Music - Sunday, 8 March 2026 – Third Sunday in Lent, Year A

Introduction

There are many music choices available each week. You will find music suggestions for each reading drawn from the Lutheran Hymnal, the All Together song books and Together in Song. In addition, we have selected the Top 4 Public Domain hymns, the Top 4 All Together and LHS songs under copyright and the Top 4 Contemporary Music suggestions each week.

Top 4 Public Domain

If you enjoy traditional hymn singing or your congregation does not have a copyright license, here are our recommended Public Domain hymns for the week. If a title is hyperlinked, modernised lyrics are available. MP3 backing tracks have been recorded for you to use.

LHS 347 - Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah (TIS 569 lyrics) 🎵 Backing Track
LHS 327 - Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness 🎵 Backing Track
LHS 156 - Jesus, our Saviour, of true joy the giver 🎵 Backing Track
LHS 306 - I heard the voice of Jesus say 🎵 Backing Track

Top 4 All Together and LHS Songs Under Copyright

Copyright information for the following suggestions has been provided. Please ensure that you are reporting the use of any material under copyright.

AT 10 - In the house of God (CCLI, One Licence)
LHS 781 - As water to the thirsty (CCLI, One Licence)
AT 376 - Faith, hope and love (CCLI, One Licence)
AT 352 - Your love keeps following me (CCLI)

Top 4 Contemporary Music Suggestions

The following songs have been carefully reviewed and recommended for congregational worship, primarily because they point people to Christ and proclaim the message of his word in music and song.

Note: YouTube clips are provided for reference. You must obtain permission from the creators before using clips in worship.

Come Let's Sing (Psalm 95) - Resound Worship - CCLI by Joel Payne
Cornerstone - Hillsong Worship - CCLI by Edward Mote, Eric Liljero, Jonas Myrin, Reuben Morgan, William Batchelder Bradbury
No Other Name - Emu Music - CCLI by Trevor Hodge
I Heard The Voice Of Jesus Say - Emu Music - CCLI by Alanna Glover, Horatius Bonar

Song/Hymn Suggestions Based on Lectionary Readings

Some LHS hymns have modernised lyrics. Click on underlined hymns to see the new lyrics.

Please click here to go to the Modernised Hymns page.

G3, G4 . . . = Guitar chords available in the Music Package 3, 4 . .ro.; GS = Guitar chords in the Supplement to LH

First Reading: Exodus 17:1-7

LHS (Lutheran Hymnal)

341 Jesus, lead Thou on* G3
347 Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah G6
507 Open now thy gates of beauty* G3
See also under the gospel below

AT (All Together)

70 I’ve got peace like a river (Public Domain)
483 Is the Lord with us or not (CCLI, One Licence)
See also under the gospel

TIS (Together in Song)

569 Guide me, O thou great Redeemer

Second Reading: Romans 5:1-11

LHS (Lutheran Hymnal)

165 One there is, above all others* G8
323 Blessed are the sons of God* G4
324 Salvation unto us has come* G5
327 Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness* G3
328 By grace I’m saved
331 My hope is built on nothing less* G5
441 With joyful heart your praises bring* G3
447 I will praise Thee, O my God and Father
803 Peace with the Father G7 (One Licence)
851 Amazing grace GS (Public Domain)
852 God loved the world so that he gave G5 (One Licence)
878 Your love surrounds me GS (CCLI, One Licence)

AT (All Together)

10 In the house of God (CCLI, One Licence)
130 I am covered over (Public Domain)
131 Amazing grace (Public Domain)
144 No longer strangers (One Licence)
145 Wondrous love (Public Domain)
225 Why do you love me? (CCLI)
235 In your hand, my Saviour (Please use freely with permission of the author. Use “Used with permission from Anna Mari Kaskinen”)
345 Nothing but the blood (Public Domain)
352 Your love keeps following me (CCLI)
376 Faith, hope and love (CCLI, One Licence)

TIS (Together in Song)

