Sabbath is coming...
I've been saving dvr (recordings) of Front Row Live, a music show on the Gospel Music Channel, and tonight I'm going to enjoy a few of them. This is my praise in song to God.
Aaron Shust is the first one- singing, 'Open the Eyes of Our Hearts' - Lyrics at the bottom for those interested.
Ohh I love this song!! Matchless! If you haven't heard it you've got to hear it! It's so cool! Again lyrics at the bottom though I'd love to put them here and now to every song, but I don't think people want to read through a bunch of lyrics, I could be wrong.
:)
Happy Sabbath everyone!
The next song in my little praise songfest is... Like I Never Felt Before. Nice song. :)
The next song Watch Over Me made me cry :( so beautiful, so true! He watches over us all. We can go through horrible times, horrible, dark times, but He's there, He is and our eternal life is secure in Him.
Praise God!
His next song is Create Again. Yes, God is our wonderful Creator!
Give Me Words To Speak, was next and another tear jerker for me. Yes, I want words to speak, I don't want my spirit to sleep.
Next- Can't Hide From Your Love. I don't want to hide from God's love...no, no, no.
All praise to God!
Give It All Away was the next song. So beautiful. All that is ours is God's. We have to give God all we are and all we do. God is truly the only one who can bless us, who gave everything He was to us, for us. Such love! *sniffs* So beautiful.
Next- Stillness (Speak To Me). So wonderful! 'Speak to me and show me who you are rescue me with your unfailing love and mercy' Yes...yes and yes! There is God's Truth! His unfailing love and mercy. Speak to us God, show us, speak to us...we need your unfailing love and mercy.
My Savior My God was next.. a very popular song of his and wonderful! My Savior does live, He does Love, He will always be!
PRAISE HIM! All glory to God!
That was it, the end of Aaaron's Front Row Live. The next one is Wynonna! Hehe, I didn't know she sang gospel. :)
Her first song is.... What the World Needs Now. Not too bad :) Nice song :)
The Other Side- was next. Not sure I cared for it too much. I want more praise of God and didn't really well, this song seemed more about self, not God.
Heaven Help Me- was next. Again not sure it's for God, I mean you could point it that way but it's not God specific. Maybe I'm being picky, but ah well. :) It was a pretty song. Jesus is the light :) He is the one light so I'm going to choose to believe it's sung that way. We can never ever afford to lose God's love, never.
It's The Messiah - was the next song. I really, really liked this song!
She sang I Can Only Imagine Next... I love that song :)
She sang a few more songs and I didn't really think they were gospel sooo not putting them here, and I fast forward through a few of them.
Now she's singing- I Wanna Know What Love Is. I can sorta see it in here... we do wanna know what love is and love is God. We want God to show us and He did, He does. :)
Love Can Build A Bridge- another that we can sorta see God in, but it's not gospel. Nice though :)
Her last song was not gospel at all and I was disappointed. Ah well. :)
Snack time and then maybe more :)
Yup, more! Hehe.
Not going to watch up this next group - The Afters. They're a bit too rocky/punky for me, but I do like their first song. Never Going to Okay.
Some how another show was taped before Front Row Live- called Hot List.
This Hot List is hosted by Mike Ferris and he'll give us HIS hot list, the songs he likes.
The first one is 'So Long Self' by Mercyme. GOOD song!
Didn't care for the second, wasn't gospel, didn't even listen.
Third Day came next! I Got a Feeling. Very good so far... *listens* Was good, not their favorite of mine, but good. :)
Flood by Jars of Clay next. Good song! *sings* :) Lift me up!
Next came a non-gospel song I skipped.
Smokie Norful was next with 'God is Able' soooo cool! :)
Mindy Smith- Come to Jesus was next...*listens* Good song. :)
Next is... not one I'm listening to.
After that... another I'm not listening too ewwwwwww heavy metal.
Let's see the next one...to metal for me too.
Hope's the next is better. :)
Johnny Cash- God's Gonna Cut You Down. Woah! Some song!
