Speak, O Lord

 

Speak, O Lord, as we come to You
To receive the food of Your Holy Word.
Take Your truth, plant it deep in us;
Shape and fashion us in Your likeness,
That the light of Christ might be seen today
In our acts of love and our deeds of faith.
Speak, O Lord, and fulfill in us
All Your purposes for Your glory...

 

The Story Behind the Song

 

“A hymn for the preaching of the word”
 

One of Christianity's distinctives is that we worship a God who has spoken - who is not silent. From God the Father, speaking the world into creation, to speaking through His Living word in Christ, to speaking by His Spirit through the written word.

Throughout history the word of God has transformed the most proud leaders and the most hopeless victims, the greatest civilisations and the remotest of villages, in every age to every corner of the world - so incredible is its power.

 

Often today however the preaching of the word has been diminished in value – from its prominence in a service to its passion, but most of all in our own expectation each time we sit down and ask God to speak to us. In Isaiah the people were performing many acts in the name of God and the Lord said "This is the one to whom I will turn my face – he who is humble and contrite and trembles at my word".

It is our prayer that through the power of the spirit, this hymn will prepare people to humbly listen to the bible being taught and respond to the huge consequences it has on their lives.

 

 

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(the full words are not shown on our web site due to copyright restrictions)

 

Wetherden Baptist Church, Elmswell Road, Wetherden, Suffolk, IP14 3LN