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Speak O Lord as we come to you
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To receive the food of your Holy Word
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Take Your truth, plant it deep in us
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Shape and fashion us in your likeness
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That the light of Christ might be seen today
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In our acts of love and our deeds of faith
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Speak O Lord and fulfill in us
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All your purposes for your glory

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Teach us Lord full obedience,
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Holy reverence, true humility. 
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Test our thoughts and our attitudes 
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In the radiance of Your purity.
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Cause our faith to rise Cause our eyes to see, 
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Your majestic love and authority. 
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Words of power that can never fail;
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Let their truth prevail over unbelief. 

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Speak, O Lord, and renew our minds; 
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Help us grasp the heights of Your plans for us.
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Truths unchanged from the dawn of time, 
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That will echo down through eternity. 
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And by grace we'll stand on Your promises;
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 And by faith we'll walk as You walk with us.
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Speak, O Lord, 'til your church is built,
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 And the earth is filled with Your glory.