99 God, we praise you, God, we bless you
118 We give immortal praise
129 Amazing grace (how sweet the sound)
139 O love of God, how strong and true
154 Great is your faithfulness, O God my Father
195 Salvation now to us has come
425 Come, Spirit blest, our hearts inspire
466 Peace with the Father, peace with Christ his Son

Gospel Reading: John 4:5-42

LHS (Lutheran Hymnal)

53 Jesus, refuge of the weary* G3
82 (V) Jesus in thy thirst and pain G5
156 Jesus our Saviour, of true joy the giver*
158 Jesus, lover of my soul
304 Delay not, delay not G7
305 Today Thy mercy calls us* G3
306 I heard the voice of Jesus say G7
317 Jesus sinners doth receive* G5
357 O God, Thou faithful God* G3
516 O Splendour of God’s glory bright G8
781 As water to the thirsty (CCLI, One Licence)
869 Like the deer that yearns GS (One Licence)

AT (All Together)

70 I’ve got peace like a river(Public Domain)
137 I heard the voice of Jesus say (Public Domain)
206 As the deer pants (CCLI)
226 All is nearness (One Licence)
239 Listen to him (CCLI, One Licence)
435 Wellsprings (One Licence)
451 Saviour of the world (One Licence)

TIS (Together in Song)

208 Jesus has come, and brings joy as our Saviour
211 Jesus, lover of my soul
475 If we have died to ourselves in Jesus (vv 2,5,6,7)
499 Lord Jesus, joy of loving hearts
585 I heard the voice of Jesus say
655 O, let the Son of God enfold you
744 Refresh my heart, Lord

Psalms

Psalm 95

It is recommended that congregations sing the Venite (‘O come, let us sing to the Lord’) from the Order of Matins (LHS p 37, 38).

TIS 52, Let us sing to the God of salvation, and 53, Come, sing praises to the Lord above, are based on Psalm 95.

The first three verses of the following paraphrase of Psalm 95 are by David Schubert, from the Modern Matins, and the other verses by David Schütz. The song may be sung to the tune in the Modern Matins by Peter Schmidt.

O come, let’s sing aloud to God,
and shout for joy to the Rock who saves.
Let’s come before him, giving thanks.
With joyful songs let us praise the Lord.

The Lord is great, the King of all.
The depths of earth, the heights of hills,
the sea he made, and all the land:
they all are his, all made by him.

O come, bow down and worship him,
and kneel before the Lord our God.
For he’s our maker, we are his;
we are the flock that is led by him.

O that today you’d hear his voice,
and harden not your hearts again,
as on that day at Meribah,
at Massah in the wilderness,

when your ancestors tested me
although they’d seen the things I’d done.
That generation sickened me,
for forty years I loathed their sight.

Their hearts have always gone astray;
they do not follow in my ways.
Then I was angry and I swore:
‘They shall not come into my rest.’

Music Resources Vol. 3– Psalm settings: Psalm 95 p156

LCA Music Resources

Downloadable Hymnal Resources (including downloadable backing tracks and lyric PPTs)
Modernised Hymn Lyrics
Hymnal Index (by tune and scriptural link)
All Together Index (by tune, scriptural link and theme)
Five Songs of Faith

For further Music Resources click here.

Music - Sunday, 8 March 2026 – Third Sunday in Lent, Year A

Introduction

Top 4 Public Domain

Top 4 All Together and LHS Songs Under Copyright

Top 4 Contemporary Music Suggestions

Song/Hymn Suggestions Based on Lectionary Readings

Please click here to go to the Modernised Hymns page.

First Reading: Exodus 17:1-7

LHS (Lutheran Hymnal)

AT (All Together)

TIS (Together in Song)

Second Reading: Romans 5:1-11

LHS (Lutheran Hymnal)

AT (All Together)

TIS (Together in Song)

Gospel Reading: John 4:5-42

LHS (Lutheran Hymnal)

AT (All Together)

TIS (Together in Song)

Psalms

Psalm 95

LCA Music Resources

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