This song is yet another collaboration from the Christian Songwriters' mailing list. I think it has powerful lyrics, almost entirely Jason's, that focus on particular instances of the suffering church and then relate them to our own situation.
An MP3 (3.5 Mb) can be downloaded by clicking here. and there is also an RA (578 Kb), which you can either download or listen to streaming.
Lyrics (by Jason Mitchener and Michael Lehr)Armed with guns soldiers enter the church,
Line the Christians up outside.
Tell them to spit on the Bible,
or lose their lives,
A woman humbly kneels on the ground,
Wipes the Bible with her sleeve.
Shot in the head as she prays to God,
She dies for her beliefs.CHORUS:
Standing on faith only God can give,
Suffering for his name.
Standing on faith in Jesus Christ,
Following in his ways.
Standing on faith though the path is hard,
Standing on faith,
Standing on faith.Pastor Li is preaching the word of God -
Chinese soldiers burst inside.
He stands by his people declaring,
"I will preach till I die!".
Six hundred Christians all kneel and pray
As they haul him off to jail.
The shave his head, try to break him,
But his faith does not fail.CHORUS
BRIDGE
What will we do when the road gets tough
And we suffer for our belief?
Will we just give in and lose all hope?
Or will we be ...CHORUS
© 1999 Lyrics Jason Mitchener & Michael Lehr