Sunday Hymn: I Am Thine, O Lord

I am thine, O Lord, I have heard thy voice,
And it told thy love to me;
But I long to rise in the arms of faith,
And be closer drawn to thee.

Refrain

Draw me nearer, nearer blessed Lord,
To the cross where thou hast died;
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer blessed Lord,
To thy precious, bleeding side.

Consecrate me now to thy service, Lord,
By the pow’r of grace divine;
Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope,
And my will be lost in thine.

O the pure delight of a single hour
That before thy throne I spend,
When I kneel in prayer, and with thee, my God,
I commune as friend with friend!

There are depths of love that I cannot know
Till I cross the narrow sea;
There are heights of joy that I may not reach
Till I rest in peace with thee.

—Fanny Crosby

Other hymns, worship songs, or quotes for this Sunday:

• Grace Greater Than Our Sin at The Happy Wonderer
• Praise Him Even Now at The Outspoken Tulip

Selected Reading, June 13, 2020

This week’s reading recommendations. 

Theology

Surprised by the Perfect Being
“Can we settle for a God who is less than a perfect being? We cannot. To do so is to rob God of his infinite nature and unbounded perfection. To do so, scary as this sounds, is to create a God in our own image. Our God, by contrast, is high and lifted up (Isa. 6:1). He cannot, he will not, be domesticated.”—Matthew Barrett

Gospel

Justification and Imputation
Barry Cooper delivers the best news that we can ever hear.

Encouragement

Not Our Home
Nicholas Batzig: “As believers, we are called by God to train our minds and hearts to firmly latch onto the biblical teaching that we are passing through this world as pilgrims and strangers.”

4 Lessons from My Year of Death (Not 2020) 
Jason Seville lists four things he learned during a year when three of his close family members died.

Church

Provincial Updates and Guidelines for Canadian Churches
This is a list of the various rules and guidelines for church services in Canadian provinces and territories.

Sunday's Hymn: I Know Whom I Have Believed

I know not why God’s wondrous grace
To me he hath made known,
Nor why, unworthy, Christ in love
Redeemed me for his own.

But “I know whom I have believed,
And am persuaded that he is able
To keep that which I’ve committed
Unto him against that day.”

I know not how this saving faith
To me he did impart,
Nor how believing in his Word
Wrought peace within my heart.

I know not how the Spirit moves,
Convincing men of sin,
Revealing Jesus through the Word,
Creating faith in him.

I know not what of good or ill
May be reserved for me,
Of weary ways or golden days,
Before his face I see.

I know not when my Lord may come,
At night or noonday fair,
Nor if I’ll walk the vale with him,
Or “meet him in the air.”

—Dan­i­el W. Whit­tle

Other hymns, worship songs, or quotes for this Sunday:

• Blest Is He Who Loves God’s Precepts at The Happy Wonderer