CHRISTIAN LIFE >> LovING SERVICE
SDAH 575
Let your heart be broken for a world in need:
Feed the mouths that hunger, soothe the wounds that bleed,
Give the cup of water and the loaf of bread
Be the hands of Jesus, serving in His stead.
Text
1
Let your heart be broken for a world in need:
Feed the mouths that hunger, soothe the wounds that bleed,
Give the cup of water and the loaf of bread
Be the hands of Jesus, serving in His stead.
2
Here on earth applying principles of love,
Visible expression – God still rules above
Living illustration of the Living Word
To the minds of all who’ve Never seen or heard.
3
Blest to be a blessing privileged to care,
Challenged by the need apparent everywhere.
Where mankind is wanting, fill the vacant place.
Be the means through which the Lord reveals His grace.
4
Add to your believing deeds that prove it true,
Knowing Christ as Savior, make Him Master, too.
Follow in His footsteps, go where He has trod;
In the world’s great trouble risk yourself for God.
5
Let your heart be tender and your vision clear;
See mankind as God sees, serve Him far and near.
Let your heart be broken by a brother’s pain;
Share your rich resources, give and give again.
Hymn Info
Biblical Reference
(a) Matt 25:40, 10:42 (c) Matt 5:16; John 13:13
Author
Bryan Jeffery Leech (1931-)
Year Published
1975
Performance Suggestions
Unison
Copyright
Copyright 1975 and commissioned by the Evangelical Covenant Church of America. Used by permission.
Hymn Tune
BJORKLUND
Metrical Number
6.5.6.5.D.
Composer
Bryan Jeffery Leech
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Notes
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The Heart of Jesus was broken in love for people like you and me. So should our hearts be broken in love for others who do not know Him yet. (Lesson 10, 2nd Quarter 2021 – Monday, Heart Work, 5/31/2021)
Will you have a heart like the heart of Jesus? Then, do not be surprised if your heart is easily broken for world in need. So the song goes: Let your heart be broken…and be the hands of Jesus serving in His stead.” (Lesson 13, 2nd Quarter 2021 -Tuesday, New Covenant and New Heart, 6/22/2021)
Like Jesus, Job did not let prosperity make him selfish in his own ease and comfort. The distress of the unfortunate poor, he made his own. When they went hungry or homeless, he suffered with them as hungry and homeless himself. (Lesson 7, 1st Quarter 2023, Managing for the Master – Thursday, “Consider the Man Job”, 2/15/2023)
Self-sacrificing love is the light that shines in the darkness of this selfish world. When our lives are spent to supply the needs of others instead of ourselves, people get a picture of the love that moved Christ to give His life for sinners doomed to destruction. (Lesson 9, 1st Quarter 2023 – Thursday, “Spiritual Legacy”, 3/9/23)
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