Mission, Confirmation Hymns Lyrics

(S)S.1 SEND FORTH YOUR MESSENGERS

Chorus-1:
Send forth your messengers, O Lord,
They will spread your light
To all the world around,
They will sing of your glory, alleluia!

Chorus-2:
Send forth your disciples, Lord Jesus,
Your light they will spread everywhere,
Your truth they will tell to all the nations,
They'll sing of your glory around.

You chose us from all time, your messengers to be,
To raise our light aloft for all the world to see.

Today we hear your voice, we harken to your call
And joyously we come to bring your word to all.

Give us your grace, O Lord, to follow where you trod
And thus to spend our days in service to our God.

We have been asked by you to share
your life with those
Who, strangers though they be,
seek from you their repose.

S.2 GO FORTH AND PROCLAIM THE GOOD NEWS

Chorus:
Go forth and proclaim the good news,
Making all nations my disciples, alleluia, amen.
For verses: see Z.95

S.5 THE SPIRIT OF GOD RESTS UPON ME

Chorus:
The Spirit of God rests upon me,
The Spirit of God consecrates me,
The Spirit of God bids me go forth
To proclaim his peace, his joy.

The Spirit of God sends me forth,
Called to witness the kingdom of Christ
among all the nations;
Called to proclaim the good news
of Christ to the poor,
My spirit rejoices in God, my Saviour.

...Called to console the hearts overcome
with great sorrow...

...Called to comfort the poor who mourn
and who weep...

...Called to announce the grace of
salvation to all...

...Called to reveal his glory among
all the people...

S.8 HAUL, HAUL AWAY

Chorus:
Haul, haul away. Haul, haul away.
Cast the nets wide and sink the nets deep
and it's haul, haul away.

Oh, he sat in the boat and he spoke to the crowd.
Haul, haul away.
And his voice wasn't soft and his voice wasn't loud.
Haul, haul away.
And he spoke of the just and the pure and the free,
And his voice caught the air like a net in the sea.
And it's...

He said: "Cast your nets wide where the water is deep...
Oh, cast the nets wide and sink the nets deep"...
"Though we've worked through the night
and we've nothing to show,
We will try once again just because you say so".
And it's...

Oh, the catch it was huge and the boat it was small...
His friends came to help when they heard Peter call...
"You must leave us," said Peter, "for we're men of sin".
But he said: "Come with me and be fishers of men".
And it's...

S.9 LET ALL PROCLAIM

Chorus:
Let all proclaim to the glory of the Father
That Jesus Lord, that Jesus is Lord,
Let all proclaim to the glory of the Father
That Jesus Christ is Lord.

Go to all the people, proclaim my name to all,
Make disciples everywhere, baptise them in my name,
Teach them to observe the things I’ve taught to you along,
Know that I am with you always until the end of time.

When in prayer you gather in two or three or more,
I am there among you too, to guide you all the time,
You shall be my witnesses throughout the Indian land,
For my Spirit shall go with you, my strength in Him you'll find.

Love is what I ask you to show to all the world.
Loving every friend and foe, forgiving all the time.
This shall be the sign by which all people'll know you're mine.
That you love and treat each other the way that I have shown.

S.10 COME, FOLLOW ME

I am the Light, bringing you out of darkness,
So come, take my light to the world.
I am the Bread you must feed to the hungry.
The wine that must fill every heart.

Chorus:
Foxes have holes, birds have their nests,
But the Son of man has no place to rest.
Come, follow me, be the light of the nations,
Leave your nets and come, follow me.

I am the Life that must change every life
And the Way that must alter your ways.
I am the Truth and my word is the cross
You must take if you want to be free.

I am the Sower, come, work in my vineyard,
My field. Tend my vines, sow the grain.
And should it fall to the ground, it can only
Spring up with new life, hundredfold.

I am the Shepherd come into my sheepfold
To help feed my lambs, feed my sheep.
Bring back the straying and bind up their wounds
And rejoice when you've found what was lost.

S.11 BLESSED ARE THEY

Blessed are they who are poor in spirit,
Theirs is the Kingdom of God.
Bless us, O Lord, make us poor in spirit;
Bless us, O Lord, our God.

Chorus:
We are the light of the world.
May our light shine before all,
That they may see the good that we do,
And give glory to God.

Blessed are they who are meek and humble,
They will inherit the earth.
Bless us, O Lord, make us meek and humble...