Interesting- his last song....Mission Temple Fireworks Stand Sawyer Brown, kinda toe tapping :) hehe
Was very interesting :) Hehe I think that's close to being it for the night.
It's Front Row Live- Rebecca Saint James :)
I'm tired so not looking up lyrics, just listening :)
Come Alive! In Jesus :) Good song :)
Lamb of God is next :) *listens* Not too bad. I think I'm getting tired, I skipped over it, just too rocky.
Next... Wait for Me- a song about taking a purity stand and waiting for marriage to have sex, a very cool song. Purity for God.
Our Great God was next by her and Todd Agnew. *listens* Nice... very, very nice! Glory be to our Great God! Lovely song!
This is the Air I Breathe.... Beautiful Song!
His Love Endures Forever ... Great Song! :)
Probably the last song for the night, I'm tiredededed. :)
Praise God for music, for praise in music, in love, in song!
Happy Sabbath All!
**
Open the eyes of my heart, Lord
Open the eyes of my heart, Lord
Open the eyes of my heart
I want to see You
I want to see You
Open the eyes of my heart, Lord
Open the eyes of my heart
I want to see You
I want to see You
To see You high and lifted up
Shinin' in the light of Your glory
Pour out Your power and love
As we sing holy, holy, holy
Open the eyes of my heart, Lord
Open the eyes of my heart
I want to see You
I want to see You
Open the eyes of my heart, Lord
Open the eyes of my heart
I want to see You
I want to see You
To see You high and lifted up
Shinin' in the light of Your glory
Pour out Your power and love
As we sing holy, holy, holy
(Repeat two more times)
Holy, holy, holy
We cry holy, holy, holy
You are holy, holy, holy
I want to see you
Holy, holy, holy
Holy, holy, holy
You are holy, holy, holy
I want to see you
(Repeat five more times)
**
Matchless
Son of a Man, Great I am, King of heaven,
son of god, you hold the measure of my days
Holy Lamb, spotless Lamb, You are worthy, I am not
Before Your throne I stand amazed
Every tongue confess and every knee will bow
To Jesus Christ the Lord forever, hear our praises now
Your name is matchless, Your name is priceless
Your name means more than i could know
You're so far above me, the way that you love me
goes further than any love could go
Wonderful Counselor, Root of David, morning star
you are the way, the truth, the life
lion of the tribe of judah, Mighty god is who you are
The only perfect sacrifice
In your name you took the blind man and you gave him back his sight
In your name you took the dead man and you brought him back to life
In your name you took this prisoner and you opened up the doors
And I will sing before your throne forever more
**
Like I Never Felt Before
(Been) training all this time
I’m at the starting line
A marathon I’m gonna have to run
In such a way as if to win the prize
And I believe
Even though I can’t see
All the athletes from days gone by
Are in the stadium surrounding me
And in the days
before the final phase
I sacrificed the things that held me down
And concentratedly I fixed my gaze.
A shot resounds
My heart begins to pound
And I begin to know what it’s like
To run as if I had nobody around
And I feel like I never felt before
I ran through the open door
And I feel like I never felt before
And it seems You’re aware of so much more
Than I gave You credit for
And I feel like I never felt before
Climbing high
I can almost touch the sky
But every time I’m halfway there
I think I’ll never reach the top alive
But I’m aware
I’m safely in Your care
And with Your help I’ll never face a day
That I am unable to bear
You taught me to crawl
You taught be to stand
You taught me run one step at a time
and watch out for the quicksand
You taught me to live
You taught me to die
You taught me to spread My wings and how to fly
**
Watch Over Me
I was lonely
You came waltzing over to me
And Your eyes they saw right through me
And You heard each one of my cries for help
And You came to rescue me
I was broken
Every prayer that I had spoken
Reached Your ears and all my tears weren’t cried in vain
You carried all my pain
And put me back together again
You watch over me in the darkest valleys
You watch over me when the night seems long
You help me to see the way before me
You watch over me; You watch over me
Always faithful
To be leading, at this moment
Interceding for Your children
Though I’ve wandered astray from Your infinite ways
You’ve never left me alone -[to chorus]
Take my frozen heart; awaken me
Never once have You forsaken me
Even though I walk through this shadow of death
You will guide and defend me
You’ll guard and protect me
Even though I walk through this shadow of death
You will lead me home
**
Create Again
Separated from night
You spoke and then there was light
They point to You
Divided water from land
Bowing to Your command
They point to You
The sun that’s blazing at noon
And every phase of the moon
They point to You.
