I wrote this with the vivid word pictures of the Old Testament prophets in mind. Like when Micah described God's coming to earth to finally destroy evil, he compared the mountains to melting wax in His presence. The best thing to do with metaphors as these is to stop and meditate on them, not quickly read past them. In a similar way I wanted to paint a picture that was not only true of Him, but provoked the imagination to think of Him in a grander light. Enjoy!


You O Lord abide forever (Ps 102:12)
Vast beyond time, You're further still
No hiding place is lost in Your sight
You were known by name ere this world was formed
Unsearchable, the depths of Your thoughts (1 Cor 2:12)
Sovereign King of all

Let Your glory rise like thunder
And Your grace deluge our souls
Let us be like jars of clay (2 Cor 4:7)
Not broken cisterns (Jer 2:13)
Let Your living water flow (John 7:38, Jer 2:13)

Let Your Word be life eternal (John 5:39-40)
And Your name be ever on our lips
Let a people yet created
Sing all Your praises for generations (Ps 102:18)

Faithful God to all Your people 
Mercy flows like rivers
From Your heart
This mystery, confounding the wise (1 Cor 1:21)
You've now revealed in Christ (Eph 3:4-5, Col 1:26-27)

We cry out, We lift our hands higher
You are holy
We trust and surrender
Your ways are so much better

All Your Praises (For Generations)

(Grounded in the Servant Songs of Jesus in the book of Isaiah)

Your back for ours (Is 50:6)
You stood between
Your blood for ours
Paid for many (Is 53:12)

Your grief for ours (Is 53:4)
Our sorrow borne
How could it be, the Savior of the world was torn

Behold the Lion, fearless and strong
Behold the Lamb, in silence endured the shame (Is 53:7)
Behold the Servant, emptied for us (Phil 2:7)
Behold the King, whose reign knows no end (Is 9:7)

Your face was set
Upon the cross (Is 50:7)
Our eyes are fixed
Upon You Jesus (Heb 12:2)

Unworthy we fall to our knees
In awe that You call broken sinners, sons and daughters

Who rules in righteousness (Is 9:7)
Who shoulders governments (Is 9:6)
Whose joy made full in us (John 15:11)
Jesus 

Who loves the least of these (Matt 25:45)
Whose word sustains the weak (Is 50:4)
Who sets the captives free (Is 60:1)
Jesus

Who is the nation's light (Is 46:9)
Who is eternal life (John 17:3)
Who is the hope of mine
Jesus

Lord Jesus
Lord Jesus

*This song was written for the Cru conference, Radiate 2013 In Awe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8gvOqgFGvw)

Servant Song

Led worship with the Servant Song at Cru's Regional Staff Conference before Thanksgiving. The recording's a little muddy, but the passion is there! 200+ in the crowd! (muchas gracias to Randy, Haley, Michael and Jeff)

(Grounded in the Servant Songs of Jesus in the book of Isaiah)

Your back for ours (Is 50:6)
You stood between
Your blood for ours
Paid for many (Is 53:12)

Your grief for ours (Is 53:4)
Our sorrow borne
How could it be, the Savior of the world was torn

Behold the Lion, fearless and strong
Behold the Lamb, in silence endured the shame (Is 53:7)
Behold the Servant, emptied for us (Phil 2:7)
Behold the King, whose reign knows no end (Is 9:7)

Your face was set
Upon the cross (Is 50:7)
Our eyes are fixed
Upon You Jesus (Heb 12:2)

Unworthy we fall to our knees
In awe that You call broken sinners, sons and daughters

Who rules in righteousness (Is 9:7)
Who shoulders governments (Is 9:6)
Whose joy made full in us (John 15:11)
Jesus

Who loves the least of these (Matt 25:45)
Whose word sustains the weak (Is 50:4)
Who sets the captives free (Is 60:1)
Jesus

Who is the nation's light (Is 46:9)
Who is eternal life (John 17:3)
Who is the hope of mine
Jesus

