Song Lyrics
A Heart Renewed
Copyright 1996
Key : D major
Instrumentation: Guitar
Uptempo
Been mulling it over in my head, trying to get to the heart of the matter.
Why did He lay there three days dead and what was it happened then?
What of the things He did and said, after the cross, and everyone scattered?
All this for us is why He bled, so He and we could live again.
CHORUS
We can never die, we can never die.
We can never die filled with a love that won't exclude.
We can never die, we can never die.
We can never die with a heart renewed.
When was the moment we first saw there could be more to the life that we're living?
Never had questioned it before, until You came along.
Now You had opened up a door
Into a life of ultimate giving.
Finally touching something more
Of a place that we can all belong.
CHORUS
We were satisfied with life and everything we'd been.
Who understood the things we would, until we let You in.
CHORUS
Believe and Love Will Find You
Copyright 1996
Key : C major
Instrumentation: Piano
Lyrical
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Believe and love will find you, it will find you every time.
No matter where you are, near or far it will know your heart and mind.
Believe and love will find you, that's all you need to do.
No more alone, just make yourself known, and love will find you.
Believe and love will find you, though you think that hope has flown.
Up against troubled days, foolish ways, there's no need to fight alone.
Believe and love will find you, bring your longing soul in view.
These things you know, just let it all go, and love will find you.
There you stand so lost in introspection.
What is His plan for me? Where is His hand for me?
Looking in your life for some direction.
But your response need only be.
Believe and love will find you, trust that's all you need to do.
No more alone just make yourself known, and love will find you.
Christmas Isn't Over (When It's Christmas in Your Heart)
Copyright 1995
Key : C major
Instrumentation: Piano
Piano-bar, "standard" sound, right after Christmas or whenever the spirit moves you!
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We wait for Christmas all through the year
Then it seems like it's over when its hardly here.
I guess that it happens all too fast
But here's something to consider when the holiday is past.
Christmas isn't over though the Christmas tree is gone
Where candles stood on windowsills all the curtains have been drawn.
Though friends and loved ones round you, you know may have to part
Christmas isn't over when it's Christmas in your heart.
Christmas isn't over though the carolers have sung
And the bells that rang so joyfully on Christmas morn have rung.
The streets no longer glisten and the new year's made a start
But Christmas isn't over when it's Christmas in your heart.
It's what you bring to the table every time that you sit down
Remembering the holiday and the spirit that you've found.
Give the gift within you and the joy it can impart.
No, Christmas isn't over when it's Christmas in your heart.
End of the LIne
Copyright 1994
Key : E-flat major
Instrumentation: Piano
Country/Rock. Good country and western sound.
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The train rushes in, the smoke and the din
The world and its pressures about to begin
It happens this way, the same every day
It's a hard road, a hard load not to give your soul away.
But at the end of the line there's a kindly word
At the end of the line is a voice you've heard
In a quiet place, in the Lord's sweet grace
At the end of the line
The world always gleams with tempting new schemes
You lose your perspective in other mens' dreams
It's hard to recall that He made it all
And your burden that's hurtin' He'll pick up if you should fall
CHORUS
The Essence
Copyright 1997
Key : C major
Instrumentation: Recorders, Synth or Organ
Folk, irish, madrigal
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On field and path and stony wall
The cold dark nights of winter fall
And yet there is within them all
The essence of Your love.
What joy there is in every stone
Regardless of the place it's thrown.
Each knowing that it's called Your own.
The essence of Your love.
A warmth of Spirit draws us in
To seek the place where love begins.
And from our deepest soul it wins
The essence of your love.
The castaway, the wilted rose
The lonely heart that no one knows
Still burns a flame in each of those
The essence of your love.
The light illumines those who see
And brightly shine where folk live free.
As truth abides so it shall be
The essence of your love.
A warmth of spirit draws us in
To seek the place where love begins.
And from our deepest soul it wins
The essence of Your love.
On field and path and stony wall
The cold dark nights of winter fall
And yet there is within them all
The essence of Your love.
Even in the Darkness
Copyright 1998
Key : Eb major
Instrumentation: Piano
Pop ballad
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Even in the darkness
There's a light to light your way
Though the world you knew is gone
A world you thought would always stay
There through all the hearteache,
There through all the pain
You still sense a deeper peace,
A strength you can't explain
Though the path's uncertain
Perhaps as most things are.
