LET IT BEGIN WITH ME

I Miss Us Jesus   @1/20/2023  John Bennett  written For NCS Song Challenge
  
Filling up my day    gotta deadline to meet
Traffic running late,  gotta pick up my feet
seconds tic away  when your    in the fast lane
There’s no time to stop  chasin dreams everyday
sometimes I wonder if I took away the Clutter  
turn off these devices   then I might discover
there’s a better way to live if I give more time to you
CH
I Miss Us Jesus  I miss my time with you 
How we used to talk everyday 
But I was too busy to pray
You said where my heart lives
That’s where my treasure is
I Miss Us Jesus  help me to stay
V2  
Gotta start the day out right And give you more time
But the world drags me away distractions filling my day
I’m facing more battles than I thought I could handle
now all alone and I find myself saddled 
But if only I could see It’s your truth that sets me free  
Get my priorities straight and I stay on my knees
If it’s not too late to listen to your heart
And get back to where we used to be
CH
I Miss Us Jesus  I miss my time with you 
How we used to talk everyday 
But I was too busy to pray
You said where my heart lives
That’s where my treasure is
I Miss Us Jesus  help me to stay
BR       
The first thing in the morning      And last thing at night
I want to be with you Jesus I want you back in my life

I Miss Us Jesus by John Bennett

Too Far Gone			©1/2023 John Bennett

I wonder how you're doing     these days
We can't return 
All the bridges are  burned                 too many
I know it’s  too late   to say that 
Some of those days   were great
And it hurts
PRE
To know that your gone
To think about     times   gone   by
that was the   first  time      I ever loved 
CH
Too far     my love    
Too far     gone

You turned around   and walked away
would’ve gave   anything 
If you had stayed                     
We had our good and bad days baby
all the nights  I wouldn’t           
have traded away
PRE
we ran out of time 
watched it    all fall   behind     
Now we’re  just a        memory gone bad

CH    INSTR

I only think of    good times baby
like fleeting moments
passing  through   my mind 

Once upon a time    I held you 
in my arms 
There's not a   moment    I regret     

How could I forget   you
I opened my hands up
And  watched you  fly  away 
Into the distance                               CH  2X

Too Far Gone

God Must Be A Songwriter

SONG FOR 2024 OLYPICS © by John Bennett, Trudy Rider, Roger Bates

CoLLABORATION

Go For The Gold

This is the Baby           (John 1:1)

C				             F	
This is the baby who was there in the beginning 
	   C				         F
In the beginning who was the Word 
C				        F	
There in the manger the Word was made flesh
	            C			                F
Hearts are stirred by all who have heard
 
CHORUS
              F		        C
For the Word was with God 
	       Am	       G
And the Word was God 
                 F			           C
Through Him   all things were made, 
	      Am			     G——
Without Him   nothing was made 

C				        F	
This is the baby  whose Light shines  in the darkness
With the life that is light of all men
In whom the darkness can never overcome it
Eternal life for all those who seek him

C				                F	
Here in the manger lays the hope of the world
In Him life that takes away  all sin
How simple to open the door of your heart 
Let him in and be born again

©2023 by John Bennett

This Is The Baby

CHANGED

When I think back  to   what I once was  uhuh. 
all of my time  wishin’   I was was Someone else, 
I wasn’t ever good enough, 
but ever since I gave my heart to the Lord of my life.
I became, a brand new creature   from the inside.

	And I’ve been, changed (changed) oooh, restored to what I, was meant to be.
             And  I’ll never be the same (same). Mmmm  Christ is living inside of me.
	Yes I’ve been changed, changed, changed.
	Yes I’ve been changed, changed, yes I’ve been changed.

Now that I’m reborn   I see everything differently  
and all of my friends see    the difference in me, 
and if you want to turn over a brand new leaf. 
Just open up your heart   and he’ll plant a seed.

	And you’ll be changed changed (changed) oooh
	Restored to what, you we’re meant to be.  Oooh mmm 
	Yes, you’ll be changed (changed). Oooh mmm 
	Into who God intended originally
	And you’ll be changed, (changed) changed   changed  2X

Yes He changed me  (I’ll never be the same)  He changed me  (My old self fell away)
Yes God changed me (You can’t take that away )  Oh Oh He changed me
Yes He’ll change you  (no no)  He’ll change you  (right before my eyes) 
Oh He’ll change you  (into something beautiful) 
Oh He’ll change you (in the twinkle of an eye)  He’ll change you
He’ll change you   change He’ll change you you  changed
©2023 John Bennett

LAID BARE

CHANGED

GOLGATHA                                               ©2024 by John Bennett
Stumbling towards  Golgatha  Jesus looked around   at the crowd 
up a winding stoney path as they spit and jeered out loud      
His body stripped and weak he slumped  once more to the ground 
The soldiers grabbed Simon and said   it’s your turn to carry now  

Jesus thought back to the Garden last night when he sweated blood 
He asked Father if there any other way please remove this dreadful cup 
But your will not mine   as He reached the top of the skull 
He foresaw what was coming  and the worst was yet to come      

Through swollen eyes Jesuslooked around blood dripped from His crown
He cried for Jerusalem when he saw what was coming down
Again He slumped to the ground  as the whip came back down
His flesh cried out once more lashes made a dreadful sound

Reaching Golgatha they stretched him out on a piece of wood  
The first nail tore through his flesh and This one’s for your  sins he took
Here’ another for your salvation  as it drove through each foot
The Father watched his Son die on Golgatha then they laid him in the tomb

Jesus came in the Flesh,  Walked among you in the Flesh, 
Suffered and died in Flesh, He rose again IN THE FLESH!
Thomas said    I won’t believe  until I put my finger in His flesh
The Jesus said right here Thomas

After that Jesus said…….“I’m not  DEAD I’m not  DEAD  No not DEAD”
My Jesus! My Jesus!  "My Lord and my God!”  Cried Thomas   My Jesus!  My Jesus!

Then Jesus replied   you believe  because me you’ve just seen   
But Blessed are those   who haven’t seen    yet they still believe
One day I’ll return   in the flesh to take them   home   to be with me
In my kingdom seated on my throne they’ll confess on bended knee

My Jesus! My Jesus!  "My Lord and my God!”   2X     My Jesus!

Golgatha

ENTER IN          
The  temple of Israel was forbidden,
To all except ,  the high priest.          
On the alter,  the sacrifices, never ended,
and the blood,  from the  lambs,  never ceased.
	But  Jesus,  put an end to it,  once and for all,
	When  He became our High Priest,
	and we became,  the temple of God.  			

Ch 1.	Enter in,  the sanctuary,  of the Lord.
	Go  Boldly in,  the vail has been torn.
	Now, we can stand before the throne,
 	and our  sins,  have been,  atoned.
	Thanks to Jesus, now we,  can enter in.

Ch 2.	Enter into,  the presence of the Lord. 
	Enter in,  the Holy of Holies.
	He dwells within us,  and we abide in Him,
	Draw near to us now,  and enter in.

Refr:	Enter  In,
	Enter in,  the presence of  the Lord.
	We enter In.     (repeat   Ch 2. &  Ch 1.  then Refr.  3X)

         Words  and   Music ,  Copyright  1994   by  John  Bennett.

Hear more of the ENTER IN album: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7hBh48XJVjvnUbBNNahrBj?si=r-oAF6Q8RDCAWes5GL1CYQ

ENTER IN

Enter In

This is the first song on my new 16 song LAID BARE release out soon.  This album will only be available on Cds for $15 to a very few friends.  Songs about addiction and recovery.  I'll leave it online for a short while.

JohnE Bennett

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