FORTRESS - by Matthew Ward Rescue me from my enemies, O Lord For I hide myself in You Teach me to do Your will for You our my God May your good Spirit lead me on level ground For your name's sake, O Lord, preserve my life In your righteousness, bring me out of trouble In your unfailing love, silence my enemies Destroy all my foes, for I am your servant Praise be to the Lord my Rock Who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle He is my loving God and my fortress My stronghold and my deliverer My shield, in whom I take refuge Chorus Our God is a mighty fortress A mighty fortress is our God Our God is a mighty fortress A mighty fortress is our God Our God is a mighty fortress A mighty fortress is our God Our God is a mighty fortress A mighty fortress is our God And though this world with devils filled Should threaten to undo us We will not fear for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us The prince of darkness grim We tremble not for him His rage we can endure For lo, his doom is sure One little word shall fell him Our God is a mighty fortress A mighty fortress is our God Our God is a mighty fortress A mighty fortress is our God
Martin Luther’s A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
- A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing;
Our helper He, amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing:
For still our ancient foe doth seek to work us woe;
His craft and pow’r are great, and, armed with cruel hate,
On earth is not his equal. - Did we in our own strength confide, our striving would be losing,
Were not the right Man on our side, the Man of God’s own choosing:
Dost ask who that may be? Christ Jesus, it is He;
Lord Sabaoth, His Name, from age to age the same,
And He must win the battle. - And though this world, with devils filled, should threaten to undo us,
We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us;
The Prince of Darkness grim, we tremble not for him;
His rage we can endure, for lo, his doom is sure,
One little word shall fell him. - That word above all earthly pow’rs, no thanks to them, abideth;
The Spirit and the gifts are ours through Him Who with us sideth;
Let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also;
The body they may kill: God’s truth abideth still,
His kingdom is forever.
Berean Crossroads 
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