Lord Jesus
Lord Jesus

*This song was written for the Cru conference, Radiate 2013 In Awe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8gvOqgFGvw)

Servant Song Live at Cru's Regional Staff Conference

Anchor For My Soul

Great
Is Your name
In anxious waters (Ps 94:19)
And tempest rain

Sure
Is Your Word
My soul is yearning
To hear You, Lord

You whisper through the wind
Your Word shouts through the rain (James 1:2-4)
Always Your voice remains (John 10:27-28)
An anchor for my soul (Heb 6:19)

Though stormy torrents rage
Louder than hurricanes (Ps 93:3-4)
In Christ my hope is laid (1 Peter 1:13)
And anchor for my soul

Days
Restless nights (Ps 42:3)
I long for rainbows (Gen 9:15-16)
Far out of sight

So I am well content with weakness
with hardship and pain (2 Cor 12:10)
So these afflictions that I walk through
Would teach me Your name (Ps 119:71)

My Savior and my God (Is 45:21-22)
Holder of every flood (Ps 33:7)
Your grace it is enough (2 Cor 12:9)
An anchor for my soul

You heard my cry within (Ps 130:2)
In full You paid my sin (1 John 2:2)
Deep runs Your compassion (Ps 86:13)
An anchor for my soul

Lifting my eyes to see (Ps 121:1)
Jesus my victory (John 3:14, Rev 19:11)
No higher can I sing
An anchor for my soul
An anchor for my soul
You anchor all my soul

*Picture from Radiate 2014, a Cru conference
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4bvIIBYqjM)

Anchor For My Soul

Maker
Of more than I know
The stars shine by the words that You spoke (Gen 1:14)
My heart cries glory to my glorious
Maker

Worthy (Rev 4:11)
Shepherd and King (Ps 23:1)
You are perfect, delivering me
Like You, Jesus, my soul longs to be
Worthy (Phil 1:27)

Oh what power in Your grace
Your mercy takes my stains (Ps 32:1)
Your blood runs through my veins (Gal 2:20)
I love to sing Your praise

I worship You with love (Mark 12:30)
Your blood has fully covered me 
Now You have, all of my heart
I worship You in truth (John 4:23)
Your light has broken through (Col 1:12-13)
My God I trust You with all of my heart
All of my heart (Ps 86:12)

You see all things
The great and the small
From my wandering heart to my worshiping soul
In Your mercy, You rescue me from
All things

Holy
There's no one like You (Ps 86:8)
I am filthy, but You wash me like snow (Is 1:18)
Lord, You died for me, and by Your wounds made me (Is 53:5)
Holy

To watch the video on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXjke_ORaIM

Picture used by permission from: 
http://www.studiojru.com/
(a great place for unique and beautiful Christian art!)

All Of My Heart (trio)

Rendered from lifeless earth
Your breath brought life and love and birth (Gen 2:7)
Fashioned for You, Lord we turned (Ps 139:13-14)
We brought upon ourselves a curse (Gal 3:10)

Infected by vain, boastful pride (1 John 2:16)
We felt the truth but fought for lies
Embittered, hostile and depraved (Col 1:21, Eph 2:3)
Incurring what we could not pay

But Your love through Christ remade us
Nothing can separate us (Rom 8:38-39)
We believe the cross where Jesus died
Made sinners reconciled (2 Cor 5:18)

This memory is fading fast
This world that promised happiness (1 John 2:17)
Forsaking all for righteousness (Rom 6:18)
We fix our gaze on You, Jesus (1 Peter 1:13)

You hold salvation in Your hands alone
So we lay down our lives (Rom 12:1)
We're bought by sacrifice

We long to be with You, to be with You 
You'll awaken the dawn (Luke 1:78-79, Rom 13:12)
And bring us face to face

We long and hope for Your glory in Heaven (1 Peter 1:3-4)
Jesus we run to You
You'll take us home

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