I’ll Use What God Has Given
I’ll use the voice God gave me
To praise His holy Name,
I’ll use the tongue He gave me
To spread His worthy fame.
I’ll use the hands God gave me
To serve the Lord today,
I’ll use the feet He gave me
To walk in heaven’s way.
I’ll use the mind God gave me
To think on things above,
I’ll use the heart He gave me
To learn and share His love.
I’ll use the time God gave me
To do the tasks He’ll show,
I’ll use the things God gave me
To build His work below.
I’ll use the life God gave me
To love Him and obey,
I’ll use what God has given
To worship Him today.
Christina Joy Hommes
Help Me See the Gospel
Lord, help me see the gospel
So clearly I can love
The Savior who redeemed me
And waits for me above.
Lord, help me see the gospel
So clearly I can win
The lost who need Your mercy
To save them from their sin.
Lord, help me see the gospel
So clearly I can tell
The wonders of salvation
To those who love you well.
Lord, help me see the gospel
So clearly I can rest
Through storms of life in Jesus
And learn to pass each test.
Lord, help me see the gospel
So clearly I can raise
A song of glad of thanksgiving
With joy and fervent praise.
Christina Joy Hommes
A Childhood Memory
I saw those old Brach’s peppermints
This Christmas at the store –
The tears began and took me back
Through recollection’s door.
I seemed to see dear farmer Hann
In boots and coveralls
Come walking up beside me there
As in the old church halls.
Where every week he’d search me out
And say these words I hear:
Just, “Jesus loves you, I do too.”
So simple yet so clear.
He’d search that big, deep pocket through
To find a mint for me –
His words were etched in red and white
Upon my heart, you see.
You never know how God can use
A simple act of love
To touch a heart, to shape a life,
To point a soul above.
Christina Joy Hommes
Based on a true story I heard
Who Have You Told?
Just stop a spell and think about
The one who told to you
The precious news that Jesus saves
And offers life that’s new.
You see their face and hear their voice
When thinking of the day
You first believed and knew for sure
Your sins were washed away.
Now who can stop and picture you
When thinking of the time
They found the Lord and by His grace
Began the upward climb?
If you’ll be one who takes the time
To share the Savior’s love,
Just think of all the friends you’ll take
To heaven’s home above.
Christina Joy Hommes
Where all My Hopes Are Built
Yes, I deserve to die,
My sin condemns my soul;
And by myself I can’t escape
Or shake its full control.
But Jesus died for me –
He took my sin and guilt,
He paid my debt upon the cross
Where all my hopes are built.
Now I am free indeed
For Christ has set me free!
He rose again and gave me life
For all eternity.
Henceforth I live in Him
And heed His loving call.
With grateful thanks I praise His Name
For He’s my all in all.
Christina Joy Hommes