Wednesday 22 February 2012

Shout You Heavens


A song of laugh and praise
As to you O God we raise,
A joyful chorus to the skies
And lift our hands to raise you high,
What earthly splendour can be seen?
To compare with you our glorious king,
Your majesty compares to none
It began with you father spirit son.

You reach into our very core
When touched by you we all want more,
There’s nothing in our very being
That you O lord are never seeing,
And still you love and pour out grace
On us your children a broken race.

But you O God you come and fill
And in dark times our soul you still,
You take us out of our despair
And lavish us with gentle care.

Our offering now to you we bring
Of shouts and praise, our everything,
We give our hearts, our lives, our time
And join with you in life divine.

So shout you heavens, birds come sing
And join with us in bringing in
The new creation kingdom sight
Filling the earth with God’s pure light.

Tuesday 21 February 2012

Broken Life


A society fragmented, broken, torn apart
Messed up and confused with a dysfunctional heart
The outwardly appearance tries to cover a thousand fears
Of knowing who we are and facing a thousand tears.
There’s something deep within that wants to know what’s right
But gets crushed by the pain that cannot bare the fight
I ask lord what can we do, to cure a broken race
To help them find the truth and your sweet saving grace?
I remember the words of old, an instruction to us all
“Love one another as I love you” to reach them in their fall

See God’s already done it; he’s shown his human face
And we are but the channels, ambassadors of his grace
We bring the news to many and spread his love around
To bring God’s great creation to a place of solid ground
I thank the lord that in him there is hope for all
For he’s the great redeemer who makes us beings whole

No addiction too great, no pain too small
God the great creator tends to it all
Every stone will be upturned, every wound will be healed
And we will be his ones, with Jesus as our seal

Dare you look into your heart, invite the savior in?
Let him shine his light into what has been so dim?
To meet him in that place where only he can deal
With all the grief and suffering that is so very real
He loves he loves he loves, there’s no conditions here
Let him be your rock in the nighttime of your fear.

Open open open, to the king of glorious light
Through Jesus there is victory, and new creations sight  
To live a life that’s rests in the mercy of his hands
With Jesus and our brethren we can surely stand.