the days we lived through
and our whole life shall then be yours alone.
5 By gracious pow'rs so faithfully protected,
so quietly, so wonderfully near,
I'll live each day in hope, with you beside me,
and go with you through every coming year. Used With Tune: O QUANTA QUALIA
By Gracious Powers
Grande Es Tu Fidelidad
Author: Thomas O. Chisholm; H. T. Reza Appears in 11 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-23 First Line: Oh Dios eterno, tu misericordia Refrain First Line: ¡Oh, tu fidelidad! ¡Oh, tu fidelidad! Used With Tune: FAITHFULNESS
Grande Es Tu Fidelidad
O Worship the King
Author: Robert Grant, 1779-1838 Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 1,140 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:23 First Line: O worship the King, all glorious above Lyrics: 1 O worship the King, all-glorious above,
O gratefully sing his power and his love;
our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days,
pavilioned in splendor and girded with praise.
2 O tell of his might, O sing of his grace,
whose robe is the light, whose canopy space.
His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form,
and dark is his path on the wings of the storm.
3 Thy bountiful care what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air, it shines in the light;
it streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,
and sweetly distills in the dew and the rain.
4 Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,
in thee do we trust, nor find thee to fail;
thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end,
Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer and Friend. Used With Tune: LYONS
O Worship the King
When All Thy Mercies, O My God
Author: Joseph Addison (1672-1719) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 998 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:23-33 First Line: When all thy mercies, O my God Lyrics: 1 When all thy mercies, O my God,
my rising soul surveys,
transported with the view, I'm lost
in wonder, love, and praise.
2 Unnumbered comforts to my soul
thy tender care bestowed,
before my infant heart conceived
from whom those comforts flowed.
3 Ten thousand thousand precious gifts
my daily thanks employ;
nor is the least a cheerful heart
that tastes those gifts with joy.
4 Through every period of my life
thy goodness I'll pursue;
and after death, in distant worlds
the glorious theme renew.
5 Through all eternity to thee
a joyful song I'll raise;
for O, eternity's too short
to utter all thy praise!
Topics: God Praise and Thanksgiving; Praise of God Used With Tune: ST. STEPHEN
When All Thy Mercies, O My God
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy
Author: Frederick W. Faber Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 900 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:22 Lyrics: 1 There’s a wideness in God’s mercy
like the wideness of the sea;
there’s a kindness in his justice
which is more than liberty.
2 There is welcome for the sinner
and more graces for the good;
there is mercy with the Savior;
there is healing in his blood.
3 For the love of God is broader
than the measure of our mind;
and the heart of the Eternal
is most wonderfully kind.
4 If our love were but more simple,
we would take him at his word,
and our lives would be illumined
by the presence of our Lord.
Topics: Redemption in Christ Christ's Saving Work; God Justice; God Mercy; Love Our Love of God Used With Tune: WELLESLEY
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy
God of the Bible
Author: Shirley Erena Murray Meter: 5.5.5.4 D with refrain Appears in 8 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:23 Refrain First Line: Fresh as the morning, sure as the sunrise Lyrics: 1 God of the Bible,
God in the Gospel,
hope seen in Jesus,
hope yet to come,
you are our center,
daylight or darkness,
freedom or prison,
you are our home.
Refrain:
Fresh as the morning,
sure as the sunrise,
God always faithful,
you do not change.
Fresh as the morning,
sure as the sunrise,
God always faithful,
you do not change.
