TO LIVE IS CHRIST

VERSE 1 Circumcised the eighth day. Hebrew of Hebrews. Blameless by the law. Zeal for every rule. Held the coats while Stephen died And called it righteousness. Breathing threats on the road With Damascus in my sights. PRE-CHORUS Then a light out of heaven Put me down on the road. Three days blind and in the dark Till the scales let go. CHORUS To live is Christ. To die is gain. Everything I counted, I count it loss for His name. Beaten, not broken. Struck down, not destroyed. Hard pressed, not crushed. To live is Christ, And to die is gain. VERSE 2 Five times thirty-nine. Three times beaten with rods. Once they stoned me and left me. Three times shipwrecked at sea. A night and a day in the deep. Hungry. Cold. Alone. And a thorn that won't leave me, Though I've begged Him to take away. PRE-CHORUS But a light out of heaven Put me down on the road. And the One who found me there Never let me go. CHORUS To live is Christ. To die is gain. Everything I counted, I count it loss for His name. Beaten, not broken. Struck down, not destroyed. Hard pressed, not crushed. To live is Christ, And to die is gain. BRIDGE 1 "My grace is enough for you. My strength is made perfect in weakness." So I'll boast in what's broken. When I'm weak, then I'm strong. BRIDGE 2 Chief of sinners. Least of saints. Not by works, But by grace. Forget what's behind. Press on for the prize. I'm not there yet, But I've got Him in my eyes. BRIDGE 3 I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith. Now the crown. Now His face. FINAL CHORUS To live is Christ. To die is gain. Everything I counted, I count it loss for His name. Beaten, not broken. Struck down, not destroyed. Hard pressed, not crushed. To live is Christ, And to die is gain. OUTRO To live is Christ. To die is gain.