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A Safe, Healing Place
$0.00 or moreA Safe, Healing PlaceAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Be Thou My Vision. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: God of all living, we truly are blessed: you are our home and our soul’s gentle nest. Even the swallows shall find in your arms safety and beauty and rest from all harm. As you have welcomed us into this space, help us find others who long for your grace, those who seek shelter and all those who roam. Make of our living a warm, welcome home You have forgiven and blessed us today, healed us and raised us to go on our way: send us in courage with trust in your grace, to make of this world a safe, healing place. -
All of the Gifts I Have
$0.00 or moreAll of the Gifts I HaveAdd to cartOriginal lyrics to Tune: Fairest Lord Jesus. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate.
Words: Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Lyrics: All of the gifts I have, all that is within me, you give to me, O God, with care; all of my prayers and skills, passions and energies you grant to me to freely share.
Here are my hopes and dreams, attitudes and deepest loves, all of the treasure to which I cling. I will not hold them in, stilling my ardent song, but serving you I’ll freely sing.
In all I keep or give, may I do my very best in everything I say and do, in harmony with you, only to love and bless, with joy, to serve and honor you. -
All that We Hold in Our Hands
$3.00 or moreAll that We Hold in Our HandsAdd to cartOriginal song. Purchase includes digital download of lyrics and music and permission to use. (Listen to a audio clip in the Product Description below.) Lyrics: What do we hold in our hearts? The hopes of a hungering people, longing for you, and for bread, and to truly be free. What can we do, who are small? The power is not ours at all: God, you have hidden such grace here in our hands. What do we hold in our hands? Nothing we have is unworthy. An everyday gift you can use in miraculous ways. All that we hold in our hands you’ll use if we give it to you. Use what we hold in our hands for what you will do. What do we hold in our hands? In it you’ve hidden the wondrous, fishes and loaves you can use to feed thousands with love. All that we hold in our hands we give in the name of your Son: more than we ask or imagine, may your will be done. What do we hold in our hands? Grace is abundant, not lacking. Look now and see what we have and find power and life. All that we hold in our hands, all that we have or can do, all that we are by your grace we give now to you. -
At Your Feet
$3.00 or moreAt Your FeetAdd to cartOriginal song. Purchase includes digital download of lyrics and music and permission to use. (Listen to it in the Product Description below.) Lyrics: Jesus, at your feet I bow. I am yours completely now. By your mercy show me how to be loving. Jesus, Master, you who save, you have served me as a slave. This, the perfect gift you gave: to be loving. In each hurting one I meet it is you, O Christ, I greet. Make my faithfulness complete, to be loving. -
Be the Living Word
$0.00 or moreBe the Living WordAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of HOLY MANNA. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: As you go to serve Creation bear the Word of God with you, Word that brings forth light now dwelling in your heart and shining through. Do not merely say the words: become the Word. Embody grace. Be the living Word and give the love of God a human face. To the poor in spirit go, and give them bread for which they long. Nourish them for love and justice. Feed their souls and make them strong. Be the hearty bread that’s taken, blest and broken day by day. Be the bread of love made real, bread that Jesus gives away. Do not try to serve with only your own passion to impart. Let the love of God flow through you from the Source, from Heaven’s Heart. Pass along God’s deep forgiveness, flowing freely from the Lord. Be the wine of God’s great feast, the wine so generously poured. By the Spirit living in you, be the hope you hope to preach; be the peace you long to witness; be the truth you want to teach. Let your living be the Word that words alone cannot convey. Be the Word of love embodied; be the flesh of Christ today. -
Bearers of Light
$0.00 or moreBearers of LightAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Morning Has Broken. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: God, how you love us, hold us and bless us, reign from above us, lead us by hand Call us to healing, bound by your Promise, your Word revealing, by your command. Great holy giver of life and wonder, deep like a river your blessings flow. Gladly we give you praise and thanksgiving: gifts we will give wherever we go. Baptized, anointed, filled with your Spirit, we are appointed bearers of light: for liberation, servants of justice, bringing the nations joy and delight. -