2 God in our struggles,
God in our hunger,
suffering with us,
taking our part,
still you empower us,
mothering Spirit,
feeding, sustaining,
from your own heart. [Refrain]
3 Those without status,
those who are nothing,
you have made royal,
gifted with rights,
chosen as partners,
midwives of justice,
birthing new systems,
lighting new lights. [Refrain]
4 Not by your finger,
not by your anger
will our world order
change in a day,
but by your people,
fearless and faithful,
small paper lanterns,
lighting the way. [Refrain]
5 Hope we must carry,
shining and certain
through all our turmoil,
terror, and loss,
bonding us gladly
one to the other,
till our world changes
facing the cross. [Refrain]
Topics: Anger; Bonding; Change; Unchanging; Community; Darkness; Dawn; Human Empowerment; Faith; Feeding; Freedom and Liberation; Freshness; Goodness of God; Gospel (Good News); Hearts; Holy Bible; Holy Spirit; Home and Family; Hope; Hunger; Light; Loss; Morning; Mothers; Human Needs; Peoples; Power and Might; Prisoners; Righteousness; Strength and Courage; Struggles and Strife; Sun; Sustaining; Terrors; Timelessness; Turmoil; Wings; God's Nature; Anger; Bonding; Change; Unchanging; Community; Darkness; Dawn; Human Empowerment; Faith; Feeding; Freedom and Liberation; Freshness; Goodness of God; Gospel (Good News); Hearts; Holy Bible; Holy Spirit; Home and Family; Hope; Hunger; Light; Loss; Morning; Mothers; Human Needs; Peoples; Power and Might; Prisoners; Righteousness; Strength and Courage; Struggles and Strife; Sun; Sustaining; Terrors; Timelessness; Turmoil; Wings Used With Tune: FRESH AS THE MORNING
God of the Bible
Tu fidelidad (I Depend upon Your Faithfulness)
Author: Miguel Cassina; Andrew Donaldson Meter: 9.11.9.7 Appears in 5 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-23 First Line: Tu fidelidad es grande (I depend upon your faithfulness) Topics: God's Faithfulness; Grateful Living; Time Used With Tune: TU FIDELIDAD
Tu fidelidad (I Depend upon Your Faithfulness)
All hail the power of Jesus’ name
Author: Edward Perronet, 1726-92 Appears in 3,422 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:19-26 Lyrics: 1 All hail the power of Jesus' name;
let angels prostrate fall;
bring forth the royal diadem
to crown him Lord of all.
2 Crown him, you martyrs of our God,
who from his altar call;
praise him whose way of pain you trod,
and crown him Lord of all.
3 As heirs of lsrael's chosen race
and ransomed from the fall,
hail him who saves you by his grace,
and crown him Lord of all.
4 Sinners, whose love cannot forget
the wormwood and the gall,
go spread your treasures at his feet
and crown him Lord of all.
5 Let every tribe and every tongue
responsive to his call,
now shout in universal song
and crown him Lord of all. Topics: Ascension; Consummation in Christ; Jesus Christ Ascension; Jesus Christ Kingship; Jesus Christ Lordship; Jesus Christ Redeemer; Martyrs; Mission/Sending; Saints Days and Holy Days Martyrs; Saints Days and Holy Days St Stephen; Worship Earthly and Heavenly Used With Tune: MILES LANE
All hail the power of Jesus’ name
Awake, My Soul, and with the Sun
Author: Thomas Ken Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 890 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:23 Lyrics: 1 Awake, my soul, and with the sun
Your daily stage of duty run;
Shake off dull sloth and joyful rise
To pay your morning sacrifice.
2 Wake and lift up thyself, my heart,
And with the angels bear thy part,
Who all night lone unwearied sing
High praise to the Eternal King.
3 Lord, I my vows to Thee renew,
Disperse my sins as morning dew;
Guard my first springs of tho't and will
And with Thyself my spirit fill.
4 Direct, control, suggest this day,
All I design or do or say;
That all my pow'rs with all their might
In Thy sole glory may unite.
5 Praise God from whom all blessings flow,
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heav'nly host:
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Amen. Topics: Dedication of Life; Doxologies; Invitation to Consecration Used With Tune: MORNING HYMN
Awake, My Soul, and with the Sun
When Morning Gilds the Skies
Author: Edward Caswall, 1814-1878 Meter: 6.6.6.6.6.6 Appears in 700 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:23 Lyrics: 1 When morning gilds the skies,
my heart awaking cries,
may Jesus Christ be praised!
Alike at work and prayer
to Jesus I repair,
may Jesus Christ be praised!
2 Does sadness fill my mind?
A solace here I find,
may Jesus Christ be praised!
Or fades my earthly bliss?
My comfort still is this,
may Jesus Christ be praised!
3 The night becomes as day,
when from the heart we say,
may Jesus Christ be praised!
The powers of darkness fear
when this sweet chant they hear,
may Jesus Christ be praised!
4 Be this, while life is mine,
my canticle divine,
may Jesus Christ be praised!
Be this th'eternal song
through all the ages long,
may Jesus Christ be praised! Topics: Adoration Used With Tune: LAUDES DOMINI Text Sources: Katholisches Gesangbuch, 1828
When Morning Gilds the Skies
Sometimes a light surprises
Author: William Cowper, 1731-1800 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 407 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:19-26 Lyrics: 1 Sometimes a light surprises
the child of God who sings;
it is the Lord who rises
with healing in his wings;
when comforts are declining,
he grants the soul again
a season of clear shining
to cheer it after rain.
2 In holy contemplation,
we joyfully pursue
the theme of God’s salvation,
and find it ever new.
