Christ the Lord Is Risen Today (Easter Hymn)
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Christ The Lord Is Risen Today O Church Arise (Easter Hymn) Verse 1 O church arise and put your armour on Verse 1 Hear the call of Christ our Captain Christ the Lord is risen today, alleluia For now the weak can say that they are strong Sons of men and angels say, alleluia In the strength that God has given Raise your joys and triumphs high, alleluia With shield of faith and belt of truth Sing ye heavens and earth reply, alleluia We'll stand against the devil's lies An army bold whose battle cry is Love Verse 2 Reaching out to those in darkness Lives again our glorious King, alleluia Where O death is now thy sting, alleluia Verse 2 Dying once He all doth save, alleluia Our call to war to love the captive soul Where thy victory, O grave, alleluia But to rage against the captor And with the sword that makes the wounded whole Verse 3 We will fight with faith and valour Love's redeeming work is done, alleluia When faced with trials on every side Fought the fight the battle won, alleluia We know the outcome is secure Death in vain forbids Him rise, alleluia And Christ will have the prize for which He died Christ hath opened paradise, alleluia An inheritance of nations Verse 4 Verse 3 Soar we now where Christ has led, alleluia Come see the cross where love and mercy meet Following our exalted Head, alleluia As the Son of God is stricken Made like Him like Him we rise, alleluia Then see His foes lie crushed beneath His feet Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, alleluia For the Conqueror has risen CCLI Song # 27965 And as the stone is rolled away Charles Wesley | Samuel Arnold And Christ emerges from the grave © Words: Public Domain This victory march continues till the day Music: Public Domain Every eye and heart shall see Him Verse 4 So Spirit come put strength in every stride Give grace for every hurdle That we may run with faith to win the prize Of a servant good and faithful As saints of old still line the way Retelling triumphs of His grace We hear their calls and hunger for the day When with Christ we stand in glory CCLI Song # 4611992 Keith Getty | Stuart Townend © 2005 Thankyou Music Look And See Christ Our Hope In Life And Death Verse 1 To Him be the glory for all He has done Verse 1 Praise to the Father who gave us His Son What is our hope in life and death A ransom for many He bled and died Christ alone Christ alone Then rose in victory enthroned on high What is our only confidence That our souls to Him belong Verse 2 Who holds our days within His hand To Him be the glory in heaven and earth What comes apart from His command All of creation is shouting His worth And what will keep us to the end The saints and the angels all live to proclaim The love of Christ in which we stand The wonderful story the glorious Name Chorus Chorus O sing hallelujah Oh look and see our God and celebrate Our hope springs eternal The power of the cross and the empty grave O sing hallelujah And now we're free let the redeemed Now and ever we confess Lift up your heads Christ our hope in life and death Oh look and see our God Verse 2 Verse 3 What truth can calm the troubled soul To Him be the glory He's coming again God is good God is good And all of the sadness will come to an end Where is His grace and goodness known Oh what a reunion the bride and her King In our great Redeemer's blood Forever we'll praise Him forever we'll sing Who holds our faith when fears arise Who stands above the stormy trial Bridge Who sends the waves that bring us nigh Glory glory to our God, glory glory to our God Unto the shore the rock of Christ Glory glory to our God, glory glory to our God (REPEAT) Verse 3 Unto the grave what will we sing CCLI Song # 6550721 Michael Bleecker | Ross King Christ He lives Christ He lives © 2012 Simple Tense Songs, Bleecker Publishing And what reward will heaven bring Everlasting life with Him There we will rise to meet the Lord Then sin and death will be destroyed And we will feast in endless joy When Christ is ours forevermore CCLI Song # 7147502 Jordan Kauflin | Keith Getty | Matt Boswell | Matt Papa | Matthew Merker © 2020 Getty Music Hymns and Songs, Getty Music Publishing, Jordan Kauflin Music, Love Your Enemies Publishing, Matthew Merker Music, Messenger Hymns Come Behold The Wondrous All I Have Is Christ Mystery Verse 1 I once was lost in darkest night Verse 1 Yet thought I knew the way Come behold the wondrous myst'ry The sin that promised joy and life In the dawning of the King Had led me to the grave He the theme of heaven's praises I had no hope that You would own Robed in frail humanity A rebel to Your will In our longing in our darkness And if You had not loved me first Now the light of life has come I would refuse You still Look to Christ who condescended Took on flesh to ransom us Verse 2 But as I ran my hell-bound race Verse 2 Indifferent to the cost Come behold the wondrous myst'ry You looked upon my helpless state He the perfect Son of Man And led me to the cross In His living in His suff'ring And I beheld God's love displayed Never trace nor stain of sin You suffered in my place See the true and better Adam You bore the wrath reserved for me Come to save the hell-bound man Now all I know is grace Christ the great and sure fulfillment Of the law in Him we stand Chorus Hallelujah all I have is Christ Verse 3 Hallelujah Jesus is my life Come behold the wondrous myst'ry Christ the Lord upon the tree Verse 3 In the stead of ruined sinners Now Lord I would be Yours alone Hangs the Lamb in victory And live so all might see See the price of our redemption The strength to follow Your commands See the Father's plan unfold Could never come from me Bringing many sons to glory O Father use my ransomed life Grace unmeasured love untold In any way You choose And let my song forever be Verse 4 My only boast is You Come behold the wondrous myst'ry Slain by death the God of life CCLI Song # 5174122 But no grave could e'er restrain Him Jordan Kauflin Praise the Lord He is alive © 2008 Sovereign Grace Praise What a foretaste of deliv'rance How unwavering our hope Christ in power resurrected As we will be when He comes CCLI Song # 7026028 Matt Boswell | Matt Papa | Michael Bleecker © 2012 Bleecker Publishing, Getty Music Hymns and Songs, Getty Music Publishing, Love Your Enemies Publishing, McKinney Music, Inc..