Reflections: Praising God Through Song

Alphabetical Listings

** Please note that all selections in this document have been taken from the Seventh-
day Adventist Church hymnal. Please visit sdadigitalhymnal.com for full song
lyrics**

Suggested use:
1) Pray that the Holy Spirit will open your mind as you read the
words to a song
2) Take time to see our Father’s love in each chorus,
3) Thank Him and give praise to Him
4) Sing the words quietly to yourself
5) listen for the Holy Spirit to bring words from some of the songs
back to you during the day. What a joy!!!

And Moses prayed, “Father, show me Your glory.” -Exodus 33:18. God
responded by saying, “I will cause all of My goodness (My character) to pass
in front of you.” Vs 19. When Moses saw who God was, he fell to his face and
worshiped.

Prayer: “Our Father, in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done.” (Matthew ????) And now, as I read the words of the songs
your Spirit has inspired, show me Your glory!”

A
All to Jesus I surrender, All to Him I freely give; I will
ever love and trust Him, In His presence daily live.
-309

All the way my Savior leads me; What have I to ask

beside? Can I doubt His tender mercy, Who Through
life has been my Guide? Heavenly peace, divinest
comfort, Here by faith in Him to dwell; For I know
what e’er befalls me, Jesus doeth ALL things well.
-516(Note: The joy of this song comes from obedience to the first song)

1
 All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and
small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God
made them all. -93

Amazing grace! How sweet the sound, That saved a

wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, Was
blind, but now I see.

Through many dangers, toils, and snares, I have

already come; ‘Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home. -108

Any where with Jesus I can safely go, Anywhere He

leads me in this world below; Any where without Him,
dearest joys would fade; Any where with Jesus I am
not afraid.

Any where with Jesus I can go to sleep, When the

gloomy shadows round about me creep, Knowing I
shall waken never more to roam; Any where with
Jesus will be home sweet home. -508

B
Because He lives I can face tomorrow, Because He lives
all fear is gone; Because I know He holds the future.
And life is worth the living just because He lives. -526

God sent His Son, they called Him Jesus, He came to

love, heal and forgive; He lived and died to buy my
pardon, An empty grave is there to prove my Savior
lives. -526

2
 Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! O, what a foretaste of
glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of God, Born
of His Spirit, washed in His blood. (I am God’s boy/girl)

This is my story, this is my song, Praising my Savior

all the day long; This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the day long. -462

Be silent, be silent, A whisper is heard; Be silent, and

listen, Oh, treasure each word. Tread softly, tread
softly, The Master is here; Tread softly, tread softly, He
bids us draw near. -479

C
Children of the heavenly Father, Safely in His bosom
gather; Nestling bird nor star in heaven, Such a refuge
e’er was given.

Though He giveth and He taketh, God His children

ne’er forsaketh; His the loving purpose solely, To
preserve them pure and holy. -101

Come, Thou Fount of every blessing, Tune my heart to

sing Thy grace; Streams of mercy, never ceasing, Call
for songs of loudest praise. Teach me ever to adore
Thee, May I still Thy goodness prove, While the hope of
endless glory Fills my heart with joy and love. -334

3
 Cover with His life, whiter than snow; Fullness of His
life then shall I know; My life of scarlet, my sin and
woe, Cover with His life, whiter than snow.

Look upon Jesus, sinless is He; Father, impute His life

unto me. My life of scarlet, my sin and woe, Cover with
His life, whiter than snow. -412

Crown Him with many crowns, The Lamb upon His

throne; Hark! How the heavenly anthem drowns All
music but its own! Awake, my soul, and sing Of Him
who died for thee; And hail Him as thy matchless King
Through all eternity. -223

D
Day by day and with each passing moment, Strength I
find to meet my trials here; Trusting in my Father’s
wise bestowment, I’ve no cause for worry or for fear.
He whose heart is kind beyond all measure Gives unto
each day what He deems best. Lovingly, its part of
pain and pleasure, Mingling toil with peace and rest.

Every day the Lord Himself is near me, With a special

mercy for each hour; All my cares He fain would bear,
and cheer me, He whose name is Counselor and power.
The protection of His child and treasure, is a charge
that on Himself He laid; As your days, your strength
shall be in measure, this the pledge to me He made. -532

4
 Does Jesus care when my heart is pained, Too deeply
for mirth and song; As the burdens press, and the cares
distress, And the way grows weary and long?

