59. The Olive Leaf
We shall go where Thou dost tell us,
We shall do what Thou shalt ask,
For we know there’s joy in service,
In each call and in each task.
We shall speak what Thou wilt give us,
We shall be what Thou dost say,
For we know that Thou wilt bless us,
If we listen and obey.
Oh, Dear Father, hear and help us,
Keep us in Thy loving Way.
Heal our wounds and lift our spirits,
Give us strength for every day.
We have faith in each kind promise,
Which Thy servants have preserved.
Through their speech and through Thy Scriptures,
We may know Thy precious Word.
But we beg Thee to remember,
We are weak and we are frail,
And without Thy grace and mercy,
We shall fall and we shall fail.
But we know that Thou dost honor,
Loving prayers made by Thy Son,
As He daily pleads before Thy throne,
That we may be as one.
For He’s given us an olive leaf,
A truth that we can trust:
When we’re living by the Spirit,
Then Thy Spirit lives in us
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Doctrine & Covenants 45:3-5
“Listen to him who is the advocate with the Father, who is pleading your cause before him—Saying: Father, behold the sufferings and death of him who did no sin, in whom thou wast well pleased; behold the blood of thy Son which was shed, the blood of him whom thou gavest that thyself might be glorified;
Wherefore, Father, spare these my brethren that believe on my name, that they may come unto me and have everlasting life.
We shall go where Thou dost tell us,
We shall do what Thou shalt ask,
For we know there’s joy in service,
In each call and in each task.
We shall speak what Thou wilt give us,
We shall be what Thou dost say,
For we know that Thou wilt bless us,
If we listen and obey.
Oh, Dear Father, hear and help us,
Keep us in Thy loving Way.
Heal our wounds and lift our spirits,
Give us strength for every day.
We have faith in each kind promise,
Which Thy servants have preserved.
Through their speech and through Thy Scriptures,
We may know Thy precious Word.
But we beg Thee to remember,
We are weak and we are frail,
And without Thy grace and mercy,
We shall fall and we shall fail.
But we know that Thou dost honor,
Loving prayers made by Thy Son,
As He daily pleads before Thy throne,
That we may be as one.
For He’s given us an olive leaf,
A truth that we can trust:
When we’re living by the Spirit,
Then Thy Spirit lives in us
(c) www.servingjesuspoetry.com
Unlimited non-commercial usage allowed.
Doctrine & Covenants 45:3-5
“Listen to him who is the advocate with the Father, who is pleading your cause before him—Saying: Father, behold the sufferings and death of him who did no sin, in whom thou wast well pleased; behold the blood of thy Son which was shed, the blood of him whom thou gavest that thyself might be glorified;
Wherefore, Father, spare these my brethren that believe on my name, that they may come unto me and have everlasting life.