Will You Stand?

 

When wickedness and evil

Abound on every hand,

Will you stand? Will you stand?

When fires of persecution

Are lit across this land,

Will you stand?     

      Will you stand?

 

Will you take a stand

For the truth and light?

Will you stand against the wrong

And stand up for the right?

When all the ground around you

Has turned to shifting sand,

Will you stand?        

      Will you stand?

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When family, friends and neighbors

Deride the faith you hold,

Will you stand? Will you stand?

When those who mean well urge you

To not be quite so bold,

Will you stand?        

      Will you stand?

 

Will you take a stand

In the storm and strife?

Will you stand against the wrong,

Though it may cost your life?

When lawlessness around us

Is causing love to grow cold,

Will you stand?        

      Will you stand?

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There is a time to keep silent,

and a time to speak.

There is a time to sit,

and a time to stand.

 

Brothers and sisters,

this is the time to speak;    

      this is the time to stand!

To stand up and speak up for God,    

      and for the things God cares about!

 

It is time to stand up for

sanctity,               

purity, and

               integrity.

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In a world which holds nothing sacred,

we must stand for what God holds sacred.

We need to stand

for the sanctity of life,                               

for the sanctity of marriage, and

               for the sanctity of God’s name.

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In a world which is filled with impurity,

which scorns and scoffs at purity,

we need to stand for

purity of heart,                      

purity of mind, and

                purity of living.

 

In a world desperate for

honesty, consistency and integrity,

we need to stand for

integrity of purpose and          

           integrity of practice.

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In a fallen world

where all around us is failing and falling,

we must stand for the values

which will stand forever,

because they are God’s values.

 

Will we stand?       

      Will you stand?

-

When wickedness and trouble

Abound on every hand,

Will you stand? Will you stand?

When fires of persecution

Are lit across this land,

Will you stand?        

      Will you stand?

 

Will you take a stand

For the truth and light?

Will you stand against the wrong

And stand up for the right?

When all the ground around you

Has turned to shifting sand,

Will you stand?        

      Will you stand?

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Wesley G. Vaughn © 2008

 

Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm (Ephesians 6:13).