I need Thee every hour, most gracious Lord;
No tender voice like Thine can peace afford.
I need Thee every hour, stay Thou nearby;
Temptations lose their power when Thou art nigh.
Chorus: I need Thee, O I need Thee;
O I need Thee every hour;
I need you Lord, O bless me now,
My Savior, I come to Thee.
I need Thee every hour, in joy or pain;
Come quickly and abide, or life is vain
I need Thee every hour, teach me Thy will;
And Thy rich promises in me fulfill
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I need Thee every hour, most Holy One;
O make me Thine indeed, Thou blessed Son
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Though I should beat my fist against these stones and tear against this mountain side, though I bloody my fingers heaping earth upon earth, building habitation upon habitation, I find no rest.
I seek comfort in words, praying and confessing, but all depart as winds before the gale. Empty are my habitations, empty my storehouse.
"I need thee every hour." Do I know the truth of this?
"Have faith!" they exclaim. "Trust and Obey!" they implore. But where are they to say, "know Him?"
We love Jesus, we trust Jesus, but do we know Jesus?
I love my dog, I trust my dog, but I know my dog.
This heart lacks peace, this faith flounders, and this life has no passion because it does not know the man, the Christ. My purpose here is not to discount the others, but to say know him. Know him on which all else hinges.
“Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son so he can give glory back to you. 2For you have given him authority over everyone. He gives eternal life to each one you have given him. 3And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth. 4I brought glory to you here on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. 5Now, Father, bring me into the glory we shared before the world began.
This is the way, to know him. Know him my soul, know him before you know his peace, know him before you know yourself, know him so you can believe. Because without knowing him, you are not able to have peace, you are not able to live with life.
"I need thee every hour" how true, but seldom heard. I need thee Lord, I need thee. I don't need to prosper, I don't need peace, I don't need to succeed, but I do need thee. "seek first the kingdom,"
seek first the Christ, knock on the door till he bids you enter. Dine with him, drink from his cup and eat his bread.
All other things he will provide. His peace he gives for us to take, his blessings do flow, his supply is our storehouse. But his person, his person is ours and we are to abide in it. WE are to know him. Before all else we need him, we need his person, we need his friendship, his conversation.