And you want to quit this road, lay down your load,
Convinced you've gone to far.
Take the outstretched hand.
You are not alone.
Even in the darkness, the Love will lead you home.
Friends for Always
Copyright 1998
Key : Eb major/F Major
Instrumentation: Piano
Pop ballad
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When I was a child of seven
Didn't give much thought to heaven.
Hearts were true in each endeavor.
Bonds that nothing here could sever.
The trust we had was like no other,
Like a sister, like a brother
Though we might grow old someday.
Twenty-five or thirty say.
I knew we would surely have to stay
Friends for always, friends for ever.
We will never be apart.
Though I roam the wide world over
I will keep you in my heart.
That ideal, a child's perfection
Finds in growth a new direction.
Beliefs I had beyond all question
Gone away by mere suggestion.
All the ties that meant to bind us
Now so many put behind us.
Promises we made so free
Broken by reality.
How was it we said that we would be
Friends for always, friends for ever.
We would never be apart.
Though I roam the wide world over
I would keep you in my heart.
Though the world is greatly altered
There is One who never faltered.
Other friendships hard to measure.
His has been my constant treasure.
Like the pure sweet bonds of childhood
He has been what no one else could.
Friends will come and friends will go.
It's the world that makes it so.
But my Lord is with me and I know (we're)
Friends for always, friends forever.
We will never be apart.
Though I roam the wide world over
I will keep you in my heart.
I will keep you in my heart.
God Gave the World (the perfect gift)
Copyright 1994
Key : E-flat modulating to C-major
Instrumentation: Piano
Contemporary/Christmas or other times of the year
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God gave the world the Word made flesh
The tiny babe the silent creche.
God gave the world on this darkest night
His only Son, His glorious light.
God gave the world
God gave the world
God gave the world
The perfect gift.
God gave the world what none could give
His child to die, that we might live
God gave the world when hope was gone
A second chance, a bright new dawn.
CHORUS
God gave the world the perfect gift
This Holy child our souls to lift
It matters not though we may stray
The gift He gives still gives today.
CHORUS
Have You Heard?
Copyright 1996
Key : G major
Instrumentation: Piano
Contemporary, Christmas
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Have you thought about
Have you dreamed about
Have you heard the good news about Jesus?
Infant one, Mary's son
So the angels say.
Did you clear your eyes
Did you realize
Did you hear the good news about Jesus?
In a stall, King of all
Born to us this day
Friend and stranger, near the manger
All your doubts are washed away
Have you thought about
Have you dreamed about
Have you heard the good news about Jesus?
Precious one, God's own son
Born this Christmas day.
He Can Heal Me
Copyright 1994
Key : E-flat major
Instrumentation: Piano
Contemporary
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Where the stories end and the faith begins
There we decide how to lose or win
The prize is ours for asking.
The choice couldn't be more simple yet
It's not easy to forget
The things that keep me from Him
If He can mend a broken heart
If He can make the stopp'd to start
If He can cause the clouded eye to see
Then He can heal me.
If He can make the tarnished gleam
If He can fix a shattered dream
If He can put at peace the stormy sea
Then He can heal me.
How do I dare deny the peace
That I know would never cease
If only I'd accept it.
But I still have my doubts I know
If I'd only let them go
I could live the life I've prayed for.
CHORUS
Cause I can't purge the darkness
Here and now that binds me
And so I pray this prayer
That His love finds me.
CHORUS
He Gave Me Water
Copyright 1996
Key : E-flat major
Instrumentation: Piano
Contemporary, Written for Migrant Ministries informational service, chorus may be sung
by congregation
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Shadows 'round me tell that the world's an unkind place.
Days you thought would never come, come stare you in the face.
And though the world's upon us and tears us all apart
I know that in the midst of it He comes to lift my heart.
When I was thirsty He gave me water.
When I was hungry He gave me bread.
When I was cold He gave me shelter.
He gave His life for mine instead.
Everyday we make a choice of how to live our lives.
What a gift it is we're given, even with it's pain and strife.
But the Lord is there beside me and he know with what we cope
And when things are in their darkest hour, He comes to bring me hope.