O yes, He cares, I know He cares! His heart is touched

with my grief; When the days are weary, the long
nights dreary, I know my Savior cares. -180

I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice, And it told

Thy love to me; But I long to rise in the arms of faith,
And be closer drawn to Thee.

Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer, blessed Lord, To the

cross where Thou hast died; Draw me nearer, nearer,
nearer, blessed Lord, To Thy precious, bleeding side.
-306

E
Earthly pleasures vainly call me; I would be like Jesus;
Nothing worldly shall enthrall me; I would be like
Jesus. Be like Jesus, this my song, In the home and in
the throng; Be like Jesus, all day long! I would be like
Jesus. -311
F
Face to face with Christ my Savior, Face to face, what
will it be, When with rapture I behold Him, Jesus
Christ, who died for me?

Face to face shall I behold Him, far beyond the starry

sky; Face to face in all His glory, I shall see Him by
and by. -206

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Far away in the depths of my spirit tonight, Rolls a
melody sweeter than psalms; In celestial like strains it
unceasingly falls O’er my soul like an infinite calm.
Peace! Peace! Wonderful peace, Coming down from the
Father above; Sweep over my spirit forever, I pray, In
fathomless billows of love. -466

Father, lead me day by day, Ever in Thine own sweet

way; Teach me to be pure and true; Show me what I
ought to do.

When in danger, make me brave; Make me know that

Thou canst save; Keep me safe by Thy dear side; Let me
in Thy love abide.

May I do the good I know, Be Thy loving child below,

Then at last go home to Thee, Ever more Thy child to
be. -482

So, my children, if the things this world gave you,

Leave hungers that won’t pass away, My blessed Lord
will come and save you, If you kneel to Him and
humbly pray.

Fill my cup, Lord, I lift if up Lord! Come and quench

this thirsting of my soul; Bread of heaven, feed me till I
want no more – fill my cup, fill it up and make me
whole. -493 (Note: Heal my damaged emotions so I can
reflect You.)

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 For God so loved the world, He gave His only Son, To
die on Calvary’s tree, that day, to set me free. One day,
He’s coming back, What glory that will be, wonderful
His love, to me.
G
In the morning when I rise, In the morning when I rise,
In the morning when I rise, Give me Jesus.
Give me Jesus, Give me Jesus, You can have all this
world, Give me Jesus. -305

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy

Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever
shall be, world without end. A-men, A-men. -660

Be not dismayed what e’er betide, God will take care of

you; Beneath His wings of love abide, God will take
care of you.
No matter what may be the test, God will take care of
you; Lean, weary one, upon His breast, God will take
care of you.

God will take care of you, through every day, o’er all
the way; He will take care of you, God will take care of
you. -99

Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father, There is no

shadow of turning with Thee; Thou changest not, Thy
compassions they fail not; As Thou hast been Thou
forever wilt be.

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 Summer and winter, and spring time and harvest, Sun,
moon, and stars in their courses above, Join will all
nature in manifold witness, To Thy great faithfulness,
mercy and love.

Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth, Thy own

dear presence to cheer and to guide; Strength for today
and bright hope for tomorrow, Blessings all mine and
ten thousand beside.
Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see; All I have
needed Thy hand has provided, Great is Thy
faithfulness! Lord unto me! -100

Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah, Pilgrim through this

barren land; I am weak, but Thou art mighty; Hold me
with Thy powerful hand; Bread of heaven, Bread of
heaven, Feed me till I want know more, Feed me till I
want no more. -538

H
Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way!
Thou art the Potter; I am the clay. Mold me and make
me, After thy will, While I am waiting, Yielded and
still.

Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way!

Hold or my being, Absolute sway! Fill with Thy Spirit
Till all shall see, Christ only, always, Living in me. -567

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There is singing up in heaven such as we have never
know, Where the angels sing the praises of the Lamb
upon the throne; their sweet harps are ever tuneful
and their voices always clear, O that we might be more
like them while we serve the Master here!

Holy, holy, is what the angels sing, And I expect to

help them make the courts of heaven ring; But when I
sing redemption’s story, they will fold their wings, For
angels never felt the joy that our salvation brings. -425

So, although I’m not an angel, yet I know that over

there, I will join a blessed chorus that the angels cannot
share; I will sing about my Savior, who upon dark
Calvary, Freely pardoned my transgressions, died to
set this sinner free. (Chorus) -425

He leadeth me! O blessed thought! O words with

heavenly comfort fraught! What-e’er I do, wher-e’er I
be, Still ‘tis God’s hand that leadeth me.

