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The Word
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Oct 7, 2026 updated
One Heart at a Time album
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Song Meaning
NewSong's “The Word” is built as a three-part testimony. The first verse admits “I was being overcome / Not being an overcomer,” letting “the one living in the world” outweigh “the one in me,” until the singer remembers that the blood of Jesus runs through their veins and victory is possible. A cry follows, “My, my Jesus, won't You help me,” asking how to “defeat the enemy.”
The answer arrives as a reply in Jesus's voice: “the Word, the Word / My precious love letter.” The second verse sharpens the threat with “a roaring lion” that “comes a-prowling, seeking who he may devour,” leaving the singer with “my back against the wall” and a mind gripped by confusion and fear. Another stretch praises scripture as “a lamp unto my feet” and notes that “the more I get in the Word / The more it gets into me.”
The lion image comes from 1 Peter 5:8, the lamp from Psalm 119:105, and the contrast between the world and “the one in me” from 1 John 4:4. The repeated hook turns daily Bible reading into the practical answer to fear.
Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team
Not being an overcomer
Allowing the one living in the world
To be stronger than the one in me
But I finally realized
I didn't have to be a loser
The blood of Jesus flowed through my veins
I could live in victory
I cried out, Jesus!
My, my Jesus, won't You help me
Please tell me how to live in victory
I cried, Jesus!
My, my Jesus, won't you help me
Please show me how to defeat the enemy
And He said, the Word, the Word
My precious love letter
Nothing could be better
For living in victory
And He said, the Word, the Word
That's why I'm inspired
So you could daily use it
To defeat the enemy
Just like a roaring lion
Satan comes a-prowling
Seeking who he may devour
Sometimes he's stalking me
With my back against the wall
There seems no escaping
Confusion grips my mind with fear
I call out endlessly
I cried, Jesus!
My, my Jesus, won't You help me
Please tell me how to live in victory
I cried, Jesus!
My, my Jesus, won't you help me
Please show me how to defeat the enemy
And He said, the Word, the Word
My precious love letter
Nothing could be better
For living in victory
And He said, the Word, the Word
That's why I'm inspired
So you could daily use it
To defeat the enemy
A lamp unto my feet
A light unto my pathway
It seem the more I get in the Word
The more it gets into me
The Word, the Word
My precious love letter
Nothing could be better
For living in victory
And He said, the Word, the Word
That's why I'm inspired
So you could daily use it
To defeat the enemy
He said, the Word, the Word
My precious love letter
Nothing could be better
For living in victory
And He said, the Word, the Word
That's why I'm inspired
So you could daily use it
To defeat the enemy
He said, the Word, the Word
My precious love letter
Nothing could be better
For living in victory
And He said, the Word, the Word
That's why I'm inspired
So you could daily use it
To defeat the enemy...