For All the Many Blessings
My heart is overflowing
With gratitude and love
For all the many blessings
You’ve sent me from above.
Forgiveness and salvation
Would be enough for me
Without a home in heaven
For all eternity.
Eternal life in heaven
Through Jesus Christ my Lord
Would be enough forever
Without His kind reward.
Rich treasures kept in glory
That cannot fade away
Would be enough, dear Savior,
Without sweet gifts today.
With all of these You’ve blessed me
And countless more each day –
They show Your loving kindness
And stir my heart to say:
Lord, thank You for Your mercy
So wide and deep and free –
My cup is running over
With all You’ve done for me.
Christina Joy Hommes
There’s No One Else Like Jesus
There’s no one else like Jesus
So loving and so true,
So holy and so righteous
Yet full of mercy, too.
There’s no one else like Jesus
So constant and so near,
He’s always right beside me
To guide, sustain, and hear.
There’s no one else like Jesus
So giving and so kind,
So willing to forgive me
And leave my past behind.
There’s no one else like Jesus
So changeless and so strong,
His goodness and His glory
Will be my endless song.
Christina Joy Hommes
God Didn’t Have to Care
Enthroned in perfect splendor
God didn’t have to care
About rebellious creatures
Who sinned and faced despair.
Yet love defined His nature –
He wouldn’t turn away
From those that He’d created
Though we had gone astray.
He felt our pain and sorrow
And grieved that we were lost;
He set His mind to save us
Despite the awful cost.
He left the light and glory,
The worship and the praise,
To share a world we’d broken
With all our sinful ways.
Then, when He’d faced temptation,
He took sin’s heavy load
And died the death we’d chosen
To pay the debt we owed.
Though crucified He triumphed –
He rose to crush our foe
And offer free salvation
To all who dwell below.
Now risen and exalted,
The God-man gladly bears
The marks of our redemption
Which make us sons and heirs.
Enthroned in perfect splendor
He reaches down in love
To save the lost and give us
His endless life above.
Christina Joy Hommes
The Name of Jesus
I love the Name of Jesus –
There’s nothing else so dear;
It brings such joy and gladness
His precious Name to hear.
The saving Name of Jesus
Is wonderful to me –
It speaks of peace and pardon
And says that I am free.
The lovely Name of Jesus
Is beautiful and sweet –
My source of life and comfort,
It makes my joy complete.
The worthy Name of Jesus
Will someday be confessed
By every tongue and nation –
Forever praised and blessed.
The holy Name of Jesus
Is heaven’s glorious song,
The theme through endless ages
Of all the blood washed throng.
I love the Name of Jesus –
Oh, may my life proclaim
The glory, strength, and honor
That’s due His precious Name.
Christina Joy Hommes
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
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
