Stir Up Your Power
Stir Up Your Power is a song based on the four advent collects (prayers of the day, reproduced at the beginning of each verse), which are prayed at the beginning of the service of the word. There are some lyric changes from the rough video to the more finished work below. Thanks to Jay Cook for helping improve some lyrics. Use freely.
Stir Up Your Power
Nathan Hoff, Advent 2013 (1 December 2013)
G D/f#m G/Em G/D
Stir up your power, O Lord, and come.
C2 G/B Am D
Stir up our hearts, O Lord.
G D/f#m G/Em G/D
Lord, hear our prayers and come to us.
G/C D G
Lord, stir up your power and come.
G/C D
Stir up your power
G/Em D/F#m
Stir up our hearts
G/C D Em (2nd time: G)
Stir up your power and come (2x)
Advent Week 1: Stir up your power, O Lord, and come. Protect us by your strength and save us from the threatening dangers of our sins, for you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
B/D# G/Em A/C# D
By your strength, protect our ways
G/B C Am D
From our sins, set free
F C/Em D
For you live and reign on high
F C/Em D
For you live and reign on high
Advent Week 2: Stir up our hearts, O Lord, to prepare the way for your only Son. By his coming give us strength in our conflicts and shed light on our path through the darkness of this world; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
B/D# G/Em A/C# D
On our paths we need your light
G/B C Am D
And strength to win the fight.
F C/Em D
For you live and reign on high
F C/Em D
For you live and reign on high
Advent Week 3: Lord, hear our prayers and come to us, bringing light into the darkness of our hearts; for you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
B/D# G/Em A/C# D
Come to us, bringing light
G/B C Am D
Like sunrise out of night
F C/Em D
For you live and reign on high
F C/Em D
For you live and reign on high
Advent Week 4: Stir up your power, O Lord and come. Take away the hindrance of our sins and make us ready for the celebration of your birth, that we may receive you in joy and serve you always; for you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and forever.
B/D# G/Em A/C# D
Every hindrance, come! destroy!
G/B C Am D
And ready us for joy.
F C/Em D
For you live and reign on high
F C/Em D
For you live and reign on high
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