![]() We are to look to what God has done for us and respond accordingly, with ‘songs of loudest praise’. ‘Come Thou Fount’ starts by setting before us a gospel-centred model for worship, both in corporately praising God and for giving Him glory in our day-to-day lives. It’s my hope and prayer that if we understand the things about which we’re singing about, we’ll be able to relish in the love that God shows in his redemptive purposes and not just enjoy a beautiful melody. However, as I was preparing for it on Saturday, I realised that for the rest of the guys to enjoy the richness of the words, I would have to walk them through the archaic words and phrases that are no longer used today in 2013. ![]() ![]() Recently at relate, we sang Come Thou Fount, a song that has for many years continually drawn me back to one of the core messages of the Bible: that the grace of God is the only thing that can overcome the gravity of my self-inflicted sin. ![]()
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