The Banner

A simple, repeated offering song built around the image of a banner lifted high so the world can see. The opening lines frame the song itself as an offering brought to raise that banner, asking that the name be stretched out wide and that light shine into the deep. The chorus turns the banner into a name — His name is the banner — and calls on all the children to sing, a line repeated until it becomes a kind of congregational chant. A second verse adds a missionary edge: the prayer is that those in darkness would know the God of mercy reigns. The bridge builds with a threefold 'lift it up' before landing on the name of Jesus, then makes a striking turn: the banner over us is your love. That line reframes the whole song, so the banner is not a slogan or a victory flag but love itself, held over a people. The song stays deliberately spare, cycling the same phrases so that repetition does the work of devotion rather than elaborate verse.