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This Is a Day of New Beginnings

Author: Brian Wren, 1936- Meter: 9.8.9.8 Appears in 23 hymnals Scripture: Philippians 3:13-14 Lyrics: 1 This is a day of new beginnings, time to remember and move on, time to believe what love is bringing, laying to rest the pain that's gone. 2 For by the life and death of Jesus, love's mighty Spirit, now as then, can make for us a world of difference, as faith and hope are born again. 3 Then let us, with the Spirit's daring, step from the past and leave behind our disappointment, guilt, and grieving, seeking new paths, and sure to find. 4 Christ is alive, and goes before us to show and share what love can do. This is a day of new beginnings; our God is making all things new. 4* In faith we'll gather round the table to taste and share what love can do. This is a day of new beginnings; our God is making all things new. Used With Tune: BEGINNINGS

Ya Todo Dejé

Author: T. H. Appears in 11 hymnals Scripture: Philippians 3:8 First Line: Tan triste y tan lejos Refrain First Line: Ya todo dejé para andar en la luz Used With Tune: [Tan triste y tan lejos]

A Charge to Keep I Have

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Appears in 1,348 hymnals Scripture: Philippians 3:14 Lyrics: 1 A charge to keep I have, A God to glorify. A never-dying soul to save, And fit it for the sky. 2 To serve the present age, My calling to fulfill; O may it all my pow'rs engage To do my Master's will! Alternate: Come, ye the love the Lord, And let your joys be known: Join in a song of sweet accord, And thus surround the throne. Topics: Jesus Christ Our Love For Jesus; Meter Hymns; Testimony, Witness and Evangelism Used With Tune: [A charge to keep I have]

Take My Life, and Let It Be

Author: Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-1879) Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 1,194 hymnals Scripture: Philippians 3:4-16 Lyrics: 1 Take my life, and let it be consecrated, Lord, to thee; take my moments and my days, let them flow in ceaseless praise. 2 Take my hands, and let them move at the impulse of thy love; take my feet, and let them be swift and purposeful for thee. 3 Take my lips, and let them be filled with messages from thee; take my intellect, and use every power as thou shalt choose. 4 Take my will, and make it thine; it shall be no longer mine; take my heart, it is thine own; it shall be thy royal throne. 5 Take my love, my Lord, I pour at thy feet its treasure store.; take myself, and I will be ever, only, all for thee. Topics: Call and Vocation; Discipleship; Offertory; Stewardship Used With Tune: MOZART

My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less

Author: Edward Mote Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 1,083 hymnals Scripture: Philippians 3:9 Refrain First Line: On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand Lyrics: 1 My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus' blood and righteousness; I dare not trust the sweetest frame, But wholly lean on Jesus' name. Refrain: On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand; All other ground is sinking sand, All other ground is sinking sand. 2 When darkness veils His lovely face, I rest on His unchanging grace; In every high and stormy gale, My anchor holds within the veil. [Refrain] 3 His oath, His covenant, His blood, Support me in the whelming flood; When all around my soul gives way, He then is all my hope and stay. [Refrain} 4 When He shall come with trumpet sound, Oh, may I then in Him be found; Dressed in His righteousness alone, Faultless to stand before the throne. [Refrain] Amen. Topics: Assurance; Christ Strength and Refuge; Comfort; Faith; Trust; Life in Christ Faith and Assurance Used With Tune: SOLID ROCK

The better portion

Appears in 806 hymnals Scripture: Philippians 3:14 First Line: Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings Topics: Rejoicing Prospect of Heaven Used With Tune: AMSTERDAM

Go to Dark Gethsemane

Author: James Montgomery Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 503 hymnals Scripture: Philippians 3 Lyrics: 1 Go to dark Gethsemane, all who feel the tempter's power; your Redeemer's conflict see, watch with him one bitter hour: turn not from his griefs away teach us, Lord, how we should pray. 2 Follow to the judgment hall, view the Lord of life arraigned. Oh, the wormwood and the gall! Oh, the pangs his soul sustained! Shun not suffering, shame, or loss help us, Lord, to bear our cross. 3 Calvary's mournful mountain climb; there, adoring at his feet, mark the miracle of time, God's own sacrifice complete: "It is finished!" hear him cry save us, Lord, when death draws nigh. Topics: Biblical Names & Places Calvary; Biblical Names & Places Gethsemane; Cross of Christ; Epiphany & Ministry of Christ; Suffering of Christ; Lent; Atonement; Biblical Names & Places Calvary; Biblical Names & Places Gethsemane; Cross of Christ; Epiphany & Ministry of Christ; Suffering of Christ Used With Tune: REDHEAD 76

Jesus, thy blood and righteousness

Author: J. Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 499 hymnals Scripture: Philippians 3:9 Lyrics: 1 Jesus, thy blood and righteousness My beauty are, my glorious dress: 'Midst flaming worlds, in these arrayed, With joy shall I lift up my head. 2 Bold shall I stand in thy great day,-- For who aught to my charge shall lay Fully absolved through these I am-- From sin and fear, from guilt and shame. 3 The holy, meek, unspotted Lamb, Who from the Father's bosom came,-- Who died for me, e'en me t' atone,-- Now for my Lord and God I own. 4 Lord, I believe thy precious blood, Which, at the mercy-seat of God, For ever doth for sinners plead, For me, e'en for my soul, was shed. 5 Lord, I believe were sinners more Than sands upon the ocean shore, Thou hadst for all a ransom paid, For all a full atonement made. Topics: Provisions of the Gospel Glad Tidings; Fullness and Sufficiency of the Atonement

More About Jesus

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 387 hymnals Scripture: Philippians 3:10 First Line: More about Jesus would I know Refrain First Line: More, more about Jesus Lyrics: 1 More about Jesus would I know, More of His grace to others show; More of His saving fullness see, More of His love who died for me. Refrain: More, more about Jesus, More, more about Jesus; More of His saving fullness see, More of His love who died for me. 2 More about Jesus let me learn, More of His holy will discern; Spirit of God, my teacher be, Showing the things of Christ to me. [Refrain] 3 More about Jesus in His Word, Holding communion with my Lord; Hearing His voice in ev'ry line, Making each faithful saying mine. [Refrain] 4 More about Jesus on His throne, Riches in glory all His own; More of His kingdom's sure increase; More of His coming, Prince of peace. [Refrain] Used With Tune: SWENEY

Lord, I Want to Be a Christian

Meter: Irregular Appears in 147 hymnals Scripture: Philippians 3:10 First Line: Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart Lyrics: 1 Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart, in my heart. Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart. In my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart. 2 Lord, I want to be more loving in my heart, in my heart. Lord, I want to be more loving in my heart. In my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be more loving in my heart. 3 Lord, I want to be more holy in my heart, in my heart. Lord, I want to be more holy in my heart. In my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be more holy in my heart. 4 Lord, I want to be like Jesus in my heart, in my heart. Lord, I want to be like Jesus in my heart. In my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be like Jesus in my heart. Topics: Aspiration; Commitment; Holiness of Life; Jesus Christ Example; Love Our Love of God; Spirituals Used With Tune: I WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN Text Sources: Afro-American spiritual