Take my hands

Lord Christ, in your days on earth your hands were constantly stretched out to heal and serve and bless.

    We have hands similar to yours.

    What marvelous pieces of mechanism they are!

    What an endless variety of things they can do!

Throughout the day, from morning to night, we use them for a hundred different purposes, without even thinking of them, still less thanking you for them.

We pray that as our hands serve us so well, they may also be of service to others; and so we sing:

         Take my hands, and let them move

         At the impulse of thy love.

Frank Colquhoun, ed. (1989). Prayers for Today 

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Take my life and let it be

consecrated, Lord, to thee.

Take my moments and my days;

let them flow in endless praise,

let them flow in endless praise.

Take my hands and let them move

at the impulse of thy love.

Take my feet and let them be

swift and beautiful for thee,

swift and beautiful for thee.

Take my voice and let me sing

always, only, for my King.

Take my lips and let them be

filled with messages from thee,

filled with messages from thee.

Take my silver and my gold;

not a mite would I withhold.

Take my intellect and use

every power as thou shalt choose,

every power as thou shalt choose.

Take my will and make it thine;

it shall be no longer mine.

Take my heart it is thine own;

it shall be thy royal throne,

it shall be thy royal throne.

Take my love; my Lord, I pour

at thy feet its treasure store.

Take myself, and I will be

ever, only, all for thee,

ever, only, all for thee.

Frances Ridley Havergal, 1836-1879

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