Overcome

I am not of this world.
My old ways have died
and I stand before You a new creation.
No longer merely flesh and blood,
my spirit now resounds with Yours manifest, reigning in me.
And this is eternal life: that I would know You and Your Son whom You sent;
Jesus Christ the Lamb of God.
By my home I am rejected, and my home has cast me out.
But I’ll stand with boldness and declare, «We have overcome the world!»
But there are those in this world who long to steal our freedom.
But greater is He who is in us than he who is in this world.
We’ll stand aloud and we’ll light the flame.
We’ll stay awake and we will cherish Your name.
This world will look down on us like fools. But we will stay awake and usher
Your rule.
Jesus, You gave up Your life for me.
So I will gladly give my life up for You.
You came and died for the sins of man. You died on a cross and rose up again.
«Go forth. Speak the truth.
Go forth. Fight for freedom.»
And every nation on earth will bow before You, my king. You’ve overcome the
world. [You died upon the cross, You rose up from the grave,