Christina Joy Hommes – HOPE Refined

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Eternal God

Eternal God, the Lord of time,
To You we give our days
That all we do may honor You
And bring You lasting praise.

Redeeming God, Salvation’s Door,
To You we bring our souls
That grace might shine and show Your worth
While heaven’s glory rolls.

Providing God, our Father kind,
To You we lift our needs
That You might show Your tender love
And work Your mighty deeds.

Creator God whose hand sustains,
For You we live and die
That by our lives Your Name alone
Might be exalted high.

Christina Joy Hommes

It Didn’t Take Him by Surprise

It didn’t take Him by surprise
This trouble that you face;
God didn’t sleep or close His eyes
When you were near this place.

He has a plan you cannot see
And wouldn’t understand,
But if you’ll trust Him faithfully
He’ll guide you by His hand.

He wants to work in bigger ways
Than all the plans you’ve laid
To bring the Savior greater praise
As you have asked and prayed.

He wants to make you like the Lord
So Jesus shines through you
That you might gain a rich reward
When He has brought you through.

So do not fear when darkness falls,
The shadows will not last;
In tender tones your Father calls,
“My love will hold you fast.”

Christina Joy Hommes

Lord, Thank You

Lord, when I try to thank You
For all You’ve done for me,
There’s so much I could mention
And more I cannot see.

You made the world around me
So beautiful and bright,
To show Your love and power
And echo heaven’s light.

You send such loving blessings
To show me day by day
How well You know and love me
And guide me all the way.

You give me home and loved ones
Where I can feel Your love
With friends and church that show me
What life must be above.

You speak to me through Scriptures
So I can walk with You
To light my path and teach me
The things I ought to do.

You came to be my Savior
And wash my sins away;
You died and rose to save me,
And hear me when I pray.

You call me to a purpose –
To walk with You below,
To testify of Jesus
And share the love I know.

You tell me of the glory
That waits on heaven’s shore
Where soon I’ll see my Savior
And live forevermore.

I think of all these blessings
With thousands more beside –
Your favor and Your presence,
The way that You provide.

Lord, thank You for Your mercy
And pardon full and free,
For words to praise and bless You
For all You’ve done for me!

Christina Joy Hommes

The Lord of Harvest

God sends the rain and sunshine
And makes the breezes blow;
He sends the warmth of summer
To make the harvest grow.

He takes the seeds we’ve planted
Across a ready field
And makes them grow and flourish
To give a hearty yield.

Then in the time of harvest,
He sends our daily bread,
Providing in His goodness
For all the days ahead.

We celebrate with gladness
As thankful hearts we raise
To bless the Lord of harvest
In songs of grateful praise.

Christina Joy Hommes

Please Tame My Tongue

The tongue is such a mighty force
With strength beyond its size
To wound or heal, to help or hurt,
To spread the truth or lies.

You’ve said no mortal can control
Or tame their tongue alone,
So, Lord, I need Your help and strength
To guide its words and tone.

Please set a careful watch to guard
My words and what I say,
And help me keep my lips from sin
To honor You, I pray.

Work deep within to change my heart
That all I think and say
Might well reflect Your truth and grace
And please You day by day.

Christina Joy Hommes

“Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.” Proverbs 18:21

“Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.” James 3:5-8

“Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.” Psalm 141:3

“If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.” James 1:26

“Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in Thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.” Psalm 19:14

“A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.” Luke 6:45

“Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.” Colossians 6:4

The One Who Turned Away

Lord, were those meetings wasted,
Those times I spent in prayer,
The earnest preparation,
The love and help and care?

She seemed so close to heaven,
And though I fail, I know,
I really tried to love her
And show the way to go.

But still she wasn’t willing
To leave the path of sin
So she could follow Jesus
And feel His work within.

Oh, I can almost hear You,
“I too had many leave;
They would not turn toward heaven
And savingly believe.

“Your part is not to save them
But just to share the news
Of free and full salvation
Which some will still refuse.”

If Jesus Christ was willing
To teach a faithless throng
To win a few who trusted
I’ll serve my whole life long.

Lord, let Your Word I gave her
Re-echo in her mind
Until she turns to Jesus
Who heals the lost and blind.

Please let me meet this dear one
In heaven’s home above
And hear the glorious story
Of how she found Your love.

Christina Joy Hommes

“From that time many of His disciples went back, and walked no more with Him. Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? Then Simon Peter answered Him, Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that Thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.” John 6:66-69

“This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes. … For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; … I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing.” 2 Timothy 1:15; 4:10a; 4:7-8

About Christina Joy Hommes

Eternal God

It Didn’t Take Him by Surprise

Lord, Thank You

The Lord of Harvest

Please Tame My Tongue

The One Who Turned Away

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Eternal God

It Didn’t Take Him by Surprise

Lord, Thank You

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Please Tame My Tongue

The One Who Turned Away

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