He leadeth me, He leadeth me, By His own hand He

leadeth me; His faithful follower I would be, for by His
hand He leadeth me.

Lord, I would clasp my hand in Thine, Nor ever

murmur nor repine; Content, what ever lot I see, Since
‘tis my God that leadeth me. -537

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I serve a risen Savior, He’s in the world today; I know
that He is living, what ever men may say; I see His
hand of mercy, I hear His voice of cheer, And just the
time I need Him, He’s always near.

He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today! He walks

with me and talks with me along life’s narrow way. He
lives, He lives, salvation to impart! You ask me how I
know He lives? He lives within my heart. -251
J
Jesus is all the world to me, My life, my joy, my ALL;
He is my strength from day to day, Without Him I
would fall. When I am sad to Him I go, No other one
can cheer me so; When I am sad He makes me glad,
He’s my Friend. -185

Jesus keep me near the cross; There a precious

fountain, Free to all, a healing stream, Flows from
Calvary’s mountain.
In the cross, in the cross, Be my glory ever, Till my
raptured soul shall find, Rest beyond the river. -312

I hear the Savior say, “Thy strength indeed is small;

Child of weakness, watch and pray, Find in Me thine
all in all.
Jesus paid it all, All to Him I owe; Sin had left a
crimson stain; He washed me white as snow. -184

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 Jesus! What a Friend for sinners! Jesus! Lover of my
soul; Friends may fail me, foes assail me, He, my
Savior makes me whole.
Hallelujah! What a Savior! Hallelujah! What a friend!
Saving, helping, keeping, loving, He is with me to the
end. -187

Just when I need Him, Jesus is near, Just when I falter,

just when I fear; Ready to help me, ready to cheer, Just
when I need Him most. Just when I need Him most,
Just when I need Him most; Jesus is near to comfort
and cheer, Just when I need Him most. -512

K
King of my life, I crown Thee now, Thine shall the
glory be; Lest I forget Thy thorn-crowned brow, Lead
me to Calvary.
Lest I forget Gethsemane; Lest I forget Thine agony;
Lest I forget Thy love for me, Lead me to Calvary. -317

L
What a fellowship, what a joy divine, Leaning on the
everlasting arms; What a blessedness, what a peace is
mine, Leaning on the everlasting arms.

Leaning, leaning, Safe and secure from all alarms;

Leaning, leaning, Leaning on the everlasting arms.

What have I to dread, what have I to fear, Leaning on

the everlasting arms? I have blessed peace with my
Lord so near, leaning on the everlasting arms. -469

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 Lord Jesus, I long to be perfectly whole; I want Thee
forever to live in my soul; Break down every idol, cast
out every foe; Now wash me and I shall be whiter than
snow. Whiter than snow, yes, whiter than snow; Now
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. -318

M
Moment by moment I’m kept in his love; Moment by
moment I’ve life from above; Looking to Jesus till glory
doth shine; Moment by moment, O Lord, I am Thine.
-507 (Note: be careful where you’re looking each day.)

Make me a servant, humble and meek. Lord, let me lift

up, those who are weak. And may the song of my soul
always be, make me a servant, make me a servant,
make me a servant, today. (I am neither humble nor
meek unless God makes me His servant to bless others)

More about Jesus I would know, More of His grace to

others show; More of His saving fullness see, More of
His love who died for me. (More of Jesus I must know
before to others I can show)

More about Jesus let me learn, More of His holy will

discern; Spirit of God, my teacher be, Showing the
things of Christ to me.

More, more about Jesus, More, more about Jesus; More

of his saving fullness see, More of His love who died for
me. -245

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More love to Thee, O Christ! More love to Thee; Hear
Thou the prayer I make On bended knee. This is my
earnest plea, More love, O Christ, to Thee, More love to
Thee! More love to Thee.

Once earthly joy I craved, Sought peace and rest; Now

Thee alone I seek, Give what is best. This all my prayer
shall be, More love, O Christ, to Thee, More love to
Thee, More love to Thee. -458

My Father is rich in houses and lands; He holdeth the

wealth of the world in His hands! Of rubies and
diamonds, of silver and gold, His coffers are full, He
has riches untold.

A tent or a cottage, O why should I care? They’re

building a palace for me over there! Though exiled
from home, yet still I may sing: “All glory to God, I’m a
child of the King.

