Tag: K. W. Osbeck

  • GOD BE WITH YOU

    Amazing Grace Jeremiah E. Rankin, 1828–1904 The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. (Romans 16:20) It is my joy in life to find at every turning of the road,The strong arms of a comrade kind to help me onward with my load.And since I have no gold to give, and love alone can…

  • BLEST BE THE TIES THAT BIND

    Amazing Grace John Fawcett, 1740–1817 Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble. (1 John 2:10) “We just cannot break the ties of affection that bind us to you dear friends.” As Mary Fawcett assured the little congregation at Wainsgate, England, of the bond of…

  • SAVIOR, TEACH ME, DAY BY DAY

    Amazing Grace Jane E. Leeson, 1807–1882 If anyone loves Me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. (John 14:23) It is wonderful to have experienced God’s gift of love in days past, but the real challenge of victorious Christian living…

  • LET US BREAK BREAD TOGETHER

    Amazing Grace Traditional Spiritual They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer … All the believers were together and had everything in common. (Acts 2:42, 44) The local church has been described as a laboratory where believers learn to love one another regardless of…

  • THEY WILL KNOW WE RE CHRISTIANS BY OUR LOVE

    Amazing Grace Words and Music by Peter Scholtes, 1938–2009 A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. All men will know that you are My disciples if you love one another. (John 13:34, 35) It’s easy to talk sentimentally about love. It’s much…

  • WHEN LOVE SHINES IN

    Amazing Grace Carrie E. Breck, 1855–1934 Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. (Matthew 5:16) Our emotional soundness and even our physical health depend on the quality of our love for God. And as a result, we gain an attitude of love and…

  • HOW CAN I HELP BUT LOVE HIM?

    Amazing Grace Words and Music by Elton M. Roth, 1891–1951 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for Him who died for them and was raised again. (2…

  • WHY SHOULD HE LOVE ME SO?

    Amazing Grace Words and Music by Robert Harkness, 1880–1961 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16) In the deepest sense, love is a prerequisite of the whole Christian faith. It begins with God since…

  • HE LIFTED ME

    Amazing Grace Words and Music by Charles H. Gabriel, 1856–1932 He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. (Psalm…

  • JESUS LOVES EVEN ME

    Amazing Grace Words and Music by Philip P. Bliss, 1838–1876 As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. (John 15:9) The wonder of Jesus’ deep love for each of us has been expressed in this text in beautiful but childlike language by the noted musician of early…