School of the Spirit

Anglican Hyminal: A&M Revised 463 1. O perfect Love, all human  thought transcending, lowly we kneel in prayer before thy  throne, that theirs may be the love which  knows no ending, whom thou forevermore dost join  in one. 2. O perfect Life, be thou their full  assurance, of tender charity and steadfast faith, of patient hope and quiet, brave  endurance, with childlike trust that fears nor  pain nor death. 3. Grant them the joy which brightens  earthly sorrow; grant them the peace which calms  all earthly strife, and to life's day the glorious unknown  morrow that dawns upon eternal love and  life. Prayer Guide: use your family as a point of contact to every families all over the world, pray that the good Lord will establish peace and love in our homes especially those homes where the devil is planting seed of divorce and divisions.  Romans 9:4 “…the people of Isr...

Prayer guide: Sickness is a trap of the devil to bring our mortal body into captivity so as not to fulfil the agenda of God on earth. Sickness never originated from God rather from the devil who came to still, kill and destroy. So this day I want us to lift up our voice in prayers for as many as we know that are sick an those ones unknown; that the suffering healing power of Christ will spread in all land and in the lives of men. The bible said that He sent forth His word and it heal them of all afflictions, let us plead the strife of Jesus Christ upon who who are sick. Thanksgiving Blessed Redeemer we thank you because through your strife we are heal, thank you for overcoming sickness through you're strife, thank you for your son Jesus Christ who went all the way to the cross that He destroyed all the works of darkness through His death and resurrection. Intercessions Blessed Father we present before you all under the yoke of sickness; Lord we pray that through your word...

Anglican Hyminal: A&M Revised 331 1. O Jesus, I have promised  to serve thee to the end: be thou ever near me,  my Master and my friend; I shall not fear the battle if thou art by my side, nor wander from the pathway if thou wilt be my guide. 2. O let me feel thee near me!  The world is ever near; I see the sights that dazzle,  the tempting sounds I hear; my foes are ever near me,  around me and within; but Jesus, draw thou nearer,  and shield my soul from sin. 3. O let me hear thee speaking  in accents clear and still, above the storms of passion,  the murmurs of self-will; O speak to reassure me,  to hasten or control; O speak, and make me listen,  thou guardian of my soul. 4. O Jesus, thou hast promised  to all who follow thee, that where thou art in glory  there shall thy servant be; and, Jesus I have promised  to serve thee to the end; O give ...

Then Jesus uttered a loud cry and said, ‘Father, into Your hands I commit my spirit’, and with these words, He died. John 23:46 Lutheran Service Book #447 Jesus in Your Dying Woe  19 Jesus, all Your labor vast, All Your woe and conflict past, Yielding up Your soul at last: Hear us, holy Jesus. 20 When the death shades round us low'r, Guard us from the temper's pow'r, keep us in that trial hour: Hear us, holy Jesus. 21 May Your life and death supply Grace to live and grace to die, Grace to reach the home on high: Hear us, holy Jesus. Amen! Thomas Benson Pollock, 1889 THE SOLEMN ADORATION OF CHRIST CRUCIFIED My people, what have I done to you? How have I offended you? Answer me! I led you out of Egypt, from slavery to freedom, but you led your Saviour to the cross.  Holy God! Holy and Mighty! Holy and Immortal One, have mercy on us.  For forty years I led you safely through the desert. I fed you with manna from heaven, and...

After this, Jesus, aware that all had now come to its appointed end, said in fulfilment of scripture, ‘I am thirsty’. John 19:28 Having received the wine, he said, ‘It is accomplished!’ Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. John 19:30 Lutheran Service Book #447 Jesus in Your Dying Woe  13 Jesus, in Your thirst and pain, While Your wounds Your lifeblood drain, Thirsting more our love to gain: Hear us, holy Jesus. 14 Thirst for us in mercy still; All Your holy work fulfill; Satisfy Your loving will: Hear us, holy Jesus. 16 Jesus, all our ransom paid, All Your Father's will obeyed; By Your suff'rings perfect made: Hear us, holy Jesus. Anglican Hyminal: A&M Revised 413 1. I hunger and I thirst; Jesus, my manna be: ye living waters, burst out of the rock for me. 2. Thou bruised and broken Bread, my life-long wants supply; as living souls are fed, O feed me, or I die. 4. Rough paths my feet have trod, sin...

