Gracious Lord! My Heart Is Fixèd (Little Flock Hymnbook #6*)

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Gracious Lord! my heart is fixèd;

Sing I will, and sing of Thee,

Since the cup that justice mixèd

Thou hast drunk, and drunk for me:

Great Deliverer!

Thou hast set the prisoner free.

“Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.” (Daniel 6:16)

2

Many were the chains that bound me,

But the Lord has loosed them all:

Arms of mercy now surround me,

Favors these, nor few, nor small:

Savior, keep me!

Keep Thy servant, lest he fall.

“Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.” (Psalm 73:6)

“But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.” (Romans 7:23-25)

“For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.” (Psalm 57:10)

“But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.” (Psalm 69:13)

“Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.” (1 Peter 1:5)

“Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy.” (Jude 24)

3

Fair the scene that lies before me,

Life eternal Jesus gives;

While He waves His banner o’er me,

Peace and joy my soul receives:

Sure His promise!

I shall live because He lives.

“And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.” (John 10:28)

“He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.” (Song of Solomon 2:4)

“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” (John 14:27)

“These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.” (John 15:11)

“For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.” (2 Corinthians 1:20)

“Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.” (John 14:19)

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When the world would bid me leave Thee,

Telling me of shame and loss,

Savior, guard me, lest I grieve Thee,

Lest I cease to love Thy cross:

This is treasure;

All the rest I count but dross.

“But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ.” (Philippians 3:7-8)

“And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.” (Acts 5:41)

“And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.” (Mark 3:5)

“But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.” (Galatians 6:14)

“But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ.” (Philippians 3:7-8)

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