Bread of Justice
$0.00 or moreBread of JusticeAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of HOLY MANNA.* Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: God of justice and compassion, you who freed the Hebrew slaves, you who feed the poor and powerless, you whose great forgiveness saves, now you feed us, poor in spirit, through the grace of your dear Son; now you call us, now you send us. May your loving will be done. Feed us, God, the bread of justice: give us hearts to see and care. We are one with all who suffer. They are yours; now send us there. Knowing not if we shall triumph, give us faith to never cease; give us strength to boldly witness, seeking justice, making peace. Feed us, God, the wine of courage, faithfully to do your will. Now we drink of resurrection, facing death but steadfast still. To this world of heartless plunder, send us in a different vein: by our fearless, gentle healing, bearing witness to your Reign. * Or Love Divine, All Loves Excelling, Ode to Joy, or even What a Friend We Have In Jesus. -
Calling Me
$3.00 or moreCalling MeAdd to cartOriginal song. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description.) Lyrics: Dear God, Creator eternally, you call everything to be. How are you calling me, even now? Who do you call me to be? Where is your image in me, calling me? Jesus, lord of the fishermen, calling your children, you call to me once again, even now. What will you lead me to do? How can I witness to you, calling me, calling me? Spirit, power of love in me, how do you set me free, what gifts are you giving me, even now? I am a vessel for you. Humbly I listen to you, calling me, calling me. -
Christ Our Healer
$0.00 or moreChrist Our HealerAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Joyful, Joyful. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: Christ, our healer, you have touched us, reaching through the dark divide, healing broken hearts and bodies, casting death's old shroud aside: raised us from our bed of sorrows, put your arm around our pain, raising us to new tomorrows, bringing us to life again. Christ, our teacher, in our healing you have given us your gift: grace to bless, your love revealing, pow'r to heal and hope to lift. In your Spirit, your forgiveness, your compassion we embrace ev'ry wounded, shamed or silenced child of God with gentle grace. Christ, our savior, you are going on to every town and field, on to every land and people, on until the world is healed. Use us in the whole world's mending, use us as your healing hands, 'till as one the world, made whole, takes up its mat with joy and stands. -
Christ We Are Baptized
$0.00 or moreChrist We Are BaptizedAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Morning Has Broken. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: Christ we are baptized into your dying, all of our life poured out into yours; and we are baptized into your rising, life given to us from your deep stores. Christ we are baptized into your Body: we are all one community here. This is your presence, this is your rising: loving anew in your people dear. Christ we are baptized into your service: gentle and healing in all the strife, vessels of grace, who bear your redemption, bright with the light of eternal life. Christ we are baptized your New Creation, all of the world made new by your grace: dawn of your Realm of mercy and justice, Christ shining, risen, granting us peace. -
Dear Gentle, Watchful Shepherd
$0.00 or moreDear Gentle, Watchful ShepherdAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of O Sacred Head Now Wounded. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: Dear gentle, watchful shepherd, you lead us as we graze, and guide, us when we wander, to find again your ways. And when we stray in darkness, alone and lost and weak, unseen, you still are with us, your dear ones whom you seek. We pray for those who struggle through life all on their own, who find no path to guide them, who think they are alone. You fold them in your mercy in every lonely place, and with your hand upon them you bless them with your grace. O lead us, loving shepherd to seek the last and lost, to love them with your passion, and serve at any cost. Send us to find the lonely, forgotten and ignored: it's there that we shall meet you, our saving, healing Lord. -
Feed My Sheep
$3.00 or moreFeed My SheepAdd to cartOriginal song. Based on John 21.15-19. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description.) Lyrics: “Feed my sheep. Tend my lambs. Do you love me? Reach your hands. Bear your cross faithfully. Give you life and follow me. Sight restored,wounded healed, God's deep love is thus revealed. God sent me: I send you, love, my new commend, to do. Serve the poor and the weak, help them find their voice to speak. Evil turned, mercy raised, love and justice are my praise. Peace be yours from this hour, and the Holy Spirit's power. Raised from death, born anew, live in me and I in you.” -
