God’s Kingdom today is a real exercise, But when Christ comes to reign it will be a great prize; It is wisdom divine that we now may be trained That His plan be fulfilled and His justice maintained.
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God's Kingdom
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to
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day is a
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real exer
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cise,
But when
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Christ comes to
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reign it will
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be a great
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prize;
It is
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wisdom di
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vine that we
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now may be
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trained
That His
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plan be ful
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filled and His
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justice
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main
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tained.
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God’s children, we’re born to be kings with His Son, And we need to be trained that we may overcome And to know how to rule in His kingdom as kings, That His kingship thru us be expressed o’er all things.
God's children, we're born to be kings with His Son,
And we need to be trained that we may overcome
And to know how to rule in His kingdom as kings,
That His kingship thru us be expressed o'er all things.
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God's children,
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we're
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born to be
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kings with His
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Son,
And we
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need to be
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trained that we
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may
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overcome
And to
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know how to
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rule in His
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kingdom as
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kings,
That His
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kingship thru
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us be
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expressed o'er
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all
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things.
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Today we must learn to submit to His throne, How to have a strict life and His government own; His authority then we’ll be able to share, O’er the nations to rule with God’s Son as the heir.
Today we must learn to submit to His throne,
How to have a strict life and His government own;
His authority then we'll be able to share,
O'er the nations to rule with God's Son as the heir.
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Today we
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must
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learn to
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submit to His
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throne,
How to
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have a strict
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life and His
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government
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own;
His
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authority
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then we'll be
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able to
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share,
O'er the
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nations to
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rule with God's
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Son as
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the
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heir.
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With a life strict to self we must righteousness hold, Kind to others in peace, and with God joyful, bold; In the Kingdom’s reality e’er to remain, For its manifestation prepared thus to reign.
With a life strict to self we must righteousness hold,
Kind to others in peace, and with God joyful, bold;
In the Kingdom's reality e'er to remain,
For its manifestation prepared thus to reign.
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With a life
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strict
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to self we
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must
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righteousness hold,
Kind to
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others in
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peace, and with
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God joyful,
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bold;
In the
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Kingdom's
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reality e'er
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to remain,
For its
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manifestation
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prepared thus
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to
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reign.
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Then Christ when He comes with the kingdom from God Will to us grant His kingship to share as reward; Thus the Lord will His righteousness thru us maintain And His wisdom to heavenly powers make plain.
Then Christ when He comes with the kingdom from God
Will to us grant His kingship to share as reward;
Thus the Lord will His righteousness thru us maintain
And His wisdom to heavenly powers make plain.
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Then Christ when
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He
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comes with the
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kingdom from
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God
Will to
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us grant His
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kingship to
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share as
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reward;
Thus the
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Lord will His
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righteousness thru us
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maintain
And His
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wisdom to
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heavenly
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powers
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make
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plain.
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For this the Apostle pressed on at all cost, For the Kingdom assured that he would not be lost; ’Tis for this he charged others, Be true to the Lord. That the Kingdom might be unto them a reward.
For this the Apostle pressed on at all cost,
For the Kingdom assured that he would not be lost;
’Tis for this he charged others, Be true to the Lord.
That the Kingdom might be unto them a reward.
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For this the
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Apostle pressed
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on at all
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cost,
For the
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Kingdom
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assured that he
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would not be
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lost;
’Tis for
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this he charged
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others, Be
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true to the
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Lord.
That the
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Kingdom might
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be unto
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them a
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reward.
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O Lord, give us grace for Thy Kingdom to live, To be trained that Thou may the reward to us give; Make the Kingdom’s reality our exercise, That its manifestation may be our great prize.
O Lord, give us grace for Thy Kingdom to live,
To be trained that Thou may the reward to us give;
Make the Kingdom's reality our exercise,
That its manifestation may be our great prize.
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O Lord, give
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us
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grace for Thy
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Kingdom to
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live,
To be
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trained that Thou
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may the
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reward to us
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give;
Make the
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Kingdom's
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reality our
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exercise,
That its
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manifestation may
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be our
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great
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prize.
Copyright Living Stream Ministry. Used by permission.
Reading Matt 13:31-32 about the outward appearance of the Kingdom of the Heavens and was reminded of this hymn. Yes Lord! Grant us grace for Your Kingdom to live, to be trained that You may the reward to us give; make the Kingdom's reality our exercise, that its manifestation may be our great prize!
We praise the Lord for the kingdom of God is the reality of the church brought forth by the resurrection life of Christ through the gospel in which regeneration is its entrance and the growth of the divine life within the believers is its development!
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Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
One of my favorite hymns.
Singapore
Reading Matt 13:31-32 about the outward appearance of the Kingdom of the Heavens and was reminded of this hymn. Yes Lord! Grant us grace for Your Kingdom to live, to be trained that You may the reward to us give; make the Kingdom's reality our exercise, that its manifestation may be our great prize!
Athens, Georgia, United States
Recently enjoyed this hymn! In particular the last verse:
"O Lord, give us grace for Thy Kingdom to live,
To be trained that Thou may the reward to us give;
Make the Kingdom's reality our exercise,
That its manifestation may be our great prize."
May we be those who exercise the Kingdom today!
Evansville, In, United States
We praise the Lord for the kingdom of God is the reality of the church brought forth by the resurrection life of Christ through the gospel in which regeneration is its entrance and the growth of the divine life within the believers is its development!