O Church Arise

Verse 1
  A7sus D
O Church, arise
             G/B
And put your armor on
         D/F#  G     Asus A  D
Hear the call of Christ, our Cap  -  tain
    A7sus D
For now the weak can say
     G/B    A/C#
That they are strong
       D/F#            G           Asus A D
In the strength that God has giv   -   en
     D/F#    G
With shield of faith
         D/F# A
And belt of     truth
           D/F#  G        D/F# Bm A
We’ll stand against the dev   -      il’s lies
   A7sus   D
An army bold
                    G/B A/C#
Whose battle cry is love
             D/F#   G       Asus A D Dsus D
Reaching out to those in dark   -      ness
Verse 2
    A7sus
Our call to war
                    G/B A/C#
To love the captive soul
       D/F#       G       Asus A D
But to rage against the cap   -      tor
         A7sus   D
And with the sword that
                  G/B A/C#
Makes the wounded whole
              D/F#    G      Asus A D
We will fight and faith and va   -      lor
     D/F#               G   D/F# A
When faced with trials on every side
        D/F#      G   D/F# Bm A
We know the outcome is    se  -  cure
    A7sus          D
And Christ will have
                    G/B   A/C#
The prize for which He died
             D/F# G      Asus A D   Dsus D
And in - heri -     tance of na   -     tions
Verse 3
             A7sus D
Come see the cross
                          G/B A/C#
Where love and mercy meet
           D/F# G      Asus A D
As the Son of God is strick   -   en
          A7sus  D
\Then see His foes lie
                G/B    A/C#
Crushed beneath His feet
               D/F#      G   Asus A D
For the Conquer  -  or has ris   -      en
       D/F#    G       D/F# A
And as the stone is rolled away
    D/F#        G     D/F# Bm A
And Christ emerges from   the    grave
     A7sus D                      G/B A/C#
This victory march continues till the day
          D/F#    G
Every eye and heart shall see             Him
Verse 4
   A7sus D
So Spirit, come
                      G/B  A/C#
Put strength in every stride
          D/F#     G  Asus A D
Give grace for every hur   -     dle
        A7sus D
That we may run with
             G/B     A/C#
Faith to win the prize
            D/F# G       Asus A D
Of a servant good   and faith   -   ful
   D/F#    G       D/F#   A
As saints of old still line the way
D/F#    G         D/F# Bm  A
Retelling triumphs of        His   grace
   A7sus    D
We hear their calls
                   G/B A/C#
And hunger for the day
                 D/F#
When with Christ
         G     Asus A D Dsus D
We stand in glo     -       ry