I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice

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I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice,
  And it told Thy love to me;
But I long to rise in the arms of faith,
  And be closer drawn to Thee.
G
am 
DThine, 
O Lord, I have 
Emheard 
Thy 
Gvoice, 
And it 
Ctold 
Thy love to 
Gme; 
But I 
Dlong 
to rise in the 
Emarms 
of 
Gfaith, 
And be 
Amclos
er 
D7drawn 
to 
GThee. 
 
Draw me nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,
  To the cross where Thou hast died;
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,
    To Thy precious, bleeding side.
CDraw 
me 
Gnear
G7er, 
Cnear
er, blessed 
GLord, 
To the 
Ccross 
where 
AmThou 
hast 
Ddied; 
D7Draw 
me 
Gnear
er, 
G7near
er, 
Cnear
er, blessed 
AmLord, 
To Thy 
Gpre
cious, 
D7bleed
ing 
Gside.
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Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord,
  By the pow’r of grace divine;
Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope,
  And my will be lost in Thine.
Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord,
  By the pow’r of grace divine;
Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope,
  And my will be lost in Thine.
3
O the pure delight of a single hour
  That before Thy throne I spend,
When I kneel in prayer, and with Thee, my God,
  I commune as friend with friend!
O the pure delight of a single hour
  That before Thy throne I spend,
When I kneel in prayer, and with Thee, my God,
  I commune as friend with friend!
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There are depths of love that I yet may know
  Ere Thee face to face I see;
There are heights of joy that I yet may reach
  Ere I rest in peace with Thee.
There are depths of love that I yet may know
  Ere Thee face to face I see;
There are heights of joy that I yet may reach
  Ere I rest in peace with Thee.
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Elisha Tadiwa Nyamasvisva

Tronoh, Perak, Malaysia

Everyday in my daily living I am fighting the devil, consciously and sometimes subconsciously. I find joy in this hymn in that it encourages us to go on not just in denying the devil, but replacing the self in me with the Lord. I always pray that I am drawn closer and closer to the Lord and I do so I will be moved further and further away from the devil. Praise the Lord for these hymns, we should all strive to deny the devil and be drawn closer and closer towards our blessed Lord. Amen.