We found "Ambition" used in 20 sacred songs, each carrying a unique message of faith.
Ambition
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Is there ambition in my heart?
Search, gracious God, and see;...
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Is there ambition in my heart?
Search, gracious God, and see;
...Rest! peacefully rest! On His loving breast:
Breathe in His ear Thy sacred, high ambition
And He will bring it forth in blest fruition....
Rest! peacefully rest! On His loving breast:
Breathe in His ear Thy sacred, high ambition
And He will bring it forth in blest fruition.
...Christ has set the task for me!
Hush, O heart, thy wild ambition!
Toil, O hands, in service free!...
Christ has set the task for me!
Hush, O heart, thy wild ambition!
Toil, O hands, in service free!
...Bringing the world to Christ.
Bless, O Lord, Thy saints’ ambition,
Bringing the world to Christ:...
Bringing the world to Christ.
Bless, O Lord, Thy saints’ ambition,
Bringing the world to Christ:
...Bringing the world to Christ.
Bless, O Lord, Thy saints’ ambition,
Bringing the world to Christ:...
Bringing the world to Christ.
Bless, O Lord, Thy saints’ ambition,
Bringing the world to Christ:
...How vain are all his hopes and fears!
Vain his ambition, noise and show;
Vain are the cares which rack his mind;...
How vain are all his hopes and fears!
Vain his ambition, noise and show;
Vain are the cares which rack his mind;
...See myself as crucified;
Turn from all of earth’s ambition,
That thou may’st be satisfied?...
See myself as crucified;
Turn from all of earth’s ambition,
That thou may’st be satisfied?
...Count all self-interest wretchedness,
And vain ambitions, loss.
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Count all self-interest wretchedness,
And vain ambitions, loss.
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...Keep Thou my feet from falling,
My heart’s ambitions true.
Let simple pleasures cheer me...
Keep Thou my feet from falling,
My heart’s ambitions true.
Let simple pleasures cheer me
...Not my own, my Father’s will.
Fond ambition, whisper not;
Happy is my humble lot....
Not my own, my Father’s will.
Fond ambition, whisper not;
Happy is my humble lot.
...I am laying up my treasures
And ambitions in the skies;
I am setting my affections...
I am laying up my treasures
And ambitions in the skies;
I am setting my affections
...Freedom from envy, hatred and strife;
Freedom from vain and worldly ambitions;
Freedom from all that saddened my life!...
Freedom from envy, hatred and strife;
Freedom from vain and worldly ambitions;
Freedom from all that saddened my life!
...All I claimed was swept away;
My ambitions, plans and wishes,
At my feet in ashes lay....
All I claimed was swept away;
My ambitions, plans and wishes,
At my feet in ashes lay.
...All I claimed was swept away;
My ambitions, plans and wishes,
At my feet in ashes lay....
All I claimed was swept away;
My ambitions, plans and wishes,
At my feet in ashes lay.
...Or avarice stain the sordid hand,
Or stern ambition thirst for blood,
Or rude oppression waste the land:...
Or avarice stain the sordid hand,
Or stern ambition thirst for blood,
Or rude oppression waste the land:
...And left my brother wounded by the way,
And called ambition duty, and pressed on,
O Lord, I do repent....
And left my brother wounded by the way,
And called ambition duty, and pressed on,
O Lord, I do repent.
...Labor is enabling, makes the toiler blest;
Girls, too, in life’s missions, cherish great ambition!
Put your heart, and soul, and strength in all you do!...
Labor is enabling, makes the toiler blest;
Girls, too, in life’s missions, cherish great ambition!
Put your heart, and soul, and strength in all you do!
...Overwhelming force of love.
Love knows naught of proud ambition;
It is meek and suffereth long;...
Overwhelming force of love.
Love knows naught of proud ambition;
It is meek and suffereth long;
...Press on toward the King’s high calling,
With love’s ambition in thy soul;
Press on while foes around are falling—...
Press on toward the King’s high calling,
With love’s ambition in thy soul;
Press on while foes around are falling—
...And worldly treasure fleeting dust.
I wooed ambition, climbed the pole,
And shone among the stars—but fell,...
And worldly treasure fleeting dust.
I wooed ambition, climbed the pole,
And shone among the stars—but fell,
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