Praising the Lord in Song

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Praising the Lord in Song

• More Tools for Worship
• Lesson 13

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Ten Commandments for Better Singing

1. Thou shalt enter the song service as a worship
   period unto the Lord
2. Thou shalt sit erect, with eyes to the front to
   cut down on distractions
3. Thou shalt be alert and attentive to the song
   leaders directions
4. Thou shalt sing what you mean and mean what you
   sing
5. Thou shalt sing with enthusiasm and motivation

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Ten Commandments for Better Singing

1. Thou shalt sing so that others will know that you
   mean every word
2. Thou shalt learn basic music notation but
   remember God is pleased with singing from the
   heart
3. Thou shalt sing the part that best enables you to
   focus on the words
4. Thou shalt remember that loud is not
   necessarily good, nor is soft the same as slow
5. Thou shalt constantly try to improve the
   congregational singing

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1. Give Me The Bible (154)

• Give me the Bible, star of gladness gleaming, to
  cheer the wanderer, lone and tempest tossed No
  storm can hide that radiance peaceful beaming,
  since Jesus came to seek and save the lost.
• Give me the Bible, when my heart is broken, when
  sin and grief have filled my soul with fear Give
  me the precious words by Jesus spoken, hold up
  faiths lamp to show my Savior near.
• Give me the Bible, all my steps enlighten, teach
  me the danger of these realms below That lamp of
  safety oer the gloom shall brighten, that light
  alone the path of peace can show.
• Give me the Bible, lamp of life immortal, hold up
  that splendor by the open grave Show me the
  light from heavens shining portal, show me the
  glory guilding Jordans wave.
• Chorus Give me the Bible, holy message shining,
  Thy light shall guide me in the narrow way
  Precept and promise, law and love combining, till
  night shall vanish in eternal day.

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1. Give Me The Bible (154)
Psalm 197-10 2 Tim. 316-17
Word is perfect, complete

• Give me the Bible, star of gladness gleaming, to
  cheer the wanderer, lone and tempest tossed No
  storm can hide that radiance peaceful beaming,
  since Jesus came to seek and save the lost.
• Give me the Bible, when my heart is broken, when
  sin and grief have filled my soul with fear Give
  me the precious words by Jesus spoken, hold up
  faiths lamp to show my Savior near.
• Give me the Bible, all my steps enlighten, teach
  me the danger of these realms below That lamp of
  safety oer the gloom shall brighten, that light
  alone the path of peace can show.
• Give me the Bible, lamp of life immortal, hold up
  that splendor by the open grave Show me the
  light from heavens shining portal, show me the
  glory guilding Jordans wave.
• Chorus Give me the Bible, holy message shining,
  Thy light shall guide me in the narrow way
  Precept and promise, law and love combining, till
  night shall vanish in eternal day.

Peace and Joy!
Support thru difficult times!
Light up our path!
Leads us to heaven!
Hunger and thirst for it!
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2. Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah (194)

• Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah, pilgrim through
  this barren land I am weak but Thou art mighty,
  hold me with Thy powerful hand.
  
  Bread of heaven, feed me
  till I want no more (repeat)
• Open now the crystal fountain, whence the healing
  waters flow let the fiery, cloudy pillar lead me
  all my journey thru. Strong deliverer, be
  Thou still my strength and shield (repeat)
• When I tread the verge of Jordan, bid my anxious
  fears subside bear me thru the swelling current,
  land me safe on Canaans side.
  
  Songs of praises, I will ever give to
  Thee (repeat)

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2. Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah (194)
Exodus 164-18 171-7 Joshua 31-17 Hebrews
1113

• Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah, pilgrim through
  this barren land I am weak but Thou art mighty,
  hold me with Thy powerful hand.
  
  Bread of heaven, feed me
  till I want no more (repeat)
• Open now the crystal fountain, whence the healing
  waters flow let the fiery, cloudy pillar lead me
  all my journey thru. Strong deliverer, be
  Thou still my strength and shield (repeat)
• When I tread the verge of Jordan, bid my anxious
  fears subside bear me thru the swelling current,
  land me safe on Canaans side.
  
  Songs of praises, I will ever give to
  Thee (repeat)

Exodus from Egypt and entry into the promised
land.
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3. Love For All (420)

• Love for all and can it be? Can I hope it is
  for me? I, who strayed so long ago, strayed so
  far and fell so low?
• I, the disobedient child, wayward, passionate and
  wild I, who left my Fathers home, in forbidden
  ways to roam.
• I, who spurned His loving hold, I, who would not
  be controlled, I, who would not hear His call, I,
  the willing prodigal.
• To my Father can I go? At His feet myself Ill
  throw? In His house there yet may be, place a
  servants place for me.
• See! My Father waiting stands See! He reaches
  out His hands God is love, I know, I see Love
  for me, yes, even me.

