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TEACH ME TO CARRY THE CROSS
Verse 1
You called me from the road I wandered,
You called me by Your saving name;
At Calvary my debt was answered,
And from the grave Your triumph came.
Now let my old life die behind me,
Let living waters make me new;
The cross that tells me I am ransomed
Now calls me, Lord, to follow You.
Chorus
Teach me to carry the cross every day,
Dying to self as I follow Your way;
When I am weary, when the road is long,
Be my surrender, my strength and my song.
Jesus before me, the world left behind,
Your will above every purpose of mine;
Until my journey on earth is complete,
Teach me to carry the cross at Your feet.
Verse 2
When anger rises, make me gentle;
When pride would speak, make me be still;
When envy whispers, turn my vision
From what I want to what You will.
When selfishness would rule within me,
And discontent would fill my voice,
Remind my heart that every morning
I take my cross again by choice.
Chorus
Teach me to carry the cross every day,
Dying to self as I follow Your way;
When I am weary, when the road is long,
Be my surrender, my strength and my song.
Jesus before me, the world left behind,
Your will above every purpose of mine;
Until my journey on earth is complete,
Teach me to carry the cross at Your feet.
Verse 3
Meet me, O Lord, within the silence,
Before the clamour of the day;
Speak through Your Word and make me listen,
Teach this wandering heart to pray.
And when I meet the one who wounds me,
Give grace where bitterness might grow;
Make forgiveness my confession,
And through my life let mercy show.
Verse 4
Give me the eyes to see the hungry,
The lonely heart, the neighbour near;
Give me the hands to serve in secret,
With neither praise nor payment here.
What You have placed within my keeping—
My time, my strength, my daily bread—
Teach me to spend in love for others,
As You poured out Your life instead.
Bridge
And when my road descends through sorrow,
I will not bear the weight alone;
You walked the darkest road before me,
And every grief to You is known.
Take every trial, every burden,
Each sacrifice I cannot see;
Join my small suffering to Your story,
And let the cross carry me.
Verse 5
No other god shall have my worship,
No earthly thing shall take Your throne;
No work of human hands can hold You—
My trust is fixed on Christ alone.
Not in an image rests my confidence,
Nor outward sign my soul can save;
My hope is in the work completed:
The cross, the blood, the empty grave.
Chorus
Teach us to carry the cross every day,
Dying to self as we follow Your way;
When we are weary, when the road is long,
Be our surrender, our strength and our song.
Jesus before us, the world left behind,
Your will above every purpose of ours;
Until our journey on earth is complete,
Keep us still faithful, O Lord, at Your feet.
When evening falls upon our journey,
And earthly roads are travelled through, May this be all our final testimony:
We bore the cross— Because the Cross carried us to you
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Details
GeneratedSep 2, 2026
Duration7:59
LanguageEnglish
Style
Timeless Christian hymn; slow 6/8, piano, organ, strings and choir, building from intimate prayer to majestic worship.
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Prompt byHybridmatrix89
ModelAria v5.5