I’m a child of the King, a child of the King! With Jesus,

my Savior, I’m a child of the King. -468

My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus blood and

righteousness; I dare not trust the sweetest frame, But
wholly lean on Jesus name.
On Christ the solid Rock I stand; All other ground is
sinking sand, All other ground is sinking sand. -522

I have a Friend so precious, So very dear to me, He

loves me with such tender love, He loves so faithfully; I
could not live apart from Him, I love to feel Him nigh,
And so we walk together, My Lord and I.

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 Sometimes I’m faint and weary, He knows that I am
weak, And as He bids me lean on Him, His help I
gladly seek; He leads me in the paths of light, Beneath
a sunny sky, And so we walk together, my Lord and I.
-456

N
Not I, but Christ, be honored, loved, exalted; Not I, but
Christ, be seen, be known, be heard; Not I, but Christ, in
every look and action, Not I, but Christ, in every
thought and word.

Not I, but Christ, my every need supplying, Not I, but

Christ, my strength and health to be; Christ, only
Christ, for body, soul, and spirit, Christ, only Christ,
here and eternally. -570

Nothing between my soul and the Savior, Naught of

this world’s delusive dream: I have renounced all sinful
pleasure – Jesus is mine! There’s nothing between.

Nothing between my soul and my Savior, So that His

blessed face may be seen; Nothing preventing the least
of His favor: Keep the way clear! Let nothing between.
-322

There is a place of quiet rest, Near to the heart of God,

A place where sin cannot molest, Near to the heart of
God. O Jesus, blest Redeemer, Sent from the heart of
God, Hold us, who wait before Thee, near to the heart
of God.

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 There is a place of full release, Near to the heart of
God, A place where all is joy and peace, Near to the
heart of God. O Jesus, blest Redeemer, Sent from the
heart of God, Hold us, who wait before Thee, Near to
the heart of God. -495

O
There is a name I love to hear, I love to sing its worth;
It sounds like music to my ear, The sweetest name on
earth.

It tells of One whose loving heart Can feel my deepest

woe, Who in each sorrow bears a part That none can
bear below.

O, how I love Jesus, O, How I love Jesus, O, how I love

Jesus –Because He first loved me! -248

O let me walk with Thee, my God, As Enoch walked in

days of old; Place Thou my trembling hand in Thine,
And sweet communion with me hold; E’en though the
path I may not see, Yet, Jesus, let me walk with Thee.

If I can lay my hand in Thine, I’ll count the joys of

earth but loss, And firmly, bravely journey on; I’ll bear
the banner of the cross Till Zions’s glorious gates I see;
Yet, Savior, let me walk with Thee. -554

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 On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross, The
emblem of suffering and shame, And I love that old
cross where the dearest and best For a world of lost
sinners was slain.

To the old rugged cross I will always be true, Its shame

and reproach gladly bear; Then He’ll call me some day
to my home far away, Where His glory forever I’ll
share.

So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross, Till my trophies at

last I lay down; I will cling to the old rugged cross, And
exchange it some day for a crown. -159

Open my eyes, that I may see Glimpses of truth, Thou

hast for me; Place in my hands the wonderful key That
shall unclasp and set me free.

Open my mouth, and let me bear Gladly the warm

truth everywhere; Open my heart, and let me prepare
Love with Thy children thus to share.

Silently now I wait for Thee, Ready, my God, Thy will

to see; Open my heart, Illumine me, Spirit divine. -326

P
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him,
all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye
heavenly host; Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. -694

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Redeemed! How I love to proclaim it! Redeemed by the
blood of the Lamb; Redeemed through His infinite
mercy, His child and forever I am.

Redeemed! And so happy in Jesus! No language my

rapture can tell; I know that the light of His presence
With me doth continually dwell.

Redeemed, redeemed, Redeemed by the blood of the

lamb; Redeemed, Redeemed, His child and forever I
am. -337
S
Savior, like a Shepherd lead us, Much we need Thy
tenderest care; In Thy pleasant pastures feed us, For
our use Thy folds prepare.

Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus, Thou hast bought us, Thine

we are; Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus, Thou hast bought
us, Thine we are. -545

Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me! Spirit of the

living God, Fall afresh on me! Break me, melt me, mold
me, fill me! Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me.
-672 (Break, melt, mold .. then fill me, so I can be used)
T
Teach, me, Father, what to say; Teach me, Father, how
to pray; Teach me all along the way How to be like
Jesus.

Teach me as the days go by, Teach me not to reason

why, Teach me that to do and die, Is to be like Jesus.

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Teach me how we may be one, Like the Father and the
Son; And when all is overcome, I will be like Jesus.

