God, whose almighty word (StF 106)

God, whose almighty word (StF 106)

God, whose almighty word (StF 106)

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Sunday 6 July 201414th Sunday in Ordinary Time What hymns have you chosen for today, and why? Do you have a comment about the suggestions here? Just click on “see details/comment” below and respond using the box at the bottom of the new page This week's compiler, the Revd Phillip Poyner, notes: The hymns below pick up the theme of ‘unexpected turnouts’. The King arrives in an unexpected manner; God treats us far better than we deserve; our behaviour is the very thing we hate; Jesus does not do the expected thing. The Revd Dr Henry McKeating (Companion to the Revised Lectionary vol.6 (2001: Epworth) p129ff) suggests a different approach: i) Jesus is both comforting and challenging, and ii) next week’s lectionary readings provide the answers to the issues raised in the passages below. Zechariah 9: 9-12 Blest are the pure in heart (StF 244) I’ll praise my Maker while I’ve breath (StF 79) Jesus shall reign where’er the sun (StF 328) Psalm 145: 8-14 Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme Empty, broken, here I stand (StF 421) Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father (StF 51) Romans 7: 15-25a God of forgiveness, your people you freed (StF 425) Help us, O Lord to learn the truths your word imparts (StF 501) In bread we bring you, Lord, our bodies' labour (StF 588) (communion) Listening God, you hear us when we cannot speak (StF 524) Lord, we turn to you for mercy (StF 429) Love divine, all loves excelling (StF 503) Speak, O Lord, as we come to you (StF 161) Matthew 11: 16-19, 25-30 Come, let us sing of a wonderful love (StF 443) Lord, I come to you (StF 471) My soul rejoices in God my Saviour (StF 60) Praise the Lord who reigns above and keeps his courts below (StF 85) The God who sings a new world into being shows the way (StF 714) What a friend we have in Jesus (StF 531)

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Sunday 13 July 201415th Sunday in Ordinary Time What hymns have you chosen for today, and why? Do you have a comment about the suggestions here? Just click on “see details/comment” below and respond using the box at the bottom of the new page This week's compiler, the Revd Phillip Poyner, notes: This week’s selection of hymns is determined by the Gospel theme of the sowing of new life, and Romans 8: 11. Alternative hymns are also listed if you choose to use all of the passage from Romans. Isaiah 55: 10-13 Before the world began, one Word was there (StF 101) God, whose almighty word chaos and darkness heard (StF 106) Sing of the Lord’s goodness (StF 65) Psalm 65: (1-8), 9-13 Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme All creatures of our God and King (StF 99) Shout for joy! The Lord has let us feast (StF 598) Romans 8: 1-11 God, whose love is all around us (StF 585) Into a world of dark, waste and disordered space (StF 387) Jesus Christ – Perfect Love (StF 325) Where shall my wondering soul begin (StF 454) Matthew 13: 1-9, 18-23 Food to pilgrims given (StF 584) See how great an flame aspires (StF 412) What shall we offer our good Lord..? (StF 671) If the whole of the Romans passage is the preferred emphasis, the following hymns may be useful. And can it be that I should gain (StF 345) Come down, O Love divine (StF 372) From the breaking of the dawn to the setting of the sun (StF 156) I’m accepted, I’m forgiven (StF 427) I am a new creation (StF 553) O for a heart to praise my God (StF 507)

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Sunday 20 July 201416th Sunday in Ordinary Time What hymns have you chosen for today, and why? Do you have a comment about the suggestions here? Just click on “see details/comment” below and respond using the box at the bottom of the new page Isaiah 44: 6-8 Lord, I come before your throne of grace (StF 58) My soul finds rest in God alone (StF 633) Rock of ages, cleft for me (StF 434) Though the fruit tree doesn’t blossom (StF 93) *When I was lost you came and rescued me (StF 367) Psalm 86: 11-17 Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme God of forgiveness, your people you freed (StF 425) We praise you, O God; acclaim you as Lord (StF 95) Romans 8: 12-25 Abba Father, let me be (StF 439) Away with our fears! (StF 458) Father God, I wonder I managed to exist (StF 72) Sing of the Lord’s goodness, Father of all wisdom (StF 65) *When I was lost you came and rescued me (StF 367) Matthew 13: 24-30, 36-43 As servants working an estate (StF 491) In bread we bring you, Lord, our bodies' labour (StF 589) Son of God, if your free grace (StF 336) There’s a wideness in God’s mercy (StF 416) Wind of God, dynamic Spirit (StF 400)

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Sunday 27 July 201417th Sunday in Ordinary Time What hymns have you chosen for today, and why? Do you have a comment about the suggestions here? Just click on “see details/comment” below and respond using the box at the bottom of the new page 1 Kings 3: 5-12 *Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart (StF 545) Give to me, Lord, a thankful heart (StF 520) Happy are they who find the grace (StF 500) Lord, we have come at your own invitation (StF 595) Psalm 119: 129-136 Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme O God of Bethel, by whose hand thy people still are fed (StF 475) Speak, O Lord, as we come to You (StF 161) Your words to me are life and health (StF 164) Romans 8: 26-39 All for Jesus - all for Jesus (StF 341) Have faith in God, my heart (StF 466) Neither death, nor life, nor angels nor powers (StF 474) O for a heart to praise my God (StF 507) Through the love of God our Saviour (StF 639) What kind of love is this that gave itself for me? (StF 286) Matthew 13: 31-33, 44-52 All I once held dear, built my life upon (StF 489) As the deer pants for the water, so my soul longs after you (StF 544) *Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart (StF 545) Food to pilgrims given (StF 584) How small a spark has lit a livng fire! (StF 408) Jesus, be the centre (StF 447) Let him to whom we now belong (StF 557) Seek ye first the kingdom of God (StF 254) Unless the Lord builds the house we labour in vain (StF 515) What shall we offer our good Lord (StF 671) You are the centre, you are my life (StF 567)