Living Testimony

Words and Music by Jim E. Davis

© 1999 HIM Music

Key: D

Verse I:

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He laid at the gate called Beautiful, but he was a pitiful sight

Begging for alms, because he was blind; he had never walked a day in his life

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Peter and John came walking by on their way to the temple that day

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They didn’t have silver or gold to give, but they knew how to pray

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In the name of Jesus they lifted him up, much to his surprise

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He began to leap and walk around, and said “I gotta testify!”

Chorus:

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I’m a living testimony of what the power of God can do

I’m a miracle, you can see, walking in these shoes

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My soul has been saved; my body’s been healed,

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My life has been changed; I know I know it’s real

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I’m a living testimony of what the power of God can do.

Verse II: 

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Everybody here is a miracle; we’ve all got a story to tell

Like a fire down deep inside of our bones, we can’t keep it to ourselves

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How He reached way down and he brought my up out of the miry clay

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How He set my feet on the solid ground and started me on my way

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Now if you think that isn’t enough, I could testify all day

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How He baptized me with the Holy Ghost, and I’m not ashamed to say: