Sunday Audio Service – Third before Lent – Holy Communion – 16/2/25
BLESSÈD ASSURANCE, Jesus is mine:
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God.
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Saviour all the day long.
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Saviour all the day long.
Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture burst on my sight.
Angels descending bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.
Perfect submission, all is at rest,
I in my Saviour am happy and blessed.
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.
Fanny J. Crosby.
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THERE MUST BE MORE than this:
O Breath of God, come breathe within.
There must be more than this:
Spirit of God, we wait for You.
Fill us anew, we pray.
Fill us anew, we pray.
Consuming fire, fan into flame
A passion for Your name.
Spirit of God, fall in this place.
Lord, have Your way,
Lord, have Your way with us.
Come like a rushing wind,
Clothe us with power from on high.
Now set the captives free.
Leave us abandoned to Your praise.
Lord, let Your glory fall.
Lord, let Your glory fall.
Tim Hughes
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COME, SEE THE LORD in His breathtaking splendour:
Gaze at His majesty – bow and adore!
Enter His presence with wonder and worship –
He is the King and enthroned evermore.
He is the Word who was sent by the Father,
Born as a baby, a child of our race:
God here among us, revealed as a servant,
Walking the pathway of truth and of grace.
He is the Lamb who was slain to redeem us –
There at the cross His appearance was marred.
Though He emerged from the grave as the victor,
Still from the nails and the spear He is scarred.
He is the Lord who ascended in triumph –
Ever the sound of His praises shall ring!
Hail Him the First and the Last, the Almighty:
Jesus, our Prophet, our Priest and our King.
Come, see the Lord in His breathtaking splendour:
Gaze at His majesty – bow and adore!
Come and acknowledge Him Saviour and Sovereign:
Jesus our King is enthroned evermore.
Martin E. Leckebusch
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BE THOU MY VISION, O Lord of my heart,
Be all else but naught to me, save that Thou art.
Be Thou my best thought in the day and the night,
Both waking and sleeping, Thy presence my light.
Be Thou my wisdom, be Thou my true word,
Be Thou ever with me, and I with Thee, Lord.
Be Thou my great Father, and I Thy true son;
Be Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.
Be Thou my breastplate, my sword for the fight;
Be Thou my whole armour, be Thou my true might;
Be Thou my soul’s shelter, be Thou my strong tower:
O raise Thou me heavenward, great Power of my power.
Riches I need not, nor man’s empty praise:
Be Thou mine inheritance now and always;
Be Thou and Thou only the first in my heart:
O Sovereign of heaven, my treasure Thou art.
High King of heaven, Thou heaven’s bright Sun,
O grant me its joys after victory is won.
Great Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be Thou my vision, O Ruler of all.
Mary E. Byrne & Eleanor H. Hull.
