Song Spotlight

ISSUE 15 MAY 2013

Flags

by Brooke Fraser

Come, tell me your trouble

I'm not your answer

But I'm a listening ear

Reality has left you reeling

All facts and no feeling

No faith and all fear

I don't know why a good man will fall

While a wicked one stands

And our lives blow about

Like flags on the land

Who's at fault is not important

Good intentions lie dormant

And we're all to blame

While apathy acts like an ally

My enemy and I are one and the same

I don't know why the innocents fall

While the monsters still stand

And our lives blow about

Like flags on the land

I don't know why our words are so proud

Yet their promise so thin

And our lives blow about

Like flags in the wind

Oh oh oh oh

You who mourn will be comforted

You who hunger will hunger no more

All the last shall be first

Of this I am sure

You who weep now will laugh again

All you lonely, be lonely no more

Yes, the last will be first

Of this I'm sure

I don't know why the innocents fall

While the monsters stand

I don't know why the little ones thirst

But I know the last shall be first

I know the last shall be first

I know the last shall be first

ISSUE 14 APR 2013

Called Me Higher

by All Sons & Daughters

I could just sit

I could just sit and wait for all your goodness

Hope to feel your presence

And I could just stay

I could just stay right where I am and hope to feel you

Hope to feel something again

And I could hold on

I could hold on to who I am and never let You change me from the inside

And I could be safe

I could be safe here in Your arms and never leave home

Never let these walls down

Chorus:

But you have called me higher

You have called me deeper

And I will go where you will lead me Lord

You have called me higher

You have called me deeper

And I will go where you lead me Lord

Where you lead me

Where you lead me Lord

And I will be Yours

I will be Yours for all my life

So let Your mercy light the path before me

Chorus

ISSUE 13 MAR 2013

Who You Are

by JJ Heller

All she wanted was a baby to hold 

She's still waiting, at 41 years old 

Her life feels like a tragedy 

And it's driving her down to her knees 

She says I don't know, 

I don't know what you're doing 

But I know who You are 

It was after midnight 

When he answered the phone 

The doctor said his daughter 

Was never coming home 

Sometimes life doesn't make any sense 

Full of war and pain and accidents 

He's praying 

I don't know 

I don't know what you're doing 

But I know who You are 

You are the Father's heart 

And a love that's wild 

And you know what it's like to lose 

Yeah, you know what it's like 

What it's like to lose a child 

Sometimes I don't know 

I don't know what you're doing 

I don't know 

I don't know 

Sometimes I don't know 

I don't know what you're doing 

But I know who You are

ISSUE 12 FEB 2013

You're the Best Song I'll Ever Write

by Bethany Dillon

You and the sun are up before I'm ready

But ready or not, you need me

So here I am

I'm learning that in the long hard days

There is beauty

Do you know my favorite place to see it

It's when I look at you

And though I'm tired now

You're worth every sleepless night

You're worth it all, cause I know...

You're the best song I'll ever write

And we're humming and dancing through the years together

You're the best song I'll ever write

And I pray you'll hear Jesus in it when you're older

I remember when you were just a heartbeat that I heard

and now our eyes meet

Forever is not enough to love you

Ooohhh...

Every prayer for you is like a seed in the ground

Every tear I cry is like rain

And in its due season

I pray a harvest will be found

Your heart and mouth confessing Jesus' name

Your heart and mouth confessing Jesus' name

ISSUE 11 DEC 2012

Winter Snow

by Audrey Assad

Could've come like a mighty storm 

With all the strength of a hurricane 

You could've come like a forest fire 

With the power of 

heaven in Your flame 

But You came like a winter snow 

Quiet and soft and slow 

Falling from the sky in the night 

To the earth below 

You could've swept in like a tidal wave 

Or an ocean to ravish our hearts 

You could have come through like a roaring flood 

To wipe away the things 

we've scarred 

But You came like a winter snow 

(Yes, You did) 

You were quiet 

You were soft and slow 

Falling from the sky in the night 

To the earth below 

Oh, no, Your voice wasn't in a bush burning 

No, Your voice wasn't in a rushing wind 

It was still 

It was small 

It was hidden 

You came like a winter snow 

Quiet and soft and slow 

Falling from the sky in the night 

To the earth below 

Falling 

(Oh, yeah) 

