O Immanuel!

^{by Martha Kilpatrick}

God's Desire

The place and the people of this earth
belong to Him and no matter the cost
to Him, He will come down and be with us.

God Rejoicing

So God made a way to come down
and make His own place in the midst of us, He came down . . . as one of us.

God Indwelling

And God comes down to be with us,
not as a companion, not even as a partner. God in the Spirit comes to live with us, as within us.

Immanuel

^{song by Michael Card}

Immanuel
Our God is with us
And if God is with us
Who could stand against us
Our God is with us
Immanuel

Temple verses Tower

^{by John Enslow}

I can express my desires for closeness and communion, but He is still God, One who must come near. My brick for stone and tar for mortar will not build me a stairway to Heaven.