If you are working with the lectionary texts for August 7 , 2 01 1 (the eighth Sunday after Pentecost), here are a few traditional and contemporary hymn suggestions.
Instead of grouping them by scripture reference, I’ve focused on some of the primary themes running through the texts.
Words (and often music) for the songs marked with an asterisk (*) can be found on Hope Publishing’s Online Hymnody website. (Just search for the title of the hymn.)
Salvation in Christ
(Matthew 1 4 :2 2 -33, Romans 1 0 :5 -1 5 )
A Servant of the Least, L.W. Terley
All the Riches of God’s Grace, Jan Herrington
Amazing Grace, John Newton /John Rees
And Can It Be, Charles Wesley
Come Christians, Join to Sing, Christian Bateman CCLI 832 5 3
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing, Robert Robinson
Come with All Joy, Christopher Idle CCLI 6 4 7 9 2 9
Grace Greater Than Our Sin, Julia Johnston
Surely It Is God Who Saves Me*, Carl P. Daw
Wonderful Grace of Jesus, Haldor Lillenas
Have faith in God, even when things are going wrong
(Gen. 37 , Psalm 1 05 , Matt. 1 4 :2 2 -33, Rom. 1 0 :5 -1 5 , I Kings 1 9 :9 -1 8 )
All the Way My Saviour Leads Me, Fanny Crosby
All Through the Day, Tom Howard
By Gracious Powers, Dietrich Bonhoeffer/Fred Pratt Green
Children of the Heavenly Father, Caroline Sandell Berg
Day by Day, Carolina Sandell Berg
Have Faith in God, B. Rees
He Leadeth Me, Joseph Gilmore
How Firm a Foundation, John Rippon’s Selection of Hymns 1 7 87
I Am Trusting You, Lord Jesus, Frances R. Havergal
If You Will Only Let God Guide You, Georg Neumark, tr. Winkworth
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms, Elisha Hoffman
Lord Jesus, When My Courage Fails*, Shirley Erena Murray
Oh, the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus, Samuel Trevor Francis
Precious Lord, Take My Hand, Thomas A. Dorsey
Safe in the Shadow of the Lord*, Timothy Dudley Smith
Standing on the Promises, R. Kelso Carter
The Solid Rock (My Hope is Built), Edward Mote
Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus, Louisa M.R. Stead
We Walk by Faith, Henry Alford
Proclaiming the good news
(Romans 1 0 :5 -1 5 , Psalm 1 05 )
Here I Am Lord, Daniel L. Schutte
I’m Gonna Live So God Can Use Me, Traditional spiritual
Let Your Heart Be Broken, Bryan Jeffery Leech
Lord Jesus, of You I Will Sing, L’Arche Hymn (anonymous)
Lord Speak to Me That I May Speak, Frances R. Havergal
Lord, Whose Love Through Humble Service, Albert F. Bayly
May the Mind of Christ My Saviour, Katie Wilkinson
O Master Let Me Walk with Thee, Washington Gladden
Take My Life and Let It Be, Frances Ridley Havergal
They’ll Know We are Christians, Peter Scholtes
You Are the Vine, Danny Daniels
Listening for the gentle voice of God
(Matthew 1 4 :2 2 -33, I Kings 1 9 :9 -1 8 )
Be Still and Know that I am God, anonymous
Be Still, for the Presence of the Lord, David Evans CCLI 1 2 082 4
Come Away from Rush and Hurry, Marva Dawn
I Lift My Eyes to the Quiet Hills*, Timothy Dudley-Smith
Open My Eyes, That I May See, Clara H. Scott
Open Our Eyes, Lord, Robert Cull
Speak, Lord, in the Stillness, E. May Grimes
There Is a place of quiet rest, Cleland B. McAfee
While We Are Waiting, Come, Claire Cloninger
For other worship resources for August 7 , 2 01 1 , click on Proper 1 4 A in the list of “Labels” at the lower right side of the page.