Song Lyrics
Lord I Need You
[verse 1] Lord I come I confess, bowing here I find my rest. And without you I fall apart. You’re the one that guides my heart.
[Chorus 1] Lord I need you, oh I need you. Every hour I need you. My one defence my righteousness. Oh God how I need you.
[Verse 2] Where sin runs deep your grace is more. Where grace is found is where you are. And where you are Lord I am free. Holiness is Christ in me.
[Bridge] So teach my song to rise to you, when temptation comes my way. And when I cannot stand I'll fall on you. Jesus you're my hope and stay.
Cornerstone
[Verse] My hope is built on nothing less, than Jesus' blood and righteousness. I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly trust in Jesus' Name.
[Chorus] Christ alone, cornerstone. Weak made strong in the Saviour's love. Through the storm, He is Lord, Lord of all.
[Verse] When darkness seems to hide His face, I rest on His unchanging grace. In every high and stormy gale, my anchor holds within the veil. My anchor holds within the veil.
[Verse] When He shall come with trumpet sound, oh may I then in Him be found. Dressed in His righteousness alone, faultless stand before the throne.
Summer Songs: 31
Psalm 31
[Confidence] (v.1-3) O Lord, I have come to you for protection; don’t let me be disgraced. Save me, for you do what is right. 2 Turn your ear to listen to me; rescue me quickly. Be my rock of protection, a fortress where I will be safe. 3 You are my rock and my fortress.
(v.7) I will be glad and rejoice in your unfailing love…
[Honesty] (v.9-13) Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am in distress. Tears blur my eyes. My body and soul are withering away. 10 I am dying from grief; my years are shortened by sadness. Sin has drained my strength; I am wasting away from within. 11 I am scorned by all my enemies and despised by my neighbours - even my friends are afraid to come near me. When they see me on the street, they run the other way. 12 I am ignored as if I were dead, as if I were a broken pot. 13 I have heard the many rumours about me, and I am surrounded by terror. My enemies conspire against me, plotting to take my life.
[Confidence] (v.14) I am trusting you, O Lord, saying, “You are my God!”
(v.24) So be strong and courageous, all you who put your hope in the Lord!
Obedience
Psalm 27
(v.4) The one thing I ask of the Lord - the thing I seek most - is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, delighting in the Lord’s perfections and meditating in his Temple.
(v.11) Teach me how to live, O Lord. Lead me along the right path…
Matthew 7:24-25
Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock.
Discussion Questions
Take a look at the ‘Feelings Wheel’ on the back page of the handout. How are you currently feeling? If you feel comfortable, share your thoughts with the group.
What do you think about the mix of human thoughts and emotions? How do you reconcile faith in God when you feel doubt and despair?
What word or phrase stands out to you in Psalm 31? Why does it stand out?
Closing Prayer
Loving Father, help me to live this day to the full, being true to you in every way.
Help me to give myself to others, being kind and generous to everyone I meet.
Help me to love those who don’t know you, proclaiming Christ in all I do and say.
Amen.
(adapted from Lectio 365)