Given us, given us, God has given us

Given us

given us

God has given us

Precious faith

power divine

greatest promises.

We believed

we received

now we have all three;

By these we may grow unto maturity.

Precious faith in each saint

precious equally

Precious faith holding us

holding ceaselessly.

Disagree or agree

still it holds us fast

Day by day

eternally this faith shall last.

Power divine wrought in us is the source so great;

Power divine is in us now to operate.

Hence will spring everything for our life within

And for godliness without

expressing Him.

Promises

promises

all God’s called ones share;

Promises

given us

great and precious are.

These we take to partake of God’s nature true

Having thus escaped the world’s corruption too.

Christ within

as the pow’r

in our spirit lives;

Christ without is the Word—all God’s promises.

Now the key is that we daily contact both

Calling

praying

reading to produce the growth.

Faith and pow’r

promises—these our full supply.

Diligence

diligence

let us now apply;

For if we

to these three

full attention show

From the seed of faith the fruit of love will grow.

In the growth from the seed many items come;

By this growth in the Lord fruitful we become.

For this we need to see what the Lord’s begun

Ne’er forgetful be nor blind to what He’s done.

Diligence day by day will this growth insure;

Diligence thus will make our election sure.

When indeed with this seed we cooperate

We’re supplied the kingdom’s entrance

rich and great.

For this growth

for this growth

Lord

ourselves we give

By the faith

promises

and the pow’r to live.

Nothing more

nothing less

will our basis be

By Thy grace we will cooperate with Thee.