Come Build Our Faith

God of Creation, Maker of all things, we gather in this place to pray.
We do invite you, come now among us;
Come and build our faith today.

Come build our faith with soul and spirit,
Come build our faith of flesh and bone.
We need no tower rising skyward;
No house of wood or glass or stone.
Come build our faith with human frailty.
Come build our faith of flesh and blood.
With love and grace its sure foundation,
It shall be built by the hand of God.

Let us see the tongues of fire.
Let us hear the great wind roar.
Let us know the awe and wonder that we've only glimpsed before.
Let us feel the strength of passion, which can make us laugh and weep.
Let us know this great awakening.
For so long we've been asleep.

Let us know the love unceasing
Which alone can loose the bounds.
Reaching out across the chasms,
Bringing walls of hatred down.
Let us taste the sweet communion, where the circle never ends.
Hold us in this sweet connection,
Turning strangers into friends.

Guide our feet in peaceful pathways.
Teach us peace of heart and mind;
Peace with God and all God's children;
'Til we leave our wars behind.
Surely joy will come and find us
Like a breeze that cools the night;
Like the rain upon the desert;
Like a candle's gentle light.

Come build our faith with soul and spirit,
Come build our faith of flesh and bone.
We need no tower rising skyward;
No house of wood or glass or stone.
Come build our faith with human frailty.
Come build our faith of flesh and blood.
With love and grace its sure foundation,
It shall be built by the hand of God.

("Come Build Our Faith"
Words and Music by Ken Medema)