Come ye Church, Rejoicing!

Original tune: Ring the Bells of Heaven; George F. Root, 1820-1895

Come ye Church, rejoicing! Gather with the saints.
Sing unto the Lord with all your heart!
Greet each other gladly; show humility,
Preach the holy truth that sets men free.

Refrain: Praise Him, Praise Him, let your voices ring.
Hail Him; Hail Him as the Sovereign King.
Come ye Church, rejoicing to the wedding feast
Christ for us has won the victory.

Go, encourage others; help them on the way.
Pray for peace and hunger for the word.
Go, prepare the table; take the wine and bread.
Follow Christ the true and living head.

Refrain:

Come ye Church, rejoicing! Gather in the fields.
Reap the harvest chosen in the Lord.
Sing for joy ye ransomed, Christ returns for you.
Lift your eyes, His glory to pursue.

Refrain:

O Change my Heart, O God! My Heart!

Original Tune: Just As I Am; William B. Bradbury, 1816-1868
James 4:1-2, Jeremiah 17:9, Psalm 51:10

My heart, the source of quarrels and fights, for I desire and think I’m right.
I criticize; complain by night, O change my heart, O God! My heart!

The depth of my own sinful state is strong enough to steal and hate.
I trust thy blood while love’s law break, O change my heart, O God! My heart!

The heart’s deceitful above all things, for who can know, who can redeem?
Diseased within, my heart I bring, O change my heart, O God! My heart!

Create in me a heart that’s clean; renew my soul, your grace to cling.
And draw me near for hope unseen, O change my heart, O God! My heart!

Go and Build My House

Original Music: For the Fruit of All Creation (Ar Hyd Y Nos); Traditional Welsh Melody
Haggai 1:2-14

Go and build my house, my treasure; thus says the Lord.
You have sought your own self-pleasure; thus says the Lord.
Consider your sowing, reaping; frustrated the life your seeking.
Go and build my house, my treasure; thus says the Lord.

All the work and goods you purchase; God blows away.
While God’s work becomes a token, time yet for play?
Give yourself to higher callings, for the ones in sin, still falling.
Go and build my house, my treasure; thus says the Lord.

I am with you as you seek me with all your heart.
Take the courage to believe me with all your heart.
For obeying stirs God’s spirit as the people turn to fear Him.
Go and build my house, my treasure; thus says the Lord.

O How He Loves You and Me (Revision)

Original music: O How He Loves You and Me; Kurt Kaiser 1934-

O how he loves you and me, O how he loves you and me,
He gave his life as an offering for sin
O how he loves you, O how he loves me
O how he loves you and me.

Jesus to Calv’ry did go, His love for mankind to show,
What he did there brought hope from despair,
O how he loves you, O how he loves me,
O how he loves you and me.

He is God’s glory and light, Jesus doth make all things right,
He is the way, only truth, and the life.
O how he loves you, O how he loves me,
O how he loves you and me.

O how he loves you and me, sent here so we might believe,
He died our death so that we might be free.
O how he’s given, I am forgiven,
O how he lives, I believe.