Make Every Effort

Intro 
C Am7 Am C G Am C 


[Verso 1]
 
                          Am            C             G 
You say grace means I can wander, never strive, never fight 
        Am              C                                  G 
But the road is getting narrower and I'm drifting from the light 
        C                  Am              C              G 
You say effort sounds like earning, so you lay your armor down 
        Am                  C 
But the war is still before us 
                             G 
And the king still wears his crown 
 


[Pré-Refrão]
 
        F             C 
I won't heap a weight upon you 
        Am                 G 
I won't crush you with the law 
            F                C 
But I won't call chains your freedom 
   Am               G       C 
Or pretend I do not see the flaw 
 


[Refrão]
 
                Em                 F               C 
This is not an audition, you don't earn a father's love 
    Am               C                                  G 
But adopted sons and daughters still are called to rise above 
         C              Em           F                   C 
Grace is not opposed to effort, it's opposed to what you claim 
           Am          G   C                             Am C 
You're not working for His favor, you are working in His name  

G Am C 



[Verso 2]
 
                            Am 
Strive to enter through the narrow 
       F                 C 
Not to buy what can't be sold 
                         G    Am 
But because your heart's been captured 
     F             G 
By a mercy you now hold 
        C                 Am 
Work it out with fear and trembling 
           F           C 
Not alone, not in your might 
                      G            Am         F        G      C 
For the strength that moves within you is the Spirit's living light 
 


[Pré-Refrão]
 
        F            C                 G               Am 
I won't tie up heavy burdens, lay them on your wounded soul 
G     F              C                  Am       G        C 
But I won't deny the calling Christ has made you for this goal 
 


[Refrão]
 
                   Em                  F               C 
Oh, this is not an audition, you don't earn a father's love 
    Am               C                                  G 
But adopted sons and daughters still are called to rise above 
         C              Em           F                   C 
Grace is not opposed to effort, it's opposed to what you claim 
           Am          G   C               G              C G Am 
You're not working for His favour, you are working in His name  

Em F C G Am G C 



[Ponte]
 
       F                    C 
When I thought that God was ruthless 
              G        Am 
Sin came easy cold and free 
      F                C 
But I saw his heart of kindness 
       F                   G 
And it broke the chains in me 
      F             C 
Now I labor now I'm striving 
       G                   Am 
Not to earn what's already mine 
        F                  C 
But his power works within me 

Turning dust to something divine 


[Refrão]

               Em 
This is not an audition 
            F             C 
You've been welcomed, you belong 
        Am                 C 
So with reverence and with passion 
                          G 
Run the race, be firm, be strong 
         C              Em 
Grace is not opposed to effort 
     F                   C 
It's opposed to prideful claim 
           Am          G   C 
You're not working for His favour 
        G                   C 
You are working through His flame 
 

Outro 
Em      Am               Em 
No more burdens hard and heavy 
        F                   C 
No more lies that leave you still 
G        Am      G      C 
Just the freedom of the children 
             Fmaj7 F G           C Am 
Learning how to bend their will 

F G C