Gracious God, Your people are before You,

Gracious God, Your people are before You
Isaiah 44:1-5

Text: John A. Dalles
Tune: BLOTT EN DAG
Meter: 10.9.10.9.D.


Gracious God, Your people are before You,
In the brightness of this splendid day.
We are here, to worship and adore You;
We are here to give ourselves away!
Unto You, our lives are now a present,
Set apart to do as You decide;
Gracious God, make us an off’ring pleasant,
Be our Master and Your servants, guide!

Pour afresh on us Your living water,
Dry and thirsty, we await your grace;
Come refresh Your waiting sons and daughters:
Gracious God, renew us in this place!
May we hear, as all who heard before us,
Your clear words of comfort and command;
May we sing, our voices joined in chorus,
Of the wondrous blessings from Your hand!

Gracious God, descend in light and power,
As our praise and prayers to You ascend!
Bless us now, bless us every hour,
Bless our days, in You, that have no end!
May Your angels bear Your holy vision,
Unto us, as once in Jacob’s dream!
May we grow and thrive as You determine,
Fair as willows by the flowing stream!

Gracious God, Your people serve beside You,
With what high and humble gifts we may;
As we give them, Lord, may we provide You,
All You wish and want from us, today!
Gracious God, whose vast, eternal power,
Shown in Christ has come to make us free,
Write Your name upon us in this hour,
Write Your name on us, eternally!



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