Make My Life a Blessing
Lord, help me be a blessing
To those I know and meet
To show Your love and mercy,
Your grace and strength complete.
Direct my thoughts to see them
As Jesus would, I pray,
And give me His compassion
To care for those who stray.
Give words of tender mercy,
Encouragement, and love;
Lord, help me speak the Scriptures
And point each soul above.
Please guide my very actions
To demonstrate Your care
So through me they might realize
That You are really there.
Lord, make my life a blessing
In everything each day
That Christ may be exalted
Through all I do and say.
Christina Joy Hommes
Looking to the Harvest
The harvest fields are ready
Where millions live and die –
Look up and see them calling,
Look up and hear their cry.
Look up and see the Savior
Who loves them every one
He calls for you to tell them
What He has freely done.
Look up and see the treasure
Which Jesus has prepared
For those who spread His gospel
And proved they really cared.
Look up and see the mansions
Prepared for us above
Then go and bring in others
To share the Savior’s love.
Look up and let compassion
So stir you that you go
To tell the precious story
That millions still don’t know.
Christina Joy Hommes
The Wagner family is leaving for Myanmar at the end of the year. As they go, I want them to know I will be praying, so I wrote this sending off hymn for them. This is a video of the men’s quartet that sang the hymn at their commissioning service (see the text, music, or audio).
The Wagner family is leaving for Myanmar at the end of the year. As they go, I want them to know I will be praying, so I wrote this sending off hymn for them. Here is the music (see the text, audio, or video):
Open PDF –> Go Forth to Burma’s Golden Land
The Wagner family is leaving for Myanmar at the end of the year. As they go, I want them to know I will be praying, so I wrote this sending off hymn for them. Here is a simple recording of the hymn (see the text, music, video):
The Wagner family is leaving for Myanmar at the end of the year. As they go, I want them to know I will be praying, so I wrote this sending off hymn for them. Here is the text (see the music, audio, or video):
Go forth to Burma’s golden land
As bearers of the light,
As messengers of Christ our King
To those who dwell in night.
The Lord who calls you from our midst
Will surely go with you
To guide you in His grace and might
In all that you will do.
Go forth to share the gospel hope
Of God’s redeeming Word,
And take to arm you for the fight
The armor of our Lord.
When you have fought, you will prevail,
And when the battle’s done
You will receive the prize of life
An everlasting crown.
Go forth, let nothing hold you back,
As heralds of the cross,
But live and love for Jesus’ sake
With all things counted loss.
For He is faithful – cannot fail –
His foes cannot prevail,
The tears we shed this side the veil
Before those joys will pale.
Go forth in faith to yonder home
For Jesus goes as well,
And He is ever near to bless
Wherever we may dwell.
Whatever lies beyond this step
Is planned for you in love;
Here we will bear you up in prayer
Before God’s throne above.
For the Wagner Family
The Lord bless you and keep you
Christina Joy Hommes
