Wow! Cant wait to use this in prayer, love this so much Erin🥺❤️

Sooo beautiful 😭🤍 thank you for this!

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Based on the prayer in Jonah 2, with my lovely sister :)
Original Arabic words by Fr. Makary Younan
*Related saying by St. Macarius the Egyptian below lyrics!

(Chorus)
Hear my cry Lord, I pray to Thee, 
And to my voice incline Your ear, 
(Hold me and have mercy on me,) x2
(For You O Lord I am in great need.) x2

(Verse 1)
My soul is troubled in the deep, 
And my eyes are full of tears, 
(Now I remembered You indeed,) x2
(For Your salvation is so near.) x2

(Verse 2)
All of the waves came upon me, 
And I was drowned in the deep sea, 
(I asked for help, where could it be) x2 
(But in the hands of my Lord dear.) x2

(Chorus)
So hear my cry Lord, I pray to Thee, 
And to my voice incline Your ear, 
(Hold me and have mercy on me,) x2 
(For You O Lord I am in great need.) x2

(Verse 3)
My heart is trembling in great fear,
And my head is wrapped in weeds, 
(Out of the depths I cried to Thee,) x2
(Save my soul and set me free.) x2

(Verse 4)
God ordered the whale in the sea, 
To safely drop Jonah down in peace, 
(In the whale's belly Jonah kneeled,) x2
(And thanked the Lord for His great deed.) x2

* "Suppose a man were in the middle of a river in full flood, and overwhelmed by the water lay lifeless, drowned, with dreadful monsters all round him. If another man, who is not used to swimming, should wish to save the one who fell in, he too is lost, and is drowned with him. Clearly there is need of a skilled swimmer, an expert, to go out into the depth of the water of the gulf, and dive, and bring up the drowned man there among the monsters...The soul, in the same way, has been plunged and drowned in the abyss of darkness and the deep of death, and is dead and parted from God among dreadful monsters; and who is able to go down into those secret chambers and the depths of hell and death, except that expert Workman who fashioned the body? In His own person He enters into two quarters, into the depth of hell, and into the deep gulf of the heart, where the soul with its thoughts is held fast by death, and brings up out of the darksome hole the Adam that lay dead." + Fifty Spiritual Homilies of St. Macarius the Egyptian (Homily 11.12)

Jonah's Prayer/Hear my Cry (اسمع صراخي يا سيدي) - with Carol Eskandar on Violin

Cha kutumaini sina
Ila damu yake bwana
Si - na wema wakutosha
Dhambi zangu kuziosha

Chorus: 
Kwa-ke Yesu nasimama,
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.

On Christ the Solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
Other ground is sinking sand.
Other ground is sinking sand.

Verse 2:
Nja yangu iwe ndefu
Yeye hunipa wokovu
Mawimbi yakinipiga
Nguvu zake ndizo nanga

When darkness veils His loving face,
I rest on His unchanging grace.
In every high and stormy gale,
my anchor holds within the vale.

Chorus: 
Kwa-ke Yesu nasimama,
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.

On Christ the Solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
Other ground is sinking sand.
Other ground is sinking sand.

Verse 3:
Damu yake na sadaka 
natagemea daima
Yote chini yakiisha
mwokozi atanitosha.

His oath, His covenant, His blood,
support me in the ‘whelming flood.
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay.

Chorus: 
Kwa-ke Yesu nasimama,
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.

On Christ the Solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
Other ground is sinking sand.
Other ground is sinking sand.

Verse 4:
Nikitwa hukumuni
rohoni nina amani
Nikivikwa haki yake
sina hofu mbele zake.

When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh, may I then in Him be found,
dressed-in His righteousness alone,
faultless to stand before the throne.

Chorus: 
Kwa-ke Yesu nasimama,
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.

On Christ the Solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
Other ground is sinking sand.
Other ground is sinking sand.

Chorus:
Kwa-ke Yesu nasimama,
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.

Kwa-ke Yesu nasimama,
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.
Ndi-ye mwamba ni salama.

On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand (Kwake Yesu Nasimama)

Artwork by: George Makary - Coptic Icons

Lyrics:

Lord Make me present like You
How often I underestimate that virtue
How often am I distracted, constantly rushing 
through the little you entrusted me to
This day you gave me as new; You wanted me to rejoice in it with You
Instead, I anxiously run from service, from prayer, and further away from You


O Lord, Im often deceived, why so I think the whole world depends on me?
 “If I don’t give it my best, If I’m not there on time, it will be a catastrophe”, 
Lord show me my littleness, before You, Omnipotent One who upholds all life,
Oh My Lord Jesus Christ; Ever-Present Being, the Lover of Mankind; 

What mystery is it to us that You hold up the universe - yet with everyone
You made them feel like the only one there in the world, You saw what no one else did,
Lord when they looked in your eyes,
They saw the face of love and they were stopped in time.

O Lord how can I witness? The fruit of Your Spirit is not evident inside me
How can I be loving when I’m not patient nor kind, not gentle; without mercy 
Lord I want to look like You; my Father, Role Model, Please Lord, make me anew! 
You promised to take on tomorrow, why can’t I be vulnerable and give you control?

I can’t seem to want to be anywhere you place me
Lord help me to stop closing my eyes to your presence and blessings in each precious moment;
Which you have prepared from the foundation of time, that I may walk in it
But Lord I’m often decieved: Always saying yesterday was lighter, tomorrow will be brighter, but Lord, teach me in the present to find You
Always saying, yesterday was lighter, tomorrow will be brighter, but Lord, teach me in the present to find you
Always saying, yesterday was lighter, tomorrow will be brighter, but Lord of Love make me present to find You

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I wrote this song in a period of my life where I really struggled with despondency and busyness. Until now, I really struggle to find the beauty of Christ's presence in each moment I live.
This song came through being genuinely baffled by the paradoxical mystery of our beautiful Lord Jesus who can oversee the entire cosmos for all of eternity, but is simultaneously, infinitely present and poured-out for His creation in each moment. This song is a prayer for deeper communion with Christ and the world around me and for a more true experience of Him in the days He has given me.

Please keep me in your prayers, I hope this song can become a prayer for you too!

Erin Melek

Present

Have you seen Him?
The One I love
Have you seen Him
The Holy Man

Have you heard Him?
His gentle voice
Have you heard Him?
The great I AM

I am dark but 
I am lovely
Among the thorns, I am 
His rose and lily

His banner over me 
Is love and grace
And nothing gives me joy 
like His tender face

Have you seen Him?
The One I love
Have you seen Him
The Holy Man

Have you heard Him?
His gentle voice
Have you heard Him?
The great I AM

I was wounded 
Broken and empty
But His Spirit 
Rushed in and filled me

I was waiting 
For life and healing
But His sweet eyes alone 
Restored my feeling

Have you seen Him?
The One I love
Have you seen Him
The Holy Man

Have you heard Him?
His gentle voice
Have you heard Him?
The great I AM

The oil I poured on Him 
Could not consume
His sweet aroma 
It filled the room

Come and meet Him 
Sit at His feet
Drink in His beauty 
It set me free

Have you seen Him?
The One I love
Have you seen Him
The Holy Man

Have you heard Him?
His gentle voice
Have you heard Him?
The great I AM

Have You Seen Him (Softer) — St Mark DC

“O Good Mother” - Peter Sedrak

Lyrics:

R: O You, O great Potter
I'm like the clay between your hands
Come create in me a new vessel 
That is pleasing before your eyes 

I give myself to you freely 
To your fingers that fashion me
I will not grieve nor relent 
I long you for you to work in me 

R: O You, O great Potter
I'm like the clay between your hands
Come create in me a new vessel 
That is pleasing before your eyes 

I come to you with all my vices
I trust in your grace and hand
My heart now I devote to you
Not to my despair nor my past

R: O You, O great Potter
I'm like the clay between your hands
Come create in me a new vessel 
That is pleasing before your eyes

O You, O Great Potter (Demiana Nathan)

Magnetized

An original song and composition

Lyrics:

Child, don’t worry about a thing 
I’m here and I am listening 
Your cries are heard, I'll carry you through
My son fear not, I am with you 

My Lord God, I feel lost
This worlds dark, and I'm often tossed
Every day feels like the one before,
When will I turn to you, more and more

Lord be my strength, my shield, my heart
Show me Your light when it's all dark
Teach me to love, show You in me
All I know is I'll be redeemed,
I'll be redeemed 

Don't worry, child, rest easy and know  
I'm here, I'll show you where to go
The road is narrow, but I see it all
Have faith, beloved, you’ll hear My call

But my God, I feel alone
Locked in these chains of sins I’ve sown 
Yet You chose the cross, bore every pain,
To show me Your love, to break every chain.

Lord be my strength, my shield, my heart
Show me Your light when it's all dark
Teach me to love, show You in me
All I know is I'll be redeemed,
I'll be redeemed x2

I’ve been redeemed
Now my heart can sing
Oh, how Your cross has changed everything 
You're all that I need, You set me free
Father,  You've been there right next to me

Lord, You're my strength, my shield, my heart
I'll follow Your light when it's all dark
I'll learn to love, show You in me
Thank you, Lord, for I've been redeemed

I'll learn to love, show You in me 
Thank you, Lord, for I've been redeemed 
I've been redeemed

Editor: Justyna Labib
Instrumental: Tony Morgan

Redeemed

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