Set free from present sorrow,
we cheerfully can say:
'Now let the unknown morrow
bring with it what it may:
3 'it can bring with it nothing
but God will bear us through;
who gives the lilies clothing
will clothe his people, too;
beneath the spreading heavens
no creature but is fed,
and he who feeds the ravens
will give his children bread.'
4 Though vine nor fig-tree neither
their looked-for fruit should bear,
though all the field should wither,
nor flocks nor herds, be there,
yet, God the same abiding,
his praise shall tune my voice;
for while in him confiding
I cannot but rejoice.
Topics: Adversity; Confidence; Fear; Healing; Hope; Joy; Providence Used With Tune: PETITION
Sometimes a light surprises
O Love of God, How Strong and True
Author: Horatius Bonar Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 110 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-23 Lyrics: 1 O love of God, how strong and true,
eternal and yet ever new,
uncomprehended and unbought,
beyond all knowledge and all thought.
2 O heavenly love, how precious still
in days of weariness and ill,
in nights of pain and helplessness,
to heal, to comfort, and to bless.
3 O wide embracing, wondrous love!
We read you in the sky above,
we read you in the earth below,
in seas that swell and streams that flow.
4 We read you in the flowers, the trees,
the freshness of the fragrant breeze,
the song of birds upon the wing,
the joy of summer and of spring.
5 We read you best in him who came
to bear for us the cross of shame,
sent by the Father from on high,
our life to live, our death to die.
6 We read your power to bless and save
even in the darkness of the grave;
still more in resurrection light
we read the fullness of your might.
7 O love of God, our shield and stay
through all the perils of our way;
eternal love, in you we rest,
forever safe, forever blest. Topics: God's Love; Elements of Worship Praise and Adoration Used With Tune: WAREHAM
O Love of God, How Strong and True
Nun laßt uns gehn und treten
Author: P. Gerhard, 1606-1676 Appears in 92 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-24 Topics: Jahreswechsel Neujahr
Nun laßt uns gehn und treten
O timely happy, timely wise
Author: John Keble Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 53 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-23 Topics: The Church Worship - Morning Used With Tune: MELCOMBE
O timely happy, timely wise
Put thou thy trust in God
Author: Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676); John Wesley (1703-1791) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 35 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:19-26 Lyrics: 1 Put thou thy trust in God,
in duty's path go on;
walk in his strength with faith and hope,
so shall thy work be done.
2 Commit thy ways to him,
thy works into his hands,
and rest on his unchanging word,
who heaven and earth commands.
3 Though years on years roll on,
his covenant shall endure;
though clouds and darkness hide his path,
the promised grace is sure.
4 Give to the winds thy fears;
hope, and be undismayed:
God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears;
God shall lift up thy head.
5 Through waves and clouds and storms
his power will clear thy way:
wait thou his time; the darkest night
shall end in brightest day.
6 Leave to his sovereign sway
to choose and to command;
so shalt thou, wondering, own his way,
how wise, how strong his hand. Topics: Commitment; Devotion; Discipleship; Faith; God Will of; Grace; Sorrow; Trust and Confidence Used With Tune: DONCASTER
Put thou thy trust in God
O God Beyond All Praising
Author: Michael Perry, 1942-1996 Meter: 13.13.13.13.13.13 Appears in 34 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-24 First Line: O God beyond all praising, we worship you today Lyrics: 1 O God beyond all praising,
we worship you today
and sing the love amazing
that songs cannot repay;
for we can only wonder
at every gift you send,
at blessings without number
and mercies without end;
we lift our hearts before you
and wait upon your Word,
we honor and adore you,
our great and mighty Lord.
2 Then hear, O gracious Savior,
accept the love we bring,
that we who know your favor
may serve you as our King;
and whether our tomorrows
be filled with good or ill,
we'll triumph through our sorrows
and rise to bless you still:
to marvel at your beauty
and glory in your ways,
and make a joyful duty
our sacrifice of praise. Used With Tune: THAXTED
O God Beyond All Praising
I Will Sing of the Mercies
Author: James H. Fillmore, 20th C.; Marie J. Post Meter: Irregular Appears in 32 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-23 First Line: I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever Topics: Choruses, Refrains; God Faithfulness; God Mercy; Praise of God; Scripture Hymns and Songs Used With Tune: FILLMORE
I Will Sing of the Mercies
What Gift Can We Bring?
Author: Jane Marshall Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 14 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:23 First Line: What gift can we bring, what present, what token Lyrics: 1 What gift can we bring, what present, what token?
What words can convey it--the joy of this day?
When grateful we come, remembering, rejoicing,
what song can we offer in honor and praise?