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3. Love For All (420)
Luke 1511-31
The Lost/Prodigal Son

• Love for all and can it be? Can I hope it is
  for me? I, who strayed so long ago, strayed so
  far and fell so low?
• I, the disobedient child, wayward, passionate and
  wild I, who left my Fathers home, in forbidden
  ways to roam.
• I, who spurned His loving hold, I, who would not
  be controlled, I, who would not hear His call, I,
  the willing prodigal.
• To my Father can I go? At His feet myself Ill
  throw? In His house there yet may be, place a
  servants place for me.
• See! My Father waiting stands See! He reaches
  out His hands God is love, I know, I see Love
  for me, yes, even me.

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4. Teach Me Thy Way (620)

• Teach me Thy way, O Lord, teach me Thy way! Thy
  guiding grace afford, teach me Thy way! Help me
  to walk aright, more by faith, less by sight
  lead me with heavenly light, teach me Thy way!
• When I am sad at heart, teach me Thy way! When
  earthly joys depart, teach me Thy way! In hours
  of loneliness, in times of dire distress, in
  failure or success, teach me Thy way!
• When doubts and fears arise, teach me Thy way!
  When storms oerspread the skies, teach me Thy
  way! Shine thru the cloud and rain, thru sorrow,
  toil and pain, make Thou my pathway plain, teach
  me Thy way!
• Long as my life shall last, teach me Thy way!
  Whereere my lot be cast, teach me Thy way!
  Until the race is run, until the journeys done,
  until the crown is won, teach me Thy way!

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4. Teach Me Thy Way (620)
Psalm 253-5 11926, 33

• Teach me Thy way, O Lord, teach me Thy way! Thy
  guiding grace afford, teach me Thy way! Help me
  to walk aright, more by faith, less by sight
  lead me with heavenly light, teach me Thy way!
• When I am sad at heart, teach me Thy way! When
  earthly joys depart, teach me Thy way! In hours
  of loneliness, in times of dire distress, in
  failure or success, teach me Thy way!
• When doubts and fears arise, teach me Thy way!
  When storms oerspread the skies, teach me Thy
  way! Shine thru the cloud and rain, thru sorrow,
  toil and pain, make Thou my pathway plain, teach
  me Thy way!
• Long as my life shall last, teach me Thy way!
  Whereere my lot be cast, teach me Thy way!
  Until the race is run, until the journeys done,
  until the crown is won, teach me Thy way!

2 Cor. 57
2 Tim. 47-8
Hunger and thirst!
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5. Olives Brow (709)

• Tis midnight and on Olives brow, the star is
  dimmed that lately shone tis midnight in the
  garden now, the suffering Savior prays alone.
• Tis midnight and for others guilt, the Man of
  Sorrows weeps in blood yet He that hath in
  anguish knelt, is not forsaken by His God.
• Tis midnight and from heavenly plains, is borne
  the song that angels know unheard by mortals are
  the strains that sweetly soothe the Saviors woe.

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5. Olives Brow (709)
Matthew 2630-46
Prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane

• Tis midnight and on Olives brow, the star is
  dimmed that lately shone tis midnight in the
  garden now, the suffering Savior prays alone.
• Tis midnight and for others guilt, the Man of
  Sorrows weeps in blood yet He that hath in
  anguish knelt, is not forsaken by His God.
• Tis midnight and from heavenly plains, is borne
  the song that angels know unheard by mortals are
  the strains that sweetly soothe the Saviors woe.

Suitable for Lords Supper prep, as it draw our
minds toward the events leading up to and
including His death on the cross.
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6. All Things Are Ready (23)

• All things are ready, come to the feast! Come,
  for the table now is spread ye famishing, ye
  weary, come, and thou shalt be richly fed.
• All things are ready, come to the feast! Come,
  for the door is open wide a place of honor is
  reserved for you at the Masters side.
• All things are ready, come to the feast! Come,
  while He waits to welcome thee delay not while
  this day is thine tomorrow may never be.
• All things are ready, come to the feast! Leave
  every care and worldly strife come, feast upon
  the love of God, and drink everlasting life.
• Chorus Hear the invitation. Come, whosoever
  will. Praise God for full salvation, for
  whosoever will.

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6. All Things Are Ready (23)
Luke 1416-18
Parable of the Great Feast

• All things are ready, come to the feast! Come,
  for the table now is spread ye famishing, ye
  weary, come, and thou shalt be richly fed.
• All things are ready, come to the feast! Come,
  for the door is open wide a place of honor is
  reserved for you at the Masters side.
• All things are ready, come to the feast! Come,
  while He waits to welcome thee delay not while
  this day is thine tomorrow may never be.
• All things are ready, come to the feast! Leave
  every care and worldly strife come, feast upon
  the love of God, and drink everlasting life.
• Chorus Hear the invitation. Come, whosoever
  will. Praise God for full salvation, for
  whosoever will.