CHORUS
Nothing can alter the place He holds for me
The hand I always see
That moves mysteriously
Nothing they say or do His light will ever dim
And so I step forth on the road
And put my faith in Him.
CHORUS
Here Today
Copyright 1994
Key : G major
Instrumentation: Piano
Contemporary, country
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There are days when I'm not sure what's happening
There are days when I'm not sure what's real
There are days when I'm lost in this cavern of life
There are days when I just cannot feel
There are days when I wish I was elsewhere
There are days when I'd give it all up
But there's something that keeps me from losing it all
When I feel that I've had enough
A feeling to guide me that's here right beside me
A feeling that won't go away
A love that can bind me and always remind me
That He is here today
When the road before me is cloudy
As I find so often it is
And I'm trying my hardest to make it alone
Looking for mine when it's His
Then I stop, and adjust my perspective
Still working as hard as I can
And suddenly giving it all to Him
I find I'm part of the plan
CHORUS
Hope Singer
Copyright 1996
Key : C major
Instrumentation: Guitar
Folk song, revival
When the sun sinks in the river and I'm feeling pretty low
Then I look down deep inside me where there's a Hope Singer in my bones
(this chorus occurs after every verse)
There's a Hope Singer in my bones
There's a Hope Singer in my bones
And He sings me those hopeful tones
Yes there's a Hope Singer in my bones
When the mist lifts from the mountain and I want to get up and go
Then I look down deep inside me 'cause there's a Hope Singer in my bones
When the world is all against me and my friends are flingin' stones
Then I look down deep inside me where there's a Hope Singer in my bones
When I'm working in the city and I'm feeling like a clone
Then I look down deep inside me 'cause there's a Hope Singer in my bones
When the month is at it's ending and my money all is blown
Then I look down deep inside me where there's a Hope Singer in my bones
When I'm full of desperation and the devil my soul owns
Then I look down deep inside me 'cause there's a Hope Singer in my bones
I Am Loved
Copyright 1994
Key : C major
Instrumentation: Piano and Guitar. Optional percussion block and castenets
Calypso. Fun, good for kids too.
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When I see a day filled with sunshine
All the good things of the earth
When I realize He is with me I lift my voice and praise His birth
I am loved, you are loved, we are loved by the Lord
I am loved, you are loved, Saints above we are loved by the Lord
Hear His voice in the morning birdsong
See His face in the rolling sea
Touch His hand in a troubled moment
Find His purpose for you and me
CHORUS
There's no end to the joy He offers
When He knocks you just let Him in
Every day will be your salvation
No more worries you're free from sin
CHORUS
When He calls you will you answer?
Do you want to lose your pain?
Take the chance that He can offer
None to lose and all to gain
CHORUS
I Am Guilty Jesus (guilty of lovin' you)
Copyright 1996
Key : G major
Instrumentation: Guitar
Folk, revival. A couple of lines of this song became a larger ballad. Look for it!
If they came to arrest me on that not yet happened day
Because I was a Christian, what then would I say?
I would turn to my Saviour and lift my head up high
I'd tell them all the answer and the reason why.
I am guilty Jesus, guilty of lovin' you
I am guilty Jesus of doing the things you told me to
Take me, try me, lead me where You will
I know that in the end that I will love you still.
If they took me to the courtroom and sat me on the stand
And asked if I was sorry 'bout the life that You have planned
I would face the jury so they would surely know
That when the verdict comes down it will have to show
CHORUS
When I meet my Maker, somewhere down the road
And when the time has come, to loosen up my load
When the finger of judgement is pointing straight at me
I will turn to my Saviour and make this plea
CHORUS
I Believe In Him
Copyright 1994
Key : G major
Instrumentation: Piano
Waltz-tempo, country-ish
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There is a world here, a world of confusion.
Nothing seems lasting, nothing seems pure.
We build our lives in a shifting illusion.
But there is one thing of which I am sure.
I believe in Him, I believe in Him.
His love is like the sea.
I believe in Him, I believe in Him.
His love will make me free.
There is a world here, a world that is waiting.
Waiting for something to put it all right.
Living a question, no answers provided
Hiding ourselves in the cover of night.