2 Give thanks for the Past, for those who had vision,
who planted and watered so dreams could come true.
Give thanks for the Now, for study, for worship,
for mission that bids us turn prayer into deed.
3 Give thanks for Tomorrow, full or surprises,
for knowing whatever Tomorrow may bring,
God gives us his word that always, forever,
we rest in his keeping and live in his love.
4 This gift we now bring, this present, this token,
these words can convey it--the joy of this day!
When grateful we come, remembering, rejoicing,
this song we now offer in honor and praise! Topics: The Church Dedications, Anniversaries; Anniversaries; Dedications of Buildings; Anniversaries; Dedications of Buildings Used With Tune: ANNIVERSARY SONG
What Gift Can We Bring?
What God Ordains Is Always Good
Author: Samuel Rodigast, 1649-1808 Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.4.7.7 Appears in 14 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:19-26 Lyrics: 1 What God ordains is always good:
His will is just and holy.
As He directs my life for me,
I follow meek and lowly.
My God indeed
In ev'ry need
Knows well how He will shield me;
To Him, then, I will yield me.
2 What God ordains is always good:
He never will deceive me;
He leads me in His righteous way,
And never will He leave me.
I take content
What He has sent;
His hand that sends me sadness
Will turn my tears to gladness.
3 What God ordains is always good:
His loving thought attends me;
No poison can be in the cup
That my physician sends me.
My God is true;
Each morning new
I trust His grace unending,
My life to Him commending.
4 What God ordains is always good:
He is my friend and Father;
He suffers naught to do me harm
Though many storms may gather.
Now I may know
Both joy and woe;
Some day I shall see clearly
That He has loved me dearly.
5 What God ordains is always good:
Though I the cup am drinking
Which savors now of bitterness,
I take it without shrinking.
For after grief
God gives relief,
My heart with comfort filling
And all my sorrow stilling.
6 What God ordains is always good:
This truth remains unshaken.
Though sorrow, need, or death be mine,
I shall not be forsaken.
I fear no harm,
For with His arm
He shall embrace and shield me;
So to my God I yield me.
Topics: Death and Burial Used With Tune: WAS GOTT TUT Text Sources: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941 (Tr.) alt.
What God Ordains Is Always Good
Despunta el alba
Author: Eleanor Farjeon Meter: 5.5.5.4 D Appears in 6 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-23 Topics: Congregados para adorar Adoración matutina ; Adoración y alabanza; Worship and Praise; Morning Worship; Creación; Creation; Recursos Para el Culto Aperturas del culto; Resources for Worship Opening of Worship Used With Tune: BUNESSAN Text Sources: Trad. de Comisión del Himnario Albricias, alt.
Despunta el alba
Christenherz, sei unverzaget!
Appears in 5 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-24 Topics: Gottes Wesen Wahrhaftigkeit und Treue
Christenherz, sei unverzaget!
Jesus Christ, our living Lord
Author: John L. Bell (b. 1949) Meter: 7.7.7.4.7 Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-23 Topics: Our Response to Christ In Discipleship; Our Response to God in the morning and evening; Food and Hunger; God Faithfulness of; Morning Used With Tune: SANDOR
Jesus Christ, our living Lord
Gracious God, You Send Great Blessings
Author: Gergory J. Wismar, b. 1946 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-23 Topics: Harvest and Thanksgiving Used With Tune: HOLY MANNA
Gracious God, You Send Great Blessings
Jesus, I come trusting your kindness
Author: Shirley Erena Murray (b. 1931) Meter: 9.9.9.9 Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:23-26 Lyrics: 1 Jesus, I come trusting your kindness,
knowing my need, lost in my blindness:
you are the sense giving life its meaning,
you are the truth from the beginning.
2 Now as I grow, use and affirm me,
and when I doubt, touch me, reclaim me;
when there is pain, heal me and hold me --
cloak of your love, cover, enfold me.
3 All that I am, Jesus, I offer,
all I achieve, all I may suffer,
all whom I love for your compassion,
all I hold dear for your possession. Topics: Our Response to Christ In Dedication; Jesus compassion; Kindness; Offering of self Used With Tune: LITTLE VENICE
Jesus, I come trusting your kindness
The one who longs to make us whole
Author: Edith Sinclair Downing (b. 1922) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:22 Lyrics: 1 The one who longs to make us whole
is waiting to embrace
our broken lives, so we can know
the power of healing grace.
God's love surrounds our suffering,
and keeps us through the night;
God helps us bear our deep despair
till we see morning light.
