It's only Monday of Holy Week, Lord,
but I'm wondering and praying
'bout the Easter faith I hope to have
come Sunday, April 20...
Will my faith in the risen Jesus
be great enough to raise me up,
if only just a little,
from the grief that overwhelms me?
Will my faith in the risen Jesus
be great enough to raise me up,
if only just a little,
from the sadness and dismay
of all that disappoints me?
Will my faith in the risen Jesus
be great enough to raise me up,
if only just a little,
from my outrage and contempt
when I scan the daily news?Will my faith in the risen Jesus
be great enough to raise me up,
if only just a little,
from the bitterness and enmity
I hold within my heart?
Will my faith in the risen Jesus
be great enough to raise me up,
if only just a little,
from the dead-end paths I travel
when I fail to follow you?
Will my faith in the risen Jesus
be great enough to raise me up,
if only just a little,
from the aches and pain I suffer
to a respite in your arms?
Will my faith in the risen Jesus
be great enough to raise me up,
if only just a little,
from the hopelessness I know
when I trust in less than God?
Will my faith in the risen Jesus
be great enough to raise me up,
if only just a little,
from the sadness of my sins
to the pardon of your grace?
Will my faith in the risen Jesus
be great enough to raise me up,
if only just a little,
from my restlessness and boredom,
from my worries and my fears,
from my selfishness and envy,
from my ego and my pride,
from my blues and my self-pity,
from my grudges and my anger
and from all that may entomb me
in a sepulchre of woe?
Let my Easter faith be great enough
to find your healing touch, Lord,
and your reconciling mercy;
your words of truth and wisdom
and a joy that knows no bounds;
the light that shines in darkness
on the path that leads to you;
and your Spirit's sweet anointing
in your quiet, gentle peace...
It's only Monday of Holy Week, Lord,
but I'm wondering and I'm praying
'bout the faith I hope to have
if only just a little
and at least, I pray, enough
to rise with you in peace and joy
come Easter Sunday morn...
Protect me, Lord, while I'm awake
and watch over me while I sleep
that awake, I might keep watch with you
and asleep, rest in your peace...
Amen.
Stand In Faith by Danny Gokey
Cover by ALAChoir
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Can't escape disappointment
Can't avoid the delay
But I don't have to make feeling down
And defeated the place that I stay
Gonna rise to the moment
Gonna speak to the waves
Gonna push back the doubt
That keeps dragging me down
When I can't find the way
Don't need to see it
To believe it
Before You even move or make a way
I will stand in faith
Walk by faith
Live by faith
Oh, I believe, I bеlieve, I beliеve
Stand in faith
See by faith
Receive by faith
Oh, I believe, I believe, I believe
It's a season for healing,
it's a season for change
To see miracles happen
that no one can fathom as Heaven invades
And it's more than a feeling,
and it's anchored in praise
And when it's the darkest,
it reaches the farthest
and opens the way
Don't need to see it
Or to believe it
Before You even move or make a way
I will stand in faith
Walk by faith
Live by faith
Oh, I believe, I bеlieve, I beliеve
Stand in faith
See by faith
Receive by faith
Oh, I believe, I believe, I believe
This is how blind men get their sight
This is how dead men start to rise
This is how small things multiply
Nothing's impossible, nothing's impossible
This is where oceans have to part
This is where light cuts through the dark
This is where I see who You are
Nothing's impossible, nothing's impossible
Stir my faith, stir my faith, stir my faith
I will stand in faith
Walk by faith
Live by faith
I believe, I believe, I believe
Stand in faith (let the church rise up)
See by faith (let the people of God rise up)
Receive by faith
I believe, I believe, I believe
I will stand in faith
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