While cleaning in the kitchen awhile ago, we were listening to a piano cd and the following\u00a0hymn began playing. I could only remember the chorus so I took the time to look up the words. My, my…what a hymn of consecration it is!\u00a0 Is it our desire to be a channel (not a stagnant pond)\u00a0through which Christ’s love and power can flow?<\/p>\n
~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/strong><\/p>\n How I praise Thee, precious Savior, Channels only, bless\u00e8d Master,<\/strong> Just a channel full of blessing, Channels only, bless\u00e8d Master, Emptied that Thou shouldest fill me, Channels only, bless\u00e8d Master, Witnessing Thy power to save me, Channels only, bless\u00e8d Master, Jesus, fill now with Thy Spirit Channels only, bless\u00e8d Master, (Mary E. Maxwell)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" While cleaning in the kitchen awhile ago, we were listening to a piano cd and the following\u00a0hymn began playing. I could only remember the chorus so I took the time to look up the words. My, my…what a hymn of consecration it is!\u00a0 Is it our desire to be a channel (not a stagnant pond)\u00a0through which Christ’s love and power can flow? ~~~~~~~~~~~~ How I praise Thee, precious Savior, That Thy love laid hold of me; Thou hast saved and cleansed and filled me That I might Thy channel be. Channels only, bless\u00e8d Master, But with all Thy wondrous power Flowing through us, Thou canst use us Every day and every hour. Just a channel full of blessing, To the thirsty hearts around; To tell out Thy full salvation All Thy loving message sound. Channels only, bless\u00e8d Master, But with all Thy wondrous power Flowing through us, Thou canst use us Every day and every hour. Emptied that Thou shouldest fill me, A clean vessel in Thy hand; With no power but as Thou givest Graciously with each command. Channels only, bless\u00e8d Master, But with all Thy wondrous power Flowing through us, Thou canst use us Every day and every hour. Witnessing Thy power to save me, Setting free from self and sin; Thou who boughtest to possess me, In Thy fullness, Lord, come in. Channels only, bless\u00e8d Master, But with all Thy wondrous power Flowing through us, Thou canst use us Every day and every hour. Jesus, fill now with Thy Spirit Hearts that full surrender know; That the streams of living water From our inner self may flow. Channels only, bless\u00e8d Master, But with all Thy wondrous power Flowing through us, Thou canst use us Every day and every hour. (Mary E. Maxwell)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,21,11,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holiness","category-serving","category-song","category-surrender"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4o6C2-1rW","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5576"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5577,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5576\/revisions\/5577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThat Thy love laid hold of me;
\nThou hast saved and cleansed and filled me
\nThat I might Thy channel be.<\/p>\n
\n But with all Thy wondrous power<\/strong>
\n Flowing through us, Thou canst use us<\/strong>
\n Every day and every hour.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nTo the thirsty hearts around;
\nTo tell out Thy full salvation
\nAll Thy loving message sound.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong> But with all Thy wondrous power<\/strong>
\n Flowing through us, Thou canst use us<\/strong>
\n Every day and every hour.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nA clean vessel in Thy hand;
\nWith no power but as Thou givest
\nGraciously with each command.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong> But with all Thy wondrous power<\/strong>
\n Flowing through us, Thou canst use us<\/strong>
\n Every day and every hour.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSetting free from self and sin;
\nThou who boughtest to possess me,
\nIn Thy fullness, Lord, come in.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong> But with all Thy wondrous power<\/strong>
\n Flowing through us, Thou canst use us<\/strong>
\n Every day and every hour.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nHearts that full surrender know;
\nThat the streams of living water
\nFrom our inner self may flow.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong> But with all Thy wondrous power<\/strong>
\n Flowing through us, Thou canst use us<\/strong>
\n Every day and every hour.<\/strong><\/p>\n