Song Lyrics
Stand In Your Love
[verse] When darkness tries to roll over my bones. When sorrow comes to steal the joy I own. When brokenness and pain is all I know. I won't be shaken, no, I won't be shaken.
[chorus] ’Cause my fear doesn't stand a chance, when I stand in Your love. My fear doesn't stand a chance, when I stand in Your love. My fear doesn't stand a chance, when I stand in Your love
[verse] Shame no longer has a place to hide, and I am not a captive to the lies. I’m not afraid to leave my past behind. Oh, I won't be shaken, no, I won't be shaken
[bridge] There’s power that can break off every chain. There’s power that can empty out a grave. There’s resurrection power that can save. There’s power in Your name, power in Your name.
The Jesus Way
If you curse me, then I will bless you. If you hurt me, I will forgive. And if you hate me, then I will love you. I choose the Jesus way.
If you're helpless, I will defend you. And if you're burdened, I'll share the weight. And if you're hopeless, then let me show you. There’s hope in the Jesus way.
I follow Jesus. I follow Jesus. He wore my sin, I'll gladly wear His name. He is the treasure. He is the answer. Oh, I choose the Jesus way.
If you strike me, I will embrace you. And if you chain me, I'll sing His praise. And if you kill me, my home is heaven. For I choose the Jesus way.
And I choose surrender. I choose to love. Oh, God my Saviour, You'll always be enough. I choose forgiveness. I choose grace. I choose to worship, no matter what I face.
I choose the Jesus way. I choose the Jesus way. I choose the Jesus way. I choose the Jesus way.
Practicing The Way
Three primary ways people deal with pain:
Deny
Detach
Drug
The Jesus way is to meet God in our pain.
Matthew 26:36-39 Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled. Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.” Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”
John 16:33 In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.
Isaiah 53:3 He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are…
John 16:33 Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”
Romans 8:28 we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.
James 1:2-4 Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.
1 Peter 1:6-7 So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while. These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honour on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.
Discussion Questions
Can you tell one story of a painful experience you’ve been through that has been used for good in your formation?
How have you experienced God in times of pain and suffering?
Which of the three responses to emotional pain are you most inclined toward: deny, detach, or drug? What has that looked like in your life?
What could it look like for you to reorient yourself to the pain in your life as an opportunity to be formed by God?
Closing Prayer
God of Gethsemane, who experiences and knows the pain of our condition, help us turn to you in the ache of our emotions when the day has turned to darkness, that we may know the liberation of your transforming love, not only by the calm waters’ edge, but when we’re traveling on the waters of the storms that life brings.
Amen.