Grace to Stand

Blessed Jesus, our Master and our Guide Grant us grace to continue in Your truth Through a sea of entanglements and lies Let your Word, never changing, point us on As a compass in a raging storm Keeping course though our eyes fail to see As a rock in a world of shifting sand On Your Word give your servants grace to stand Give us strength for the burdens to be borne For the way wide and easy lies behind If Your pathway was suffering and scorn Will your church find approval and applause No, but in distress we cling to love Knowing well we were foes of the cross But for grace we'd refuse your open hand So in your love give you servants grace to stand Give us faith that Your gospel is our pow'r Not our wit, not our wisdom, nor our zeal Only here sinners stand in judgment's hour Jesus died, he was buried, he was raised On this solid hope your church is built And against every foe shall prevail Words of life for a dry and weary land Near the cross, give your servants grace to stand Give us hope set completely on the grace To be ours when Your glory is revealed Though the godless around us rule these days Nations rise, kingdoms totter, Jesus reigns All the praise be Yours forevermore King of Kings, Lord of Lords, quickly come Till we see in the clouds the Son of Man Strong in hope give your servants grace to stand All the praise be Yours forevermore King of Kings, Lord of Lords, quickly come Till we see in the clouds the Son of Man Strong in hope give your servants grace to stand Strong in hope give your servants grace to stand