2 Cor. 62 Today is the day of salvation!
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Hallelujah! Praise Jehovah! (200)

• Hallelujah, praise Jehovah!
• From the heavens, praise His name
• Praise Jehovah in the highest
• All His angels praise proclaim.
• All His hosts, together praise Him,
• Sun and moon and stars on high
• Praise Him, O ye heavn of heavens,
• And ye floods above the sky.
• Chorus
• Let them praises give Jehovah,
• For His name alone is high,
• And His glory is exalted
• Far above the earth and sky.
• Let them praises give Jehovah!
• They were made at His command
• Them forever He established
• His decree shall ever stand.

•  1 Praise the LORD!         Praise the
  LORD from the heavens          Praise Him in
  the heights! 2 Praise Him, all His
  angels         Praise Him, all His hosts! 3
  Praise Him, sun and moon         Praise Him,
  all you stars of light! 4 Praise Him, you
  heavens of heavens,         And you waters above
  the heavens!  5 Let them praise the name of the
  LORD,         For He commanded and they were
  created. 6 He also established them forever and
  ever         He made a decree which shall not
  pass away. 7 Praise the LORD from the
  earth,         You great sea creatures and all
  the depths 8 Fire and hail, snow and
  clouds         Stormy wind, fulfilling His
  word 9 Mountains and all hills         Fruitfu
  l trees and all cedars 10 Beasts and all
  cattle         Creeping things and flying
  fowl 11 Kings of the earth and all
  peoples         Princes and all judges of the
  earth 12 Both young men and maidens         Ol
  d men and children.  13 Let them praise the name
  of the LORD,         For His name alone is
  exalted          His glory is above the earth
  and heaven. 14 And He has exalted the horn of
  His people,         The praise of all His
  saints          Of the children of Israel,
           A people near to Him. Praise the LORD!

Psalm 148
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He Carried My Sorrows

• He carried my sorrows,
• He bore my griefs,
• Was pierced for transgression,
• Afflicted for peace.
• Chorus
• He knew by His stripes I am healed,
• Through His blood, I can kneel,
• For by His oppression,
• I worship my King.
• He suffered in anguish,
• He writhed in pain,
• Was smitten, forsaken,
• Abandoned, and slain.
• Despised and rejected,
• He knew no sin,
• Was crushed for His people,
• No violence within.
• (Chorus)
• My heart mourns His chastening,

• Isa 533-9 
• 3 He is despised and rejected by men,  A Man of
  sorrows and acquainted with grief.  And we hid,
  as it were, our faces from Him
•     He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
• 4    Surely He has borne our griefs  And carried
  our sorrows
•     Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God,
  and afflicted.
• 5    But He was wounded for our transgressions,
•     He was bruised for our iniquities The
  chastisement for our peace was upon Him,     And
  by His stripes we are healed.
• 6    All we like sheep have gone astray     We
  have turned, every one, to his own way     And
  the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
• 7    He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
      Yet He opened not His mouth     He was led
  as a lamb to the slaughter,
•     And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
      So He opened not His mouth.
• 8    He was taken from prison and from judgment,
      And who will declare His generation?     For
  He was cut off from the land of the living
      For the transgressions of My people He was
  stricken.
• 9    And they made His grave with the wicked
      But with the rich at His death,     Because
  He had done no violence,     Nor was any deceit
  in His mouth.

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There is Much To Do (658)

1. There is much to do theres work on every hand,
   Hark the cry for help comes ringing through the
   land Jesus calls for reapers I must active be,
   What wilt thou O Mater? Here Am I send me?
2. Theres a plaintive cry of mourning souls
   distressed, and the sigh of hearts who seek but
   find no rest, These should have my love and
   tender sympathy, ready at Thy bidding, here am I
   send me.
3. There are hungering souls who cry aloud for
   bread, with the bread of life theyre longing to
   be fed, shall they starve and famish while a
   feast is free? I must be more faithful, here am I
   send me?
4. There are souls who linger on the brink of woe,
   Lord, I must not, can not, bear to let them go
   Let me go and tell them, brother turn and flee,
   Master I would save them, here am I send me.

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I Sing The Mighty Power of God

1. I sing the mighty power of God That made the
   mountains rise, That spread the flowing seas
   abroad, And built the lofty skies.I sing the
   wisdom that ordained The sun to rule the day The
   moon shines full at His command, And all the
   stars obey."
2. "I sing the goodness of the Lord That filled the
   earth with food Heformed the creatures with His
   word And then pronounced them good.Lord, how Thy
   wonders are displayed Where'er I turn my eye, If
   I survey the ground I treat Or gaze upon the
   sky."
3. In heaven He shines with beams of love, With
   wrath in hell beneath 'Tis on His earth I stand
   or move, And 'tis His air I breathe.His hand is
   my perpetual guard, He keeps me with His eye Why
   should I then forget the Lord Who is forever
   nigh?"
4. "There's not a plant nor flower below But makes
   Thy glories known And clouds arise and tempest
   blow By order from Thy throne."Creatures--as
   numerous as they be--Are subject to Thy care
   There's not a place where we can flee But God is
   present there."

