As This Year Is Starting

As This Year Is Starting

Lord, as this year is starting
I give myself to You
To honor Christ my Savior
In all I say and do.

I’ll trust Your kind provision
For all the things You’ve planned;
I’ll look for how You’re working
And watch Your guiding hand.

I’ll follow where you’re leading
Because You know the way,
And even in the valley
My heart won’t doubt or stray.

I’ll keep your good commandments
And guard my heart and soul
To please my Lord and Savior
And yield to His control.

I’ll turn from sin and evil,
Confess when I’ve been wrong,
And build up godly habits
Through Christ who makes me strong.

I’ll daily search the Scriptures
And talk with You in prayer;
I’ll seek to know You better
And give You every care.

I’ll show Your love to others
And bear the gospel light
Of life and free salvation
For heaven’s just in sight.

I’ll love my Christian brothers
And sisters day by day
In fellowship and service
To bless them on their way.

I’ll help the weak and weary
And lift the ones who fall
Like Jesus whose compassion
Reached down to save us all.

I’ll keep my eye on heaven
That place where I belong
Where treasures last forever
And nothing dims the song.

I’ll praise Your Name with gladness
And thank You for Your love;
I’ll tell about Your glory
Until I’m home above.

Lord, fill me with Your Spirit,
And help me walk with You
In holy love and service
As Jesus Christ would do.

Christina Joy Hommes