Fire of Love
$0.00 or moreFire of LoveAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Ode to Joy or HOLY MANNA. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: Holy Spirit, you have gathered us as on that Pentecost when you gathered Christ’s disciples and their fears and doubts were lost: breathing life into their souls, and shining out of every face, you sent them into the streets to tell of God’s amazing grace. Each aflame with your compassion, eager that your praise be sung, fearlessly they filled the streets to tell your news in every tongue. So we ask you, by your life within us, giving us new birth, send us out to spread God’s love in Jesus’ name to all the earth. Holy Spirit, you have granted gifts to each, in our own way, so that we might serve you as we live and work and share and pray. By your pow’r we love our neighbors, work for justice, act with peace, reach the lost and serve the lowly: so your work will never cease. Holy Spirit, energy of God that links us soul to soul, by your grace we are the Body of the risen Christ, made whole. Be the breath that lifts our singing; be the wind that fills our sails; be the fire of love among us ‘till the Reign of God prevails. -
God Eternal, Holy Trinity
$0.00 or moreGod Eternal, Holy TrinityAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: God Eternal, Holy Trinity, Father-Mother, Spirit, Son, Gracious Mystery, Loving Family, you have baptized us as one. Sharing life at your kitchen table, feeding us with generous grace, send us now into the world, one with all the human race. Christ, our Brother, Guide and Teacher, Savior, Healer, Living Word: we are baptized in your dying, in your rising, love out-poured. You have fed us with the outcast, raised us to new life in you; send us now to love our neighbors, with your Presence in all we do. Holy Spirit, Bright Companion, Breath of Life that lives in us, we are baptized in your power, grace to share your love and peace. Send us now as your living Body, radiant with your infinite grace. Lead us, guide us, bless and sustain us. May our living be your praise -
God of all Gentleness
$0.00 or moreGod of all GentlenessAdd to cartOriginal lyrics to a familiar tune. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate.
Words: Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Tune: Be Thou My Vision
Lyrics: God of all gentleness, God of pure love, you do not watch us from heights far above, you are no tyrant, but patient and mild, present with grace in the poor, in the child.
God of all mercy, may we be the ones bearing your love to your daughters and sons, not out of pity but humbly, with grace, for in the poor we see your human face.
God of all justice, give us hearts to care, hope to free prisoners of fear and despair, courage to challenge the ways that oppress, deep love to reach out to heal and to bless.
God of compassion, your Spirit now pour into us all, for it’s we who are poor, hungry for justice, for healing and grace, and for full life for the whole human race. -
Harvest of Your Grace
$3.00 or moreHarvest of Your GraceAdd to cartOriginal song. Purchase includes digital download of lyrics and music and permission to use.
[Dialogue between soloist and congregation. Also includes Eucharistic responses.]
(Hear an audio clip in the Product Description below.) Lyrics: 1. God scatters abroad, and gives to the poor, and fills the hungry with good things. Alleluia! O God, we rejoice in the harvest of your grace. 2. How blessed the poor, and all those that mourn. “You do to me as to them.” Alleluia! We offer our gifts for the harvest of your grace. 3. Now come to the Feast. Our cups overflow. With grateful hearts we remember. Alleluia! We come now to work in the harvest of your grace. 4. God’s grace will abound, in seed and in bread. In joy then sow as you reap. Alleluia! God, gather from us the harvest of your grace. 5. You will receive, so that you can give, and yield a harvest of good hearts. Alleluia! God send us to share the harvest of your grace. -
I Belong to You
$0.00 or moreI Belong to YouAdd to cartOriginal lyrics to a familiar tune. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate.
Words: Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Tune: Water is Wide / Gift of Love
Lyrics: Beloved, I belong to you. You give me birth; you make me new, your image formed, by Spirit stirred. You are the Song; I am your Word.
Whatever pains I may endure, I still belong. Your love is sure. Since I am yours, your will I do. I trust and give myself to you.
