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Building on the Rock

Jessie Brown Pounds • English

Primary Scripture: Matthew 7:24-28

Verse 1

Are you building on the Rock, High above the sandy beach, Where no sudden wave can shock, Where no beating tide can reach?

Chorus

Are you hearing and obeying? Are you working, watching, praying? Tell me, does your dwelling stand On the rock, or on the sand?

Verse 2

Like the tides years come and go; Tell me, are you very sure That they will not overthrow Much that seemed at first secure?

Chorus

Are you hearing and obeying? Are you working, watching, praying? Tell me, does your dwelling stand On the rock, or on the sand?

Verse 3

Lay with patience, faith and pray’r Your foundations, deep and wide; Build thereon with watchful care, Far above the angry tide.

Chorus

Are you hearing and obeying? Are you working, watching, praying? Tell me, does your dwelling stand On the rock, or on the sand?

Scripture References

Reference 1

  • matthew 7:24-28