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My Help Is The Lord
06:25
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Where does my help come from?
Where does my help come from?
Where does my help come from?
My Help is the Lord
Where does my strength come from?
Where does my strength come from?
Where does my strength come from?
My strength is the Lord
My help is the Lord God Almighty
My help is the Lord God Almighty
My help is the Lord
Where does my hope come from?
Where does my hope come from?
Where does my hope come from?
My hope is the Lord
Where does my joy come from?
Where does my joy come from?
Where does my joy come from?
My joy is the Lord
My help is the Lord God Almighty
My help is the Lord God Almighty
My help is the Lord
You are my treasure
A chain that won't rust
Nothing can steal away
Now that I trust in you.
You are my treasure
You are the Lord of all...
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2. |
You Are The Light
04:04
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You are the light
Flowing through the world
You are the light in us
You are the peace
Healing every heart
You are the peace in us
And I will stay here
I will stay here
In the light, in the light
In the light, in the light
You are the prayer
Moving through the air
You are the prayer in us
You are the grace
Covering our days
You are the grace in us
And I will stay here…
You are the faith
Building up our trust
You are the faith in us
You are the hope
Widening our lives
You are the hope in us
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3. |
Wait On Love
04:05
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Here we are gathered on this Sunday morning
Welcome to each and everyone
Turn to your brother and your sister beside you
And greet them every single one
Sunshine or rain, red dust or green shoot dawning
Spirit’s in this land, it is our home (what a home!)
So let our family celebrate what we have here
And let love be shown (to one another!)
yes we will wait on love
yes we will wait on love
yes we will wait on love
for our God is love
Each of us brings our own gifts and story
Filled with pain and joy and tears
But we will walk as one across this country
Holding the faith throughout the years
Now Jesus spoke of Abba’s wide open homeland
A place where all the lost can meet
And every prodigal that makes their way here
Receives a ring and welcome seat (it’s your inheritance!)
yes we will wait on love
yes we will wait on love
yes we will wait on love
for our God is love
for our God is love
We will remember all our friends who are absent
In prisons, hospitals or camps (young and old!)
Those out bush or those in far flung lands
All those who need a helping hand (that’s what they’re for!)
yes we will wait on love
yes we will wait on love
yes we will wait on love
for our God is love
for our God is love
for our God is love
for our God is love
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4. |
Beautiful Shadows
05:28
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When the Saints pass by
They cast beautiful shadows
Beautiful shadows, beautiful shadows
When the rich and poor sit down
We see beautiful shadows,
Beautiful shadows, beautiful shadows
Oh this whole wide world casts a beautiful shadow
Oh heavenly light oh love so Divine
We see now in part one day we will know
All this is yours! We are beautiful shadows
As change comes to pass in our lives
We see beautiful shadows
Beautiful shadows, beautiful shadows
When hope starts to grow (deep inside)
We see beautiful shadows
When mercy is shown (to the blind)
We see beautiful shadows
In bright stars and time
We see beautiful shadows
In flowers and rhyme
We see beautiful shadows
In our work and our play
We see beautiful shadows
In the night and the day
We see beautiful shadows
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5. |
By Your Fire
05:40
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I can only come as I am
Here is the only place I can stand
I can only speak from my heart
I can only play a small part
That’s alright
That’s alright
That’s alright
I can only live here with hope
I can only speak my own truth
Carry the story as far as I can
Hand it to you, that is the plan
That’s alright
That’s alright
That’s alright
Wrap me up I will sit by your fire
and learn to love
Wrap me up and I’ll sing in the choir
beneath these stars
In the silence I’ll listen to feel
the word of love draw near, draw near
Seeking a word I can trust without fear…
(Seeking a word I can trust without fear…)
Seeking a word I can trust without fear…
(Seeking a word I can trust without fear…)
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All Your Blessings
04:43
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All your blessings surround us, surround us
All your blessings surround us
We will walk this land,
try to understand
Look with eyes that see
a hope and a plan
For life to lift the broken heart
For grace to play a simple part
In the healing and the searching
Let love do the urging
O Spirit guide
Help us realise
Your love, love, love makes the world
Your love, love, love makes the world
Your love, love, love makes the world
A wonderful place to be
(Help us to see)
All your blessings surround us, surround us
All your blessings surround us
It’s true each day
holds a new surprise
A gift lies there
before our eyes
For we dust and yet we trust
That this ochre country bursts with love,
With spirit and with story
Help us to see the glory
In the silence
Of the night
Your love, love, love makes the world
Your love, love, love makes the world
Your love, love, love makes the world
A wonderful place to be!