I would be like Jesus, I would be like Jesus! Help me

Lord, to daily grow More and more like Jesus. -492

The Lord is my light; then why should I fear? By day

and by night His presence is near; He is my salvation
from sorrow and sin; This blessed persuasion the Spirit
brings in.

The Lord is my light; though clouds may arise, Faith,

stonger than sight, looks up to the skies Where Jesus for
ever in glory doth reign: Then how can I ever in
darkness remain.

The Lord is my light, the Lord is my strength; I know in

His might I’ll conquer at length; My weakness in
mercy He covers with power, And, walking by faith,
He upholds me each hour.

The Lord is my light, my joy, and my song; By day and

by night He leads me along; The Lord is my light, my
joy, and my song; By day and by night He leads me
along. -515

‘Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, Just to take Him at His

word; Just to rest upon His promise, Just to know,
“Thus saith the Lord.”

I’m so glad I learned to trust Thee, Precious Jesus,

Savior, Friend; And I know that Thou art with me,
Wilt be with me till the end.

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Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him; How I’ve proved Him
o’er and o’er! Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus! O for grace to
trust Him more! -524

To God be the glory, great things He hath done; So love

He the world that He gave us His Son, Who yielded
His life and attonement for sin, And opened the life
gate that all may go in.

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, Let the earth hear His
voice; Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, Let the people
rejoice; O come to the Father, through Jesus the Son,
And give Him the glory, great things He hath done.
-341

When we walk with the Lord In the light of His word,

What a glory He sheds on the way! While we do His
good will, He abides with us still, And with all who will
trust and obey.

Trust and obey, for there’s no other way To be happy

in Jesus, but to trust and obey. -590

O soul, are you weary and troubled? No light in the

darkness you see? There’s light for a look at the Savior,
And life more abundant and free!
Turn your eyes upon Jesus, Look full in His wonderful
Face; And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace. -290

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Under His wings I am safely abiding; Though the night
deepens and tempests are wild, Still I can trust Him; I
know He will keep me; He has redeemed me, and I am
His child.

Under His wings, O what precious enjoyment! There

will I hide till life’s trials are o’er; Sheltered, protected,
no evil can harm me; Resting in Jesus I’m safe ever
more.

Under His wings, under His wings, Who from His love
can sever? Under His wings my soul shall abide, Safely
abide forever. -529

My heart can sing when I pause to remember A

heartache here is but a stepping stone Along a trail
that’s winding always upward, This troubled world is
not my final home.

The things of earth will dim and lose there value If we

recall they’er borrowed for a while; And things of
earth that cause the heart to tremble, Remembered
there will only bring a smile.

But until then my heart will go on singing, Until then

with joy I’ll carry on Until the day my eyes behold the
city, Until the day God calls me home. -632

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W
We have this hope that burns within our hearts, Hope
in the coming of the Lord. We have this faith that
Christ alone imparts, Faith in the promise of His Word.
We believe the time is here, When the nations far and
near. Shall awake and shout and sing – Hallelujah!
Christ is King!! We have this hope that burns within
our hearts, Hope in the coming of the Lord. -214

Christ has for sin atonement made, What a wonderful

Savior! We are redeemed! The price is paid! What a
wonderful Savior!

He gives me overcoming power, What a wonderful

Savior! And triumph in each trying hour; What a
wonderful Savior.

What a wonderful Savior is Jesus, my Jesus! What a

wonderful Savior is Jesus, my Lord! -335

When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince

of glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And
pour contempt on all my pride.

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of

Christ, my God; All the vain things that charm me
most – I sacrifice them to His blood. -154

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Why should I feel discouraged? Why should the
shadows come? Why should my heart be lonely, And
long for heav’n and home, When Jesus is my portion?
My constant Friend is He: His eye is on the sparrow,
And I know He watches me, His eye is on the sparrow,
And I know He watches me.

I sing because I’m happy, I sing because I’m free, For

His eye is on the sparrow, And I know He watches me.
(Note: like the little bird in the cage, will I continue to
sing no matter what my circumstances? In adversity,
when Satan laughs and says, “tell me about this Jesus
you love now,” will I doubt Him or continue to sing?)

“Let not your heart be troubled,” His tender word I

hear, And resting on His goodness, I lose my doubts
and fears, Though by the path He leadeth, But one
step I may see. His eye is on the sparrow and I know
He watches me, His eye is on the sparrow, and I know
He watches me.

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