Great Is The Lord

Words and Music by Michael W. Smith and Deborah D. Smith

Great is the Lord
He is holy and just;
By His power we trust in His love.
Great is the Lord,
He is faithful and true;
By His mercy He proves He is love.

Great is the Lord and worthy of glory!
Great is the Lord and worthy of praise.
Great is the Lord; now lift up your voice,
Now lift up your voice:
Great is the Lord!
Great is the Lord!

Great are You, Lord,
And worthy of glory!
Great are You, Lord,
And worthy of praise.
Great are You, Lord;
I lift up my voice,
I lift up my voice:
Great are You, Lord!
Great are You, Lord!

Great is the Lord and worthy of glory!
Great is the Lord and worthy of praise.
Great is the Lord; now lift up your voice,
Now lift up your voice:
Great is the Lord!
Great is the Lord!

© 1982 Meadowgreen Music. Co. (ASCAP) (adm. by EMI Christian Music Publishing). All rights reserved. Used by permission.

He's Alive    

Words and Music by Don Francisco

The gates and doors were barred
And all the windows fastened down;
I spent the night in sleeplessness
And rose at every sound
Half in hopeless sorrow
And half in fear the day
Would find the soldiers
Breakin' thru to drag us all away

And just before the sunrise
I heard something at the wall
The gate began to rattle
And a voice began to call;
I hurried to the window
And looked down into the street
Expecting swords and torches
And the sounds of soldier's feet

There was no one there but Mary
So I went down to let her in;
John stood there beside me
As she'd told us where she'd been.
She said, They moved Him in the night
And none of us knows where;
The stone's been rolled away
And now His body isn't there!

We both ran t'ward the garden,
Then John ran on ahead;
We found the stone and empty tomb
Just the way that Mary said.
But the winding sheet
They wrapped Him in
Was just an empty shell;
And who or where they'd taken Him
Was more than I could tell.

Well, something strange
Had happened there,
But just what I didn't know;
John believed a miracle
But I just turned to go.
Circumstance and speculation
Couldn't lift me very high
'Cause I'd seen them crucify Him,
Then I saw Him die.

Back inside the house again
The guilt and anguish came;
Everything I'd promised Him
Just added to my shame.
When at last it came to choices,
I denied I knew His name;
And even if He was alive,
It wouldn't be the same

But suddenly the air was filled
With a strange and sweet perfume;
Light that came from everywhere
Drove shadows from the room.
Jesus stood before me
With His arms held open wide;
And I fell down on my knees,
And just clung to Him and cried.

He raised me to my feet
And as I looked into His eyes,
Love was shining out from Him
Like sunlight in the skies
Guilt in my confusion
Disappeared in sweet release
And every fear I'd ever had
Just melted into peace

CHORUS:
He's alive! He's alive,
He's alive and I'm forgiven!
Heaven's gates are open wide:
He's alive, He's alive,
Oh He's alive and I'm forgiven
Heaven's gates are open wide
He's alive, He's alive,
Hallelujah He's alive

©1977 New Spring Music Press/ASCAP (a div. of Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc.) All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Oh Lord, You're Beautiful

Words and Music by Keith Green

CHORUS:
Oh Lord, You're beautiful
Your face is all I seek.
For when Your eyes are on this child,
Your grace abounds to me.

CHORUS

I want to take Your Word
And shine it all around;
First, help me just to live it, Lord.
And when I'm doing well
Help me to never seek a crown;
For my reward is giving glory to You.

Oh Lord, please light the fire
That once burned bright and clear
Replace the lamp of my first love
That burns with holy fear

CHORUS

Your grace abounds to me.

© 1980 Birdwing Music/Cherry Lane Music Publishing Co.

Rise Again

Words and Music by Dallas Holm

Go ahead drive the nails in My hands,
Laugh at Me where you stand.
Go ahead, and say it isn't Me,
The day will come when you will see,

'Cause I'll rise again.
There's no pow'r on earth
Can tie Me down.
Yes, I'll rise again,
Death can't keep Me in the ground.

Go ahead mock My name,
My love for you is still the same.
Go ahead and bury Me,
But very soon I will be free.

'Cause I'll rise again.
There's no pow'r on earth
Can tie Me down.
Yes, I'll rise again,
Death can't keep Me in the ground.

Go ahead, and say I'm dead and gone,
But you will see that you were wrong.
Go ahead, and try to hide the Son,
But all will see that I'm the One.

'Cause I'll come again.
There's no pow'r on earth
Can keep it back.
Yes, I'll come again;
Come to take My people back
Yes I'll come again;
Come to take My people back.

©1977 Designer Music, Inc./Going Holm Music (SESAC) (adm. by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc.). All rights reserved. Used by permission.

I Wouldn't Go Back

Words and Music by Lawrence Chewning

I wouldn't go back, I wouldn't go back
I wouldn't go back
To that life I used to live
I wouldn't go back
I'm never going back again

That's all behind me
So don't you remind me
It's all too vivid in my mind
I wouldn't go back
To that life I used to live
I chose to leave it all behind

Lead me on, lead me on
Whatever it takes
Oh Lord, lead me on

I wouldn't go back
To that life I used to live
Before the night I knelt
And asked God to forgive me
Oh, the pain I felt, the tears I shed,
The loneliness inside
I wouldn't go back
I wouldn't go back, not I

I still recall that night one Fall
How close I came to ending my life
Just before You came
Lying on my bed
The ceiling over my head kept screaming,
Who are you anyway?
What could I say?
Sitting in my living room
Tears streaming down my face
Life was such a waste 'til I met You

Jesus! I wouldn't go back
I wouldn't go back
Never again, never again
Never again, no
I wouldn't go back
To that life I used to live
I wouldn't go back, I wouldn't go back
I'll never go back
I'll never go back
I'm never going back again

©1999 Shepherd Boy Music/ASCAP. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Awesome God

Words and Music by Rich Mullins

Oh, when He rolls up His sleeves
He ain't just puttin' on the Ritz,
Our God is an awesome God.
There's thunder in His footsteps
And lightning in His fists.
Our God is an awesome God.
And the Lord, He wasn't jokin'
When He kicked 'em out of Eden,
It wasn't for no reason
That He shed His blood,
His return is very close
And so you better be believin' that our
God is an awesome God.

CHORUS:
Our God is an awesome God,
He reigns from Heaven above,
With wisdom, pow'r and love,
Our God is an awesome God.

And when the sky was starless
In the void of the night,
Our God is an awesome God.
He spoke into the darkness
And created the light.
Our God is an awesome God.
The judgment and wrath
He poured out on Sodom,
The mercy and grace
He gave us at the cross,
I hope that we have not
Too quickly forgotten that our
God is an awesome God.

CHORUS (repeat)

Our God is an awesome God.

CHORUS (repeat 2X)

© 1988 BMG Songs, Inc./ASCAP. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

People Need The Lord

Words and Music by Greg Nelson and Phill McHugh

Everyday they pass me by,
I can see it in their eye;
Empty people filled with care,
Headed who knows where.
On they go through private pain,
Living fear to fear;
Laughter hides the silent cries
Only Jesus hears.

CHORUS: People need the Lord,
People need the Lord;
At the end of broken dreams,
He's the open door.

People need the Lord,
People need the Lord;
When will we realize
People need the Lord.

We are called to take His light
To a world where wrong is right;
What could be too great a cost
For sharing life with one who's lost?
Through His love our hearts can feel
All the grief they bear;
They must hear the Words of Life
Only we can share.

People need the Lord,
People need the Lord;
At the end of broken dreams,
He's the open door.

People need the Lord,
People need the Lord;
When will we realize
That we must give our lives,
For people need the Lord.
People need the Lord.

© 1983 River Oaks Music Co. (BMI) Shepherd's Fold Music (BMI) (adm. by EMI Christian Music Publishing). All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Through It All

Words and Music by Andrae Crouch

I've had many tears and sorrows,
I've had questions for tomorrow,
There've been times
I didn't know right from wrong:
But in every situation
God gave blessed consolation
That my trials come
To only make me strong.

CHORUS:
Through it all, through it all,
I've learned to trust in Jesus,
I've learned to trust in God;
Through it all, through it all,
I've learned to depend upon His Word.

I've been to lots of places,
And I've seen a lot of faces,
There've been times I felt so all alone;
But in my lonely hours,
Yes, those precious lonely hours,
Jesus let me know that I was His own.

CHORUS (repeat)

I thank God for the mountains,
And I thank Him for the valleys,
I thank Him for the storms
He brought me through;
For if I'd never had a problem
I wouldn't know
That He could solve them,
I'd never know what faith
In God could do.

CHORUS (repeat)

© 1971 (renewed 1999) Manna Music, Inc. (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission.

We Will Stand

Words and Music by Russ Taff, Tori Taff and James Hollihan, Jr.,

Sometimes it's hard for me to understand
Why we pull away
From each other so easily,
Even though we're all
Walking the same road
Yet we build dividing walls between
Our brothers and ourselves.
But I, I don't care
What label you may wear
If you believe in Jesus
You belong with me.
The bond we share is all I care to see
And we'll change the world forever
If you will join with me,
Join and sing, sing,

CHORUS:
You're my brother, you're my sister,
So take me by the hand
Together we will work until He comes.
There's no foe that can defeat us
When we're walking side by side.
So long as there is love,
We will stand.

The day will come
When we will be as one,
And with a mighty voice together
We will proclaim
That Jesus, Jesus is King.
It will echo through the earth;
It will shake the nations,
And the world will see,
See that...

CHORUS (repeat)

Take me by the hand,
Join with me.
Join and see - yeah.

CHORUS (repeat 2X)

© 1983 Word Music (a div. of Word, Inc.) (ASCAP) and James Hollihan Music

If That Isn't Love

Words and Music by Dottie Rambo

He left the splendor of heaven,
Knowing His destiny
Was the lonely hill of Golgotha,
There to lay down His life for me.

CHORUS:
If that isn't love the ocean is dry,
There're no stars in the sky
And the sparrow can't fly!
If that isn't love then heaven's a myth,
There's no feeling like this,
If that isn't love.

Even in death He remembered
The thief hanging by His side;
He spoke with love and compassion
Then He took him to Paradise.

CHORUS

© 1969 by John T. Benson Co. (ASCAP) (a div. of Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc.) All rights reserved. Used by permission.

The King Is Coming

Words by William J. Gaither
and Gloria Gaither (1,2, and 3),
Charles Millhuff, verse 3 in part.
Music by William J. Gaither

The marketplace is empty,
No more traffic in the streets,
All the builders' tools are silent,
No more time to harvest wheat;
Busy housewives cease their labors,
In the courtroom no debate,
Work on earth is all suspended
As the King comes thro' the gate.

CHORUS:
O the King is coming,
The King is coming!
I just heard the trumpets sounding,
And now His face I see;
O the King is coming,
The King is coming!
Praise God, He's coming for me!

Happy faces line the hallways,
Those whose lives have been redeemed,
Broken homes that He has mended,
Those from prison He has freed;
Little children and the aged
Hand in hand stand all aglow,
Who were crippled, broken, ruined,
Clad in garments white as snow.

CHORUS (repeat)

I can hear the chariots rumble,
I can see the marching throng,
The flurry of God's trumpets
Spells the end of sin and wrong:
Regal robes are now unfolding,
Heaven's grandstand's all in place,
Heaven's choir now assembled,
Start to sing "Amazing Grace!"

CHORUS (repeat)

© 1970 by William J. Gaither (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission.