Songs on your mind 7

[Geri]

God Speaking has been running through my mind the last few weeks.

Have you ever heard a love song that
Set your spirit free
Have you ever watched a sunrise and
Felt you could not breathe
What if it's Him
What if it's God speaking

Have you ever cried a tear that
You could not explain
Have you ever met a stranger
Who already knew your name
What if it's Him
What if it's God speaking

Who knows how He'll get a hold of us
Get our attention to prove He is enough
He'll do and He'll use
Whatever He wants to
To tell us "I love you"

Have you ever lost a loved one
Who you thought should still be here
Do you know what it feels like
To be tangled up in fear
What if He's somehow involved
What if He's speaking through it all

Who knows how He'll get a hold of us
Get our attention to prove He is enough
He'll do and He'll use
Whatever He wants to
To tell us "I love you"

His ways are higher
His ways are better
Though sometimes strange
What could be stranger
Than God in a manger

Who knows how He'll get a hold of us
Get our attention to prove He is enough
Who knows how He'll get a hold of you
Get your attention to prove He is enough
He'll do and He'll use
Whatever He wants to
To tell us "I love you"

God is speaking
"I love you"

[(R.I.P.) YooperYankDude]

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY-44V9A3cQ[url]

This is the story of a squirrel
Whom God Preserved when he drowned the whole world
...And while things looked so dark and Noah's Ark
Was absolutely flooded - yet she's fine

How many days were they there?
Afloat in the boat it was over one year
And how come the world didn't prepare?
Meteorologists said it would clear
How could they stand that raining?
...Where was the hope in the souls of the crew?
Life on the waves is severe
When it's Gilligan's Island combined with a zoo
But Noah was aware the world would get sprayed
And the wind would never fall in quite the same way
But two of every creatures would come out of things O.K.

This is the story of a Squirrel...

And while things looked so bad and Noah's raft
Was absolutely flooded - yet she's fine

Have they discovered the place
Where the boat came to rest when the rain was all drained?
Why don't we climb up it's face? Walk up the mountain from Genesis 8?
It's probably still there waiting there in the snow in the cold altitude
How do we get there today?
When you walk into Turkey and hiking is refused?
They've closed up the Ararat Mountain these days
There's terrorists there besides - it ain't safe
And they're 17,000 feet hight - I think we'll wait

This is the story of a Squirrel...

And While she took no baths and those giraffes
Where absolutely stubborn - yet she's fine
Well, you're told to prepare as well and get saved
And the end of the world it might be on the way
But you'd never think you'd run out of time today

This is the story of a Squirrel...

And when we look close at Jehovah's wrath I absolutely shudder
This is the story of a Squirrel - I tried to sing it about the old girl
But all this went so fast - I've noticed that
I accidentally snubbed her - yet she's fine - Oh, yes, she's fine

[upcchris]

song on my mind?  Oh where is my hairbrush? I'm not trying to find it, the song is just stuck in my head!

[Babs]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x80QzaOpoyc

[(R.I.P.) YooperYankDude]

Gentle hands holding on to me
Gentle hands guiding me so carefully
Though they lead me down through paths
I don't always understand, I will never fear for I'm in gentle hands

Like a little child, sometimes it's hard to see
Just which way I need to go and what is best for me
But I have a loving Father, who always understands
And it's a consolation to know that I'm in gentle hands

Gentle hands holding on to me
Gentle hands guiding me so carefully
Though they lead me down through paths
I don't always understand, I will never fear for I'm in gentle hands

In the darkness of the midnight, it's so hard to see
But I don't have to worry when I know He's holding me
And guiding me

Gentle hands holding on to me
Gentle hands guiding me so carefully
Though they lead me down through paths
I don't always understand, I will never fear for I'm in gentle hands
I will never fear for I'm in gentle hands
You don't have to fear when you're in  gentle hands

[The Purple Fuzzy]

Better Than A Hallelujah by Amy Grant

God loves a lullaby
In a mothers tears in the dead of night
Better than a Hallelujah sometimes.
God loves a drunkards cry,
The soldiers plea not to let him die
Better than a Hallelujah sometimes.

We pour out our miseries
God just hears a melody
Beautiful the mess we are
The honest cries of breaking hearts
Are better than a Hallelujah

The woman holding on for life,
The dying man giving up the fight
Are better than a Hallelujah sometimes
The tears of shame for what's been done,
The silence when the words won't come
Are better than a Hallelujah sometimes.

We pour out our miseries
God just hears a melody
Beautiful the mess we are
The honest cries of breaking hearts
Are better than a Hallelujah

Better than a church bell ringing,
Better than a choir singing out,singing out.

