31 Days of Hymns - Day 24

Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus

 

Amazing Story Behind the Song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw2iiQo7apE 

'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,
and to take him at his word;
just to rest upon his promise,
and to know, "Thus saith the Lord."

Refrain:
Jesus, Jesus, how I trust him!
How I've proved him o'er and o'er!
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
O for grace to trust him more!


O how sweet to trust in Jesus,
just to trust his cleansing blood;
and in simple faith to plunge me
neath the healing, cleansing flood! [Refrain]


Yes, 'tis sweet to trust in Jesus,
just from sin and self to cease;
just from Jesus simply taking
life and rest, and joy and peace. [Refrain]

31 Days of Hymns - Day 23

Trust and Obey

Listen here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrSCxfnN2B8

When we walk with the Lord

in the light of his word,
what a glory he sheds on our way!
While we do his good will,
he abides with us still,
and with all who will trust and obey.

Refrain:
Trust and obey, for there's no other way
to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.


Not a burden we bear,
not a sorrow we share,
but our toil he doth richly repay;
not a grief or a loss,
not a frown or a cross,
but is blest if we trust and obey. [Refrain]


But we never can prove
the delights of his love
until all on the altar we lay;
for the favor he shows,
for the joy he bestows,
are for them who will trust and obey. [Refrain]


Then in fellowship sweet
we will sit at his feet,
or we'll walk by his side in the way;
what he says we will do,
where he sends we will go;
never fear, only trust and obey. [Refrain]

Learn more about this hymn:
http://www.hymnary.org/text/when_we_walk_with_the_lord

31 Days of Hymns - Day 22

I Need Thee Every Hour

 Listen here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UK7PbgevSY

I need thee every hour,
most gracious Lord;
no tender voice like thine
can peace afford.


Refrain:
I need thee, O I need thee,
every hour I need thee!
O bless me now, my Savior--
I come to thee!


 I need thee every hour;
stay thou near by;
temptations lose their power
when thou art nigh. [Refrain]


I need thee every hour;
teach me thy will,
and thy rich promises
in me fulfill. [Refrain]


 I need thee every hour,
Most Holy One;
O make me thine indeed,
thou blessed Son. [Refrain]

Learn more about this hymn:
http://www.hymnary.org/text/i_need_thee_every_hour_most_gracious_lor

31 Days of Hymns - Day 21

How Firm A Foundation

A truly wonderful hymn full of rich Biblical truth reinforcing the firm foundation our faith is built upon. Written in 1787, this hymn is attributed to K, who may have been R. Keene, who was a song leader at the church from where a collection of hymns, including this one, was published.

Learn more about this hymn here: http://www.challies.com/articles/hymn-stories-how-firm-a-foundation-free-download

Listen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwGW8qRqz4I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8O5RyGRmx8

How firm a foundation, you saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word!
What more can He say than to you He hath said,
To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled?

 "Fear not, I am with you; O be not dismayed,
For I am your God and will still give you aid;
I'll strengthen you, help you, and cause you to stand,
Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand.

"When through the deep waters I call you to go,
The rivers of sorrow shall not overflow,
For I will be with you in trouble to bless
And sanctify to you your deepest distress.

 "When through fiery trials your pathway shall lie,
My grace, all-sufficient, shall be your supply.
The flame shall not hurt you; I only design:
Your dross to consume and your gold to refine."

 The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose
He will not, He cannot, desert to his foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
He never will leave, He will never forsake.

Learn more:
http://www.hymnary.org/text/how_firm_a_foundation_ye_saints_of

31 Days of Hymns - Day 20

To God Be The Glory

 Listen here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CeBoSQsBR0

To God be the glory, great things he has done;
so loved he the world that he gave us his Son,
who yielded his life an atonement for sin,
and opened the lifegate that we may go in.

Refrain:
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord; let the earth hear his voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord; let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father through Jesus the Son,
and give him the glory; great things he has done.

O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood,
to every believer the promise of God;
the vilest offender who truly believes,
that moment from Jesus a pardon receives. Refrain


Great things he has taught us, great things he has done,
and great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son;
but purer and higher and greater will be
our wonder, our gladness, when Jesus we see. Refrain


Learn more about this hymn:
http://www.hymnary.org/text/to_god_be_the_glory_great_things_he_hath

31 Days of Hymns - Day 19

Great Is Thy Faithfulness

"Thomas Chisholm, the author of "Great Is Thy Faithfulness" and 1200 other poems was born in a log cabin in Kentucky in 1866, and he lived a pretty unremarkable life: he worked as a school teacher, a newspaper editor, and insurance agent, then he retired and spent his remaining days at the Methodist Home for the Aged in New Jersey. Unlike many hymns that have heart-wrenching stories behind them (for instance "It Is Well With My Soul"), "Great Is Thy Faithfulness" is inspired by the simple realization that God is at work in our lives on a daily basis. He wrote, "My income has not been large at any time due to impaired health in the earlier years which has followed me on until now. Although I must not fail to record here the unfailing faithfulness of a covenant-keeping God and that He has given me many wonderful displays of His providing care, for which I am filled with astonishing gratefulness." The hymn reminds us that God doesn't only work in dramatic or miraculous ways, but also in simple, everyday ways. It also reminds us that Jesus has never failed us in the past, so we have no reason to doubt his faithfulness in the future." --Greg Scheer, 1994

Listen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kgJwyXsQLM

Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
there is no shadow of turning with thee;
thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not;
as thou hast been thou forever wilt be.


Refrain (may be sung after stanza 3 only):
Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
all I have needed thy hand hath provided.
Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!


Summer and winter and springtime and harvest
sun, moon, and stars in their courses above
join with all nature in manifold witness
to thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love. Refrain


Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
thy own dear presence to cheer and to guide,
strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow
blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside! Refrain

Learn more about this hymn here:
http://www.hymnary.org/text/great_is_thy_faithfulness_o_god_my_fathe

31 Days of Hymns - Day 18

Come, Thou Fount

A beloved hymn for over 200 years, Come, Thou Fount, was penned in 1758 by a 22 year old, London hairdresser named Robert Robinson. Four years earlier he gave himself to a religious life after hearing George Whitfield preach the 'The Wrath To Come".

Listen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU1u6Lmz27A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3w9nvXuVnk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNzO6LCyiIY

Come, Thou Fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it,
Mount of Thy redeeming love.

Sorrowing I shall be in spirit,
Till released from flesh and sin,
Yet from what I do inherit,
Here Thy praises I’ll begin;
Here I raise my Ebenezer;
Here by Thy great help I’ve come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.

Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood;
How His kindness yet pursues me
Mortal tongue can never tell,
Clothed in flesh, till death shall loose me
I cannot proclaim it well.

O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.

O that day when freed from sinning,
I shall see Thy lovely face;
Clothed then in blood washed linen
How I’ll sing Thy sovereign grace;
Come, my Lord, no longer tarry,
Take my ransomed soul away;
Send thine angels now to carry
Me to realms of endless day.

Learn more here:
http://www.hymnary.org/text/come_thou_fount_of_every_blessing