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Hymnal Number
826Resource Type:
Keys included:
Ab
About this Hymn
This hymn by Bill and Gloria Gaither was written in a season of uncertainty in the culture of the time. I love how it focuses on the way Christ's resurrection gives us hope for the moment-by-moment concerns of everyday life—healing, our families, our final wars and pains, facing tomorrow, the fears of life. It builds with a beautiful finish of "I'll see the lights of glory, and I'll know he reigns." – Keith Getty
Lyrics
Verse 1
God sent his Son— they called him Jesus; he came to love, heal, and forgive. He bled and died to buy my pardon; an empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives.
Chorus
Because he lives, I can face tomorrow; because he lives, all fear is gone; because I know he holds the future, and life is worth the living just because he lives.
Verse 2
How sweet to hold a newborn baby, and feel the pride and joy he gives; but greater still the calm assurance: this child can face uncertain days because Christ lives.
Verse 3
And then one day I'll cross that river; I'll fight life's final war with pain. And then, as death gives way to vict'ry, I'll see the lights of glory and I'll know he reigns.
God sent his Son— they called him Jesus; he came to love, heal, and forgive. He bled and died to buy my pardon; an empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives.
Chorus
Because he lives, I can face tomorrow; because he lives, all fear is gone; because I know he holds the future, and life is worth the living just because he lives.
Verse 2
How sweet to hold a newborn baby, and feel the pride and joy he gives; but greater still the calm assurance: this child can face uncertain days because Christ lives.
Verse 3
And then one day I'll cross that river; I'll fight life's final war with pain. And then, as death gives way to vict'ry, I'll see the lights of glory and I'll know he reigns.
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Attribution & Copyright
Words & Music: Bill Gaither, Gloria Gaither © 1971 Hanna Street Music (Capitol CMG Publishing / www.capitolcmgpublishing.com)