Hymn suggestions for Sunday 9 March 2025
1st Sunday of Lent
The Methodist Church in Britain's Lent theme this year is Soul Food. Worship resources for each week of Lent follow the lectionary readings as below. They include specially selected hymns and songs from Singing the Faith and elsewhere, as well as an opening liturgy, prayer ideas and activities. The theme for Lent 1 is 'Soul Food'.
Hymns marked with an asterisk (*) are suggested for more than one reading
Author of faith, eternal Word (StF 457)
Captain of Israel’s host, and Guide (StF 459)
Come, thou fount of every blessing (StF 494)
Deep in the shadows of the past (StF 463)
Lord, for the years your love has kept and guided (StF 470)
O God of Bethel, by whose hand thy people still are fed (StF 475)
When we are living, we are in the Lord (StF 485)
Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation! (StF 88)
Safe in the shadow of the Lord (StF 509)
You give rest to the weary (StF 657)
All my days I will sing this song of gladness (StF 343)
He is Lord, he is Lord (StF 348)
I come with joy, a child of God (StF 588)
*Jesus, tempted in the desert (StF 237)
Through all the changing scenes of life (StF 638)
We come today to celebrate (website only)
At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow (StF 317)
Christ our Redeemer knew temptation’s hour (StF 235)
Forty days and forty nights (StF 236)
*Jesus, tempted in the desert (StF 237)
Jesus – the name high over all (StF 357)
Lead us, heavenly father, lead us (StF 238)
Son of God, if your free grace (StF 336)
When we are tested and wrestle alone (StF 240)
A prayer for discernment
Invitational God, we celebrate the times when we know we are in the right place at the right time.
Thank you for your presence, sometimes quiet and sometimes noisy.
Help us to know the difference between doing lots of things to make us feel of value, and fullness of life.
Incarnational God, thank you for standing alongside us when we don’t know where we are meant to be or what we are meant to do.
Help us to discern what is of you, and what is a distraction.
May your kingdom come. Amen.
Alison Ransome, Learning and Development Manager
A prayer for God's guidance - Alternative Prayer
Attend our steps, O Lord, as we sing your praise. Direct our paths as we become more than conquerors. Open our mouths as we proclaim the good news of the gospel.
Henry Martyn (1781-1812)