I stand before the presence

Authors:
Themes:
Scriptures:
  • Exodus 25:22
  • Exodus 26:31-34
  • Exodus 28:35
  • Exodus 36:35
  • Joshua 5:13-14
  • 2 Chronicles 3:14
  • Matthew 27:51
  • Mark 15:38
  • Luke 23:45
  • Romans 8:15-17
  • Galatians 3:29
  • Galatians 4:4-7
  • Galatians 4:7
  • 1 Peter 3:7
Book Number:
  • 716

I stand before the presence
of the Lord God of hosts,
a child of my Father
and an heir of his grace,
for Jesus paid the debt for me,
the veil was torn in two,
and the Holy of Holies
has become my dwelling place.

© 1980 Authentic Media/ Adm. by kingswaysongs.com
Mavis Ford

The Christian Life - Union With Christ

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The story behind the hymn

Mavis Ford’s single-stz song, the 2nd of her two items in this book, is dated 1980 and was published in Songs and Hymns of Fellowship in 1987, entering MP in the same year. The majesty of ‘the Lord God of hosts’ is matched by the intimacy of ‘my Father’, and lines 3–4 link the torn curtain of the temple with the imagery of the Letter to the Hebrews. Words and music (I STAND BEFORE THE PRESENCE) go together.

A look at the author

Ford, Mavis

Her work began to appear in the 1980s, and her most popular song has reached such standard hymn-books as Baptist Praise and Worship (1991) and Rejoice and Sing (also 1991) as well as MP etc. (Loxley and Mavis Ford have a connection with Christian work in Zimbabwe.) Nos.341, 716.