2 The one who saves us from ourselves
is waiting to release
our hearts from chains of self-reproach
and failure to find peace.
When harmful habits leave us bruised,
distraught by inner pain,
God comes to us through trusted friends,
and helps us hope again.
3 The one who understands our need
accepts us as we are;
and, like a loved one, welcomes us
when we have wandered far.
God never says we come too late
to be forgiven, free,
but promises we can become
the self we're meant to be. Topics: The Church Celebrates Wholenss and Healing; Despair and Trouble; God Love of; Suffering Used With Tune: THIRD MODE MELODY
The one who longs to make us whole
I am the man who by his rod
Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3 Lyrics: 1 I am the man who by his rod
Of wrath see dismal scenes of woes;
2 He hath me into darkness brought,
And not a gleam of light He shows.
3 He surely is against me turn'd:
His hand all day He turns on me.
4 My flesh and skin He old hat made
My bones to pieces broke hath He.
5 He built around me: and with gall
And travel me encompassed:
6 He hath me set in places dark,
As those who long ago were dead.
7 So hedg'd me in, I can't get out;
Makes me his heavy chain to bear;
8 And when I earnest cry aloud,
He grievously shuts out my pray'r.
9 He with hewn stones enclos'd my path,
And intricate hath made my ways:
10 He as a bear lays wait for me,
A lion in a hidden place.
11 He turned hath my ways aside;
He hath to pieces pulled me:
Of all my comforts hath bereav'd
And made me desolate to be.
12 He bent his bow; and me a mark
Did for his sharp'ned arrows place;
13 The arrows of his quiver caus'd
Into my tender reins to pass.
14 To all my people I'm a scoff,
And all the day their jeering song;
15 He made me full of bitterness,
And even drunk with wormwood strong.
16 Yea He my teeth with gravel break,
And all in ashes rolled me.
17 Thou putst my soul far off from peace,
And I forgot prosperity.
18 Yea I did say, my strength and hope
Are wholly perish'd from the LORD.
19 My grief and pain, wormwood and gall,
I in my troubled mind record.
20 My soul doth still remember them,
And in me low abas'd, doth lie:
21 Yet to my mindIi this recall,
And thence a glimpse of hope have I;
22 It's of the mercies of the LORD,
We are not quite consum'd away;
Because the pity of his heart
Nor does, nor ever will decay.
23 They ev'ry morning are renew'd:
Thy changeless faithfulness is great,
24 The LORD's my portions, saith my soul;
And thence my hope I'll on Him set.
25 To them who wait for Him, the soul
Who seeks Him, gracious is the LORD;
26 'Tis best in quietness to wait
Till He salvation will afford.
27 Good for a man it is in youth
that he should bear the humbling yoke;
28 He sits alone, and silence keeps
Becausee he bears thy holy stroke.
29 He puts his mouth into the dust,
If so there any hope may be:
30 His cheek to him who smites he gives,
Tho' filled with reproach is he.
31 Ever the Lord will not cast off;
but tho' He causes pungent grief;
32 Yet in his mercies great He will
Compassion have, and give relief.
33 For He's not willing to afflict
Or grieve the sons of men 'tis known;
34 To crush the pris'ners of the earth,
Or under feet to tread them down.
35 To turn aside the right of man
Before the face of THE MOST HIGH;
36 Or to subvert his righteous case;
The Lord abhors eternally.
37 Who's he that saith, and them performs,
Unless it be the Lord's good will.
38 Out of the mouth of THE MOST HIGH,
Proceed all good and penal ill.
29 Why for the punishment of sins
Doth any living man complain?
40 O let us search and try our ways,
And to the LORD now turn again.
41 O let us lift our hearts and hands.
Up to the mighty God in heav'n;
42 We all have trespass'd and rebell'd,
Nor hast Thou yet our sins forgiv'n.
43 Thy wrath us covers and pursues;
Thou slay'st, and dost not pity show.
44 Thou so with clouds dost hide thy self,
That our loud cries cannot pass thro'.
45 Amidst the people hast us made
Th' offscouring, refuse, and jeer.
46 And the wide mouths of all our foes,
Against and round us op'ned are.
47 Fear and a snare are come on us;
And all in desolation lies:
48 For daughters of my people's waste
Rivers of tears run down mine eyes.
49 Mine eyes with tears flow down apace;
And will no intermissions know,
50 Until the LORD from heav'n look down,
And see us in our dismal woe.
51 Mine eye affects my soul with grief,
To see my city's daughters cause;
52 My foes pursue me unprovok'd
The harmless birds as fowlers chase.