CHORUS
He is the answer, the answer we're seeking.
He is the reason for all we must do.
Sharing the best of the lives we are given.
All our tomorrows, He'll see us through.
CHORUS
I Don't Know
Copyright 1999
Key : B Flat minor
Instrumentation: Piano
Gospel lament
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I don't know where I am walkin'
I don't know where I have been
But I know if You are with me
I will walk again
I have seen the darkest hour
Had my soul all filled with pain
But I know with you beside me
The sun will rise again
At the sound of your voice the mountains rise
Above the sea and storm
And you take me from this shatter'd world
Up where the stars are born
I have had my share of troubles
I have stood with empty hands
Then I've felt your touch upon me
And the love that it commands
It's an irony of livin'
That into our path is tossd'
On the straight and narrow highway
It's so easy to get lost
At the sound of your voice the mountains rise
Above the sea and storm
And you take me from this shatter'd world
Up where the stars are born
I don't know where I am walkin'
I don't know where I have been
But I know if You are with me
I will walk again
If He Came today
Copyright 1994
Key : G major
Instrumentation: Guitar
Four part chorus, folk.
If He came today what would I say to make Him understand?
Could I come up with some reasonable excuse?
If He came could I explain to Him how things got out of hand?
I don't know, I don't know what I'd say.
I don't know if He'd believe me
I don't know if He should
And my guilty heart deceives me
Just like I knew it would
I don't know why He still loves me
After all the things I was
I don't know, I don't know but He does.
If He came today He'd see the way we've fouled the clear sweet air
Our "necessities" a blight upon the land
And I guess that He'd surmise from this, it seems we just don't care
I don't know, I don't know what I'd say.
CHORUS
If He came today and stood right here and asked me face to face
About "did I treat my neighbor as my friend?"
And like what did I intend to do to earn a special place
I don't know, I don't know what I'd say.
CHORUS
Jesus Calls Me
Copyright 1994
Key : D major
Instrumentation: Guitar
Folk
Something is happening I can't explain it
Something is moving inside my soul
Voices are sounding I can't contain it
Finding a reason, finding my role
Jesus calls me
How can I show Him I'll follow
Jesus calls me
How can I show Him I'm His
There is a place deep inside the music
Once in awhile I can find Him there
Still, even so, I know He is with me
Guiding my hand, showing He cares
CHORUS
No one could love us the way He loves us
No one could always be on our side
No one but Jesus is my redeemer
The gates of Heaven He's flung open wide
CHORUS
Just to Serve
Copyright 1997
Key : D major
Instrumentation: Piano
Contemporary
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Try this! a Real Audio file.
Just to serve
That's all He ever asked us just to serve
To give back some of the love we don't deserve
It's really very simple, the message that He brought
A single truth that ran through everything the Master taught
Just to serve
To find the joy in giving and in giving love preserve
That's all He ever asked us just to serve
All the rest is explanation
All the rest is inspiration
All the rest an illustration of a pattern for our lives
But the message in the telling
Finds a voice that's still compelling
We can hear the call that after all survives
Just to serve
To find the joy in giving and in giving love preserve
That's all He ever asked us just to serve
Keep On Loving You
Copyright 1996
Key : C major
Instrumentation: Guitar, Piano
Contemporary
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No one told me I would have thoughts like this.
Nothing much is clear in this emptiness
And I'm wondr'ing why I should try so hard
Thinking my life hangs on a single word.
What is innocence, what is guilty sin?
Am I going down, are you coming in?
Don't know where to turn.
Tell me what more can I do
Than to keep on loving you?
I had always thought there'd be clarity.
I'd believe in you, you'd believe in me.
Now I'm not so sure that I've got it right.
Have I got the strength to keep up this fight?
It's a constant struggle down on the street.
Turn our heads away so our eyes won't meet.
And I feel so cold.
Tell me what more can I do
Than to keep on loving you?
Keep on loving you.
After all's been said and done.
Keep on loving you.
I know you're the only one.
If I just survive this insanity
And remember all that you've promised me.
Guess that I'll hold on, though it's hard to bear
In a world gone wrong, I'll know you are there.
What is innocence, what is guilty sin?
Am I going down, won't you please come in?
Hear me call your name.
