This Week at Hope – I Need Thee Every Hour
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
We are a needy people, and we need help 24/7. This is why we sing, “I need thee every hour most blessed Lord.” John 14:15-22 is filled with promises for the comforts of the ever-presence of Jesus Christ. These promises are only for those who love and obey Him. In these verses, Jesus reveals that obedience and love and comfort and help are all tied together. They are a package. They are either all together or they are not at all. Charles Simeon explained it this way, “It has pleased God to unite man’s happiness with his duty, and to ordain, that the paths of righteousness alone should be paths of pleasantness and peace.” Jesus is revealing that loving and obeying means that you will never be without help in this world. He promises, “I will not leave you as orphans.”
Prayer will be held at the Burkes
Pray for the Father Son Retreat on, Manhood this weekend. Our desire is to extoll the glory of becoming like Christ.
The songs we will be singing are,
Come Thou Almighty King
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9oL2mOorhk)
Come, Holy Spirit, Come
(http://opc.org/hymn.html?hymn_id=121)
O Great God
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIDeYzq8xaA)
Holy Spirit, Living Breath of God
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eia7Hs6jSMg)
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-6PMvgJHG0)
Come Thou Almighty King
Come Thou Almighty King
Help us Thy name to sing;
Help us to praise.
Father, all glorious, o’er all victorious,
Come, and reign over us,
Ancient of Days
Come, Thou Incarnate Word
Gird on Thy mighty sword
Our prayer attend.
Come, and Thy people bless
And give Thy word success
Spirit of holiness
On us descend.
Come Holy Comforter
Thy sacred witness bear
In this glad hour
Thou, who almighty art
Now rule in every heart
And ne’er from us depart
Spirit of pow’r
To Thee, great One in Three
Eternal praises be,
Hence evermore;
Thy sov’reign majesty
May we in glory see
And to eternity
Love and adore
Come, Holy Spirit, Come
Come, Holy Spirit, come;
Let thy bright beams arise;
Dispel the darkness from our minds,
And open all our eyes.
Cheer our desponding hearts,
Thou heav’nly Paraclete;
Give us to lie with humble hope
At our Redeemer’s feet.
Revive our drooping faith;
Our doubts and fears remove;
And kindle in our breasts the flames
Of never-dying love.
Convince us of our sin;
Then lead to Jesus’ blood,
And to our wond’ring view, reveal
The secret love of God.
‘Tis thine to cleanse the heart,
To sanctify the soul,
To pour fresh life in ev’ry part,
And new create the whole.
Dwell, therefore, in our hearts;
Our minds from bondage free;
Then we shall know and praise and love
The Father, Son, and Thee.
O Great God
O great God of highest heaven
Occupy my lowly heart
Own it all and reign supreme
Conquer every rebel power
Let no vice or sin remain
That resists Your holy war
You have loved and purchased me
Make me Yours forevermore
I was blinded by my sin
Had no ears to hear Your voice
Did not know Your love within
Had no taste for heaven’s joys
Then Your Spirit gave me life
Opened up Your Word to me
Through the gospel of Your Son
Gave me endless hope and peace
Help me now to live a life
That’s dependent on Your grace
Keep my heart and guard my soul
From the evils that I face
You are worthy to be praised
With my every thought and deed
O great God of highest heaven
Glorify Your Name through me
Holy Spirit, Living Breath of God
Holy Spirit, living Breath of God,
Breathe new life into my willing soul.
Bring the presence of the risen Lord
To renew my heart and make me whole.
Cause Your Word to come alive in me;
Give me faith for what I cannot see;
Give me passion for Your purity.
Holy Spirit, breathe new life in me.
Holy Spirit, come abide within;
May Your joy be seen in all I do –
Love enough to cover ev’ry sin
In each thought and deed and attitude,
Kindness to the greatest and the least,
Gentleness that sows the path of peace.
Turn my striving into works of grace
Breath of God, show Christ in all I do.
Holy Spirit, from creation’s birth,
Giving life to all that God has made,
Show Your power once again on earth;
Cause Your church to hunger for Your ways.
Let the fragrance of our prayers arise.
Lead us on the road of sacrifice
That in unity the face of Christ
Will be clear for all the world to see.
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
Love divine, all loves excelling,
Joy of heav’n, to earth come down!
Fix in us Thy humble dwelling;
All Thy faithful mercies crown.
Jesus, Thou art all compassion;
Pure, unbounded love Thou art.
Visit us with Thy salvation;
Enter every trembling heart.
Breathe, O breathe Thy loving Spirit
Into every troubled breast!
Let us all in Thee inherit;
Let us find the promised rest.
Take away our bent to sinning;
Alpha and Omega be.
End of faith, as its beginning,
Set our hearts at liberty.
Come, Almighty, to deliver;
Let us all Thy life receive.
Suddenly return, and never,
Nevermore Thy temples leave.
Thee we would be always blessing
Serve Thee as Thy hosts above,
Pray and praise Thee without ceasing
Glory in Thy perfect love
Finish then Thy new creation;
Pure and spotless let us be.
Let us see Thy great salvation
Perfectly restored in Thee:
Changed from glory into glory,
Till in heav’n we take our place,
Till we cast our crowns before Thee,
Lost in wonder, love and praise.