Lyrics
Verse 1
You take what is
And you make it beautiful
When love floods in,
We’re restored forever more
Chorus
With breath it brings the dead to life,
With words that pierce the dark with light
Only by the blood are we set free.
With mercy strong to carry shame
and nail it to a tree You alone
hold the power to redeem.
Verse 2
No guilt competes
with innocence crucified.
No grave can hold what your grace has justified.
Chorus
With breath it brings the dead to life,
With words that pierce the dark with light
Only by the blood are we set free.
With mercy strong to carry shame
and nail it to a tree You alone
hold the power to redeem.
Bridge
Rejoice oh child of God
Lift your eyes to see
With every morning light,
Again we are redeemed
x2
Chorus
With breath it brings the dead to life,
With words that pierce the dark with light
Only by the blood are we set free.
With mercy strong to carry shame
and nail it to a tree You alone
hold the power to redeem.
Outro
Oh you alone, hold the power to redeem x3
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
Power To Redeem is a song of redemption through the cross. The opening verse says God takes what is and makes it beautiful, that love restores forever, and that by the blood believers are set free, with mercy strong enough to carry shame and nail it to a tree. The refrain states that God alone holds the power to redeem.
The second verse says no guilt competes with innocence crucified and no grave can hold what grace has justified, and a short section calls the child of God to lift the eyes and see that every morning brings a new redemption. The themes follow Isaiah 61:3 on beauty from ashes, Colossians 2:14 where the record of debt is nailed to the cross, Ephesians 1:7 on redemption through His blood, and Lamentations 3:22-23 on new morning mercies. Declarative and steady, the song is built around a repeated closing line that holds the whole idea.
Related Scripture
- Ephesians 1:7 Believers have redemption through Christ's blood.
- Colossians 2:14 The record of debt is nailed to the cross.
- Isaiah 61:3 God gives beauty for ashes.