Midweek Praise Wenesday 2 November 2022

CH4 543 Longing for Light
1. Longing for light, we wait in darkness.
  Longing for truth, we turn to you.
  Make us your own, your holy people,
  light for the world to see.
  
  Christ, be our light! Shine in our hearts.
  Shine through the darkness.
  Christ, be our light!
  Shine in your church gathered today.
2. Longing for peace, our world is troubled.
  Longing for hope, many despair.
  Your word alone has pow’r to save us.
  Make us your living voice.
  
  Christ, be our light! Shine in our hearts.
  Shine through the darkness.
  Christ, be our light!
  Shine in your church gathered today.
3. Longing for food, many are hungry.
  Longing for water, many still thirst.
  Make us your bread, broken for others,
  shared until all are fed.
  
  Christ, be our light! Shine in our hearts.
  Shine through the darkness.
  Christ, be our light!
  Shine in your church gathered today.
4. Longing for shelter, many are homeless.
  Longing for warmth, many are cold.
  Make us your building, sheltering others,
  walls made of living stone.
  
  Christ, be our light! Shine in our hearts.
  Shine through the darkness.
  Christ, be our light!
  Shine in your church gathered today.
5. Many the gifts, many the people,
  many the hearts that yearn to belong.
  Let us be servants to one another,
  making your kingdom come.
  
  Christ, be our light! Shine in our hearts.
  Shine through the darkness.
  Christ, be our light!
  Shine in your church gathered today.
© Bernadette Farrell
MP 1072 In Christ alone
1. In Christ alone my hope is found,
  He is my light, my strength, my song;
  this cornerstone, this solid ground,
  firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
  What heights of love, what depths of peace,
  when fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
  My comforter, my all in all,
  here in the love of Christ I stand.
2. In Christ alone - who took on flesh,
  fullness of God in helpless Babe!
  This gift of love and righteousness,
  scorned by the ones he came to save
  till on that cross as Jesus died,
  the wrath of God was satisfied,
  for every sin on Him was laid;
  here in the death of Christ I live.
3. There in the ground his body lay,
  light of the world by darkness slain,
  then, bursting forth in glorious day,
  up from the grave He rose again!
  And as he stands in victory
  sin’s curse has lost its grip on me,
  for I am His and He is mine –
  bought with the precious blood of Christ.
4. No guilt in life, no fear in death,
  this is the power of Christ in me;
  from life’s first cry to final breath,
  Jesus commands my destiny.
  No power of hell, no scheme of man
  can ever pluck me from His hand;
  till He returns or calls me home,
  here in the power of Christ I’ll stand!

CH4 543 Longing for Light

MP 1072 In Christ alone