By Gracious Powers - Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Sung by Chinese Christians)

Worship alongside the church in China as they sing this inspiring hymn penned by Dietrich Bonhoeffer four months before his death.

VERSE 1
By gracious powers faithfully embraced
Comforted by Him so wonderful and dear
I’ll live those days with you and in his grace
And enter with you into this New Year

VERSE 2
Yet is this heart by its old foe tormented,
still evil days bring burdens hard to bear.
O give our frightened souls the sure salvation
for which, O Lord, you taught us to prepare.

CHORUS
By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered,
and confidently waiting come what may,
we know that God is with us night and morning
and never fails to greet us each new day.

VERSE 3
And when this cup you give is filled to brimming
with bitter suffering, hard to understand,
we take it thankfully and without trembling,
out of so good, and so beloved, a hand.

VERSE 4
Yet when again, in this same world, you give us
the joy we had, the brightness of your sun,
we shall remember all the days we lived through,
and our whole life shall then be yours alone.

VERSE 5
The candles you have brought into our darkness,
let them today be burning warm and bright,
and if it’s possible, do reunite us!
We know your light is shining through the night.

VERSE 6
Now, when your silence deeply spreads around us,
O let us hear all your creation says -
that world of sound which soundlessly invades us,
and all your children's highest hymns of praise.

[regwhip]

Beautiful... shall now be a new favorite of mine!

[awarezen.meditate]

Amazing grace in the midst of deep suffering. 赞 美 圣 父、 圣子、 圣灵。阿们 !

[Modern-Day_Hermit]

Beautiful ❤️ God bless you! Best wishes for 2024 🙏✝️

[a.carnes]

Powerful song the words and the singing. Prayed for me brothers and sisters as I listened to it.