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“I Need Thee Every Hour”

“I Need Thee Every Hour”. Sermon & Song. “I Need Thee Every Hour” was written by Annie Hawks (1872). A wife and mother of 37 years of age, Hawks wondered how one could possibly live without the Lord.

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“I Need Thee Every Hour”

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  1. “I Need Thee Every Hour” Sermon & Song

  2. “I Need Thee Every Hour” was written by Annie Hawks (1872). • A wife and mother of 37 years of age, Hawks wondered how one could possibly live without the Lord. • She wrote the song not under the stress of great personal sorrow (as many believed), but out of love and joy for the Lord. • It was only until she experienced great loss did she understand how so many people had gained great comfort by the song she wrote.

  3. “For apart from Me you can do nothing” (John 15:4-5) Do we truly understand just how much we need our Savior each day?

  4. Chorus from Song: “I need thee, O I need thee; every hour I need Thee; O bless me now, my Savior, I come to Thee.”

  5. Psalm 86:1-3 (NASB) Incline Thine ear, O LORD, and answer me; for I am afflicted and needy. 2 Do preserve my soul, for I am a godly man; O Thou my God, save Thy servant who trusts in Thee. 3 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for to Thee I cry all day long.

  6. True Peace is found by Listening to the Words of our Gracious Lord. Verse 1: “I need thee every hour, most gracious Lord; no tender voice like Thine can peace afford.”

  7. “Most gracious Lord” • Gracious (Hebrew CHANAN): "Generally, this word implies the extending of ‘favor,’ often when it is neither expected nor deserved.”- Vine’s Expository Dictionary

  8. Psalm 116:4-6 (NASB) 4 Then I called upon the name of the LORD: "O LORD, I beseech Thee, save my life!" 5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yes, our God is compassionate. 6 The LORD preserves the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me.

  9. Gracious (Hebrew CHANAN): “only used as an attribute of God, as hearing the cry of the vexed debtor” - Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

  10. Exodus 34:6-7a (NASB) 6 Then the LORD passed by in front of him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; 7 who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin… - cf. Rom. 3:24

  11. The Lord being gracious to us results in real and lasting peace. Numbers 6:25-26 (NASB) 25 The LORD make His face shine on you, and be gracious to you; 26 The LORD lift up His countenance on you, and give you peace.'

  12. The Lord being gracious to us results in real and lasting peace. 1 Corinthians 1:3 (NASB) Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  13. Only the Lord can provide true peace. • “… No tender voice like Thine can peace afford.” • There is no other voice than the Lord’s that can provide the peace that we really need in life.

  14. John 16:33 (KJV) These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

  15. Only the “Voice” of the Lord Brings Peace to our Heart and Life. • While the world is in a state of frenzy and panic, the Christian meditates upon the encouraging words of God (Phil 4:8). • Peace comes for those who love God’s word (Ps. 119:165). • Only Christians who are right with God have genuine peace (Rom. 5:1).

  16. Romans 5:1 (NASB) Therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, - cf. Isa. 57:21

  17. 2 Thessalonians 3:16 (NASB) Now may the Lord of peace Himself continually grant you peace in every circumstance. The Lord be with you all!

  18. Every Temptation Can be Overcome with God Who is Near. • Verse 2: “I need Thee every hour; stay Thou nearby; temptations lose their power when Thou art nigh.” • God comes near to those who call Him.

  19. Psalm 145:18-19 (NASB) 18 The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth. 19 He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He will also hear their cry and will save them.

  20. Philippians 4:13 (NKJV) I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

  21. The nearness of God eliminates our desire for sin. • “… Temptations lose their power when Thou art nigh.” • If we will only stop when temptation strikes and call out to Him for help, we will be victorious every time (Mat. 26:41; 6:13).

