The Porter's Gate Worship Project - Your Labor Is Not In Vain

      YOUR LABOR IS NOT IN VAIN
from Work Songs, released October 6, 2017
By Wendell Kimbrough, Paul Zach, and Isaac Wardell



[Verse 1]
     D        A/C#     D
Your labor is not in vain
           G            D            Bm         A
though the ground underneath you is cursed and stained
     D             Em         D/F#      G
Your planting and reaping are never the same
         G        A       D
But your labor is not in vain.


[Chorus]
   Bm A  G    D         A    Bm
For I am with you, I am with you.
     G    D         A    Bm
I am with you, I am with you
           G
For I have called you,
G             A
called you by name
     G        A      D
Your labor is not in vain.


[Verse 2]
     D       A/C#  D
Your labor is not unknown
           G              D           Bm         A
though the rocks they cry out and the sea it may groan.
     D            Em          D/F#         G
The place of your toil may not seem like a home
         G        A     D
but your labor is not unknown.


[Chorus]
   Bm A  G    D         A    Bm
For I am with you, I am with you.
     G    D         A    Bm
I am with you, I am with you
           G
For I have called you,
G             A
called you by name
     G        A      D
Your labor is not in vain.


[Verse 3]
    D            A/C#             D
The vineyards you plant will bear fruit
           G         D              Bm        A
the fields will sing out and rejoice with the truth,
    D           Em         D/F#          G
for all that is old will at last be made new:
    G             A              D
the vineyards you plant will bear fruit.


[Chorus]
   Bm A  G    D         A    Bm
For I am with you, I am with you.
     G    D         A    Bm
I am with you, I am with you
           G
For I have called you,
G             A
called you by name
     G        A      D
Your labor is not in vain.


[Verse 4]
    D         A/C#        D
The houses you labored to build
     G             D           Bm     A
will finally with laughter and joy be filled.
    D            Em         D/F#             G
The serpent that hurts and destroys shall be killed
    G           A         D
and all that is broken be healed.


[Chorus]
   Bm A  G    D         A    Bm
For I am with you, I am with you.
     G    D         A    Bm
I am with you, I am with you
           G
For I have called you,
G             A
called you by name
     G        A      D
Your labor is not in vain.