OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW (25 OF 50)

Out With the Old and in With the New (25 of 50)
Series: Genesis
Donald Cantrell
Genesis 25:1-34

Theme: ''One generation is leaving as another one begins''

I - The Triumphant Sojourner (1 - 11)
II - The Twelve Sons (12 - 18)
III - The Twins Struggling (19 - 28)
IV - The Thrilling Situation (29 - 34)

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Take My Life

Francis Havergal wrote many hymns in her life. She said she got most of her inspiration from small moments - defining moments. She said one of the strongest things she had ever seen was a painting of Jesus, wearing a crown of thorns with blood dripping down from the wounds. He is facing Pilate, and the caption of that painting was; 'This, I have done for thee, what hast thou done for me?'

When she got home, she wrote a poem about what that painting meant to her, but was so emotional when she read it; she threw it in the fireplace. Have you ever noticed that God intervenes in the most miraculous of ways? As she walked by the fireplace, she threw the poem in, but like most sheets of paper, it flew out and landed on the floor without her seeing it. Her father picked it up, read it, and encouraged her to put music to it. She did, and the result was the hymn, ''Take My Life, and Let It Be.''

The following Hymn was written by Francis Havergal in 1874:

1 Take my life and let it be
consecrated, Lord, to thee.
Take my moments and my days;
let them flow in endless praise,
let them flow in endless praise.

2 Take my hands and let them move
at the impulse of thy love.
Take my feet and let them be
swift and beautiful for thee,
swift and beautiful for thee.

3 Take my voice and let me sing
always, only, for my King.
Take my lips and let them be
filled with messages from thee,
filled with messages from thee.

4 Take my silver and my gold;
not a mite would I withhold.
Take my intellect and use
every power as thou shalt choose,
every power as thou shalt c ...

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