For the record, the sixth line in the first stanza was originally written as: "IN THE SPIRIT, a river, for life imparting." It's not "And the Spirit's a river." Yes, we sang it wrong, but that's because it's written wrong in songbase. I fixed it in songbase, but someone changed it back to be wrong again... I might try to contact him lol. 
My dad, who wrote this song, is disappointed that the saints often change this line, because, as he put it, "That's not what brother Lee said. There's this one flow." He elaborated by telling us (in this very recording session) that the phrasing "And the Spirit" doesn't continue this one flow, which is being emphasized, but rather implies the bringing of a new Person into the mix in more of an isolated way. IT'S ONE FLOW! Anyway praise the Lord, either way, the Spirit's a river for LIFE IMPARTING! 
Thank you to the two people who will ever read this, for making it to the end of my rant. May the Triune God bring us all into His one flow and keep us there every second of our every day.

Christ has come to be life

1. I must have Jesus in my whole life,                        
I must have Jesus in my life                         
In my walking, in my talking 
In my sleeping, in my waking 
I must have Him in my life.

2. I must have Jesus in my whole life,
I must have Jesus in my life
In my love and in my humor
In my sadness, in my anger
I must have Him in my life.

(Key Change)

3. I must have Jesus in my whole life,
I must have Jesus in my life
If I do this thing or that thing 
He must be in my deciding
I must have Him in my life.

4. I must have Jesus in my whole life,
I must have Jesus in my life
In my thinking, analyzing
In the spirit of my mind—
I must have Him in my life.

(Key Change)

5. I must have Jesus in my whole life,
I must have Jesus in my life
In my daily supplications
For my present consecrations
I must have Him in my life.

6. I must have Jesus in my whole life,
I must have Jesus in my life
He must be in every part—
Lord, make home in all my heart—
I must have Him in my life.
I must have Him in my life.


I Must Have Jesus!

1. The Lord gave gifts to the churches,
Precious saints who love the Lord.
First apostles and prophets,
Speaking forth Christ as the word!
Then He gave some gifts as evangelists,
Who proclaim the gospel of Christ!
There are shepherd-teachers, feeding the saints.
But Lord, who am I?
 
CHORUS:
Lord, I’m ready and willing to be perfected by You,
Through the saints all around me, to build Your Body too!

2. Lord, I feel I’m unable to do what others can do.
As I look all around me, they all seem more useful to You.
But I see, dear Lord, I‘m here for Your need,
To build up Your church today!
And You gave these gifts that I may be trained,
Lord, perfect me, I pray!

3. In the church I’m perfected by the saints with the life supply.
I am growing and building, as I learn to minister Christ!
“Till we all arrive,” yes, this is our goal!
Every member builds today!
Lord, I give myself, Your Body to build.
Lord, for this now I pray!

Willing to Be Perfected

Stand by Me

Transience

1. All thy griefs by Him are ordered,
  Needful is each one for thee;
All thy tears by Him are counted,
  One too much there cannot be;
And if while they fall so quickly
  Thou canst own His way is right,
Then each bitter tear of anguish
  Precious is in Jesus’ sight.

2. Far too well thy Savior loves thee
  To allow thy life to be
One long, calm, unbroken summer—
  One unruffled, stormless sea;
He would have thee fondly nestling
  Closer to His loving breast,
He would have that day seem brighter
  When alone is perfect rest.

All Thy Griefs By Him Are Ordered

There Is A River

(Capo 2)
C G Am
1. There is a river flowing from the throne
C G Am
You know it flows to you and me
C G Bb-F
There is a river flowing in us all
Am G C C7
And it flows to eternity

Chorus:
F
So come on all you people
Am G
There’s a choice for you to make
Am7 G
Choose life, and know that it’ll suffice.
C G Bb-F
There is a river who is flowing still
Am G C
And His name is Jesus Christ.

2. There is a river and it washes you
Frees you from all your worldly chains
There is a river and it will not cease
Until only Christ remains.
Chorus:
So come on all you people
There’s a place where you can go
Freely come, without money without price
There is a river who has paid it all
His name is Jesus Christ

3. There is a river and it has a goal
To make us gold and precious stones
Stay in the river and enjoy the flow
So our God can gain His home
Chorus:
So come on all you people
Set your eyes upon the prize
The built-up church, the dwelling place of God
There is a river flowing towards the goal
C G C Am
The corporate Jesus Christ.
C G C
The corporate Jesus Christ.

References:

V1 & Chorus:
Rev 22:1 “And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb in the middle of its street.”

Deuteronomy 30:19 “I call heaven and earth to witness against you today: I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life that you and your seed may live,”

John 4:14 “But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall by no means thirst forever; but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into eternal life.”

V2 & Chorus:
1 Corinthians 6:11 “And these things were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God”

Isaiah 55:1 “Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters,/And you who have no money;/Come, buy and eat;/Yes, come, buy wine and milk/Without money and without price.”

Heb 9:12 “ And not through the blood of goats and calves but through His own blood, entered once for all into the Holy of Holies, obtaining an eternal redemption”

V3 & Chorus:
1 Corinthians 3:12 “But if anyone builds upon the foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, stubble”

Ephesians 2:21-22 “In whom all the building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord;/ In whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in spirit.”

Ephesians 4:12-13 “For the perfecting of the saints unto the work of the ministry, unto the building up of the Body of Christ,/ Until we all arrive at the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, at a full-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.”

Ephesians 1:22-23 “And He subjected all things under His feet and gave Him to be Head of all things to the church,/ Which is His Body, the fullness of the One who fills all in all.”

This song is from Spring 2015, just around the end of March, when Titus visited Colorado and Arizona for the first time, on a roadtrip with a bunch of (still) his favourite people on earth.

There Is A River

Out-of-tune guitalele, van ambience, sitting for 6 hours, but jits were still crossing over.
Recorded otw back from a brothers trip to Panama City Beach, FL

Cross over (church van)

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- reunion w/ titus (pt.4) ✅
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There Is A River

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