Sermon Poetry – “Lord Give Us Strength to Persevere”

One of pastors, Pastor Jarrett Downs, has been preaching through Revelation of late, and yesterday he spoke on , about how John was on Patmos (a lonely, rocky prison island) because of the proclamation of the Gospel while worshiping.  The point?  Persevere, with persistent, grinding patience, even when times are hard.  These are my thoughts on the Word preached.

Lord give us strength to persevere
When times have gotten tough
When friends and family truth ignore
When people treat us rough
We try to speak Your Word to friends
And kin who don’t believe
When ears are stopped and hearts are hard
Help us your mercy see

Lord give us strength to persevere
When persectution comes
When we are beat and raped and slain
Help us to see our Home
This earth is not our final stay
We know we’re killed for you
But Lord it’s hard, we’re very weak
God, ground us in Your Truth

Lord give us strength to persevere
When it seems we are beat
By all the sin within our frame
We need the Cross to see
That in the Son our sin is washed
We’re cleansed with Jesus’ blood
Your mercies overwhelm our souls
A washing, cleansing flood

Lord give us strength to persevere
As we wait for our Home
We’re aliens where ‘er we are
We’re strangers here we know
So as we wait (it’s by Your Grace)
We’ll strive to stay the course
Obedience is what we seek
To glorify our Lord