One Chapter at a Time

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

I sat down with an open book

Morning light across the page

Every line I read I took

Slowly turning age to age

Some of it I didn't grasp

Some of it I understood

I just held the words and asked

Lord make them do me good

Pre-Chorus

So I read it slow

Let it settle in

Let it find the low

Places deep within

Chorus

Faith comes by hearing

Hearing by Your word

Something in me turning

Every time it's heard

Faith comes by hearing

Quiet and alive

I don't need the answers

I just need to arrive

Post-Chorus

Oh oh I just need to arrive

Oh oh

Verse 2

Some folks read to win a debate

Some folks read to feel approved

I read just to sit and wait

Let my restless heart be moved

A child can take it in

A scholar cannot outgrow

The simple way it starts again

The simple way it grows

Pre-Chorus

So I read it slow

Let it settle in

Let it find the low

Places deep within

Chorus

Faith comes by hearing

Hearing by Your word

Something in me turning

Every time it's heard

Faith comes by hearing

Quiet and alive

I don't need the answers

I just need to arrive

Post-Chorus

Oh oh I just need to arrive

Oh oh

Bridge

So I'll read one chapter

Not to know it all

Just to find one sentence

I can carry tall

When a line begins to stir

Somewhere in my chest

I'll stop and let it linger there

And let it do the rest

Final Chorus

Faith comes by hearing

Hearing by Your word

Something in me turning

Every time it's heard

Faith comes by hearing

Steady through the years

Every promise spoken

Finds me where I am

Every promise spoken

Finds me where I am

Outro

Oh oh

Faith comes by hearing