Hymns – sung, devotional poetry – can touch the inner person, break through the coping facade and connect us to Heaven’s glory in the most powerful way. They are the essence of what’s very good about being in church: as much as the sermon, the prayer, and the fellowship. For today, prepare your hearts with these!
1.
Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb? (Elisha Hoffman, 1878)
2.
Glory be to Jesus,
Who in bitter pains
Poured for me the life-blood
From his sacred veins.
Oft as it is sprinkled
On our guilty hearts
Satan in confusion
Terror-struck departs
Oft as earth exulting
Wafts its praise on high,
Hell with terror trembles
Heaven is filled with joy
Lift ye then your voices;
Swell the mighty flood;
Louder still and louder
Praise the precious Blood!
May you sparkle with joy as, together, you swell the mighty flood today!
Claude