Lyrical Worship

I'm not going to take the time to tell you about my week right now, because my week sucked and I'm tired of thinking about it at the moment.

However, on the way home from this horrible week, I spent about 4 hours singing (screaming) along to this music by 100 Portraits and Waterdeep who have produced at least 3 cd's entitled Enter The Worship Circle. I hated this music the first time I heard it... however, now, it is some of the only worship music I truly and fully enjoy and can sing for hours on end (obviously). To me, this is real worship, and I am really worshiping when I listen to it and sing it. Anyway, there are some lyrics of their songs that I love so much. The text in bold/italics I especially hold dear to my heart. There's a lot below, but I hope if you don't have time to read it all you can scan it.

Oh, and I definitely recommend checking out these three albums. Out of all three, there are only about 4 songs which I absolutely HATE to this day and will not listen to...but all the other ones are fantastic. Here are a few snipits:

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I am sinking to my grave, In the flood of my enemy
All the plans that I made, Have shattered around me
I'm holding out for Your hand to come save me
I'm holding on to the promises You made me

You are the one who delivers the dying
You are the one helping those who are drowning
You rescue the loser, rescue the loser
So come on and rescue me

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Sometimes I'm afraid of you, you are just too good
Sometimes I am scared to look at you
You are just too beautiful

I am frightened by the notion that you would hold my hand
You take away the pen writing out my every sin,
and You burn the book of my rebellion
You tear the pages holding everything that I regret
How You forgive me, Jesus

(my favorite line of all 3 albums)

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Save me, Oh, God
For the waters have come up to my neck
And I am sinking to the bottom where I cannot stand
I am calling to You, can You hear my cry?

Oh my God, You've turned your eyes
And now my heart has come alive

Only You have come to find me
Only You have come to pull me out
Only You have come to save me
Only You have come to wrap your arms around me

Save me, Oh, God
I have wandered and I cannot find your hand
I am looking for your Father, but my eyes fail
I am calling to You, can You hear my cry?

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Oh, Mercy, fall on me
Like a warm blanket on my cold, cold heart
Clean me with Your blood that turns me white on the inside
I'm on my knees again 'cause I'm breaking Your heart

Put in me what I cannot buy with gold
Put in me, oh God, come restore my broken soul
Put in me what I cannot give myself
Put in me a clean heart

I know all my broken places like the back of my hand
That slapped your face again
Wash me with your love and hold me tight like a baby
'Till I have no memory of ever breaking Your heart

But I will not point my finger or grow that wicked skin
That cannot remember what I will not forget
I how I broke you, or how I'm broken

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One thing I ask of You
This is what I need
That I may hide in Your hands
Feel Your presence fall over me

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Though I feel alone, I am never alone

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I could run away
But You would never leave
You would always stay
Right by my side

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Though the world moves like mad
You alone are faithful
Jesus, you, you will not be changed

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I was a hungry child
A dried up river
I was a burned out forest
And no one could do anything for me

But you put food in my body
Water in my dry bed
And to my blackened branches you brought the
springtime rain of new life
And nothing is impossible for you

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Tender mercy, You forgive me
Slow to anger, Quick to love

As high as the mountains try
Your love falls all around me
As wide as the east to west
My sins are taken from me

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I've been searching and finding, there's nothing but searching
Searching for something to fill
In all of my finding I'm finding there's someone
Who loves me to sit and be still

It's in you. It's in you.

I'm in love with a Savior who saves me to love me
and loves me to stay by His side
And I love to sing all the songs of His goodness
I'll them the rest of my life

I love how You love me
I love your love

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I had been running away on my own
and then You found me, oh how You love me!
I know You'll never leave, leave me alone

I want to sing you a love song
for You are the love of my life
Rhythm and rhyme I try to explain it
No matter how hard I try I can't contain it

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Those who put their hope in You will never be turned away

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Let my heart sing for you
And not remain silent
Let heart sing for you
Turn my weeping into a dance

So dance, dance my soul
There's no reason for you to weep!

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For my ashes You give me beauty
For my mourning You give me joy
For my tears, Lord, You give me kisses
Oh, yeah, that's how good You are

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There is one Faith, one Family, one Hope in Christ alone
There is one Lord, one Holy Spirit, one Father over all
Keep on holding on my friends we'll be together