Tag: K. W. Osbeck

  • PRAISE YE THE TRIUNE GOD!

    Amazing Grace Elizabeth R. Charles, 1828–1896 I will praise Your name for Your love and Your faithfulness, for You have exalted above all things Your name and Your word. (Psalm 138:2) Saints and angels join in praising Thee, the Father, Spirit, Son—Evermore their voices raising to the Eternal Three in One.— J. Montgomery The Sunday…

  • EVEN ME

    May 24, 2025 Amazing Grace Elizabeth Codner, 1824–1919 He will be like rain falling on a mown field, like showers watering the earth. (Psalm 72:6) The spiritual blessings of a Spirit-filled life are intended for every believer, not just for a favored few. The author of this hymn text was Elizabeth Codner, the wife of…

  • HOLY SPIRIT, FAITHFUL GUIDE

    Amazing Grace Words and Music by Marcus M. Wells, 1815–1895 I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you. (John 14:18 KJV) One of the Holy Spirit’s ministries is to lead us each day wherever our heavenly Father desires us to best represent Him. When vital decisions must be made, the Holy Spirit…

  • BLESSED QUIETNESS

    Amazing Grace Manie P. Ferguson, 19th century Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only that which is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the…

  • BREATHE ON ME BREATH OF GOD

    Amazing Grace Edwin Hatch, 1835–1889 As the Father has sent Me, I am sending you. And with that He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” (John 20:21, 22) The good news of the gospel relates not only to what Christ once did—His death, resurrection, ascension—but to what He presently offers: Forgiveness of…

  • HOLY GHOST, WITH LIGHT DIVINE

    Amazing Grace Andrew Reed, 1787–1862 That the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit. (Romans 8:4) As the earth can produce nothing unless it is fertilized by the sun, so we can do nothing worthwhile for God…

  • GRACIOUS SPIRIT, DWELL WITH ME

    Amazing Grace Thomas T. Lynch, 1818–1871 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you … and I will put My Spirit in you and move you to follow My decrees. (Ezekiel 36:26, 27) An awareness and knowledge of the Holy Spirit’s ministries is most important for every believer. Note…

  • SPIRIT OF GOD, DESCEND UPON MY HEART

    Amazing Grace George Croly, 1780–1860 Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord Almighty. (Zechariah 4:6) Although it is always thrilling at Christmas to recall the events of our Savior’s birth, or at Easter to celebrate His triumph over death, we must not forget Ascension or Pentecost. If Christ had…

  • THE COMFORTER HAS COME

    Amazing Grace Frank Bottome, 1823–1894 And I will ask the Father. and He will give you another counselor to be with you forever—the Spirit of truth. (John 14:16) One of the important days worthy of every Christian’s recognition is Pentecost Sunday—an observance of the advent of the Holy Spirit. Pentecost Sunday occurs 50 days after…

  • REJOICE THE LORD IS KING

    Amazing Grace Charles Wesley, 1707–1788 After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. (Hebrews 1:3) This text by Charles Wesley is another of the more than 6,500 hymns written by the “Sweet Bard of Methodism.” Wesley wrote on hundreds of scriptural passages as well…