Tag: 366 Inspirational Hymns

  • SWEET PEACE, THE GIFT OF GOD’S LOVE

    Words and Music by Peter P. Bilhorn, 1865–1936 Great peace have they who love Your law, and nothing can make them stumble. (Psalm 119:165) The blessing of peace is the one prize that often eludes those who seem to have attained everything else in life. Yet peace is one of the choice gifts left to…

  • LIKE A RIVER GLORIOUS

    Frances R. Havergal, 1836–1879 If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your righteousness like the waves of the sea. (Isaiah 48:18) Our gift of salvation includes more than pardon from sin, deliverance from hell, and a guarantee to heaven. It includes everything we need to…

  • PEACE, PERFECT PEACE

    Edward H. Bickersteth, 1825–1906 I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. (John 16:33) The quest for inner calm and peace has been a universal struggle for mankind throughout the ages. Even for those…

  • THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER

    Francis Scott Key, 1779–1843 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: Whether it be to the king, as supreme, or to governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. (1 Peter 2:13, 14 KJV) During the…

  • IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL

    Horatio G. Spafford, 1828–1888 God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble. (Psalm 46:1) Inner peace through an implicit trust in the love of God is the real evidence of a mature Christian faith. Only with this kind of confidence in his heavenly Father could Horatio Spafford experience such heart-rending tragedies…

  • HE KEEPS ME SINGING

    Words and Music by Luther B. Bridgers, 1884–1948 If you obey My commands, you will remain in My love, just as I have obeyed My Father’s commands and remain in His love. I have told you this so that My joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. (John 15:10–11) Joy…

  • WHY DO I SING ABOUT JESUS?

    Words and Music by Albert A. Ketchum, 1894–1982 Shout with joy to God, all the earth! Sing to the glory of His name; offer Him glory and praise! (Psalm 66:1, 2) Fill me with gladness from above,Hold me by strength divine;Lord, let the glow of your great loveThrough my whole being shine.— Unknown The Christian…

  • CHRIST LIVETH IN ME

    Daniel W. Whittle, 1840–1901 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ liveth in me. (Galatians 2:20) “Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16). One can almost hear the apostle Paul exhorting the carnal Christians at Corinth with…

  • THE HAVEN OF REST

    Henry L. Gilmour, 1836–1920 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where Jesus, who went before us, has entered on our behalf. (Hebrews 6:19) What stabilizers are to a ship in stormy water, the conscious presence of Christ is to a…

  • MY SINS ARE BLOTTED OUT, I KNOW!

    Words and Music by Merrill Dunlop, 1905–2002 I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions, for My own sake, and remembers your sins no more. (Isaiah 43:25) Forgiveness—when God buries our sins and does not mark the grave.— Louis Paul Lehman Many Christians have suffered great emotional, mental, and even physical disorders throughout…