i need Thee

O God, my Maker, give me to know, evermore, at least this one thing, that [b]i need Thee[/b].

God i need Thee.

Is there ever a time,
when i do not need Thee?

When i am proud, God

[b]i need Thee[/b]

When i am humble

[b]i need Thee[/b]

When i'm misunderstood

[b]i need Thee[/b]

and when i think i understand

[b]i need Thee[/b]

When i'm alone

[b]i need Thee[/b]

and when i'm surrounded by friends

[b]i need Thee[/b]

When i sin

[b]i need Thee[/b]

and when i don't

[b]i need Thee[/b]

God, when i'm lost

[b]i need Thee[/b]

and whenever You find me

[b]i need Thee[/b]

[b]i need Thee[/b] O God!

If i'm right [b]i need Thee[/b]

If i'm wrong [b]i need Thee[/b]

If i'm tired [b]i need Thee[/b]

and if I'm strong?

[b]i still need Thee[/b]!

God, when, o when, could i ever say

i do not need Thee?

Is my heart full of sorrow?

then i need Thee

Do i have joy?

i need Thee

Am i surrounded by fears?

by uncertainties?

by a million differnt things that could go wrong?

God, i need Thee!

Right now, i need Thee

Tomorrow, i will need Thee

and yesturday, i needed Thee.

i will forever need Thee.

You created me, to need Thee,

for You alone, are God.

[b]i need Thee, my God[/b].

[b]i need Thee,

my God[/b].

Chris, This is my life hymn, you reminded me to sing it again! Thank you, KDB

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/i/n/ineedteh.htm

Annie Hawks wrote:

One day as a young wife and mother of 37 years of age, I was bu­sy with my reg­u­lar house­hold tasks. Sud­den­ly, I be­came so filled with the sense of near­ness to the Mast­er that, won­der­ing how one could live with­out Him, ei­ther in joy or pain, these words, “I Need Thee Ev­e­ry Hour,” were ush­ered in­to my mind, the thought at once tak­ing full pos­sess­ion of me.

After writ­ing the lyr­ics, Hawks gave them to her pas­tor, Ro­bert Low­ry, who add­ed the tune and re­frain. The hymn was first pub­lished at the Na­tion­al Bap­tist Sun­day School Con­ven­tion in Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio, in 1872. Some years lat­er, af­ter the death of her hus­band, Hawks wrote:

I did not un­der­stand at first why this hymn had touched the great throb­bing heart of hu­man­i­ty. It was not un­til long af­ter, when the sha­dow fell over my way, the sha­dow of a great loss, that I un­der­stood some­thing of the com­fort­ing pow­er in the words which I had been per­mit­ted to give out to others in my hour of sweet se­ren­i­ty and peace.

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I need Thee every hour, most gracious Lord;
No tender voice like Thine can peace afford.

Refrain

I need Thee, O I need Thee;
Every hour I need Thee;
O bless me now, my Savior,
I come to Thee.

I need Thee every hour, stay Thou nearby;
Temptations lose their power when Thou art nigh.

Refrain

I need Thee every hour, in joy or pain;
Come quickly and abide, or life is in vain.

Refrain

I need Thee every hour; teach me Thy will;
And Thy rich promises in me fulfill.

Refrain

I need Thee every hour, most Holy One;
O make me Thine indeed, Thou blessèd Son.

I need Thee, precious Jesus,
For I am full of sin;
My soul is dark and guilty,
My heart is dead within.
I need the cleansing fountain
Where I can always flee,
The blood of Christ most precious,
The sinner’s perfect plea.

I need Thee, precious Jesus,
For I am very poor;
A stranger and a pilgrim,
I have no earthly store.
I need the love of Jesus
To cheer me on my way,
To guide my doubting footsteps,
To be my strength and stay.

I need Thee, precious Jesus,
I need a friend like Thee,
A friend to soothe and pity,
A friend to care for me.
I need the heart of Jesus
To feel each anxious care,
To tell my every trouble,
And all my sorrows share.

I need Thee, precious Jesus,
I need Thee, day by day,
To fill me with Thy fullness,
To lead me on my way;
I need Thy Holy Spirit,
To teach me what I am,
To show me more of Jesus,
To point me to the Lamb.

