new songs of worship

this past sunday brought a couple of new songs to our worship services. overwhelmingly surprised by the positive responses to them, i print the lyrics for you. because of the text-y format of the writing, it may take time to fully digest all of the simplistically profound and profoundly simplistic lyrics of these modern hymns. i had the priviledge to meet mr. getty and his lovely and talented wife this past year at ncmc (national church music conference www.n-c-m-c.org). they are a set of amazingly talented people with a heart to restore the forgotten art of truth-proclaimation through the use of hymns.

in christ alone - by keith getty & stuart townend

Verse 1

In Christ alone my hope is foundHe is my light my strength my song. This Cornerstone this solid ground, Firm through the fiercest drought and storm. What heights of love what depths of peaceWhen fears are stilled when strivings cease. My Comforter my all in all. Here in the love of Christ I stand

Verse 2

In Christ alone who took on flesh Fullness of God in helpless Babe This gift of love and righteousness Scorned by the ones He came to save'Til on that cross as Jesus died The wrath of God was satisfied For ev'ry sin on Him was laid Here in the death of Christ I live

Verse 3

There in the ground His body lay Light of the world by darkness slain Then bursting forth in glorious dayUp from the grave He rose again And as He stands in victory Sin's curse has lost its grip on me For I am His and He is mine Bought with the precious blood of Christ

Verse 4

No guilt in life no fear in death This is the pow'r of Christ in me From life's first cry to final breath Jesus commands my destiny No pow'r of hell no scheme of man Can ever pluck me from His hand 'Til He returns or calls me home Here in the pow'r of Christ I'll stand

speak, o lord - by keith getty & stuart townend

Verse 1

Speak O Lord as we come to You To receive the food of Your holy word Take Your truth plant it deep in us Shape and fashion us in Your likeness That the light of Christ might be seen today In our acts of love and our deeds of faith Speak O Lord and fulfill in us All Your purposes for Your glory

Verse 2

Teach us Lord full obedience, Holy reverence, true humility Test our thoughts and our attitudes In the radiance of Your purity Cause our faith to rise Cause our eyes to see Your majestic love and authority Words of power that can never fail Let their truth prevail over unbelief

Verse 3

Speak O Lord and renew our minds Help us grasp the heights of Your plans for us Truths unchanged from the dawn of time That will echo down through eternity And by grace we'll stand on Your promises And by faith we'll walk as You walk with us Speak O Lord till Your church is built And the earth is filled with Your glory