  22. Matthew 26:41 (NASB) "Keep watching and praying, that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

  23. Matthew 6:13a (NASB) And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil…

  24. Hebrews 2:18 (NASB) For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted.

  25. “Temptations lose their power when Thou art nigh.” • God has promised a way of escape from every temptation we will ever face (1 Cor. 10:13). • We must go to Him in prayer and seek His counsel as revealed in the Bible.

  26. Fellowship with God Gives Life True Meaning. • Verse 3: “I need Thee every hour, in joy or pain; come quickly and abide, or life is vain.”

  27. In good times or bad, we need the Lord. • Our dependency on God does not change in times of joy or prosperity (Deut. 8:17-19; Hos. 13:6).

  28. Hosea 13:6 (NASB) As they had their pasture, they became satisfied, and being satisfied, their heart became proud; Therefore, they forgot Me.

  29. The reality is we need God in pain or joy.

  30. Without fellowship with God, “life is vain.” • Verse 3: “I need Thee every hour, in joy or pain; come quickly and abide, or life is vain.”

  31. Ecclesiastes 7:4 (NASB) In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: Surely God has appointed the one as well as the other, so that man can find out nothing that will come after him.

  32. What gives life true meaning is when we are in fellowship with God. • God our Creator made us and without Him we remain incomplete (Acts 17:26-28). • For true happiness and fulfillment, we call upon God: “Come quickly and abide.”

  33. The Lord Gives Our Life Real Meaning, Purpose, and Fulfillment! Ephesians 2:10 (NASB) For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

  34. Lord Teach Us Thy Will and Fulfill in Us Thy Will. • Verse 4: “I need Thee every hour; teach me Thy will; and Thy rich promises in me fulfill.”

  35. We need to be taught by God His will. Psalm 25:4-5 (NASB) 4 Make me know Thy ways, O LORD; teach me Thy paths. 5 Lead me in Thy truth and teach me, for Thou art the God of my salvation; for Thee I wait all the day. -cf. Jer 10:23; 2 Tim 3:16-17; Ps 119:11, 105

  36. We must see our desperate need to be taught and humble ourselves before the Lord and His way.

  37. Psalm 25:9 (NASB) He leads the humble in justice, and He teaches the humble His way.

  38. When we submit to God’s will, “rich promises” will be fulfilled in us! • “…Thy rich promises in me fulfill.” • Indeed “rich promises” of God will be fulfilled in us when we in obedient faith follow His will!

  39. Hebrews 10:35-36 (NASB) 35 Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. 36 For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. - cf. Col. 1:9-14; Rom. 6

  40. Belonging to the Holy One, Jesus the Son of God. • Verse 5: “I need Thee every hour, most Holy One; O make me Thine indeed, Thou blessed Son.”

  41. The “Most Holy One… Thou blessed Son.” • Isaiah 6:3 (NASB) And one called out to another and said, “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the LORD of hosts,, The whole earth is full of His glory.” – cf. Rev. 4:8; John 6:69; Acts 2:27

  42. “Most Holy One” • The most holy God cannot partake of anything evil nor fellowship anyone who is in sin (Hab. 1:13; Isa. 59:2). • How is it possible to commune with the Most Holy God? How can we confident that God counts us as one of His own? That we truly belong to Him?

  43. “O make me Thine indeed.” • To belong to Jesus, we must believe in Him and “put on Christ” in baptism (Gal. 3:26-27).

  44. Galatians 3:26-27 (NKJV) 26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christhave put on Christ.

  45. Baptism into Christ washes away our sins (Acts 2:38; 22:16)making fellowship with the “Most Holy One” possible!

  46. “O make me Thine indeed.” • Christians can always have this confidence that they belong to Christ as they continue to abide in Christ and His word (Jn 15:4-8).

  47. John 15:4-5 (NASB) 4 "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in Me. 5 "I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing.

  48. John 15:6-8 (NASB) 6 "If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch, and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it shall be done for you. 8 "By this is My Father glorified, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples.

  49. We Need the Lord Every Hour of Every Day. By Putting Our Trust in Him who is Near, We Can Live the Christian Life Victoriously!

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