Urban Life Worshop – Living Hope

This song describes perfectly how I felt when I turned to Jesus Christ as my saviour in late 2005: Living Hope!

Songtext in English

How great the chasm that lay between us
How high the mountain I could not climb
In desperation, I turned to heaven
And spoke Your name into the night
Then through the darkness, Your loving-kindness
Tore through the shadows of my soul
The work is finished, the end is written
Jesus Christ, my living hope

Who could imagine so great a mercy?
What heart could fathom such boundless grace?
The God of ages stepped down from glory
To wear my sin and bear my shame
The cross has spoken, I am forgiven
The King of kings calls me His own
Beautiful Savior, I’m Yours forever
Jesus Christ, my living hope

Hallelujah, praise the One who set me free
Hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me
You have broken every chain
There’s salvation in Your name
Jesus Christ, my living hope

Then came the morning that sealed the promise
Your buried body began to breathe
Out of the silence, the Roaring Lion
Declared the grave has no claim on me
Then came the morning that sealed the promise
Your buried body began to breathe
Out of the silence, the Roaring Lion
Declared the grave has no claim on me
Jesus, Yours is the victory!

Hallelujah, praise the One who set me free
Hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me
You have broken every chain
There’s salvation in Your name
Jesus Christ, my living hope

Oh God, You are my living hope

Who has written this song?

Source of the English lyrics: LyricFind
Songwriter: Phil Wickham / Brian Mark Johnson
Songtext from Living Hope © Bethel Music Publishing
German translation: Arne Kopfermann
© Phil Wickham Music (SCM Verlagsgruppe GmbH)
Urban Life Worship was founded in 2012 in the Urban Life Church in Ludwigsburg/Germany.