Tell me what more can I do
Than to keep on loving you?
Tell me what more can I do
Than to keep on loving you?
Love Found Me
Copyright 1998
Key : Fmajor
Instrumentation: Piano
Style
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I had questions beyond knowing.
I was trying so hard but still not growing.
Then it happened in a moment
Love found me.
I was searching in wrong directions.
Couldn't understand so many wrong connections.
In a sea of endless yearning
Love found me.
I always thought I was facing the world all alone.
Taking what joy I could force out of things I have known.
Hoping to feel
Anything real.
Doesn't matter where I may travel.
All the mysteries of man I might unravel.
Here I know my question's answered
Love found me.
Doesn't matter where I may travel.
All the mysteries of man I might unravel.
Here I know my question's answered
Love found me.
I just had to open my heart and
Love found me.
Make A Friend
Copyright 1996
Key : G major
Instrumentation: Guitar
Folk, written for Tres Dias weekend
The Lord provides a life for us
It is the life eternal
There is no compromising it
With courage in our hearts
Make a friend, be a friend, bring a friend to Jesus
Make a friend, be a friend, bring a friend to Christ
First by grace and then by faith
Word of God release us
Show Thy way through every day
Lead us to the truth
CHORUS
The Holy Spirit fills my life
He saves and sanctifies me
My heart says "Here am I my Lord"
Lead me where you will
CHORUS
Make A Place in your Heart
Copyright 1994
Key : D major
Instrumentation: Piano
Like the old Irish standards, great for around St. Patrick's day, one of my personal favorites!
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When Jesus was among us in that Galilean land
He'd step out from a crowded room and come up and shake your hand
He'd ask how things were going and He'd tell his plan for you
He'd say these words, though hard to hear, you knew from Him were true.
Make a place in your heart for someone you don't care for
Make a place in your heart, after all that's what it's there for
For the only road to peace is the one where hatreds cease
Make a place in your heart and I'll be there
He never said give up your cloak when it grows old and plain
He never said to turn your cheek if there wasn't any pain
He always walked the high road that is where you'll seek Him out
The words He spoke, so pure, so soft, left little room for doubt
CHORUS
It's hard enough to keep the peace in your own familiar place
It's harder still to keep it with another creed or race
But everyone's your neighbor as you share the Word of God
So heed the words that Jesus spoke and walk the path He trod
CHORUS
Miracle in the Morning
Copyright 1998
Key : C major
Instrumentation: Piano
Contemporary
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They had never heard such a message before
A light filled up their darkened lives
As if opening up a door
Then they took Him away
And extinguished the light
And what had been the brightest day
Was turned back into night
Had it all been a dream
Just a day in the sun?
And the hopes they had hoped
Were they over and done?
But the miracle in the morning
Was the stone that rolled away
From death to life delivered
On that third amazing day
It was the miracle in the morning
When to the world He did appear
But the miracle, the true miracle
Is how I know He's here
They had often thought of the lives that they'd led
Would things go back the way they were
Before the things He said?
But something had changed
And would never be the same
They could feel it coming
The power in His name
He had died on the cross
At his Father's own call
But in giving up his life
He gives life to us all
It was the miracle in the morning
It was the stone that rolled away
From death to life delivered
On that third amazing day
It was the miracle in the morning
When to the world He did appear
But the miracle, the true miracle
Is how I know He's here
It was the miracle in the morning
When to the world He did appear
But the miracle, the true miracle
Is how I know He's here
It's how I know He's here
My Only Lord
Copyright 1994
Key : F major
Instrumentation: Piano
Contemporary
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Oftentimes today, you'll hear people say
There's no time for anyone to lend a hand
But what will it be, when it comes down to me
Will I find the faith and will I understand, that
His answer is still the same
Whenever I call His name
He's willing to take the blame
For all my failings
I know there is just one way
I'll make it through every day
He's taking my sin away
My only Lord
When I dwell upon all the things that have gone wrong
I marvel at the fact that I have come this far
But it's no mystery as long as I can see
We can be the people that He knows we are
CHORUS
Remember Me
Copyright 1995
Key : E flat major
Instrumentation: Piano, Guitar, Flute descant
Contemporary with a southwestern flavor. Nice song. Flute part too!