We pour out our miseries
God just hears a melody
Beautiful the mess we are
The honest cries of breaking hearts
Are better than a Hallelujah


Repeat Chorus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nMvvoXa9Yk

[The Purple Fuzzy]

Held

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
Were 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
[Repeat Chorus]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-hJ87ApWtw

[Tricia Lea]

If We Ever

If we ever needed the Lord before
We sure do need Him now
Oh, we sure do need Him now
Oh, Lord, we sure do need Him now
If we ever needed the Lord before
We sure do need Him now
We need Him every day and every hour

[Lynx]

I guess you've all heard about a paper called the Singing News
Where the stars of gospel music express their views
A man's really something if his picture on the cover they use
Oh I wish I could read about me in the Singing News

Chorus
Singing News, Singing News
All about the people who sing away your worry and your blues
Subscribe tonight!  And get your free album too
I'll make sure you don't miss me if I ever make the Singing News

Wendy Bagwell saw a rattlesnake... that made the Singing News
Daryl Stewart's pays more for his red socks than he does for his shoes
Jack shot a bear and Archie got a tractor too
Oh I wish I could read about me in the Singing News

Now the Happy Goodmans figured they were the biggest gospel group around
Then them ole Kingsmen weighed in at 2,095 pounds
I ain't that big, but I won't be pushed around
I'm gonna make it in that paper if I have to burn my bus to the ground

Chorus

I got the latest issue and searched and searched for me
At this rate ole Dale ain't never gonna make history
Frustrated is the word you could use in describing me
The only way I could make it in was to send them a recipe...

Chorus


From Dale, of the Dixie Echoes

No, I don't know why this song is going through my head.  Dale was a pretty good singer though.

[Heather]

We Cry Out by Jesus Culture Music

[Lynx]

Chorus
Say a prayer for him
Say a prayer for her
If you know someone who's feeling low
Get down on your knees and
Say a prayer for him
Say a prayer for her
For if you should ever stumble you might need someone
To say a prayer for you

Verse
We're all in this together
Till the very end
Have to look out for each other
Time and time again
From the rich man in his mansion
To the beggar on the street
Good or bad, weak or strong
Everyone's in need

Chorus

Verse
Put your faith in the good Lord
And He will shelter you
Love your brothers and your sisters
No matter what they do
Cause you'll never change a single heart
By turning it away
And when you meet a friend who needs a friend
Just reach out and saaaaaay

Chorus

Bridge
Oh you will be amazed at what
A simple prayer can do
It can change a frown into a smile
Make a wish come true


Lenny LeBlanc

Maybe someday I'll be good enough to make a soundtrack for this song.  It's one of my major goals.

[drummr]

Crucified with Christ

Specifically the lines
"even though it took dying to survive, I've never felt so much alive"
And
"His cross will never ask for more than I can give"

[Babs]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzOV1sUdlc4

if it had not been

this is a friend of mine playing it old school

[The Purple Fuzzy]

Trust His Heart

All things work for our good
Though sometimes we can't
See how they could
Struggles that break our hearts in two
Sometimes blind us to the truth
Our Father knows what's best for us
His ways are not our own
So when your pathway grows dim
And you just can't see him,
Remember He's still on the throne

Chorus:

God is too wise to be mistaken
God is too good to be unkind
So when you don't understand
When don't see his plan
When you can't trace his hand
Trust His Heart

He sees the master plan
He holds the future in his hand,
Don't live as those who have no hope,
While our hope is found in him.
We see the present clearly
But he sees the first and last
And like a tapestry He's weaving you and me,
To someday be just like him


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=307ViaSgTg4&feature=related

[Lynx]

Funny you should mention this today.  I was just a few minutes ago talking to Grandma about that car she lost.  It was a 20 year old Cadillac, drove like a tank and drank gas.  I said with gas prices going up to (they predict) $5 by next week, maybe it was a blessing that you lost that car.  You didn't get hurt, you got rid of a gas guzzler and you have the insurance money to get a car that is a bit more sane.

[Tricia Lea]

       Jesus use me, and Oh, Lord, don't refuse me
       For surey there's a work that I can do
       And even though it's humble
       Please help my will to crumble
       Though the cost be great, I'll work for Thee.


