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About Numbered Notation

Numbered Notation (also called Jianpu, 简谱) writes each melody note as a number from 1 to 7 instead of a note on a staff. The number shows the note's position in the song's scale -- not its exact pitch -- so the same tune looks identical no matter what key it's sung in.

Within one octave, the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 correspond to the familiar do re mi fa sol la ti. A dot above a number raises it an octave higher; a dot below lowers it an octave lower -- no dot means the middle, as-written octave.

A plain number lasts one beat. A dash (-) right after a number holds that same note for one more beat. A line underneath a number shortens it instead -- one line is half a beat, two lines a quarter of a beat. A 0 is a rest: silence for one beat.

The label at the top of the sheet, like "1=C" or "1=Ab", shows which pitch scale degree 1 ("do") is tuned to. A song in a minor key is labeled "6=X" instead -- scale degree 6 ("la") is the true tonic. Chord names printed above the notes (like "C" or "G7") always use their familiar letter names, never numbers.

For example, under a "1=C" heading, the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 sound as C D E F G A B. Under a "1=G" heading, those very same numbers sound as G A B C D E F# instead -- same shape, different key.

God Needs the Overcomers

Spiritual Warfare The Overcomer

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God used John, the Baptist,
Who left his home and good past;
Left the religion of his age.
He turned from the oldness,
And spoke the Word with boldness,
“Repent and leave this crooked age.”
 
God needs the overcomers,
’Our dear Lord Jesus’ lovers!
Make us those who live to turn the age!
God needs the overcomers,
’Our dear Lord Jesus’ lovers!
Make us those who consummate the age!
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God called Saul of Tarsus,
For His own plan and purpose,
Who became Paul, the apostle;
He saw a heav’nly vision,
Where there is no division,
In the one Body of the Lord.
3
God called Timothy, now,
Like-souled with Paul, who knew how
To pray and be soaked in the Word;
His spirit fanned into flame,
Lord, make my spirit the same,
An overcoming man of God!
 
Make us the overcomers,
Christ’s Bride, and God’s age-turners.
Make us those who consummate the age!

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Edgar

Sunnyvale, CA, United States

Aug 28, 2026

God needs the Overcomers and the older brothers 🙌

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William Franz

Bad Wildungen, Hessen, Germany

May 8, 2026

Make us the overcomers,
Christ’s Bride, and God’s age-turners.
Make us those who consummate the age! AMEN!

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Nicole Ho

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Feb 27, 2025

Amen! This is one of my favorite songs.

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RS

WA, United States

Dec 21, 2022

God needs the overcomers! He must have them to consummate this age, to build the Body, that the Bride could make herself ready (Rev. 19:7), that He could return! That's why He made a call to the overcomers, " to him who overcomes", 7 times in Revelation 2-3. It's not a matter of whether I want to be an overcomer or not. It's a matter that God needs the overcomers so He can return. Lord, I give myself to you that, by Your 7-fold intensified Spirit, you could make me and many others into overcomers to meet Your need!

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Frasina

Kupang, Indonesia

Apr 16, 2022

Make me the overcomers

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Rocío Saucedo Madera

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Nov 5, 2021

Lord Jesus overcome in us! We want to be those who bring you back. We want to be living overcomers!

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Taylor C.

Forth Worth, Texas, United States

Aug 10, 2020

Oh Lord! Wake us up from this stupefied age! Make us the overcomers! Christ's Bride, and God's age Turner's! Make us those who consummate the age!

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Okuneye Olufemi

Lagos, Southern-Western, Nigeria

May 30, 2020

Paul the apostle:

He saw a heav’nly vision, (Act:26:19)
Where there is no division.
May we see vision where there is no division.

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Stephen Bellingham

Irvine, CA, United States

Feb 22, 2020

Simple. Yet profound.

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Brandon Leeray Guzman

Austin, Texas, United States

Feb 6, 2020

Lord help us turn from the oldness so we can speak your word with boldness

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