53 My life they in the dungeon sunk,
And on me haevy stones they cast.
54 The waters flowing o'er my head,
I said, "I'm gone, all hope is past!"
55 O LORD, I call'd upon thy name,
In the deep dungeon, like to die;
56 Thou heardst my voice, hide not thine ear,
From my short panting and my cry
57 Then Thou draw'st near, and saidst, "FEAR NOT!"
Ev'n in the day I call'd on Thee:
48 Lord, my soul's causes Thou didst plead,
And my expiring life set free.
59 JEHOVAH judge the cause for me,
As Thou my wrongs has always seen.
60 As their revenge and all their plots
Before thine eyes have ever been.
61 All their reproach, Thou LORD, hast heard;
Thou seest the snares they for me lay,
62 Their lips who up against me rise,
And all their plotings all the day.
63 See, when they sit, and when they rise,
The musick of their songs am I:
64 But LORD, as are their handy works
A just reward Thou wilt apply.
65 Sorrow of heart Thou wilt them give,
Thy grievous curse wilt make them bear;
66 In wrath them chace, and from beneath
JEHOVAH's heav'ns waste ev'ry where.
I am the man who by his rod
Every new morning
Author: Carol Dixon (b. 1947) Meter: 5.5.5.4 D Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-23 Topics: Our Response to God in the morning and evening; The Activity of God God in human expereince; God in daily living; Music and Song Used With Tune: BUNESSAN
Every new morning
Just As I Am (Tal como soy)
Author: Charlotte Elliott, 1789-1871; Tomás M. Westrup, 1837-1909 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2,112 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-23 First Line: Just as I am, without one plea (Tal como soy de pecador) Lyrics: 1 Just as I am, without one plea,
But that thy blood was shed for me,
And that thou bidd'st me come to thee,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
2 Just as I am, though tossed about
With many a conflict, many a doubt,
Fightings and fears within, without,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
3 Just as I am, thou wilt receive,
Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve;
Because thy promise I believe,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
4 Just as I am, thy love unknown
Has broken ev'ry barrier down;
Now to be thine, yea, thine alone,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
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1 Tal como soy de pecador,
sin más confianza que tu amor,
ya que me llamas, vengo a ti;
Cordero de Dios, heme aquí.
2 Tal como soy, buscando paz
en mi desgracia y al mal tenaz,
conflicto grande siento en mí;
Cordero de Dios, heme aquí.
3 Tal como soy me acogerás;
perdón, alivio me darás;
pues tu promesa ya creí;
Cordero de Dios, heme aquí.
4 Tal como soy, tu compasión
vencido ha toda oposición;
ya pertenezco sólo a ti;
Cordero de Dios, heme aquí. Topics: Arrepentimiento; Repentance; Confesión; Confession; Jesucristo Cordero de Dios; Jesus Christ Lamb of God Used With Tune: WOODWORTH
Just As I Am (Tal como soy)
Let Us with a Gladsome Mind
Author: John Milton (1608-1674) Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 544 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:23-33 Lyrics: 1 Let us with a gladsome mind,
praise the Lord forever kind:
for his mercies aye endure,
ever faithful, ever sure.
2 Who with all-commanding might
filled the new-made world with light:
for his mercies aye endure,
ever faithful, ever sure.
3 Who the golden-tressed sun
caused all day its course to run:
for his mercies aye endure,
ever faithful, ever sure.
4 All things living God doth feed,
with full hand supplies their need:
for his mercies aye endure,
ever faithful, ever sure.
5 Let us with a gladsome mind,
praise the Lord, forever kind:
for his mercies aye endure,
ever faithful, ever sure. Topics: Creation; Praise of God; Psalm 136 Used With Tune: MONKLAND
Let Us with a Gladsome Mind
Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 475 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-23 Lyrics: 1 Christ, whose glory fills the skies;
Christ, the true, the only light;
Sun of Righteousness, arise;
triumph o'er the shades of night;
Dayspring from on high, be near;
Daystar, in my heart appear.
2 Dark and cheerless is the morn
unaccompanied by thee;
joyless is the day's return
till thy mercy's beams I see;
till they inward light impart,
cheer my eyes and warm my heart.
3 Visit then this soul of mine;
pierce the gloom of sin and grief;
fill me, radiancy divine;
scatter all my unbelief;
more and more thyself display,
shining to the perfect day.
