Composer: Ellen Koehler
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- Hymn
- Lead Sheet
May the Mind of Christ, My Savior
May the mind of Christ, my Savior,
Live in me from day to day,
By His love and power controlling
All I do and say.
May the Word of God dwell richly
In my heart from hour to hour,
So that all may see I triumph
Only through His power.
May the love of Jesus fill me,
As the waters fill the sea;
Him exalting, self abasing,
This is victory.
May I run the race before me,
Strong and brave to face the foe,
Looking only unto Jesus
As I onward go.
Setting: Ellen Koehler. Copyright ©2013 Ellen Koehler.
All Rights Reserved.
Words: Kate B. Wilkinson, 1912.
Hymn tune: St. Leonards, Arthur Barham-Gould, 1925
Commentary -
May the Mind of Christ, My Savior is a beautiful, sung prayer that we be conformed to the image of Christ. The first line of each of the verses references images from Scripture. This arrangement sets four of the song’s six verses. It is particularly useful at a time of Confession or as a closing hymn of Sending Forth into the world to love and serve the Lord.
Key: D/E, Modulation between verses 2 and 3.
May the Mind of Christ, My Savior is available as a lead sheet.
When used at a time of Confession, May the Mind of Christ, My Savior works very well with this liturgy adapted from a prayer by John Henry Newman:
Lord, You have called us to become Your own. We were bought with a price, the price of Your life and blood. We love You, and we want to live for You.
[Silent confessions]
Lord, help us to spread Your fragrance everywhere we go.
Flood our souls with Your spirit and life. Shine through us, and be so in us, that every soul we come in contact with may feel Your presence in our soul. Let them look up and see no longer us but only Jesus!
[Silence]
Stay with us, and then we shall begin to shine as You shine.
Let us preach You without preaching, not by words but by our example, by the catching force, the sympathetic influence of what we do, the evident fullness of the love our hearts bear to You.
Copyright ©2016 Ellen Koehler. All Rights Reserved.
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