Jesus, Lover of My Soul

JESUS, LOVER OF MY SOUL,

LET ME TO THY BOSOM FLY,

WHILE THE NEARER WATERS ROLL,

WHILE THE TEMPEST STILL IS HIGH,

HIDE ME, O MY SAVIOR, HIDE,

TILL THE STORM OF LIFE IS PAST;

SAFE INTO THE HAVEN GUIDE;

O RECEIVE MY SOUL AT LAST

OTHER REFUGE HAVE I NONE,

HANGS MY HELPLESS SOUL ON THEE;

LEAVE, AH! LEAVE ME NOT ALONE,

STILL SUPPORT AND COMFORT ME.

HIDE ME, O MY SAVIOR, HIDE,

TILL THE STORM OF LIFE IS PAST,

SAFE INTO THE HAVEN GUIDE,

O RECEIVE MY SOUL AT LAST

O WHAT GRACE WITH THEE IS FOUND

GRACE TO COVER ALL MY SIN;

LET THE HEALING STREAMS ABOUND;

MAKE AND KEEP ME PURE WITHIN.

HIDE ME, O MY SAVIOR, HIDE

TILL THE STORM OF LIFE IS PAST;

SAFE INTO THE HAVEN GUIDE;

O RECEIVE MY SOUL,

SAFE INTO THE HAVEN GUIDE,

O RECEIVE MY SOUL AT LAST 

When sorrow like sea billows roll

While the nearer waters roll, while the tempest still is highBe still my soul, the wind and waves still knowHis voice that ruled them while He dwelt below

It is a dangerous error, certainly very widespread among Christians, to think that the heart can pray by itself.

Prayer does not mean simply to pour out one’s heart… -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

If we wish to pray with confidence and gladness, whether the heart is full or empty then the words of the Holy Scripture will have to be the solid basis of our prayer.

For this we need the psalms…

-- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Surely I have composed and quieted my soul;         

Like a weaned child rests against his mother,         

My soul is like a weaned child within me.

Psalm 131: 2

What does being proud have to do

with this?

Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know. Job 42:3

My heart is not proud, O Lord my Lord. My eyes are not haughty; O Lord my Lord. I do not, I do not, concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me

~ Psalm 131

I. Be Filled With The Spirit

A. Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, & spiritual songs

B. Sing

C. Give thanks

D. Submit to one another

Teach me some melodious sonnet

Sung by flaming tongues aboveMelodious - Power of Music

Sonnet - Power of Poetry

Flaming Tongues – Power of the Holy Spirit

Why are you downcast, O my soul?

Why so disquieted within me?

Psalm 42:5, 11

Can I bring him back again?

I will go to him, but he will not return to me.

1 Samuel 13: 2

Put your hope in God!

Psalm 42: 5, 11

I pant for you I pant for you as a deer pants as a deer pants for streams of for streams of living water.living water.

~ Psalm 42:1~ Psalm 42:1

But my only water is But my only water is my tears day and my tears day and night.night.~ Psalm 42:3~ Psalm 42:3

All your waves and breakers are All your waves and breakers are

washing over me.washing over me. ~ Psalm 42:7b~ Psalm 42:7b

Deep calls to deep in the Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls. roar of your waterfalls. ~Psalm 42:7a~Psalm 42:7a

Anne Brestin – October 2004

Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years to humble you and to test you, in order to know what is in your heart . Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years to humble you and to test you, in order to know what is in your heart . Deuteronomy 8:2

My foes taunt me, saying to me all day long,

“Where is your God?”

~Psalm 42:10

I say to God my rock,

“Why have you forgotten me?”

~Psalm 42:9

Oh the deep, deep love of Jesus

Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free!

Rolling as a Mighty ocean

In its fullness over me!

Underneath me, all around me,

Is the current of thy love

Leading onward, leading homeward

To thy glorious rest above! 

Oh the deep, deep love of Jesus,

Spread His praise from shore to shore!

How He loveth, ever loveth;

Changeth never, nevermore!

 

How He watches o-er His loved ones

Died to call them all His own;

How for them He intercedeth

Watcheth o’er them from the throne!

 

O the deep, deep love of Jesus,

Love of every love the best!

‘Tis an ocean vast of blessing

‘Tis a haven sweet of rest!

 

O the deep, deep love of Jesus,

“Tis a heaven of heavens to me;

And it lifts me up to glory,

For it lifts me up to Thee!