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Song Lord Build Your Church (Lyrics and music: Ng Wah Lok) Lord, Build Your Church A glorious place for Your presence to dwell Make it a glorious Church Filled with beauty cos’ Your glory resides Holy Spirit, Let Your presence come To fill Your Church. And we’ll walk by faith To claim the promises on our hearts You have laid As we scale the heights We will march on till we win the prize Hand in hand together we’ll stand To take this land. Chorus Let Your presence go before us Let Your glory dwell among us Holy Spirit let Your presence come To fill Your Church And we’ll take this land With Your glorious gospel in our hands With Your Spirit’s might We will march on till we win every fight Hand in hand, together we’ll stand To take this land. Copyright: Full Gospel Tabernacle 1996 Background of song FGT had a vision to build a sanctuary for the glory of God. When we first purchased the land for our building, we did not have sufficient funds. The cost of the land was RM1.4 million but the church had only a few hundred thousand. Nevertheless, the elders of FGT went ahead with the purchase believing that God will provide. A loan was applied for just in case there was insufficient funds. Finally, the land was paid for in cash. The loan was never utilized. In 1995, FGT began to raise funds for our building. The original budget was approximately 4 million. As the years passed, the budget increased to RM5 million. Our Senior Pastor Eu Hong Seng challenged the people to give sacrificially. The people responded positively. Some members sold houses to pledge to the church building fund. Members were pledging 10’s, 20’s, 50’s and 100’s thousand to the church building. On 1st January 1999, we commenced construction of our building. We were still short of RM 1.4 million. In the middle of year 2000, the building will be completed. As at today, our shortfall had reduced to RM600,000. We believe that God will provide and the building will be paid for fully in cash. We still marvel at the financial miracles that God has done in the Church. This song was written in 1996 when we were actively raising funds for our building. We did not want to build just a building but a sanctuary where the presence of God will dwell, a beautiful place for His glory to reside. Ng Wah Lok 3rd January 2000 |
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