Light in the darkness - so bright that it banishes all darkness.
You know - the kind of feeling when you turn on the lights first thing in the morning and you want to cringe and hide. I think sometimes I forget that if you sit in that light for a while you get comfortable. How often when God shines His light on you do you recoil and not stay in the light? Sure... it hurts at first, it's so bright. But. God calls us to dwell in that spot, to find comfort in the light. I think sometimes when we come to Jesus with our stuff, our darkness, and He first shines that light on us it can hurt. It's easy to try to hide. To run away from the truth. Because it can hurt. But. If you sit in that light you find that it gets easier. That your darkness isn't dark anymore.
My God - that is who You are. You are the light in the darkness. May I remember to stay with you in the light.
Even when I don't see it, You're working
Even when I don't feel it, You're working
You never stop, You never stop working
God is working. He is the way maker, the miracle worker, and even when we can't see it and don't feel it, we remember that that is who He is.
You are here, moving in our midst
I worship You
I worship You
You are here, working in this place
I worship You
I worship You
You are here, moving in our midst
I worship You
I worship You
You are here, working in this place
I worship You
I worship You
You are
Way maker, miracle worker, promise keeper
Light in the darkness, my God
That is who You are
You are
Way maker, miracle worker, promise keeper
Light in the darkness, my God
That is who You are
You are here, touching every heart
I worship You
I worship You
You are here, healing every heart
I worship You (Jesus)
I worship You (you turning lives around)
You are here, turning lives around
I worship You
I worship You (You mended every heart)
You are here, mending every heart
I worship You
I worship You
You are
Way maker, miracle worker, promise keeper
Light in the darkness, my God
That is who You are
Way maker, miracle worker, promise keeper
Light in the darkness, my God
That is who You are
You are
Way maker, miracle worker, promise keeper
Light in the darkness, my God
That is who You are
Way maker, miracle worker, promise keeper
Light in the darkness, my God
That is who You are (Sing that is who you are)
That is who You are
That is who You are
That is who You are
That is who You are (My Jesus)
That is who You are
That is who You are
That is who You are
That is who You are (My Jesus)
Way maker, miracle worker, promise keeper
Light in the darkness, my God
That is who You are (Yes it is yeah)
Way maker, miracle worker, promise keeper
Light in the darkness, my God
That is who You are
Even when I don't see it, You're working
Even when I don't feel it, You're working
You never stop, You never stop working
You never stop, You never stop working (C'mon)
Even when I don't see it, You're working
Even when I don't feel it, You're working
You never stop, You never stop working
You never stop, You never stop working
Even when I don't see it, You're working
Even when I don't feel it, You're working
You never stop, You never stop working
You never stop, You never stop working
Even when I don't see it, You're working
Even when I don't feel it, You're working
You never stop, You never stop working
You never stop, You never stop working
Way maker, miracle worker, promise keeper
Light in the darkness, my God
That is who You are
Way maker, miracle worker, promise keeper
Light in the darkness, my God
That is who You are
That is who You are
That is who You are
That is who You are
That is who You are
That is who You are
That is who You are
That is who You are
That is who You are
Way maker, miracle worker, promise keeper
Light in the darkness, my God
That is who You are
You are
Way maker, miracle worker, promise keeper
Light in the darkness, my God
That is who You are
Oh his name is above, his name is above depression
His name is above loneliness
Oh his name is above disease, oh his name is above cancer
His name is above every other name, listen listen
That is who You are
That is who You are
That is who You are
That is who You are (Jesus)
That is who You are
That is who You are
That is who You are
That is who You are
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Osinachi Okoro
Way Maker lyrics © Integrity Music Europe
Friday, January 31, 2020
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Wanted - Danny Gokey
**Disclaimer: this is not a desperate cry for help. I'm not currently battling mental illness/depression. But, in full honesty, it is a part of my story, that I am working hard to not find shame in, but to be honest about, and hopefully help others find joy, hope and peace.**
In the middle of my darkest nights, I find myself in a place of wondering if anyone is actually better because I'm here. Do people really want me to be in their life? Could God even want me? When I'm surrounded by my shame, feeling completely unworthy, discarded, worthless... Where is God then? And do I really want to know the answer - because probably He is far far away. Because certainly He doesn't want to have anything to do with me, and can't be near me.
