It is important that we know the hymns in order to have meetings that are according to the Scripture (1 Corinthians 14:26; Hebrews 10:25). We need to know the crucial points of the contents of the hymns, the standard of the hymns, the sensation of the hymns, the wording of the hymns, and the tune of the hymns. Additionally, the hymns are not only for singing, but also for speaking in meetings. By speaking the proper hymns to one another and singing them to the Lord, He will enrich, enliven, uplift, refresh, and strengthen the meetings.
Speaking Hymns
According to the New Testament, psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs are profitable not only for singing, but also for speaking. Sometimes we are inspired by singing. But on other occasions, speaking that is filled with the Spirit may be more inspiring than singing. If we are flat, short of the Spirit, then our speaking will afford no inspiration. But if we are full of the Spirit, then our speaking will have impact and will inspire others. This is not eloquence; it is utterance with impact. The practice of speaking hymns in the meetings, with Christ as the center and with the exercise of the spirit, refreshes, nourishes, edifies, and builds up the church. If all the brothers and sisters practiced speaking the hymns in meetings, the meetings would be living, refreshing, and rich. This provides a way for all the believers to share their enjoyment of Christ with one another.
First Corinthians 14:26 says, “What then, brothers? Whenever you come together, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation.”
All sufficient grace!
Never powerless!
It is Christ who lives in me,
In His exhaustlessness
(Hymns, #312)
O how deep and how far-reaching
Is Thy love, dear Lord, to me!
Far beyond my pow’r to fathom,
Deeper than the deepest sea!
It has caused Thee death to suffer
And to me Thyself impart,
That in Thee I might be grafted
And become of Thee a part
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“All I have…
…Is all I got.
All I got…
…Is all I need”.
“All I need…
…Is all I want.
All I want…
…Is all He gives”.
“All He gives…
…Is all I love.
All I love…
…Is all He bless”.
“All He bless…
…Is all above.”
“Above this world…
…And its all things”.
1. O Lord what a mystery!
A sacrifice not in a temple,
No alter, no priest, but
Above the rocks, on a tree;
Not burnt, not slayed but crucified
A curse made Sin, Oh Lord, Thee!
2. O Lord what a mystery!
God dealt so harshly yet so just,
It was His righteousness yet the mercy,
His Economy yet the love so sweet;
Unbound, foretold, yet unsearchable
Thou died O Lord on behalf of me!
3. O Lord what a mystery!
Thou Creator came as a lowly man,
Oh Thy sweet fragrance, sacrifice immortal
Choose by Abba, killed by man,
Judged by God, punished as man
In heaven above, my only plead Thee!
4. O Lord what a mystery!
In eternity Thee dream, Thou conceived me,
In time within eternity, applied redemption eternally
Yet the future Thou destined me as ‘New Jerusalem’
Forever with Abba, then my person Thee,
A corporate expression of God throughout Eternity!
I was born ‘free’ in a prison
Into the Sin and fallen situation
I died to the world the same day
I knew it doesn’t free anyone
I died alone to the Sin and world
Again a ‘free’ man came to life
I love being loved by the One; the Savior
Who alone is true Love and real Freedom
When ‘The Bible’ speaks I listen to it
When I speak to myself… I am deaf
When The Truth shines I see something
When I see from my eyes… ‘Blind’ I consider me
When I hear my voice, its seems uneasy noise;
So I look to the Word, and thus find Christ
When I cry… I cry for only Thee
When I sing, I sing; it’s for only ‘Him’
We all have deep and unanswered questions
Deep within our deeper being
But I have to choose among from which
Shall it be Christ or the truths entirely?
Answers I need not, just Christ is all to me
The spirit is trained and exercised daily
That Christ may have the preeminence in all
Everything thus He is and will be to me
