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We Have Witnessed
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(Isaiah 43:10, 1 John 1:1)
Can you see
a man with dusty sandals
walkin’ down our dirt roads
and he leaves healing in his wake
Did you see?
I heard he touched a leper
and cooled a burning fever
Did you see?
We have witnessed what happens
when God comes in the midst of us
His intentions for all people
is revealed in the one called Yeshua
Did you hear
the words he spoke with passion?
He fed the hungry masses
and he brings Gospel in each breath
And did you feel:
he stirred the hearts within us
And gave the lost a purpose
Did you see?
We have witnessed what happens
when God comes in the midst of us
His intentions for all people
Is revealed in the one called Yeshua
Did you see?
Who is he?
Have you met the Nazarene?
Taste and see
Drink for free
Ends our dark,
brings life abundantly
We have witnessed
what happens
when God comes in the midst of us
His intentions
for all people
is revealed
in the one called Yeshua
Come and witness
what happens
when God comes in the midst of us
His intentions
for all people
is revealed in the man called Yeshua
is made clear in his son called Yeshua
can be seen in the life of Yeshua
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2. |
The Beatitudes
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(Matthew 5)
Blessed are the poor in spirit
for the kingdom’s yours
Blessed are the ones who mourn
for they will all be comforted
Blessed are the meek for their
inheritance is Earth
Blessed are the ones who thirst for justice
for they will be filled
What a great reward
for disciples of the Lord
The insulted and the weak
are not unseen
Come, rejoice, be glad
for your future hope is safe
and the Champion of your faith
has called you 'Blessed'
Blessed are the merciful
for mercy will be shown
Blessed are the pure in heart
their eyes will soon behold their God
Blessed are the makers of the peace,
you Sons of God
Blessed are the persecuted
for the cause of Jesus
What a great reward
for disciples of the Lord
The insulted and the weak
are not unseen
Come, rejoice, be glad
for your future hope is safe
and the Champion of your faith
has called you 'Blessed'
Blessed are the ones who suffer
for the sake of love
Didn't they oppress the prophets
that have gone before you?
Blessed are the ones who seem to lose
for they have won
You will have the greatest prize -
the presence of the living God!
What a great reward
for disciples of the Lord
The insulted and the weak
are not unseen
Come, rejoice, be glad
for your future hope is safe
and the Champion of your faith
has called you 'Blessed'
Come, rejoice, be glad
for your future hope is safe
and the Champion of your faith
has called you 'Blessed'
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3. |
Is This What Happens
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(Genesis 3, Luke 7:36-50, Matthew 27)
Standing in a garden,
nakedness discovered,
death still dripping from their lips,
comes a voice familiar:
“Where are you?” it's asking.
King and Queen hide from those steps.
But where they brace for accusation,
they find God clothing them instead.
Is this what happens when
God comes to meet with men;
when perfect good collides
with our corruption?
Is this how power’s shown -
a servant kneeling down?
Is this what things look like when
God comes near to us?
Standing in the background
in the house of Simon,
as the meal is served she comes.
At the feet of Jesus,
though her sin is famous,
washing Jesus' feet with tears
And as the pharisee condemns her,
Yeshua forgives her sins instead.
Is this what happens when
God comes to meet with men;
when perfect good collides
with our corruption?
Is this how power’s shown -
a servant kneeling down?
Is this what things look like when
God comes near to us?
Kneeling in a garden,
brought to answer Pilate.
“king of kings” above his head.
God of endless power
breathes his last this hour,
yet “Forgive them all”, he said.
Where we expected condemnation,
He came incarnate to redeem.
Where he could rightly leave Creation,
he takes responsibility.
Is this what happens when
God comes to meet with men
when perfect love collides
with our corruption
Is this his kingdom shown?
How death is overthrown?
Is this what God looks like when
he comes near us?
Is this his person shown -
A king comes to his own?
Is what life look like
when God comes near to
us?
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4. |
Overcome With Love
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(Romans 12:21, 1 Peter 3:9)
Our ankles may not bear the weight
of cold and metal chains,
But our world is still a-flood
with man's oppressive hate.
