Alas & Did My Saviour Bleed
(At the Cross)
Backgrounder: Isaac Watts
(d1748) was an English Christian
minister, hymn writer & theologian.
He was a prolific and popular
hymn writer and was credited
with some 750 hymns. This hymn
in particular has touched the hearts
of millions through the centuries.
After drawing the start contrasts
between the sacrificial death
of the mighty Maker and the
unworthiness of the sinful creature,
he concludes with consecration:
Here Lord, I give myself away,
’tis all that I can do.
Lord, thanks for yr redemptive love:
He was pierced for our rebellion,
crushed for our sins. He was
beaten so we could be whole.
He was whipped so we could
be healed. All of us, like sheep,
have strayed away. We have left
God’s paths to follow our own.
Yet the Lord laid on him the
sins of us all (Isaiah 53:5-6).
Dear Father God, you brought
your son Jesus to earth to bring
wholeness to a broken world;
not only spiritually, but also
mentally, emotionally & physically.
Lord Jesus, Thanks for taking
every of our transgressions –
when You went to the cross.
Your death gave us eternal life.
Your death brought wholeness
to our body, mind, soul and spirit.
Yr death released peace to our soul
Your sacrificial death brought us
a complete deliverance once You
paid the penalty of sin for us and
overcoming death victoriously.
Lord, we receive yr total healing:
We receive spiritual healing
and have the connection with
you through the Holy Spirit.
We receive healing to our soul
so that we do not need to be
emotionally tortured anymore.
We receive healing to our minds
& choose to reflect on that which
is pure, noble & praiseworthy.
We honor you by daily renewing
our minds on your living word.
We receive deliverance from
demons for at the name of Jesus
they must all flee and Jesus’
blood cleanses us completely.
We receive healing to our
physical body because when
Jesus was crucified He took
all of the illnesses, sickness
and disease upon Himself.
Lord Jesus, We remember You
through communion and thanking
you for all the deliverance.
We honor you with obedience
which is the least we can do
for Your deep sacrificial love.
Guide us each day by your
Holy Spirit and the word so that
we will make the right choices
and live in complete freedom.
Let us not to forget the cost of
your love. And stir in us abiding
memory of yr redemptive grace.
In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
The Hymn:
Alas, and did my Savior bleed?
And did my Sovereign die?
Would He devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I?
Refrain:
At the cross, at the cross where
I first saw the light,
And the burden of my heart
rolled away,
It was there by faith I received
my sight,
And now I am happy all the day!
Was it for sins that I had done
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! grace unknown!
And love beyond degree!
Well might the sun in darkness hide,
And shut His glories in,
When Christ, the mighty Maker, died
For man, His creature’s sin.
Thus might I hide my blushing face
While His dear cross appears.
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
And melt mine eyes to tears.
But drops of grief can ne’er repay
The debt of love I owe;
Here, Lord, I give myself away,
‘Tis all that I can do.
(At the Cross)
Backgrounder: Isaac Watts
(d1748) was an English Christian
minister, hymn writer & theologian.
He was a prolific and popular
hymn writer and was credited
with some 750 hymns. This hymn
in particular has touched the hearts
of millions through the centuries.
After drawing the start contrasts
between the sacrificial death
of the mighty Maker and the
unworthiness of the sinful creature,
he concludes with consecration:
Here Lord, I give myself away,
’tis all that I can do.
Lord, thanks for yr redemptive love:
He was pierced for our rebellion,
crushed for our sins. He was
beaten so we could be whole.
He was whipped so we could
be healed. All of us, like sheep,
have strayed away. We have left
God’s paths to follow our own.
Yet the Lord laid on him the
sins of us all (Isaiah 53:5-6).
Dear Father God, you brought
your son Jesus to earth to bring
wholeness to a broken world;
not only spiritually, but also
mentally, emotionally & physically.
Lord Jesus, Thanks for taking
every of our transgressions –
when You went to the cross.
Your death gave us eternal life.
Your death brought wholeness
to our body, mind, soul and spirit.
Yr death released peace to our soul
Your sacrificial death brought us
a complete deliverance once You
paid the penalty of sin for us and
overcoming death victoriously.
Lord, we receive yr total healing:
We receive spiritual healing
and have the connection with
you through the Holy Spirit.
We receive healing to our soul
so that we do not need to be
emotionally tortured anymore.
We receive healing to our minds
& choose to reflect on that which
is pure, noble & praiseworthy.
We honor you by daily renewing
our minds on your living word.
We receive deliverance from
demons for at the name of Jesus
they must all flee and Jesus’
blood cleanses us completely.
We receive healing to our
physical body because when
Jesus was crucified He took
all of the illnesses, sickness
and disease upon Himself.
Lord Jesus, We remember You
through communion and thanking
you for all the deliverance.
We honor you with obedience
which is the least we can do
for Your deep sacrificial love.
Guide us each day by your
Holy Spirit and the word so that
we will make the right choices
and live in complete freedom.
Let us not to forget the cost of
your love. And stir in us abiding
memory of yr redemptive grace.
In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
The Hymn:
Alas, and did my Savior bleed?
And did my Sovereign die?
Would He devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I?
Refrain:
At the cross, at the cross where
I first saw the light,
And the burden of my heart
rolled away,
It was there by faith I received
my sight,
And now I am happy all the day!
Was it for sins that I had done
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! grace unknown!
And love beyond degree!
Well might the sun in darkness hide,
And shut His glories in,
When Christ, the mighty Maker, died
For man, His creature’s sin.
Thus might I hide my blushing face
While His dear cross appears.
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
And melt mine eyes to tears.
But drops of grief can ne’er repay
The debt of love I owe;
Here, Lord, I give myself away,
‘Tis all that I can do.