1 Sing aloud your praises to the Lord of all, Now He is dwelling in Jerusalem. Tell among us all His doings great and small, His throne, the heavens, yet He walks with men.
Oh, the salvation out of Zion comes; He brought us back from our captivity. Now we rejoice and are exceeding glad; Now we rejoice and are exceeding glad!
2 In the Holy City with His own He dwells; O Lord, our Lord, how excellent Thy name! He’s enthroned upon the praises of His saints; All His delight in Zion does remain.
The local churches are His move today— He is our portion, we are satisfied. Oh, what a goodly heritage have we; Oh, what a goodly heritage have we!
3 Who shall in His holy tabernacle dwell, Who shall ascend to His most holy hill? Those who seek for Him and purify their heart; This generation now that seeks His face.
Oh, seek His face, ye children of the earth, Open your heart, and let the King come in. He will come in, and He shall live and reign; He will come in, and He shall live and reign!
4 Look! God’s tabernacle now is with the saints; Emmanuel—God with us, we proclaim. Everything is done, so let His children come; Christ and the church—where God and man are one!
Lift up your heads, ye cities of the earth; Open your gates, and let the King come in. Shout to His praise—He’s coming in to reign! Shout to His praise—He’s coming in to reign!
1 We have an inner life; that’s for our daily life; That’s for the meeting life—just Christ! We’ll live the inner life; we’ll have the daily life; We’ll see the meeting life—that’s just the church.
2 Christ is our inner life; He’s in our spirit now; Not far away from us—He’s right inside! And as we turn to Him and take Him as our all He will become in us our inner life.
3 Out from our inner life will come our daily life, And all our living be filled up with Christ. Then as we live by Him, He lives His life in us, And He becomes to us our daily life.
4 The real experience of Christ in daily life, Will fill the meeting life with Christ Himself. Not empty forms and such, but Christ will be so much; And we will see Him here as the meeting life.
5 Without the inner life there is no daily life, There is no meeting life, there is no church! Christ as our inner life, Christ in our daily life Will make the meeting life new and glorious!
1 God hath not promised skies always blue, Flower-strewn pathways all our lives through; God hath not promised sun without rain, Joy without sorrow, peace without pain.
But God hath promised strength for the day, Rest for the labor, light for the way, Grace for the trials, help from above, Unfailing sympathy, undying love.
2 God hath not promised we shall not know Toil and temptation, trouble and woe; He hath not told us we shall not bear Many a burden, many a care.
3 God hath not promised smooth roads and wide, Swift, easy travel, needing no guide; Never a mountain, rocky and steep, Never a river, turbid and deep.
1 Some, these days, would tell us that our Jesus is not food, That we only need to know about Him and do good, But we’re glad to tell you brothers, it’s just not that way— Jesus is the bread of life; we eat Him every day.
We love the church life, eating, drinking, breathing Jesus. We love the church life, taking in God’s Word. We love to hear those “O Lord, Amen, Hallelujahs!” We love the church life, feasting with the Lord.
2 When He fills our inward parts, we’re never quite the same, So much richness we can taste by calling on His name. “Services” but once a week for us will never do. Every day we need the fellowship to take us through.
3 If these latter days and situations of the world Make you feel that round a vicious circle you are swirled, Then please listen closely to the things we have to say; It may be that you will find with us a better way.