A 'New' Hymn

RealityStrike us, O Lord, with reality todayStrike us, O Lord, allow no thought to strayThere’s no greater need we have in this worldThere’s nothing more needed than reality unfurledConfront us, O Lord, with reality todayConfront us, O Lord, ‘til there's nothing to sayTil no breath’s left in us, no excuses to makeConfront us, Dear Jesus, the dead soul to wakeInvade us, O Lord, with reality todayInvade us, O Lord, so there’s no other waySurround us completely, leave no place to hideInvade us, O Captain, and slaughter our prideCondemn us, O Lord, with reality todayCondemn us, O Lord, with Your Law we do prayConvince us so soundly we’ve sinned ‘gainst You, GodThat all we can do is to cry, “Ichabod”*Crucify us, with Reality todayCrucify us, for there’s no other wayThe things that we hate are the things that we’ve doneAnd our only escape is the death of the SonRevive us, O Lord, with reality todayRevive us, O Lord, with Your Spirit we prayThe night is far spent and the Day is at handSo put off the darkness and don the new man(*Ichabod*- means “The glory has departed”)

Great hymn brother Josh. I think we're sleeping and that's why we're so disconnected to "reality." (Ephesians 5:14b "Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light.Jesus would you wake up your body? Without the quickening of your spirit, the modern church will experience "Ichabod" and not realize that the glory of the Lord has already departed. Wake us up!

Ephesians 5:14 is a scripture the Lord has been reminding me of ALOT lately. Amen, Gideons. Jesus needs to come and take us by the hand. We're the little girl (12 years old, on the dawn of our maturing and being married to our Groom) that is lying 'asleep' in the house. And the only thing that will awaken us is the hand of Jesus taking ours and the voice of Jesus saying, "Maid, arise."

Amen brother. Here's another verse that your thread brought to my spirit and I've been thinking a lot about this lately as well from Habakkuk 3.2 O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.Yes, Lord revive your work in the midst of the years (as long as we're alive we're in the midst of the years). In wrath (God's judgement of sin), remember mercy (this is talking about revival in the midst of God's judgment). In our church, we've been praying for God's judgement to come on sin in order to bring repentance. That's the cry of my heart these days...

Wow.Could our praise band play this, Josh?And if so, could you send chords and/or tabs? Cool...If you are gigging and making a living, I understand. Tks.