Hymns/Poems of Praise and Worship

Blessing, glory, wisdom and thanksgiving, and honor and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen
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Mercy is God's goodness confronting human guilt.
Grace is God's goodness confronting human demerit. It is God's good pleasure.
Transcendence: God is above, high up and above all things.
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Praise, my soul, the King of heaven;
To His feet thy tribute bring.
Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
Evermore His praises sing:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise the everlasting King.

Praise Him for grace and favor
To our fathers in distress.
Praise Him still the same as ever,
Slow to chide, and swift to bless.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

Fatherlike, God tends and spares us;
Well our feeble frame He knows.
Motherlike, God gently bears us,
Rescues us from all our foes.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Widely yet His mercy flows.

Angels, help us to adore Him;
Ye behold Him face to face;
Sun and moon, bow down before Him,
Dwellers all in time and space.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise with us the God of grace.

~Henry F. Lyte~
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Draw Me Nearer

I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice,
And it told Thy love to me;
But I long to rise in the arms of faith
And be closer drawn to Thee.

Refrain:

Draw me nearer, nerer blessed Lord,
To the Cross where Thou hast died;
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer blessed Lord,
To Thy precious, bleeding side.

Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord,
By the pow'r of grace divine;
Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope,
And my will be lost in Thine.

Oh, the pure delight of a single hour
That before Thy throne I spend,
When I kneel in prayer, and  with Thee, my God,
I commune as friend with friend!

There are depths of love that I cannot know
Till I cross the narrow sea;
There are heights of joy that I may not reach
Till I rest in peace with Thee.

~Frances J. Crosby~
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But greatness, which is infinite makes room
For all things in its lap to lie;
We should be crushed by a magnificence
Short of infinity.

We share in what is infinite; 'tis ours,
For we and it alike are Thine;
What I enjoy, great God! by right of Thee
Is more than doubly mine.

Thus doth Thy grandeur make us grand ourselves;
'Tis goodness bids us fear;
Thy greatness makes us brave as children are,
When those they love are near.

~Frederick Faber~
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Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness

Lord, I believe, were sinners more
Than sands upon the ocean shore,
For all Thou hast theransom given,
Purchased for all peace, life, and heaven.

Lord, I believe the price is paid
For every soul, the atonement made;
And every soul Thy grace may prove,
Loved with an everlasting love.

Jesus, be endless praise to Thee,
Whose boundless mercy hath for me,
For me, and all Thine hands have made,
Ad everlasting ransom paid.

Ah, give to all Thy servants, Lord,
With power to speak Thy quickening Word,
That sinners to Thy wounds may flee,
And find eternal life in Thee.

Thou God of power, Thou God of love,
Let the whole world Thy mercy prove;
Now let Thy Word o'er all prevail;
Now take the spoils of death and hell.

~Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf~
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Amazing Grace

Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now, I see.

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear,
The hour I first believed!

Though many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
'Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.

The Lord has promised good to me,
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be,
As long as life endures.

And when the flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease;
I shall possess within the veil
A life of joy and peace.

When we've been here ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Then when we'd first begun.

~John Newton~