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I Have an Excuse!
C# (C capo1)

C                                G                               C
I have an excuse to praise my God and Father
                Am7                  Gsus4              G
I have an excuse to give thanks to my Lord.
C             Am7                   G                  Am7
I have an excuse to give glory to my God,
                 F                        C                 G         C
Because I know that He is and He's on the throne.


                       F                            C
     Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!
               G                              C
     I will bless the God and Father.
                        F                           C
     Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!
                  Gsus4        G
     Of my Lord Jesus Christ
                        F                           C
     Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!
               G                               Am
     I will praise while I have breath
                      F                       C            G                   C
     Because I know that He is and I have breath now

I have an excuse to praise my God and Father
I have an excuse to give thanks to my Lord.
I have an excuse to give glory to my God,
Because I know that He is and He's on the throne.
      
               F C  
     Hallelujah!
                         G              C 
     Praise You God and Father!
               F C
     Hallelujah!
                         Gsus4          G
     Praise You Lord Jesus Christ!
              F C
     Hallelujah!
               G                                Am 
     I will praise while I have breath.
                       F                      C               G                Am
     Because I know that He is and He loves me so.
                F                      C                Gsus4
     Yes, I know that He is and He loves me...

(Choruses simultaneously)

           F                      C                G             C
Yes, I know that He is and He loves me so!

I Have An Excuse To Praise

This hymn was written as an encouragement to the saints in Papua New Guinea.
Chords and sheets: https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/ns/902


1
Once a sinner, now I’m saved;
Still, I lack in many ways.
Lord, it feels like nothing has changed.
Patient, yet I cannot wait;
Loving, yet not void of hate;
Lord, I don’t want to stay the same.
Thought I had to come up with my own solutions,
But You’re showing me the way to take.

Chorus:
I don’t have to know my complications;
I just need to grow in the Lord,
Enjoying Him day by day,
Pursuing Him with the saints,
Absorbing Him just as a branch would in the vine.
There’s no need for me to struggle and to strive;
Just to grow in life.

2
Eating Your word when I wake,
Nothing should get in the way;
Calling ceaselessly on Your name.
Meeting You with all the saints,
Feasting on Your boundless grace,
Praising as I call it a day.
I’ve let go of all religious regulations;
Found a new, enjoying way to take.

Just to Grow in Life - WJ, TS

D
Our God is a God of joy.
  Bm
Enjoying Him is my strength.
    D
His Spirit in mine anoints,
    G                A
And gladness imparts today.
   D
Forgetting all other things,
   Bm
Of service and laboring,
    D
But opening all my being,
 G               A
Exultingly all I sing—

            D
  My God is joy!
             A
  His joy my strength.
              Bm
  He fills my days
                 G
  With ceaseless praise.
     A      D
  My God is love,
          A
  Unspeakable,
           Bm
  So wonderful,
             G               A           D
  With glory full, oh God, become my joy today.

2. Abiding in Christ the Vine,
His living supply I take.
His joy is becoming mine,
By calling upon His name.
This fullness of joy in me
Displaces anxiety,
And fills me with utter peace,
For Christ is my everything!

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My God Is Joy

For I'm persuaded to believe

Shore to Shore and Line to Line Medley

ENGLISH
I am a tree, with roots by
The river of living water
Trials still may come
But they end in victory
And even in the wilderness
When there's no hope at all
I have roots by the river of the Lord
When the scorching sun arrives
My leaves won’t wither and die
I have roots by the river of the Lord

SPANISH
Soy como árbol junto
al río de aguas vivas
Pruebas, sí, vendrán
Mas victoria me dará
Y aún en el desierto
Cuando esperanza no hay
Estoy plantado en el río del Señor
Cuando venga sequedad
Mi hoja no morirá
Estoy plantado en el río del Señor

2017B

Roots By The River (2017) - The Quintet

1
	My wandering days grew increasingly empty
As I searched for the way,
Just to fill this gap inside me—
Found my seeking vain.
Though all this dark earth would convince me life’s worthwhile,
Inside all my mirth
Was a cry for something real.
Don’t you lie to me, world!
  	For my heart tells me different
When I hear of contentment
Deep within a lack knew better
  Why not be honest, world.
2
	A flood of strong doubt as I heard the old story
Of a man they called Lord;
Yet my heart ne’er ceased to wonder,
Is He really Lord?
A search in His Word found my hardened heart softened,
And earth’s vanities faded.
In the brightness of His presence
Jesus came into me.
  	Now we’re always together
Growing into God’s fullness.
O Lord Jesus, how I love You!
  You brought life into me.

My Wandering Days

Written by D.S. 

Consecration is not just a knowing of the right of ownership in the mind or a feeling of love in our affections, nor is it only an attitude and expression of ours toward God. Actually speaking, consecration itself is a part of life, a major part of life. The experience of consecration, therefore, is really the experience of life. The fullness of one's experience of life depends on the fullness of one's experience of consecration. Hence, if one pursues the experience of consecration, it will enable him to grow in life - W.L. The Experience of Life

Hidden Behind Every Scene

Lyrics and music by I.C.
https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/ns/757

But You, Beloved

Everything Is In The Breath

1. Lord, I can’t be satisfied
With anything but You.
Take me deeper, take me higher,
In my consecration.
From shallow, broken promises,
From my hesitation.

I want the real thing, Lord.
I want the real thing.

2. Lord, come now, my morning light
That I might start again.
Day is dawning, night is fading
And it’s constellation
Of fears and failures shall retreat
In the presence of this heat.

O great consuming light!
Devour all my night.

3. Lord, I long for higher ground,
To live above the world.
Freed from all the earthly fetters,
I need elevation.
There must be something more, I know,
Someplace higher to explore.

O raise me up to You!
No more an earthly view.

4. Lord, go deeper in my being
And set Your anchors there.
Take root downward, bear fruit upward,
Reach your destination
Till all Your life is flowing through
And I’m a branch expressing You.

“As deep calls unto deep”
This is what I seek.

Lyrics and music by B.A.

Consecration Song

God Is Spreading In My Being!

Album download:
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Link to chords:
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