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Sabbath Rest – Here is Love, Vast as the Ocean

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I cannot tell a lie. I’m a Getty Music Groupie. The songwriting duo of Keith and Kristen Getty, along with their entire team,  publish consistently theologically beautiful hymns. This is their latest – Here is Love, Vast as the Ocean.  This hymn was originally written in the late 1800’s in Wales. Here is a little back story (from the Getty Music website) –
“Here Is Love, Vast as the Ocean” has been called the “love song of the Welsh revival” of the 1900s, a revival that spurred the missionary movement to China and more than 100 million Christians there today. It is a rich, poetic reminder of Romans 5, that by his death Christ demonstrated his love for us while we were still sinners. In this reacquaintance with the poignant hymn, recorded by Sandra McCracken, Keith & Kristyn Getty, and thousands attending the Sing! conference, two new verses sing the power of Christ’s love in resurrection and our love for him in eternal praise.

LYRICS:
Vs 1
Here is love vast as the ocean
Lovingkindness as the flood
When the Prince of Life, our ransom
Shed for us His precious blood
Who His love will not remember?
Who can cease to sing His praise?
He can never be forgotten
Throughout heav’n’s eternal days

Vs 2
On the mount of crucifixion
Fountains opened deep and wide
Through the floodgates of God’s mercy
Flowed a vast and gracious tide
Grace and love like mighty rivers
Poured incessant from above
Heav’n’s peace and perfect justice
Kissed a guilty world in love

Vs 3
On the morn of resurrection
Mercy filled the thirsty grave
Where the stone of death burst open
Springs of life flowed unrestrained
Love no heart could ever measure
Joy no sorrows will outrun
Rush upon the soul believing
In the risen, reigning Son

Vs 4
Oh this love, vast love of Jesus
Bids us come and drink and live
To this weary world of longing
What more could our Savior give
Now to Christ who fully loved us
And who freed us from our sin
Be all glory and dominion
Everlasting praise to Him

Here Is Love Vast as the Ocean (Everlasting Praise)
PD Text (Rees, Edwards) and Music (Lowry)
New Words and Arrangement by Matt Boswell, Keith Getty, and Kristyn Getty
© 2024 Getty Music Publishing (BMI) and Messenger Hymns (BMI) (all adm at CapitolCMGPublishing.com)

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Sabbath Rest – God of Every Grace

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How thankful I am that regardless of what’s happening in my life (or in the country or the world at large), I can rest in the precious truth that my “true & greatest treasure is in You – the God of Grace!

O let not this world of sorrows
Steal my only hope away
For the power of Your gospel
Shines within this jar of clay
In affliction You bring wisdom
That my comforts can displace
How my true and greatest treasure
Is in You the God of grace

Now to the God of every grace
Who counts my tears, who holds my days
I sing through sorrows, sing with faith
O praise the God of every grace

Weary with the weight I carry
Give me wings of faith to rise
For You know each grief that lingers
Through the watches of the night
Surely You have borne our sufferings
At the cross took up our pain
And You lead us on to glory
As we trust You, God of grace

Now to the God of every grace
Who counts my tears, who holds my days
I sing through sorrows, sing with faith
O praise the God of every grace

There’s a dawning hope before us
That I know is soon to break
As I wait upon Your mercy
Which will swallow every ache
Cries of joy and songs of victory
When we enter heaven’s gates
All Your children home together
All with You the God of grace

Now to the God of every grace
Who counts my tears, who holds my days
I sing through sorrows, sing with faith
O praise the God of every grace
Now to the God of every grace
Who counts my tears, who holds my days
I sing through sorrows, sing with faith
O praise the God of every grace
O praise the God of every grace
O praise the God of every grace

Words and Music by Matt Boswell, Bryan Fowler, and Keith and Kristyn Getty

© 2023 Getty Music Publishing (BMI) / Messenger Hymns (BMI) – adm. at MusicServices.com // Be Essential Songs (BMI) / BryanFowlerSongs (BMI) – adm. at EssentialMusicPublishing.com

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Sabbath Rest – Come Thou Long Expected Jesus

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The decorations are up (well, the candles are in the windows at least) and it’s time for some classic Christmas music! So here, for the first Sunday of Advent, is one of my favorites (performed by a favorite too!). May we all find ‘our rest in [Jesus] – Israel’s strength and consolation’ this Christmas season!

Come, Thou long-expected Jesus
Born to set Thy people free
From our fears and sins release us
Let us find our rest in Thee
Israel’s strength and consolation
Hope of all the earth Thou art
Dear desire of every nation
Joy of every longing heart

Born Thy people to deliver
Born a child and yet a King
Born to reign in us forever
Now Thy gracious kingdom bring
By Thine own eternal spirit
Rule in all our hearts alone
By Thine own sufficient merit
Raise us to Thy glorious throne

words by Charles Wesley; Music: Stralsund Gesangbuch / Arranged by Keith Getty
© 2019 Getty Music Publishing (BMI)

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Sabbath Rest – Great is thy Faithfulness

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Tonight we are settled in our nest for the week (at least) here at Camp Nathanael in Emmalena, KY.  We left our dear Lizzie, plugged in and ready for repair (i.e. I had to empty out my closet. Yikes). Hopefully we’ll be reunited by next week, but until then I can only praise our Lord for his faithfulness to us! I found this video that combines two hymns with a bit of reflection and it really spoke to my heart. Maybe it will speak to yours too!

 

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Sabbath Joy – He is Risen Indeed!

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It was beautiful Resurrection Sunday here in Clinton, MO! We celebrated our Risen Lord this morning with new and old SOWER friends, and were thankful to be in the house of the LORD this Easter!
Unto the grave, what will we sing?
“Christ, He lives; Christ, He lives!”
And what reward will heaven bring?
Everlasting life with Him

Christ our Hope in Life and Death

What is our hope in life and death?
Christ alone, Christ alone
What is our only confidence?
That our souls to Him belong

Who holds our days within His hand?
What comes, apart from His command?
And what will keep us to the end?
The love of Christ, in which we stand

O sing hallelujah!
Our hope springs eternal
O sing hallelujah!
Now and ever we confess
Christ our hope in life and death

What truth can calm the troubled soul?
God is good, God is good
Where is His grace and goodness known?
In our great Redeemer’s blood

Who holds our faith when fears arise?
Who stands above the stormy trial?
Who sends the waves that bring us night
Unto the shore, the rock of Christ?

O sing hallelujah!
Our hope springs eternal
O sing hallelujah!
Now and ever we confess
Christ our hope in life and death

Unto the grave, what will we sing?
“Christ, He lives; Christ, He lives!”
And what reward will heaven bring?
Everlasting life with Him

There we will rise to meet the Lord
Then sin and death will be destroyed
And we will feast in endless joy
When Christ is ours forevermore

O sing hallelujah!
Our hope springs eternal
O sing hallelujah!
Now and ever we confess
Christ our hope in life and death

O sing hallelujah!
Our hope springs eternal;
O sing hallelujah!
Now and ever we confess
Christ our hope in life and death
Now and ever we confess
Christ our hope in life and death

Words and Music by Keith Getty, Matt Boswell, Jordan Kauflin, Matt Merker, Matt Papa
©2020 Getty Music Publishing (BMI) / Messenger Hymns (BMI) / Jordan Kauflin Music (BMI) / Matthew Merker Music (BMI) / Getty Music Hymns and Songs (ASCAP) / Love Your Enemies Publishing (ASCAP) / adm at MusicServices.org