In dealings with the Lord as life

In dealings with the Lord as life

We need a proper heart

That of His riches

in His grace

We fully may take part.

We need a heart in all things pure

With mind both sound and clear

To understand His mind and heart

In trembling and in fear.

We need a fervent

loving heart

A heart on fire with love

With an emotion filled with zeal

For Him

all else above.

We need a true

obedient heart

With a submissive will

A will made pliable

yet strong

God’s purpose to fulfill.

We need a heart condemning not

In all things right with God;

A heart which has a conscience purged

And covered with the blood.

Lord

grant us such a heart as this

Forever fixed on Thee

That of Thyself we may partake

And Thy true fulness be.