52 God Is Among Us
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We have come from across the world and gather in God’s house.
Eating, drinking, and enjoying God’s word, we attend the Lamb’s wedding feast.
To gain the truth and be cleansed and made perfect by God,
we accept the judgment of God’s words, trials, and refinements.
God’s word enables our hearts to love one another.
When we’re weak, we hold each other up and spur each other on;
we share our experience and knowledge of God’s words together.
Through understanding the truth, our lives grow.
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We have come from across the world and gather in God’s house.
We accept the watering and shepherding of Almighty God’s words.
God personally guides us in our battle with Satan.
Through persecution and tribulations, we experience the reality of God’s love.
The road is rough and bumpy, but we have God’s words to lead us;
we break through the oppression of dark forces, and strive with all our might.
Seeing God’s almightiness and wisdom, our faith is bolstered.
We will bear a good testimony to welcome the day of God’s glory.
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With God beside us, life in the kingdom is an incomparable joy.
Experiencing God’s judgment cleanses our corrupt dispositions.
Though refinement is painful, we taste the sweetness of God’s love.
We offer up our whole beings, expend ourselves for God, and are loyal unto death.
We remember God’s exhortations, and we follow God’s will.
With one heart and mind, hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder, we propagate God’s good news.
We practice the truth and fulfill our duties to repay God’s love.
We will bear a good testimony to glorify God; our love for God is never ending.