There’s no plus ones for heaven –
Each entry stands alone
And those who wish to enter
Must each secure their own.
No matter how I’d like to
Ensure you have a place,
You must apply directly
To have a share of grace.
But God’s so rich in mercy
That all who come receive,
And all who ask are given
His gift when they believe.
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Because God never changes
I never have to fear
That what I’ve done to please Him
Won’t count when He is near.
I know that my salvation
Will always be secure
Because the One who promised
Will evermore endure.
I know just what to study
To find what He likes best,
And know the Bible tells me
How I can pass each test.
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Lord, help me crucify the flesh
And let it have no space
To turn my soul away from you
Or block the path of grace.
Remove the pleasures it affords
That lure me from what’s right,
And change the things that I desire
To seek Your pure delight.
Awake in me a holy thirst
For righteousness and good,
Please help me love the things You love
And do what Jesus would.
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There’s no one like the Lord
In patience, love, and might,
In holiness and grace,
In truth and glorious light.
All things belong to Him
Because He made them all –
He holds it all in place
And guides things great and small.
Though angels all rejoiced
And every person sang,
Though birds and oceans joined
And all the heavens rang,
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My God, I come in humble awe
And thank You for Your love
So vast, so deep, so wonderful
It lifts my heart above.
That God Himself would come to earth
Rejected, tested, poor,
Then take my sin with all its shame
To open heaven’s door.
That Jesus Christ would bear my guilt
And wear it on the tree –
Unjustly lifted up to die
To show His love for me.
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Lord, teach me to be teachable,
To love to learn and grow,
To willingly admit my need
And hear what others know.
Lord, show me how to listen well
(More often than I speak),
To care what others think and feel
Without pride’s sharp critique.
Lord, give me wisdom from above
That wants to be set right,
Accepts correction as a gift,
And seeks revealing light.
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