With All Our Hearts
How does one praise a God so wonderful?
How do we show our gratefulness?
What voice can sing a song a fraction as powerful?
What deed can show an ounce of as much faithfulness?
What number of prayers compares to infinite blessings?
What amount of service compares to Jesus’s sacrifice?
What amount of money can pay for the joy He brings?
What can we give that compares with His gift of Paradise?
Our hearts overflow with the love that He’s given.
We can only hope our deeds bare any worthy fruit.
We were doomed unless we were forgiven,
for Christ has pulled our souls from disrepute.
So how do we thank him; how do we even start?
We simply praise him always and with all of our hearts.
Give Me Rest
We are weary and burdened;
let us come to you for rest.
We turn to you when we are frightened;
Hear us, Lord, and grant our request.
We’ve risen early and stayed up late in vain;
we pray grant us sleep.
In times of suffering, our hearts in pain,
we turn to you, our souls to keep.
Now, in peace we lie down and sleep.
You alone, make us dwell in safety.
Watch over us, Lord, your humble sheep,
We submit to your will in humility.
We release our ambitions; All selfish efforts we cease.
Instead we lay our burdens upon You in hopes of peace.
Never Let It Leave
The peace in my heart is more than I’ve ever known.
It fills me and makes me glad.
The Lord has made soft my heart of stone.
Now I see things as I never had.
You’ve made it so I can forgive others.
You’ve helped me be content in any situation.
You’ve provided for me the fellowship of brothers.
This wonderful feeling can only be the gift of salvation.
My heart’s desire is that this feeling never fades,
for I know the emptiness that was before.
Today your glorious grace pervades,
and I hope this joy grows more and more.
Let it stay in my heart forever.
Let it never leave me, no, not ever.
Full of the Spirit
When grace replaces the rage in my heart,
I offer thanks, for I know You are with me.
When I begin a task I had been afraid to start,
I offer thanks, for I know You are with me.
Your strength replaces my weakness.
Your grace covers my iniquity.
Your wisdom turns my cleverness to foolishness,
but trust in You turns my madness to sanity.
When I worry not for myself, but for Your will,
I offer thanks, for I know You are with me.
When my heart might shatter, but instead remains still,
I offer thanks, for I know You are with me.
When Your Sprit fills me,
anxiety falls away, and I give thanks, for you have made me free.
His Power
We exult in the all the Lord does,
for there is no one like Him.
He gave up His Son for those He loves,
so we glorify God in prayer and hymn.
He is the one God who can do all things.
No feat or thought is beyond his capability.
He created the rivers from which good water springs.
Through Him even the barren gain fertility.
No army can defeat Him.
No government can censor Him.
No power can defy Him.
No wicked can escape Him.
We pray to Him in any hour,
for no trial or need is beyond His power.
Him Crucified
There is nothing but Christ, and him Crucified.
This is where our Salvation rests.
Only in him does our faith reside.
Where we failed, he passed all the tests.
His perfection, for our iniquity.
His obedience, for our rebellion.
His strength, for our frailty.
Our life, from his resurrection.
Some may not understand.
They may count our wisdom as foolish.
But those who rely on their own strength can’t comprehend the might of God’s hand,
so they are blind to what His will can accomplish.
But our faith doesn’t rely on the wisdom of men.
Instead we hope in God’s power, Amen.
Patient
How patient is the Lord of all,
how slow to anger?
How long does He wait for us to hear his call,
for our devotion to Him, He is eager.
Still he waits and forgives over and over again.
His gave His Son so he might pass over our transgressions.
He endures the fickle hearts of men,
who even still refuse to offer their confessions.
Abounding is His steadfast love,
waiting for all to reach repentance.
Gracious is the Lord above,
Offering every man the opportunity for acceptance.
Do not let him wait anymore,
God is waiting, so what are you waiting for?
M.L.S. Weech 