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Verse 2: (not often included in recordings) Love of so many cold; losing their home of gold; This in God's Word is told; evils abound. When these signs come to pass, nearing the end at last, It will come very fast; trumpets will sound. Verse 3: Troubles will soon be o’er; happy forevermore, When we meet on that shore, free from all care.
Seek Ye First or Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God is a Christian song based on Matthew 6:33. It was written in 1971 by Karen Lafferty after a Bible study on the verse at Calvary Chapel , [ 1 ] and has become one of the most familiar praise songs , included in many recent hymnals.
The song was also covered by Irish pop singer Alma Carroll in 1972. Ben Atkins recorded a version that was released on Enterprise in 1972. The song was covered by British pop singer Cilla Black who released it on her 1973 album Day by Day with Cilla which was her seventh and last studio album with producer George Martin.
The song is a contemporary version of a classic worship song making the case for "10,000 reasons for my heart to find" to praise God. The inspiration for the song came through the opening verse of Psalm 103: "Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name".
Sufjan Stevens recorded a version for his Hark! Songs for Christmas album, which reached 122 in the US charts and is featured in the closing minutes of the season four premiere episode of Friday Night Lights. Gateway Worship performed the song on their album Living for You and added a chorus to the song, calling it "Come Thou Fount, Come Thou ...
The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the L ORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the L ORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. For the kingdom is the L ORD 's: and he is the governor among the nations.
"Come, Come, Ye Saints" (originally "All is Well") is one of the best-known Latter-day Saint hymns. The lyrics were written in 1846 by Mormon poet William Clayton . The hymn has been called the anthem of the nineteenth-century Mormon pioneers [ 1 ] and "the landmark Mormon anthem."
In the Authorized King James Version of the Bible the text reads: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. The World English Bible translates the passage as: But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.