Topics: Celebrating Time; Light; Morning Used With Tune: RATISBON
Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies
Through all the changing scenes of life
Author: Nahum Tate, 1652-1715; Nicholas Brady, 1659-1726 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 474 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:19-33 Topics: Conflict, Suffering and Doubt Used With Tune: WILTSHIRE
Through all the changing scenes of life
Once More, My Soul, the Rising Day
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 458 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-23 First Line: Once more my soul, the rising day Lyrics: 1 Once more, my soul, the rising day
Salutes thy waking eyes;
Once more, my voice thy tribute pay
To Him that rules the skies.
2 Night unto night His name repeats,
The day renews the sound,
Wide as the heavens on which He sits,
To turn the seasons round.
3 'Tis He supports my mortal frame;
My tongue shall speak His praise.
My sins might rouse His wrath to flame,
And yet His wrath delays.
4 O God, let all my hours be Thine
While I enjoy the light,
Then shall my sun in smiles decline
And bring a pleasant night.
Amen. Topics: Worship and Praise Morning; Morning; Opening Used With Tune: MANOAH
Once More, My Soul, the Rising Day
Tho' Your Sins Be as Scarlet
Author: Fanny J. Crosby Appears in 242 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:22 First Line: "Tho' your sins be as scarlet Lyrics: 1 "Tho' your sins be as scarlet,
They shall be as white as snow;
Tho' your sins be as scarlet,
They shall be as white as snow;
Tho' they be red like crimson,
They shall be as wool!"
"Tho' your sins be as scarlet,
Tho' your sins be as scarlet,
They shall be as white as snow,
They shall be as white as snow."
2 Hear the voice that entreats you,
O return ye unto God!
Hear the voice that entreats you,
O return ye unto God!
He is great compassion,
And of wondrous love;
Hear the voice that entreats you,
Hear the voice that entreats you,
O return ye unto God!
O return ye unto God!
3 He'll forgive your transgressions,
And remember them no more;
He'll forgive your transgressions,
And remember them no more;
"Look unto Me, ye people,"
Saith the Lord your God!
He'll forgive your transgressions
He'll forgive your transgressions,
And remember them no more,
And remember them no more.
Topics: Admonition; Choir; Admonition; Choir Used With Tune: ["Tho' your sins be as scarlet]
Tho' Your Sins Be as Scarlet
God the Omnipotent!
Author: Henry F. Chorley; John Ellerton Meter: 11.10.11.9 Appears in 203 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:22 First Line: God the Omnipotent! King who ordainest Lyrics: 1 God the Omnipotent! King, who ordainest
thunder thy clarion, the lightning thy sword,
show forth thy pity on high where thou reignest:
give to us peace in our time, O Lord.
2 God the All-merciful! Earth hath forsaken
thy ways all holy, and slighted thy word;
bid not thy wrath in its terrors awaken:
give to us peace in our time, O Lord.
3 God the All-righteous One! Earth hath defied thee,
Yyt to eternity standeth thy word;
falsehood and wrong shall not tarry beside thee;
give to us peace in our time, O Lord.
4 So shall thy people, with thankful devotion,
praise him who saved them from peril and sword,
singing in chorus from ocean to ocean,
"Peace to the nations, and praise to the Lord."
Topics: Confession; God Power; God Righteousness; World Peace Used With Tune: RUSSIAN HYMN
God the Omnipotent!
Ancient of Days
Author: William C. Doane Appears in 197 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:22 First Line: Ancient of Days, who sittest throned in glory Lyrics: 1 Ancient of Days, who sittest throned in glory, To Thee all knees are bent, all voices pray; Thy love has blessed the wide world’s wondrous story With light and life since Eden’s dawning day.
2 O Holy Father, who hast led Thy children In all the ages as with fire and cloud, Thro' seas dry-shod, thro' weary wastes bewild'ring, To Thee, in rev'rent love our hearts are bowed.
3 O holy God, with heart and voice adoring, Praise we the goodness that doth crown our days; Pray we that Thou wilt hear us, still imploring Thy love and favor, kept to us always.
Amen. Topics: God; Praise; Worship Used With Tune: ANCIENT OF DAYS
Ancient of Days
Whate'er My God Ordains is right
Author: Samuel Rodigast; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.4.8.8 Appears in 74 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-23 Lyrics: 1 Whate'er my God ordains is right:
his holy will abideth;
I will be still, whate'er he doth,
and follow where he guideth.
He is my God; though dark my road,
he holds me that I shall not fall:
wherefore to him I leave it all.
2 Whate'er my God ordains is right:
he never will deceive me;
he leads me by the proper path;
I know he will not leave me.
I take, content, what he hath sent;
his hand can turn my griefs away,
and patiently I wait his day.
3 Whate'er my God ordains is right:
though now this cup, in drinking,
may bitter seem to my faint heart,
I take it, all unshrinking.
