217. O PERFECT LOVE, ALL HUMAN THOUGHT TRANSCENDING

1. O perfect Love, all human thought transcending,

Lowly we kneel in prayer before Thy throne,

That theirs may be the love which knows no ending

Whom thou for evermore dost join in one.

2. O perfect Life, be Thou their full assurance,

Of tender charity and steadfast faith,

Of patient hope, and quiet brave endurance.

With childlike trust that fears no pain nor death.

3. Grant them the joy which brightens earthly sorrow,

Grant them the peace which calms all earthly strife;

And to life’s day the glorious unknown morrow

That dawns upon eternal love and life.

GOSPEL REALM: STEPS TO SALVATION
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)