And just like in the ages past,
we need a different call:
to not be overcome by hate
but overcome with love.
We dub our time as 'civilised'-
imagine we've evolved.
But history is on a loop:
a problem we can't solve.
How easy to be swept along
the current of our Fall!
But Christ has made a better way
to overcome with love.
We can't defeat our hate with hate,
nor darkness with the dark,
But light can fill the largest cell
and free imprisoned hearts.
So, You who are the Light of men,
inspire in us now:
to not be overcome by hate
but overcome with love.
And though we seem to lose the fight,
fall victim to world,
Our King shall have the victory,
and have the final word.
So break the chains that bind our hearts
that we may dare your song!
"Do not be overcome by hate
but overcome with love!"
So break the chains that bind our hearts
that we may dare your song:
"Do not be overcome by hate
but overcome with love!"
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5. |
Pray With Me
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(Hebrews 4:14-16)
When we are feeling pain
If we are gripped by fear
When we are faced with difficult decisions
If we are caught in need
Feeling anxiety
then there is one who
gladly hears our thoughts
Come pray with me
to our Father
to one who hears
who knows our every need
For our priest
understands our trials
Pray with me
Come pray with me
There in a quiet place
or in the noise of the day
our heart can seek his wisdom
when we lack it
Both in our thankfulness
and in our days of doubt
the Spirit prays the groans
we can’t pronounce
Come pray with me
to our Father
to one who hears
who knows our every need
For our priest
understands our trials
Pray with me
Come pray
And as we pray
May we learn to hear
Come pray with me
to our Father
to one who hears
who knows our every need
For our priest
understands our trials
Pray with me
Come pray with me
For our priest
understands our hearts
Pray with me
Come pray with me
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6. |
No Liturgy
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No liturgy can conjure up your presence
No words can bind your will to any man
We can’t control your favour with tradition
No ritual could ever force your hand
But you come close,
you come close
Because you’re good
You come close
You come close
Because you're good
You can’t be bought with any of our offerings
Manipulated into our hands
Who can afford to pay the steep admission
No mortal soul can foil your gifts or plans
But you persist, you persist
Because you’re kind
You persist
You persist
Because you're kind
So come relinquish efforts that are futile
Come rest into the life he freely gives
And you’re invited to this endless banquet
Who’s host will give out freely to us all
And Jesus gives, Jesus gives
Because he loves
Jesus gives
Jesus gives
Because he loves
He loves
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Immanuel
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(Exodus 25:8, Exodus 33:7, 2 Samuel 7:1,2, Isaiah 7:14)
Resting at the foot of Sinai,
down among a desert people,
stood a tent, a tabernacle
where the Lord of heaven dwelt.
Kings of Earth lived in their palace',
Pharaoh’s throne was gold and silver,
But the King of King’s own presence
came to them on level ground.
Immanuel, Immanuel
The statement of the Lord’s intentions
The Son - the living wish of God -
That he again will dwell with us
David set to build a temple,
Solomon to raise a structure,
made of chiseled stone and cedar,
standing in Jerusalem.
What could human hands assemble
that could earn the Lord’s Shekinah?
God had never come for splendour,
but by his humility.
Immanuel, Immanuel
The statement of the Lord’s intentions
The Son - the living wish of God -
That he again will dwell
God came in flesh
to live in hearts of men
Soon we will say
God will dwell with men
Immanuel, Immanuel!
The statement of the Lord’s intentions
The Son - the living wish of God -
To tabernacle here with us
That he again will dwell with us.
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Walk Beside Me Jesus
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Walk beside me Jesus
while I learn to trust
for my eyes are drawn
towards the waves
Help my heart recall
that you are on board
and until I trust
you will never leave my side
Walk beside me Jesus
as I learn to pray
for my mind is careless in its trek
Help the time we spend
be as with a friend
and until I pray
you will never leave my side
Walk beside me Jesus
as I grow to love
for I am not loving in myself
But we are transformed
when the Lord is close
So until I’m changed
you will never leave
So until I trust
never will you leave my side
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Living Letters
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(2 Corinthians 3:3)
What does your life
speak of when they see you?
How does his love
play out on your journey?
You are the living letters
there for others to read:
You may be the only Bible
they ever crack open.
Your life is a scroll, unrolling,
telling a story of faith.
Oh, let your life be
a testimony of grace
There's much to say
and there’s little time to say it
So, let our lives
be the proof that God is loving
You are the living letters
there for others to read:
You may be the only Bible
they ever crack open.
Your life is a scroll, unrolling,
telling a story of faith.
Oh, let your life be
a testimony of grace
Not in ink
but written by the Spirit
We are the living letters,
there for others to read.
We may be the only Bible
they ever crack open.
Our life is a scroll, unrolling,
telling a story of faith.
Oh, let my life be
a testimony of grace
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10. |
Heaven's Warrior
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(Recorded live in concert)
On that day the lines were drawn.
A hill outside Jerusalem
was the field where light and dark
came to battle.
Trees were raised like banners high;
the Word of God became a cry.
Captain of angelic hosts
chose his weapon.
Is this Heaven's warrior?
Who takes up arms
as he spreads his out
Roaring lion
King of Zion
What a way to win a war!
This is Heaven's warrior
(Hebrew: El, El Ha-Gibbor, meaning God, God the Warrior)
Hell poured its every power:
the final move was made that hour.
Blood ran thicker than our hate
on that hilltop.
He who said he’d brought a sword,
refusing to surrender us,
wins the day by making plain
what his heart is.
Is this Heaven's warrior?
Who takes up arms
as he spreads his out
Roaring lion
King of Zion
What a way to win a war!
This is Heaven's warrior
(Hebrew: El, El Ha-Gibbor, meaning God, God the Warrior)
Every blow on Calvary
laid bare both sides for all to see
good and evil now revealed
as he’s dying
This is Heaven's warrior?
Who takes up arms
as he lays his down
Roaring lion
King of Zion
What a way to win a war!
This is Heaven's warrior
This is Heaven's warrior
(Hebrew: El, El Ha-Gibbor, meaning God, God the Warrior)
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God Of Every Hour
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(Ecclesiastes 3:11, Hebrews 13:8, Psalm 31:15)
You are God of every hour,
every part of the road ahead;
In the night of deep confusion
and the morning filled with joy.
You are God of every moment,
in our anger and our pain.
You have seen each falling sparrow,
noticed every heart afraid.
You are God of every person
every culture, every age
any soul may call upon you
you have heard each thought we’ve prayed
You are God of every season,
when we reap and when we sow.
You are Lord of all the journey,
fully relevant, God of all
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12. |
The Mighty One
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(Isaiah 9:1-7, Zephaniah 3:17)
If the Lord
is with us
tell me, who can stand against us?
What can man
or mortal do
if the Maker of all things
will stand with you?
Our God, he is the Mighty One
For who is like the Lord of Hosts?
And we will sing praises to the
Great I AM
Our God he is the Mighty One
Oh my heart,
do not fear:
Put your hope in his provision
Death or life
in pain or feast
He's the God of every season
every need
Our God, he is the Mighty One
For who is like the Lord of Hosts?
And we will sing praises to the
Great I AM
Our God he is the Mighty One
Death or life
in pain or feast
He's the God of every season,
every need
Our God, he is the Mighty One
For who is like the Lord of Hosts?
And we will sing praises to the
Great I AM
Our God he is the Mighty One
(Norwegian)
Vår Gud, han er den Mektige
For ingen andre er som han!
Vi synger ut sanger til den
Gud som er
Vår Gud han er den mektige
Vår Gud han er den mektige!
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Contagious
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(1 Chronicles 16:11)
“If you want to get warm you must stand near the fire: if you want to be wet you must get into the water. If you want joy, power, peace, eternal life, you must get close to, or even into, the thing that has them. They are not a sort of prize which God could, if He chose, hand out to anyone. They are a great fountain of energy and beauty spurting up at the very centre of reality. If you are close to it, the spray will wet you: if you are not, you will remain dry. Once a man is united to God, how could he not live forever? Once a man is separated from God, what can he do but wither and die.”
- C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
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Life is not an object
a thing which can be wrapped
placed into a box
and granted mortal man
Life itself’s a Person:
life personified
And if you would be living
you must draw close to Christ
Life is sort of caught:
it's contagious in its spread.
If you longed for warmth
at a fire you would sit.
Must get in the water
if wanting to get wet.
And so it is with living:
you must draw close to Christ
How could he give life without himself?
How could he give blessings in his absence?
Life and love and goodness
don’t exist outside the Lord
So his presence means to live forevermore
Good itself’s a Person
love personified
and if you try to seek him
you’ll come to realise
that he was always drawing
you home to Jesus Christ
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14. |
Your Kindness
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Fear has wrapped its coils around my thinking
painting God as threatening and hard.
But threat of punishment's a poor incentive
to trust another with your life and heart
And I am drawn to you just like a whisper
The power of a voice that needn't shout
It is your kindness that leads me to repentance
Your loving patience makes room
and when my eyes are opened
to see the one called Jesus
That's when my heart is stirred in me to move
t'wards you
Men have tried to share you
through their methods
Wielding fear like weapons set to cut
But Jesus' kingdom doesn't spread through hatred
or separating everyone from "us"
And I am drawn to you just like a fire
spilling warmth and passion from your heart
It is your kindness that leads me to repentance
Your loving patience makes room
and when my eyes are opened
to see the one called Jesus
That's when my heart is stirred in me to move
t'wards you
He defends the free will of his enemies
To let them choose he fought to the death
And those who would be followers of Jesus
must follow in his steps
Kindness leads us to repentance
and it's your patience that makes room
And when our eyes are opened
to see the one called Jesus
that's when our heart is stirred in us to move
is when my heart is stirred in me to move
t'wards you
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Big Enough
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(Isaiah 41:10)
Is not God big enough
to receive the doubt in us?
Can’t his presence room all human pain?
Is not truth true enough
to survive the lies in us?
So, whatever you may bring,
God is big enough.
Is not God big enough
to receive the fear in us?
Can’t his heart accept a stumbling faith?
Is not he strong enough
to forgive the sin in us?
So, whatever you may bring,
God is big enough.
Are our questions threats to Answer himself?
Could we bring a thing to him that would
overreach his love?
Is not God big enough
to receive the dark in us?
Can’t his light envelop any shade?
Is not he Life enough
to reverse the death in us?
So, whatever you may bring,
God is big enough
He is big enough.
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16. |
One Day
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(Recorded live in concert.)
(Revelation 21)
Then I saw the Holy city
Earth and Heaven touch once more
And the great divide
unravels his eyes
The rift is bridged by Jesus Christ
There within the city of Zion
not a single temple is found
for the Lamb is there,
His presence fills the air,
and every child’s a royal heir.
One day
They will say:
God’s made his dwelling here with men
and he will live with them.
Wiping every tear
No death nor mourning
for the former things have passed away
And he will be their light,
and he will be their life.
And so at last the greatest dream comes true
This is what the story’s leading up to:
that God would live with you
Soon another age is approaching,
when he’s makes all things new.
All that God has done,
the battle he has won,
was all to make this possible.
One day
We will say:
God’s made
his dwelling here with men.
And he will live with them
Wiping every tear
No death nor mourning
for the former things have passed away
And he will be our light,
and he will be our life.
And so at last the greatest dream comes true
This is what the story’s leading up to:
that God would live with you
And so at last the hope of man
comes true
that God will tabernacle
here with you
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Natalie Kendel England, UK
Theologian, Natalie Kendel, is a singer-songwriter, author, pastor, and theological lecturer.
Using an imaginative, narrative approach, Kendel aims to musically communicate the biblical narrative.
Kendel's music is influenced by folk, orchestral, neo-80s & various genre blends. With unique lyrics and theological depth, her music evokes a rallying listening experience.
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