O Church Arise: Arise Shine

V1 O Church, arise and put your armor on Hear the call of Christ, our Captain For now the weak can say that they are strong In the strength that God has given With shield of faith and belt of truth We’ll stand against the devil’s lies An army bold whose battle cry is love Reaching out to those in darkness V2 Our call to war, to love the captive soul But to rage against the captor And with the sword that makes the wounded whole We will fight with faith and valor When faced with trials on every side We know the outcome is secure And Christ will have the prize for which He died An inheritance of nations CH Arise, shine for your light has come Arise, shine for the risen Son Lift your eyes, we are His radiant bride Arise, O church arise V3 Come see the cross where love and mercy meet As the Son of God is stricken Then see His foes lie crushed beneath His feet For the Conqueror has risen And as the stone is rolled away And Christ emerges from the grave This victory march continues till the day Every eye and heart will see Him V4 So Spirit, come, put strength in every stride Give grace for every hurdle That we may run with faith to win the prize Of a servant good and faithful As saints of old still line the way Retelling triumphs of His grace We hear their calls and hunger for the day When with Christ we stand in glory