Category Archives: Uplifting

How Do I Love You, Lord

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How do I love you, Lord?

Let me try and count the ways

There are so many things I thank you for

And I give you all my praise

 

I love you as the creator

You gave us all that we see

You provided a world where we can live

Such a marvelous place to be

 

I love you as my provider

I have no need that you can meet

You watch out for me and care for me

Every day your grace is so sweet

 

I love you for you are my healer

When I’m hurt I can trust in you

I never should doubt or fear the result

For I know you will bring me through

 

I love you for all of the blessings

That flow out to me so many ways

I cannot begin to count all the times

You have touched me day to day

 

I love you for you are my Savior

You shed your blood to set me free

And you rose again to give eternal life

I’m in awe of your great mercy

 

There are so many ways I love you

For all the things that you’ve done

My praise will continue for all of my days

Because my victory you’ve won

 

But above all these things I love you

Just because of who you are

You are Lord of all Lords forever

I am constantly in awe

 

And I will lift my praises

No matter what life brings

Because you are seated in heaven

And are crowned King of all Kings

As I Am

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Who knows where the waves take form and start out?

Who knows where they travel, or when they will stop?

Who knows how high or how far they will go?

Only the God I serve

 

Who knows where the clouds have taken their shape?

Of how big they’ll get, or when dissipate?

Who guilds them at morn and paints them at night?

Only the God I serve

 

Our God is amazing, He knows everything

From the depths of all nature to what makes birds sing

His wisdom is more than imaginable

And He loves me just as I am.

 

Who placed the stars and calls them by name?

Who has arranged them to show us His grace?

Who knows how for their light will stay bright?

Only the God I serve

 

Our God is incredible.  There’s no one like Him

He sits in the on His throne and controls everything

Yet He still takes the time to hear when I pray

And He loves me just as I am.

 

So I will lift up His praise to the sky

I’ll shout from the rooftops as others pass by

My God is the one who can transform your lives

And He loves you just as you are.

Closer

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I want to be closer.  Closer to your side

I want to be nearer.  Never let me hide

I want to be purer.  As I walk through life

I want to be yours.  In you I will abide

 

There is never a time you will leave my side

But I may wander away

When I do I can rest assured you abide

In my heart each and every day

 

You promised you’ll never leave or forsake me

Even if I should mess up

When I find myself far from where I should be

You come and fill my cup

 

When I cannot hide from the trials I face

I just want to walk away

But you come and guide me to a peaceful place

Where I can bow and pray

 

These are the reasons I trust in you

Every promise I know is true

You will be with me my whole life through

Jesus, my Lord

Fruit For Life

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Flooding up within my soul
Your Spirit comes to make me whole
Bringing with it fruit for life
Filling me with sheer delight

Joy unspeakable fills my heart
Overtakes all other parts
Fear no longer bothers me
Because His joy makes me complete

Peace that passes knowledge comes
Soothes my mind from what I’ve done
Worry ’bout the future gone
Now that peace has overcome

Patience, goodness, faith thrown in
Measured full from His blessing
I know He is in control
In His time all things will flow

Temperance, meekness,  gentleness
My life free from all my mess
Overcoming victory
That’s what His fruit brings to me

Over all His love abounds
Sets my feet on solid ground
Love that transcends everything
Washes over all my sin

Fruit for life this is to me
Giving me a life that’s free
Free from all of life’s dismay
Free to praise Him all my days

Awake, My Soul

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Awake, my soul, awake
For the King is drawing nigh
Arise and lift your praises
To Jesus, Lord most high
His majesty is radiant
His glory fills the sky
Awake, my soul, awake
The King of Heaven is close by

A week of toil and labor
Has left my spirit dry
My daily meditation
Has silently slipped by
I need a restoration
Of my spirit here today
So open up the heavens
As I lift my voice in praise

I enter in the church door.
And I hear the choir sing
Amazing grace how see the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I marvel at God’s mercy
And I feel my spirit soar
Hallelujah is the chorus
That the choir has in store

Awake, my soul, awake
For the King is drawing nigh
Arise and lift your praises
To Jesus, Lord most high
His majesty is radiant
His glory fills the sky
Awake, my soul, awake
The King of Heaven is close by

The congregation sings
And they lift their worship high
I can feel the Spirit moving
As King Jesus passes by
My spirit is uplifted
I feel revival here
Being in thus corporate worship
Is exactly what I need

So I lift my voice to praise Him
That He brought me to this place
There’s no substitute for worship
With the saints who seek His face

