HOPE SONG (Romans 15.13)
Hymns and Psalms 320 Ripponden
Dear Father, let your Spirit show
How confidence in you may grow
And hope may rise and overflow
Because of you.
Beyond the failures in our schemes,
Expiry dates of private dreams,
Your love in Jesus brightly gleams -
We look to you.
From Christian history it’s clear
Your people navigate their fear,
Tremendously they persevere
And wait for you.
Lord, help us not to be resigned
When you are calling us to find
How best we can apply our mind
To work with you.
Hope is a flower from stony ground -
Lord, let it in your Church be found
To shoot and blossom all around.
We hope in you.
ACTS 2. 42-47
Hymns and Psalms 514 Deep Harmony
They met repeatedly to share,
To celebrate their risen Head,
To join in harmony of prayer,
Together eat the broken bread.
They felt the closeness of the Lord,
Their hearts were gently touched with awe,
So strong the presence they adored,
So great the wonders that they saw.
They heard the first apostles teach
And worship made their spirits glad;
To satisfy the needs of each
They sacrificed what each they had.
Whatever those around might say
And some approve and some oppose,
They knew God's blessing every day
And every day their number rose.
Come, Holy Spirit, as at first,
Come, Holy Spirit, and make clear
The satisfaction of our thirst,
God's future kingdom present here.
NAMES OF JESUS
Hymns and Psalms 471 Brushnorth
Jesus says - I am the Alpha and the Omega,
the beginning and the end. (Revelation 21.6)
Alpha, source of all creation,
Baby laid in stable hay,
Cornerstone of our salvation,
Door of entering God's way -
Starting-point of all our praise
And horizon of our gaze.
Essence of God's self-expression,
Fountain clearing us from stain,
Greatest Gift for our possession,
Hope of help for human pain -
Lord, Immanuel beside us,
Judge with universal scan,
King to rule us, Light to guide us,
Jesus Christ - behold the Man!
Name beyond all names compelling,
Omega beyond all ends,
Prince of Peace, the tempest quelling,
Quietly counselling your friends -
Suffering Servant, Man of Sorrow,
Resurrection, fruiting Vine,
Truth Unchanged, today, tomorrow,
With us in the bread and wine -
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