But hear the truth:
No matter your circumstance
No matter what you have done
No matter what you have left undone
No matter what you have said
No matter what has been said to you
No matter who has left you
No matter who has told you that you are unlovable - in words or in actions
You are wanted
God says: You're more than all your darkest moments, you are defined by what I see. You're my reflection, you're my treasure, you're my heartbeat, Oh, child, you belong to me.
We are defined by what He sees, not by what the world sees, not by our own misguided or misdirected visions of ourselves.
You are chosen. Not rejected.
He is with you, you're not abandoned.
You are remembered, not forgotten
Your reflection that you see - it is Him. He made you. And He wants you.
Let his love inside... He'll show you that you're wanted.
I was there the moment that it happened
But you couldn't see me through the pain
I caught every tear as they were falling
When you lost your heart that day
Yeah, you lost your heart that day
Now you only see through broken lenses
Trying to keep your head above the shame
You believe the lie that I am distant
But I hold you every day
Yeah, I hold you every day
If you could see it through my eyes
You'd know that you are wanted
You'd know that you are wanted
And if you'd let my love inside
I'll show you that you're wanted
I'll show you that you're wanted
You're more than all your darkest moments
You are defined by what I see
You're my reflection, you're my treasure, you're my heartbeat
Oh, child, you belong to me, ohh
'Cause if you would see it through my eyes
You'd know that you are wanted
You'd know that you are wanted
And if you'd let my love inside
I'll show you that you're wanted
I'll show you that you're wanted, oh
Not rejected, not unwelcome
You're wanted (You're wanted)
Oh, you're wanted (You're wanted)
Not abandoned, not forgotten
You're wanted
Oh, you're wanted
I'm right here in this moment
And I'm singing over you
Yeah, I'm singing over you, oh-oh
If you could see it through my eyes
You'd know that you are wanted (You are wanted)
You'd know that you are wanted
And if you'd let my love inside
I'll show you that you're wanted
I'll show you that you're wanted
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Jess Cates / Bernie Herms / Daniel Gokey
Wanted lyrics © Xeva Music, Works By Pure Note Songs, Better Than I Found It Publ.
In the middle of my darkest nights, I find myself in a place of wondering if anyone is actually better because I'm here. Do people really want me to be in their life? Could God even want me? When I'm surrounded by my shame, feeling completely unworthy, discarded, worthless... Where is God then? And do I really want to know the answer - because probably He is far far away. Because certainly He doesn't want to have anything to do with me, and can't be near me.
But hear the truth:
No matter your circumstance
No matter what you have done
No matter what you have left undone
No matter what you have said
No matter what has been said to you
No matter who has left you
No matter who has told you that you are unlovable - in words or in actions
You are wanted
God says: You're more than all your darkest moments, you are defined by what I see. You're my reflection, you're my treasure, you're my heartbeat, Oh, child, you belong to me.
We are defined by what He sees, not by what the world sees, not by our own misguided or misdirected visions of ourselves.
You are chosen. Not rejected.
He is with you, you're not abandoned.
You are remembered, not forgotten
Your reflection that you see - it is Him. He made you. And He wants you.
Let his love inside... He'll show you that you're wanted.
I was there the moment that it happened
But you couldn't see me through the pain
I caught every tear as they were falling
When you lost your heart that day
Yeah, you lost your heart that day
Now you only see through broken lenses
Trying to keep your head above the shame
You believe the lie that I am distant
But I hold you every day
Yeah, I hold you every day
If you could see it through my eyes
You'd know that you are wanted
You'd know that you are wanted
And if you'd let my love inside
I'll show you that you're wanted
I'll show you that you're wanted
You're more than all your darkest moments
You are defined by what I see
You're my reflection, you're my treasure, you're my heartbeat
Oh, child, you belong to me, ohh
'Cause if you would see it through my eyes
You'd know that you are wanted
You'd know that you are wanted
And if you'd let my love inside
I'll show you that you're wanted
I'll show you that you're wanted, oh
Not rejected, not unwelcome
You're wanted (You're wanted)
Oh, you're wanted (You're wanted)
Not abandoned, not forgotten
You're wanted
Oh, you're wanted
I'm right here in this moment
And I'm singing over you
Yeah, I'm singing over you, oh-oh
If you could see it through my eyes
You'd know that you are wanted (You are wanted)
You'd know that you are wanted
And if you'd let my love inside
I'll show you that you're wanted
I'll show you that you're wanted
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Jess Cates / Bernie Herms / Daniel Gokey
Wanted lyrics © Xeva Music, Works By Pure Note Songs, Better Than I Found It Publ.