I have loved this song so much but lately its like I have been thinking am I allowing Him to use me or just asking Him to. I can sk Him all I want but it also involves allowing Him to

[taco_harvell]

Cry Out to Jesus

Third Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmVxRl5bc4Y

To everyone who's lost someone they love
Long before it was their time
You feel like the days you had were not enough
when you said goodbye

And to all of the people with burdens and pains
Keeping you back from your life
You believe that there's nothing and there is no one
Who can make it right

Chorus

There is hope for the helpless
Rest for the weary
Love for the broken heart
There is grace and forgiveness
Mercy and healing
He'll meet you wherever you are
Cry out to Jesus, Cry out to Jesus

For the marriage that's struggling just to hang on
They lost all of their faith and love
They've done all they can to make it right again
Still it's not enough

For the ones who can't break the addictions and chains
You try to give up but you come back again
Just remember that you're not alone in your shame
And your suffering

Chorus

When your lonely (when you're lonely)
And it feels like the whole world is falling on you
You just reach out, you just cry out to Jesus
Cry to Jesus

To the widow who suffers from being alone
Wiping the tears from her eyes
For the children around the world without a home
Say a prayer tonight

Chorus

[The Purple Fuzzy]

I was sure by now
God You would have reached down
And wiped our tears away
Stepped in and saved the day
But once again, I say "Amen", and it's still raining

As the thunder rolls
I barely hear Your whisper through the rain
"I'm with you"
And as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God who gives
And takes away

[Chorus:]
And I'll praise You in this storm
And I will lift my hands
For You are who You are
No matter where I am
And every tear I've cried
You hold in Your hand
You never left my side
And though my heart is torn
I will praise You in this storm

I remember when
I stumbled in the wind
You heard my cry to you
And you raised me up again
My strength is almost gone
How can I carry on
If I can't find You

But as the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain
"I'm with you"
And as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God who gives
And takes away

[Chorus]

I lift my eyes unto the hills
Where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord
The Maker of Heaven and Earth

[Chorus x2]

[Lynx]

We did that one in the sign team.

[taco_harvell]

"Strong Tower"

When I wander through the desert
And I'm longing for my home
All my dreams have gone astray
When I'm stranded in the valley
And I'm tired and all alone
It seems like I've lost my way

I go running to your mountain
Where your mercy sets me free

[chorus]
You are my strong tower
Shelter over me
Beautiful and mighty
Everlasting King
You are my strong tower
Fortress when I'm weak
Your name is true and holy
And Your face is all I seek

In the middle of my darkness
In the midst of all my fear
You're my refuge and my hope
When the storm of life is raging
And the thunder's all I hear
You speak softly to my soul

[Lynx]

One deed, one good deed can make up for the pain
One heart, one loving heart can end the suffering
One deed like sun can put an end to rain
One deed, one great great deed

[The Purple Fuzzy]

This is a brand new song that I heard for the first time this morning. 

They played 3 songs right in a row that is really fitting in some situations close to me.

Here is the first one:

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
As long as we 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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pF3-C1s7wo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz9irePc-iI

[The Purple Fuzzy]

I don't like this guys voice, but I like the song.

He Will Carry Me by Mark Schultz

I call, You hear me
I've lost it all
And it's more than I can bear
I feel so empty

You're strong
I'm weary
I'm holdin' on
But I feel like givin' in
But still You're with me

[chorus:]
And even though I'm walkin' through
The valley of the shadow
I will hold tight to the hand of Him
Whose love will comfort me
And when all hope is gone
And I've been wounded in the battle
He is all the strength that I will
Ever need
And He will carry me

I know I'm broken
But You alone
Can mend this heart of mine
You're always with me

[chorus]

And even though I feel so lonely
Like I've never been before
You never said it would be easy
But You said you'd see me through
The storm

[chorus]

[Babs]

1.
On one dark and stormy night
on the Sea of Galilee
The disciples were so fearful
from the raging of the sea.
When along the rushing waters
in the blackness of the night.
Came the blessed Lord of glory
He made attempt to pass them by (?)

Refrain
Reach out and touch the Lord
As He goes by
You will find He's not too busy
to hear your heart's cry.
He's passing by this moment
Your needs He will supply
Reach out and touch the Lord as He goes by.

2.
As He walked the dusty wayside
on His way to raise the dead.
Mighty were the crowds that thronged Him
Hungry for the living bread.
"I must touch Him," cried a woman.
"I must touch Him, or I'll die"
So she reached out and touched Him as He passed by

3.
Matthew sat in worldly honour
Taking tax from all who came
Then one day the Lord passed by him
And called him by his name
Come and follow Me He whispered
Do not wait to question why
So he arose and followed Jesus as He passed by

4.
If your heart is sad and lonely,
There's no peace anywhere
There's no one left to comfort
No one left who seems to care
Oh just cast your cares on Jesus
On His strong arms just rely
Just reach out and touch the Lord as He goes by 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyQLdH37VMg

[The Purple Fuzzy]

I'm not sure I've ever heard the verses to that song.  hmmm.  I need to go listen when I'm not at work.