Peace On Earth

The prophets of old

A Messiah foretold

The Earth would behold

God with us

A star in the sky

The angels on high

Proclaimed you'd arrived

God with us

And they sang "Peace on Earth, Peace on Earth."

But I searched the world for peace and I found war

Hatred and disease, injustice to the poor

So was it peace on Earth that you came for?

Is that why you came? 

You spoke from the word

As had never been heard

Declaring you were

God with us

Your words such a threat

They plotted your death

Your followers fled 

From God with us

And where is peace on Earth, peace on Earth?

Because I searched the world for peace and I found war

Hatred and disease, injustice to the poor

So was it peace on Earth that you came for?

Is that  why you came?  

The promised King

They nailed to a tree

But death would not keep

God from us

You would rise, then ascend

You are coming again

And your Spirit you'd send

To be with us

And he'd be peace with us, and peace in us

But I searched the world for peace and still found war

Hatred and disease, injustice to the poor

But for each of these you are the cure

And that's why you came, and that's why you're coming!

So may your peace in us, spread your peace on Earth.

And that's why you came, and that's why you're coming!

In you, may we be found

When you come on the clouds

Our King, wearing a crown

To reign on Earth

And you'll bring peace on Earth, peace on Earth

But before you bring peace, you will bring war

On hatred and disease, they will be crushed by your strong sword

Because for each of these you are the cure

And that’s why you came, and that’s why you’re coming!

So may your peace in us, spread your peace on Earth.

And speed the day, the day of your coming!

A star in the sky

The angels on high

Proclaimed you'd arrived

God with us

And they sang "Peace on Earth, Peace on Earth."

Today

I walked in the wilderness by choice

Hardened my heart when I heard Your voice

Promised that tomorrow I would change

But tomorrow's always one more day away

I won't live with shame and with regret

To make a promise I will soon forget

A promise that tomorrow I will change

When tomorrow's always one more day away

So God, I surrender, today

Here I am, all of me

Great I AM, You see me

Your word is truth and light

It pierces to my heart

Sever from my life anything that's of the dark

To You the Only Way, I surrender, today

Before you formed the world you foreknew

The waywardness my willful heart would choose

Before I even had a breath to breathe

You knew you would breathe your last for me

I won't put another nail into the cross

Because once for all You have conquered death

Forever I'm made perfect by your grace

Yet sanctified a little more each day

My God, I surrender, Today

Here I am, all of me

Great I AM, You see me

Your Word is truth and light

It pierces to my heart

Sever from my life anything that's of the dark

To You the Only Way, I surrender, today

You are My Strength

You are my strength
I rest in your grace
Give me wisdom for this day
In you my heart hopes
On you I lean
For each step along the way

You are, you are God
And you are good

You give enough
For this moment
I can trust you to provide
When I'm weary
And all seems hopeless
You are still right by my side

You are, you are God
And you are good

From this humbled place I'm in
Broken down from within
You are here to lift me
You are here to fill me

From this place of suffering
Where for some time I've been
You are here to lift me
You are here to fill me

And I am yours, I am yours, I am yours
And you are God
And you are good

You are sovereign
You are loving
Nothing slips out of your hands
You're redeemer
You are coming
Back again to heal this land

You are, you are God
And you are good

From this humbled place I'm in
Broken down from within
You are here to lift me
You are here to fill me

From this place of suffering
Where for some time I've been
You are here to lift me
You are here to fill me

And I'll sing a song to my King
Just your name on my lips
Such a powerful thing
To your promises I will cling
Oh my God, oh my God

And I am yours, I am yours, I am yours
And you are God, and you are good

Before a Word is Spoken

Before a word was spoken
My promises were broken
For so long I failed to follow through
But I will not be shaken
For you are my foundation

I find my hope in you

God almighty, give me the strength
To lift my eyes from
Lesser things
Leave no good undone
Not to sin succumb
To breathe in more of you
And live out what is true

Before a word is spoken
My thoughts to you are open
You go behind and before
The keeper of tomorrow
It's you that I will follow
But when I am weak my Lord

God almighty, give me the strength
To lift my eyes from
Lesser things
Leave no good undone
Not to sin succumb
To breathe in more of you
And live out what is true

Will you show me more, of who you are
I want to know what's true
I've let other things, reign in my heart
And they've blinded me to you

God almighty, give me the strength
To lift my eyes from
Lesser things
Leave no good undone
Not to sin succumb
To breathe in more of you
And live out what is true

If You Are

Will you show me who you are
Will you teach what is true
Will you invade my heart
With more and more of you

Will you dispell the lies
That I have believed
And ready now my heart
So that I can receive

If you are who you say you are
Let all else fade away
If you are who you say you are
Let my life be changed
For your glory

Your Grace will Hold Me

The sun is bursting forth from these dark clouds
Pink and yellow rays are burning down
And the brilliance makes me turn my eyes away
Yet I wonder how it pales next to your face
I feel that in this moment, I'm surrounded by your love
And the answer to my searching, is that you're enough

In your presence all else fades away
And though I can't see the path that I should take
I know your grace will hold me
I know your grace will hold me
I know your grace will hold me all the way

I've been wondering where to go from here
Left things undone in negligence and fear
And I worry that I've wasted too much time
Caught up in my selfishness and pride
But you bend toward what it broken
And you come invade my mess
And I know that in my wanderings, you never left

In your presence all else fades away
And though I can't see the path that I should take
I know your grace will hold me
I know your grace will hold me
I know your grace will hold me all the way

To the deepest depths
To the darkest place
And further still
Your grace
To the broken heart
To the hidden shame
And further still
Your grace

In your presence all else fades away
And though I can't see the path that I should take
I know your grace will hold me
I know your grace will hold me
I know your grace will hold me all the way

Beautifully Bleak

Beautifully bleak
Open and bare
Nothing for miles
But landscape and air
And I feel alive
Yet I feel so small
In the beautifully bleak
Away from it all

The earth and the sky
The work of your hands
You spoke a word
And formed where I stand
And I feel alive
Yet I feel so small
In the beautifully bleak
Away from it all

And you
You see me here
Through the vastness of heaven
Somehow you're near
And before time began
You desired to know me
As part of your plan

You feed the birds
The flowers are clothed
With finer threads
Than a rich man can boast
You care for these
No matter how small
In the beautifully bleak
Away from it all

And you
You see me here
Through the vastness of heaven
Somehow you're near
And before time began
You desired to know me
As part of your plan