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Raise Up a Standard
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I am the proud father of two adult children. I have been playing the guitar for various church bands for over 25 years. All of these songs are original and reflect a preference to Christian music with a country rhythm.
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Genre
Country • Christian Country
Charts
Peak #137
Peak in subgenre #30
Author
Gord Lang
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Gord Lang
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November 22, 2013
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MP3 4.2 MB • 128 kbps • 4:34
Story behind the song
Joshua 7:3They returned to Joshua and said to him, “Do not let all the people go up; only about two or three thousand men need to go up to Ai. Do not make all the people toil up there, for they are few...” With the triumphant victory of Jericho fresh in there minds, Ai would be a piece of cake. Nobody was prepared for the devastating defeat that ensued. Why? - because there was sin in the camp which prevented God from honoring their noble efforts. Victory would be unattainable until the people had dealt with the sin. So it is in our spiritual lives. We can expect the victory only when we are free from all the sin that so easily entangles us.
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Raise up a standard let the enemy know This is sovereign land where only freedom can grow When troubles surround like an unstoppable flood We will overcome by the power of the blood If You raise up a standard against him – let the enemy know It was all so easy from this point-of-view We had been here before so we knew what to do Waiting in prayer would be a waste of time When there were gates to batter and walls to climb 'Til we saw the enemy coming – and it was all up to You So Lord what happened to the promise You made That You would go before and we would not be afraid Just let us know that You'll be with us still If we will only listen and follow Your will For the price of our sinful wand'ring - has already been paid We stand again where we stood once before And we're apprehensive to what You have in store We're not going to make the same mistakes again We have learned to listen in spite of the pain This time we're going to enter through the wide open door
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