A baby’s cry and the way
A sunset closes the day
They point to You.
For You’re the only One worth praising
More radiant than earth and sky
And everyday that I survey Your creation
I see why I see why
God of everything I see,
Come create again in me
You were yesterday
and You will always be
So take each breath that I breathe
And be the life that I bleed
Create again in me
The storm that’s raging at sea
The little child on her knees
They point to You
Your grace that’s poured out on me
The sacrifice on a tree
They point to You
Your Word vaults across the sky
From sunrise to sunset
Melting the ice, scorching the desert
Warm our hearts to faith
**
Give Me Words To Speak
Calloused and bruised
dazed and confused
My Spirit is left wanting something more
Than my selfish hopes
and my selfish dreams
I'm lying with my face down to the floor
I'm crying out for more (crying out for more)
Chorus:
Give me Words to speak
Don't let my Spirit sleep
Cause I can't think of anything worth saying
But I know that I owe You my life
So give me Words to speak
Don't let my Spirit sleep
Every night, every day
I find that I have nothing left to say
So I stand here in silence awaiting Your guidance
I'm wanting only Your voice to be heard
Let them be Your Words
Let them be Your words
(chorus)
I just don't understand this life that I've been living
I just don't understand (x2)
I just don't understand these lies I've been believing
I just don't understand (x2)
(chorus x2)
I know that I owe you my life
Owe my life
Owe my life
(x2)
**
Can't Hide From Your Love
I was lost and I was blind
I was begging for a sign
that someone
Somewhere heard me
As You whispered in the wind
And You shouted in the waves
That You heard me
That You loved me
And I could finally
Stop resisting
You’re Everything I ever wanted
And never knew I needed
You’re Everywhere I ever go
I can’t hide from Your Love anymore
I begin to drop my guard
Faithful as the Morning Star
You show me tender mercy
I’m surrounded by Your beauty
I get lost in Heaven’s
Symphony
It never changes
Never ending
Unrelenting
Why would I want to?
I don’t want to
**
Give It All Away
Search my heart, search my mind, search my soul
Make me clean, make me new make me whole
All of my plans, all of my dreams, I lay them down before Your feet
All of my time, all that was mine, I now submit to Your design
'Cause You are the one who can make my life complete
You are the one who can give light to my feet
You are the one and only one who dared to give it all away for me
You are my strength, You are my God, you are my King
You make me laugh, You make me dance, You make me sing
Everything inside, everything outside, I give it all away
You never change, but You rearrange my heart more everyday
**
Stillness (Speak To Me)
I come to you, oh god, in the stillness of my heart
I need your healing and your voice in the stillness of my heart
Speak to me and show me who you are
rescue me with your unfailing love and mercy
speak to me and show me who you are
Hold me tightly in your arms and never let me go
I hear you calling out my name in the stillness of my heart
your grace is given me again, now I open up my heart
I remember singing praises to your name every day with all my might
How I long to sing to you again
**
My Savior My God
I am not skilled to understand
What God has willed, what God has planned
I only know at His right hand
Stands one who is my Savior
I take Him at His word and deed
Christ died to save me; this I read
And in my heart I find a need
Of Him to be my savior
That He would leave His place on high
And come for sinful man to die
You count it strange, so once did I
Before I knew my Savior
Chorus (2x's)
My Savior loves, My Savior lives
My Savior's always there for me
