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“Joys that earth cannot afford”

Posted on April 15, 2011 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

God, the Father of Your people,
You have called us to be one;
Grant us grace to walk together
In the joy of Christ, Your Son.
Challenged by Your Word and Spirit,
Blest with gifts from heav’n above,
As one body we will serve You,
And bear witness to Your love.

In the garden hear Christ praying,
“Father, make My foll’wers one”;
Yet, His prayer we are betraying
With each person that we shun.
Let our pride and selfish motives
Bow to pray, “Your will be done,”
Till the world shall shout together,
“Amen, Amen, Love has won!”

May the grace of Christ, our Savior,
And the Father’s boundless love,
With the Holy Spirit’s favor,
Rest upon us from above.
May we now remain in union
With each other and the Lord,
And possess, in sweet communion,
Joys that earth cannot afford.

2 Corinthians 13:14

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

Filed Under: Quotes Tagged With: 2 corinthians, earth, gospel, hymn, john newton, joy, salvation

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Comments

  1. Larry Jefferson says

    April 15, 2011 at 5:43 pm

    How timely, and appropriate. I just finished a Bible Study on the “Body of Christ” (or should I say “ended” the Study is never finished). The unity and harmony of the Spirit has truly joined us all together in one body in Christ.

  2. Michael Matthias says

    April 15, 2011 at 10:51 pm

    After reading the words of this hymn, I would like to hear the music.

    • Chris Poblete says

      April 18, 2011 at 1:14 pm

      I’ll see if I can find a recording for you.

  3. scott mckenzie says

    April 17, 2011 at 9:58 pm

    Anyone got a link to an mp3 of this?
    I didn’t know BLB had a blog-
    great – when did this get started up?

    • Chris Poblete says

      April 18, 2011 at 1:13 pm

      Hey Scott. Thanks for dropping in! We launched the blog a couple months ago. Please spread the word!

    • Chris Poblete says

      April 18, 2011 at 1:14 pm

      Also, I’ll see if I can find a link to a recording for you.

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