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Home - Jesse Jorgensen
When I worked at camp, there were a lot of mornings where the walk to the barn from our bunkhouse was done in the pitch black. 4 AM and you're booking it up the hill to the barn up a path through the woods, with roots menacingly jumping up out of the ground to trip you. The first month of camp, it was kinda light at the time you're heading for the barn... but by the end of the summer. Say goodbye to that light, it was dark. Like dark dark. You better have learned the path or your were going to land flat on your face. Or... you had to carry a flashlight. The kind of dark where you can't see your own feet. And even with a flashlight you might wonder what was four feet in front of you because you definitely couldn't see that far.
If' I'm honest, I've had a lot of times like that in my life, too. Where home feels like miles away, and where I don't feel like I can see my own feet. That darkness can crush in from all sides and make you feel trapped, like you have no idea where you're going, and like with every step you are going to fall flat on your face.
So the question is, what do you do in those times? What do you do with the insane desire to be home... truly home?
We were not made for this world - we were made for His kingdom. And yet, here, in this place so far from home we can find God's light. He has searched us, knows us, made us. Our home truly is with Him - the one who knows us, who can see clearly in the dark. Who sees our every outline and movement. Who can lead us on the path of His true life - the true direction of home.
Come and break through this darkness
May it be shot through with light
Lord I want to come home now
I want to be by Your side
Pick up God's flashlight. And know that even though we can't see outside of the beam of light He can. And with Him you are home.
As Jesse says: "As followers of Jesus we have a constant sense of not being home yet. And yet we have the very presence of God living in us and with us at all times. So we live in this paradox of longing for home and yet being completely at home in the presence of God."
Find your home, find your rest, in the presence of God. He will always be our home.
"Lord, through all the generations you have been our home!" - Psalm 90:1
It's been so dark
I can barely see your lamp upon my feet
I can barely see your lamp upon my feet
I've come so far
But rest is still a thousand miles away
Rest seems like a thousand miles away
You have always been my home
You have always been my home
You've searched my heart
You've tested me and know my every thought
You've tested me and know my every thought
So change my ways
And lead me on the path of Your true life
Lead me on the path of Your true life
You have always been my home
You have always been my home
You have always been my home
You have always been my home
Come and break through this darkness
May it be shot through with light
Lord I want to come home now
I want to be by Your side
Break through this darkness
May it be shot through with light
Lord I want to come home now
I want to be by Your side
Break through this darkness
May it be shot through with light
Lord we want to come home now
We want to be by Your side
You have always been our home
You have always been our home
You have always been our home
You will always be our home
You will always be our home
You will always be our home
If' I'm honest, I've had a lot of times like that in my life, too. Where home feels like miles away, and where I don't feel like I can see my own feet. That darkness can crush in from all sides and make you feel trapped, like you have no idea where you're going, and like with every step you are going to fall flat on your face.
So the question is, what do you do in those times? What do you do with the insane desire to be home... truly home?
We were not made for this world - we were made for His kingdom. And yet, here, in this place so far from home we can find God's light. He has searched us, knows us, made us. Our home truly is with Him - the one who knows us, who can see clearly in the dark. Who sees our every outline and movement. Who can lead us on the path of His true life - the true direction of home.
Come and break through this darkness
May it be shot through with light
Lord I want to come home now
I want to be by Your side
Pick up God's flashlight. And know that even though we can't see outside of the beam of light He can. And with Him you are home.
As Jesse says: "As followers of Jesus we have a constant sense of not being home yet. And yet we have the very presence of God living in us and with us at all times. So we live in this paradox of longing for home and yet being completely at home in the presence of God."
Find your home, find your rest, in the presence of God. He will always be our home.
