Misc Praise Songs – Lord Of The Church We Pray For Our Renewing (Guitar)

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[tab]            C/E  Dm  Em  Am    Dm Dm7
Christ over all, our undivided aim;

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fire of the Spirit, burn for our enduing,

            C/G F/A  Em/G     G     C   Dm/C  C
wind of the Spi-rit, fan the living flame!

C   G        C      F     Cmaj7/G   Am7      F
We turn to Christ amid our fear and failing,

F              C/E       F     Cmaj7  Dm7  Em7 Dm7
the will that lacks the courage to be free,

     G7    C   C7  Dm7        Em    C/E  Fmaj7
the weary labours, all but unavailing,

             Cmaj7        Dm7      G7   C
to bring us nearer what a church should be.

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Lord of the Church, we seek a Father’s blessing,

           C/E  Dm  Em  Am    Dm Dm7
a true repentance and a faith restored,

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a swift obedience and a new possessing,

            C/G F/A  Em/G      G     C   Dm/C  C
filled with the Holy Spirit of the Lord!

C   G        C      F     Cmaj7/G   Am7      F
We turn to Christ from all our restless striving,

F           C/E       F     Cmaj7  Dm7  Em7 Dm7
unnumbered voices with a single prayer –

     G7    C  C7 Dm7            Em    C/E  Fmaj7
the living water for our souls’ reviving,

             Cmaj7              Dm7   G7   C
in Christ to live, and love and serve and care.

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Lord of the Church, we long for our uniting,

              C/E  Dm   Em  Am     Dm Dm7
true to one calling, by one vision stirred;

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one cross proclaiming and one creed reciting,

            C/G F/A  Em/G      G     C   Dm/C  C
one in the truth of Jesus and His word!

C   G      C    F    Cmaj7/G   Am7      F
So lead us on; till toil and trouble ended,

F            C/E       F      Cmaj7     Dm7  Em7 Dm7
one Church triumphant one new song shall sing,

     G7       C   C7  Dm7       Em    C/E  Fmaj7
to praise His glory, risen and ascended,

           Cmaj7         Dm7  G7   C
Christ over all, the everlasting King!