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Only Love

So unlike us 
More like the sun
burning presence
Holy One
Prize of heaven
on golden throne
Just a glimpse and
all must fall
face to the floor

both Spirit and the Bride say come
the Lamb was slain the war is done
and all are blessed who harken to the call
take part in the banquet 

Revelation Chap20-22

Face To The Floor

To walk before and pave a way
Steady with my arms your waist
Halt your headlong fall from grace
I am here tonight
To draw out pain you’ve buried deep
Coax those bleary eyes to sleep
Score your ground with harrow’s teeth 
I am here tonight
You won’t bring Me, my love
Anything I won’t restore

Weld your roving heart to Me
Be done with ordinary things
I want you to know Me

Once superior now disgraced 
Once a bulwark now a fake
You’ve gone to far - You’ve gone to waste
I am who I am
Drained your last resort for help  
It’s said the odds are stacked against ya
Hand over your wars
I am who I am

I let the byway bruise your feet
Dried up ordinary springs
I want you to know Me

Psalm 95:8-11

I Wnt You To Knw

... Let me always be somewhere in Your shadow.  I'm not asking for a mansion, Lord. Just a doorman's post where I can hear You whisper - maybe catch the thoughts that matter most.  You will always have my heart. You will always be the One that I adore. I'll trust You more with every year. A labrador, my home is here with You. Let me always be somewhere in Your shadow.  I'm not asking for a crown of gold. Just a watchman's post where I can see You moving - imitate the way You live and love.  You will always have my heart. You will always be the One that I adore. I'll love You more with every tear. A labrador, my home is here with You. 


Labrador

Breathe a new life in me
Lest by the race my soul is overrun 
Reveal Your thoughts toward me
I implore You, God

Life is at core of who You are
I open wide my doors - Just to know
Father there’s a hole - Burning in my soul
Yearning so much Lord - Just to know You

Breathe a new life in me
Lest by routine my soul is overwhelmed
Reveal Your heart to me
I am pleading God

Maker of the boundless heavens
I’m naught/not without You
Bearer of my daily burdens
I’m naught/not without You

Breathe

Behold a child is come to us
His name almighty saving love
He sits upon a royal throne 
 And reigns o'er sky and earth below

I know you'll come and not deceive
With steady heart I'll patient be
Be mindful of the misery
Turn Your loving eyes to me

As it was before the world was formed, is now and shall be evermore
Eternal God encased by light
To all revealed in Jesus Christ
Come, Desire of every human heart
Grant us peace, Lord
Still the violent waters near and far
Grant us peace, Lord

Grant Us Peace

I will never walk alone
I don't have to beat the same worn path I came here on
We're bound together by disease
Helpless lepers on the side of the hill
Where we were told hope would be

We're all broken-hearted people
Led here by the kindness of our God
I'll never walk alone
You're with me
And I'm home

I pull the dress off of my pride
I confess all I've been guarding inside
And ready my heart for love

We're all broken-hearted people
Led here by the kindness of our God
I'll never walk alone
You're with me
And I'm home

As the lonely feet of Jesus
Marked His way with lonely blood
All the lonely and defeated
Found a place to call their own
I'm home

I'll never walk alone
You're with me
And I'm home

Never Walk Alone

Do you know what it means to expire?
Not from wound or disease - from desire.
For a word, for a touch, for a smile.
For a value above mere survival.
For your love.

Much too hard to receive, so I fight it.
Still don't know how it feels, so I deny it.
I suppose it might seem I'm not trying.
But inside, underneath, I am dying,
For your love.

Oh don't stop your assault on my chamber.
Infiltrate it with your love.

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Oh the mercy of God
No aversion no disgust no disregard
Though You see every flaw
You embrace the very ones who do you wrong

Why crave other waters
Desire any other but You

After all the life I’ve tasted, I
I found a love that will never run dry in You
After all the time I’ve wasted, I
I found a love that will never run dry
And You are that love
Jesus, You are that love
Jesus, You are, You are that love

Go and sin no more
Go and gather up the place I called my home
Run to the river shore
Send me under seven times come up restored

Never Run Dry (ft. Devon Smith)

Try, try my best to be
Try my best for everything you’d ever need
Guilt, guilt the same as pride, pride the same as everything wrapped around me

In the beginning of the end
I turned my eyes to me again
Then I just let it fall apart

If my love was the answer
Then where are we tonight?
When your heart is broken open and my prayers have turned to ice
Thought I believed in us as much as anyone
But not enough to see it to the end
No I’m not numb, just too damn arrogant

Cry, cry yourself to sleep
Cry as you remember the oaths I couldn’t keep
I, I’ll be out of reach
Working to rebuild my impression of me

Fall Apart

What fortune we’ve received
affection heaven could not contain
You, high and holy God
have treated us this way

You set our feet to moving
and our hearts to bursting
with the force of love
here You are
now our days worth living
and the pain enduring
with the force of love
here You are

What caused these tongues to sing
to carry on in shouting out praise
 You, raw and fiery God
have swept our fear away

Here You are
life in the wave of Your hand
grace built more rugged than sin
here You are 
Your favor like dew on the land
healing when no one else can
here You are

Here You Are

Dark could not hold you
It trembles at the weight of Your words
At the sound of Your name

Hell could not begin to
Stand against the spread of Your rule
The expanse of Your reign

I fall and join with all the rulers of the earth 
I know Your heart is for the ones in the dirt

Then from my lowly place I feel You watching over me
Watching over me to the end
Then in my humble place I whisper ‘God You are supreme’
Watching over me to the end
King above it all

Out from the heavens
Yahweh shows a smile like a star to the daughter who trusts, the son who finds pow’r in the promises that flow from Your heart, in the songs of Your love

I know my ever present help is You Lord
I fall and join with all the rulers of the earth

Supreme

pierce through my heart of stone 
let me know you 

how could i forget the things you've done 
how could i unsee the ways you've moved
how could i forget the words you've spoke 
how could i deny your love is true 

deny the way you changed me on the inside
pierced through my heart of stone
that i might know you on the inside
my jesus i remember

of all the wonders you have done 
from brilliant earth to blazing sun 
the greatest is your cross of love 
to pierce through my heart of stone

Stone (I Remember)ft. Skip Downey

Zipper Heart (HDITH)

Wall

INeedJesus ftNichole Gorham

Strong Enough (w Jahaziel Ramos & Devon Smith)

Psalm 91 
'If you’ll hold on to me for dear life,' says God, 'I’ll get you out of any trouble. I’ll give you the best of care if you’ll only get to know and trust me. Call me and I’ll answer, be at your side in bad times; I’ll rescue you, then throw you a party. I’ll give you a long life, give you a long drink of salvation!'

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