(Help us to see)
All your blessings surround us, surround us
All your blessings surround us
They surround us…
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A new heart, a new heart
I will give to you
A new heart, a new heart
Love will make you new
You will be the change you want to see
You will feel your way into a new day
Find release from all that held you back
Rivers will flow, rivers will flow
Healing hearts (Rpt)
A new day, a new day
I will give to you
A new day, a new day
Your life is made new
You will be the change you want to see…
Rivers will flow…
Hear us when we cry to you
Bend your ear to us, Lord!
Move us by your Spirit’s power
Through us now your love be poured! (Rpt)
A new heart…
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8. |
Take Heart
06:26
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The cross you carry
Is love wide awake
To all those who suffer
The way of a heart that won’t forsake
The godless, the rebels
Those who dare to name our shame
To face them and welcome
Is the peace for which Christ came
But our cross is just a shadow
Of the mighty tree of Calvary
Take heart you are forgiven
Your heart is open, and your eyes can see
The way is not easy
Each day there’s a price
Love feels the guilt
And the mystery of sacrifice
Oh this longing to be free
To finish this lonely race
Will only become real
When life is ended and we see face to face
But our cross is just a shadow
Of the mighty tree of Calvary
Take heart you are forgiven
Your heart is open, and your eyes can see
Your heart is open, and your eyes can see
and your eyes can see
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9. |
You Are Loved
04:38
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What I want is for you to know you are loved (you are loved)
Held forever in God’s loving gaze, you are loved (you are loved)
Known and delighted in, saved and held within
Each and all of your days…
You are a child of God,
Made of love divine
Rescued from the dark
Your face it shines x2
(With the light of Christ)
Verse 2
What I want is for you to know perfect peace (perfect peace)
Feel safe on the streets and your home (perfect peace, perfect peace)
Freed to be yourself, scared of no-one else,
With courage to face the unknown
Chorus
You are child of God
Made of love divine
Rescued from the dark
Your face it shines x2
(With the light of Christ)
God you came that we might know
We are not alone, we are not alone
God be glorified in you
In your weakness, He’ll come shining through x2
With the light of Christ…
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Lay Your Burdens Down
04:07
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Won't you come to Jesus of Nazareth
And lay your burdens down
Won't you come to Jesus of Nazareth
And lay your burdens down
Won't you bring your heart, whatever you feel
Bring what to you is real
Won't you bring your heart, whatever you feel
And lay your burdens down
Won't you dance like a child that knows you are loved
Won't you dance like a child that knows you are loved
Won't you dance like a child that knows you are loved
And lay your burdens down
Let us sing of freedom and peace
Let us sing of freedom and peace
Let us sing of freedom and peace
Go on and lay your burdens down
Let us live for justice and love
Let us live for justice and love
Let us live for justice and love
Go on and lay your burdens down
Won't you dance like a child that knows you are loved
Won't you dance like a child that knows you are loved
Won't you dance like a child that knows you are loved
Go on and lay your burdens down
Go on and lay your burdens down
Go on and lay your burdens down
Go on and lay your burdens down
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11. |
One Kingdom
04:37
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Gathered round your word
We who are poor
And we who are poor in spirit
Are made one
Gathered 'round your table we who have bread
And we who hope for peace share as one
Oh Word of God made flesh, May the riches of the earth
And the riches of eternal life
Be shared among us all —- with equality
For there is only one Kingdom Of love
For there is only one Kingdom
Your throne is a cross Your banner is love rising
Your throne is a cross Your banner is love rising
Gathered round Your world
We who have hope
And we who live with doubt
Are made one
Oh Word of God made flesh
May the riches of the earth
And the riches of eternal life
Be shared among us all with equality
For there is only one Kingdom Of love
For there is only one Kingdom
Your throne is a cross
Your banner is love rising
Your throne is a cross
Your banner is love rising
Life forevermore, life for us all
Life forevermore, life for us all
Come eat and drink, Come eat and drink
Come eat and drink, Come eat and drink
(For Chomno Inn and CHO, Cambodia)
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12. |
Higher Power
04:30
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My heart; your throne,
please come and make it your own.
I need your power
to help me through my darkest hours.
these days ahead I confess I need to be led,
’til in your strength I am found.
Fill me, guide me, lead me to solid ground
Fill me, guide me, lead me to solid ground
You’re my higher power
You’re my higher power
You’re my higher power
Feels like I’m trapped
I built this house but it’s collapsed
I’ve lost control
I need you to free my soul
please take the wheel
I’ll come around
Wild horses can be tamed
You can liberate the shamed
O help me stand my ground
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13. |
Gracious
05:13
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You always were gracious, gracious to me
You showed a way that I could live with myself again
And though I'd run far away, far from your love
You always prayed and showed a way back home again
You sheltered me, everyday, you let me stay
You let me sing inside your room
Encouraged me, picked me up, called for my song
You let me call your house my home
My God and King, Jesus,
I'll always sing of your great love
No harm to sing: "heal us!"
