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01 Judas' Kiss
Words and music: Bob Hartman I wonder how it makes You feel when the prodigal won't come home I wonder how it makes You feel when he'd rather be on his own I wonder what it's like for You when a lamb has gone astray I wonder what it's like for You when Your children disobey It must be like another thorn stuck in Your brow It must be like another close friend's broken vow It must be like another nail right through Your wrist It must be just like Judas' kiss I wonder how it makes You feel when no one seeks Your face I wonder how it makes You feel when they give up in the race I wonder what it's like for You when they willingly disobey I wonder what it's like for You when they willingly walk away |
02 The Coloring Song
Words and music: Dave Eden Red is the color of the blood that flowed Down the face of someone who loves us so He's the perfect man, He's the Lord's own Son He's the Lamb of God, He's the only One That can give us life, that can make us grow That can make the love between us flow Blue is the color of a heart so cold That will not bend when the story's told Of the love of God for a sinful race Of the blood that flowed down Jesus face That can give us life, that can make us grow That can keep our hearts from growing cold Gold is the color of the morning sun That shines so freely on everyone It's the sun above that keeps us warm It's the Son of love that calms the storm That can give us life, that can make us grow That can turn our mornings into gold Brown is the color of the autumn leaves When the winter comes to the barren trees There is birth, there is dead, there is a plan There is just one God and there's just one Man That can give us life, that can make us grow That can make our sins as white as snow That can give us life, that can make us grow That can turn our mornings into gold That can give us life, that can make us grow That can keep our hearts from growing cold That can give us life, that can make us grow That can make the love between us flow |
03 Dance
Words: Bob Hartman Music: John Elefante I've been to the party and I left alone I danced with a few that I'd be better off on my own I've been to altar and I know I've kneeled I ended up dancing in the grass of another field Then someone told me, I heard someone say Dance with the One who brung ya Dance with the One you know who got you there Dance with the One who brung ya Don't change hats you know it's the one you wear My feet start moving down inside my shoes But I don't want to settle for the beat of a lonely blues And there's no use dancing to a different drum When I've seen what happens and I know what will become I can testify, it's never worth a try I looked high, I looked low You're never gonna find someone who loves you so Stand tall, stand strong You're only gonna see you're right where you belong Don't try to fix what has never been broke |
04 Beyond Belief
Words and music: Bob Hartman We're content to pitch our tent When the glory's evident Seldom do we know the glory came and went Moving can seem dangerous In this stranger's pilgrimage Knowing that you can't stand still you cross the bridge There's a higher place to go Beyond belief, beyond belief Where we reach the next plateau Beyond belief, beyond belief And from faith to faith we grow Towards the center of the flow Where He beckons us to go Beyond belief, beyond belief Leap of faith without a net Makes us want to hedge our bet Waters never part until our feet get wet There's a deeper place to go Where the road seems hard to hoe He who has begun this work won't let it go And it takes so long To see the change But we look around And it seems so strange We have come so far But the journey's long And we once were weak But now we are strong |
05 The Longing
Words and music: Joel Hanson and Tony Wood In each heart there is a longing In each soul a desperate cry To know if life holds some true meaning Or do we simply live and die? Earthly pleasures and possessions Leave the seeking spirit dry In each heart there is a longing Only Jesus satisfies In each life there comes the question "Is there more than meets the eye" And "What will we see of the Eternal When the well of days runs dry?" So we search with so few finding The difference between truth and lies While in each heart there is a longing Only Jesus satisfies The mystery on a hillside The purest love expressed Guilty lips cried "Forgive me!" In that moment I found rest So we search with so few finding The difference between truth and lies While in each heart there is a longing Only Jesus satisfies |
06 He Came, He Saw
Words: Bob Hartman Music: Bob Hartman and John Elefante He came along into the battle He knew nobody else could face His foe He left His throne, He left His glory He knew nobody else could ever go He called the bluff, He took the challenge He came into this world to seek and save No one could know, no one could fathom The way to win was only through the grave They laid Him in His tomb They thought they'd sealed His doom But He rose, He rose He came, He saw, He conquered death and hell He came, He saw, He is alive and well He was, He is and only He forgives He died, He rose, He lives He came, He saw, He conquered The doors were locked, they heard Him knocking They were afraid they would be taken too Familiar voice said: Come and follow Come and see the things the Lord can do They went to where He lay The stone was rolled away But He rose, He rose He came into this world He saw humanity He heard the S.O.S. He met the enemy The enemy was conquered The enemy was conquered |
07 Beat The System
Words and music: Bob Hartman Caught in the undertow, being swept downstream Going against the flow seems like such a dream Trying to hold your ground when you start to slide Pressure to compromise comes from every side Wise up, rise up You can be more than a conqueror You will never face defeat You can dare to win by losing all You can face the heat Dare to beat the system On the assembly line, trying to break the mold Time to throw the wrench that will stop it cold Going against the odds, being the underdog Dare the wield the sword that will slice the fog You can go for it all You can go for broke You can turn the tide around You can aim for the top And take the lion's share If you dare to hold your ground |
08 This Means War
Words and music: Bob Hartman Son of the morning, highest of all You had so much going, till you took the fall Had a place in the glory but you wanted it all Impossible odds but you had the gall It seems so unlikely that you would rebel Such a worthy opponent that you knew so well But you went down fighting when you heard the bell Took a third of all heaven when you went to hell This means war And the battle's still raging War And though both sides are waging The victor is sure and the victory secure But till judgement we all must endure This means war Then came the cross, you thought you had won You thought you had conquered God's only Son So much for Jesus, you said in jest Then you got a visit from an unwelcome guest This is the war that we've already won Victory is ours through God's only son Now it's all over, down to the wire Counting the days till your own lake of fire But you'll go down fighting for all that you're worth To try to abolish His image on earth |
09 Breathe In
Words and music: Pete Orta When the rain was coming down on my face Your love was the sun that I embraced All the things in my heart for so long Need to fall in the sea of forever gone When there's days I could really fall in It's in the dark you may see your only friend So visit me in my castle of sand Fill the walls with Your presence once again You can hear me and I can feel You when I close my eyes and I dream Of the day You'll come for me I close my eyes and I dream But until the day I need Your love to set me free I want you to Breathe into me Living life is what I want out of me To capture love and then to set it free So give me wings and I'm out of here To set in flight all the things You made so clear I've walked the line Between love and fear And took the time To know life is sheer Take me with You It moves too fast Oh, this world I'm in To face the past Lets me rest again I'll take You with me |
10 Creed
Words and music: Bob Hartman I believe in God the Father, Maker of heaven and earth And in Jesus Christ, His only Son - I believe in the virgin birth I believe in a Man of sorrows, bruised for iniquities I believe in the Lamb who was crucified and hung between two thieves I believe in the resurrection on the third and glorious day And I believe in the empty tomb and the stone that the angel rolled away He descended and set the captives free And now He sits at God's right hand and prepares a place for me This is my creed The witness I have heard The faith that has endured This truth is assured Through the darkest agest past Though persecuted it will last And I will hold steadfast to this creed I believe He sent His Spirit to comfort and reveal To lead us into truth and light, to baptize and to seal I believe that He will come back the way He went away And receive us all unto Himself but no man knows that day I believe He is the judge of all men small and great The resurrected souls of men receive from Him their fate Some to death, some to life, some to their reward Some to sing eternal praise forever to our Lord |
11 Praying Man
Words: John Lawry Music: John Lawry and Jim Cooper Noah saw the coming of the flood When Moses prayed God parted the Red Sea And David dropped the giant to His knees God changed the course of history Faith lives in folded hands Mountains move when you make a stand It's never been a case of slight of hand It's the power, the power of the praying I see the power, I see the power of the praying man I see the power, I see the power of the praying man Jesus turned the water into wine He rules the earth, the wind the sky Prayer is alive and well today Prayer works when you take the time to pray Faith lives in folded hands Mountains move when you make a stand I see the power, I see the power of the praying man |
12 Just Reach Out
Words and music: John Schlitt and Rich Gootee Sometimes the night seems to go on for days When it's hard to see the light through the darkness and haze While the world around you makes you feel out of place And the burdens that you carry are just too hard to face Just reach out and He'll reach in Take your broken heart and make it whole again It don't matter who you are or where you've been Just reach out and He'll reach in Standing in a crowd, still all alone Crying out for answers that nobody knows Everybody's busy looking out for themselves Is there anyone who really cares about anyone else? You say you've walked ten thousand steps away But don't you know that it's only one step back Because the One who hears you when you pray Is the One who's there beside you and He'll never walk away |