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With Glad, Exuberant Carolings
1. With glad, exuberant carolings,
With hymns and psalms of praise,
Give thanks through Christ for everything,
Give thanks to God always!
Give thanks through Christ for everything,
Give thanks to God always!
2. Through songful worship, know that truth
Bare words cannot enfold.
In raptured melodies of prayer
Your God behold, behold!
In raptured melodies of prayer
Your God behold, behold!
3. Through music blend the potencies
Of mind and heart and soul
And with their fusioned energies
Your God extol, extol!
And with their fusioned energies
Your God extol, extol!
4. O brim the barreled lungs with joy
And empty out this song:
"Our breath, our pulse, our lives, our gifts
To Christ the Lord belong!
Our breath, our pulse, our lives, our gifts
To Christ the Lord belong!"
5. By day, by night, at work, at prayer,
Through storms and times of calm
Let all your deeds and words compose
A constant, living psalm!
Let all your deeds and words compose
A constant, living psalm!
WORDS: Thomas H. Troeger, 1984
MUSIC: Carol Doran, 1984
Scripture: Ephesians 5:15-20
Theme: Morning and Opening Hymns