There’s a Church Within Us, O Lord

There’s a church with­in us

O Lord

There’s a church with­in us

O Lord.

Not a build­ing

but a soul

Not a por­tion but a whole—

There’s a church with­in us

O Lord.

There’s po­ten­tial with­in us

O Lord;

Something’s stirr­ing with­in us

O Lord.

Something’s strain­ing to have birth

To be vi­si­ble on earth—

There’s po­ten­tial with­in us

O Lord.

There’s a fire with­in us

O Lord;

A new life’s a-burn­in’

O Lord.

A fire for new life

Combating pre­sent strife—

There’s a fire with­in us

O Lord.

There’s some build­ing to be done

O Lord

There’s some build­ing to be done

O Lord.

Not with steel

not with stone

But with lives which are our own—

There’s the church to be built

O Lord.

There’s the church with­in us

O Lord

There’s the church with­in us

O Lord.

Not a build­ing

but one soul

Not a por­tion

but one whole—

We are your church in the world.