Though I'll always bring fingers in need of rings
And a body in need of cloaks
I know you won't turn away, you'd never turn away
Stood by my shame so I'd survive
I know you gave freely, through the needles eye
You paid for my trip home and look: now I'm alive
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We are like the grass
Here for a moment
Then we pass
But when your rains fall on us
That’s when we’re green
And your glory’s seen
And even when the grass is gone
the stones will cry out
the stones will cry out
When death has come and done its worst
Old bones will dance
Hosanna will be their shout
Hosanna will be their shout
(No matter what happens, no matter)
The sweetness of your love’s enough
To keep me singing
The sweetness of your love’s enough
To keep me ringing this old bell
The sweetness of your love’s enough
Keeps me wanting to tell
The sweetness of your love’s enough
In corners of my heart
Yeah that’s where your
grace imparts
Strength to face the day
And dreams renew
The will to play
And even when the grass is gone
the stones will cry out
the stones will cry out
When death has come and done its worst
Old bones will dance
Hosanna will be their shout
Hosanna will be their shout
(No matter what happens, no matter)
The sweetness of your love’s enough
To keep me singing
The sweetness of your love’s enough
To keep me ringing this old bell
The sweetness of your love’s enough
Keeps me wanting to tell
The sweetness of your love’s enough
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Listening for the Heartbeat of God
Lyrics and music by Steve Bevis
Words adapted from George MacLeod’s ”Listening for the Heartbeat of God”
In all creation you are there
in every friend and enemy
you are shining forth as love
We know you are within the cloud
that you challenge us to love
Show to us the glory in the grey
Calling us to love (oh oh, God)
Calling us to love
Calling us to love. (oh oh, God)
Listening for the heartbeat of God
Listening for the heartbeat of God
Awake us so that we may know
you are present in the storm
and our joy is found in you
And all the humble work we do
finds it home and place in you
that the world may know that it is loved
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Long May You Reign
04:13
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Jesus Christ, morning star,
Son of God, Lord of all
Guiding light, tender grace,
Tower of strength for our race
Giving heart, bursting flame
Fire of love, wild untamed
Gracious host, friend in need
Truth revealed in love and deed
Our Father in heaven
Hallowed be your name!
Hallowed be your name!
Our Father in heaven
Hallowed be your name!
Hallowed be your name!
Long may you reign
Over my heart, over my heart
Long may you reign
Over my heart, over my heart
Spirit's wind, mercy’s shower
Sweep our hearts clean this hour
Present help, lift our eyes
Above our fears, O’ joy’s surprise
Guide us home, through the night
O’ captain come, shine your light
Lead us to the bay of peace
Shore of hope, our sweet release
Our Father in heaven…
Promised gift, stir our lives
Free us Lord, break the ties
Evil’s end, fear dispelled
hate disarmed, all is well
O’ Perfect rose, sweetest flower
Soul’s delight, your life is ours
Raised for us, heaven’s king
Unto you our voices sing
Our Father in heaven…
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Ask for God’s help, it will be given
Seek mercy out
You are forgiven
Hold onto hope
Be no longer driven
Live in the freedom of God
Live in the freedom of God
Welcome the stranger
Care for each other
Visit the lonely
Sisters and brothers
Give to the poor
They are your family
Knock on the Kingdom’s door
Knock on the Kingdom’s door
All of your pain
It will be carried
All of your fears
They will be heard
Walk out into
The desert’s deep calm
Bathe now in Gilead’s balm
Bathe now in Gilead’s balm
Deep in your soul
Hear a small voice
Softly it speaks
Rivers of grace
Oh healer of souls
n’ freer of slaves
Raise us up from the grave
Raise us up from the grave
Cry out my soul
In celebration
Laugh with the birds
Circling above
Freedom has come
Inside our hearts
A new world’s already begun
A new world’s already begun
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God Is The Gardener
03:09
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Plant a seed in the garden and did you know
God is the gardener who will make it grow
Plant love in your hearts and did you know
God is the gardener who will make it grow
Plant peace in the world and did you know
God is the gardener who will make it grow
(Dig! Dig! Dig!)
Grow, grow, grow, grow
God makes things grow
The earth is God’s garden and he loves it you know!
(Dig! Dig! Dig!)
Grow, grow, grow, grow
God makes things grow
The earth is God’s garden and he loves it you know!