45 Now from the  sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,   Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say,  My God, my God, why  hast thou forsaken me? Matthew 27:45-46 Lutheran Service Book #447 Jesus in Your Dying Woe  10 Jesus, whelmed in fears unknown, With our evil left alone. While no light from heav'n is shown: Hear us, holy Jesus. 11 When we seem in vain to pray And our hope seems far away, In the darkness be our stay: Hear us, holy Jesus. 12 Though no Father seem to hear, Though no light our spirits cheer, May we know that God is near: Hear us, holy Jesus. MEDITATION  Jesus Christ at this point being in the likeness of man was whelmed by our sins which represent darkness for about 3hours; the loneliness he felt in this darkest hour moved him to cry out to the Father asking why has he forsaken Him, but His resurrecti...

Seeing His mother, with the disciple whom He loved standing beside her, Jesus said to her, ‘mother, there is your son’; and to the disciple, ‘There is your mother’; and from that moment the disciple took her into his home. John 19:26- 27 Church Hyminal 508 1. Love divine, all loves excelling, joy of heaven, to earth come down, fix in us thy humble dwelling, all thy faithful mercies crown. Jesus, thou art all compassion, pure, unbounded love thou art; visit us with thy salvation, enter every trembling heart. 2. Come, almighty to deliver, let us all thy grace receive; suddenly return, and never, nevermore thy temples leave. Thee we would be always blessing, serve thee as thy hosts above, pray, and praise thee without ceasing, glory in thy perfect love. 3. Finish then thy new creation; pure and spotless let us be; let us see thy great salvation perfectly restored in thee: changed from glory into glory, till in heaven we take our place,...

One of the criminals hanging there taunted him: ‘Are not you the Messiah? Save yourself, and us’ But the other rebuked him: Have you no fear of God? You are under the same sentence as He is. In our case it is plain justice; we are paying the price for our misdeeds. But this Man has done nothing wrong. And he said, ‘Jesus, remember me when you come to your throne’. Jesus answered, ‘Truly I tell you: today you will be with me in Paradise’. Luke 23:39-43 Lutheran Service Book #447 Jesus in Your dying Woe 4 Jesus, pitying the sighs Of the thief, who near You dies, Promising him paradise; Hear us, holy Jesus. 5 May we in our guilt and shame Still Your love and mercy claim, Calling humbly on Your name: Hear us, holy Jesus. 6 May our hearts to You incline And their thoughts Your cross entwine. Cheer our souls with hope divine: Hear us, holy Jesus. MEDITATION  It's amazing the manner of love Christ displayed; even at the point of death He still ...

And when they reached the place called the Skull, they crucified Him there, and the criminals with Him, one on his right and the other on His left. Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, they do not know what they are doing’. Lk 23:33 & 34 Anglican Hyminal: A&M Revised 114 1. "Forgive them, O my Father, they know not what they do": the Saviour spake in anguish, as the sharp nails went through. 2. No word of anger spake he to them that shed his blood, but prayer and tenderest pity large as the love of God. 4. It was my pride and hardness that hung him on the tree; those cruel nails, O Saviour, were driven in by me 6. O depth of sweet compassion! O Love divine and true! Save thou the souls that slight thee, and know not what they do. Mrs. CECIL ALEXANDER, 1875 MEDITATION  The scripture recorded in Mark 15:27-32 that while Christ was on the Cross; the passers-by hurled insults on Him, they pass, looked at him and shaki...

The understanding of the church is predicted upon the foundation laid by Christ Himself. It is not a mere religion rather it's and understanding and built on one foundation which is Jesus Christ. The cornerstone of the church was laid by the power of the Holy Spirit through His revelation to Peter about Christ in Mathew 16:18. It was upon the understanding that Jesus is the Christ, Son of the living God that the church was commissioned. Anglican Hyminal: A&M Revised 255 1. The Church's one foundation is Jesus Christ her Lord; she is his new creation, by water and the word: from heaven he came and sought her to be his holy bride; with his own blood he bought her,  and for her life he died. 2. Elect from every nation, yet one o'er all the earth, her charter of salvation, one Lord, one faith, one birth; one holy Name she blesses, partakes one holy food, and to one hope she presses, with every grace endued. 3. Though with a scor...

