| 1293. Salvation belongs to our God |
Salvation belongs to our God,
who sits on the throne,
and to the Lamb.
Praise and glory, wisdom and thanks,
honour and power and strength
be to our God for ever and ever,
be to our… |
| 926. Show me how to stand for justice |
Show me how to stand for justice:
how to work for what is right,
how to challenge false assumptions,
how to walk within the light.
May I learn to share more freely
in a world so full of greed,
showing… |
| 1100. As we open up your word today |
As we open up your word today,
give us ears for what you have to say,
for your Spirit's help we humbly pray;
speak to us, Lord.
Gladly now we come to learn from you,
wholly trusting that your… |
| 1284. All praise to him, the God of light |
ALL PRAISE TO HIM, THE GOD OF LIGHT,
who formed the mountains by his might;
all praise to him who names the stars
that sing his fame in skies afar.
All praise to him who reigns in… |
| 890. Stand up, stand up for Jesus |
Stand up, stand up for Jesus,
as soldiers of the cross;
lift high his royal banner,
it must not suffer loss;
from victory on to victory
his army he shall lead
till every foe is vanquished
and Christ… |
| 551. Powerful in making us wise to salvation |
Powerful in making us wise to salvation,
witness to faith in Christ Jesus the Word;
breathed out for all by the life-giving Father-
these are the Scriptures, and thus speaks the Lord.
2. Hammer for… |
| 774. A sovereign protector I have |
A sovereign protector I have,
unseen, yet for ever at hand,
unchangeably faithful to save,
almighty to rule and command.
He smiles, and my comforts abound;
his grace as the dew shall descend,
and… |
| 1210. Some things we long for |
Some things we long for
and long prepare for,
and set our hearts on
somehow, somewhere;
then God corrects us
and redirects us
to what is better,
yet hard to bear.
2. Some things we work… |
| 877. How firm a foundation, you saints of the Lord |
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 has said,
to all who for refuge to Jesus have fled?
2. In every… |
| 815. Take time to be holy, speak much with your Lord |
Take time to be holy, speak much with your Lord;
remain in him always, and feed on his word;
make friends of God's children, help those who are weak,
forgetting in nothing his blessing to seek.
2.… |
| 749. O how the grace of God |
O how the grace of God
amazes me!
It loosed me from my bonds
and set me free!
What made it happen so?
His own will, this much I know,
set me, as now I show,
at liberty.
2. My God has chosen… |
| CP13. From the squalor of a borrowed stable |
FROM THE SQUALOR OF A BORROWED STABLE,
by the Spirit and a virgin’s faith;
to the anguish and the shame of scandal
came the Saviour of the human race.
But the skies were filled with the praise… |
| 913. Come you thankful people come |
Come, you thankful people, come,
raise the song of harvest-home!
All is safely gathered in
now, before the storms begin:
God our maker will provide
for our needs to be supplied;
come, with all his… |
| 531. Lord of the church, we pray for our renewing |
Lord of the church, we pray for our renewing:
Christ over all, our undivided aim;
fire of the Spirit, burn for our enduing,
wind of the Spirit, fan the living flame!
We turn to Christ amid our fear… |
| 1019. Give thanks to God and honour those |
Give thanks to God, and honour those
whose fame was spread abroad,
whose well-remembered lives disclose
the glories of their Lord;
who held their just and gentle sway
in trust beneath his… |
| 1103. Lord, you enjoyed a sabbath rest |
Lord, you enjoyed a sabbath rest
when your creating work was done;
and now you've set this day apart,
special to you, the Holy One.
Your mercies every day are new---
(Your mercies every day are… |
| 483. Hail, O once rejected Jesus |
Hail, O once rejected Jesus!
Hail, O Galilean King!
You have suffered to release us
and your free salvation bring.
Hail, O agonizing Saviour,
bearer of our sin and shame,
by your merits we find… |
| 1021. Do you want to learn of Jesus? |
Do you want to learn of Jesus?
Come with me to Bethlehem,
where the Son of God came down to earth
no crown or diadem,
but a favoured virgin mother
and her tiny, first-born gem:
it is He, infant… |
| 1016. If I rise on the wings of the dawn |
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
seek the lands that lie over the sea;
if I go to the heavens, if I live in the depths,
if I hide in the darkness, you are there.
You are there, where your light… |
| 1188. O, to see the dawn |
O, to see the dawn
of the darkest day:
Christ on the road to Calvary.
Tried by sinful men,
torn and beaten, then
nailed to a cross of wood.
This, the power of the cross:
Christ became sin for… |
| 403. My song is love unknown |
My song is love unknown,
my Saviour's love for me;
love to the loveless shown
that they might lovely be:
but who am I,
that for my sake
my Lord should take
frail flesh and die?
2. He came from… |
| CP66. When you think what you were told |
WHEN YOU THINK WHAT YOU WERE TOLD
does it take your breath away—
how the Saviour of the world
once a tiny infant lay?
Where the sheep and donkey fed
our Redeemer we can see
born this human… |
| 1241. In counsels of eternity |
In counsels of eternity,
before all worlds were formed,
no sun or moon shed light on earth,
nor stars the skies adorned;
there, deep within the Father's heart,
love issued in decree
that sons of… |
| 695. Thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus |
Thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus,
thank you, Lord, for loving me.
Thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus,
thank you, Lord, for loving me.
1. You went to Calvary,
there you died for me,
thank you, Lord, for… |
| 95. Come with all joy to sing to God |
Come with all joy to sing to God
our saving rock, the living Lord;
in glad thanksgiving seek his face
with songs of victory and grace.
2. In holiness and light arrayed
above all gods that we… |
| 925. Remember, Lord, the world you made |
Remember, Lord, the world you made,
for Adam's race to find
the life of heaven on earth displayed,
a home for humankind.
2. A home of peace: but war and strife
and hatred we confess;
where death is… |
| CP37. Look to the skies |
LOOK TO THE SKIES, THERE’S A CELEBRATION;
lift up your heads, join the angel song,
for our Creator becomes our Saviour,
as a baby born!
Angels amazed bow in adoration:
‘Glory to God in the… |
| 199. The God of Abraham praise |
The God of Abraham praise
who reigns enthroned above;
the Ancient of eternal days
and God of love!
The Lord, the great I AM,
by earth and heaven confessed,
we bow before his holy name
for ever… |
| 115. Not to us be glory given |
Not to us be glory given
but to him who reigns above:
Glory to the God of heaven
for his faithfulness and love!
What though unbelieving voices
hear no word and see no sign,
still in God my heart… |
| 1169. To walk with Jesus in this world |
To walk with Jesus in this world
is not an easy thing;
he calls us all to bear our cross
if we would follow him.
2. For he himself once paid this price
for those he came to save;
then after… |