I am your coin to richly spend, so spend me, God, as you intend. You bless my end; you hold my worth; send me to love throughout the earth.
Beloved, I belong to you. Do with me what your love will do. Bear me, and I, through ease or strife will find in you eternal life. -
I Take Up My Cross
$3.00 or moreI Take Up My CrossAdd to cartOriginal song. Purchase includes digital download of lyrics and music and permission to use.
Dialogue between soloist & Congregation. (Listen to it in the Product description below.) Lyrics: Letting go, I am held. I take up my cross and follow. 1. Jesus, you call to me, and draw me into your life. 2. Christ, I leave all behind, to follow you in love. 3. I yield my life to you, for you alone are God. 4. Loved with your costly love, I’ll suffer for the sake of love. 5. Christ, make my one desire to be to serve you in love. -
Isaiah 61
$0.00 or moreIsaiah 61Add to cartOriginal lyrics—Isaiah 61.1-4— set to the tune of O Little Town of Bethlehem. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: The Spirit of our loving God is strong in us and sure, sent in God’s grace to be God’s face with good news for the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, and set the captives free, and to proclaim in God’s own name their deep new liberty. We shall provide for those who mourn and broken lives repair, for God demands that in our hands God’s justice we shall bear. As earth brings forth new green things, our God will cause to rise the righteousness that all shall bless, the dawn that greets our eyes. -
Let Me Feel Your Wounds
$3.00 or moreLet Me Feel Your WoundsAdd to cartOriginal song. Based on Jo.hn 20.25 (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description.) Lyrics: Risen Christ, let me feel your wounds in the heart of the Lord whom I have crucified. May I feel your forgiving, and begin brand new living. May I know your rising there. Risen Christ, let me feel your wounds in the hands of the lonely and despairing ones. May I love with your caring. May I hope with your daring. May I know your rising there. Risen Christ, let me feel your wounds in the feet of the poor and homeless wandering. May I weep with their weeping. May I give without keeping. May I know your rising there. Risen Christ, let me feel your wounds in the marks of our violence upon the world. May I bless and heal. May your peace be my seal. May I know your rising there. -
Listen
$0.00 or moreListenAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of The Gift of Love. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: “This is my dear Beloved Son, the Light of Life, my Chosen One. And so I ask by grace, by choice, you listen for his gentle voice. (verse 1, Transfiguration version) “Not in the earthquake, fire or wind will you find me, your faithful friend; but in the silence is my Word: it is not spoken, but is heard. (verse 1, Elijah version) “For when you listen and attend in silence deep, you meet your Friend, whose voice no words can catch or hold, and yet whose love is clearly told. “And listen well with love’s deep art, to what is in your neighbor’s heart, for there I dwell, and there I speak; and there I hide, for you to seek. “My glory shines in every face of my beloved human race. So listen well with wond’ring care: behold my glory shining there.” -
One Loaf
$0.00 or moreOne LoafAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Be Thou My Vision. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: Like wheat that's made into one loaf of bread, we are one Body with Christ as our head, grateful for grace guiding us from above, we are one people, one Spirit, one love. Spirit, you live in us, in each and in all, giving us each gifts to answer your call. Your gift is in every soul, every heart, each of us needed to offer our part. Give us the faith, God, to go where you lead, act as your loving and kind mustard seeds. Send us in love to this world so in need, spreading your good news in word and in deed. -
Prayer Song
$3.00 or morePrayer SongAdd to cartOriginal song. Purchase includes digital download of lyrics and music and permission to use. Chorus may be used as a repeating chant. (Hear it in the Product Description below.) Lyrics: God, you hold us in you care as we turn to you in prayer. You hear our yearning by your grace; we return your warm embrace. Refrain: We await your revealing, your love and your healing. All things shall be whole again. Amen. Amen. God, you hold them in your care whom we name now in our prayer. Use the blessing of our soul by your grace to make them whole. Refrain God, we hold you in our care; We receive you now in prayer. Let us listen; let us tend. Rest here, welcome, holy friend. Refrain -
Resurrection Light (Transfiguration)
