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Recall how David swore,
“I’ll not come into my house,
Nor go up to my bed,
Give slumber to mine eyelids,
Until I find a place for Thee,
A place, O Lord, for Thee.”
Our mighty God desires a home
Where all His own may come.
“I’ll not come into my house,
Nor go up to my bed,
Give slumber to mine eyelids,
Until I find a place for Thee,
A place, O Lord, for Thee.”
Our mighty God desires a home
Where all His own may come.
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How blinded we have been,
Shut in with what concerns us;
While God’s house lieth waste—
Lord, break through, overturn us;
We’ll go up to the mountain,
Bring wood and build the house;
We’ll never say, “Another day!”
It’s time! We’ll come and build!
Shut in with what concerns us;
While God’s house lieth waste—
Lord, break through, overturn us;
We’ll go up to the mountain,
Bring wood and build the house;
We’ll never say, “Another day!”
It’s time! We’ll come and build!
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O Lord, against these days,
Inspire some for Your building,
Just as in David’s day—
A remnant who are willing
To come and work in Your house,
Oh, what a blessed charge!
Your heart’s desire, is our desire—
We come, O Lord, to build.
Inspire some for Your building,
Just as in David’s day—
A remnant who are willing
To come and work in Your house,
Oh, what a blessed charge!
Your heart’s desire, is our desire—
We come, O Lord, to build.
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Within those whom You’d call
Put such a restless caring
For building to give all—
These times are for preparing;
The gates of hell cannot prevail
Against the builded Church!
The hours are few, the builders too—
Lord, build, O build in us!
Put such a restless caring
For building to give all—
These times are for preparing;
The gates of hell cannot prevail
Against the builded Church!
The hours are few, the builders too—
Lord, build, O build in us!
(Repeat the last four lines)
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Auckland, New Zealand
...against these days... a remnant who is willing.
Iten, Rift Valley, Kenya
Build in us new hearts, Lord that we may even be true to You Lord, that we may serve You in truth and in spirit without partiality and above all prepare our hearts for the second coming of Your Son, Jesus.
Lord O build in us, strengthen our faith in You.
Let us not doubt You anymore!
Lord we pray that You will defeat us, defeat us every day! Let us have a single heart for You to fufill Your plan, let us not love ourselves. we just want to take even more of You into our being, so fill us up. O Lord come into us. Lord let me not associate with worldly things anymore but love only You. Please cleanse my sins and I thank You for all that You have done for us.
Malabon, Pampanga, Philippines
Lord thank You for touching my Heart once again, today we should not be proud to ourselves and say it's not yet time, for us to turn to You and build Your house we can build it tomorrow because there are many tomorrows ahead of us. We should realized that many saints is doubling their effort even tripling their efforts for Building the house of God because we turned our back to the Lord. I am guilty for this and yet after hearing this hymn again and reading some comments from the saints it is like Lord here am I, send me for Your building today is the time. You shall have Your Home today not tomorrow. Today is the time to build Your house with the saints... We should not sleep until Your home is finished. I love You Lord! I love you brothers and sisters... Let us all build together the house of Jehovah our God. Today is the time to gather all the precious materials which prepares by the Lord Himself for His building. Hallelujah for Christ!
Aberdeen, Proving Ground, Maryland, United States
This is a very beautiful and touching hymn that reminds us that we should not delay the interest of our Lord Jesus on earth. Most of us sometimes forget because we still are focused on our own personal interest even though we know and have clearly seen the vision the Lord had shown us. May the grace and mercy of God be upon each and everyone of us that we all may be built up together so we may be His corporate expression and be His dwelling place....His Home....and our home. Saints...Let us focus on what the Lord desire and hasten His coming. Lord Jesus we love You!
Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
O, what a consecration to Christ and the church. May the Lord give us a restless caring to give all for the building. Lord, break through, overturn us. Your heart's desire is our desire. We hear Your calling. We come, O Lord, to build. For Your sake, Lord, build in us!
Ho, Volta Region, Ghana
God should give me a mind to recall how David swore to build a house for the Lord. It is my turn to go up to the mountains to bring wood to build the house. I must not waste the time because the hours are few. If really we love the Lord, let's pay the price to go up to the mountains to bring building materials for God's building. Hallelujah!!!
Johannesburg, South Africa
Oh Lord Jesus give us more grace for building.
Lord build oh build in us.
CA, United States
Lord, O Lord build in us!
Toronto, Canada
I just returned from a young people's retreat, and we sang this hymn on the final Lord's day morning. For some reason, I was brought to tears. I have known this hymn for a long time, but had never payed much attention to the lyrics. The Lord simply wants a home, a family, a bride. I imagine how many times I return home from school, or from being out in the world, and I know how good it feels to be home. And this is all the Lord is longing for, but so many times I am concerned with my own needs, and my own desires.
We need to let the Lord make his home in OUR hearts.
The Lord is waiting for US to build His home.
Lord, break through, overturn us
Lord, build, O build in us!