My God is true; each morn anew
sweet comfort yet shall fill my heart,
and pain and sorrow shall depart.
4 Whate'er my God ordains is right:
here shall my stand be taken;
though sorrow, need, or death be mine,
yet am I not forsaken.
My Father's care is round me there;
he holds me that I shall not fall:
and so to him I leave it all. Topics: Decrees of God; God; God Holiness and Justice of; God Sovereignty of ; Patience; Submission; Tribulation and Suffering; Trust and Assurance Used With Tune: WAS GOTT TUT
Whate'er My God Ordains is right
God, My Hope on You Is Founded
Author: Joachim Neander; Robert Seymour Bridges, 1844-1930 Meter: 8.7.8.7.3.3.7 Appears in 69 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:19-24 Topics: Hope; Praise of God; Trust Used With Tune: MICHAEL
God, My Hope on You Is Founded
Nun sich die Nacht geendet hat
Appears in 55 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:22 Topics: Morgen-Lied
Nun sich die Nacht geendet hat
Divine Mercies in constant Succession
Author: Dr. S. Stennett Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 51 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-23 First Line: How various and how new Lyrics: 1 How various and how new
Are thy compassions, Lord!
Each morning shall thy mercies shew,
Each night thy truth record.
2 Thy goodness, like the sun,
Dawn'd on our early days,
Ere infant-reason had begun
To form our lips to praise.
3 Each object we beheld
Gave pleasure to our eyes;
And nature all our senses held
In bands of sweet surprise.
4 But pleasures more refin'd
Awaited that bless'd day,
When light arose upon our mind,
And chas'd our sins away.
5 How new thy mercies then!
How sovereign and how free!
Our souls that had been dead in sin,
Were made alive to thee.
Pause.
6 Now we expect a day
Still brighter far than this,
When death shall bear our souls away
To realms of light and bliss.
7 There rapturous scenes of joy
Shall burst upon our sight:
And every pain, and tear, and sigh,
Be drown'd in endless night.
8 Beneath thy balmy sing,
O sun of righteousness,
Our happy souls shall sit and sing
The wonders of thy grace.
9 Nor shall that radiant day
So joyfully begun,
In evening shadows die away,
Beneath the setting sun.
10 How various and how new
Are thy compassions, Lord!
Eternity thy love shall shew,
And all thy truth record. Topics: Time and Eternity; Mercies constant succession
Divine Mercies in constant Succession
Away with our fears
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 5.6.9.6.6.9 Appears in 46 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:23 Topics: Our Journey With God Used With Tune: MUFF FIELD
Away with our fears
While morning still is breaking
Author: Johann Mühlmann, 1573-1613; Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 29 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:19-26 Lyrics: 1 While morning still is breaking,
and day replaces night,
beneath God's care awaking
we thank him for new light.
We thank him that he calls us
to life and health anew;
whatever now befalls us
his care will still be true.
2 O Israel's guardian, hear us,
Watch o'er us this day;
in all we do be near us.
For others, too, we pray;
to you we would commend them,
our Church, our youth, our land;
direct them and defend them
when dangers are at hand.
3 O grant us peace and gladness,
give us our daily bread,
shield us from grief and sadness,
on us your blessings shed.
Grant that our whole behaviour
in truth and righteousness
may praise you, Lord, our Saviour,
whose holy name we bless.
4 You are our vine: O nourish
your branches, so that we
may grow in you and flourish
and ever fruitful be;
your Spirit pour within us,
and let the gifts of grace
to those good actions win us
that best may show your praise. Topics: Assurance; Church; Faithfulness of God; Intercession of the Church; Morning; New Life in Christ; Nurturing God's People; Prayer; Providence; Thanksgiving; Witness to Community; Worship Gathering Used With Tune: LOB GOTT GETROST Text Sources: V. 4 Evangelical Lutheran Hymn Book, 1912 alt.
While morning still is breaking
10,000 Reasons / Bless the Lord
Author: Jonas Myrin; Matt Redman Meter: Irregular Appears in 16 hymnals Scripture: Lamentations 3:18-26 First Line: The sun comes up Refrain First Line: Bless the Lord, O my soul Topics: Death and Eternal Life; Evening; Funeral / Memorial Service; God Faithfulness of; Morning; Thanksgiving; Death and Eternal Life; Evening; Funeral / Memorial Service; God Faithfulness of; Morning; Thanksgiving Used With Tune: BLESS THE LORD (TEN THOUSAND REASONS)
10,000 Reasons / Bless the Lord
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