12: Dying Like a Seed – Singing with Inspiration
Having scanned through the lesson quarterly, there are so many hymns from which to choose a theme. In effect, there is a commencing theme hymn which changes through the quarter to the finale theme hymn. To start with, we could use:
Hymn 552 – The Lord’s My Shepherd or
Hymn 545 – Savior, Like a Shepherd.
Somewhere in the middle of the quarter one could change the theme and add in
Hymn 159 – The Old Rugged Cross which is where we complete our studies in Lesson 13.
Our submission for service is found in
Hymn 462 – Blessed Assurance verse 2 and verse 3, and further instructions in
Hymn 309 – All to Jesus I Surrender. Following these two hymns we learn more in
Hymn 363 – Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service. Sunday concludes with us learning to be obedient to death, as was Jesus:
Hymn 328 – Must Jesus Bear The Cross Alone.
Monday gives us courage in Romans 12:1 with God’s abundant mercy:
Hymn 521 – Depth of Mercy. And with that mercy we find our minds renewed, having asked
God Be Merciful to Me – Hymn 297 verse 3. All of this is gifted to us, because “He had to die”:
Hymn 159 – The Old Rugged Cross. We then are able to ‘die with Jesus’
Moment By Moment – Hymn 507 due to our surrender:
Hymn 309 – I Surrender All.
We learn from Samuel’s experience (Tuesday) and say
Lord, Speak to Me – Hymn 541 because we ask
Come, Holy Spirit – Hymn 269 and
Hover O’er Me Holy Spirit – Hymn 260. Samuel heard the voice of God and with sincere prayers we want to know
Jesus Calls Us – Hymn 285 and may we listen and accept:
Hymn 359 – Hark! The Voice of Jesus Calling
It is with great sadness that we find Saul did not
Trust and Obey – Hymn 590 (Wednesday).
In the closing of Thursday’s study we find that “God may use it as a crucible to teach us to depend on Him”; so we prayerfully ask Savior, Teach Me – Hymn 193.
Friday closes our weeks’ studies reminding us of the
Blessed Assurance – Hymn 462 that we have in Jesus.
To learn unknown hymns, you will find the accompaniment music for each one at: https://sdahymnals.com/
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.”