Holy Spirit, Work Within Me (tune: “Come, Thou Fount”)

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Holy Spirit, work within me,
Prideful, selfish as I am
Full of broken, vain ambition
Full of every rebel plan
Let the love and grace of Jesus
Be my focus, be my goal
Burn within me, cleanse me, change me,
Make me holy, make me whole.

You are light and truth and beauty
Every good and noble dream
But you once walked earth among us
Tempted, tested as I am.
I surrender, I surrender
Be my beacon burning bright
Live within me, cleanse me, change me,
Be my Master, be my light!

Holy Spirit, work within me,
Let the love of Christ shine through
Sweeten every ugly impulse
Till in me the world sees you.
Let your fragrance, let your beauty,
Let your grace flow from my soul
Burn within me, cleanse me, change me,
Make me holy, make me whole.

Holy Spirit, Work Within Me

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In a lower key: Holy Spirit, Work Within Me (4-part) C

Today I Fall Upon Your Grace

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You are my hope and confidence for this unsteady day

While other hopes are few and weak, which shine but fade away

I need a rock, an anchoring place

Today I fall upon Your grace.

You are the ancient remedy, the everlasting cure

Deep in my soul I rise, convinced this remedy is sure

I need a rock, a healing place

Today I fall upon Your grace.

You are the chosen sacrifice, You are the spotless Lamb,

There on a distant lonely hill You bore the sins of man

You are my Rock, my saving place

Today I fall upon Your grace.

You are my steady Comforter, closer than my next breath

Your mighty arms will carry me beyond the pains of death

You are my Rock, my hiding place

Today I fall upon Your grace.

words and music by Gary Hicks

Beauty and Joy

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O the beauty of the breaking dawn

And the beauty of the setting sun

And the beauty of the endless sea

But the greater beauty of Jesus.

There are joys on earth of family and friend

And the joy of heaven knows no end

But the joys of Jesus, both here are there

Far surpass the joys of either.

Lord, I thank You now for setting me free

And I thank You now for welcoming me

For the sweet delight of knowing You

Is the greatest joy of my life.

words & music by Gary Hicks (June 25, 2015)

Hymn for Eucharist

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We come to taste Your living bread

To drink Your living wine

Your blood and body offered now

To all of humankind.

Our God, what wondrous love is this

That cancels out our guilt

And offers heaven’s hope to all

By blood so cruelly spilt?

In awe we bow to heaven’s love

That paid its dreadful cost

Your crushed and bleeding sacrifice

Upon a rough-hewn cross.

Our hope and trust is Christ alone,

Our risen, living Lord;

We are Your loved and blood-bought Church:

We worship and adore!

words & music by Gary Hicks

O God of Every Nation

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O God of every nation, we praise You, Lord of all;

Into Your courts we gather, before Your throne we fall;

We cast our crowns before You, all honour we have gained,

For You alone are worthy, and You alone shall reign.

From every distant nation, from every tribe and tongue

Your tribute now is offered, Your praises now are sung;

In awe and speechless wonder we bow before Your throne

To magnify Your glory, to worship God alone.

There is no other Saviour, no Helper, Guide or Friend,

But You are Lord immortal, Your rule shall never end.

All other crowns shall perish, all other kingdoms cease,

But You shall reign forever With justice, grace and peace.

tune: All Glory, Laud, and Honor (“St. Theodulph,” Melchior Teschner, 1615)

For the Storehouse of Your Mercy

In Honour of Roger Delaney

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tune: BEACH SPRING (B.F.White, 1844)

For the storehouse of Your mercy, for Your persevering grace

From my heart I speak thanksgiving, from my lips I offer praise

Was there ever deeper goodness than is offered from above?

Such an endless stream of kindness, such a reservoir of love!

I was blind to heaven’s mercy til the day I spoke Your name

Full of fear and fond delusions, full of deadening guilt and shame

Then Your mercy sought and found me, holy kindness took me in

And Your grace roared like an ocean, overwhelming all my sin.

Down from heaven, out from Calvary, still it flows to save and heal:

To the nations, for each person, there is mercy, rich and real;

The transforming grace of Jesus, who is mighty still to save

Floods the earth and fills the heavens, kills despair and robs the grave!

When the earth at last shall perish, and the heavens burn away,

Then in worlds yet uncreated we will thrive in endless day,

And the mercy of our Saviour, shining then more brightly still,

We will celebrate forever on New Zion’s holy hill!

Bethlehem, Bethlehem, Though You Are Small

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.” (Micah 5:2)

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Bethlehem, Bethlehem, though you are small

From your cold crèche comes the Saviour of all

Though you are humble and hidden away

Mary’s son Jesus lies nestled in hay.

There lie the shepherds on your lonely hill

Waiting for daybreak, all silent and still

Suddenly, suddenly, thunder and light

Angels unnumbered burst forth in the night.

There in your stable, the one from of old

Sleeping contentedly, safe from the cold

None but the shepherds to welcome this guest

No great parade for the purest and best.

There in your hidden place, God became man

Helpless and needy, as heaven had planned

Grace and compassion, and love without end

He is our Saviour, the world’s greatest friend.

We Boldly Declare the Word of the Lord

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hymn sheet – We Boldly Declare

We boldly declare the Word of the LORD

For He is our strength, His scripture our sword

We stand on His promise, we speak to obey

Affirming the truth of His wonder-filled way.

The battle is fierce, the enemy strong

Take courage to fight, and lift up a song:

“Give praise to the LORD, for His mercy endures!”

The foe will retreat and the land will be ours.

So thanks be to God, who leads us with pow’r

We triumph in Him, His victory is ours

The kingdom of darkness before us must fall

It cannot prevail – Jesus rules over all.

text: Gary Hicks, based on 2 Chronicles 20:21-24

music: LYONS (O Worship the King) 10.10.11.11.

attributed to Johann Michael Haydn (1737-1806),

in Wm. Gardiner’s “Sacred Melodies”, 1815

O River Deep

O River Deep Em lead

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O, River deep, O, River wide,

Subsume me in Your flow,

Come wash away my secret sin

That only You can know.

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O, Holy Dove, descend on me,

And speak Your thundering word

Come fill my heart with Your great love,

And make me holy, Lord.

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CHORUS:

I AM YOURS, I AM YOURS

TAKE MY LIFE AND LET IT BE…

I AM YOURS, I AM YOURS

CONSECRATED, LORD, TO THEE.

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O, Flame of God, fall on me now,

Consume this selfish sin

Come burn away the hidden dross,

And make me pure within.

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CHORUS

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O, Wind that blows from heaven’s shore,

I set my sail for You

Blow me away, sweet hurricane,

Come make me clean and new.

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CHORUS