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Bless This Child
04:24
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Bless this child as she enters life
May she know the love of Christ
Bless this girl, may light fill her days
May she walk in Jesus’ way
And may the blessings of the Lord
Shine on her evermore
And may the blessings of the Lord
Shine on her evermore
Bless her walk and wherever she goes
When times are dry may rivers flow
Bless her heart and keep it strong
May she know that she always belongs
And may the blessings of the Lord
Shine on her evermore
And may the blessings of the Lord
Shine on her evermore
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Holy Holy Holy
02:44
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Holy Holy Holy
Lord God Almighty
Heaven and earth
Are full of your glory
Hosanna in the highest
Hosanna in the highest
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21. |
Cry Out For Justice
03:47
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Oh Lord the poor cry out for justice
Oh Lord the poor cry out for justice
One thing’s for sure heaven hears their cry
Oh Lord the poor cry out for justice (oh,oh,oh)
Oh Lord the poor cry out for justice
One thing’s for sure heaven will reply
A mighty river, deep and wide (oh, oh, oh)
A mighty river, deep and wide
Heaven steps down - stands by their side
Jump in and wash your muddy hands
Jump in and wash your muddy hands
Then play your part in the holy band
Oh Lord the poor cry out for justice (oh, oh, oh)
Oh Lord the poor cry out for justice
One thing’s for sure heaven hears their cry
It’s true their tears they fill the sky
It’s true their tears they fill the sky
Heaven’s hand will dry every single eye
No Lord the proud cannot be trusted (oh, no, no)
No Lord the proud cannot be trusted
Yes soon the proud will be thrown down
Oh Lord the poor cry out for justice (oh, oh, oh)
Oh Lord the poor cry out for justice
One thing’s for sure heaven hears their cry
One thing’s for sure heaven hears their cry
One thing’s for sure heaven will reply
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Over My Head I Hear Music In The Air
Traditional – Arrangement by Steve Bevis
Over my head I hear music in the air
Over my head I hear music in the air
Over my head I hear music in the air
There must be a God somewhere
Oh when I think of freedom I hear music in the air
Oh when I think of freedom I hear music in the air
Oh when I think of freedom I hear music in the air
There must be a God somewhere
Over my head I hear music in the air…
Oh when the world is silent I hear music in the air
Oh when the world is silent I hear music in the air
Oh when the world is silent I hear music in the air
There must be a God somewhere
Over my head I hear music in the air…
Oh when I think of Jesus I hear music in the air
Oh when I think of Jesus I hear music in the air
Oh when I think of Jesus I hear music in the air
There must be a God somewhere
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23. |
Acts Of Grace
03:44
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Surpassing grace – lead me beyond my selfish heart
Surpassing grace – help me to make a new start
Oh Lord please help me to follow you with acts of grace
Oh Lord please help me to honour you with acts of grace
Oh Lord please help me to worship you with acts of grace
Mercy cannot flow in where mercy does not flow out
Gracious and faithful is your love
Open our hearts - be bold! - in our lives your story be told
Gracious and faithful is your love
Oh Lord please help me to follow you with acts of grace
Oh Lord please help me to honour you with acts of grace
Oh Lord please help me to worship you with acts of grace
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You raise me up
You got me smiling Lord
You catch my fall
Look at me I’m laughing now
Your Kingdom feels
Like joy - Joy oh joy
Your Kingdom feels
Like joy - Joy oh joy oh joy
You carry me
You got me looking up
You kept me safe
Can’t believe I feel so free
You fill my cup
You spread a feast before me
You lead the dance
Fill my heart with beauty
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25. |
Were On Our Way
04:50
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We’re on our way
We’re on our way
Hand in hand we will walk as one
He died and rose
He died and rose
That this road might rise with us
Put on your robes
Your travelling clothes
Walk with us as this old world we roam
We’re on our way
We’re on our way
Hand in hand we will walk as one
We’re on our way
We’re on our way
With every step we’ll see the Kingdom come
Pilgrim stay
Pilgrim stay
Stop and stay here a night with us
Rest your head
Take this bread
Take a sip from this warm cup
Why thank you friends
Thank you friends
Our Master’s kingdom has many rooms
In many a heart
In many a heart
We’ve met our Maker & his loving mark
So thank you friends
Thank you friends
We’ll keep walking
Til our days are done
We’re on our way
We’re on our way
Hand in hand we will walk as one
We’re on our way
We’re on our way
With every step we’ll see the Kingdom Come
He died and rose
He died and rose
That this road might rise with us
Put on your robes
Your travelling clothes
Walk with us as this old world we roam
We’re on our way
We’re on our way
Hand in hand we will walk as one
We’re on our way
We’re on our way
With every step we’ll see the Kingdom come
We’re on our way
We’re on our way
Hand in hand we will walk as one
We’re on our way
We’re on our way
With every step we see the
Kingdom come, Kingdom come
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26. |
Open Out And Empty Me
03:55
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Open out and empty me
Like a river into the sea
Open out and empty me
Like a river into the sea
Open out and empty me
Like a river into the sea
Dry though I am
Needing your hand
Grateful for this land
On which I can stand (‘til you)
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Steve Bevis Sydney, Australia
Singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, nomad and pilgrim.
Traversing folk, rock, trad and
spirituals
on 'country' and across many nations.
Now residing on the lands of the Wangal people of the Eora nation.
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