Tune: Ach Gott Und Herr
(\'Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands\')
John 15 v.7-11
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If you abide in me, Christ said
And by His words you be led
If His words do in us abide
Promises to us confide[d]
Promise that we shall ask what we
Will, and it shall be done, see
Herein His Father [is] glorified
Your prayers shall not be denied
\'Tis not for our glory or pride
We ask, but as we reside
In Christ the vine, the branches we
So shall productive fruit be
Christ\'s desire that we bear much fruit
Nor our wants, nor what us suits
But bearing fruit we disciples
Of Christ shall be, He us calls
As the Father, He Christ has loved
So Christ has loved us, beloved
Continue in my love, He says
And learn daily of His ways
If we do His commandments keep
We be obedient sheep
And shall true in His love abide
His Spirit in us reside
Even as Christ the commandments
Of His Father kept, true sense
So He abides in Father\'s love
Strengthened by the Spirit, dove
These things He spoke, that His joy may
Remain in us for alway
And that our own joy may be full
Even each one He does call