Stone Courts

Lyrics

[Verse 1] In Jerusalem’s stone courts Where the olives bend in wind They spoke of Jesus’ footsteps And the life that starts again Hands were rough from fishing Eyes still bright with holy fire They told the crowd of mercy That climbs higher, climbs higher [Pre-Chorus] The rulers heard the shouting Saw the wounded stand and sing Fear sat in their council Like a blade beneath a ring But Heaven marked the small ones As they lifted up His name And the more they tried to crush it The more it rose again [Chorus] God has other plans God has other plans You can lock the door Still His word will stand God has other plans God has other plans Stone by stone they fall But His hand remains [Verse 2] Pharisees in linen With their gold and careful pride Told the guards to break the voices Make the morning keep its side But the people in the market Gathered close from every lane To hear about the Master And the blood that breaks the chain [Pre-Chorus] They came with chains and warnings Came with anger in their breath But the name they preached was burning And it laughed the face of death One by one the lame man rose One by one the fearful saw That the kingdom moves in power And it answers higher law [Chorus] God has other plans God has other plans You can lock the door Still His word will stand God has other plans God has other plans Stone by stone they fall But His hand remains [Bridge] In the night, an angel Opened iron into air Found them in the prison With a song already there So they went back to the temple Back to speak and bless and heal Fear could not erase them When the Father made it real [Final Chorus] God has other plans God has other plans You can lock the door Still His word will stand God has other plans God has other plans Jerusalem will know What His love can do God has other plans God has other plans They may call for blood But He calls them through God has other plans God has other plans And the truth of Christ Will outlive the tomb