1: Reality Check – Singing with Inspiration
Growing in a Relationship With God has many wonderful steps in it. There are several beautiful hymns from which to choose as a theme due to all the changes that come along when we grow in our relationship with God. On page 31 we see that “the most powerful weapon is prayer” to help us through our growing times. Therefore, we will wish to sing
Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus – Hymn 290 to keep learning every minute of the day in our journey. To help with this journey, Lord,
Give Me The Bible – Hymn 272 to instruct even more with the Holy Spirit, encouraging along the way:
Hover O’er Me, Holy Spirit – Hymn 260.
I Would Draw Nearer To Jesus – Hymn 310 (and for Wednesday’s closing remark) and then we will happily sing
I’ve Found A Friend – Hymn 186 and
What A Friend We Have In Jesus – Hymn 499.
O Brother, Be Faithful – Hymn 602 to those around us. Sunday’s study time goes on to ask us if we live and love Jesus wholeheartedly all the time. We do need our Lord Jesus,
Moment By Moment – Hymn 507. Jesus then “wants to open our eyes to see the truth”:
Open My Eyes That I May See – Hymn 326.
Hymn 539 – I Will Early Seek The Saviour tells us just how much “Jesus loves me”, just as we find on Monday (echoed again on Tuesday). Dear Jesus really wants us to
Come, Ye Sinners – Hymn 280 and have “true belief and true repentance” (verse 2). Meantime, Jesus is “knocking at the door of your heart”: verse 2 of
Hymn 283 – O Jesus, Thou Art Standing.
In The Garden – Hymn 487. “God is seeking you, and waiting, wanting you to draw closer to Him” says the closing remark:
Seeking The Lost – Hymn 373.
Abide With Me – Hymn 50.
I Will Follow Thee – Hymn 623 even though “following God can seem like the biggest burden ever”. “The sap in the grapevine is like the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives” (we need daily says Friday), which is shown to us in
Hymn 268 – Holy Spirit, Light Divine.
To learn unknown hymns, you will find the accompaniment music for each one at: https://sdahymnals.com/Hymnal/
Another great resource is for when there is a hymn you wish to sing but can’t find it in your hymnal. Go to https://www.sdahymnal.org/
2 Timothy 2:15 KJV – “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
