Friday, October 4, 2013

475 更新教會 Renew Your Church, Her Ministries Restore

1 求主更新教會的大事工:事奉、敬拜。
   使她從新為你作鹽作光:照亮調和。
   在那憂鬱昏暗的黑夜裡,充滿了貪婪和仇恨。
   求主差遣並賜力量,助我更新。
2 教導我們認識聖言真道,光照我路。
    聖經見証主奇妙大恩典,得見主面。
   因著你的愛,賜下獨生子,使我們靠救恩得勝。
   我們心靈被愛激動,追求真道。
3 教我禱告,常耹聽主慈聲,因主同在。
   煩擾的心唯主能賜安息,我靈渴求。
   我今安靜侍候在你面前,專心尋求救主旨意。
   求主每天引導看顧,教我禱告。
4 教導我們全心全意去愛世界人類。
  幫助我們打破一切偏見、隔膜、藩籬。
  你甘願捨棄你寶貴生命,以愛平息紛爭仇恨。
  求教我們領受天恩,分享主愛。

Renew Your Church, Her Ministries Restore

Renew your church, our ministries restore:
both to serve and adore.
Make us again as salt throughout the land,
and as light from a stand.
'Mid somber shadows of the night,
where greed and hatreds spread their blight,
O send us forth with power endued,
help us, Lord, be renewed.

Teach us your Word, reveal its truth divine,
on our path let it shine;
tell of your works, your mighty acts of grace,
from each page show your face.
As you have loved us, sent your Son,
and our salvation now is won,
O let our hearts with love be stirred,
help us, Lord, know your Word.

Teach us to pray, for you are ever near,
your still voice let us hear.
Our souls are restless till they rest in you,
this the goal we pursue.
Before your presence keep us still
that we may find for us your will,
and seek your guidance every day,
teach us, Lord, how to pray.

Teach us to love, with strength of heart and mind,
each and all, humankind;
break down old walls of prejudice and hate,
leave us not to our fate.
As you have loved and given your life
to end hostility and strife,
O share your grace from heaven above,
teach us, Lord, how to love.
Kenneth Lorne Cober (1960)

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