I need Thee, precious Jesus,
And hope to see Thee soon,
Encircled with the rainbow
And seated on Thy throne.
There, with Thy blood bought children,
My joy shall ever be,
To sing Thy praises, Jesu,
To gaze, O Lord, on Thee.

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I need Him more and more each day.
He is the Potter, we are the clay.
May He mold us in His own Gentle Way.
Praise God, for Jesus, Our Lamb.

Praise and thanks be to God for these blessings to our hearts!

God heap such blessings on us all and we unto Him.

I wish I could say this...

[b]Himself
by A.B.Simpson (1904)[/b]

Once it was the blessing,
Now it is the Lord;
Once it was the feeling,
Now it is His Word;
Once His gift I wanted,
Now, the Giver own;
Once I sought for healing,
Now Himself alone.

Refrain

All in all forever,
Jesus will I sing;
Everything in Jesus,
And Jesus everything.

Once ’twas painful trying,
Now ’tis perfect trust;
Once a half salvation,
Now the uttermost;
Once ’twas ceaseless holding,
Now He holds me fast;
Once ’twas constant drifting,
Now my anchor’s cast.

Refrain

Once ’twas busy planning,
Now ’tis trustful prayer;
Once ’twas anxious caring,
Now He has the care;
Once ’twas what I wanted,
Now what Jesus says;
Once ’twas constant asking,
Now ’tis ceaseless praise.

Refrain

Once it was my working,
His it hence shall be;
Once I tried to use Him,
Now He uses me;
Once the pow’r I wanted,
Now the Mighty One;
Once for self I labored,
Now for Him alone.

Refrain

Once I hoped in Jesus,
Now I know He’s mine;
Once my lamps were dying,
Now they brightly shine;
Once for death I waited,
Now His coming hail;
And my hopes are anchored
Safe within the veil.

Refrain
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Dear brother Kire,

Now, the Giver own
Now Himself alone
Everything in Jesus,
And Jesus everything

[i]I wish I could say this...[/i]

I know what you mean brother. I know what you mean.

"Lord, [b]help me[/b] to glorify Thee;

I am poor, [b]help me[/b] to glorify Thee by contentment;

I am sick, [b]help me[/b] to give Thee honor by patience;

I have talents, help me to extol Thee by spending them for Thee;

I have time, Lord, help me to redeem it, that I may serve thee;

I have a heart to feel, Lord, let that heart feel no love but Thine, and glow with no flame but affection for Thee;

I have a head to think, Lord, help me to think of Thee and for Thee; Thou hast put me in this world for something, Lord, [b]show me what that is,[/b] and help me to work out my life-purpose: [b]I cannot do much,[/b] but as the widow put in her two mites, which were all her living, so, Lord, I cast my time and eternity too into Thy treasury;

I am all Thine; [b]take me,[/b] and enable me to glorify Thee now, in all that I say, in all that I do, and with all that I have."

"I have a heart to feel, Lord, let that heart feel no love but Thine, and glow with no flame but affection for Thee;"

[i]...unite my heart...[/i] Psalm 86:11

[i]My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.[/i]
Psalm 73:26

unite my heart

"Teach us, O God, that nothing is necessary to Thee. Were anything necessary to Thee that thing would be the measure of Thine imperfection: and how could we worship one who is imperfect? If nothing is necessary to Thee, then no one is necessary, and if no one, then not we. Thou dost seek us though [b]Thou does not need us. We seek Thee because we need Thee, [color=000066]for in Thee we live[/b][/color] and move and have our being. Amen"
[size=xx-small]-A.W.Tozer (Knowedge of the Holy, 6th chapter)
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[b][color=660033]...Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.[/color][/b]

[b][color=660033]When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.[/color][/b]

"Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner. He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see...

...[i] If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.[/i]"

[b][color=660033] I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.[/color][/b]

[i]In his will, William Carey directed a simple headstone to be placed on his grave, inscribed as follows:[/i]

William Carey, born August 17, 1761: died
[color=000066][b]
'A wretched, poor, and helpless worm,

On Thy kind arms I fall.'[/b][/color]

[b]I could not do without Thee[/b]
[b]O Savior[/b] of the lost,
Whose precious blood redeemed me
At such tremendous cost.
Thy righteousness, thy pardon
Thy precious blood, must be
My only hope and comfort,
My glory and my plea.

