Tag: K. W. Osbeck

  • NO ONE UNDERSTANDS LIKE JESUS

    Amazing Grace NO ONE UNDERSTANDS LIKE JESUS Words and Music by John W. Peterson, 1921–2006 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne…

  • DOES JESUS CARE?

    Amazing Grace Frank E. Graeff, 1860–1919 And surely I will be with you always, to the very end of the age. (Matthew 28:20) God whispers in our pleasures but shouts in our pain.— C. S. Lewis Frank E. Graeff, author of this hymn text, knew what it was to wonder, as most of God’s children…

  • COME YE, DISCONSOLATE

    Amazing Grace Thomas Moore, 1779–1852, (verses 1 and 2 with alterations)Thomas Hastings, 1784–1872, (verse 3) You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart. (Jeremiah 29:13) God’s delight is to administer comfort to wounded spirits.— Unknown Repeating the plea to “come” and the plaintive promise that “earth has no…

  • LIKE A RIVER GLORIOUS

    Amazing Grace 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…

  • PEACE, PERFECT PEACE

    Amazing Grace 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…

  • THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER

    Amazing Grace 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)…

  • IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL

    Amazing Grace 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…

  • IN MY HEART THERE RINGS A MELODY

    Amazing Grace Words and Music by Elton M. Roth, 1891–1951 Sing to the Lord a new song, for He has done marvelous things; His right hand and His holy arm have worked salvation for Him. Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music. (Psalm 98:1, 4) King Solomon,…

  • HE KEEPS ME SINGING

    Amazing Grace 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…

  • WHY DO I SING ABOUT JESUS?

    Amazing Grace 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…