Sabbath Rest – Speak, O Lord

It’s been a good long while since I posted a Sabbath Rest hymn, and this new(ish) hymn really spoke to me today. Since we were traveling last Sunday, today was our first worship service of the new year.  Lord, let my heart and ear be turned and tuned to you in the coming year. May the light of Christ be seen today (and every day) in our acts of love and our deeds of faith.

Speak, O Lord

Speak, O Lord, as we come to You
To receive the food of Your Holy Word.
Take Your truth, plant it deep in us;
Shape and fashion us in Your likeness,
That the light of Christ might be seen today
In our acts of love and our deeds of faith.
Speak, O Lord, and fulfill in us
All Your purposes for Your glory.

Teach us, Lord, full obedience,
Holy reverence, true humility;
Test our thoughts and our attitudes
In the radiance of Your purity.
Cause our faith to rise; cause our eyes to see
Your majestic love and authority.
Words of pow’r that can never fail—
Let their truth prevail over unbelief.

Speak, O Lord, and renew our minds;
Help us grasp the heights of Your plans for us—
Truths unchanged from the dawn of time
That will echo down through eternity.
And by grace we’ll stand on Your promises,
And by faith we’ll walk as You walk with us.
Speak, O Lord, till Your church is built
And the earth is filled with Your glory.”

Speak, O Lord
WORDS AND MUSIC BY KEITH GETTY & STUART TOWNEND
Performed by Kristyn Getty
Video Scott Bacher