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SDAH 639
A diligent and grateful heart
Prompts me to sing Thy praise.
Thy love and mercies from the start
Have blessed me all my days.
Text
1
A diligent and grateful heart
Prompts me to sing Thy praise.
Thy love and mercies from the start
Have blessed me all my days.
2
I thank Thee for the means to serve
With talents and with tithes,
For sharing brings the utmost joy
When lifting other lives.
3
My thanks I give for stewardship
To minister through deeds,
To serve and share with patient care
Thy people in their needs.
4
O Lord, I dedicate my all
In this response to Thee.
Help me to magnify this call
In deep humility.
Hymn Info
Biblical Reference
(a) Ps 98:4 (c) Tit 1:7 (d) Mark 12:30
Author
Raymond Gunn (1925-)
Hymn Tune
ST. COLUMBA
Metrical Number
C.M.
Tune Source
Ancient Irish Melody
Theme
STEWARDHIP
Copyright
Words copyright 1980 Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Independence, Missouri. Used by permission.
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Notes
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God entrust us to be His servant, meaning to reach out and serve other people. In this hymn it says, “I thank Thee for the means to serve with talents and with tithes. For sharing brings the utmost joy when lifting other lives.” May be cheerfully serve God with our life. (Lesson 9, 1st Quarter 2021 -Sunday, Servant Nation, 2/21/2021)
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