Salutes from the words of a mouthpiece.
Salutes from the servants to blood of Jesus.
Salutes to the church coming from the weak.
Salutes through the worse and the better seasons.
Salutes to the Lord Almighty
with righteous prayers,
praise-filled songs,
worship,
psalms,
anointments of oil,
nonstop noise;
rejoice through the rise and the fall.

Tribulations and turbulent trials.
Hardships, tests, degrees, fires.
Scars from abuse in the name of Messiah.
Willing to suffer to death if required.
Willing to go by execution.
Loyalty firm through persecution.
Rather get maimed and slain after tortured.
Bulletproof mind-frame of martyrs.

Adversaries can’t refute the truth
released from the tongue of a martyr.
Adversaries try to poison flumes and fountains
flowing down from the heavenly waters.
Adversaries draw blood from the mantles.
Adversaries advertise the examples.
Fear factor got the bloodlines haywire.
Even parents lining up disciples.
Followers afraid so the dust swallows Bibles.
False prophets stuffing up their pockets, capitalising.
Love is on the ice,
hearts gone cold.
Who stands firm?
Who is frostbite-proof?

Majority scared to carry crosses.
People scared to take the baton further.
Just a few involved in the relay
for the crown of life
'cause the path is suffering.
Just a few don’t abandon the saddle
under shadow of the wing
when their feathers get ruffled.
Just a few remain unshaken
with their faith still unwavering
regardless how the tectonics rumble.
Just a few say their labour ain’t in vain
and that they can seek forgiveness
if they fall short,
with the understanding
that they can be refined, purified,
and made spotless for the end
if they slip and stumble.
Just a few still hold the belief
that when faith has been tested, stretched,
pressured, questioned, vandalised, insulted,
pushed, poked, and prodded,
it produces perseverance.
Just a few still hold the belief
in the God-given Spirit that’d never make them timid, but adorn them with love and power and discipline, preparing them for glory
as the end gets nearer.
As the end gets nearer.
As the end gets nearer.
As the end gets nearer.
Preparing them for glory as the end gets nearer.
As the end gets nearer.
As the end gets nearer.
As the end gets nearer.
Preparing them for glory as the end gets nearer.