Here are two of the verses.

Verse 1
In Him I have believed, on this my hope now rests,
That Jesus Christ is risen from the dead!
The all-surpassing joy of knowing Christ my Lord,
The former things, I count them all as loss.
Called out of darkness into Your goodness,
We are Your children, chosen in Christ.
Now in Your family, heirs of the promise,
To Your purpose on the earth I give my life.

Verse 3
Whatever trials may come, in faith, Lord, help us stand
For righteousness and justice in our land.
What fear can hold us now? We run toward the prize,
Our lives already crucified with Christ.
Through every nation Your kingdom advances;
Who can extinguish this spreading flame?
Through tribulations we’ll stand on Your promise:
‘I will build My church and hell will not prevail!’

Verse 2 talks about our unity as the church in Jesus Christ and our call to serve the lost, and verse 4 is a celebration of the final day and the hope of heaven.

You can get all the text here and audio here.

The song is very long, and may take some time to get used to. The first time I listened to it, I thought it was a verse and chorus structure, but the chorus keeps changing – so it actually is just one long verse each time. In teaching it, though it’s usually good anyway to sing a couple verses before asking people to join in, it may be particularly helpful here so that people understand it’s actually a verse.

Verse 1
I am not a stranger to mercy, for you found me
Wrapped your truth around me
I am not a stranger to grace
I have seen it in your face
I am not a stranger to kindness
We’re the broken with your life inside us
You have brought your gospel to me
And I breathe it every day
How did I become your miracle?
Now to take your truth and tell the world

Chorus
I’m going to take it to the streets
I’m going to sing it ’til we meet
Heaven is open
Come on all the earth rejoice
I’m going to take it to the streets
Wake up the dead heart from its sleep
Heaven is open
Now the time to raise our voice

Loud and energetic, the song wouldn’t fit every context, but the song could serve well especially with younger groups or if your church is used to a loud style.

The line from the chorus, “wake up the dead heart from its sleep” is unclear and perhaps unhelpful. We are called to go into the world, proclaiming the good news, and doing works in the power of the spirit, but the power to wake dead hearts is God’s. It might be worth an explanation if you use it.

One could wonder why Redman didn’t put “We’re going to take it to the streets,” emphasizing the work of the church together in this task, but there is a necessary recognition of our individual responsibility to proclaim the gospel, which this song emphasizes.

“Beautiful News” is another way of describing the gospel. Though we hear bad and ugly messages daily from the world and our own hearts, God’s beautiful news breaks in. The song a call to share the good news with the whole world:

Verse 1
Joy is the theme of my song
And the beat of my heart
And the joy that is found in you
For you showed the power of your cross
And your great saving love
And my soul woke up to you
I heard your beautiful news
Grace so amazing, so true

Chorus
Shout it out, let the people sing
Something so powerful should shake the whole wide world
Make it loud, make it louder still
Savior we’re singing now
To celebrate your beautiful news

The song emphasizes the necessity of our celebration of and telling the good news around the world. It could be good within a meeting to pair it with a song which would also emphasize the fact that God is the one who is ultimately responsible for accomplishing this mission – he’s a lot more powerful than we are!