Rooted © 2011 by Paul Marxhausen All Rights Reserved Noncommercial copies for worship permitted under the Free Praise License The sower drops a seed into the ground It's hidden in the earth from everyone Warmth and water wake the life within To struggle through the dirt to see the sun And as it reaches upward The roots are Searching for an anchor to survive CHORUS: Lord give us life to follow You Fed by Your Word and sacrifice water our spirits with Your love Rooted and growing up in Christ Everyone on earth is loved by God But seeds cannot survive in barren ground So we pray the Father to provide Willing hearts and mercy pouring down Always looking upward And calling Come and bless the workers in Your field Chorus Planted by the water, let us be Growing ever deeper in Your ways Throwing out our branches with their shade shelter for a world that needs Your grace Glory to You, Father And Spirit And glory to our Savior Jesus Christ. Chorus