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When I think back to my younger days
A voice of hope, a word of truth, a song of praise
All of my life in a simple phrase
It was so much clearer then.
Now in this place of compromise
Necessity forgiving me the tiny lies
How did I ever become so "wise"
And believe that it was true.
CHORUS
Jesus remember me
Jesus remember me
Here in the city though I may be
Your love is with me forever.
Caught in the rhythm of day to day
What I expect, what I neglect, what people say
But I've always known there's a better way
Though I live so differently
No need to drift on seas of doubt
Out there all alone
Not while His beacon shines for us
And lights our way back home
When I consider the days to come
All I've arranged, what God can change, where I've come from
It's time to get on with what I've begun
Of the life that He has planned.
CHORUS
Riding Down the Highway
Copyright 1996
Key : major
Instrumentation: Should be Guitar, Piano, and Bass
Country, Honky-tonk. This one just has the chords and bass line. Never fleshed out the piano. Down and dirty, waiting to happen.
I was down and done, all my courses had been run
Though I'd nothing to show for my time
I had wasted my days in a thousand different ways
In a hole so deep I could not climb
I was in despair, wasn't comin' up for air
Gettin' deeper and deeper mile by mile
But I sang a song though the whole thing felt just wrong
'Cause it fill'd my mind up for awhile
I was riding down the highway
Singin' songs of Jesus
Singin' till my heart burst
Or till the pain would end
I was riding down the highway
Singin' songs of Jesus
Thinking 'bout my broken life
Hoping it would mend
All my thoughts were black, there just was no turning back
To a day when my conscience was clear
I just did and did till the doing all but hid
Any reason that God put me here
Though I cried and cried there was nothing left inside
Not an inkling of hope that I could own
Still I sang a tune though I knew that pretty soon
I'd be back in my own world once again
CHORUS
The road before me
Straight and long
Going nowhere
Like my own
But the words of the song took a life on of their own
'Bout a man who had died long ago
And when He returned the whole world had finally learned
Just the thing I was longing to know.
And the message broke through like He must have seen it do
With so many hopeful ones before
And I knew right then I could start my life again
And that message held me more and more.
I was riding down the highway
Singin' songs of Jesus
Singin' till my heart burst
Or till the pain would end
I was riding down the highway
Singin' songs of Jesus
Thinking 'bout my broken life
Knowing it would mend
Someday He'll Come
Copyright 1994
Key : D major
Instrumentation: Piano
Contemporary, music-box like.
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Someday He'll come and touch my heart
Put at one a world apart
Someday He'll come we don't know when
To bless the world again
All the trouble of the day
Vanishes far away
And we will see His purpose then
To bless the world again
Wonders like man has never seen
But perhaps in a dream
There will be miracles ten times ten
To bless the world again
Someday He'll come, the promise kept
Lifting all He'll accept
Someday He'll come eternal friend
To bless the world again
On that day we'll know His will
Earth and seas heaven filled
All of the questions answered then
He'll bless the world again
Wonders like man has never seen
But perhaps in a dream
There will be miracles ten times ten
To bless the world again
He lays His hand across the earth
Sorrow and striving ends
We begin a golden age
That through His grace He sends
Someday He'll come and touch my heart
Put at one a world apart
Someday He'll come we don't know when
To bless the world again
All the trouble of the day
Vanishes far away
And we will see His purpose then
To bless the world again
Wonders like man has never seen
But perhaps in a dream
There will be miracles ten times ten
To bless the world again
To bless the world again
There's No Doubt
Copyright 1995
Key : E major
Instrumentation: Guitar and 4-part chorus
Folk. Remember Peter, Paul and Mary?
I was on the road to Bethlehem when I saw the star that marked His birth
And I knew right away it was finally the day our Hope was here on earth
There's no doubt what He's about when He's about
And it makes you want to stand right up and shout
Put away all your fear for the miracle's here
There's no doubt what He's about when He's about
I was on the road to Nazareth when I saw Him preaching on a hill
And I knew as I heard from the truth in His word that I would do His Will
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I was on the road near Calvary when I saw him hanging on a cross
And I wondered why He would do this for me with my life such a loss
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I was on the road from Gethsemane when I heard about the tomb where He had lain
And I knew on that day, the stone rolled away, that He had ris'n again!
