The Love of the Father

(Verse 1)

It wasn’t earned in the hours of the day

It wasn’t bought with the words that I say

It’s a kindness that found me when I was a stray

A Father’s hand reaching through the decay.

I was a vessel, brittle and dry

Until the Mercy fell down from the sky

Now I am breathing because of the Grace

That looks past my fallen and sees His own face.

(Chorus)

For the Love of the Father is a river, not a lake

It’s meant to be given, not just for our sake

We are the hands, we are the feet

Bringing the hope to the dust of the street.

If we’ve been forgiven, if we have been fed

Then we must be breaking the heavenly bread

Let it overflow, let the world see the sign

That we are the branches and He is the Vine.

​(Verse 2)

He calls us His children, the heirs to the light

Not meant for the shadows or the chill of the night

But a gift isn’t given to hide on a shelf

A man cannot live for the sake of himself.

For the bread that was broken and the wine that was poured

Weren’t meant to be kept, but to be restored

To the hungry, the weary, the poor, and the low

The more that we give, the more we will know.

​(Chorus)

For the Love of the Father is a river, not a lake

It’s meant to be given, not just for our sake

We are the hands, we are the feet

Bringing the hope to the dust of the street.

If we’ve been forgiven, if we have been fed

Then we must be breaking the heavenly bread

Let it overflow, let the world see the sign

That we are the branches and He is the Vine.

​(Verse 3)

So look at the stranger with the eyes of the Son

For the work of the Kingdom has only begun

It’s found in a cup of cold water, a coat for the cold

It’s the greatest story that’s ever been told.

We are the letters that the world’s gonna read

The harvest that comes from a tiny mustard seed

If we say that we love Him but turn from the pain

Then the song that we’re singing is sung all in vain.

​(Bridge)

It’s a love that seeks the one who’s lost

A love that never counts the cost

A love that moved a heavy stone

And says "You’ll never walk alone."

Now go and do what He has done

Until the many become one.

​(Chorus)

For the Love of the Father is a river, not a lake

It’s meant to be given, not just for our sake

We are the hands, we are the feet

Bringing the hope to the dust of the street.

If we’ve been forgiven, if we have been fed

Then we must be breaking the heavenly bread

Let it overflow, let the world see the sign

That we are the branches and He is the Vine.

​(Outro)

Let it overflow...

As He loved us, let us love them too.

Children of the Light,

In everything we do.

(Chorus)

For the Love of the Father is a river, not a lake

It’s meant to be given, not just for our sake

We are the hands, we are the feet

Bringing the hope to the dust of the street.

If we’ve been forgiven, if we have been fed

Then we must be breaking the heavenly bread

Let it overflow, let the world see the sign

That we are the branches and He is the Vine.