Andraé Crouch - Let The Church Say Amen Lyrics
Lyrics
Nehemiah 8:6
And Ezra blessed the Lord
The great God and all the people answered Amen
Amen lifting up their hands
They bowed their heads and worshiped
the Lord with their faces to the ground
When we receive a word from the Lord
our answer should be Amen!
Let the Church say Amen
Let the church say amen, let the church say amen
God has spoken, so let the church say amen
Let the church, let 'em say amen
If you believe the word, let the whole church say amen
God has spoken, so let the church say amen
Lift your hands, lift your hands
God has spoken, so let the church say amen
Oh, thank you Lord
God has spoken, so let the church say amen
Let the church say amen
Let the church everybody say amen
God God has spoken
So let the church let the church say say amen
Can I get a witness
let the church say amen
To what His plans are
let the church say amen
To what His words say
God has spoken God has spoken
Let the church let the church
say say amen amen
Make this your response amen
To whatever He says amen
From the healing of your body amen
To the raising of the dead amen
No matter how you feeling amen
Or how your world is reeling amen
Battle on through the night amen
Cause you're going to win the fight amen
Even in the valley amen
Or standing at your red sea amen
Continue to say amen
Cause your help is on the way amen
My God has spoken
I heard Him let the church so
let the church say say amen
Lift your hands wherever you are,
and let the church
Let the church say amen
Amen, say let the church
let the church say say amen
God has spoken God has spoken
Hallelujah let the church
let the church say say amen
All we needed was a word from the Lord
We've got it so let the church
let the church say amen
Oh, let the church
let the whole church say amen
God has spoken God has spoken
well, well, well, well
Let the church let the church
let the church say say amen
I need you to say it amen
When your dream is about to die amen
Knowing that God is not a man amen
He just can't lie amen
In spite of what amen
What the devil does amen
Know you've got a word amen
That has come from above amen
Faith must be amen
Must be what you say amen
So open your mouth amen
And say amen today amen
Cause God has spoken
I heard Him when He said it
Let the church
So let the church say amen
You and you and you say amen
From the deacons amen
To the mothers amen
All of the sisters amen
All of the brothers say
God has spoken oh my my
Let the church let the church say amen
If God said it you can't change it
(no, no, no) rearrange it (No, no, no)
God said it (God said it)
believe it (I believe it)
That settles it God has spoken,
let the church say amen
That settles it God has spoken,
let the church say amen
Video
Let The Church Say Amen (feat. Marvin Winans)
Meaning & Inspiration
Andraé Crouch’s "Let the Church Say Amen" is a masterclass in the kind of high-octane congregationalism that feels bulletproof on a Sunday morning. When the choir is humming and the organ is pushing that gospel swell, it’s easy to feel like you’ve reached some kind of spiritual lock-in.
But I’m sitting here with the lyrics, not the music, and the silence of the room makes the words hit differently.
There’s a specific line in there that stops me cold: “No matter how you feeling / amen / Or how your world is reeling / amen.”
I’ve spent enough time in the back row to know that "how your world is reeling" is usually a polite shorthand for things that don't get fixed by an "amen." What about when the world stops reeling and just shatters? When the job is gone, or the medical report isn’t what you prayed for, or the casket is closing? Does "amen" cover that? Or is it just a way to shut down the grief, a verbal Band-Aid meant to keep the service moving along?
There’s a temptation to use "amen" as a magician’s wand. You say the word, and you assume the outcome. It’s what I’d call Cheap Grace—the idea that if we just shout the right affirmation, we can bypass the actual, messy, agonizing work of enduring a broken reality. It feels a bit like Job’s friends, offering theological certainty when what’s really needed is someone to sit in the ash heap.
The song points back to Nehemiah 8:6, where the people fell on their faces. That wasn’t a casual response to a pep talk. It was a visceral, humbled recognition of the Law. It was fear and reverence mixed together. In the actual grit of the Old Testament, the people weren't chanting "amen" to claim a promotion or a quick healing; they were responding to the weight of their own inadequacy in the face of a holy God.
I struggle with the line, “That settles it / God has spoken / That settles it.”
I wish it were that simple. I wish life didn't have so many "buts" and "how longs." Habakkuk spent his time shouting at the sky because he had a word from God, and he was terrified by it. He didn’t just say "amen" and go home; he wrestled. Maybe "amen" shouldn't be the end of the conversation. Maybe it should be the beginning of the honesty.
If I’m forced to say "amen" when my gut is screaming that everything is wrong, am I actually worshiping, or am I just performing? I want to believe the words. I want to trust that God isn’t a man and He can’t lie. But some days, the truth isn't found in a chorus. It’s found in the quiet, ugly parts where you’re too exhausted to speak at all. Maybe there's an "amen" for that, too—a slow, whispered one that doesn’t demand a win, but just hangs on in the dark.