Come in, O strong and deep love of Jesus, like the sea at the flood in spring tides.  Cover all my powers, drown all my sins, wash out all my cares, lift up my earthbound soul, and float it right up to my Lord’s feet.  There let me lie, a poor broken shell, washed up by His love, having no virtue or value, only venturing to whisper to Him that if He will put His ear to me, He will hear within my heart faint echoes of the vast waves of His own love that have brought me where it is my delight to lie, even at His feet forever.

                                           -Charles H. Spurgeon                      

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation!

O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy health and salvation!

All ye who hear, now to His temple draw near;

Join me in glad adoration!

Praise to the Lord, who o’er all things so wondrously reigneth,

Shelters thee under His wings, yea, so gently sustaineth!

Hast thou not seen how thy desires all have been

Granted in what He ordaineth?

Praise to the Lord! O let all that is in me adore Him!

All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before Him!

Let the “amen” sound from His people again;

Gladly forever adore Him!

-Joachim Neander (Hymn)