Inspiration & Supplication in Poetry & Verse (PART 1)
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CONTENTS
TITLES
1 OH! LIFT OUR SPIRITS UP LORD
2 JUST ONE GRAVE YARD
3 FROM THE SPLENDOUR OF HEAVEN.
4 WHEN SICKNESS DOES BEFALL US.
5 GONE.
6 THE WAY.
7 HE GAVE ME
8 GRANT THIS PRAYER
9 TRUST ONLY IN JESUS
10 RISE UP FOR JESUS
11 BENEATH A WILLOW TREE
12 A BRILLIANT LIGHT
13 GENTLE JESUS
14 IN A LOWLY FORM, CHRIST DID COME
15 SUMMER IS PAST
16 A LIGHT SHONE OUT FROM HEAVEN
17 THERE IS A HILL
18 MY DREAM
19 A NEW DAWN
20 I AM
21 PRAISE THEE HEAVENLY FATHER
22 BUT FOR SOME IT IS QUITE CLEAR
23 UPON THIS ROCK
24 CHRIST JESUS, AS SAVIOUR I’VE GOT
25 PRAY NOT FOR THE DEAD
26 WEEP NOT FOR ME
27 IN THE NEW JERUSALEM
28 CHRIST IS ALWAYS THERE
29 THE WORD
30 THE WRATH OF GOD
31 GOD’S FOUNTAIN
32 MANY SHALL RUN AWAY
33 WOE TO MAN
34 WHEN LIFE IS JUST AGAINST YOU
35 THE ROAD TO HELL
36 THE ROAD TO HEAVEN
37 FOOLISH MEN TEACH NOT OF HELL
38 UPON THE CROSS, CHRIST DIED FOR THEE
39 A PLACE OF GREAT BEAUTY
40 DEATH SHALL NEVER HARM ME
41 SATAN SHALL GATHER THE NATIONS
42 WARS, WARS
43 THE ATROCITY OF MAN’S SIN
44 HOW QUIET IT WAS IN HEAVEN
45 THE ROCK I STAND UPON
46 TODAY IS THE DAY OF SALVATION
47 WHERE LIES YOUR HOPE BEYOND THE GRAVE
48 MY SHEPHERD DOES NOT HIDE
49 PEACE FROM GOD
50 TO CHRIST I KNEEL IN PRAYER
51 CHRIST HANDS STRETCHED OUT AT CALVARY
52 I COME TO YOU LORD JESUS
53 PUTTING FAITH TO THE TEST
54 GOD’S LOVE
55 NO HOPE FOR MANY
56 NO LOVE DID THEY DISPLAY
57 THE ANOINTED
58 BURDENED
59 TRUST IN THE LORD
60 WHY
61 MORNING PRAYER
62 ISRAEL, O ISRAEL
63 MAN’S WORLD IS ALL BUT OVER
64 CALVARY
65 TO AND FRO
66 MAN’S PEACE IS NO REALITY
67 THE EART SHALL BE
68 O GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER
69 MY SAVIOUR IS COMING
70 WHEN SHALL THE SUN RISE
71 IMMANUEL
72 JESUS WEPT
73 OUT OF THE SEA SHALL HE COME
74 MY LORD’S PLAN
75 IT ROBBED HEAVEN OF ITS BEST
76 RANSOM FOR MY SOUL
77 LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER
78 SING ALL YOU CHRISTIANS
79 FOOLS WHO CLAIM TO BE WISE
80 MIGHTY MEN
INSPIRATION AND SUPPLICATION IN POETRY AND VERSE BY L D SMITH
1.
OH LIFT OUR SPIRITS UP LORD,
LIFT OUR SPIRITS HIGH,
FILL US WITH YOUR SPIRIT LORD,
FILL US WITH IT NOW.
FOR THERE IS NO OTHER LORD,
TO WHOM WE CAN GO,
FOR YOU’RE THE ONLY SAVIOUR, LORD
WHO CAN CLEANSE A SINFUL SOUL,
MY SWEET LORD, MY JESUS,
PLEASE LIFT OUR SPIRITS HIGH,
SO YOU CAN HEAR OUR PRAISES, LORD,
AND OUR HEARTFELT CRY,
OH LIFT OUR SPIRITS UP LORD,
LIFT OUR SPIRITS HIGH,
FILL US WITH YOUR SPIRIT LORD,
FILL US WITH IT NOW.
2.
NO STREAMS SHALL FLOW DOWN THE MOUNTAINS,
NOR GRASS SHALL COVER THE LAND,
NO BIRDS IN FLIGHT, NOR ANIMAL IN SIGHT,
ALL BECAUSE OF MAN,
NO SEA’S TO RACE TO THE SHORES,
NOR BEACHES NOR SAND ANYMORE,
NO BOATS NOR FISH, NOT EVEN A WISH,
NO MORROW TO LOOK FOR.
NO DAY NOR NIGHT, NOR FLICKER OF LIGHT,
SHALL BE SEEN FROM THE STARS ANYMORE,
NO SUN NOR MOON, ONLY DARKNESS AND GLOOM,
AS HEAVEN CLOSES ITS DOOR,
NO DRUM BEATS, NOR THE SOUND OF FEET,
OF MEN MARCHING OF TO WAR,
JUST ONE GRAVEYARD,
AS THE EARTH IS CHARRED,
AND MAN GOD SHALL DEPLORE.
3.
FROM THE SPENDOUR OF HEAVEN
TO EARTH CHRIST CAME TO DWELL,
FROM THE WORSHIP OF THE ANGELS,
TO THE LIES THAT MEN DO TELL,
FROM A CROWN OF GREAT GLORY,
WHICH HE RECEIVED FROM ABOVE,
TO A CROWN OF JAGGED THORNS,
FROM MEN WHO MOCKED HIS LOVE,
IN HEAVEN HE WAS KNOWN AS THE ALMIGHTY,
AND EVERY CREATURE THEREIN REVERED,
BUT ON EARTH MEN CALLED HIM A BLASPHEMER,
AND WITH THERE HATRED CHRIST JESUS THEY JERRED,
IN HEAVEN HE WAS GIVEN PRAISE AND ALL THE GLORY,
FOR THE LOVE THAT HE HAD SHOWN,
BUT UPON THE EARTH MEN HID THEIR FACES FROM HIM,
WHEN HIS LOVE THEY ALL COULD HAVE KNOWN!
4.
WHEN SICKNESS DOES BEFALL US,
OR WE SUFFER SOME GREAT PAIN,
OR SOMETHING IN OUR LIFES GOES WRONG,
IT’S GOD WE ALWAYS BLAME.
YET WHEN WE’RE STRONG AND HEALTHY,
AND PAIN WE DO NOT KNOW,
WE SELDOM TURN TO GOD,
FOR THE HEALING OF OUR SOUL,
YET GOD IN ALL HIS MERCY,
COULD GIVE A HEALING TOUCH,
AND TAKE AWAY THE PAIN,
THAT’S HURTING YOU SO MUCH.
YET ALL THAT PAIN AND SORROW,
THE SUFFERING AND THE STRIFE,
COULD BE GOD’S WAY OF TELLING YOU,
NOT TO DIE WITHOUT CHRIST IN YOUR LIFE.
5.
GONE ARE THE MOUNTAINS THAT I ADORED,
GONE ARE THE SEA’S WITH ALL THEIR SHORES,
GONE ARE THE FLOWERS, THE BIRDS AND BEES,
GONE ARE THE CLOUDS, THE WIND AND THE BREEZE,
GONE IS THE GRASS THAT ONCE COVERED THE LAND,
GONE IS THE SUN, THAT SHONE SO GRAND,
GONE ARE THE STARS, THAT ONCE SHONE SO BRIGHT,
GONE ARE THE DAYS AND EVEN THE NIGHT,
GONE IS THE BEAUTY OF THIS WONDERFUL EARTH,
GONE IS THE MIRACLE OF EVER GIVING BIRTH,
GONE IS THE BELIEF THAT MAN’S ALWAYS RIGHT,
ALL THIS DESTRUCTION, BECAUSE MAN HAD NO INSIGHT!
6.
WE ARE A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD,
EACH CHOSEN BY OUR GOD,
TO BE HIS HOLY NATION,
SO ONWARD WE MUST PLOD,
A PEOPLE WHO HAS BEEN CHOSEN,
FOR THE LORD TO CALL HIS OWN,
CALLED OUT BY GOD FROM DARKNESS,
TO GATHER ROUND HIS THRONE,
A PEOPLE OF LOVE AND KINDNESS,
THAT THE WORLD HAS TRODDEN UPON,
SAVED BY GOD’S LOVE AND MERCY,
UPON US HIS LIGHT HAS SHONE,
OUR GOD IS NOT AN IDOL,
MADE FROM STONE OR CLAY,
HE IS THE ETERNAL FATHER,
THROUGH JESUS, HIS SON, THE WAY.
7.
HE GAVE ME LIFE, WHEN I ONLY KNEW DEATH,
HE GAVE ME HOPE, WHEN I’D NO HOPE LEFT,
HE GAVE ME LOVE, WHEN MY LOVE RAN COLD,
HE CHASED ME NOT, BUT TOOK ME INTO HIS FOLD,
HE OPENED MY EYES, THAT I MAY SEE,
HE REVEALED HIS WORD, THAT WAS ALIEN TO ME,
HE TAUGHT ME TO SPEAK OUT BOLD,
HE SPOKE NO LIE, JUST THE TRUTH HE TOLD,
HE CAME TO THIS WORLD, THAT WE MAY KNOW,
THAT THROUGH HIS SACRIFICE YOU MAY SAVE YOUR SOUL.
8.
I THANK YOU HEAVENLY FATHER,
FOR HEARING THE WORDS I SAY,
FOR GIVING ME THE GRACE,
TO PRAISE YOUR NAME EACH DAY,
I KNOW YOU HEAR ME ALWAYS,
I KNOW YOU’RE ALWAYS THERE,
AND IT’S FOR THAT VERY REASON,
THAT I ASK YOU TO GRANT THIS PRAYER,
9.
TRUST YOU NOT IN NO MAN,
FOR ALL SHALL LET YOU DOWN,
FOR WHEN YOU NEED THEM MOST,
THEY CAN NEVER EVER BE FOUND.
TRUST YOU NOT IN NO MAN,
NOT PRINCE NOR EVEN CLOWN,
FOR THEY PRAISE YOU UP TO HEAVEN,
BUT YOU’LL NEVER LEAVE THE GROUND.
TRUST YOU ONLY IN JESUS,
FOR HIS PROMISES THEY ARE TRUE,
HE’LL ALWAYS BE THERE WITH YOU,
AND HEAVEN’S DOOR, HE’LL TAKE YOU THROUGH.
10.
RISE UP, RISE UP FOR JESUS,
IN HIM THE MESSIAH IS FOUND,
HE LEFT THE SPENDLOUR OF HEAVEN,
AND TO EARTH HE DID COME DOWN.
RISE UP, RISE UP FOR JESUS,
AND POINT TO CALVARY’S CROSS,
FOR THAT’S THE ROAD TO SALVATION,
IN CHRIST YOU’LL NEVER BE LOST.
RISE UP, RISE UP FOR JESUS,
LET THE MIGHTY TO THE SMALL KNOW,
THAT HE’S THE ONLY SAVIOUR,
WHO CAN CLEANSE A SINFUL SOUL,
RISE UP, RISE UP FOR JESUS,
FOR YOU STAND UPON THE ROCK,
SHOUT OUT AND LET THE WORLD HERE,
OF THE SAVIOUR YOU HAVE GOT.
RISE UP, RISE UP FOR JESUS,
EVEN THOSE WHO ARE NOT BRAVE,
FOR IN HIS PROMISE TO US,
HE SHALL RAISE US FROM THE GRAVE.
11.
THERE! BEYOND THE HILLSIDE,
BENEATH A WILLOW TREE,
LIES THE BODY OF ONE,
WHO WAS SO DEAR TO ME,
FREE AT LAST FROM TORMENT,
FREE AT LAST FROM FEAR,
NOW IN THE ARMS OF JESUS,
TO GOD THEY ARE SO NEAR,
THERE! BEYOND THE HILLSIDE,
BENEATH A WILLOW TREE,
MY LOVED ONE LIES IN SILENCE,
FROM PAIN THEY ARE NOW FREE.
12.
IT WAS DARK WHEN THEY CAME FOR HIM,
FOR DARKNESS WAS IN THEIR SOULS,
AND TO A PLACE THEY TOOK HIM,
WHERE NOTHING BUT LIES WERE TOLD.
IN DARKNESS THEY ARRESTED HIM,
IN DARKNESS THEY TOLD THEIR LIES,
AND IN DARKNESS THEY CRUCIFIED HIM,
HOPING HE WOULD DIE.
IN DARKNESS THEY BLASPHEMED AGAINST HIM,
IN DARKNESS THEY CURSED HIS NAME,
AND IN DARKNESS THEY STRUCK HIM,
ACROSS HIS WONDERFUL FACE,
IN DAKNESS THEY WERE FILLED WITH HATRED,
A DARKNESS THEY HAD COME TO KNOW,
A DARKNESS THAT BELONGS TO SATAN,
SO THAT MEN MAY LOSE THEIR SOUL,
BUT IN ALL THAT GLOOM AND DARKNESS,
THERE AROSE A BRILLIANT LIGHT,
FOR BY THE NAME OF JESUS,
WE PUT DARKNESS FROM OUR SIGHT.
13.
GENTLE JESUS, FRIEND OF MINE,
ALWAYS MEEK, HUMBLE AND KIND,
GENTLE JESUS, FRIEND INDEED,
ALWAYS THERE! WHEN I’M IN NEED,
GENTLE JESUS, FRIEND OF ALL,
RICH AND POOR, MIGHTY AND SMALL,
GENTLE JESUS, A FRIEND WHO’LL GUIDE,
FOR HE IS LORD, AND SHALL PROVIDE.
14.
IN A LOWLY FORM, CHRIST DID COME,
THAT A SINNER LIKE ME WOULD NOT SUCCUMB,
FOR THROUGH HIS GRACE, HE CAME TO SAVE,
A SOUL LIKE MINE, FROM HELL SO GRAVE,
AND WHEN I’M SAD AND WEEP SO SORE,
AND MY HEART CAN TAKE NO MORE,
HE’LL COME TO ME AND HOLD ME TIGHT,
PROTECTING ME WITH ALL HIS MIGHT.
AND THROUGH HIS LIGHT, I SHALL SEE,
THE THINGS OF SATAN, THAT SHOULD NOT BE,
AND BY HIS LOVE, HE SHALL HOLD ME,
IN HIS HAND, FOR ALL ETERNITY,
AND WHEN MY BODY HAS BREATHED ITS LAST,
AND MY LIFE ON EARTH HAS COME TO PASS,
WITH OPEN ARMS CHRIST SHALL COME,
AND TAKE ME TO THE ETERNAL ONE.
AND WITH EYES THAT WEEP BECAUSE OF SHAME,
AND A HEART THAT’S BROKEN BECAUSE I’M TO BLAME,
YET THE LORD SHALL GREET ME, AS HIS OWN,
FOR IN CHRIST JESUS, I DO BELONG.
15.
SUMMER IS PAST; AND THE HARVEST IS IN,
YET MANY ARE STILL IN THEIR SIN,
HOW MANY TIMES HAS CHRIST CRIED OUT!
FOR YOU TO TURN TO HIM,
IT WAS FOR THAT VERY REASON,
THAT CHRIST DID SUFFER SO,
THE AGONY OF THE CROSS, SO
THAT HIM YOU’LL COME TO KNOW,
REJECT HIM NOT AS YOUR SAVIOUR,
FOR THIS YOU MUST SURELY KNOW,
YOU’LL BE LOST FOR ALL ETERNITY,
AND YOU’LL HAVE DAMNED YOUR VERY SOUL.
16.
A LIGHT SHONE OUT FROM HEAVEN,
ON WHAT WAS CHRISTMAS DAY,
TO THE WORLD THERE WAS GIVEN A SAVIOUR,
THAT MEN MIGHT FIND THE WAY,
TO SOME SHEPHERDS ON A HILLSIDE,
MIGHTY ANGELS DID COME DOWN,
SINGING A SONG OF REJOICING,
AND SAYING WHERE THE BABE IS TO BE FOUND,
THEY ENTERED INTO A STABLE,
FOR IN A PALACE HE NOT TO BE FOUND,
THE SAVIOUR OF THIS WORLD,
A KING WHO IS RENOWNED,
WISE MEN CAME TO SEE HIM,
THEY CAME FROM AFAR WAY OFF,
LETTINGS GOD’S LIGHT GUIDE THEM,
TO THE ONE WHO WOULD HANG ON A CROSS,
GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST,
AND ON EARTH PEACE TO ALL MEN,
FOR THROUGH THAT BABY JESUS,
MANY SHALL NOT BE CONDEMNED.
17.
THERE IS A HILL AT JERUSALEM,
A HILL THAT HAS GREAT FAME,
A HILL WHERE CHRIST WAS CRUCIFIED,
TO TAKE AWAY OUR SHAME,
AND UPON THAT HILL CALLED CALVARY,
WHERE CHRIST DID GO TO DIE,
THAT IN THE SHEDDING OF HIS BLOOD,
THERE’S HOPE FOR YOU AND I,
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT CALVARY,
IT’S CROSS FOR ALL TO SEE,
IT POINTS THE WAY TO HEAVEN,
FOR YOU FRIEND AND FOR ME!
18.
THEY SAY THAT I’M A DREAMER,
AND I KNOW IT’S PROBABLY TRUE,
FOR ALL I SEEM TO DO, IS DREAM
THE WHOLE DAY THROUGH,
I DREAM ABOUT MY SAVIOUR,
WHO WALKED THIS EARTH ONE DAY,
I DREAM ABOUT THE THINGS HE DID,
AND THE WORDS THAT HE DID SAY,
I DREAM ABOUT HIS KINDNESS,
AND THE LOVE THAT HE DID SHOW,
I’D DREAM ABOUT CALVARY,
AND THE CLEANSING OF MY SOUL,
BUT MOST OF ALL I DREAM ABOUT,
HIS COMING BACK AGAIN, AND THAT
MY DREAMS SHALL BE REALIZED, AND
WITH CHRIST I’LL ALWAYS REIGN.
19.
IN MY GRIEF, SOMETIMES I DWEEL,
FILLED WITH SORROW I CANNOT TELL,
FOR IN MY THOUGHTS I WONDER WHY,
ALL LIFES DREAMS, JUST PASS ME BY,
FOR WHEN I WRITE NO ONE READS,
AND WHEN I SPEAK NO ONE HEEDS,
AND AS MY HEART JUST ACHES SOME MORE,
MY SPIRIT GRIEVES FOR WHATS IN STORE,
AND JUST LIKE JOB, MYSELF I BLAME,
FOR ALL MY SIN, WHICH I’M ASHAMED,
YET THROUGH LIFES STORMS,
I’LL SOLDIER ON, FOR IN CHRIST JESUS,
THERE SHALL ARISE, A NEW DAWN.
20.
HIGH UPON MOUNT HOREB,
MOSES HE DID STAND,
GAZING UPON A BURING BUSH,
AND HEARING THE WORDS, “I AM”
AND WHO SHALL I SAY HAS SENT ME,
POOR MOSES JUST CRIED OUT,
WAS IT BECAUSE HE WAS AFRAID,
OR BECAUSE HE DID DOUBT,
YET GOD POURED OUT HIS MERCY,
AND POOR MOSES HE DID NOT DAMN,
HE JUST REPLIED BACK TO HIM,
TELL THEM, “I AM” THAT, “I AM”.
21.
PRAISE YOU HEAVENLY FATHER,
FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE,
YOU POURED OUT YOUR LOVE UPON US
IN YOUR ONLY BEGOTTEN SON,
A SON WHO MEANT SO MUCH TO YOU,
A SON THAT WAS SO DEAR,
YOUR SON WHO SHED HIS GODLY BLOOD,
THAT TO YOU I MIGHT COME NEAR.
22.
SOME LAUGH, SOME CRY,
SOME CHEAT, SOME LIE,
SOME EVEN DARE TO WONDER WHY,
BUT FOR SOME, IT IS QUITE CLEAR,
WHEN TO CHRIST, THEY DRAW NEAR.
23.
AS THE STORMS OF LIFE RAGE ALL AROUND,
AND PEOPLES LOVE CAN NOLONGER BE FOUND,
UPON THE ROCK I SHALL BE SOUND,
BELIEVING IN CHRIST, AND STANDING MY GROUND,
FOR MY SAVIOUR’S LOVE, SHALL ALWAYS ABOUND.
24.
HE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN MUCH TO LOOK AT,
WITH NO STATELY FORM AT ALL,
NOR ANY ATTRACTION ABOUT HIM,
TO WANT US TO LOOK UPON,
A MAN WHO ONLY KNEW SORROW,
ACQUAINTED WITH OUR GRIEF,
DESPISED FOR NO APPARENT REASON,
BY MEN WITH DISBELIEF,
OPPRESSED AND HE WAS BEATEN,
YET HE OPENED HIS MOUTH NOT,
HE JUST STOOD THERE IN SILENCE,
TURNING HIS CHEEK WHEN SLAPPED,
AND UPON HIM FELL OUR CHASTENING,
FOR WHICH WE WERE DUE,
AND OUR GRIEF HE BORE FOR US,
AND OUR SORROWS HE CARRIED TOO,
YET MEN HID THEIR FACES FROM HIM,
AND THEY ESTEEMED HIM NOT,
BUT I THANK GOD, I FOUND HIM,
CHRIST JESUS, AS SAVIOUR I’VE GOT.
PRAY NOT FOR THE DEAD,
THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO,
FOR THEM IT’S ALL OVER,
LIFES JOURNEY IS THROUGH.
25.
PRAY NOT FOR THE DEAD,
THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO,
IF THEY DEID IN THEIR SIN,
JESUS CHRIST THEY NEVER KNEW.
PRAY NOT FOR THE DEAD,
THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO,
IF CHRIST WAS NOT THEIR SAVIOUR,
HELLS GATES THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH.
PRAY NOT FOR THE DEAD,
THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO,
IF CHRIST WAS THEIR SAVIOUR,
HEAVEN’S DOOR THEY’VE PASSED THROUGH.
26.
WEEP NOT FOR ME, CAME CHRIST’S CRY,
FOR I HAVE COME, TO THE CROSS TO DIE,
AND WHEN YOU PUT ME IN THE EARTH,
MY BODY SHALL RISE AND GIVE NEW BIRTH,
AND ALL WHO COME AND BELIEVE IN ME,
SHALL WITH GOD FOR ETERNITY.
WEEP NOT FOR ME, CAME CHRIST’S CRY,
FOR THOSE WHO WEEP DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY,
FOR I HAVE COME TO TAKE YOUR PLACE,
AND CLEANSE YOUR SIN, AND GIVE YOU GRACE,
WEEP NOT FOR ME, CAME CHRIST’S CRY,
BELIEVE IN ME AND YOU’LL NEVER DIE,
FOR IN THE SHEDDING OF MY BLOOD,
LIES THE POWER FOR EVERYONE,
AND WHEN YOU’RE CLEANSED FROM YOUR SIN,
NEW IN GOD SHALL YOU BEGIN.
27.
IN THE NEW JERUSALEM,
WHERE ALL THE REDEEMED SHALL BE,
THEY SHALL LOOK UPON THAT CITY,
AND WONDEROUS THINGS THEY’LL SEE.
IN THE NEW JERUSALEM,
THE WATER OF LIFE SHALL FLOW,
FROM THE THRONE OF GOD,
AND FROM THE LAMB WE’VE COME TO KNOW.
IN THE NEW JERUSALEM,
THERE SHALL ALSO GROW,
THE TREE OF LIFE, ON THE EITHER SIDE,
WHERE THE LIVING WATERS FLOW.
IN THE NEW JERUSALEM,
FROM THE TREE OF LIFE,
THE LEAVES SHALL HEAL THE NATIONS,
FROM ALL THEIR WARS AND STRIFE.
IN THE NEW JERUSALEM,
WHERE ALL THE REDEEMED SHALL BE,
LIVING WITH GOD AND CHRIST,
FOR ALL ETERNITY.
28.
IF YOU’RE EVER HEART-BROKEN OR LOST IN DESPAIR,
NEVER FORGET, THAT CHRIST IS ALWAYS THERE,
SO TAKE ALL YOUR SORROW,
AND TO HIM GO IN PRAYER,
AND YOUR BURDENS HE’LL TAKE FROM YOU,
AND YOU’RE TROUBLES HE WILL SHARE.
29.
TAKE CHRIST’S SWORD AND RAISE IT HIGH,
THAT ALL MAY TRULY SEE,
THAT THE SWORD YOU HOLD, IS THE WORD OF GOD,
THAT SHALL LIVE ETERNALLY.
TAKE UP CHRIST’S SWORD, LET IT GLEAM IN THE SKY,
THAT ALL MAY COME TO KNOW,
THAT GOD IN HIS MERCY, POURED OUT HIS LOVE,
FOR HE WANTS TO SAVE YOUR SOUL,
TAKE CHRIST’S SWORD AND RAISE IT HIGH,
HIGH UP INTO THE SKY,
AND LET ALL SEE, WHAT CHRIST MEANS TO ME,
FOR HIM I’M WILLING TO DIE.
WITH CHRIST’S SWORD IN MY HAND, I SHALL TAKE MY STAND,
AGAINST ALL WHO SHALL ATTACK ME,
AND WITH HIS SWORD IN MY HAND, I AM NO LONGER DAMNED,
FOR HIS WORD, HAS SET ME FREE.
30.
THE TIME SHALL COME, WHEN MEN SHALL RUN,
AND TRY TO HIDE AWAY, IN THE CAVES OF MOUNTAINS,
FROM THE WRATH OF GOD THAT DAY,
AND IN THEIR FEAR, THEY SHALL MAKE IT QUITE CLEAR,
FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND ROCKS, THEY SHALL SAY,
“FALL UPON US, AND HIDE USM FROM THE PRESENCE OF GOD THIS DAY”.
31.
GO PLUNGE INTO THE FOUNTAIN,
AT THE FOOT OF CALVARY’S CROSS,
LET HIS PRECIOUS BLOOD CLEANSE YOU,
AND YOUR SOUL SHALL NEVER BE LOST.
FOR AT THE HILL CALLED CALVARY,
JESUS’ PRECIOUS BLOOD DID FLOW,
WHICH FOREVER IS GOD’S FOUNTAIN,
FOR THE CLEANSING OF YOUR SOUL,
PLUNGE INTO THE FOUNTAIN,
CLEANSE YOUR FILTHY SIN,
WASH OFF ALL YOUR INIQUITIES,
PURIFY YOUR HEART WITHIN.
JUST PLUNGE INTO THE FOUNTAIN,
JUST GO AND PLUNGE RIGHT IN,
AND IN THE NAME OF JESUS,
NEW LIFE YOU SHALL BEGIN.
AND PRAISE THE GOD OF HEAVEN,
FOR THE GREAT LOVE HE DID SHOW,
IN OPENING UP THAT FOUNTAIN,
WHERE SINNERS AT LAST CAN GO.
PLUNGE INTO THE FOUNTAIN,
WASH THE OLD SELF AWAY,
THEN FILLED WITH GOD’S SPIRIT,
BORN ANEW THAT DAY.
32.
THE DAY SHALL COME UPON US,
WHEN MANY SHALL RUN AWAY,
AND JUST LIKE JUDAS ISCARIOT,
CHRIST JESUS, THEY SHALL BETRAY.
SO GRAVE IS THE WARNING,
THAT THESE WORDS, CHRIST DID SAY,
IF YOU DENY ME, TO SAVE YOUR LIFE,
LIFE YOU’LL LOSE THAT DAY.
33.
WOE TO MAN, WHO DWELLS UPON THE EARTH,
FOR THE DAY SHALL COME, WHEN HE’LL CURSE HIS BIRTH.
WOE TO THOSE WHO DON’T SEEK CHRIST’S GRACE,
THEY ARE THE DAMNED OF THE HUMAN RACE.
WOE TO THOSE WHO DIDN’T SEEK PEACE,
FOR THEIR TORMENT SHALL NEVER CEASE.
WOE TO THOSE WHO ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT,
THEY SHALL BE EXPOSED BY CHRIST’S BRILLIANT LIGHT.
WOE TO THOSE WHERE HATRED FLOW,
THEIR RESTING PLACE SHALL BE IN HELL BELOW.
WOE TO THOSE WHO CAUSE WAR IN THE LAND,
THEY SHALL BE PUNISHED BY GOD’S MIGHTY HAND.
SIX WOES IN ALL, FOR THAT’S THE NUMBER FOR MAN,
ON THE DAY OF THE LORD, NO MAN SHALL STAND.
34.
WHEN LIFE IS JUST AGAINST YOU,
AND ALL YOU DO SEEMS WRONG,
AND YOUR SPIRIT IS DEEPLY TROUBLED,
REMEMBER IN CHRIST YOU BELONG.
FOR HE KNOWS THIS WORLD’S AGAINST YOU,
AND TO THIS WORLD, HE KNOWS, YOU DON’T BELONG,
AND IT WAS FOR THAT VERY REASON,
THAT HE SENT THE COMFORTER ALONG.
HE SHAL COMFORT YOU WHEN YOU’RE HURTING,
AND WHEN YOU’RE SAD AND LONELY TOO,
BUT THERE’S ONE THING YOU MUST UNDERSTAND,
THIS LIFE YOU MUST JOURNEY THROUGH.
SO WHEN THIS WORLD’S AGAINST YOU,
TAKE HEART, FOR THIS YOU KNOW,
WHEN LIFE IN THIS WORLD IS OVER,
TO A PERFECT WORLD YOU SHALL GO.
35.
THE ROAD TO HELL IS EASY TO TAKEM
FOR IT’S DOWNHILL ALL THE WAY,
MANY A HELPING HAND YOU’LL RECEIVE,
AS YOU JOURNEY ALONE THAT WAY.
FOR ITS ROAD IS SMOOTH WITH ALL THE GOOD,
INTENTIONS PEOPLE HAD.
FOR MANY BELIEVE TO GO DOWN THERE,
YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY BAD.
ITS GATES ARE HUGE AND OPENED WIDE,
TO LET THOSE PEOPLE IN,
ALL THOSE WHO THINK THAT THEY ARE GOOD,
AND BELIEVE THEY HAVE NO SIN.
NOW DON’T BE FOOLISH AND GO THAT ROAD,
BY BELIEVEING YOU’VE NO SIN.
FOR YOU CAN’T GET OUT, MY DEAR FRIEND,
ONCE YOU’VE ENTERED IN.
36.
THE ROAD TO HEAVEN IS ALL UPHILL,
AND NOT AN EASY WAY,
FOR SATAN SHALL THROW MANY OBSTACLES,
TO TRY AND MAKE YOU STRAY,
NOW DON’T BE THNKING BY GOOD WORKS,
THAT YOU CAN ENTER IN.
FOR THAT’S A LIE SATAN,
TO KEEP YOU IN YOUR SIN,
TO WALK THE ROAD TO HEAVEN,
ONE THING YOU MUST FIRST DO.
ACCEPT CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOUR,
FOR ONLY HE CAN LET YOU THROUGH,
SO PUT YOUR FAITH IN JESUS,
FOR HIM YOU SHALL ADORE.
AND WHEN YOU REACH THE END OF THAT ROAD,
HE’LL UNLOCK THAT HEAVENLY DOOR.
37.
FOOLISH MEN TEACH NOT OF HELL,
NO SUCH A PLACE, THEY DARE TO TELL.
AND AS THEY CLOSE THOSE HELLISH GATES,
THESE FOOLISH MEN HAVE SEALED THEIR FATE.
FOOLISH MEN TEACH NOT OF HELL,
YET IN GOD’S SCRIPTURES, I CAN TELL.
THERE IS A PLACE, WHERE THE UNGODLY DO DWELL,
AND THE GOD GIVES IT, IS SIMPLY HELL.
FOOLISH MEN TEACH NOT OF HELL,
BUT IN THEIR HEARTS, THAT LIE DOES DWELL,
AND THE DAY SHALL COME, WHEN THEY SHALL YELL,
FOR THEY, THEMSELVES SHALL BE IN HELL.
38.
UPON THE CROSS, CHRIST DIED FOR THEE,
FOR WE HAD NO HOPE, OF EVER BEING FREE,
FOR IN OUR SIN, WE WERE DOOMED TO DIE,
ALL BECAUSE OF SATAN’S LIE,
UPON THE CROSS, CHRIST DIED FOR THEE,
THAT FROM YOUR SIN, YOU MAY BE FREE,
FOR GOD CONDEMNED US, EACH AND ALL,
AND FROM HIS GLORY, ALL MEN DID FALL.
UPON THE CROSS, CHRIST DIED FOR THEE,
HIS ARMS STRETCHED OUT, FOR ALL TO SEE,
FOR IN HIS BODY, GOD DWELT FOR THEE,
THAT SINNERS WITHOUT HOPE COULD AT LAST BE FREE.
39.
WONDERFUL THINGS, I HAVE SEEN,
AS I’VE JOURNEYED THROUGH LIFE’S WAY,
LIKE THE STARS THAT SHINE IN THE NIGHT,
AND THE SUN THAT BRIGHTENS THE DAY,
THE FLOWERS THAT GIVE OFF THEIR FRAGRANCE,
OR THE TREES THAT BEND IN THE WIND,
THE MOUNTAINS WITH THEIR VALLEYS,
AND THE BIRDS WHEN THEY DO SING,
YET ALL THE WONDEROUS THINGS,
THAT I’VE SEEN ON LIFE’S WAY,
SHALL AMOUNT TO NOTHING,
TO THE BEAUTY I’LL SEE ONE DAY.
A PLACE OF GREAT BEAUTY,
A PLACE I SHALL ADORE,
WHERE PEACE AND TRANQUILITY,
SHALL BE FOREVER MORE.
AND TO THIS PLACE, YOU CANNOT COME,
UNLESS CHRIST JESUS COMES FOR YOU.
FOR ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE HIM A SAVIOUR,
SHALL BE PERMITTED TO ENTER THROUGH.
40.
IN CHRIST, I’VE PUT MY TRUST,
FOR THIS I’VE COME TO KNOW:
THAT DEATH SHALL NEVER HARM ME,
AND TO HELL I SHALL NOT GO.
O GRAVE, WHERE LIES THY VICTORY?
O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?
FOR TO HEAVEN CHRIST HE SHALL TAKE ME,
AND WITH THE REDEEMED, THERE I SHALL SING.
41.
SATAN SHALL GATHER THE NATIONS,
AND GATHER THEM INTO ONE,
FOR THE GREATEST BATTLE EVER,
AT THE RETURN OF GOD’S ONLY SON,
SATAN SHALL GATHER THE NATIONS,
AND DECEIVE THEM EACH AND ALL,
AND TOGETHER THEY SHALL COME,
NATIONS BOTH GREAT AND SMALL,
SATAN SHALL GATHER THE NATIONS,
YET ALL OF THEM SHALL FALL,
FOR THE WRATH OF CHRIST SHALL BE UPON THEM,
FOR CHRIST THEY KNEW NOT AT ALL.
SATAN SHALL GATHER THE NATIONS,
BY THE LIES THAT HE DOES TELL,
AND BECAUSE THE NATIONS BELIEVED HIM,
THEY SHALL SURELY BE CAST INTO HELL.
42.
WARS, WARS, MEN DO CRY!
HOW MANY OF THE ENEMY TODAY DID DIE?
BATTLES TO THE LEFT, BATTLES TO THE RIGHT,
COME ALL YOU YOUNG MEN, COME AND LET’S FIGHT!
CORPSES, CORPSES, LYING EVERYWHERE,
JUST LISTEN TO THE WOUNDED, CRY OUT IN DESPAIR,
LIFE’S YOUNG BLOOD SPREAD OVER THE LAND,
WASTED YOUNG LIVES, HOW CAN ONE UNDERSTAND?
FIGHT ON, FIGHT ON, GENERALS DO SHOUT,
BUT IT ISN’T THEIR BLOOD, WHICH IS BEING POURED OUT,
WHO IS THE WINNER WHEN WAR BREAKS OUT,
SURELY TO GOD, YOU’RE IN NO DOUBT.
43.
ALL THINGS THAT MAN HAS BUILT UP,
SHALL VANISH IN A DAY,
AND ALL OF MAN’S KNOWLEDGE,
SHALL SIMPLY FADE AWAY.
NO WALLS SHALL BE LEFT STANDING,
NOR CITIES THAT MEN DWELL IN,
NO TREES, NO VALLEYS, NO MOUNTAINS,
ALL DESTROYED BECAUSE OF MAN’S SIN.
YET A FEW SHALL SURVIVE,
THE ATROCITY OF MAN’S SIN,
ONLY TO REALISE,
THAT THE LIVING DID NOT WIN.
44.
HOW QUIET IT WAS IN HEAVEN,
WHEN THEY HAMMERED IN THE NAILS,
INTO THE HANDS OF THE SAVIOUR,
WHO INSTEAD THEY SHOULD HAVE HAILED,
HOW QUIET IT WAS IN HEAVEN,
AS THE PEOPLE ALL GATHERED ROUND,
HURLING THEIR ABUSE AT HIM,
WHEN THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE MADE A SOUND.
HOW QUIET IT WAS IN HEAVEN,
AS THEY MOCKED AND SCOURGED CHRIST THERE,
NO PITY HAD THEY FOR HIM,
FOR JESUS, MEN DID NOT CARE.
HOW QUIET IT WAS IN HEAVEN,
AS GOD JUST LOOKED AWAY,
FOR HE COULD NOT LOOK UPON THE SIN,
THAT CHRIST CARRIED FOR MAN, THAT DAY.
BUT THAT SILENCE, IT WAS SHATTERED,
WHEN CHRIST GAVE HIS SPIRIT UP,
AND GOD REVEALED A LITTLE OF HIS WRATH,
THAT ONE DAY, EVIL MEN WOULD SUP.
45.
WHEN MY LIFE DOES PASS,
AND MY SPIRIT DEPARTS,
LEAVING MY BODY BEHIND.
MY SPIRIT SHALL GO,
TO A PLACE I KNOW,
WHICH CAN ONLY BE CALLED DEVINE,
AND MY SPIRIT SHALL SEE,
WONDROUS BEAUTY,
AS MY SAVIOUR, I’LL LOOK UPON.
AND HIS FACE SHALL SHINE,
FOR THE LOVE OF MINE,
FOR HE’S THE ROCK I STOOD UPON.
46.
WHY DO YOU PUT OFF TILL TOMORROW,
WHAT GOD IS OFFERING YOU TODAY?
BE SURE YOU DON’T REJECT SALVATION,
IT MAY NEVER AGAIN COME YOUR WAY,
FOR TODAY IS THE DAY OF SALVATION,
THESE WORDS GOD TRULY DOES SAY,
SO DON’T PUT IT OFF TILL TOMORROW,
FOR TOMORROW MAY NOT COME YOUR WAY!
47.
WHERE LIES YOUR HOPE BEYOND THE GRAVE?
ARE YOU BLIND THAT YOU CANNOT SEE?
FOR TO DIE WITHOUT CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOUR,
THEN IN HEAVEN YOU SHALL NOT BE.
WHERE LIES YOUR HOPE BEYOND THE GRAVE?
FOR IF YOU DIE IN YOUR SIN,
NO VICTORY SHALL YOU HAVE OVER DEATH,
FOR DEATH YOU SHALL ALWAYS BE IN.
WHERE LIES YOUR HOPE BEYOND THE GRAVE?
DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR SOUL SHALL GO?
SHALL IT BE LOST FOR ALL ETERNITY?
BECAUSE CHRIST YOU DID NOT KNOW?
48.
WHEN THE STORMS OF LIFE SURROUND ME,
MY SHEPHERD DOES NOT HIDE,
HE DOES NOT RUN AND LEAVE ME,
BUT STANDS HERE BY MY SIDE.
AND WHEN THE STORMS ARE OVER,
HE STILL DOES NOT LEAVE ME,
FOR THE PROMISE OF MY SHEPHERD,
IS FOR ALL ETERNITY.
49.
THROUGH LIFE’S YEARS, I WAS AFRAID,
MY SOUL TORMENTED WITH MY FEAR,
NOT KNOWING WHERE MY SOUL WOULD GO,
JUST SORROW FILLING MY ACHING SOUL,
LOST AND BLIND, I COULD NOT SEE,
ONLY DARKNESS, SURROUNDING ME,
WALKING THROUGH LIFE’S LONG YEARS,
HOLDING ON TO MY WORST FEARS.
GREIF AND SORROW, I’D COME TO KNOW,
SEARCHING FOR PEACE, FOR MY LOST SOUL.
AND AS I WALKED AND LOOKED AROUND,
NO PEACE FROM MEN COULD BE FOUND.
AND AS MY SOUL JUST GREIVED SO SORE,
AND I BELIEVED I COULD TAKE NO MORE,
I HEARD A VOICE, WHICH WAS SO CLEAR,
TELLING ME, TO CHRIST DRAW NEAR.
ON BENDED KNEES, I ASKED CHRIST IN,
ONCE IN MY HEART, HE CLEANED MY SIN.
AND NOW MY SOUL GRIEVES NO MORE,
FOR CHRIST MY SAVIOUR HAS OPENED HEAVENS DOOR.
50.
WHEN TROUBLE DOES SURROUND ME,
AND MY HEART IS FILLED WITH DESPAIR,
I GATHER ALL MY TROUBLES,
AND TO CHRIST, I KNEEL IN PRAYER.
I TELL HIM ALL MY BURDENS,
AND HOW MY HEART ACHES SO,
AND THAT I’M A LONELY SINNER,
AND TO NO OTHER I CAN GO.
THEN PEACE GENTLY BEFALLS ME,
AND I KNOW HE’S HEARD MY PRAYER,
FOR THAT’S ONE THING ABOUT JESUS,
HE IS ALWAYS THERE.
51.
WITH HIS HANDS HE TOUCHED SICK,
AND MADE THEM ALL WELL,
WITH HIS HANDS HE TOUCHED THE BLIND,
THAT THEY MAY TELL,
WITH HIS HANDS HE TOUCHED THE DEAD,
AND SAVED THEM FROM HELL,
WITH HIS HANDS HE FED THE MULTITUDE,
SO THEIR BELLIES WOULD SWELL,
AND WITH HIS HANDS STRETCHED OUT AT CALVARY,
NAILED FIRMLY TO A CROSS,
CHRIST SHOWED HOW MUCH HE LOVED YOU,
SO YOUR SOUL WOULD NOT BE LOST.
52.
I COME TO YOU LORD JESUS,
AND HUMBLE AT YOUR FEET,
FOR I’M AN UNWORTHY SINNER,
WHO COMES TO YOUR MERCY SEAT,
LIKE, THE THIEF UPON THE CROSS,
I CRY IN MY DESPAIR,
THAT YOU MAY HEAR MY VOICE, DEAR LORD,
AND TAKE ME INTO YOUR CARE.
I COME TO YOU LORD, IN REPENTANCE,
AND A HEART THAT’S FILLED WITH SIN,
TO SEEK FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS,
AND A HEART, FOR YOU TO COME IN,
FOR I’M A GUILTY SINNER,
WHO HAS NOTHING OF HIS OWN,
BUT FOR MY FAITH, IN YOU LORD,
THAT ONE DAY, YOU’LL CALL ME HOME.
53.
I SIT WITH A HEART FILLED WITH SORROW,
AND EYES THAT ARE SWOLLEN WITH TEARS,
BELIEVING THAT CHRIST HAS FORSAKEN ME,
BELIEVING IN MY WORST FEARS.
FOR MY WORLD IS FALLING AROUND ME,
WITH NO FRIENDS I CAN CALL MY OWN,
I’VE DONE MY BEST TO SERVE YOU LORD,
NOW I FEEL I’M LEFT ALONE.
FORGIVE ME LORD FOR MY THINKING,
AND FOR THE FOOLISH WORDS I SAY,
FOR A HEART THAT’S FILLED WITH SORROW,
IS A BURDEN TO ME THIS DAY.
FOR I KNOW YOU REALLY LOVE ME LORD,
AND I KNOW YOU REALLY CARE,
AND WITH ALL MY HEART I PRAY, DEAR LORD,
THAT YOU ANSWER THIS MAN’S PRAYER
54.
GOD’S LOVE IS A TRUE LOVE,
AND DOES NOT GO UP NOR DOWN,
GOD’S LOVE IS A TRUE LOVE,
AND HIS LOVE DOES ABOUND,
GODS LOVE IS A TRUE LOVE,
AND WILL ALWAYS BE SOUND,
GOD’S LOVE IS A TRUE LOVE,
AND IN CHRIST JESUS IT IS FOUND.
55.
THERE IS NO HOPE FOR MANY,
FOR CHRIST THEY DO NOT CLAIM,
THEY BELIEVE IN REINCARNATION,
THEY BELIEVE THEY’LL COME BACK AGAIN.
56.
IT WAS DARK THAT NIGHT THEY CAME,
TO TAKE THE LORD AWAY,
THEIR HEARTS WERE FILLED WITH HATRED,
NO LOVE DID THEY DISPLAY,
THEY PUT THEIR HANDS UPON HIM,
AND BROUGHT HIM TO THEIR PLACE,
AND THERE THEY LIED ABOUT HIM,
IN THEIR BID TO BRING HIM DISGRACE,
THEY MOCKED AND SCOURGED AND BEAT HIM.,
IN THE MOST VILE WAY,
FOR THEIR HEARTS WERE FILLED WITH HATRED,
FOR CHRIST THE LORD, THAT DAY,
THEY TOOK HIM TO A COURTYARD,
AND TIED HIM TO A POLE,
AND LASHED HIM ACROSS HIS BACK,
ALL BECAUSE OF THE LIES THEY TOLD.
THEY PLACED A CROWN OF JAGGED THORNS,
UPON HIS HEAD THAT DAY,
AND ACROSS HIS BACK THEY PLACED A LOG,
AND FORCED HIM ON HIS WAY.
AND IN THAT PLACE CALLED CALVARY,
THEY NAILED HIM TO A CROSS,
AND THERE HE SHED HIS PRECIOUS BLOOD,
THAT SINNERS WOULD NOT BE LOST!
57.
THEY CALLED HIM BLASPHEMER,
YET HE ONLY SPOKE THE TRUTH,
THEY LIFTED THEIR ARMS UP AGAINST HIM,
AND WITH THEIR MOUTHS THEY HURLED ABUSE,
“FOR GOOD WORKS,” THEY CRIED, “WE DON’T STONE YOU,
BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE GOD IS YOUR CLAIM,”
AND WITH THEIR ARMS RAISED UP TO HEAVEN,
THEIR STONES, THEY BEGAN TO RAIN,
OH; IF ONLY THEY HAD READ THEIR SCRIPTURES,
THEY’D HAVE SEEN BY WHAT HE HAD DONE,
THAT HE HIMSELF WAS THE ANOINTED,
THE SON OF THE MOST HIGH ONE
58.
IF YOU ARE DEEPLY BURDENED,
AND YOUR MIND IS ILL AT EASE,
AND YOUR LIFE, JUST FEELS IN TURMOIL,
AS IF SWIMMING IN TROUBLED SEAS,
NEVER DOUBT YOUR FAITH IN JESUS,
JUST GET DOWN UPON YOUR KNEES,
AND ASK THE LORD OUR SAVIOUR,
TO CALM THE RAGING SEAS!
59.
TRUST IN THE LORD, FOR HE SHALL PROVIDE,
TAKE HOLD OF HIS HAND, AND JUST LET HIM GUIDE,
AND LISTEN TO HIS VOICE, AND HIS WORDS ABIDE,
AND IF YOU SHOULD FALL, DON’T RUN AWAY AND HIDE.
TRUST IN THE LORD, AND FOR HIM BE BOLD,
OPEN YOUR MOUTH, AND LET HIS WORDS BE TOLD,
AND BE NOT AFRAID, OF HIS ENEMIES OF OLD,
FOR CHRIST IS THE SHEPHERD, WHO LOOKS AFTER HIS FOLD,
TRUST IN THE LORD, FOR HE SHALL NOT FAIL,
EVEN IF THE WORLD SHOULD YOU, ASSAIL,
JUST HOLD TO YOUR FAITH, AND YOU SHALL PREVAIL,
AND ONCE YOU’RE IN HEAVEN, YOU SHALL NO LONGER WAIL.
60.
WHY ARE THE PEOPLE SO MISERABLE?
WHY ARE THEY FILLED WITH DISPAIR?
WHY HAS THEIR LOVE GROWN COLDER?
WHY DO THEY NO LONGER CARE?
WHY ARE THE PEOPLE SO BITTER?
WHY DO THEIR HEARTS GRIEVE?
WHY ARE THE ALWAYS PEEVED?
THE ANSWER TO ALL THESE QUESTIONS,
AS TO WHY THE PEOPLE ARE SAD,
IS BECAUSE THEY’VE REJECTED JESUS,
WHICH RESULTS IN THEM GOING MAD
61.
THANK YOU LORD, FOR THIS NEW DAY,
HELP ME LORD, TO WALK IN YOUR WAY,
TEACH ME LORD, WHAT I MUST SAY,
AS I JOURNEY OUT IN THIS NEW DAY.
62.
ISREAL, O ISREAL, A LAND WHERE THERE’S NO PEACE,
ALL BECAUSE IT’S CHILDREN, ARE FILLED WITH DISBELIEF,
TORMENTED AND TORTURED, FOR WAR SHALL NOT CEASE,
YET IN SPITE OF ALL GOD’S WARNINGS, YOU REMAIN IN DISBELIEF.
ISREAL, O ISREAL, WHAT HIGH PRICE YOU SHALL PAY,
FOR ALL THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD, SHALL INVADE YOUR LAND ONE DAY,
TWO THIRDS OF YOUR CHILDREN, WITH THEIR LIVES, THEY SHALL PAY,
AS THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD, SLAUGHTER ALL THAT GET IN THEIR WAY.
ISREAL, O ISREAL, YET REJOICE ON THAT TERRIBLE DAY,
FOR YOUR PROMISED ‘MESSIAH’, SHALL COME AND DEFEND YOU IN EVERY WAY,
FOR UPON THE MOUNT OF ‘OLIVES’, YOU SHALL SEE HIM, AND TRULY, SAY,
“HE IS THE ONE CALLED ‘JESUS’; FORGIVE US ‘LORD’ THIS DAY”
63.
MAN’S WORLD IS ALL BUT OVER,
AND AS IT DRAWS TO AN END,
STILL THE SIN OF MAN IS RIFE,
AND FOR THAT HE IS CONDEMNED.
NO COMPASSION FOR ONE ANOTHER,
NOT AN OUNCE OF LOVE AT ALL,
TOO BUSY WITH THEIR OWN GREED,
TO WORRY ABOUT THOSE WHO FALL.
GONE ARE THE DAYS OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN,
I AM GRIEF STRICKEN, TO SAY,
GONE IS THE LOVE FOR THY NEIGHBOUR,
FOR HATRED RULES THESE DAYS
64.
IN THE LAND OF ISREAL,
THERE’S A PLACE OF GREAT FAME,
IT’S A HILL KNOWN AS CALVARY,
AND THERE DIED MY SHAME,
FOR MY LORD AND SAVIOUR DIED THERE,
STRETCHED OUT UPON A CROSS,
SHEDDING HIS PRECIOUS BLOOD FOR ME,
SO MY SOUL WOULD NOT BE LOST,
THE SON, THE GOD, THE SAVIOUR,
NAILED FIRMLY TO A TREE,
WHEN HE COULD’VE STAYED IN HEAVEN,
AND NOT CARED FOR YOU OR ME,
YET HIS ARMS WERE STRETCHED OUT BEFORE US,
THAT WITH OUR EYES, WE ALL MAY SEE,
JUST HOW MUCH HE REALLY LOVES US,
A LOVE FOR ALL ETERNITY,
YET ALL OF HIS SUFFERING,
HIS TORTURE AND HIS PAIN,
IS FOR OH, SO MANY,
A DEATH THAT WAS IN VAIN,
FOR THEY TURN THEIR HEADS FROM HIM,
WHEN THEY LOOK UPON THE CROSS,
THEY FEEL NO NEED OF REDEMPTION,
SO THEY ARE CALLED THE LOST,
BUT FOR ME, I BEND MY KNEES,
AND FROM MY HEART, I ASKED HIM IN,
FOR ONLY THE NAME OF JESUS,
CAN CLEANSE ME FROM MY SIN.
65.
TO AND FRO, MANY DO GO,
IN THEIR BID TO UNDERSTAND,
THE THINGS THAT GOD, THAT LIE A MYSTERY,
HIDDEN FROM THE EYES OF MAN.
TO AND FRO, JUST LOOK AT THEM GO,
AND HEAR WHAT THEY DO SAY,
IN THEIR BID TO LEAD THE PEOPLE,
AS THEY TRY TO EXPLAIN GOD AWAY.
TO AND FRO, BUT WHERE SHALL THEY GO?
FOR GOD’S TRUTH IS HIDDEN FROM THEM,
FOR GOD THEY LOVE NOT,
HIS TRUTH THEY’VE NOT GOT,
FOR THEY TEACH THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.
66.
JOIN THE ROAD TO PEACE,
THAT’S WHAT THEY ALL DO SAY,
FOR IF WE UNITE TOGETHER,
WE’LL HAVE PEACE ON EARTH TODAY.
LET’S ALL MARCH TOGETHER,
WITH BROTHERLY LOVE, WE’LL GO ON OUR WAY,
BUT THE SAD THING ALL ABOUT IT,
IS FROM GOD’S LOVE THEY’VE GONE ASTRAY.
THE PEACE OF MAN IS NO REALITY,
AND IT CAN NEVER COME MAN’S WAY,
UNTIL OUR HEAVENLY FATHER,
SENDS CHRIST BACK TO US SOMEDAY.
67.
THE EARTH SHALL BE ASUNDER,
THE EARTH SHALL BE LAID AWASTE,
ALL BECAUSE MAN HAS REJECTED,
GOD’S MERCY AND HIS GRACE,
THE EARTH SHALL MOURN AND WITHER,
AND ITS PEOPLE SHALL FADE AWAY,
FOR GOD SHALL HOLD THEM ALL GUILTY,
FOR THE WICKEDNESS THAT THEY DISPLAY,
THE EARTH SHALL BE SHAKEN VIOLENTLY,
THE EARTH SHALL BE SPLIT RIGHT THROUGH,
IF ONLY CHRIST HAD BEEN YOUR SAVIOUR,
FROM THESE HORRORS, HE WOULD HAVE SPARED YOU.
68.
O! GRACEIOUS, HEAVENLY FATHER,
I KNOW YOU’RE ALWAYS THERE,
EACH AND EVERY TIME,
I KNEEL TO YOU IN PRAYER,
AND WITH MY WORD OF SUPPLICATION,
TO ONE GRACIOUS AS THEE,
I KNOW YOU’LL ANSWER MY PRAYER,
FOR I KNOW THAT YOU LOVE ME.
O! GRACIOUS, HEAVENLY FATHER,
FORGIVE ME FOR THE WRONGS I’VE DONE,
FOR I HAVE SINNED AGAINST THEE,
AND AGAINST YOUR LOVING SON,
MY SPIRIT IS DEEPLY TROUBLED,
AND MY SOUL IS TROUBLED TOO,
SO WITH A HEART THAT IS SINCERE,
I BEG FORGIVENESS FROM YOU.
69.
MY SAVIOUR IS COMING, HE’S COMING FOR ME,
WHEN TRIBULATION IS OVER, EVERY EYE SHALL SEE,
FOR HEAVEN SHALL OPEN THERE JESUS SHALL BE,
UPON A WHITE HORSE, COMING FOR ME,
MY LORD IS COMING, THAT’S HIS PROMISE TO ME,
WHEN I READ HIS WORD, I SEE IT MUST BE,
A GLORIOUS RETURN, FOR ALL TO SEE,
HIS DEAD ARISE, THEN YOU AND ME.
MY REDEEMER IS COMNG, HE’S FAITHFUL AND TRUE,
FOR HE IS RIGHTEOUS, AND JUDGE HE SHALL DO,
TO GATHER ALL THOSE, WHO HE’S CLEANSED FROM SIN,
FOR THEY SHALL BE WITH GOD, AND REIGN WITH HIM.
70.
WHEN SHALL THE SUN RISE, FOR THOSE WHO LIE IN THE DUST?
WHEN SHALL GOD RAISE THEM UP, FOR SURELY HIS WORD IS JUST?
WHEN SHALL THE TRUMPET SOUND, FOR ALL THE DEAD TO HEAR?
FIRST THOSE WHO DIED IN JESUS, SURELY HIS COMING IS NEAR,
HOW MUCH MUST WE SUFFER, LORD, BEFORE YOU COME AGAIN?
HOW MUCH INNOCENT BLOOD MUST BE SHED, BEFORE YOU COME TO REIGN?
O,HEAR THE VOICE OF YOUR SERVANT LORD, HOW LONG MUST IT BE,
BEFORE I SEE THE MIGHTY ANGELS, COMING IN THE CLOUDS WITH THEE?
O,BLESSED HOPE MY SAVIOUR, IN THE PROMISE YOU GAVE ME,
WHEN YOU BROKE THE CHAINS OF SLAVERY, AND FROM MY SINS ME FREE,
THEN SHALL THE SUN RISE, THEN MY EYES SHALL SEE,
THEN SHALL I LOOK UPON THE FACE, OF MY GOD, WHO RANSOMED ME
71.
IMMANUEL, IMMANUEL, FROM ABOVE YOU CAME,
AND WALKED AMONG MEN, WHO HAD SIN AND SHAME.
IMMANUEL, IMMANUEL, IT WAS FREELY YOUR CHOICE,
THAT YOU CAME UPON THE EARTH THAT MEN MAY REJOICE,
IMMANUEL, IMMANUEL, ALL YOU HAD YOU GAVE,
THAT THROUGH YOUR GIFT, SOULS MAY BE SAVED,
IMMANUEL, IMMANUEL. YOU POURED YOURSELF OUT,
SO THAT MEN UPON THE EARTH COULD BE IN NO DOUBT.
IMMANUEL, IMMANUEL, YOU SHALL COME BACK AGAIN,
AND WITH A ROD OF IRON, YOU SHALL FOREVER REIGN.
72.
CHRIST WEPT OVER LAZARUS,
FOR THE LOVE HE’D COME TO KNOW.
CHRIST WPEPT OVER JERUSALEM,
FOR THE LOVE THEY DID NOT SHOW.
AND CHRIST SHALL WEEP FOR THE MANY,
WHO ARE LOST FOREVER MORE,
BECAUSE HIS LOVE COULD HAVE SAVED THEM,
AND BROUGHT THEM THROUGH HEAVEN’S DOOR.
73.
OUT OF THE SEA SHALL HE COME,
THE SEA OF WICKEDNESS, THE DEVIL’S SON,
AND WHEN HE DOES REIGN, IT SHALL AFFECT EACH AND ALL,
FOR FEW SHALL ESCAPE, AND MANY SHALL FALL.
OUT OF THE SEA SHALL HE COME,
FILLED WITH ALL EVIL, THE DEVIL’S SON.
ALL WHO ARE FOOLISH ENOUGH TO BELIEVE,
THE DEVIL’S SON, HE SHALL DECEIVE.
OUT OF THE SEA SHALL HE COME,
MANY NATIONS HE’LL HAVE, THE DEVIL’S SON.
AND ALL HIS THOUGHTS, SHALL SURELY BE,
TO DAMN MEN’S SOULS FOR ALL ETERNITY,
OUT OF THE SEA SHALL HE COME,
HIS SOUL DAMNED, THE DEVIL’S SON.
AND UPON THE SAND HE SHALL STAND,
FOR THE SAND ARE THOSE WHO ARE ALSO DAMNED.
OUT OF THE SEA SHALL HE COME,
WITH WORDS OF PEACE, THE DEVIL’S SON,
AND WITH OPEN ARMS, MEN SHALL RECEIVE,
FOR THE WORD OF GOD, THEY DO NOT BELIEVE.
OUT OF THE SEA SHALL HE COME,
GOD CALLS HIM THE BEAST, THE DEVIL’S SON.
WITH WICKED INTENT HE ARISES,
AND SLAUGHTERS ALL THAT HE DESPISES,
OUT OF THE SEA SHALL HE COME,
BLASPHEMING GOD, THE DEVIL’S SON.
AND THE WORDS HE SPEAKS, SHALL BE WELCOME,
BY FOOLISH MEN, WHO REJECT GOD’S SON,
OUT OF THE SEAS SHALL HE COME,
FULL OF ARROGANCE, THE DEVIL’S SON,
BOASTING TO MEN, WHAT HE SHALL DO,
BUT TO BELIEVE IN HIM, SHALL CONDEMN YOU.
OUT OF THE SEA SHALL HE COME,
WITH WONDROUS SIGNS, THE DEVIL’S SON,
GIVING PROMISES TO EVERYONE,
THAT TO HIM, ALL MEN MAY SUCCUMB,
OUT OF THE SEA SHALL HE COME,
BUT HE IS DELUSION, THE DEVIL’S SON.
HIS FATHER’S THRONE HE SHALL RECEIVE,
AS PART OF HIS PLAN, FOR MEN TO DECEIVE,
OUT OF THE SEA SHALL HE COME,
FROM THE SIXTH KINGDOM, THE DEVIL’S SON.
SEVEN YEARS SHALL HE HAVE, THEN HIS TIME SHALL COME TO PASS,
AND INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE, HE SHALL BE CAST.
OUT OF THE SEA SHALL HE COME,
WITH HATRED IN HIS HEART, THE DEVIL’S SON,
TO GATHER THE NATIONS INTO ONE,
TO DO BATTLE WITH THE LORD, GOD’S ONLY SON
74.
IN ALL MY YEARS I’VE BEEN WRITING,
MANY TIMES I’VE FELT T’WAS ALL IN VAIN,
YET I JUST BOTTLED UP MY FRUSTRATION,
AND DID MY BEST NOT TO COMPLAIN.
YET FOR ALL MY TOIL AND EFFORT,
I MAY NOT UNDERSTAND,
BUT ONE THING THAT I’M SURE OF,
IT’S PART OF MY LORD’S PLAN.
75.
THESE WORDS THAT I AM WRITING,
ARE JUST TO LET YOU KNOW,
HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU JESUS,
HOW MUCH I NEED YOU SO.
I’VE NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY LORD,
SINCE YOU I’VE COME TO KNOW,
AND AS I WRITE THESE WORDS,
MY TEARS BEGIN TO FLOW.
I KNOW THERE’S NOTHING ABOUT ME,
THAT YOU, LORD, DO NOT KNOW,
YET UPON THIS GUILTY SINNER,
YOUR LOVE YOU DO BESTOW.
I’M HAPPY THAT YOU FOUND ME LORD,
AND GAVE ME PEACE AND REST,
FOR I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU WALKED THIS EARTH,
IT ROBBED HEAVEN OF ITS BEST.
76.
IT’S GOOD TO SEE YOU WEEP MY FRIEND,
AND THAT YOU’VE COME TO KNOW,
THAT CHRIST JESUS DIED FOR YOU,
AS A RANSOME FOR YOUR SOUL,
77.
HE WAS HUMBLE, HE WAS MEEK, HE WAS KIND,
AND THROUGH HIS EYES, HIS LOVE IT DID SHINE,
YET UPON THE EARTH, NO WHERE COULD BE FOUND,
FOR JESUS TO EVEN LIE DOWN,
EVERYTHING HE POSSESSED, HE GAVE AWAY,
THAT THROUGH HIS LOVE, WE MAY NOT GO ASTRAY,
AND AS THE LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER HE WAS LEAD AWAY,
TO CLEANSE THE SIN, FOR ALL THAT DAY!
78.
SING, ALL YOU CHRISTIANS,
RAISE UP YOUR VOICE,
FOR CHRIST IS YOUR SAVIOUR,
LET’S HEAR YOU REJOICE!
SING, ALL YOU CHRISTIANS,
LET YOUR PRAISES FLOW,
FOR CHRIST IS YOUR SAVIOUR,
LET EVERYONE KNOW!
SING, ALL YOU CHRISTIANS,
LET YOUR SONGS RING OUT,
FOR CHRIST IS YOUR SAVIOUR,
LET THE WORLD BE IN NO DOUBT!
SING, ALL YOU CHRISTIANS,
LET EVERYONE HEAR,
THAT CHRIST IS YOUR SAVIOUR,
AND YOU’LL NEVER KNOW FEAR!
SING, ALL YOU CHRISTIANS,
AND LET IT BE LOUD,
FOR CHRIST IS YOUR SAVIOUR,
AND HE’S COMING ON A CLOUD!
SING, ALL YOU CHRISTIANS,
BOTH DAY AND NIGHT,
FOR CHRIST IS YOUR SAVIOUR,
THE TRUTH AND THE LIGHT!
SING, ALL YOU CHRISTIANS,
AND LET IT BE CLEAR,
FOR CHRIST IS YOUR SAVIOUR,
AND HIS COMING IS NEAR!
79.
WITH THEIR LIPS, THEY SPEAK THEIR LIES,
AND IN THEIR HEARTS THEY DO DESPISE,
FOR THEY ARE FOOLS, WHO CLAIM TO BE WISE,
AND IN SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS THEY DO STRIVE,
PEACE ON EARTH, IT IS THEIR DRIVE,
NO ROOM FOR CHRIST THEY HAVE DEVISED,
YET IN GOD’S WORD THEY DO NOT REALISE,
THAT THROUGH CHRIST JESUS, THEIR SOUL SHALL SURVIVE.
80.
MIGHTY MEN, GOD HAS RAISED,
AND THERE LIVE HE HAS PRAISED,
EACH OF THEIR NAMES HE DID CRY OUT,
AND WHEN THEY CAME, THEY HAD NO DOUBT,
THEY SERVED THE LORD WITH ALL THEIR HEART,
BUT GOD HE TAUGHT THEM FROM THE START,
AND FROM THEIR FAITH, AT TIMES THEY FELL,
WHICH MADE THEIR STORIES ALL THE SWEETER TO TELL.