Christ for the World We Sing is a nineteenth-century missionary hymn that frames Christian mission as a response to Christ's saving love for the whole world.
Hymns Based on Acts 1:8
Christian hymns and worship songs connected to Acts 1:8
"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth."
— Acts 1:8
Theological Significance
This verse has inspired Christian hymns that explore themes of Mission, Evangelism, Witness, Discipleship, Prayer. Many worship songs connected to Acts 1:8 proclaim these timeless biblical truths and invite believers to reflect on and celebrate the message of this scripture.
Sermon Themes from This Passage
- Mission
- Evangelism
- Witness
- Discipleship
- Prayer
Suggested Hymns for Worship
Opening Hymn
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
Response Hymn
Freely, Freely
Reflection Hymn
How Shall They Hear the Word of God
Closing Hymn
Christ for the World We Sing
Example Worship Flow
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Call to Worship Psalm 100
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Opening Hymn Go, Tell It on the Mountain
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Scripture Reading Acts 1:8
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Sermon Mission
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Response Hymn Freely, Freely
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Reflection Hymn How Shall They Hear the Word of God
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Closing Hymn Christ for the World We Sing
Hymns Inspired by This Passage
Freely, Freely is a short gospel song that moves from forgiveness to mission.
Go, Make of All Disciples is a twentieth-century Christian mission hymn by Methodist minister and educator Leon McKinley Adkins.
Go, Tell It on the Mountain joins the Christmas story to a command of proclamation.
How Shall They Hear the Word of God is a modern mission hymn by Michael Arnold Perry built around the chain of proclamation in Romans 10:14–17.
Like the Murmur of the Dove's Song is a contemporary Pentecost hymn by Carl Pickens Daw Jr.
O Spirit of the Living God is James Montgomery's 1823 missionary hymn invoking the Holy Spirit to accompany the church's proclamation of the Gospel.
O Zion, Haste is a nineteenth-century missionary hymn that addresses the church collectively and calls it to bear the Christian gospel beyond its own boundaries.
Send Me, Lord is the English-language form of the South African prayer song Thuma Mina, a compact communal song of Christian availability.
Wind Who Makes All Winds That Blow is Thomas H.
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