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SDAH 396
Lord God, Your love has called us here,
As we, by love, for love were made.
Your living likeness still we bear
Tho’ marred, dishonored, disobeyed.
Text
1
Lord God, Your love has called us here,
As we, by love, for love were made.
Your living likeness still we bear
Tho’ marred, dishonored, disobeyed.
We come, with all our heart and mind
Your call to hear, Your love to find.
2
We come with self inflicted pains
Of broken trust and chosen wrong,
Half free, half bound by inner chains,
By social forces swept along,
By powers and systems close confined,
Yet seeking hope for human kind.
3
Lord God, in Christ You call our name,
And then receive us as Your own,
Not thro’ some merit, right, or claim,
But by Your gracious love alone.
We strain to glimpse Your mercy seat,
And find You kneeling at our feet.
4
Then take the towel, and break the bread,
And humble us, and call us friends.
Suffer and serve till all are fed
And show how grandly love intends
To work till all creation sings,
To fill all worlds, to crown all things.
5
Lord God, in Christ You set us free
Your life to live, Your joy to share.
Give us Your Spirit’s liberty
To turn from guilt and dull despair
And offer all that faith can do,
While love is making all things new.
Hymn Info
Biblical Reference
(a) John 13:1 (d) John 13:4; Luke 22:19; John 15:14 (e) John 8:32; Rom 8:21
Author
Brian A. Wren (1936-)
Copyright
Words copyright 1977 by Hope Publishing Co., Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Music by permission of Oxford University Press.
Hymn Tune
RYBURN
Metrical Number
8.8.8.8.8.8.
Composer
Norman Cocker (1889-1953)
Hymn Score
Piano Accompaniment
Notes
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The Law of God is the Law of Love for God is Love. Love is the key ingredient in a life that is obedient to God. Nothing in this world can replace God’s amazing and love. (Lesson 7, 2nd Quarter 2021 -Tuesday, The Sinai Covenant, 5/11/2021)
Our obligation in a covenant relationship with God is obedience to His will. Obedience that springs forth from the love that we receive from God enables us to fulfil our obligation with joy in our hearts. (Lesson 6, 2nd Quarter 2021 – Monday, Land Deal, 5/03/2021)
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