Strength of the Rock:

As dark as this world is I won't let it drag me down,

I'll stand tall, stand out and shout!

Proving to all I'm unafraid,

Proving to all that God has made me brave.

As the arrows of the devil rain down,

I'll look up to the clouds.

Then I'll pray, "Dear God win the day!"

Whether I'm struck or not I'll stay standing on The Rock.

Mind determined, heart set, I'm not giving up yet!

I'll look the enemy in the eye, and I'll ask why?

Why try? Why lie? Why make us cry? Why make us die?

We are on The Rock,

we aren't gonna be kicked right off!

Suddenly I see the enemy has surrounded me.

Swords drawn, bows bent, they still mean to destroy me yet.

All this comes at once, I can't take this much!

To a knee I fall, buckling under this wall.

Yet my hope remains, for the truth and the life remain the same.

The Rock doesn't move, yet my heart and mind do.

I begin to ponder, "maybe I should jump from the rock into the water?"

Another blow, and down I go.

I fall from The Rock, I try desperately to get away from this shock.

Swords blaze at me towards me, ready to run me through.

They say, "We are here to destroy you!"

"Why me?" I question as I try and flee,

"Why me, why not The Rock?" I beg as they purse me like a hawk.

"We tried already and he calmed the sea!

He healed the sick and gave the blind sight!

He raised the dead and set all right!

He has already won the fight,

But you, you have no hope tonight!"

I looked back in fear, and silently I began to shed a tear.

On the Rock I was indestructible, on The Rock I was unshakeable!

I could be hurt and tested but I could not be completely bested.

Why did I leave? Why didn't I trust and have faith?

"It's too late now!" Cried the demons swooping down.

"You are unfavored and must meet your fate which tonight will be only our hate!"

Their words became thoughts creeping inside my heard make me lost.

But suddenly I had one last clear thought, so I cried out with all I had got!

"I am beaten, you have won, but the God I serve, still loves this one!"

Suddenly, I saw a light, glowing powerful and bright.

It took away the night and revealed to me what was to my right.

There He was standing beside me.

A crown of thorns and bloody nails lay behind me.

He told me He had always been there,

He told me that He always cared.

He walked to a bridge that lead to The Rock, a bridge shaped like a cross.

As I finally again stood on The Rock I looked out across.

I saw the enemy again, rising to fight until the end.

I knew someday they might beat me down, but now I knew I would not leave this solid ground!

As much as it hurt I would not lurch.

I would stand firm here and now until all are dead or all are found.

What shall we do as we wait?

Attack the enemy and do not hide or wait!

Our God has given us this Day!

He has armed us and trained us, reinforced us and prepared us!

Now we wait, waiting for the day the devil will hate!

So on The Rock we will continue to stand, ready to do God's Plan!