Hymns/Prayers or Praise and Worship

The Omnipotence of God

Our Heavenly Father, we have heard Thee say, "I am the Almighty God; walk before Me, and be thou perfect." But unless Thou dost enable us by the exceeding greatness of Thy power how can we who are by nature weak and sinful walk in a perfect way? Grant that we may learn to lay hold on the working of the mighty power which wrought in Christ when Thou didst raise Him from the dead and set Him at Thine own right hand in the heavenly places. Amen
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Almighty One!

~John Bowring~

Almighty One! I bend in dust before Thee;
Even so veiled cherubs bend;
In calm and still devotion I adore Thee,
All-wise, all-present Friend!

Thou to the earth its emerald robes hast given,
Or curtained it in snow;
And the bright sun, and the soft moon in heaven,
Before Thy presence bow.

Thou Power sublime! whose throne is firmly
seated
On stars and glowing suns;
O, could I praise Thee, - could my soul, elated,
Waft Thee seraphic tones, -
Had I the lyres of angels, - could I bring Thee
An offering worthy Thee, -
In what bright notes of glory, would I sing Thee,
Blest notes of ecstasy!

Eternity! Eternity! how solemn,
How terrible the sound!
Here, leaning on Thy promises, - a column
Of strength, - may I be found,
O, let my heart be ever Thine, while beating.
As when it will cease to beat!
Be Thou my portion, till that awful meeting
when I my God shall greet!
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The Divine Transcendence

O Lord our Lord, there is none like Thee in heaven above or in the earth beneath. Thine is the greatness and the dignity and the majesty. All that is in the heaven and the earth is Thine; Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever, O God, and Thou art exalted as head over all. Amen
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God Is A Name My Soul Adores

~Isaac Watts~

God is a name my soul adores,
The almighty Three, the eternal One;
Nature and grace, with all their powers,
Confess the infinite unknown.

From Thy great self Thy being springs;
Thou art Tine own original,
Made up of uncreated things,
And self-sufficient bears them all.

Thy voice produced the sea and spheres,
Bade the waves roar, the planets shine;
But nothing like Thyself appears
Through all these spacious works of Thine.

Still restless nature dies and grows;
From change to change the creatures run:
Thy being no succession knows,
And all Thy vast designs are one.

A glance of Thine runs through the globes,
Rules the bright worlds, and moves their frame;
Of light Thou compose Thy robes;
Thy guards are formed of living flame.

Thrones and dominions round Thee fall,
And worship in submissive forms;
Thy presence shakes this lower ball,
This little dwelling place of worms.

How shall affrighted mortals dare
To sing Thy glory or Thy grace?
Beneath Thy feet we lie so far,
And see but shadows of Thy face.

Who can behold the blazing light?
Who can approach consuming flame?
None but Thy wisdom knows Thy might
None but Thy Word can speak Thy name.
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God's Omnipresence

Our Father, we know that Thou art present with us, but our knowledge is but a figure and shadow of truth and has little of the spiritual savor and inward sweetness such knowledge should afford. This is for us a great loss and the cause of much weakness of heart. Help us to make at once such amendment of life as is necessary before we can experience the true meaning of the words "In Thy presence is fullness of joy." Amen
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God Reveals His Presence

~Gerhard Tersteegen~

God reveals His presence:
let us now adore Him,
and with awe appear before Him.
God is in His temple:
all within keep silence,
prostrate lie with deepest reverence.
Him alone,
God we own,
him our God and Saviour:
praise His Name for ever.

God reveals His presence:
hear the harps resounding!
See the hosts the throne surrounding!
"Holy, holy, holy,"
hear the hymn ascending,
angels saints, their voices blending!
Bow Thine ear
to us here:
hear, O Christ, the praises
that Thy church now raises.

O Thou Font of blessing, 
purify my spirit,
trusting only in Thy merit.
Like the holy angels
who behold Thy glory,
may I ceaselessly adore Thee.
Let Thy will 
ever still
rule Thy church terrestrial,
as the hosts celestial.