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I Sing the Mighty Power of God

1. What text would you say this is based on?
2. What is the first verse encouraging me to think
   about? (Psa 65 5-6 Gen 16-10 14-18)
3. What is the second verse encouraging me to think
   about? (Acts 1417 Gen 131 Psa 191
   10723-24)
4. What is the third verse encouraging me to think
   about? (Psa 1038-14 241 328 3318)
5. What is the forth verse encouraging me to think
   about? (Matt 628-30 1 Pet 57 Psa 1397-12)

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GOD HIMSELF IS WITH US 177

• God Himself is with us Let us now adore Him, And
  with awe appear before Him. God is in His temple,
  all within keep silence, Prostrate lie with
  deepest reverence. Him alone, God we own, Him our
  God and Savior Praise His Name forever.
• God Himself is with us Whom angelic legions
  Serve with awe in heavenly regions Holy, holy,
  holy, hear the hymn ascending, Angels, saints,
  their voices blending! Bow Thine ear to us here
  Hear, O Christ, the praises that Thy church now
  raises.
• O Thou fount of blessing, purify my spirit
  Trusting only in Thy merit, Like the holy angels
  who behold Thy glory, May I ceaselessly adore
  Thee, And in all, great and small, seek to do
  most nearlyWhat Thou lovest dearly.
• Come, abide within me Let my soul, like Mary, Be
  Thine earthly sanctuary. Come, indwelling Spirit,
  With transfigured splendor Love and honor will I
  render. Where I go here below Let me bow before
  Thee, Know Thee, and adore Thee."
• Gladly we surrender Earth's deceitful treasures,
  Pride of life and sinful pleasures Gladly, Lord,
  we offer Thine to be forever, Soul and life and
  each endeavor. Thou alone shalt be known Lord of
  all our being, Life's true way decreeing."

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I Walk With The King 296

• In sorrow I wandered, my spirit oppressed, but
  now I am happy securely I rest from morning
  till evening glad carols I sing, and this is the
  reason I walk with the King.
• CHORUS I walk with the King, hallelujah! I
  walk with the King, praise His name! No longer I
  roam, my soul faces home, I walk and I talk with
  the King.
• For years in the fetters of sin I was bound, the
  world could not help me no comfort I found but
  now like the birds and the sunbeams of spring,
  Im free and rejoicing I walk with the King.
• O soul near despair in the lowlands of strife,
  look up and let Jesus come into your life the
  joy of salvation to you He would bring come
  into the sunlight and walk with the King.

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The Day Thou Gavest

1. The day Thou gavest, Lord, is ended, The darkness
   falls at Thy behest To Thee our morning hymns
   ascended, Thy praise shall sanctify our rest.
2. We thank Thee that Thy church, unsleeping, While
   earth rolls onward into light, Through all the
   world her watch is keeping, And rests not now by
   day or night.
3. As oer each continent and island The dawn leads
   on another day, The voice of prayer is never
   silent,Nor dies the strain of praise away.
4. The sun that bids us rest is waking Our brethren
   neath the western sky, And hour by hour fresh
   lips are making Thy wondrous doings heard on
   high.
5. So be it, Lord Thy throne shall never, Like
   earths proud empires, pass away Thy kingdom
   stands, and grows forever, Till all Thy creatures
   own Thy sway.

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I Know Whom I Have Believed (291)

• I know not why Gods wondrous grace to me He hath
  made known. Nor why, unworthy, Christ in love
  redeemed me for His own.
• I know not what of good or ill may be reserved
  for me. Of weary ways or golden days, before His
  face I see.
• I know not when my Lord may come, at night or
  noon day fair. Nor if Ill walk the vale with
  Him or meet Him in the air.
• Chorus But I know whom I have believed, and am
  persuaded that He is able to keep that which Ive
  committed unto Him against that day.

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There Is A Habitation (660)

• There is a habitation, built by the living God,
  for all of every nation, who seek that grand
  abode.
• A city with foundations, firm as the eternal
  throne, no wars nor desolations shall ever move a
  stone.
• No night is there no sorrow, no death and no
  decay, no yesterday no morrow, but one eternal
  day.
• Within its pearly portals, angelic armies sing,
  with glorified immortals, the praises of its
  King.
• CHORUS Oh Zion, lovely Zion, I long thy gates
  to see O Zion, lovely Zion, when shall I dwell
  in thee?