"Lord, through all the generations you have been our home!" - Psalm 90:1
It's been so dark
I can barely see your lamp upon my feet
I can barely see your lamp upon my feet
I've come so far
But rest is still a thousand miles away
Rest seems like a thousand miles away
You have always been my home
You have always been my home
You've searched my heart
You've tested me and know my every thought
You've tested me and know my every thought
So change my ways
And lead me on the path of Your true life
Lead me on the path of Your true life
You have always been my home
You have always been my home
You have always been my home
You have always been my home
Come and break through this darkness
May it be shot through with light
Lord I want to come home now
I want to be by Your side
Break through this darkness
May it be shot through with light
Lord I want to come home now
I want to be by Your side
Break through this darkness
May it be shot through with light
Lord we want to come home now
We want to be by Your side
You have always been our home
You have always been our home
You have always been our home
You will always be our home
You will always be our home
You will always be our home
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Christ is Enough - Hillsong
Through every storm my soul will sing Jesus is here to God be the glory
Christ is enough for me, Christ is enough for me, Everything I need is in You, Everything I need
What storm are you currently weathering? Or are you feeling like God has hauled you out of the water and stuck you in dry dock for repairs? How are you weathering that? What is your soul singing?
I think it's really easy for me to get caught up in the day to day and forget to focus on the big picture - the only picture, really. Christ is our reward - and it's where all our devotion should be. Nothing that we look to will ever satisfy us.
I wonder sometimes if we make things too complicated. I love the line in this song "I have decided to follow Jesus, no turning back" because, really, it's so simple. Remember who you have decided to follow, and don't turn back.
Keep the cross before you - remember that, and drive towards that. May you find that Christ is enough for you!
Christ is my reward
And all of my devotion
Now there's nothing in this world
That could ever satisfy
Through every trial
My soul will sing
No turning back
I've been set free
Christ is enough for me
Christ is enough for me
Everything I need is in You
Everything I need
Christ my all in all
The joy of my salvation
And this hope will never fail
Heaven is our home
Through every storm
My soul will sing
Jesus is here
To God be the glory
Christ is enough for me
Christ is enough for me
Everything I need is in You
Everything I need
I have decided to follow Jesus
No turning back
No turning back
I have decided to follow Jesus
No turning back
No turning back (the cross)
The cross before me
The world behind me
No turning back
No turning back
The cross before me
The world behind me
No turning back
No turning back
Christ is enough for me
Christ is enough for me
Everything I need is in You
Everything I need (Christ is enough)
Christ is enough for me
Christ is enough for me
Everything I need is in You
Everything I need
I have decided to follow Jesus
No turning back
No turning back
I have decided to follow Jesus
No turning back
No turning back (I have decided)
I have decided to follow Jesus
No turning back
No turning back
I have decided to follow Jesus
No turning back
No turning back
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Jonas Myrin / Reuben Morgan
Christ Is Enough lyrics © Capitol Christian Music Group
Christ is enough for me, Christ is enough for me, Everything I need is in You, Everything I need
What storm are you currently weathering? Or are you feeling like God has hauled you out of the water and stuck you in dry dock for repairs? How are you weathering that? What is your soul singing?
I think it's really easy for me to get caught up in the day to day and forget to focus on the big picture - the only picture, really. Christ is our reward - and it's where all our devotion should be. Nothing that we look to will ever satisfy us.
I wonder sometimes if we make things too complicated. I love the line in this song "I have decided to follow Jesus, no turning back" because, really, it's so simple. Remember who you have decided to follow, and don't turn back.
Keep the cross before you - remember that, and drive towards that. May you find that Christ is enough for you!
Christ is my reward
And all of my devotion
Now there's nothing in this world
That could ever satisfy
Through every trial
My soul will sing
No turning back
I've been set free
Christ is enough for me
Christ is enough for me
Everything I need is in You
Everything I need
Christ my all in all
The joy of my salvation
And this hope will never fail
Heaven is our home
Through every storm
My soul will sing
Jesus is here
To God be the glory
Christ is enough for me
Christ is enough for me
Everything I need is in You
Everything I need
I have decided to follow Jesus
No turning back
No turning back
I have decided to follow Jesus
No turning back
No turning back (the cross)
The cross before me
The world behind me
No turning back
No turning back
The cross before me
The world behind me
No turning back
No turning back
Christ is enough for me
Christ is enough for me
Everything I need is in You
Everything I need (Christ is enough)
Christ is enough for me
Christ is enough for me
Everything I need is in You
Everything I need
I have decided to follow Jesus
No turning back
No turning back
I have decided to follow Jesus
No turning back
No turning back (I have decided)
I have decided to follow Jesus
No turning back
No turning back
I have decided to follow Jesus
No turning back
No turning back
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Jonas Myrin / Reuben Morgan
Christ Is Enough lyrics © Capitol Christian Music Group
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Run To The Father - Cody Carnes
We were made as a beautiful creation to make beautiful creations. We were not created to be on our own. We were created to be with our Father, as well as with other people.
