O LOVE OF GOD

LYRICS

Verse 1:
O love of God, how strong and true
Eternal and yet ever new
Uncomprehended and unbought
Beyond all knowledge and all thought
O love of God, how deep and great
Far deeper than man's deepest hate
Self-fed and kindled as the light
Changeless, eternal through the night

Verse 2:
O heav'nly love, how precious still
In days of weariness and ill
In nights of pain and helplessness
To heal, to comfort, and to bless
O wide-embracing, wondrous love
We read You in the sky above
We read You in the earth below
In seas that swell and streams that flow

Verse 3:
We read You best in Him who came
Bearing for us the cross of shame
Sent by the Father from on high
Our life to live, our death to die
We read Your pow'r to bless and save
E'en in the darkness of the grave
Still more in resurrection light
We read the fullness of Your might
We read the fullness of Your might

Verse 4:
O love of God, our shield and stay
Through all the perils of our way
Eternal love, in You we rest
Forever safe, forever bless'd
Forever safe, forever bless'd

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  • 1 Corinthians 1:8 says that Jesus “will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

    Philippians 1:6 says, “He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.” Jude 24-25 says, “Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.”

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  • from The Resting Place, released May 20, 2025

    Writers: Horatious Bonar (1861), alt. Josh Miles (2024)