Since Through God’s Mercy

Since through God’s mer­cy

This min­is­try’s ours

Bringing men right­eous­ness

Through God’s great pow­er

We don’t lose heart but

Renounce shame­ful ways;

We don’t de­ceive but

The truth plain­ly say.

To un­be­liev­ers

Our mes­sage is veiled;

They are made blind by

The god of this world.

But God who said

Let

The dark turn to light

Shined in our hearts with

His glo­ry so bright.

We are hard pressed on

All sides but not crushed;

We are per­plexed

but

We nev­er give up;

We’re per­se­cut­ed

But not left by God;

We are struck down

but

We’re nev­er de­stroyed.

We have this trea­sure

In jars made of clay

That God’s great pow’r and

Not ours be dis­played.

Within our bo­dies

Christ’s death do we show

That Je­sus’ life in

Us now may be known.

We know we’ll be raised

With Je­sus one day;

Therefore

our tri­als

Do not cause dis­may.

Though on the out­side

We’re wast­ing away

Inwardly we are

Renewed day by day.

Our pre­sent trou­bles

Will soon pass away;

Eternal glo­ry

They’ll bring us some day.

We fix our eyes not

On what we can see;

Only the un­seen

Will eter­nal be.