Declaration of Dependence

 

Lord I Need You- Matt Maher

Without You Lord, no one can sustain absolutes of truth 

Hope is a life-boat low’red in vain if not anchored in You 

And what is joy without assurance of a Better Day 

I need You Lord; Your Word means more than all the world can say 

Your all-surpassing power is my utter confidence 

I carry in my body the hope of deliverance 

Though death may seem to have the final say, it is not true 

The mortal body will decay; the Soul returns to you 

I need you Lord lest fear would crush; perplexity despair 

The persecutor cannot grasp how futile is his dare 

For we who believe receive promises man cannot make 

Where we who are alive are called to die for Jesus’ sake 

How dark the future seems where demons labour to deceive 

Without You dreams are futile fortunes man seeks to achieve 

But through You Mercy hears the prayer that makes man’s hope come true 

Therefore, thankfully I declare my dependence on You 

© Janet Martin 

Much doom and gloom abounds these days but… 

Because we have God’s Word; The Truth 

No demon can devour 

This treasure cupped in jars of clay 

His all-surpassing pow’r 

Hallelujah, 

…for Thine is the kingdom, the power and glory forever and ever, 

Amen 

2 Cor.4:7-12

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. 11 For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. 12 So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.