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O for a heart to praise my God, A heart from sin set free, A heart that always feels Thy blood So freely shed for me. A heart resigned, submissive, meek, My great Redeemer’s throne, Where only Christ is heard to speak, Where Jesus reigns alone. A humble, lowly, contrite, heart, Believing, true and clean, Which neither life nor death can part From Christ who dwells within. A heart in every thought renewed And full of love divine, Perfect and right and pure and good, A copy, Lord, of Thine. Thy tender heart is still the same, And melts at human woe: Jesus, for thee distressed I am, I want Thy love to know. My heart, Thou know’st, can never rest Till Thou create my peace; Till of mine Eden repossest, From self, and sin, I cease. Fruit of Thy gracious lips, on me Bestow that peace unknown, The hidden manna, and the tree Of life, and the white stone. Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart; Come quickly from above; Write Thy new name upon my heart, Thy new, best name ...

Public domain content taken from Streams in the Desert by Mrs. Charles Cowman “O the Spirit filled life; is it thine, is it thine? Is thy soul wholly filled with the Spirit Divine? O thou child of the King, has He fallen on thee? Does He reign in thy soul, so that all men may see The dear Saviour’s blest image reflected in thee? “Has He swept through thy soul like the waves of the sea? Does the Spirit of God daily rest upon thee? Does He sweeten thy life, does He keep thee from care? Does He guide thee and bless thee in answer to prayer? Is it joy to be led of the Lord anywhere? “Is He near thee each hour, does He stand at thy side? Does He gird thee with strength, has He come to abide? Does He give thee to know that all things may be done Through the grace and the power of the Crucified One? Does He witness to thee of the glorified Son? “Has He purged thee of dross with the fire from above? Is He first in thy thoughts, has He all of thy love? Is His service thy choice...

The other week, my dad asked me to "do a little research" for him: i.e. go through the gospels and write down (from the words of Jesus) what God is like. It was an interesting challenge. Here is the result. Who and What God is according to Jesus In the book of Matthew: Righteous, Our Sustainer and Provider, the Only One worthy of worship and service, patient and gracious (allowing time for repentance), to be obeyed, merciful, pure, generous, light, glorious, truthful, faithful, Holy, just, loving, good, perfect!, forgiving, our leader, our deliverer, powerful and glorious, our treasure, all-knowing, our Heavenly Father, hater of lawlessness, willing to cleanse and heal, our guide and shepherd – we are to follow Him-, our Healer, the Lord, the One to be feared, the hider, the revealer, the One who gives us rest, gentle, our judge- to Whom we must give account, greater than anyone or anything else, the Sower, the Farmer, compassionate, the builder of His church...