Hold On Be Strong

Kurt Carr's “Hold On Be Strong” speaks to a listener who is ready to quit. The first verse asks if you have ever felt like giving up and throwing in the towel, been so discouraged that you asked what is the use of praying anyhow, or felt the devil attack when you were already low.

The verse continues with the moment when the Lord speaks in the stillness of the night and says that if you trust him he will make everything all right. The first chorus tells the listener to keep on holding on when the world says you cannot make it and when you feel you cannot take it. No matter how down you get, hold on, be strong, because you can make it. A second chorus names the times when problems seem hard to bear and it seems that nobody cares. The bridge is honest about the cost, saying the road may not be easy and no one said it would be, but keep holding on until the victory. The vamp promises that everything is going to be all right if you hold on through the night, and that joy is going to come in the morning light. Carr is a choir director by training, and the arrangement uses full choir harmonies and a steady build. It fits services of encouragement.

Not growing weary in doing good is Galatians 6:9. Joy coming in the morning is Psalm 30:5, and the need for endurance is Hebrews 10:36.