orchidee

Preparation Ponderings

Tune: Langran (St Agnes)

(\'Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face\')

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Come, Lord, help me prepare my heart for you

To worship you, and praise you true anew

Yet not only within church gathering

But to worship you here in everything

 

Settle our minds, our hearts, our lives on you

You dwell in us by your Spirit, you do

Seek worshippers to worship in spirit

And in truth you reveal, our hearts are lit

 

So worthy occupation here engaged

Reality, not a performance staged

Help us right place of ritual and rite

To keep, that of you we never lose sight

 

Here we your creatures, you our Creator

Blessings and graces you on us confer

Inspire us where our love may little be

That it rise to a flame eternally

 

Having freedom to praise, to worship you

Help us to seek your way, and it pursue

Enabled by your Spirit, here He dwells

In lives redeemed, their testimony tells

 

O bring refreshment, life, your forgiveness

Giver of what our sins deserve, much less

For mercy mild you show in Christ your Son

Ever our Saviour, e\'er the living One