Blessed Jesus, at Thy Word is Catherine Winkworth's 1858 English translation of Tobias Clausnitzer's seventeenth-century German hymn Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier.
Hymns Based on Colossians 3:16
Christian hymns and worship songs connected to Colossians 3:16
"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord."
— Colossians 3:16
Theological Significance
This verse has inspired Christian hymns that explore themes of Praise, Worship, Thanksgiving, Prayer, Call to Worship. Many worship songs connected to Colossians 3:16 proclaim these timeless biblical truths and invite believers to reflect on and celebrate the message of this scripture.
Sermon Themes from This Passage
- Praise
- Worship
- Thanksgiving
- Prayer
- Call to Worship
Suggested Hymns for Worship
Example Worship Flow
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Call to Worship Psalm 100
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Opening Hymn Blessed Jesus, at Thy Word
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Scripture Reading Colossians 3:16
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Sermon Praise
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Response Hymn Father in Heaven
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Reflection Hymn Canticle of Thanksgiving
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Closing Hymn Give Thanks, O Household of God
Hymns Inspired by This Passage
Canon in D is not a hymn text and does not make a verbal confession of faith.
Canticle of Thanksgiving is a short congregational response in The United Methodist Hymnal rather than a separate multi-stanza hymn.
“Come, Christians, Join to Sing” is a compact hymn of corporate praise whose simplicity is part of its design.
Father in Heaven is a compact Trinitarian prayer by Daniel Thambyrajah Niles, written for the Philippine tune HALAD associated with Elena Granada Maquiso.
Give Thanks, O Household of God is a contemporary Filipino congregational hymn of gratitude, belonging, covenant, and mission.
“Happy the Home When God Is There” presents the household as a place where Christian faith becomes a shared way of life.
Jesus We Want to Meet is a gathering hymn whose history is almost as striking as its worship purpose.
Let's Sing Unto the Lord, originally “Cantemos al Señor,” is a bilingual song of praise by Carlos Rosas that brings biblical images of creation and congregational singing into a concise gathering hymn.
More About Jesus is a late nineteenth-century gospel hymn shaped as a sustained prayer for deeper knowledge of Jesus Christ.
My Peace I Give Unto You, commonly indexed as My Peace, is Keith Routledge's short Scripture-based worship song about the distinctive peace Jesus promises in John 14.
O Lord, May Church and Home Combine is a twentieth-century hymn about the shared work of Christian formation.
On Our Way Rejoicing presents the Christian life as a shared journey sustained by praise, hope, and confidence in God.
This hymn presents praise as the fitting response to God’s work from creation to the fulfillment of Christian hope.
Thank You, Lord is a compact African American spiritual built for participation rather than literary complexity.
This Is the Day is Les Garrett's 1967 Scripture chorus based on Psalm 118:24.
When in Our Music God Is Glorified is Frederick Pratt Green’s hymn about the theological purpose of church music.