Week Two:
Wind upon the Waters
Marty Haugen
Wind upon the waters, voice upon the deep,
rouse your sons and daughters, wake us from our sleep,
breathing life into all flesh, breathing love into all hearts,
living wind upon the waters of my soul.
Showers from the heavens, water from the earth,
gift so wholly given, source of every birth;
joy of every living thing, making all creation sing,
shower down upon the dry earth of my soul.
Rock and hill and garden, wood and desert sand,
prairie, field and meadow, shaped by Love’s own hand,
love that fills the world around, springing up from barren ground,
grow your love within the garden of my soul.
Blazing light of wonder, flame that pierces night,
burst the dark asunder, fill our souls with light.
Lord of glory, fill the skies, make an end to hatred’s cries,
be the blazing sun of justice in our lives.
Wind upon the waters, rains upon the sand,
grace your sons and daughters, new-born by your hand.
Come, O Spirit, and renew all the life that comes from you,
send your winds upon the waters of my soul.
Lenten Litany
Week Two
One: Wind upon the waters, voice upon the deep,
Others: rouse your sons and daughters, wake us from our sleep,
One: breathing life into all flesh, breathing love into all hearts,
Others: living wind upon the waters of my soul.
One: Showers from the heavens, water from the earth,
Others: gift so wholly given, source of every birth;
One: joy of every living thing, making all creation sing,
Others: shower down upon the dry earth of my soul.
All: Here am I, Lord; take me, I’m yours!
In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void
and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the
waters.
--Genesis 1: 1-2
What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not
withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything
else? Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or
famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? No, in all these things we are more than conquerors
through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers,
nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in
all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
--Romans 8:31-32, 35, 37-39
Shower, O heavens, from above,
and let the skies rain down righteousness;
let the earth open, that salvation may spring up,
and let it cause righteousness to sprout up also;
I the LORD have created it.
--Isaiah 45:8
LENTEN BIBLE STUDY 2
After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, “Do not be afraid, Abram, I
am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” On that day the LORD made a covenant with
Abram, saying, “To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river,
the river Euphrates…”
--Genesis 15: 1, 18
And God said, ‘Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry
land appear.’ And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered
together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
--Genesis 1: 9-10
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy habitation of the Most High.
--Psalm 46: 4
On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, ‘Let
anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has
said, “Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.” ’
--John 7: 37-38
…our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Saviour, the Lord Jesus
Christ. He will transform the body of our humiliation so that it may be conformed to the body of
his glory, by the power that also enables him to make all things subject to himself.
--Philippians 3:20-21
STUDY QUESTIONS
Week Two
1. When God made planet Earth he separated the water and earth and created order out of chaos.
Does he do that in your life? Think about how God works on you; share an example, if you want.
2. Rivers provided boundaries, travel routes, water for daily living and food in the fish they
accommodated—they were essential sources in the Biblical world. What is our (your) equivalent
today? What is the essential source in your life?
3. According to John, we should have rivers of living water flowing from our hearts. Do you feel like
that? Why do you think that is so, or not so?
4. Is there something you think you need to, or at least should do to increase that spiritual flow as
an individual?
5. We often see metaphors of springs, fountains, streams and such to represent hope, refreshment
or abundance; so what can we do to nurture God’s flow into our lives as a community of believers?
6. The hymn for this week, Wind upon the Waters, also references wind as a metaphor for spirit.
What is so important about having God’s spirit in our lives?
7. Verse three, about the garden, asks God to, grow your love within the garden of my soul. Growth
generally comes after cultivation and planting; what do you think equates to each of these three
steps?
8. After reading the verses and hymn lyrics, why do you think the passages from Romans and
Philippians are included—they don’t say anything about water?
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
--by Robert Robinson
Come, Thou Fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it,
Mount of Thy redeeming love.