{"quotes":[{"text":"Oh when our hope be shakenOh when the trouble be overtakenOh when the storm be a token Oh when yet, we understand the solemn ways of our MakerThen shall our peace within be awakenThen shall our peace within be awakenOh when the peace we want, dwindles!Oh when the life we want is found in the shackles!Oh when the paradox of sleeplessness, makes us marvel!Oh when yet, we are shown the solemn path of our lives.Then shall our peace within be unshakenThen shall our peace within be unshakenOh when the storms of lifeseem to triumph over our livesOh when the relation with our makershakes at the appearance of the lightOh when life, shows its hazardous side.Oh when yet, we understand the solemn ways of God. Then shall our peace within be unshakenThen shall our peace within be unshakenOh when we rest in the belly of troublesOh when our skill seems not workingOh when the test seems not endingOh when yet, we understand the solemn path of GodThen shall our peace within be unshakenThen shall our peace within be unshakenOh when we are entangledin the worsened economic lifeOh when the hurdles of lifeescalates to the apex in mightOh when our strength cannot be our mightOh when yet, we are shown the solemn path of our livesThen shall our peace within be unshakenThen shall our peace within be unshakenOh when our achievements, be at the apex Oh when our joy, be made perfectOh when we sleep soundly in ferventOh when yet, we understand the solemn paths of GodThen shall our peace within be unshakenThen shall our peace within be unshaken.","author":"Ernest Agyemang Yeboah","tags":["facing-challenges","hazards-of-life","hope","hymns","life-and-living","life-lessons","overcoming-challenges","peace","peace-of-mind","peace-of-mind","staying-calm-to-life","staying-focused","storms-of-life","strength-through-adversity","tenacity","trust-in-god","understanding-the-paths-of-life","unshaken-life"],"id":7923,"author_id":"Ernest+Agyemang+Yeboah"},{"text":"It is natural to speak of hymns as 'poems,' indiscriminately, for they have the same structure. But a hymn is not necessarily a poem, while a poem that can be sung as a hymn is something more than a poem. Imagination makes poems; devotion makes hymns. There can be poetry without emotion, but a hymn never. A poem may argue; a hymn must not. In short to be a hymn, what is written must express spiritual feelings and desires. The music of faith, hope and charity will be somewhere in its strain.","author":"Hezekiah Butterworth","tags":["hymns","theology"],"id":43436,"author_id":"Hezekiah+Butterworth"},{"text":"..Moments of transport, and of comfort, and of a bracing vastness of possibility. That was all there for me sometimes when I plunged my mind into the Bible’s puzzles; and it was always there in the music of church. I wouldn’t have said it this way then. But I would feel all the cells in my body as I sang hymns that connected my little life with the grandeur of the cosmos, the Christian drama across space and time. This was my earliest experience of breath and body, mind and spirit soaring together, alive to both mystery and reality, in kinship with others both familiar and unknown. That’s one way I’d define the feeling of faith now.","author":"Krista Tippett","tags":["art-of-living","christian","church","faith","hymns","love","mind","music","mystery","on-being","pantheism","reality","spirit"],"id":74841,"author_id":"Krista+Tippett"},{"text":"Music brings relief! Hymns change mood! Songs empower the downhearted. Sing songs always! When all things seem down, sing a good and an inspiring song! When you seem to be wasting your energy on toxic thoughts, invoke your spirit with an amazing song! Songs have power! Empower your life with good songs!","author":"Ernest Agyemang Yeboah","tags":["hymns","music","songs","toxic-in-the-mind"],"id":129875,"author_id":"Ernest+Agyemang+Yeboah"},{"text":"Music is soul of the spirit.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["christian-life","divine-self","faith","finding-yourself","hope","hymns","inspirational","music","praise","self-help","self-love","singing","songs","soul","spirit","spirituality","uplifting","worship"],"id":131512,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Deep despair, dear Lord, deep despairMy heart yearns to be your heirBut my prayer remains unheardSpeak to me that I may hearAnd I will know that you can hearDeep despair, dear Lord Jesus , deep despair !Deep despair, dear Lord, deep despairYour voice I wait to hearYour presence I seek to be nearThat I may not live with fearAnd I will always be your heirDeep despair, dear Lord Jesus, deep despair! Deep despair, dear Lord , deep despairWhen expectations become desperationMay your might be my light That I may see you as my guideAnd do all things in your mightDeep despair, dear Lord Jesus, deep despair !Deep despair, dear Lord , deep despairMay I know who You really areThat I may know who I am really areAs I stand between my me and where I want to beIn a world that seeks hinder all I have to be Deep despair, dear Lord Jesus, deep despair!Deep despair, dear Lord, deep despairWhen all hope is goneAnd all I have leave my handsMay I smile for what you have doneAs You overcome condemnation with redemptionDeep despair, dear Lord Jesus, deep despair!","author":"Ernest Agyemang Yeboah","tags":["christian-life","despair","hope","hymns","life","prayer"],"id":133818,"author_id":"Ernest+Agyemang+Yeboah"},{"text":"Worship God with deep reverence.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["christian","church","god","hymns","motivational","singing","worship"],"id":155234,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Earlier in this century someone claimed that we work at our play and play at our work. Today the confusion has deepened: we worship our work, work at our play, and play in our worship.","author":"Leland Ryken","tags":["hymns","praise","work","worship"],"id":157060,"author_id":"Leland+Ryken"},{"text":"Music give infinite strength.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["belief","christian-life","god","healthy-living","hymns","inner-strength","inspiration","life-lessons","living","music","praise","religion","self-help","self-love","self-motivation","songs","spirituality","strength","wisdom-of-lailah-gifty-akitai","worship"],"id":163549,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"At the sixes and sevens of our mindlead us oh Lord in Thy mightIn the moment to decide on our planslead us oh Lord with Thy planin the middle of uncountable decisionslead us oh Lord with Thy decisionour heart desires, our mind hopesLead us oh Lord, lead us oh LordTo the abode of satisfaction, lead us!In the insatiable desires of lifeLead us oh Lord with Thy lightPeace we want, fulfillment we desireLead us oh Lord with Thy powerIn the unending trials and temptations of lifeLead us oh Lord with Thy lightour heart desires, our mind hopesLead us oh Lord, lead us oh lordTo the abode of satisfaction, lead us!","author":"Ernest Agyemang Yeboah","tags":["christian-life","christian-living","christian","decision-time","hymns","hymns-of-purpose","insatiable-desires","lead-us-lord","peace-within","satisfaction","sixes-and-sevens","taking-a-decision","taking-action","time-christianity"],"id":186843,"author_id":"Ernest+Agyemang+Yeboah"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":26,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}