To the earth below 

You came falling 

From the sky in the night 

To the earth below

ISSUE 10 NOV 2012

Waiting Here for You

by Christy Nockels

If faith can move the mountains

Let the mountains move

We come with expectation

Waiting here for you, I’m waiting here for you

You’re the Lord of all creation

And still you know my heart

The Author of Salvation 

You’ve loved us from the start

Waiting here for You

With our hands lifted high in praise

And it's You we adore

Singing Alleluia

You are everything You’ve promised

Your faithfulness is true

And we're desperate for Your presence

All we need is You

Singing Alleluia

Alleluia, singing alleluia, alleluia

Waiting here for you

With our hands lifted high in praise

And it's You we adore 

We're singing Alleluia

I'm singing Alleluia

Waiting here for you 

With our hands lifted high in praise

And it's You we adore 

Singing Alleluia

Singing Alleluia

ISSUE 9  OCT 2012

Held

by Natalie Grant

Two months is too little

They let him go

They had no sudden healing

To think that providence

Would take a child from his mother

While she prays, is appalling

Who told us we'd be rescued

What has changed and

Why should we be saved from nightmares

We’re asking why this happens to us

Who have died to live, it's unfair

This is what it means to be held

How it feels, when the sacred is torn from your life

And you survive

This is what it is to be loved and to know

That the promise was that when everything fell

We'd be held

This hand is bitterness

We want to taste it and

Let the hatred numb our sorrows

The wise hand opens slowly

To lilies of the valley and tomorrow

This is what it means to be held

How it feels, when the sacred is torn from your life

And you survive

This is what it is to be loved and to know

That the promise was that when everything fell

We'd be held

If hope if born of suffering

If this is only the beginning

Can we not wait, for one hour

Watching for our savior

This is what it means to be held

How it feels, when the sacred is torn from your life

And you survive

This is what it is to be loved and to know

That the promise was that when everything fell

We'd be held

ISSUE 8  SEPT 2012

Well Done

by Moriah Peters

I'm headed down this narrow road

Chosen by the few

And all that I know is

You told me to follow You

I'm taking a risk and leaving it all

Not knowing what I'll go through

But I'm not alone

As long as I follow You

So when my life's a leap of faith

I can hear You say

Well done, well done

I'm gonna chase You, Lord

I'm gonna show the world Your love, woah

I'll run, I'll run

I'm gonna run this race

To hear You say well done

If people walk with me, talk with me, looking for truth

They're gonna find out soon

If they're following me then

They're gonna follow You

So let my life speak loud and clear

Lord, I wanna hear

Well done, well done

I'm gonna chase You, Lord

I'm gonna show the world Your love, woah

I'll run, I'll run

I'm gonna run this race

To hear You say well done

I'm so glad that I get to serve You, Lord

You're the only One I am living for, woah

I'm gonna run straight into Your open arms

I'm gonna follow You with my all heart, woah, woah

Well done, well done

I'm gonna chase You, Lord

I'm gonna show the world Your love, woah

I'll run, I'll run

I'm gonna run this race

To hear You say well done

I'm gonna run this race

To hear You say well done

ISSUE 7  AUG 2012

Invade

by Watermark

Come, come in

Invade all You see of us

Any man, who'd walk Your road is welcomed here

And You're the only one

Chorus:

Jesus, come and walk the halls of this house

Tread this place and turn it inside out

With Your mercy...

Jesus, teach us the prayers that open these doors

Until Your light floods in and illuminates these floors

And let Your truth be on our steps and in these rooms

Jesus invade...

Reach, reach in

With the hand that heals all our suffering

Conquer all that is not of You

Bring Your spirit through

As we fill these walls with Your praise

Chorus

Invade, Invade

I call for angels

I call for mercy

I call for freedom

In the name of Jesus

In the name of Jesus

Come, come in

Invade all You see of us

Any man, who'd walk Your road is welcomed here

And You're the only one

Chorus

ISSUE 6  JUL 2012

What Love Really Means

by JJ Heller

He cries in the corner where nobody sees

He’s the kid with the story no one would believe

He prays every night “Dear God won’t you please...

Could you send someone here who will love me?”


Who will love me for me?

Not for what I have done or what I will become

Who will love me for me?

‘Cause nobody has shown me what love

What love really means, what love really means



Her office is shrinking a little each day

She’s the woman whose husband has run away

She’ll go to the gym after working today

Maybe if she was thinner then he would’ve stayed

And she says…



Who'll love me for me?

Not for what I have done or what I will become

Who will love me for me?

‘Cause nobody has shown me what love

What love really means what love really means



He’s waiting to die as he sits all alone

He’s a man in a cell who regrets what he’s done

He utters a cry from the depths of his soul

“Oh Lord, forgive me. I wanna go home”



Then he heard a voice somewhere deep inside

And it said “I know you’ve murdered

And I know you’ve lied

And I've watched you suffer all of your life

And now that you'll listen I'll, I'll tell you that I...”



I will love you for you

Not for what you have done or what you will become

I will love you for you

I will give you the love, the love that you never knew



Love you for you

Not for what you have done or what you will become

I will love you for you

I will give you the love, the love that you never knew

ISSUE 5  JUNE 2012

Blessings

by Laura Story

We pray for blessings

We pray for peace

Comfort for family, protection while we sleep

We pray for healing, for prosperity

We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering

All the while, You hear each spoken need

Yet love is way too much to give us lesser things

'Cause what if your blessings come through raindrops

What if Your healing comes through tears

What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near

What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

We pray for wisdom

Your voice to hear

We cry in anger when we cannot feel You near

We doubt your goodness, we doubt your love

As if every promise from Your Word is not enough

All the while, You hear each desperate plea

And long that we'd have faith to believe

When friends betray us

When darkness seems to win

We know that pain reminds this heart

That this is not our home

What if my greatest disappointments

Or the aching of this life

Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can't satisfy

What if trials of this life

The rain, the storms, the hardest nights

Are your mercies in disguise

ISSUE 4  MAY 2012

The More I Seek You

by Gateway Worship: Kari Jobe

The more i seek you,

the more i find you.

The more i find you, 

the more I love you

I wanna sit at your feet

drink from the cup in your hand.

Lay back against you and breath, 

hear your heart beat

This love is so deep, 

it's more than I can stand.

I melt in your peace, it's overwhelming 

The more i seek you,

the more i find you.

The more i find you, 

the more I love you

I wanna sit at your feet

drink from the cup in your hand.

Lay back against you and breath, 

hear your heart beat

This love is so deep, 

it's more than I can stand.

I melt in your peace, it's overwhelming 

ISSUE 3  APR 2012

On Our Side

by Bethany Dillon

The orphan clings to Your hand
Singing the song of how he was found
The widow rejoices
For her oppressors are silenced now

You sit at the table with the wounded and the poor
You laugh and share stories with the thief and the whore
When You could just be silent and leave us here to die
Still, You sent Your Son for us
You are on our side

The runaway falls at Your feet
You are what he has searched for
The rich man is broken
When he stands beneath a sky full of stars

You sit at the table with the wounded and the poor
You laugh and share stories with the thief and the whore
When You could just be silent and leave us here to die
Still, You sent Your Son for us
You are on our side

You sit at the table with the wounded and the poor
You laugh and share stories with the thief and the whore
When You could just be silent and leave us here to die
Still, You sent Your Son for us
You are on our side

Still, You sent Your Son for us
You are on our side

ISSUE 2  MAR 2012

Desert Song 

by Hillsong United (Brooke Fraser)

Watch this song live in Worship at Hillsong (click here)

This is my prayer in the desert

And all that's within me feels dry

This is my prayer in the hunger in me

My God is a God who provides

And this is my prayer in the fire

In weakness or trial or pain

There is a faith proved

Of more worth than gold

So refine me Lord through the flames

                                                                             Chorus:And I will bring praiseI will bring praiseNo weapon forged against me shall remainI will rejoiceI will declareGod is my victory and He is here
And this is my prayer in the battleAnd triumph is still on it's wayI am a conqueror and co-heir with ChristSo firm on His promise I'll stand
All of my lifeIn every seasonYou are still GodI have a reason to singI have a reason to worship
This is my prayer in the harvestWhen favor and providence flowI know I'm filled to be emptied againThe seed I've recieved I will sow
(Below is a video of a testimony behind the song)

ISSUE 1  FEB 2012

I Am

by Nichole Nordeman

Pencil marks on a wall, I wasn't always this tall

You scattered some monsters from beneath my bed

You watched my team win

You watched my team lose

Watched when my bicycle went down again

And when I was weak, unable to speak

Still I could call You by name

And I said, Elbow Healer, Superhero

Come if You can

You said, I Am

Only sixteen, life is so mean

What kind of curfew is at 10pm?

You saw my mistakes

And watched my heart break

Heard when I swore I'd never love again

And when I was weak, unable to speak

Still I could call You by name

And I said Heartache Healer, Secret Keeper

Be my best friend

And you said, I Am

You saw me wear white by pale candlelight

I said forever to what lies ahead

Two kids and a dream, with kids that can scream

Too much it might seem when it is 2am

And when I am weak, unable to speak

Still I will call You by name

Shepherd, Saviour, Pasture Maker

Hold onto my hand

You say, I Am

The winds of change and circumstance blow in and all around us

So we find a foothold that's familiar

And bless the moments that we feel You nearer

When life had begun, I was woven and spun

You let the angels dance around the throne

And who can say when, but they'll dance again

When I am free and finally headed home

I will be weak, unable to speak

Still I will call You by name

Creator, Maker, Life Sustainer

Comforter, Healer, my Redeemer

Lord and King, Beginning and the End

I Am

Yes, I Am

You can find this song on Nichole Nordeman's album titled Woven & Spun
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or on her Ultimate Collection Album
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