$0.00 or moreResurrection Light (Transfiguration)Add to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Joyful, Joyful. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: Wake us, Jesus from our dreams, to see you in a holy light: Law and prophet, loving promise God has sent to guide us right. As Elijah, call us Godward, speak the living truth to us. As our Moses, lead us in our liberating exodus. Wake us, Jesus, from our fear of pain and death, and from our sin. Grant that we may live illumined by the world you usher in. All things shine with light reflected from the dawn that fills our sight. All of life is thus transfigured by your resurrection's light. Wake us, Jesus from complacent dreaming on the mountain's height. Teach us humble service: your departure is our guiding light. Preach the gospel, feed the hungry, heal the broken, give them sight. Give your life, then find it, shining bright with Resurrection light. -
Sacred Place
$0.00 or moreSacred PlaceAdd to cartA song about ministry, but also ideal for the dedication or blessing of a sanctuary, worship spaced or church building. Original lyrics set to the tune of Ode to Joy. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: God, creator of the heavens, earth and everything that lives, this world is your home, and shines with glory that your presence gives. Christ, your living sanctuary, he in whom you lived in love, is for us our healing shelter and our home with you above. It is not the objects here that make this church a holy place, but your spirit and our worship, gifts no treasures can replace. May this place give sacred shelter, welcome all who seek your face, heal and strengthen hearts for service, be the home of light and grace. Send us from this sanctuary out into the world you bless; let this be the center of a growing ring of love and grace. Let this be the nest from which your Holy Spirit takes its flight. Make us all your sanctuary, bearing to the world your light. -
Send Us In Love
$0.00 or moreSend Us In LoveAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Morning Has Broken. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: God in your mercy you are forgiving. Now in our living we give you praise, bearing your grace that blesses and frees us, following Jesus all of our days. Christ, your good news we share in thanksgiving, gratefully living as you have done. Make us your Body, faithfully sharing, loving and caring, serving as one. Send us in love now, Great Holy Spirit. All we inherit is ours to give. Set us to healing, humbly expressing your gracious blessing that makes us live. -
Send Us, Jesus
$0.00 or moreSend Us, JesusAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of All Through the Night. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: Send us, Jesus, in your spirit, held in your love, to this torn and troubled world, still held in your love. When despair and pain have found us, still your mercy wraps around us, giving hope that may astound us, held in your love. Send us, Jesus, bearing witness, held in your love, present with the poor and broken, held in your love. Evil looms, so cruel, deceiving, leaving victims shorn and grieving; still we will not cease believing, held in your love. Send us with the power of healing, held in your love. Give us courage, strength and wisdom, held in your love. To the selfish powers, oppressing, may we stand, your love expressing, facing fear with grace and blessing, held in your love. Send us for the sake of living, held in your love. Give us grace to be forgiving, held in your love. Facing evil's vile rejection, fearless love is resurrection. May we be your best reflection, held in your love. -
Sharing the Light
$0.00 or moreSharing the LightAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Be Thou My Vision.. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: Bridegroom, Beloved, all life is your bride. We come to celebrate here at your side. Feasting and dancing long brighten the night. Grateful we are for your love and your light. See, though, beyond our small circle of light those who are longing still, out in the night, those who though seeking have no lamp or oil: see how the bridegroom still loves them as well. God who has loved us and filled us with grace sends us in love to go out from this place, sharing our own lamps, to bless and invite, sharing our wealth, our abundance, our light. This is the true feast, the love of our Lord: sharing grace widely, for all are adored. Sharing is how we will find true delight, sharing the feast and the joy and the light. -
Song of Healing
$0.00 or moreSong of HealingAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Finlandia. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: O God of love, O God of grace unending, come heal your people, body, mind and soul: those who know grief, whom sorrow is befriending, the sick and struggling, who know sorrow’s role. Heal those whose backs beneath their loads are bending; come set them free. Come heal and make them whole. Use us, O God: complete the nations’ mending: make us your hands; show us our healing role; make us your eyes, your light in all defending; let healing flow; O, let your justice roll. Help us, O God, your Holy Spirit lending, to heal and bless, to make the dear world whole. -
