From the pen of Stuart Townend

I was so grateful to the worship team today that we revisited a song we have only sung a couple of times before: I Will Stand on Every Promise of Your Word. What strikes me about this song is the perfect marriage of lyrics and melody line. In the title refrain, one can imagine a resolutely innocent child of the covenant sweetly insisting before the vanities and seductions of our age: "No thanks, I will stand of every promise of God's Word."

Curious to know more, I did some quick research, and was not surprised to find this song comes from the prolific pen of Britain's Stuart Townend, who also gave us the lyrics of In Christ Alone. Townend has an uplifting and unassuming web site which you can see here.

Every Promise of Your Word
Words and Music by Keith Getty & Stuart Townend
Copyright © 2005 Thankyou Music

From the breaking of the dawn to the setting of the sun,
I will stand on ev'ry promise of Your Word.
Words of power, strong to save, that will never pass away,
I will stand on ev'ry promise of Your Word.
For Your covenant is sure,
And on this I am secure—
I can stand on ev'ry promise of Your Word.

When I stumble and I sin, condemnation pressing in,
I will stand on ev'ry promise of Your Word.
You are faithful to forgive that in freedom I might live,
So I stand on ev'ry promise of Your Word.
Guilt to innocence restored,
You remember sins no more—
So I'll stand on ev'ry promise of Your Word.

When I'm faced with anguished choice, I will listen for Your voice,
And I'll stand on ev'ry promise of Your Word.
Through this dark and troubled land
You will guide me with Your hand
As I stand on ev'ry promise of Your Word.
And You've promised to complete
Ev'ry work begun in me—
So I'll stand on ev'ry promise of Your Word.

Hope that lifts me from despair, love that casts out ev'ry fear,
As I stand on ev'ry promise of Your Word.
Not forsaken, not alone, for the Comforter has come,
And I stand on ev'ry promise of Your Word.
Grace sufficient, grace for me,
Grace for all who will believe—
We will stand on ev'ry promise of Your Word.