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Show Us Christ

Doug Plank and Bob Kauflin

Verse 7

Thou my Strength, my Fortress, and my Shield,

To Thee, Saviour, help me ever yield,

Thou art All in All to me,

All I ever need is found in Thee.

Thou art All in All to me,

All I ever need is found in Thee.

Show Us Christ

Music by Doug Plank. Words by Doug Plank and Bob

Kauflin.

Verse 1

Prepare our hearts, O God

Help us to receive

Break the hard and stony ground

Help our unbelief

Plant Your Word down deep in us

Cause it to bear fruit

Open up our ears to hear

Lead us in Your truth

Chorus

Show us Christ, show us Christ

O God, reveal Your glory

Through the preaching of Your Word

Until every heart confesses Christ is Lord

Verse 2

Your Word is living light

Upon our darkened eyes

Guards us through temptations

Makes the simple wise

Your Word is food for famished ones

Freedom for the slave

Riches for the needy soul

Come speak to us today

Bridge

Where else can we go, Lord

Where else can we go

You have the words of eternal life

For musicians

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Behind the hymn

"Show Us Christ" was written by Doug Plank and Bob Kauflin, both associated with Sovereign Grace Churches, as a prayer for Christ-centered preaching and worship. Kauflin, who serves as the Director of Worship for Sovereign Grace, has been one of the most influential voices advocating for theologically substantive, Christ-exalting worship music in the Reformed world. The hymn is essentially a prayer for the sermon — asking God to reveal Christ through the preaching of His Word, to open blind eyes, and to transform hearers by the power of the gospel. Its placement in a worship service is typically before the sermon, functioning as a corporate prayer that acknowledges the congregation's dependence on the Holy Spirit to illuminate Scripture. The song reflects the Reformation principle that the preached Word is one of the primary means of grace through which God works in His people. Each verse builds on the longing to see Jesus more clearly — not as an abstract theological concept but as the living, reigning, all-sufficient Saviour. It has become a beloved pre-sermon hymn in Reformed Baptist and Presbyterian churches worldwide.

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