4217. Mighty God, Come Build Your Mighty Church

1. Mighty God, come build Your mighty Church upon Your mighty Word!
In the ears of an astounded world, make all Your Wisdom heard!
Let Your apostolic teaching forge in us a bond of awe,
As Your people come together, seeing more than Moses saw:
Not in cloud, or fiery pillar, come now to make us one,
But in Word made flesh come show Yourself, through Your Eternal Son!

2. As we praise Your name together and worship all You are,
By the broken bread of Your own flesh, come heal our every scar!
In a life-transforming wonder, enter to show forth Your name.
Come engrave on our new hearts this Love that You proclaim.
Work a miracle of fellowship among us as we pray,
Open up our hearts to meet the needs we lift to You today.

3. With great gladness and sincerity we praise our God and King,
Seeing in our trials and triumphs His hand in everything.
And whether this world hates us or whether it may smile,
We will trust a sovereign mercy to be working all the while
To augment the glorious choir that sings in realms of endless day
Of amazing and unbounded love that never fades away.

Text Information
First Line: Mighty God, come build Your mighty Church upon Your mighty Word
Title: Mighty God, Come Build Your Mighty Church
Author: Neil Barham (2005)
Meter: 13.13.13 D
Language: English
Copyright: © 2005 Neil Barham. These lyrics may be freely reproduced or published for Christian worship, provided they are not altered, and this notice is on each copy. All other rights reserved.
Tune Information
Name: THAXTED
Composer: Gustav Theodore Holst (1921)
Meter: 13.13.13 D
Incipit: 35617 51215 67623
Key: C Major
Source: The Planets, 1921
Copyright: Public Domain



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