UPCOMING PROJECT
No Other Saviour: EP by Joyful Noise
Song
Gentle and Lowly
Gentle and Lowly is inspired by Dane Ortlund’s book of the same title. At the start of that book he says,
“In the four gospel accounts given to us in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John – eighty-nine chapters of biblical text- there’s only one place where Jesus tells us about his own heart”. That place is Matthew 11:28-29:
Come to me, all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Taking its theme from the book, this song is a meditation and celebration of the heart of Christ for sinners and sufferers like us.
Resources
Gentle and lowly, patient and kind
Ever approachable saviour of mine
All of my weakness meets your embrace,
Failure and sin meet compassion and grace
Gentle and lowly! Patient and kind!
Ever approachable saviour of mine!
Seeing my suffering, knowing my fear
Mercy compels you in love to draw near
Joy without measure flows through your soul
Taking my burdens and bearing them all!
Seeing my suffering, knowing my fear
Mercy compels you in love to draw near!
Humble redeemer there on the tree
Nothing could stop you from suffering for me
Speechless in wonder, angels above
Never had seen such self-emptying love!
Humble redeemer there on the tree
Nothing could stop you from suffering for me
Gentle and lowly, patient and kind
No other saviour like Jesus I find
Though my heart changes, yours never does
Ever unchanging compassion and love!
Gentle and lowly, patient and kind
No other saviour like Jesus I find
No other saviour like Jesus I find
Song
Take me to that ancient hill
“Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). There they crucified him, and with him two others — one on each side and Jesus in the middle.”
John 19:17-18
The classic hymn ‘There is a green hill far away’ takes us in our mind’s eye to Golgotha, the hill where Jesus died. Taking up the theme, this song expresses our daily need to be taken to the cross as the place where our guilt and shame are taken away, and our enemy, Satan, is defeated: “But there my wounded victor stood and crushed the serpent’s head that day”.
Key themes for use at church:
the cross, Easter, grace, forgiveness, discipleship, communion, consecration.
Resources
Take me to that ancient hill
For towering waves of guilt engulf
But there your steadfast mercy still
Is certain as your wounds of love
Take me to that sacred tree
For weary loads of shame oppress
But there you bore it all for me
And give me life and joy and rest
There I stand in awe
At your love for me
Give my life and all
At the cross of Calvary
Take me to that splintered wood
For still the Tempter leads astray
But there my wounded victor stood
And crushed the serpent’s head that day
There I stand in awe…
Take me to that ancient hill
And stay there all my earthly days
Rejoicing in your love until
I join with heaven’s eternal praise
There I stand in awe…
Song
Your Cross, O Lord
1 Corinthians 2:2
February 2021
Churches in the UK haven’t sung together for almost a year.
Over 100 people from more than 70 churches partnered with Joyful Noise to bring this modern hymn to life.
Key themes for use at church:
Call to worship, opening song, church family, gospel,
Resources
Your cross, O Lord, taught me to see
That though I fail you every day
Your steadfast love will not fail me
But gladly bears my sin away.
And there I see your holy fire
Consuming sin in mercy’s blood:
What righteousness and love require
To ransom sinners to their God.
Your cross, O Lord, taught me to weep
For there my sin led you away
And e’en the sun did bow in grief
As darkness crowned our darkest day.
And oh, to think that I once stood
Indifferent to your suffering!
And oh, to see your sweat like blood:
Such depths of sorrow borne for me!
Your cross, O Lord, taught me to love
For there I’ve tasted love divine,
It fills my heart with power enough
To make your costly service mine.
No sin too great to meet with grace,
No enemy too foul to bless.
Your love in wounds of sacrifice;
Teach me, O Lord, to love like this.
Your cross, O Lord, taught me to sing
For now my captive soul is free!
No guilt, no fear, no suffering
Can tear away your love from me!
No song can reach such heights of joy!
No tongue can tell such depths of peace!
No power, no time, can e’er destroy
The eternal praise for Calvary!
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