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'Lift up your hearts!' We lift them, Lord, to thee; Here at thy feet none other may we see: 'Lift up your hearts!' E'en so, with one accord, We lift them up, we lift them to the Lord. Above the level of the former years, The mire of sin, the slough of guilty fears, The mist of doubt, the blight of love's decay, O Lord of Light, lift all our ...
"I Lift My Hands" was released on April 23, 2011, as the third single for his sixth studio album, And If Our God Is for Us.... The song was written by Tomlin, Matt Maher and Louie Giglio. The song was inspired by the bible verse from Psalm 28:2 – "Hear my cry for mercy as I call to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place."
I pray the Lord my soul to keep; His Love to guard me through the night, ... And now I lift my voice to pray, That Thou wilt keep me through the day.
The melody is also a “word painting,” with the music matching the lyrics. “Lift every voice and sing” is sung on an ascending line, as is “Let all creation rise.” The music also adopts ...
"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954). Written from the context of African Americans in the late 19th century, the hymn is a prayer of thanksgiving to God as well as a prayer for faithfulness and freedom, with imagery that evokes the biblical Exodus from slavery to the freedom ...
I think his annoyance is overshadowed by his top exhortation: “Above all sing spiritually. Have an eye to God in every word you sing.”
The hymn's lyrics are inspired primarily by the 14th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, wherein the Twelve Apostles, when caught in a storm, see Jesus appearing to walk on water. In the account, Saint Peter attempts to walk toward Jesus while in the water, but begins to sink. Also referenced in the hymn is the same gospel's eighth chapter ...
Lift Up the Lord is the fourth studio album by Christian singer Sandi Patti, released in 1982 on Impact Records. [2] The track "How Majestic Is Your Name" was written by up and coming singer/songwriter Michael W. Smith and it has become one of Patti's signature songs and has been often performed in her concerts.