Think. Preach.

When I think about the Lord,

how he saved me,

how he raised me,

how he filled me with the Holy Ghost,

he healed me to the uttermost...

When I think about the Lord,

how he picked me up,

turned me around,

how he set my feet on solid ground...

It makes me want to shout:

Alleluia!

Thank you, Jesus.

Lord, You're worthy of all the glory

and all of the honour

and all the the praise. 

Remind yourself of 

your wicked sin,

 God’s forbearing mercy, 

His indescribable grace,

 Our perfect Savior,

 the brutality and success of the cross,

 and the truth of the empty grave.

 This is preaching the gospel to yourself.

~Erik Raymond

Don't Call it Love

Don’t Call it Love

I’m tempted to sit back in my overstuffed chair

with a gavel in hand and a tired-eye stare that says

I’m not surprised you’ve messed it up again

I’m tempted to sigh, I’m tempted to yawn

if you’d only do life the way I’ve told you all along

It could be so easy

If you would only be more like me

But oh, that’s the beast that brings us down

It’s the devil in a satin gown

So don’t, don’t call it love (don’t call it love)

love wraps herself around the wound

and weeps while she speaks truth

So don’t call this love

Too much to say, not enough time

you’ve got so much to learn it’ll hurt for a while

but you know that I’m only concerned

I- only want to help

You got what you gave

I said that you would

I guess it must be really hard to be so unsure,

but it could be so easy if you would only be more like me

Chorus

Oh oh

oh oh oh oh oh

oh oh

oh oh oh

oh oh

oh oh oh oh

(Repeat)

Come along beside me

I’ll come along beside you

and I will wash your hands in my tears

I’ll take your boots to the river

and we can sing

where love makes music

love makes music

Oh oh

oh oh oh oh oh

oh oh

oh oh oh

oh oh

Oh oh oh oh

(Repeat x3)

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Image of God

Image of God (Wells/Witt)

Bare feet stepping on glass

We break along life’s paths

Our fear and loss, we bring it all to you

Soul-breather, making all things new

You’re making all things new

We come in pieces

We come in fragments

We come discolored

To the foot of the cross

Our Maker sees us

All that we have been

Bonds us together

The Image of God

Clay vessels molded for His own

Shall we question him who holds

And shapes us, for His perfect use

Soul-breather, making all things new

You’re making all things new

chorus

Soil breaking for the seed

Seed breaking for the life

His life broken for the soul

We are remade whole, remade whole

Chorus

Set Free  (Wells/Witt)

Brothers and sisters,

We’re all saints and sinners

Why do we live like enemies

Let’s leave our anger

Forgive our debtors

Live like a people set free

Set free, oh-oh-oh-oh free

The let-my-people-go kind of set free

Set free, oh,  free

By the love that came and died, rose again so we could be

Set free

We know the truth now

His spirit moves now

We are no longer slave to fear

Go and serve your neighbor

Make love your labour

Listen up my friends, oh, don’t you hear (we’re)

Let them know us by our love,

Let them see our life in Him

Let them sing , let them sing

“we have been”

Dawn of Grace (Wells/Witt/Wood)

Oh, the law I cannot keep

Brings me breathless to my knees

And there I learn to let the gospel be

The sum of what I know

Like rays of rising hope

Oh, dawn of grace upon my soul

The sweetest day my heart has known

And once I looked on Jesus’ face

It was the dawn of grace

All my striving is in vain

All my pride a losing game

And all of my best efforts, simply chains

My Savior steals me from the night

Leads me into love and light

Chorus

Lay Us Low (Wells/Witt)

Father we confess

Oh we confess

we have loved you less than ourselves

Father we confess

Oh we confess

All the idols we’ve built

We are betrayed by what we say

By what we do

And what we claim

We want to be famous

Take us down and lay us low

Leave ashes in place of gold

Life-giver sustainer

Let nothing remain of our pride

From your mountain on high

Lay us low

Father, we forget

Oh how we forget

To forgive like you forgive us

Oh, how we pretend

Oh we pretend

We are wise and we are just

We are betrayed by what we say

By what we do

And what we claim

We’ve declared our own agendas

Chorus

Pray (C.Wells)

Father which art in heaven

Holy is your name

Let your kingdom come

Your will be done

On earth as it is in heaven

Father, give us our daily bread

And father, forgive our debts

As we forgive our debtors

Teach us to pray

Teach us to pray

Teach us to pray

Father which art in heaven

Holy is your name

Let your kingdom come

Your will be done

On earth as it is in heaven

Father, deliver us from evil

For yours is the kingdom

And the power and the glory forever

Teach us to pray

Teach us to pray

Teach us to pray

Ahhh..amen

Teach us to pray, teach us to pray, teach us to pray

Day by Day

Go to Linda's blog to read the story behind this beautiful song of praise.

Lord of All, to Thee we raise this our joyful song of PRAISE

Who are we fooling?

Linda introduced me to Brooke Fraser's music.  This one moves me to tears:





So we're back here again 
Tip toeing round the edge of the end 
Wondering who will be last to admit 
That we're finally over 


Turned twenty one on the day that we met 
Terrible shoes, implausible dress 
It's funny how sad the funny things get as you grow older 


Better or worse 
But what else can we do? 
And better or worse 
I am tethered to you 
If it's not either of us 
Tell me who are we fooling? 


I learned the art of biting my tongue 
I'm tired of trying to guess what was wrong 
Both agreed on where we should go 
But not how to get there 


We tried and tried to loosen the knots 
Thinking once we're untangled we'll be better off 
But it's these failures and faults that hold us together 


Better or worse 
But what else can we do? 
And better or worse 
I am tethered to you 
If it's not either of us 
Tell me who are we fooling? 




This beautiful tangle that's bruising us blue 
It's a beautiful knot that we just can't undo 
Together we're one but apart tell me 
Who are we fooling? 


Cause real love 
Is hard love 
It's all we have 
It's a break-neck 
Train wreck 
It's all we have 


So we're back here again 
Turning away from the edge of the end 
Arm in arm 


Better or worse 
But what else can we do? 
And better or worse 
I am tethered to you 
If it's not either of us 
Tell me who are we fooling? 


This beautiful tangle that's bruising us blue 
It's a beautiful knot we just can't undo 
If it's not either of us, tell me who are we fooling? 


Together we're one, but apart tell me 
Who are we fooling?