Я Верую - I Believe

 

Молодежный хор церкви Вифания

Bethany Church Youth Choir

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Lyrics & Chords: https://holychords.com/22995 

 

 

 (See footnotes for distinction between the two forms of "I believe."

 

 Я верую+, в распятого Спасителя, Воскресшего,
YA veruyu, v raspyatogo Spasitelya, Voskresshego,
I believe in [the] crucified Savior, [the] Resurected One,

Святого Искупителя, и вечного,  
Svyatogo Iskupitelya, i vechnogo,
[The] Holy Redeemer and eternal,

Творца Освободителя, пришедшего,  
Tvortsa Osvoboditelya, prishedshego,
Creator Liberator, who came

На землю к нам.  
Na zemlyu k nam.
On earth to us.

Я верую, в Иисуса Всемогущего, Он святый Наш,  
YA veruyu, v Iisusa Vsemogushchego, On svyatyy Nash,
I believe in Jesus Almighty, He [is] holy one ours,

Его я буду славить каждый миг и час,  
Yego ya budu slavit' kazhdyy mig i chas,
Him I will praise every minute and hour,

Он в жертву искупления терпел за нас, страдания.  
On v zhertvu iskupleniya terpel za nas, stradaniya.
He in offering atonement endured for us, suffering.

Я верую!  
YA veruyu!
I believe!

Припев:  
Я верую, хоть я и не заслуживал любви Его,
A veruyu, khot' ya i ne zasluzhival lyubvi Yego,
I believe, though I even not deserved love [of] His,

Он не оставил без прощенья никого,
On ne ostavil bez proshchen'ya nikogo,
He not leave without forgiveness nobody,

За нас Он на кресте пролил Святую кровь,
Za nas On na kreste prolil Svyatuyu krov',
For us He on [the] cross shed Holy blood,

Я верую, Однажды Он Воскрес и для моей Души,
YA veruyu, Odnazhdy On Voskres i dlya moyey Dushi,
I believe, once He rose and for my soul,

Сказал иди вперёд и больше не греши, и Мне служи.
Skazal idi vperod i bol'she ne greshi, i Mne sluzhi.
[He] said go forth and anymore not sin, and Me serve.

Я верую!  
YA veruyu!
I believe.

Я верую, и знаю что любовь Его всегда сильна,
YA veruyu, i znayu chto lyubov' Yego vsegda sil'na,
I believe, and [I] know that [the] love [of] God [is] always strong,

И верю++ Он однажды поведёт меня,
I veryu On odnazhdy povedot menya,
And [I] believe He one day lead me

В святые небеса, где будем прославлять  Любви Отца.
V svyatyye nebesa, gde budem proslavlyat' Lyubvi Ottsa.
Into [the] holy heavens, where [we] will glorify [the] Love [of the] Father.

Я верую, в Того кто пребывает у людей в сердцах,
YA veruyu, v Togo kto prebyvayet u lyudey v serdtsakh,
I believe in [the] One who remains/dwells with people in hearts,

Даруя утешенье в самый скорбный час,
Daruya uteshen'ye v samyy skorbnyy chas,
Granting comfort in [the] most sorrowful hour,

Надежду дарит каждому, а в небесах,
Nadezhdu darit kazhdomu, a v nebesakh,
Hope [it] gives [to] everyone, and in heaven

Он ожидает каждого нас!
On ozhidayet kazhdogo nas!
He waits for each [of] us.

----- footnotes -----

+ верую  ---  first-person singular present indicative imperfective of ве́ровать [to believe (in, especially to believe in God) ]
   Note: верую is used in the Russian translations of the creeds.  For example the Nicene Creed.

++ верю   ---  first-person singular present indicative imperfective of ве́рить [to believe, trust]

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Be Gone Unbelief

Written by John Newton in 1803

Be gone, unbelief;
my Savior is near,
and for my relief
will surely appear;
by prayer let me wrestle,
and he will perform;
with Christ in the vessel,
I smile at the storm.

Though dark be my way,
since he is my guide,
'tis mine to obey,
'tis his to provide;
though cisterns be broken
and creatures all fail,
the word he has spoken
shall surely prevail.

His love in time past
forbids me to think
he'll leave me at last
in trouble to sink;
while each Ebenezer
I have in review
confirms his good pleasure
to help me quite through.

Why should I complain
of want or distress,
temptation or pain?
He told me no less;
the heirs of salvation,
I know from his word,
through much tribulation
must follow their Lord.

How bitter that cup,
no heart can conceive,
which he drank right up
that sinners might live;
his way was much rougher
and darker than mine;
did Jesus thus suffer,
and shall I repine?

Since all that I meet
shall work for my good,
the bitter is sweet,
the medicine, food;
though painful at present,
'twill cease before long;
and then, O how pleasant
the conqueror's song!


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I could not find this poem set to any tune in any hymnal on-line nor in my home.  So, I did the next best thing.  I set it to music myself.  (Note: I have since found that Indelible Grace has a version.)

New version: 6pm, 23-Mar-2020

In Hope Believe

By faith the saints of old beheld You; through sorrow and joy You gently led.
By faith they reckoned You as faithful, and they held to ev’ry Word You said.
O, let us then with eyes that see far, with them look to that promise free.

     Chorus
      “Against all hope, in hope believe”—You spoke and so it then shall be.
      “In hope believe” and thus receive this life with You eternally!

2.
O Lord, my Rock, my God and Savior, my Joy, my life, my all and crown,
around me are the noise and clamors of the world that seeks to pull me down.
My eyes here long to see Your favor, and in this world a glimpse I see.

     Chorus

3.
Your eyes are on Your people always, on those who will obey and fear You,
on those whose hope is in salvation and Your great unfailing Love so true.
You will deliver them from judgment and bring their blinded eyes to see.

     Chorus

4.
O Lord, we wait in hope for Your help; You are our Rock, our Shield and fortress.
In You our hearts rejoice with singing even though by trial we are oppressed.
Say to our souls “I’m your salvation; My face in heaven you shall see.”

     Chorus

 D. Benning  © 2006

This has been set to music, the tune Myfanwy, which was composed by Dr. Joseph Perry (1843 - 1901)

• See the score here
• Direct link to the mp3

The Increase of His Grace!

" We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.  Therefore, among God’s churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring."
2 Thes. 1:3 - 4

In his first epistle to the Thessalonians, Paul thanks God for their faith, love and endurance.  Those qualities were present and observable by works and labor.  Here, in this epistle, Paul is rejoicing and thanking God for the increase in their faith and love and their continued perseverance and endurance.  That is, they were not just one-time (a while back) Christians, but they are continuing, on-going and growing Christians.

"The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day" (Prov. 4:18).  And thus we should always make forward progress in our progressive sanctification.

Note that the increase of this grace is every bit the work of God as is the initial implanting of this grace.  And thus God is to be praised and thanked! 

As Matthew Henry notes in his commentary on 2 Thessalonians:

Note, Where there is the truth of grace there will be increase of it. The path of the just is as the shining light, which shines more and more unto the perfect day. And where there is the increase of grace God must have all the glory of it. We are as much indebted to him for the improvement of grace, and the progress of that good work, as we are for the first work of grace and the very beginning of it. We may be tempted to think that though when we were bad we could not make ourselves good, yet when we are good we can easily make ourselves better; but we have as much dependence on the grace of God for increasing the grace we have as for planting grace when we had it not.

If we are to increase in faith and love and in endurance, we need Grace.  How then are we to find this Grace?  It is found in Peter's admonition to his readers: "But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ"  (2 Pet. 3:18).  We can only grow in Grace if we are growing in Knowledge of the LORD.  And Knowledge of the LORD will only come from increased reading of His WORD, the Bible.  That is, the more we really know about God, the more we will be conformed to His likeness and the more Grace He will give to us.  Grace does not appear without specific revelation of His will.  Grace and Knowledge of God are inseparable.

Thus, to increase in faith and love and endurance, we must get into the Bible, read it and apply it.

Faith and Love Spring from Hope

"...we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people—the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven..."
Col. 1:4 - 5

Faith and Love spring from Hope.  Or in KJV (with Greek) "heard of your faith .... and love...on account of the hope laid up in heaven."

Note: Faith (Eph2:8) and Love(1 Jn. 4:19) are gifts from God; but we are commanded:

• to believe—"have faith"  Mark 5:36
• and to love—"love one another" 1 Jn 4:7 - 8

But our faith is weak so we must look to Christ and cry out, "I believe, help Thou my unbelief."  (Mk 9:24)  So we see here in Col. 1:5 that the source of our faith and love is heaven.  It also gives the source of faith and love's continued growth—hope.  Hope that is stored in heaven.  "Where your treasures are, there your heart will be also."  Hope that you are constantly looking to:  Col 3:1-2— Set your hearts AND your minds on things above.

Therefore to increase our faith and our love we must think on heaven for it is truly noble, right, pure, and lovely.  This is our inheritance (Col. 1:12); it is our goal and our prize and our reward.  This is what we eagerly strain forward to attain.  Such active engagement of the mind in the thoughts and visualization of heaven will surely increase our faith in Him who called us and our love for Him and for His people.

By Faith

By faith the saints of old beheld You; through sorrow and joy You gently led.

By faith they reckoned You as faithful, and they clung to ev’ry word You said.

O, help me then with eyes that see far with them look to that promise free.

   ‘Against all hope, in hope believe’—You spoke and so it then shall be.

   ‘In hope believe’ and thus receive this life with You eternally!

O Lord, my Rock, my God and Savior, my Joy, my life, my all and crown,

Around me are the noise and clamors of the word that seeks to pull me down.

My eyes here long to see Your favor, and in this world a glimpse I see.

   ‘Against all hope, in hope believe’—You spoke and so it then shall be.

   ‘In hope believe’ and thus receive this life with You eternally!

Your eyes are on Your people always, on those who will obey and fear You,

On those whose hope is in salvation and Your great unfailing Love so true.

You will deliver them from judgment and bring their blinded eyes to see.

   ‘Against all hope, in hope believe’—You spoke and so it then shall be.

   ‘In hope believe’ and thus receive this life with You eternally!

O Lord, we wait in hope for Your help; You are our Rock, our Shield and fortress.

In You our hearts rejoice with singing even though by trials we are oppressed.

Say to our souls ‘I’m your salvation; My face in heaven you shall see.’

   ‘Against all hope, in hope believe’—You spoke and so it then shall be.

   ‘In hope believe’ and thus receive this life with You eternally!

This hymn is set to music and can be found here: 

http://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/59479.html