Author: Music Director

  • Lift High The Cross

    Refrain: Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim till all the world adore his sacred name.
    1 Come, Christians, follow this triumphant sign. The hosts of God in Unity combined.. (Refrain)
    2 Each newborn servant of the Crucified bear on the brow the seal of Him who died. (Refrain)
    3 O Lord, once lifted on the glorious tree as thou hast promised, draw the world to thee. (Refrain)
    4 So shall our song of triumph ever be praised to the Crucified for victory. (Refrain)

  • Sweet Hour of Prayer

    1 Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer! 
    that calls me from a world of care, and bids me at my Father’s throne make all my wants and wishes known.  In seasons of distress and grief, my soul has often found relief, and oft escaped the tempter’s snare by thy return, sweet hour of prayer! 
    2 Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer! 
    the joys I feel, the bliss I share of those whose anxious spirits burn with strong desires for thy return! With such I hasten to the place where God my Savior shows his face, and gladly take my station there, and wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer! 
    3 Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer! 
    thy wings shall my petition bear to him whose truth and faithfulness engage the waiting soul to bless. And since he bids me seek his face, believe his word, and trust his grace, I’ll cast on him my every care, and wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!

    Sweet Hour of Prayer – Soprano
    Sweet Hour of Prayer – Alto
  • Standing in The Need of Prayer

    1 Not my brother, not my sister, but it’s me, O Lord, standin’ in the need of prayer. (x2)
    Refrain:
    It’s me, it’s me, O Lord, standin’ in the need of prayer. (x2)

    2 Not the preacher, not the deacon, but it’s me, O Lord, standin’ in the need of prayer. (x2) Refrain
    3 Not my father, not my mother, but it’s me, O Lord, standin’ in the need of prayer. (x2) Refrain
    4 Not the stranger, not my neighbor, but it’s me, O Lord, standin’ in the need of prayer. (x2) Refrain

  • I Need You To Survive

    I Need You To Survive – 2025 Festival Choir

    1 I need you, you need me. We’re all a part of God’s body. Stand with me, agree with me. We’re all a part of God’s body. It is his will that every need be supplied. You are important to me, I need you to survive. You are important to me, I need you to survive.  (Repeat Verse)
    2 I pray for you, you pray for me. I love you, I need you to survive. I won’t harm you with words from my mouth. I love you, I need you to survive. (Repeat 6x)  
    It is his will, that every need be supplied. You are important to me, I need you to survive.

  • You’d Better Min’

    1 You’d better min’ how you talk, you’d better min’ what you talkin’ about.
    REFRAIN: You got to give account in de Judgement, you’d better min’.
    Call: You’d better min’ Response: You’d better min’ (x2).
    You got to give account in de Judgement, you’d better min’.

    2 You’d better min’ how you sing, you’d better min’ what you singin’ about. REFRAIN
    3 You’d better min’ how you shout, you’d better min’ what you shoutin’ about. REFRAIN

    YOU BETTER MIN’ EXAMPLES:

    Bessie Jones: You Better Min’
    GA Sea Isle Singers: You Better Min’
  • Just a Little Talk With Jesus

    1 I once was lost in sin but Jesus took me in and then a little light from heaven filled my soul.
    It bathed my heart in love and wrote my name above, and just a little talk with Jesus made me whole.
    REFRAIN:
    Now let us have a little talk with Jesus, tell Him all about our troubles, He will hear our faintest cry and He will answer by and by.
    Now when you feel a little prayer wheel turning, and you know a little fire is burning,
    You will find a little talk with Jesus makes it right, makes it right.

    2 Sometimes my path seems drear, without a ray of cheer, and then a cloud of doubt may hide the light of day; the mist of sin may rise and hide the starry skies, but just a little talk with Jesus clears the way. REFRAIN
    3 I may have doubts and fears,
    My eyes may fill with tears, but Jesus is a friend who watches day and night;
    I go to him in prayer, he knows my every care, and just a little talk with Jesus, makes it right. REFRAIN

    Just a Little Talk With Jesus- African A Capella Version
  • Yield Not To Temptation

    Yield Not To Temptation – Soprano Part
    Yield Not To Temptation – Alto Part

    1 Yield not to temptation for yielding is sin; each vic’try will help you some other to win; fight manfully onward, dark passions, subdue; look ever to Jesus, he carry you through.
    REFRAIN:
    Ask the Savior to help you, comfort, strengthen, and keep you; he is willing to aid you, he will carry you through.

    2 Shun, evil companions, bad language disdain; God’s name, hold in reverence, nor take it in vain; be thoughtful and earnest, kind hearted, and true look ever to Jesus, he’ll carry you through. REFRAIN
    3 to him that overcome, God, give us a crown; through faith, we will conquer, though often cast down; he who is our savior, our strength will renew; love ever to Jesus, he’ll carry you through. REFRAIN

  • Hymn of Promise

    1 In the bulb there is a flow­er; in the seed, an ap­ple tree; in coc­oons, a hid­den pro­mise: butterflies will soon be free!
    In the cold and snow of win­ter there’s a spring that waits to be, unrevealed un­til its sea­son,
    something God alone can see.

    2 There’s a song in ev­ery si­lence, seeking word and me­lo­dy; there’s a dawn in ev­ery dark­ness,
    bringing hope to you and me.
    From the past will come the fu­ture; what it holds, a mys­te­ry, unrevealed un­til its sea­son,
    something God alone can see.

    3 In our end is our be­gin­ning; in our time,
    in­fi­ni­ty; in our doubt there is be­liev­ing; in our life, eter­ni­ty,
    In our death, a re­sur­rec­tion; at the last, a
    vic­to­ry, unrevealed un­til its sea­son, something God alone can see.

  • I Want Jesus To Walk With Me

    1 I want Jesus to walk with me. (x2) All along my pilgrim journey, Lord, I want Jesus to walk with me.
    2 In my trials, Lord, walk with me. (x2) When my heart is almost breaking, Lord, I want Jesus to walk with me.
    3 When I’m in trouble, Lord, walk with me. (x2) When my head is bowed in sorrow, Lord, I want Jesus to walk with me.

  • They’ll Know We Are Christians By Our Love

    1 We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord;(x2)
    And we pray that all unity will one day be restored.
    Refrain: And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love, yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love.
    2 We will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand; (x2) And together we’ll spread the news that God is in our land. Refrain
    3 We will work with each other, we will work side by side; (x2)And we’ll guard human dignity and save human pride. Refrain
    4 All praise to the Father, from whom all things come; And all praise to Christ Jesus, His only Son. And all praise to the Spirit who makes us one. Refrain

    They’ll Know We Are Christians By Our Love – NRUMC 4/12/26