Blessed are they who will mourn in sorrow.
They will be comforted.
Bless us, O Lord, when we share their sorrow...

Blest those who hunger and thirst for justice.
They will be satisfied.
Bless us, O Lord, hear our cry for justice.

Blessed are they who show others mercy,
They will know mercy too!
Bless us, O Lord, hear our cry for mercy...

Blessed the hearts that are clean and holy...
They will behold the Lord!
Bless us, O Lord, make us pure and holy...

Blessed are they who bring peace among you,
They are the children of God!
Bless us, O Lord, may your peace be with us...

Blest those who suffer from persecution,
Theirs is the Kingdom of God.
Bless us, O Lord, when they persecute us!...

S.12 FOLLOW ME

Chorus:
Follow me, follow me, leave your home and family,
Leave your fishing nets and boats upon the shore.
Leave the seed that you have sown,
Leave the crops that you have grown,
Leave the people you have known and follow me.

The foxes have their holes
And the swallows have their nests,
But the Son of man has no place to lie down.
I do not offer comfort,
I do not offer wealth,
But in me will all happiness be found.

If you would follow me,
You must leave old ways behind.
You must take my cross and follow on my path.
You may be far from loved ones,
You may be far from home,
But my Father will welcome you at last.

Although I go away,
You will never be alone,
For the Spirit will be there to comfort you.
Though all of you may scatter,br> Each follow his own path,
Still the spirit of love will lead you home.

S.13 LEAVE YOUR COUNTRY & YOUR PEOPLE

Chorus:
Leave your country and your people,
Leave your family and your friends.
Travel to the land I’ll show you.
God will bless the ones He sends.

Go like Abraham before you,
When he heard the Father’s call,
Walking froth in faith and trusting;
God is master of us all.

Sometimes God’s word is demanding,
Leave security you know,
Breaking ties and bonds that hold you,
When the voice of God says: “Go”!

Take the path into the desert;
Barren seems the rock and sand.
God will lead you through the desert,
When you follow his command.

Go with courage upon the mountain,
Climb the narrow, rocky ledge,
Leave behind all the things that hinder,
Go with only God as pledge.

S.15 WE ARE GOD'S PEOPLE

Chorus:
We are God's people:
He has called us and chosen us,
Chosen us in Christ
To work for the coming of his kingdom.

God gives us the Spirit of Christ
that Christ may be wherever we are.

God gives us the Spirit of Christ
that we may bring the good news to all.

God gives us the Spirit of Christ
that we may spread his kingdom of peace.

God gives us the Spirit of Christ
that we may bring his justice to all.

S.16 YOU ARE A CHOSEN GENERATION

Chorus:
You are a chosen generation,
A royal priesthood, a holy nation,
A dedicated people
That should show forth the praises of him
Who has called you out of darkness (3)
Into his marvellous light (2).

So come and sing Halleluiah, praise to the Lord.
Come on and sing Halleluiah
And show forth the praises of Him,
For he has called you out of darkness (3)
Into his marvellous light (2). (For....)

Into freedom (4), into his marvellous light (2)

S.17 THE HARVEST IS GREAT

Chorus:
The harvest is great and plentiful
But the lab'rers are very few,
So go in my name, reach out and proclaim:
"The kingdom is near to you".

Nothing for your journey take,
No staff, no bag, no bread.
But my peace you give them and
The words that I have said.

Sow my seed along the path,
The rock, the thorns, good soil.
Some may wither, some may grow
And bring forth hundredfold.

See the harvest white with grain:
The time to reap has come.
Look, the winepress is so full,
The vats now overflow.

Live the "secret" you impart:
That death gives way to life.
How the cross of Christ destroys
The wisdom of the wise!

S.19 GOD'S SPIRIT IS IN MY HEART

God’s Spirit is in my heart,
He has called me and se t me apart.
This is what I have to do,br> What I have to do.

Chorus:
He sent me to give the Good News to the poor,
Tell prisoners that they are prisoners no more,
Tell blind people that they can see,
And set the downtrodden free,
And go tell every one
The news that the Kingdom of God has come.
And go tell every one
The news that God’s Kingdom has come.

Just as the Father sent me,
So I’m sending you out to be
My witnesses throughout the world,
The whole of the world.

Don’t carry a load in your pack,
You don’t need two shirts on your back.
A workman can earn his own keep,
Can earn his own keep.

Don't worry what you have to say,
Don't worry because on that day
God's Spirit will speak in your heart,
Will speak in your heart.