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Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish

Author: Thomas Moore; Thomas Hastings, d. 1872 Appears in 1,057 hymnals Scripture: Luke 4:18 Used With Tune: COME, YE DISCONSOLATE

Seek ye first the kingdom of God

Author: Karen Lafferty (b. 1948) Meter: 8.5.11 with alleluias Appears in 76 hymnals Scripture: Luke 4:1-2 Topics: The Church Celebrates Confirmation; Christ Incarnate Public Ministry; Jesus Teaching Used With Tune: SEEK YE FIRST

Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness

Author: Rusty Edwards, b. 1955 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 19 hymnals Scripture: Luke 4:16-21 Lyrics: 1 Praise the One who breaks the darkness With a liberating light; Praise the One who frees the pris'ners Turning blindness into sight. Praise the One who preached the Gospel, Healing ev'ry dread disease, Calming storms, and feeding thousands With the very Bread of peace. 2 Praise the One who blessed the children With a strong, yet gentle word; Praise the One who drove out demons With the piercing two-edged sword. Praise the one who brings cool water To the desert's burning sand; From this Well comes living water Quenching thirst in ev'ry land. 3 Let us praise the Word incarnate, Christ, who suffered in our place. Jesus died and rose victorious That we may know God by grace. Let us sing for joy and gladness, Seeing what our God has done; Let us praise the true Redeemer, Praise the One who makes us one. Topics: Society; Redeemer Used With Tune: BEACH SPRING

God Has Chosen Me

Author: Bernadette Farrell Appears in 15 hymnals Scripture: Luke 4:19 First Line: [God Has Chosen Me] Text Sources: Spirit and Song 2 (OCP Publications, 2005)

Jesus shall reign where'er the sun

Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,801 hymnals Scripture: Luke 4:18-19 Lyrics: 1 Jesus shall reign where e'er the sun does its successive journeys run; his Kingdom stretch from shore to shore, till moons shall wax and wane no more. 2 People and realms of every tongue declare his love with sweetest song; and infant voices shall proclaim their early blessings on his name. 3 Blessings abound where Jesus reigns: the prisoner leaps to lose their chains, the weary find eternal rest, and all who suffer want are blessed. 4 Let every creature rise and bring the highest honours to our King; angels descend with songs again, and earth repeat the loud Amen. Topics: Life in Christ Christ Risen - Reign and Priesthood; Freedom and Liberation Used With Tune: WARRINGTON

I'll Praise My Maker While I've Breath

Author: Isaac Watts; John Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 526 hymnals Scripture: Luke 4:18 Lyrics: 1 I’ll praise my Maker while I’ve breath, and when my voice is lost in death, praise shall possess my noblest powers; my days of praise are never past while life and thought and being last or immortality endures. 2 Happy are those whose hopes rely on God the Lord, who made the sky, and earth, the sea, the night and day; his truth for ever stands secure, he keeps his promise to the poor, and none who seeks is turned away. 3 The Lord gives eyesight to the blind, he calms and heals the troubled mind; he sends the wounded conscience peace; he helps the stranger in distress, the widow and the fatherless, and grants the prisoner glad release. 4 I’ll praise him while he lends me breath, and when my voice is lost in death, praise shall employ my noblest powers; my days of praise shall are never past while life and thought and being last or immortality endures. Topics: God the Father Providence and Care; God Promises; Adoration of God; God Mercy; God Promises; God Truth; Heaven; Psalms Used With Tune: OLD 113TH

Lead Us, Heavenly Father, Lead Us

Author: James Edmeston, 1791-1867 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 356 hymnals Scripture: Luke 4:1-13 First Line: Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us Topics: Dismissal; Forgiveness; Guidance; Lent (first Sunday); Trinity; Trust Used With Tune: MANNHEIM