Palm sunday is an annual celebration of the Christian faith worldwide, marking how Jesus Christ entered Jerusalem as a king in preparation for his His passion. From Mathew chapter 21 we see Christ humility by riding on a colt and how the whole city of Jerusalem stood still to welcome Him as a king; 7 And brought  the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set  him thereon. 8 And a very great multitude spread their garments  in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed  them in the way. 9 And the multitudes that went before, and that  followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he  that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. 10  And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved,  saying, Who is this? 11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the  prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. It was this triumphant entry into Jerusalem that revealed to us the real s...

Our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be thy name, thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven, give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our Sins as we for give those who sin against us, lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, for the Kingdom, the Power, the Glory are all yours now and for ever! Amen. Church Hyminal 153 1. Guide me, O thou great Redeemer, pilgrim though this barren land; I am weak, but thou art mighty; hold me with thy powerful hand; Bread of heaven, feed me now and evermore. 2. Open now the crystal fountain, whence the healing stream doth flow; let the fiery cloudy pillar lead me all my journey through; strong Deliverer, be thou still my Strength and Shield. 3. When I tread the verge of Jordan, bid my anxious fears subside; death of death, and hell's destruction, land me safe on Canaan's side; songs of praises, I will ever give to thee. Tr. (1771) by Rev. P. Williams fro the Wels...

Our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be thy name, thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven, give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our Sins as we for give those who sin against us, lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, for the Kingdom, the Power, the Glory are all yours now and for ever! Amen. Anglican Hyminal: A&M Revised 216 1. Rejoice the Lord is King! Your Lord and King adore! mortals, give thanks and sing, and triumph evermore. Lift up your heart! lift up your voice! Rejoice! again I say, rejoice! 2. Jesus, the Savior reigns, the God of truth and love: when he had purged our stains, he took his seat above.  Lift up your heart, etc. 3. His kingdom cannot fail; he rules o'er earth and heaven; the keys of death and hell are to our Jesus given. Lift up your heart, etc. 4. He sits at God's right hand till all his foes submit, and bow to his command, and fall beneath his fee...

Our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be thy name, thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven, give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our Sins as we for give those who sin against us, lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, for the Kingdom, the Power, the Glory are all yours now and for ever! Amen. Church Hyminal 601 1 Lord, while for all mankind we pray Of every clime and coast, O hear us for our native land, The land we love the most. 3 Unite us in the sacred love Of knowledge, truth, and thee; And let our hills and valleys shout The songs of liberty. 4 Lord of the nations, thus to thee Our country we commend; Be thou her refuge and her trust, Her everlasting Friend. J. R. Wreford, 1837 Listen to the Podcast  Here Good morning beloved people of God, this week of prayer will be focused on our nations, it is time we call upon the name of the LORD over our land and upon our leaders; let's see how the scrip...

Jesus is a television star once again. Jesus: His Life  is airing on the History Channel through Easter . According to the show’s website, “the series interviews and consulted with a diverse group of scholars, faith leaders and theologians from across the ideological spectrum.”  It views Jesus “through a unique lens: the people in his life who were closest to him.” Meanwhile,  The Chosen  will debut online April 15. According to  Christianity Today , it  “will reimagine the radical ministry of Christ upending societal norms in a multi-season show.”  The series is intended to be “faithful to the biblical text while gritty in tone.”  Jesus is clearly popular in our culture. Barna research reports that  73 percent of Americans identify as Christians . According to Gallup,  that’s far higher than the percentage of Americans who identify as Republicans (26 percent) or Democrats (30 percent) . Census data shows that  Christians ...

As our Saviour taught us so we pray Our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be thy name, thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven, give us this day our daily bread, forgive us our Sins as we forgive those who sinned against us, lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, for the Kingdom, the Power, the Glory are all yours now and for ever! Amen Secred Songs & Solos ( SS&S 115) 1. When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of Glory died, my richest gain I count but loss, and pour contempt on all my pride. 2. Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, save in the cross of Christ, my God: all the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood. 3. See, from his head, his hands, his feet, sorrow and love flow mingled down! Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, or thorns compose so rich a crown? 4. Were the whole realm of nature mine, that were an offering far too small; love so amazing, so divine...