Hymns/Quotes/Prayers of Praise and Worship

Hymns/Quotes/Prayers of Praise and Worship

Our Love of Christ is tested by whether we seek Him, or His gifts.
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I neglect God
for the noise of a fly,
the rattling of a coach,
the creaking of a door.
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In the Garden

I come to the garden alone, 
While the dew is still on the roses,
And the voice I hear, Falling on my ear
The Son of God discloses.

Chorus:

And He walks with me, 
and He talks with me,
And He tells me I am His own;
And the joy we share as we tarry there,
None other has ever known.

He speaks, and the sound of His voice
Is so sweet the birds hush their singing,
And the melody That He gave to me,
Within my heart is ringing.

I'd stay in the garden with Him
Tho' this night around me be falling,
But He bids me go; 
Thro' the voice of woe His voice to me is calling.
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The Eternal Generation of the Son

Amid the eternal silences
God's endless Word was spoken
None heard but He who always spake,
And the silence was unbroken.

Chorus:

Oh marvelous! Oh Worshipful!
No song or sound is heard,
But everywhere and every hour,
In love, in wisdom, and in power,
The Father speaks His dear eternal Word.

For ever in the eternal land
The glorious day is dawning;
For ever is the Father's Light
Like an endless outspread morning.

From the Father's vast tranquility,
In light coequal glowing
The kingly consubstantial Word
Is unutterably flowing.

For ever climbs that Morning Star
Without ascent or motion;
For ever is its daybreak
On the Spirit's boundless ocean.

O Word! who fitly can adore
Thy Birth and Thy Relation,
Lost in the impenetrable light
Of Thine awful Generation?

Thy Father clasps Thee evermore
In unspeakable embraces,
While angels tremble as thy praise,
And shroud their dazzled faces.

And oh! in what abyss of love,
So fiery yet so tender,
The Holy Spirit encircles Thee
With His uncreated splendor!

O Word! O dear and gentle Word!
Thy creatures kneel before Thee,
And ecstasies of timid love
Delightedly adore Thee.

Hail choicest mystery of God!
Hail wondrous Generation!
The Father's self-sufficient rest!
The Spirit's jubilation!

Dear Person! dear beyond all words,
Glorious beyond all telling!
Oh with what songs of silent love
Our ravished hearts are swelling!

Chorus:

Oh marvelous! Oh Wonderful!
No song or sound is heard,
But everywhere and every hour,
In love, in wisdom, and in power,
The Father speaks His dear Eternal Word.

~Fredrick Faber~
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O Jesus, Jesus

O Jesus, Jesus, dearest Lord!
Forgive me if I say,
For very love, Thy sacred Name
A thousand times a day.

Refrain:

O Jesus, Lord, with me abide;
I rest in Thee, whate'er betide;
Thy gracious smile is my reward;
I love, I love Thee, Lord!

I love Thee so I know not how
My transports to control;
Thy love is like a burning fire
Within my very soul.

Burn, burn, O love, within my heart,
Burn fiercely night and day,
Till all the dross of earthly loves
Is turned, and burned away.

O light in darkness, joy in grief,
O heav'n begun on earth;
Jesus, my Love, my Treasure, who
Can tell what Thou art worth?

What limit is there to this love?
Thy flight, where will Thou stay?
On, on! our Lord is sweeter far
Today than yesterday.

~Fredrick Faber~
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Oh, come, dear Lord, and fill my heart with blessed desire for Thee. I lift my heart anticipating the shining of Thy blessed face. Amen
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Our Father which art in heaven, I come to Thee, adoring the mystery of that which is Thyself. The more I know Thee, the more I want to know Thee in all the beauty of Thy holiness. In the name of Jesus, I pray, Amen.