Tune: Finlandia
These words might be meaningful in any service of dedication, promise-making or discipleship.
Your love alone turns action into service,
Your grace alone turns speaking into prayer.
All that we are is held within your mercy,
All that we do, made holy in your care.
Spirit of God, breathe through us in our worship,
Take and transform the gifts and griefs we bear.
Bind with your truth this act of dedication;
Confirm with hope each step of faith we take;
Disturb with joy our cautious hesitation
Renew with strength the promises we make.
Spirit of God, pour out your affirmation,
Bless us for life, made sacred for your sake.
The hymn is based on the ‘Ordination and Induction Prayer’ in ‘Worship: from the United Reformed Church’, p272-3.
