Wednesday, May 9, 2012

There is a Higher Throne

There is a higher throne
Than all this world has known,
Where faithful ones from ev'ry tongue
Will one day come.
Before the Son we'll stand,
Made faultless through the Lamb;
Believing hearts find promised grace—
Salvation comes.


Hear heaven's voices sing;
Their thund'rous anthem rings
Through em'rald courts and sapphire skies.
Their praises rise.
All glory, wisdom, pow'r,
Strength, thanks, and honor are
To God our King, who reigns on high
Forevermore.


And there we'll find our home,
Our life before the throne;
We'll honor Him in perfect song
Where we belong.
He'll wipe each tear-stained eye
As thirst and hunger die.
The Lamb becomes our Shepherd King;
We'll reign with Him.


He's Been Faithful

In my loneliness and fear, through every pain every tear
There's a God who's been faithful to me
When my strength was all gone, when my heart had no song
Still my God has been faithful to me


Every word He promised is true
What I thought was impossible
I've seen my God do


He's been faithful, faithful to me
Just looking back His love and mercy I see
When in my heart I have questioned
And failed to believe
He's been faithful, faithful to me


When my heart looked away, the many times I could not pray
Even then He's been faithful to me
The days I've spent so selfishly, reaching out for what pleased me
Still in love He's been faithful to me


And every time I come back to Him
I see Him waiting with His open arms and I know once again


He's been faithful, faithful to me
Just looking back His love and mercy I see
When in my heart I have questioned
And failed to believe
He's been faithful, faithful to me

Saturday, January 14, 2012

That's Where His Mercy Begins

Let me tell you about mercy
It led me to this land of grace.
Once I was homeless,
Ashamed to show my face.
I deserved no gift or favor
After all that I had done.
You've all heard my story, I am the
prodigal son.

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And he wasn't surprised at where I had been;
He was waiting for me at the end of my sin.
And the heaven I found in the hell I was in,
That's where his mercy, That's where His mercy begins.

Let me share an invitation;
Come join me in this land of rest,
Where we trade our failures And
gain the Father's best.
Let us turn to Him together,
Leaving all our fears behind. The
Father knows your story. Its mercy you'll find.

CHORUS

I had run so far from him that all my hope was dying.
But when I finally turned for home, his mercy came and showed the way;
And he's never surprised at where we have been, He is waiting for us at the end
of our sins, and the heaven we find from the hell we've been in, that's where his mercy
that's where his mercy begins.
Oh, that's where his mercy, that's where His mercy begins.
Sweet mercy.
Thank you, thank you for mercy, your sweet mercy.
Sweet mercy.

Heaven

One day I'll complete my journey
I'll arrive at my destination
A city like no one living has ever known
The Spirit at work within me
Creates such an awesome hunger
To finish the race and turn for home

Chorus:
Heaven is my passion and prize
The goal on which I firmly fix my eyes
Reward of the faithful, desire of the wise
Heaven is my passion and prize

I long to be single minded
And leave all the things I cling to
Throwing off all that hinders and weighs me down
Leaving the past behind me
I run for the goal before me
To finish the course and gain the crown

Chorus

One glorious day, I'll live in a body that knows no decay
Oh, how I live for that day when I will naturally trust and obey

Chorus

Here is Love

Here is love wide as the ocean
Lovingkindness as a flood
When the Prince of Life, our ransom
Shed for us His precious blood
Who His love will not remember?
Who can cease to sing His praise?
He can never be forgotten
Throughout Heaven’s eternal days

On the mount of crucifixion
Fountains opened deep and wide
Through the floodgates of God’s mercy
Flowed a vast and gracious tide
Grace and love like mighty rivers
Poured incessant from above
And Heaven’s peace and perfect justice
Kissed a guilty world in love

Oh how marvelous, oh how glorious
Is my Savior’s love for me!
Oh how marvelous, oh how glorious
Is my Savior’s love for me!

Of Your fullness You are pouring
Your great love on me anew
Without measure, full and boundless
Drawing out my heart to You
You alone will be my glory
Nothing in the world I see
You have cleansed and sanctified me
You Yourself have set me free

In the Valley

Verse 1
When You lead me to the valley of vision
I can see You in the heights
And though my humbling wouldn’t be my decision
It’s here Your glory shines so bright
So let me learn that the cross precedes the crown
To be low is to be high
That the valley’s where You make me more like Christ

Chorus
Let me find Your grace in the valley
Let me find Your life in my death
Let me find Your joy in my sorrow
Your wealth in my need
That You’re near with every breath
In the valley

Verse 2
In the daytime there are stars in the heavens
But they only shine at night
And the deeper that I go into darkness
The more I see their radiant light
So let me learn that my losses are my gain
To be broken is to heal
That the valley’s where Your power is revealed

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

The Steadfast Love

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The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercies never come to an end;
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They are new ev’ry morning, new ev’ry morning: great is Thy faithfulness, O Lord, great is Thy faithfulness.

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