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Turn to the Spirit
Copyright 1995
Key : E major
Instrumentation: Piano
Contemporary
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When everyday is cloudy and the world is closing in
When there's no one left to talk to that you know
Someone even took your hand and then just let it go
When you reach your upper limit and the breaking point is near
When the day provides no purpose and the night is full of fear
When the joy of life has little left to show
If you can turn to the spirit
If you can bend like the reed
If you can turn to the spirit
You will never be in need
In a time of desperation, in the darkness of your soul
You walk a pointless path with feet of clay
And the friends you thought would stand beside you turn and walk away
Though it seems there's no solution and the agony won't end
You don't see your contribution from a place you can't defend
And you wish that you could finish with this day
If you can turn to the spirit
If you can bend like the reed
If you can turn to the spirit
You will never be in need
You will never be in need
You will never be in need
Wenceslaw
Copyright 1997
Key : C major
Instrumentation: Piano
Piano score
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This is 5 minutes of variations on the theme of Good King Wenceslas.
Enjoy!
What've You Given Back?
Copyright 1996
Key : G major
Instrumentation: Piano
Contemporary, stewardship
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Take a look around you and see what God has done.
Earth and sea and heaven, a place for everyone.
Everywhere His hand is, many blessing fall
And the won'drous part is, that you receive them all.
What've you given back?
How have you tried to say
You know it's all a gift from God in some mysterious way?
What've you given back
How does your fortune show
A grateful heart that tells the Lord you know?
Some are born with riches, the world makes no demands.
Others build their fortunes with strong persistent hands.
Either way happens, doesn't matter much.
The Lord will have His answer in those whose lives you touch.
Chorus (with final ending)
Will We Go With Him to Paradise?
Copyright 1996
Key : C major
Instrumentation: Piano
Country, waltz
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As they stood at the foot of the cross
Considering the world they had lost
After three years of bliss, just to see Him like this
Back into darkness their dreams had been tossed
But as they look'd at Him broken and tired
They remembered the dreams He'd inspired
And they wondered if they would remember this day
And the promise He made them of all they desired
Will we go with Him to paradise?
Will we turn from sin and not look twice?
Will we hear His word, will the love suffice?
Will we go with Him to paradise?
Here we stand in the crossroads today
Just as they did far away
We doubt just the same, look for someone to blame
Nothing changes, how strange is this voice we obey
Can we come to the love that He shared
Though we're lonely, disheartened and scared
There He stands at the door, something we can't ignore
Will we see in our future much more than we dared
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With This Child
Copyright 1996
Key : G major
Instrumentation: Piano
Contemporary
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With this child comes the morn again
All that's done is done, life is just begun
With this child we are born again
Whatever they may say, our sins are washed away
With this child
We can see His star above
We can feel His present love
He has found us, His love surrounds us
And we're made new with this child
With this child we're made whole again
Dreams we though were dust
He's given back to us
With this child, in control again
Though we were lost before we're on the path once more
With this child
We can see His star above
We can feel His present love
He has found us, His love surrounds us
And we're made new with this child
You Are What You Believe
Copyright 1995
Key : D major
Instrumentation: Piano
Contemporary
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Looking for a simple truth in a complicated line
Wond'ring how the things of youth have meaning over time
If I could just hold on to a sense of right and wrong
If I could just tap into the things that make me strong
Looking for a central thought in this undirected scene
Trying hard to comprehend what all this truly means
Where it all will lead as I walk down the path ahead
Trusting that the way of life's the way that I am led
You are what you believe
No matter where, no matter who
You are what you believe
It's part of everything you do
Hear the words your heart is telling you
Let them guide the way you live
Feel the presence deep inside of you
Young or old, lose or win what matters most is what's within
You are what you believe
If you believe what you believe is true
Out of all the things we are what makes a person whole?
What is it we have to do to reach the final goal?
When did we begin to see the forest from the trees?
Suddenly aware of all the possibilities?
After all the years go by the way they tend to do
Though nothing turns out quite the way that you expect it to
Remember that it's not the hours you gathered on the way
It's how you face a lifetime that you're living everyday
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Copyright 199
Key : major
Instrumentation: Piano
Style
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