Lord, Draw Me Close to You
Lord, draw me close to you
To know You more, I pray,
That I might see You as You are
And walk with You today.
Please show me what You love
So I can love it, too,
And help me turn from things You hate
So I can be like You.
Reveal Your thoughts to me
As written in Your Word
That I might learn to think like You
And gain Your great reward.
Transform my heart to want
The things that You desire,
And fill me with Your Spirit’s light –
A never-fading fire.
Fix heaven in my sights
So all I do and say
May lay up treasure safe above
Where nothing fades away.
Lord, draw me close to You
So this will be my aim
That Jesus may be magnified
And I will praise Your Name.
Christina Joy Hommes
Your Word Upon My Heart
Engrave Your Word upon my heart
And burn it deep within
So it will impact every part
And keep my thoughts from sin.
Reveal its living truth to me,
Illumine every word;
Your Spirit’s teaching is the key
To know what I have heard.
Direct my steps and guard my way
With Scripture as my light
That I might live it day to day
And bring You true delight.
Unveil the love of Christ my Lord
In every verse and line,
And help me see the bright reward
That makes life’s pathway shine.
Repeat its thoughts until my own
Are one with Yours, I pray,
That I might know You as You are
And walk with You each day.
Christina Joy Hommes
Correct, Counsel, Comfort
Dear Holy Spirit, use Your Word
To guide and guard my way
So I remember what I’ve heard
And live it day by day.
Correct my thoughts and plans, I pray,
To seek what’s good and true;
Reveal my sin so when I stray
I might return to You.
Please counsel me to know the way
That I should choose, O Lord,
That I might please You every day
And gain faith’s true reward.
Bring comfort sweet and dry my tears,
Lord, help me trust Your love,
That I might see past pain and fears
To heaven’s home above.
Christina Joy Hommes
“But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” John 14:26
This Precious Book
Lord, thank You for this precious Book
That speaks to me Your love,
That set me in the way of life
And guides my steps above.
Dear Spirit, give me eyes to see
My Savior in each word,
And help me know how I should live
The things I’ve read and heard.
Please shape my plans and my desires,
Transform my heart and mind;
Help me believe what You have said
And every promise kind.
O, burn its truth within my heart
To shape both thought and deed,
That I might be a living book
For those around to read.
Lord, thank You for this precious Book
That speaks to me Your grace;
Each day I’ll seek and love its truth
Until I see Your face.
Christina Joy Hommes
Sometimes the Path Is Bumpy
Sometimes the path is bumpy
On which we walk through life
With roots and stones to trip us
And lined with grief and strife.
But Jesus went before us
To prove it leads above
Where He is kindly waiting
To welcome us in love.
Our Father made the pathway
And clears it day by day
So we won’t face a problem
That turns our soul away.
The Spirit walks beside us
To comfort, cheer, and guide –
His help to those who seek Him
Will never be denied.
So when the path is sunlit,
Or lonely, dark, and long,
The Lord Himself is with us
And He will give a song.
Christina Joy Hommes
O Holy Spirit, fill with might
My feeble, fainting soul;
Reveal to me eternal light
Which makes my spirit whole.
O Teacher, come and point my mind
To Jesus Christ my Lord,
Through Your instruction help me find
The treasures in His Word.
O living Comforter divine,
Bear witness in my heart
That God and Christ are ever mine;
Your hope and peace impart.
O Strength that raised to life from death
My Savior, work in me –
Be now the heavenly life and breath
That I like Christ may be.
O faithful Interceding One,
For me pray earnestly
Until the work of Christ is done
As He desires in me.
O Fire of God, fill me with zeal
To do God’s will alone;
And teach my sinful heart to feel
Christ’s love which is my own.
O Opener of blinded eyes,
Convict me of my sin;
And make God’s smile the only prize
That rules my thoughts within.
O Mighty God, each day make me
A temple fit for You,
That I may only ever be
A servant good and true.
Christina Joy Hommes
