In the Gospel of Mark, a voice fills the wilderness.

Prepare the way the mightier one is near.

Jesus rises from Jordan, heaven opens above him.

Then the spirit drives him where the wild beasts appear.

Levi walks out from the table of custom A withered hand

opens, hold on command The house is so crowded, his friends

come to seize him While seed grows unseen toward the sickle

at hand The storm floods the boat and the frightened men

wake him one word Lays the wind and the waves at

his feet Jesus the servant king Authority clothed in mercy He

came not to be served But gave his life a ransom

for many Through every road and every storm The kingdom moves

where he leads Jesus the servant king The son of God

revealed Among broken tombs, legion bows before

him The swine rush downward, the captive sits free A suffering

woman reaches through the crowd And Jairus sees life where death

used to be The twelve go out two by two through

the villages While Herod's old silences John in the night Five

loaves and two fishes are broken for thousands Then Jesus walks

over the sea to their side. A mother from Tyre will

not leave without mercy. Ephrath opens both hearing and speech at

Beth's sight. A vision comes slowly in stages for shadows like

trees. Then every face clear.

Peter names Jesus the Christ, then resist him.

Because glory and suffering seem too far apart. On the mountain,

white garments blazed before three men With Moses, Elijah, and fear

in their hearts A father cries, help thou mine unbelief And

the fallen sun rises when Jesus takes hold Another man works

in the name of the master And those who would stop

him are told to let go Bartimaeus cast off his garment

and rises following Jesus on the road to the city.

Jesus, the servant king, authority clothed in mercy. He came not

to be served, but gave his life for ransom for many.

Through every road and every storm, the kingdom moves where he

leads. Jesus, the servant king The Son of God revealed

One cult carries him into Jerusalem Garments

and branches are spread in the road Tables turn over inside

the temple And coins strike the stones in the house of

the Lord A widow gives two mites all of her living

While richer hands keep what they cannot release For disciples hear

of the trials that are coming Watch and pray, do not

sleep in false peace At Bethany, alabaster breaks above him Bread

in the cup, mark the covenant meal In Gethsemane, sorrow falls

down to the ground While Peter, James, and John sleep through

his grief Judas comes near with the sign of a friendship

The armed crowd takes him, the followers run A young man

slips free from the linen around him And night closes over,

what fear has begun?

False witnesses rise before the high priest While Peter denies him

beside the fire Pilate frees Barabbas and hands Jesus over And

three crosses wait on the hill called Golgotha The crosses are

raised beneath mocking and darkness The final cry falls in the

centurion knows Truly this man was the son of God The

earth stays silent but heaven has spoken Pilate confirms that Jesus

has died Joseph receives him and carries him down Linen surrounds

him, stone closes the doorway The Sabbath holds the unanswered ground

At sunrise, three women arrive with their spices

The stone has already been rolled from the way A young

man in white sits at the right side He is risen,

he is not here

The risen Lord stands before the eleven, sending the gospel to

every creature. Then he has received into heaven above them. The

word goes outward with signs following.

Jesus, the servant king, rejected, crucified, risen. He came not to

be served, but gave his life a ransom for many. From

wilderness road to the open grave The kingdom moves where he

leads Jesus, the servant king The son of God revealed

The tomb is empty

The message is given The servants go forward The living king

reigns