Tune: Ach Gott Und Herr
('Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands')
1 Timothy 4 v.11-16
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Paul says to Timothy, Let none
Despise you, let work be done
Be example to believers
That there be no deceivers
An example in conduct, word
Your way of life be seen, heard
In love, true in spirit, so be
In faith, and in purity
Attend to reading, exhorting
Encouraging each good thing
Wise teaching, and not neglecting
The gift in you professing
The gift given by prophecy
When elders laid hands, so be
On you, meditate, meletao*
Aligned in the Spirit's flow
Give yourself wholly to these things
Thus your life profiting brings
To you and to all, take heed to
Yourself, and the teaching too
Continue in them, for doing
So you shall salvation bring
To yourself and to them that hear
Your, Christ' image more appear
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* meletao (mel-le-toe) = Greek for 'meditate'.
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Author:
orchidee (
Offline) - Published: May 24th, 2022 01:39
- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 8.7.8.7 format.
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Comments6
A very meaningful and powerful religious message! Food for the soul! Great work with a nice structure.
Thanks Judy.
Good one Orchi.
Thanks Gold.
We should all try to be as upstanding and morally good as we can, whilst still being true to ourselves. Do our best, and hope for the best.
Thanks D.
I will quote a Kesha song:
"This is a hymn for the hymnless."
💖
Thanks R.
To be of service in the spirit of love and humility, in the fulfillment of prophecy, that is the expression of salvation in our daily lives. Thanks for sharing this Pauline admonition.
Thanks CB.
Good one Orchi
Thanks S.
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