A CALL TO WAR

A CALL TO WAR IS RISING FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE EARTH,
FROM EVERY HEART IN THE WHOLE WORLD WHO'S HAD A SECOND BIRTH
A BIRTH WHICH CAME NOT FROM THE FLESH, NOT FROM THE WILL OF MAN--
A SPIRIT BIRTH YOU SEE IT IS, ACCORDING TO GOD'S PLAN.

THE GOD WE SERVE IS NOT THE GOD WHO KILLS AND WOUNDS AND MAIMS
OUR GOD WANTS JUSTICE, PEACE, AND LOVE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TO REIGN
BUT THOSE WHO SAY THEY WANT NO WAR, ALL THOSE WHO MARCH OUR STREETS
ARE NOT PREPARED TO STAND UP TALL TO GO AND FIGHT FOR PEACE.

SOMETIMES THE GOOD MUST GO TO WAR TO FIGHT TO KEEP OUR FAITH
THE FAITH IN ONE MESSIAH, CHRIST, THE GOD NO ONE CAN SHAKE.
ALL GODS ARE NOT THE SAME YOU SEE, FOR SOME OF THEM ARE FALSE,
SOME OF THEM DO EVIL THINGS TO THOSE WHO HOLD THE CROSS.

SO LET US NOT HAVE BLINDED EYES WHILE EVIL MEN PORTRAY
A GOD OF JIHAD WARS, A GOD WHO LEADS ALL MEN ASTRAY.
OH, THIS WAR ASKS MUCH MORE OF US THAN SCREAMING "LET'S HAVE PEACE"
THIS WAR DEMANDS WE TAKE UP ARMS TO FIGHT FOR MAN'S RELEASE.

BUT LET US TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT THIS GREAT GLOBAL MESS
THE SIDE OF GOOD HAS NOT BEEN GOOD, LET'S NOW THIS SIN CONFESS.
WE TOO ARE GUILTY, WE'VE GROWN COLD, WE'VE FAILED TO BOW BEFORE
OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST WHO LIVES FOREVERMORE.

THE CALL TO WAR WE'RE SOUNDING NOW CALLS FORTH A CALL TO PRAYER,
LET'S NOT ASSUME OUR GOD'S THEIR GOD OF MURDER AND DESPAIR.
LET'S QUICKLY DRAW THE BATTLE LINES AND MARCH OURSELVES TO WAR
TO FIGHT FOR OUR GREAT GOD AND KING, AND LEARN TO LOVE HIM MORE.

THE CALL TO PRAY IS FOR THE TROOPS WHO FIGHT FOR WHAT IS RIGHT
"LORD, HELP THEM WIN THIS BATTLE, AND LORD GIVE THEM STRENGTH TO FIGHT"
SO LET US RALLY ROUND THE BRAVE WHO BATTLE SAND AND STORM
TO MAKE THE WORLD A SAFER PLACE, AND WAR AGAINST THE WRONG.

LET'S BLESS, NOT CURSE, BUT LET'S ALL PRAY THAT THOSE WITH UPSIDE CROSS
WILL BE REMOVED, AND WE'LL REPENT TO STALL THE TIDE OF LOSS.
A CALL TODAY IS GOING FORTH, A BRAND NEW CALL TO WAR
TO FIGHT FOR RIGHT, BUT ALSO FIGHT FOR RIGHT TO PRAY OUR PRAY'R.

ALL CHRISTIANS THEN LET'S RALLY ROUND, OUR SWORDS AND GUNS LET'S WIELD
WE KNOW WE FIGHT A HOLY WAR THAT'S FOUGHT UPON TWO FIELDS:
THE FIRST WAR THAT WE FIGHT IS FOUGHT UPON THIS EARTH,
THE OTHER WAR'S A WAR OF PRAYER BY THOSE WHO'VE HAD NEW BIRTH.

WE PRAY FOR THOSE AROUND THE WORLD WHO CLAIM THE NAME OF CHRIST
WE PRAY THAT WE WILL NOT BREAK RANKS, BUT FIGHT FOR WHAT IS RIGHT.
WHAT MAY SEEM WRONG IS OFTEN RIGHT, AND WHAT IS RIGHT SEEM WRONG
SO LET'S MAKE CERTAIN IN THESE DAYS WE JOIN THE RIGHTFUL THRONG.

LET'S NOT ALLY OURSELVES WITH THOSE WHO GIVE MAN POWER,
FOR NONE BUT JESUS CHRIST CAN WIN THE WAR IN THIS LAST HOUR.
AS HUNGER, VIOLENCE AND HARM MAN'S SELFISH WAYS HAVE BROUGHT,
LET'S WATCH AND PRAY TILL JESUS COMES; HIS WARS ARE JUSTLY FOUGHT.

SO LET EACH CHURCH, EACH LITTLE GROUP, IN EACH AND EVERY TOWN
UNITE AND PRAY AND JOIN OUR HANDS TO PRAY THE DARKNESS DOWN
TO BREAK THE CURSE UPON THIS WORLD, THAT GOOD MEN WIN THE FIGHT;
LET'S BLESS OUR TROOPS AND BLESS THE EARTH THAT IT BE FILLED WITH LIGHT

THAT JESUS CHRIST WILL RULE AND REIGN, THAT HE'LL COME BACK REAL SOON
LET'S HONOUR HIM AND GIVE HIM PRAISE AND SING A BRAND NEW TUNE--
A SHOUT OF VICT'RY NOW WE GIVE, A SHOUT THAT HELL ITSELF
CANNOT DESTROY GOD'S CHOSEN ONES, NOR STEAL OUR PEACE AND HEALTH.