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Hope is built in present moments – hymn with tune - inspired by Isaiah 65: 17 – 25

1 Hope is built in present moments,
times of visions, times of dreams,
times when love transcends the present,
long outlasting human schemes.

2 Hope will open gates of promise,
herald dawns of glorious light,
help us live within this moment,
lead us onward from the night.

3 Hope is more than mists of fortune,
hope is more than fear or fate,
here through faith's imagination,
love transforms our present state.

4 We will find a new beginning
built on truths instead of lies,
built on love of every neighbour,
love that will confound the 'wise'.

Andrew E Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 2013 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England copyright@stainer.co.uk . Please include any reproduction for local church use on your CCL Licence returns. All wider and any commercial use requires prior application to Stainer & Bell Ltd
Metre: 8 7 8 7
Tunes: LAUS DEO; ST OSWALD

New tune written by Frances S. Drake reproduced with permission -

Abram set out on a journey – Inspired by the call of Abram

1	Abram set out on a journey, 
	joined this new, uncertain, game.
	Challenges bring new excitement,  
	no two days will be the same. 
	Life was settled, now it's shaken, 
	preconceptions turned around, 
	every day a new beginning, 
	every place uncommon ground.
	
2	Now it felt God moved the goal-posts, 
	playing by some other rules,  
	life and work had been uprooted, 
	staying home seemed just for fools.
	Still today God calls the dreamers, 
	those with visions charged by grace, 
	those who move and travel onward, 
	bringing hope to each new place.

3	Will you join this pilgrim people, 
	finding new and different ways;
	trusting God will walk beside you
	now and in your future days?
	Will you walk into the darkness, 
	trusting God and trav'ling light, 
	setting out to live the gospel, 
	always keeping God in sight?

Andrew Pratt (born 1948) based on Genesis 12 vs 1-4 
Words © 2011 © Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England copyright@stainer.co.uk . Please include any reproduction for local church use on your CCL Licence returns. All wider and any commercial use requires prior application to Stainer & Bell Ltd.
8 7 8 7D
Tune: BETHANY

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Hope is built in present moments – hymn inspired by Isaiah 65: 17 – 25 (now with tune)

Abram set out on a journey – the call of Abram/Abraham – Genesis 12 and onward…