LORD...HOLD ME FAST

LORD I STAGGER AT YOUR WORD...
EVEN IN YOUR WARM AND SAFE EMBRACE...
FOR I HAVE HEARD THE SOUND OF A TRUMPET...AND THOSE SHOUTING IN THE WILDERNESS..."PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD!...PREPARE! MY WRATH IS COME...

THUNDER AND LIGHTNING...VAPOR AND SMOKE...
BURNING FLESH AND CRIES FOR HELP...CRIES FOR MERCY!
MY EYES ARE CLOSED TIGHT AND MY BODY TREMBLES AT THE SIGHT OF SUCH DESTRUCTION.

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MY ONLY SAFETY IS IN YOUR STRONG EMBRACE...HIDDEN UNDER THE SHADOW OF YOUR WING...IN THAT SECRET PLACE...

HOLD ME FAST LORD...HOLD ME FAST...

I TRUST YOUR LOVE...I TRUST YOUR WORD SAYING,
"PEACE BE STILL." WHEN ALL AROUND ME THE STORM RAGES.

LORD...HOW EVEN THE NATIONS RAGE...
HOW THE EARTH QUAKES AT THE KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR PRESENCE...
YOU ARE COME!

WITH SWORD...AND LOVING KINDNESS...EVEN IN YOUR PATIENCE YOU ARE NOT WILLING THAT ANY WOULD PERISH...

BUT THE WICKED WILL BE WICKED STILL...THEY SHALL RECEIVE THEIR REWARD...
HOLD ME FAST LORD...HOLD ME FAST.

THE DAY OF THE LORD IS COME UPON THEM...AND HOW QUICKLY THEY NOW RUN TO YOU SAYING,
"LORD, LORD"...AND YOU ANSWER...
"I NEVER KNEW YOU"

OH LORD...EVEN MY GOD, HOLD ME FAST, HOLD ME FAST...

LORD, MAKE ME STEADFAST, WITH A BACKBONE OF STEEL...SO THAT I CANNOT BEND OR SWAY FROM YOUR TRUTH, OR YOUR CALLING UPON MY LIFE...

STRENGTHEN MY HANDS AND WEEK KNEES...WHEN MY HEART IS TROUBLED AND FEARFUL...MAKE ME STRONG AND UNAFRAID...

LET MY BLINDED EYES BE OPENED, REVEAL ANY WICKED WAY IN ME...
UNSTOP MY EARS...THAT I MIGHT HEAR CLEARLY THE WORD OF YOUR MOUTH AND FOLLOW NO OTHER...

EVEN NOW...BEFORE THAT GREAT AND DREADFUL DAY...LET ME LEAP WITH THE JOY OF YOUR FAITH AND FELLOWSHIP...

FOR YOU HAVE DELIVERED ME FROM MY LAMENESS...AND TOUCHED MY TONGUE WITH COALS OF FIRE, THAT I MIGHT SING SONGS OF PRAISE IN RIGHTEOUSNESS...

IN THE WILDERNESS LET YOUR LIVING WATERS BREAK FORTH...EVEN STREAMS IN THE DESERT...

YOU ARE CALLING YOUR PEOPLE TO HOLINESS...TO CONSECRATION...UPON THE HIGHWAY THAT LEADS TO TRUTH AND LIFE...SINGING SONGS OF DELIVERANCE WITH EVERLASTING JOY!

OH LORD...HOLD ME FAST