My God: He was, my God; He is
My God is always gonna be
Yes, living, dying, let me bring
My strength, my solace from this spring;
That He who lives to be my King
Once died to be my Savior
That He would leave His place on high
And come for sinful man to die
You count it strange, so once did I
Before I knew my Savior
Chorus (2x's)
(Instrumental)
Chorus: (2x's)
My Savior loves, My Savior lives
My Savior loves, My Savior lives
**
What the World Needs Now
I look around at all the faces and I see
All the lonely people looking back at me
Rich,poor don't matter we're all the same
Everybody's hungry in a different way
We're clawing and climbing and kicking and screaming
And fighting but really
What the world needs now is love
Love and only love
A little help from up above
A way to make a better day
Let's come together lay our difference down
Spread it all around
That's what the world needs now
La da la da da
Sometimes all it takes is just a smile
To change somebody's weather chase the clouds out of the sky
Sometimes you got to give and not receive
Sometimes you got to live what you believe
Open your arm's 'cause that's where it starts
Right here with you and me
What the world needs now is love
Love and only love
A little help from up above
A way to make a better day
Let's come together lay our difference down
Spread it all around
That's what the world needs now
Nobody likes the cold
We all need someone to hold
No one wants to be alone
What the world needs now is love
Love and only love
A little help from up above
A way to make a better day
Let's come together lay our difference down
Spread it all around
(That's what the world needs now)
What the world needs now
(What the world needs now is love)
(Love and only love)
Love and only love
(A little help from up above)
(A way to make a better day)
Let's come together lay our prejudices down
**
The Other Side
So, you're at the end of your wits
The end of your rope
You just can't fix
Everything that's broke
Got to turn it loose, babe
Hey, just let it ride
Cause it ain't about pride now
Well, it ain't about guilt
You've just come to a bridge
That you still ain't built
Sit down here with me
I'll tell you about the other side
[ Chorus ]
The other side of loneliness
The other side of the blues
There really is a place like this
Where the sun is gonna shine for you
You'll feel that old restlessness
Your tears have all been cried
You'll find your way over this
And you'll make it to the other side
Life gets hard
Life gets cold
No matter who you are
Gonna settle on your soul
There comes a time
When you go looking for
a place to hide
But one of these days
You're gonna lift up your head
Whistle up those hell hounds of yours
And make them sit up and beg
That's when you'll be ready
Ready for the other side
[ Repeat Chorus ]
**
Heaven Help Me
I could lose my vision,
my eyes no longer see.
I could lose my religion,
in my struggle to believe.
That would be a loss,
that would be a cross,
but somehow rise above.
But, Heaven Help Me
if I ever lose your love.
I've traded innocence
for the secrets of the night.
Felt my callused conscience
lose its grip on wrong and right.
It cut me to the bone,
Somehow I've held on,
'cause I could feel your touch.
But, Heaven Help Me
if I ever lose your love.
~Chorus~
'Cause you are the one light
that shines on me
and without your love
God knows where I'd be.
Lost without a prayer
somewhere way out there,
my soul would turn to dust.
And Heaven Help Me
if I ever lose your love.
~Chorus~
'Cause you are the one light
that shines on me
and without your love
God knows where I'd be.
So hold me close again,
tell me it won't end,
and that will be enough.
Heaven Help Me
if I ever lose your love.
And, Heaven Help Me
if I ever lose your love.