My heart needs a surgeon, my soul needs a friend - as I find myself stuck in a cycle of shame, over things I've done, over my inadequacies, I find it so easy to feel that I have a need for a surgeon to remove the horrible things, but how hard it is for me to realize that I need a friend. That God loves me, that he wants to be my friend. You saw my condition, had a plan at the start, Your Son for redemption, the price for my heart and I don't have a context for that kind of love. God is not shocked by our condition, He has a plan, and a kind of love that we don't even have a context for in our wildest dreams.
Run to His heart - run to life from death... just as you are!
I've carried a burden
For too long on my own
I wasn't created
To bear it alone
I hear Your invitation
To let it all go
Yeah I see it now
I'm laying it down
And I know that I need You
I run to the Father
I fall into grace
I'm done with the hiding
No reason to wait
My heart needs a surgeon
My soul needs a friend
So I'll run to the Father
Again and again
And again and again
Oh, oh, oh
You saw my condition
Had a plan from the start
Your Son for redemption
The price for my heart
And I don't have a context
For that kind of love
I don't understand
I can't comprehend
All I know is I need You
I run to the Father
I fall into grace
I'm done with the hiding
No reason to wait
My heart needs a surgeon
My soul needs a friend
So I'll run to the Father
Again and again
And again and again
Oh, oh, again and again
And again and again
Oh, oh
My heart has been in Your sights
Long before my first breath
Running into Your arms
Is running to life from death
And I feel this rush deep in my chest
Your mercy is calling out
Just as I am You pull me in
And I know I need You now
I run to the Father
I fall into grace
I'm done with the hiding
No reason to wait
My heart needs a surgeon
My soul needs a friend
So I'll run to the Father
Again and again
I run to the Father
I fall into grace
I'm done with the hiding
No reason to wait
And my heart found a surgeon
My soul found a friend
So I'll run to the Father
Again and again
And again and again
Oh, oh, again and again
And again and again
Oh, oh, oh
Again and again
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Matt Maher / Ran Jackson / Cody Carnes
Run To The Father lyrics © Be Essential Songs
My heart needs a surgeon, my soul needs a friend - as I find myself stuck in a cycle of shame, over things I've done, over my inadequacies, I find it so easy to feel that I have a need for a surgeon to remove the horrible things, but how hard it is for me to realize that I need a friend. That God loves me, that he wants to be my friend. You saw my condition, had a plan at the start, Your Son for redemption, the price for my heart and I don't have a context for that kind of love. God is not shocked by our condition, He has a plan, and a kind of love that we don't even have a context for in our wildest dreams.
Run to His heart - run to life from death... just as you are!
I've carried a burden
For too long on my own
I wasn't created
To bear it alone
I hear Your invitation
To let it all go
Yeah I see it now
I'm laying it down
And I know that I need You
I run to the Father
I fall into grace
I'm done with the hiding
No reason to wait
My heart needs a surgeon
My soul needs a friend
So I'll run to the Father
Again and again
And again and again
Oh, oh, oh
You saw my condition
Had a plan from the start
Your Son for redemption
The price for my heart
And I don't have a context
For that kind of love
I don't understand
I can't comprehend
All I know is I need You
I run to the Father
I fall into grace
I'm done with the hiding
No reason to wait
My heart needs a surgeon
My soul needs a friend
So I'll run to the Father
Again and again
And again and again
Oh, oh, again and again
And again and again
Oh, oh
My heart has been in Your sights
Long before my first breath
Running into Your arms
Is running to life from death
And I feel this rush deep in my chest
Your mercy is calling out
Just as I am You pull me in
And I know I need You now
I run to the Father
I fall into grace
I'm done with the hiding
No reason to wait
My heart needs a surgeon
My soul needs a friend
So I'll run to the Father
Again and again
I run to the Father
I fall into grace
I'm done with the hiding
No reason to wait
And my heart found a surgeon
My soul found a friend
So I'll run to the Father
Again and again
And again and again
Oh, oh, again and again
And again and again
Oh, oh, oh
Again and again
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Matt Maher / Ran Jackson / Cody Carnes
Run To The Father lyrics © Be Essential Songs
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