I’ve chosen each of the following hymns specifically for their lyrics. Each hymn is a prayer set to music. I sing them whenever I seek to come into the presence of God to begin my prayer and worship. In fact each of these hymns combines prayer with worship – making them powerful prayers.

“Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.” (1 John 5:14-15)

The reason that these hymn prayers are so powerful is that they are most certainly “according to His will.”   They are asking for what Jesus delights to impart to His loved ones.

If you are short of time, you might like to simply sing the Hymn “Just As I Am” .

 

Just As I am

sung by Travis Cottrell

This hymn enable me to come into the Presence of God, with a contrite spirit and an acknowledgement of my need of Him – yet with a deep assurance that I’m loved and accepted in Jesus:-

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Abide

sung by Aaron Williams

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I Will Wait For You

sung by Keith and Kristyn Getty

“I will wait for You, surely wait for You
For Your love is my delight
Oh, You are my delight
You’re my delight“

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Spirit of God Descend Upon My Heart

sung by Rosemary Siemens

“Spirit of God, descend upon my heart
Wean it from earth; through all its pulses move
Stoop to my weakness, mighty as Thou art,
And make me love Thee as I ought to love.”

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Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing

sung by Shane & Shane

“Come, thou Fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing thy grace . . . Here’s my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above“

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