Lord, the light of your love is shining

Lord, the light of your love is shining. Graham Kendrick* (1950- ). Written in 1987, this song is universally known by the opening of its chorus, ‘Shine, Jesus, shine’, which is also (as often in Kendrick’s work) the name of the tune, SHINE, JESUS, SHINE. Kendrick himself has described it as ‘a prayer for revival’, adding: I had been thinking for some time about the holiness of God, and how that as a community of believers and as individuals, His desire is for us to live continually in His presence. My longing for revival in the Churches and spiritual awakening in the nation was growing, but also a recognition that we cannot stand in God’s presence without ‘clean hands and a pure...