Awake, my soul, awake
For the King is drawing nigh
Arise and lift your praises
To Jesus, Lord most high
His majesty is radiant
His glory fills the sky
Awake, my soul, awake
The King of Heaven is close by

My Past Has Passed

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Your love is more than I can fathom
Your hope is way beyond compare
I can’t imagine why you chose to save me
When all I did was mock your name

When I fall into sin you send mercy 
When trials come around you lend grace
I see your hand surround me when I wander
And gently lead me back to your embrace

You see my future.  I see my past 
I need to learn that you always know what’s best
That when the trials of life come in I need to rest
You know my future.  My past has passed

I have been blessed by the joy that you give

It overwhelms me each day that I live

Your peace is a river that flows slow and free

I am so thankful that you have blessed me

 

When sickness of pain should enter my life

I know that you’ll heal me in your chosen time

And if I should lose someone real close to me

I know that your spirit will comfort my grief

You see my future.  I see my past 
I need to learn that you always know what’s best
That when the trials of life come in I need to rest
You know my future.  My past has passed

I can’t praise you enough for what you have done

Or for what you are going to do

So I yield control to your marvelous plan

And I lift my worship to you

What Love

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Oh, the great, great love of Jesus

Sent to us from high above

Left His royal throne in heaven

Just to show us His great love

 

Oh the wondrous love of Jesus

Child in a manger lay

Shepherds came and bowed before Him

Nestled in the stables’ hay

 

What love, what unspeakable love

Jesus has for me

What love, what amazing love

That He would die for me

 

Oh, amazing love of Jesus

Walked this earth for three short years

Healing, teaching touching lives

All to show us how God cares

 

Oh, the selfless love of Jesus

Gave His body up for me

Beaten, bruised and crucified

Took my sin and set me free

 

What love, what unspeakable love

Jesus has for me

What love, what amazing love

That He would die for me

 

Oh, eternal love of Jesus

Buried in a borrowed tomb

Rose again and now He’s living

Giving me a life with Him

 

His love is eternal

His love is amazing

His love is compassionate

Meets my every need

His love is for everyone

He waits for you to ask Him

Lord please come into my heart

Make me new today

 

What love, what unspeakable love

Jesus has for me

What love, what amazing love

That He would die for me

Wondrous God

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Can I get a witness for our God most high

Who set the world in motion from beyond the sky

He made this lovely planet just for you and I

Oh what a wondrous God we serve

 

Wonderful He is to me

Wondrous God we serve

Sent His Son to Calvary

His grace I don’t deserve

Now He watches over me

His blessings are reserved

I can’t worship Him enough

Wondrous God we serve

 

Can I get a witness for the Son who came

To die a beggar’s death to take my sin and shame

Then He rose to heaven.  He’s alive again

Oh what a wondrous God we serve

 

Marvelous He is to me

Wondrous God we serve

Mercy flowing wide and free

None that I deserve

His great love surrounds me

Even when I swerve

I can’t worship Him enough

Wondrous God we serve

 

Can I get a witness for the Holy Ghost

Who guides us every day if the Son we chose

He guides us to the truth, keeps us on our toes

Oh what a wondrous God we serve

 

I will lift His name on high

I’ll shout it out to all the sky

And share it with the passers-by

What a wondrous God

I’ll live for Him all of my days

And do my best to show His ways

To all who I may reach each day

What a wondrous God

 

Wonderful He is to me

Wondrous God we serve

Sent His Son to Calvary

His grace I don’t deserve

Now He watches over me

His blessings are reserved

I can’t worship Him enough

Wondrous God we serve

Grace is Greater

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I don’t know why He loves me, but He does

I don’t know why He saved me, but He did

He gave up all he had and left His throne above

To show His grace and mercy were enough

 

I don’t deserve His favor, but He gives

I don’t deserve His blessing, yet it rains

He treats me like His son who has finally come home

And tells me I will never be alone

 

His love is greater.

His love is deeper

His love is purer.

Than I have ever found

His grace is greater.

His grace is deeper

His grace is purer.

His mercy will abound

And when the final role is called

And my name is heard out loud

I will see Him as I cross the pearly gates

 

Now I know that by His stripes I’m healed

I know that He delivers, and sets me free

When trials come my way I know His loving hand

Will always guide me to His perfect plan

 

Now I know His power is so vast

He tells me He’s my strength, and it will last

I can depend on Him no matter what I face

To keep me in His sweet amazing grace

 

His love is greater.

His love is deeper

His love is purer.

Than I have ever found

His grace is greater.

His grace is deeper

His grave is purer

His mercy will abound

And when the final role is called

And my name is heard out loud

I will see Him as I cross the pearly gates