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Living Word
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Aug 30, 2026 updated
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Jeremy Camp's song 'Living Word' is a worshipful declaration of reliance on Scripture as the sustaining and transformative voice of God. The lyrics contrast the emptiness of a broken world with the life-giving power of God's Word, which heals the heart and holds firm in times of weakness. Camp expresses a deep hunger for God's words, which give hope and shape his thoughts, and he celebrates the freedom found in hearing God's voice. The song emphasizes standing on biblical truth and clinging to the living Word as essential for spiritual survival, echoing Jesus' teaching that people do not live by bread alone but by every word from God.
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In this life there is one guarantee
This broken world will only leave me empty
But there's a life that healed my heart
And it holds firm when I'm falling apart
I will stand on the truth
In the living word of God
'Cause every time it moves my soul and shapes my every thought
It's alive in me, the very breath I breathe
I'm holding on with all I've got to the living word
The living word of God
The living word of God
I can't survive on bread alone
I hunger and I thirst for your words that give me hope
I stand on the truth
In the living word of God
'Cause every time it moves my soul and shapes my every thought
It's alive in me, the very breath I breathe
I'm holding on with all I've got to the living word
The living word of God
Speak into me now
Your voice is all I'm craving
What a freedom I have found
In the living word of God
I will stand on the truth
In the living word of God
'Cause every time it moves my soul and shapes my every thought
It's alive in me, the very breath I breathe
I'm holding on with all I've got to the living word
The living word of God
The living word of God
The living word of God