Seek Ye First

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Seek Ye First or Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God is a Christian song based on Matthew 6:33. It was written in 1971 by Karen Lafferty after a Bible study on the verse at Calvary Chapel, [1] and has become one of the most familiar praise songs, included in many recent hymnals. [2]

The original version only included a single verse with a refrain of alleluias, which can also be sung in canon with the verse. Other verses of anonymous authorship have been added based on Matthew 7:7 and Matthew 4:4. [2] It is sometimes included in Christian children's song books. [3]

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References

  1. Herrera, Dan (April 5, 2015). "Song heard round the world". Albuquerque Journal . Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  2. 1 2 "Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God". Hymnary.org. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  3. For example, it is number 207 in Bobb, Barry All God's People Sing. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1992, 316 pp., which is a children's songbook.