Graham Kendrick Music | 5 months ago
#justice #worship
God of the Poor (Beauty for Brokenness) by Graham Kendrick was commissioned by Tear Fund and originally recorded in 1993 for the Spark to a Flame album and re-recorded for 2011's Very Best of Graham Kendrick. A worship song for justice.
Watch Graham talking about the story behind God of the Poor here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuCNzWvmycE&index=5&list=PLu8mfQRMKrc5ne0zrytKwLT8fPcolFnBZ
https://grahamkendrick.co.uk/godofthepoor
Beauty for brokenness
Hope for despair
Lord, in your suffering
This is our prayer
Bread for the children
Justice, joy, peace
Sunrise to sunset
Your kingdom increase!
Shelter for fragile lives
Cures for their ills
Work for the craftsman
Trade for their skills
Land for the dispossessed
Rights for the weak
Voices to plead the cause
Of those who can't speak
God of the poor
Friend of the weak
Give us compassion we pray
Melt our cold hearts
Let tears fall like rain
Come, change our love
From a spark to a flame
Refuge from cruel wars
Havens from fear
Cities for sanctuary
Freedoms to share
Peace to the killing-fields
Scorched earth to green
Christ for the bitterness
His cross for the pain
Rest for the ravaged earth
Oceans and streams
Plundered and poisoned
Our future, our dreams
Lord, end our madness
Carelessness, greed
Make us content with
The things that we need
Lighten our darkness
Breathe on this flame
Until your justice
Burns brightly again
Until the nations
Learn of your ways
Seek your salvation
And bring you their praise
Graham Kendrick
Copyright © 1993 Make Way Music,
www.grahamkendrick.co.uk