[b]I could not do without Thee,[/b]
I cannot stand alone,
[b]I have no strength[/b] or goodness,
No wisdom of my own;
But [b]Thou, beloved Savior,[/b]
Art all in all to me,
And weakness will be power
If leaning hard on Thee.

[b][color=000066]I could not do without Thee,
For, oh, the way is long,
And I am often weary,
And sigh replaces song:
How could I do without Thee?
I do not know the way;
Thou knowest, and Thou leadest,
And wilt not let me stray.[/color][/b]

[b]I could not do without Thee,
O Jesus, Savior dear;[/b]
E’en when my eyes are holden,
I know that Thou art near.
How dreary and how lonely
This changeful life would be,
Without the sweet communion,
The secret rest with Thee!

[b]I could not do without Thee;[/b]
No other friend can read
The spirit’s strange deep longings,
Interpreting its need;
No human heart could enter
Each dim recess of mine,
And soothe, and hush, and calm it,
[b]O blessèd Lord,[/b] but Thine.

[b]I could not do without Thee,[/b]
For years are fleeting fast,
And soon in solemn oneness
The river must be passed;
But Thou wilt never leave me,
And though the waves roll high,
I know Thou wilt be near me,
[b][color=000066]And whisper, “It is I.”[/color][/b]

"O God in heaven, have mercy on us! Lord Jesus Christ,
intercede for your people, deliver us at the opportune time,
preserve in us the true genuine Christian faith, collect your
scattered sheep with your voice, your divine Word as Holy Writ
calls it. Help us to recognize your voice, help us not to be
allured by the madness of the world, so that we may never fall
away from you, O Lord Jesus Christ."

Luk 24:28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.
Luk 24:29 [color=000066][b]But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us:[/b][/color] for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.

[i]Stay with us...we need Thee[/i]

[i]" While I was at­tend­ing the World’s Fair in Chi­ca­go [Il­li­nois], Hen­ry Var­ley, a lay preac­her from Lon­don, said to Ma­jor Whit­tle: [b]“I do not like the hymn ‘I need Thee ev­ery hour’ ve­ry well, be­cause I need Him ev­ery mo­ment of the day.[/b]
....

In Eng­land the hymn be­came ve­ry pop­u­lar. Fall­ing in­to the hands of the well-known Rev. An­drew Mur­ray, of South Af­ri­ca, then vi­sit­ing Lon­don, he adopt­ed it as his fa­vo­rite hymn. A year lat­er Mr. Mur­ray vi­sit­ed North­field [Mas­sa­chu­setts], and while hold­ing a meet­ing for men in the church he re­marked, “If Sank­ey on­ly knew a hymn which I found in Lon­don, and would sing it, he would find that it em­brac­es my en­tire creed.”

I was very anx­ious to know what hymn it was, and when he had re­cit­ed it I said to him: “Doc­tor, that hymn was writ­ten with­in five hun­dred yards of where we are stand­ing.”

For years Dr. Mur­ray had his wife sing this hymn in near­ly all his meet­ings. It al­so be­came a great fa­vo­rite in South Af­ri­ca dur­ing the war.

Sankey, pp. 190-1[/i]

Dying with Jesus, by death reckoned mine;
Living with Jesus, a new life divine;
Looking to Jesus till glory doth shine,
Moment by moment, O Lord, I am Thine.

Refrain

Moment by moment I’m kept in His love;
Moment by moment I’ve life from above;
Looking to Jesus till glory doth shine;
Moment by moment, O Lord, I am Thine.

Never a trial that He is not there,
Never a burden that He doth not bear,
Never a sorrow that He doth not share,
Moment by moment, I’m under His care.

Refrain

Never a heartache, and never a groan,
Never a teardrop and never a moan;
Never a danger but there on the throne,
Moment by moment He thinks of His own.

Refrain

Never a weakness that He doth not feel,
Never a sickness that He cannot heal;
Moment by moment, in woe or in weal,
Jesus my Savior, abides with me still.

Refrain

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/m/o/momentby.htm

John 6:68 (KJV) 68Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

The heavens declare the glory of God

all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God

Glory be to His Holy Name.
All glories and honors and praises unto Him,
and Him alone.
All of His ways are Righteousness,
all of His paths are True.
O praise His Name for ever,
For Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty!