Rise

Raise your hand and I will cower
Threaten me and I will bend
Tell me I’m worthless, I’ll believe
And then we’ll start again.
You were a child and took us on
I was a child; I endured
You feel cheated and I, indebted
Neither one can see beyond.
But strike me down and see what happens
As I retreat and you despise
Although I may want to bow under you
I want this more: and still I rise.
So try to break me if you must
You never will succeed
‘Cause I have fire you can’t find-
Desire to be free.

Received

So many days spent just getting through
But I know I can't turn myself inside
Your eyes see deeper than I wanna show
Accepting me when I'm gonna explode.
Not sure when everything turned to grey
I just know it wasn't always this way
The light has dimmed but is not gone
Just gotta figure out how to get back home
God, can you hear me?
The faith I had is gone
'Cause I ain't a child no more
God... Oh, God, can you hear me?
You saw the pain I tried to hide
Cried and held me - I just sighed
Can't feel nothin' but the pain
But I know I'm not alone again.
When you reached out your hand
Offered it to help me stand
That's when everything came clear-
It's how I know God can hear me...

Higher Love

There is a higher love
There is a deeper joy
Right here at our fingertips
Open our eyes, God
Show us the life we can have
The life you can touch
Need to feel how it is to dance in the rain
Need to know how it feels not to be in pain
Wanna shout out your name and feel the devotion
Course through me in a flood of tears
'Cause, oh, to feel the joy
Just dancing- just praising
Not caring, just daring to hope
Rekindle the joy that used to burn
Renew the hope that hangs by a thread
Reignite the passion that lies untouched
Help me forget about the world
Grant us grace, whisper peace
Not caring- just daring to hope
I'm gonna reach for the higher love
I'm gonna dive for the deeper joy
So let us pray...

Extraordinary

Help me find the answers
Let me ask the questions
Show me truth
Take me through
Teach me how to stand.
I’m not the shell they think they see
I’m not the one I hoped to be
The glass reflects my image
I’m no angel, can’t they see?
All I am is just me.
My life is reckless
My heart - it proves restless
I can’t settle in one place no more
Gotta keep movin’ on.
Can anyone hear me
In all this silence -
Through this mess that’s in my head?
Can anyone tell me
I’m not what they say?
Someone, please step up.
I hear the voices in the chorus
Chanting truth
Hoping it breaks through.
But I close my ears to the noise
And fall to my knees
Cause I just don’t know.
Brother, I’ll be the one
To step up for you.
I’m there in the chorus of voices.
I hear you - I’ll catch you.
I’ll show you truth
And take you through
And let Him teach you
How to stand.

I Don't Know Which Way Is Up

Hear me calling
Watch me falling
Lift Your gaze
Upon my face.
I can’t keep going
Or lift my head.
It’s just too hard
To endure everything.
Let me go
Or tell me truly
That You love me.
Mean what You say.
Tears are flowing
Life is going on.
I just don’t know
Which way is up.

Refinement

Oh, the Lord
God of all
Help me make it
Help me fall.
I can’t stop it
I need You now.
I can’t deny it,
I’m drowning.

Catch Me

Can You hear the children praying -
Falling on their knees
Before Your throne of grace?
Do You see them dying -
Falling to Your arms
Because they won’t back down?
Will You catch the tears
We’re crying
For the fallen ones…

Realize

I hear the voices
In the chorus
Chanting Truth
Hoping it gets through
And yet I close
My ears
To the noise.
I hide my eyes
From the glare.
I still don’t understand….
How can it be real?
How can it be…

Desire

I need to want You
But I don’t know
How to climb up to You
Just to fall before You
And break apart.
Chance beckons
Through impossibility,
Calling me to come
Telling me to fall,
To shed everything
Holding me back.
The only hindrance that remains
Is my fear of failure
And lingering regret.
Take me up, O Lord
Break me down, my Savior
Hold me close forever.
God, I just need to want You
Please, Jesus, light that fire!

Obedience

No choice to make
I know what’s true
I just can’t seem
To struggle through
All this pain
And endless doubt
Trying to shake
Satan out
Just livin’ like
A sinner
Only prayer can
Make me better
Strengthen my
Desire
Come and
Light my fire