**
It's The Messiah
It must have been something
Being born in a manger
With the sheep from the fields
And stars shining over your head
It must have been something
Seeing three wise men
On their knees before a newborn
With their eyes all aglow
And their hearts they know
It's the Messiah
He's come at last
It's the Messiah
He's come at last
It must have been something
Speaking the word of your Father
With the promise of life
And peace forever
It must have been something
Walking the streets of Jerusalem
With the sins of the world
On the innocence of a lamb
But soon everyone will know
It's the Messiah
He's come at last
It's the Messiah
He's come at last
It's the Messiah
He's come at last
It's the Messiah
He's with us at last
It must have been something
**
Love can build a bridge
I'd gladly walk across the desert
with no shoes upon my feet
To share with you the last bite
of bread I had to eat
I would swim out to save you
In your sea of broken dreams
When all your hopes are sinking
Let me show you what love means
Love can build a bridge
Between your heart and mine
Love can build a bridge
Don't you think it's time
I would whisper love so loudly
Every heart would understand
That love and only love
Can join the tribes of man
I would give my heart's desires
So that you might see
The first step is to realize
That it all begins with you and me
When we stand together
It's our finest hour
We can do anything, anything
If we keep believing in the power
Love can build a bridge
Between your heat and mine
Love can build a bridge
Don't you think it's time
Don't you think it's time
**
The Afters- Never Going Back To OK
It's not the end
But it feels like it is
I'm waking up
Like I'm back from the dead
I'm stepping out
And I feel so afraid
But as long as I'm moving it's all right
I feel alive
And it hurts for a change
And looking back and it's hard to believe
That I was cool
With the days that I wasted complacent and tasteless and bored but
That was yesterday
We're never going back to OK
We're never going back to easy
We're never going back to the way it was
We're never going back to OK
This discontent
Like a slap in the face
Of mediocre
I've had enough of this place
This party's over
And I'm moving away from the frills of you Beverly Hills but that was yesterday
We're never going back to OK
We're never going back to easy
We're never going back to the way it was
We're never going back to OK
We're here to stay
This is our time
Our only life
Our chance to live
We're never going back to OK
We're never going back to easy
We're never going back to the way it was
We're never going back to OK
**
"So Long Self"
Well if I come across a little bit distant
It's just because I am
Things just seem to feel a little bit different
You understand
Believe it or not but life is not apparently
About me anyways
But I have met the One who really is worthy
So let me say
So long, self
Well, it's been fun, but I have found somebody else
So long, self
There's just no room for two
So you are gonna have to move
So long, self
Don't take this wrong but you are wrong for me, farewell
Oh well, goodbye, don't cry
So long, self
Stop right there because I know what you're thinking
But no we can't be friends
And even though I know your heart is breaking
This has to end
And come to think of it the blame for all of this
Simply falls on me
For wanting something more in life than all of this
Can't you see
Don't feel so bad (don't feel so bad)
There'll be better days (there'll be better days)
Don't go away mad (but by all means)
Just go away, go away
**
I Got A Feeling
I got a message
I got a song
Can I get a witness
Tell me what's going on
I'll show the people
A better way
Maybe I will tomorrow
Maybe I will today
'Cause I got a feeling it won't be long
Maybe I'm right, maybe I'm wrong
But I know one thing for sure
Only time will tell it
I got a feeling coming over me
Nothing else here can set me free
But I know one thing for sure
Well, I've got to show it
I got a mission
I got a sign
Is anybody listening
I gotta make sure this time
I'll tell the people
What's on my mind
Maybe I will tomorrow
Maybe I will tonight
I got a message
I got a song
Everybody help me sing along
**
Flood
Rain, rain on my face
It hasnt stopped raining for days
My world is a flood
Slowly I become one with the mud
Chorus:
But if I cant swim after forty days
And my mind is crushed by the thrashing waves
Lift me up so high that I cannot fall
Lift me up
Lift me up - when Im falling
Lift me up - Im weak and Im dying
Lift me up - I need you to hold me
Lift me up - keep me from drowning again
Downpour on my soul
Splashing in the ocean, Im losing control
Dark sky all around
I cant feel my feet touching the ground
[chorus]
Calm the storms that drench my eyes
Dry the streams still flowing
Cast down all the waves of sin
And guilt that overthrow me
[chorus]
Lift me up - when Im falling
Lift me up - Im weak and Im dying
Lift me up - I need you to hold me
Lift me up - keep me from drowning again
**
God is Able
God is able,God is able
God is able and He won't fail
God is able,God is able
God is able and He won't fail
Tell me who can make a mountain
Move out of my way
And who can make a miracle
Because of my faith
And when the doctor says no
Who can still say yes
And when I'm in trouble
Who's right there to help me pass every test
God is able,God is able
God is able and He won't, won't fail
Tell me who can make a river
Out of a little stream
And who can tell the clouds
To roll back so that the sun can look at me
And who can tell the wind to whistle through the trees
And when I'm in trouble who is the same God
That will come down and rescue me
God is able,God is able
God is able and He won't fail
He won't fail
He won't fail
Don't you dare give up
Don't you dare give in
God wont fail
God is able,God is able
Telling you God is able and He won't
no...God won't,He won't fail
God won't,He'll never leave
Never forsake you
No He won't fail
He'll be there till the end
God won't fail,He won't fail
**
"Come To Jesus"
Oh, my baby, when you're older
Maybe then you'll understand
You have angels to dance around your shoulders
'Cause at times in life you need a helping hand
Oh, my baby, when you're prayin'
Leave your burden by my door
You have Jesus standing at your bedside
To keep you calm, keep you safe,
Away from harm
Worry not my daughters,
Worry not my sons
Child, when life don't seem worth livin'
Come to Jesus and let Him hold you in His arms
Oh, my baby, when you're cryin'
Never hide your face from me
'cause I have conquered hell and driven out the demons
I have come with a light to set you free
Worry not my daughters,
Worry not my sons
Child, when life don't seem worth livin'
Come to Jesus and let Him hold you in His arms
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh, my baby, when you're dying
Believe the healing of His hand
Here in Heaven we will wait for your arrival
Here in Heaven you will finally understand
Here in Heaven we will wait for your arrival
Here in Heaven you will finally understand
Worry not my daughters,
Worry not my sons
Child, when life don't seem worth livin'
Come to Jesus and let Him hold you in His arms
**
"God's Gonna Cut You Down"
You can run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
Go tell that long tongue liar
Go and tell that midnight rider
Tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down
Well my goodness gracious let me tell you the news
My head's been wet with the midnight dew
I've been down on bended knee talkin' to the man from Galilee
He spoke to me in the voice so sweet
I thought I heard the shuffle of the angel's feet
He called my name and my heart stood still
When he said, "John go do My will!"
Go tell that long tongue liar
Go and tell that midnight rider
Tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down
You can run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
Well you may throw your rock and hide your hand
Workin' in the dark against your fellow man
But as sure as God made black and white
What's down in the dark will be brought to the light
You can run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
Go tell that long tongue liar
Go and tell that midnight rider
Tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut you down
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut you down
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut you down
**
Mission Temple Fireworks Stand Sawyer Brown.
I saw a black man with a bible and a sparkler in his hand.
He was holding a tent revival and running a firework stand.
He said the end of the world is coming so you better get on your knees.
Today bottle rockets are two for one but salvation's free.
He said, ''I quit my job at a big church where the milk and honey flowed,
To sell cherry bombs for Jesus in a tent beside the road.''
''I ain't in it for the money, most cars they pass on by,''
''But I pay the rent on New Years and the fourth of July.''
''Here at the,
Holy Ghost, (Holy Ghost)
Big bang theory, (Big bang theory)
Pentecostal, (Pentecostal)
Fire and brimstone, (Fire and brimstone)
Mission Temple Firework Stand.
He said fireworks are dangerous. They can blow up in your face.
You better read the instructions, light the fuse and get away.
These things are made in China, so it's easy to see,
Why a man who worships Buddha ain't got no guarantee.
This is the,
Holy Ghost, (Holy Ghost)
Big bang theory, (Big bang theory)
Pentecostal, (Pentecostal)
Fire and brimstone, (Fire and brimstone)
Mission Temple Firework Stand.
Everything Im selling is all going up in smoke.
Its like taking twenty dollars yall and watching it explode.
When the trumpet sounds and the lord comes back,
I promise you one thing. Ill be a human bottle rocket
and Ill go out with a bang.
Ill leave this:
Holy Ghost, (Holy Ghost)
Big bang theory, (Big bang theory)
Pentecostal, (Pentecostal)
Fire and brimstone, (Fire and brimstone)
Mission Temple Firework Stand.
Holy Ghost, (Holy Ghost)
Big bang theory, (Big bang theory)
Pentecostal, (Pentecostal)
Fire and brimstone, (Fire and brimstone)
Mission Temple Firework Stand.
Holy Ghost, (Holy Ghost)
Big bang theory, (Big bang theory)
Pentecostal, (Pentecostal)
Fire and brimstone, (Fire and brimstone)
Mission Temple Firework Stand...