A Sinaite’s Musical Liturgy – Sabbath before the Christian celebration of Christmas

[Singing the Sabbath prayers seems to appeal to our website visitors, as evidenced by the statistics on our most popular posts.  Indeed how much more delightful it is to set a Sabbath liturgy to music. So here’s another musical Sabbath to enjoy using traditional Christian hymn music but with revised lyrics in keeping with our Sinaite’s Creed (www.sinai6000.net).   We often substitute the Tetragrammaton Name YHWH for the word LORD and, we have settled the pronunciation after much study, we pronounce it YAHUWAH and alternatively YAHWEH (for YHWH). —Admin1.]

 

 

KINDLE THE SABBATH LIGHTS

 

 

 [Original Tune:  O Come, O Come Emmanuel/Revised lyrics] 

1.  O come, O come, O God of Israel,

to gentiles of the nations bring Your Light.

For darkness rests in vision and in mind,

to those who see You not because they’re blind.

Rejoice, rejoice, those outside Israel,

YAHUWAH is the God of humankind.

 

2.  O come O come, O Wisdom from on high,

Your thoughts are not our thoughts, this makes us sigh.

For how can mortal men with finite minds

begin to grasp Divinity on high.

Rejoice, rejoice, those outside Israel,

this Wisdom God imparts is here, it’s nigh.

 

3.  All praise and thanks is due our Father God,

for all He’s done for all humanity.

He’s given all we need to find the Way,

the Path that leads to Him, from it don’t stray!

Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice O Israel,

just blaze the trail, lead Gentiles to the Way.

 

4.  O come O God who’s chosen Israel,

reveal Your Will since none of us can tell . . .

What’s right from wrong, if there’s a heaven or hell,

so much confusion surely You can quell.

Rejoice, rejoice, those outside Israel,

God’s guiding Light likewise upon us fell.

 

5.  You’re welcome Lord and King of Israel,

our minds and hearts and will, You could indwell.

Yet that is not the path You choose to take,

it is Your will if only for our sake . . .

to give us, leave us choices we should make—

our free will is our own, God will not take.

 

6.  And so it’s our responsibility

to know His will and all that He has said.

That ancient pathway has been scarcely tread,

except by Israelites who have been fed–

with manna, Torah, God’s provisions all,

through wilderness and desert where He calls.

 

7.  How long, how long it’s taken us to find,

a lifelong search for hungry hearts and minds,

We hardly know just where to turn and go,

how strange it is that all the while it’s so . . .

Rejoice, it’s here, that path has always been

before our eyes, if only we had seen.

 

 BLESSINGS

 

[Tune:  I love you Lord/revised lyrics]

 

Lord bless this wine, 

symbol of our joy,

the joy we have knowing You,

our God,

We love You Lord, even more each day,

You’re the source of  joy in our life, forevermore.

 

Lord bless this bread, it’s for us to share,

we bless You back for Your love and care,

each day, each week, every month and year,

 on this Sabbath day, when we welcome You here!

Family Blessings

We ask You,

 LORD YHWH,

God of the families represented here,

 to bless each one of us: [Name]

husbands, wives,

parents, children,

relatives, in-laws.

We remember those who have once been part of our lives

but have moved on to Your pasture, O Shepherd of Israel!

O Giver of Life, Lord of our families, God of Sinaites,

we thank You for the gift of life, physical and spiritual;

we thank You for the family in which

 You have birthed each one of us;

We thank You for allowing us to participate

in passing on the gift of life

to our children and grandchildren;

We earnestly pray —-

that each one of our loved ones

will come to know You as the One True God,

will call on Your Name, YHWH,

will live according to Your Torah,

and will  worship You and You alone,

Amen!

  

Sabbath Meal

 

 

HAVDALAH

[Original Tune:  Lord I want to know You more/revised lyrics]

1.  Just the time I think that I’m at peace in a world that’s fine,

I feel at ease, contented with myself and what is mine,

Then in my rest there comes a test that shakes me ’till again I know,

That what I had is not enough and again I’ve got to grow—-

Cho:  Lord, I want to know You more,

deep within my heart I long to meet You,

see You, want to feel You,

Where to find You in this world,

I hear You speak Your Word, Your Revelation

Lord I long to love You more,

How I need to serve You more,

Worship You, obey You more.

 

2.  My full supply I find as I move closer to the Truth of God,

to nourish me, to nurture me,

 to strengthen will and mind,

I’ve truly grown but even so, my hunger hasn’t gone away,

For still I long, and still I thirst, to know You more each day . . .

Cho:  Lord, I want to know You more,

deep within my soul I truly seek  You, 

how I long to meet You, 

I would give my final breath 

to know beyond Your Word, Your Revelation,

Drive away my doubts before,

Feel Your Presence all the more,

Live Your life and so much more!

Shabbat shalom to all Sabbath-keepers–

observant Jew, Sinaite, Messianic,

7th Day Adventist, Jehovah’s Witness,

independent and non-affiliated celebrants of 

the TRUE LORD’s TRUE DAY

the Sabbath

Saturday.

Indeed, let us rest

in the leading of the

LORD of the SABBATH–

YHWH is His Name!

NSB@S6K