The Table of Your Grace
$0.00 or moreThe Table of Your GraceAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Make Me a Channel of Your Peace. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: This is the table of your grace. We set it with the gifts that you have given. You call us, one and all, to share your grace, that in this meal we know your love. You grant your presence in this meal. Your blood and body, given for our sake., your humble, suff’ring service and your love, that we may be your Body now. The bread you give is not for us alone; the cup is meant for us to take and share. So you send us out, to a hungry world. We rely on your grace to bear us on. You send us in the Spirit’s power. You give us strength to take the journey on, to go and serve and heal and to proclaim this Realm of Love in Jesus’ name. -
Vine and Branches
$3.00 or moreVine and BranchesAdd to cartOriginal song. Final verse, "Alleluia," may be suing as a round. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description below.) Lyrics: You are the vine and we are your branches, one with your life and rooted in your heart. Flowing with grace, with life you fill us, strengthened that nothing can break us apart. You are the vine and we are your branches. Deep in our hearts your life is flowing through. Rooted in you, we grow and flourish. You live within us, and we live in you. You are the vine and we are your branches. One common blood flows though all of our veins. We all are part of one another. We all are branches of one living vine. You are the vine and we are your branches, flowing with power greater than our own, bearing your fruit to all Creation, till all the seeds of your love have been sown. Alleluia. -
Washed In Your Waters
$0.00 or moreWashed In Your WatersAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Morning Has Broken. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: Washed in your waters, baptized with Jesus, your sons and daughters, risen anew, each day we live, God, we drink your blessings. Our lives we give, then, gladly to you. Not our deserving, but your indwelling blessing us, serving, will be our guide. Source of our living, Word of your Presence, Spirit of giving, stay by our side. Filled with your Spirit, one in your Body, Christ, we inherit mercy and light. Guide and defend us, and daily send us into the world to share your delight. Spirit who frees us, give us your courage, to walk with Jesus all of our days, blessing and healing, justice revealing, till all the world sings in thanks and praise. -
With Open hands
$0.00 or moreWith Open handsAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Gift of Love, or O Love, How Deep. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: O Love, we come with open hands for grace we do not understand. We simply take, and we are blessed that you receive us as your guest. We open all our treasure stores in gratitude that freely pours from open hearts that you have healed, so in our love, yours is revealed. You open wide great heaven’s doors; your love includes, heals and restores. We share your feast, and we are called with open arms to all the world. -
You Are the Nerve
$0.00 or moreYou Are the NerveAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Finlandia. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: O God, your Christ is risen in your people. On earth Christ has no body now but ours. We are the flesh and blood of your compassion: moved by your Spirit, with its loving powers. God be our heart, and we will be your Body, serving in love in all our days and hours. We are your feet, that go with joy to others to share your love, the gospel we confess. We are your eyes that see what is and may be, that see each person’s need and loveliness. We are your hands, that work with strength for justice, your hands that shelter, heal and feed and bless. Love, move in me, and guide me by your Spirit, even when I don’t see or understand. My life is yours, to be your living Body, that I may love and serve at your command. This is my life, my purpose and my power: you are the nerve, and I your willing hand. -
Your Hands and Your Face
$0.00 or moreYour Hands and Your FaceAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Be Thou My Vision. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: God of all holiness, baptized in you, we are your Body: your presence shines through. We, poor in spirit, are blessed with your own. May our lives shine forth with your grace alone. We who with Jesus do mourn with the world shall see your banners of deep joy unfurled. We who are hungry for love freely shared feast at the banquet that you have prepared. May we be merciful and pure in heart, your gentle peacemakers, doing our part. Dying and rising, we do not fear loss, sealed with your Spirit and marked with your cross. Blest and beloved and baptized to serve, we are your Body and you are our nerve. Not by our effort, but by your pure grace, may we be your hands and your human face.