Thursday, February 19, 2009

holding

From eternal past to present,
Through eternity,
God reigns in Glory,
Conquers in victory.
Wisdom has learned from Him,
Accordingly at His side,
All of creation exists because,
Through His breath it came to life.
What more can be said of the Maker, the Master of all
God enthroned above the cherubim,
You hear me when I call.

You know our troubles, you know our pain,
You conquered temptation and still you were slain,
Gave up your life to save some wayward sheep,
Lord our Redeemer, takes our souls to Your keep.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Restoration

Psalm 85 - Remix
The favor that You show, is greater than imaginable,
The love that You display, cannot be conveyed,
Except by You, Except by You.
You returned what You have given, when we had gone astray,
You gave back what we gave up from when we had walked away.
You forgave our evil deeds, and all our wicked ways,
You covered over all our sins, consumed within your blaze.

You are so good, so good, life demands you be my advocate.
You are so good, so good, but my heart craves you as it's joy.
I'm so wrong, You are so strong, I deserve nothing but your wrath,
But Your grace is stronger than my nature's weakness, Restore us to Your narrow path

How horrible and fierce is the anger of the Mighty One
Against all who dwell in sin.
But O how precious and lovely is it
To be considered His friend.

Please Lord, no longer put us out from Your face,
Take us God, and renew Your pleasure toward our lowly state
Will You be forever angry?
Will we never enter Your rest?
Will You not revive us quickly,
So that we may once again rejoice in You.

Bring Your light to my eyes, open my heart wide,
Prepare me to accept Your love which never fails,
Grant me one thing, the life to see to reign,
I will listen to what You say, You are our King.
May our ways no more be false and tainted with sin .
Remind us of Your grace; guide us in the Truth.
That Your life is near to all those who fear Him,
That His glory may preside in our land


10 Love and faithfulness meet together;
righteousness and peace kiss each other.

11 Faithfulness springs forth from the earth,
and righteousness looks down from heaven.

12 The LORD will indeed give what is good,
and our land will yield its harvest.

13 Righteousness goes before him
and prepares the way for his steps.

Monday, February 16, 2009

Sweet dreams of night which hold me dear,
Ever to hope for future times to come,
Visions of love which aye draw near,
Beckon in the dark that the light has won.
In dew awoke this victory,
That from my eyes scales did fall,
When I saw what old men can't see,
But new men shall know all.
Boundless delight shows ever above,
From soul to shining soul,
For none opposes the incomparable love,
Of God irresistible.
Sing mighty men of battles He fought,
Maidens, tell of his compassion so grand,
All of creation shout with thankful wonder,
Prepare ye the Banquet of the Lamb!

Sunday, February 15, 2009

praise

I could never tell of all the great works You have done,
My tongue would not persist through to the end.
You must sustain me, and overflow my spirit with Your life,
If I'm to have the privilege to begin.

From here on out, I will note all Your good,
Though I've resigned I'll soon run out of pen.
All the storehouses on earth cannot contain your living love,
There's no power your force cannot suspend.

Praise Him, Shout, Bring alms of gladness,
Here is the Lord Jesus, our King,
Smile, Rejoice, let there among you be no sadness,
For today we're commanded to sing!

Unto us, unto us, a Savior has been given,
Unto this wretched people the Christ,
How wayward, lost, and wicked we've been,
That while we were yet enemies He gave up His life.

He shed all his life blood, and let it drip down,
Emptied for the Father that day,
Obedience compelled Him in Love for His namesake,
To send His only begotten Son....away.

Hallelujah, Amen, His loss was our gain,
The Lord be exalted, cease not to sing His praise,
Honor and Power and Glory to the Lamb,
For by His blood and Spirit we shall be raised.

Hosanna, We love you Father God,
Eternal, Immortal, You reign
Holy, make us wholly like You,
Yesterday, Today, and tomorrow - the same.