{"id":1035,"date":"2010-07-11T19:21:11","date_gmt":"2010-07-12T01:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/?p=1035"},"modified":"2010-07-11T19:21:11","modified_gmt":"2010-07-12T01:21:11","slug":"lcms-convention-hymn-of-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/?p=1035","title":{"rendered":"LCMS Convention hymn of thought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lcms.org\/pages\/convention.asp?NavID=13524\" target=\"_blank\">64th Regular Convention of The Lutheran Church\u2014Missouri Synod<\/a> really got underway today, I think it fitting that certain things be kept at the forefront of the minds of the delegates.&#160; I\u2019ll post a hymn each day or so during the Convention which I think focuses our attention on what is at the heart of the Convention \u2013 the Gospel.<\/p>\n<p><b>Church of God, Elect and Glorious<\/b> (<em>LSB<\/em> #646)<\/p>\n<p>Church of God, elect and glorious,    <br \/>Holy nation, chosen race;     <br \/>Called as God\u2019s own special people,     <br \/>Royal priests and heirs of grace:     <br \/>Know the purpose of your calling,     <br \/>Show to all His mighty deeds;     <br \/>Tell of love that knows no limits,     <br \/>Grace that meets all human needs.<\/p>\n<p>God has called you out of darkness    <br \/>Into His most marv\u2019lous light;     <br \/>Brought His truth to life within you,     <br \/>Turned your blindness into sight.     <br \/>Let your light so shine around you     <br \/>That God\u2019s name is glorified     <br \/>And all find fresh hope and purpose     <br \/>In Christ Jesus crucified.<\/p>\n<p>Once you were an alien people,    <br \/>Strangers to God\u2019s heart of love;     <br \/>But He brought you home in mercy,     <br \/>Citizens of heav\u2019n above.     <br \/>Let His love flow out to others,     <br \/>Let them feel a Father\u2019s care;     <br \/>That they too may know His welcome     <br \/>And His countless blessings share.<\/p>\n<p>Church of God, elect and holy,    <br \/>Be the people He intends;     <br \/>Strong in faith and swift to answer     <br \/>Each command your Master sends:     <br \/>Royal priests, fulfill your calling     <br \/>Through your sacrifice and prayer;     <br \/>Give your lives in joyful service\u2014     <br \/>Sing His praise, His love declare.<\/p>\n<p>I particularly like the words from stanza two, \u201c<em>Let your light so shine around\/That God\u2019s name is glorified.\u201d<\/em>&#160; This is my fervent prayer of the Convention \u2013 that God\u2019s name is glorified.&#160; That means that all persons there respect one another and that all actions made by the Synod in Convention are in lines with the Holy Scriptures and the Lutheran Confessions.&#160; If said actions are made this way, then God\u2019s name will indeed be glorified.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the 64th Regular Convention of The Lutheran Church\u2014Missouri Synod really got underway today, I think it fitting that certain things be kept at the forefront of the minds of the delegates.&#160; I\u2019ll post a hymn each day or so during the Convention which I think focuses our attention on what is at the heart [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[201427,73245392,145868],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lcms","category-lcmsconvention","category-lutheran"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}