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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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THINE IS THE GLORY
Amazing Grace Edmond L. Budry, 1854–1932Translated by Richard B. Hoyle, 1875–1939 But thanks be to God! He gives the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 15:57) In the ancient world, no celebration was considered more glorious than the march of triumphant returning warriors through their capital city. Many visual depictions have been made…
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HARK! TEN THOUSAND HARPS AND VOICES
Amazing Grace Thomas Kelly, 1769–1854 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. In a loud voice they sang: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise.” (Revelation 5:11,…
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HAIL, THOU ONCE DESPISED JESUS!
Amazing Grace John Bakewell, 1721–1819 He [God] raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. (Ephesians 1:20, 21)…
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GOLDEN HARPS ARE SOUNDING
Amazing Grace Words and Music by Frances R. Havergal, 1836–1879 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. After He said this, He was taken up before their very eyes,…
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CROWN HIM WITH MANY CROWNS
Amazing Grace Matthew Bridges, 1800–1894 and Godfrey Thring, 1823–1903 His eyes are like blazing fire, and on His head are many crowns … He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is the Word of God. (Revelation 19:12, 13) Jesus Christ, the condescension of divinity and the exaltation of humanity.— Phillips…
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LOOK YE SAINTS! THE SIGHT IS GLORIOUS
Amazing Grace Thomas Kelly, 1769–1854 … Great and marvelous are Your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are Your ways, King of the ages. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed. (Revelation 15:3, 4) Ascension Day, when we commemorate the translation of our Lord to heaven,…