Worth Hearing

At Your Feet – Casting Crowns

“At Your Feet”

Here at Your feet, I lay my past down
My wanderings, all my mistakes down
And I am free

Here at Your feet, I lay this day down
Not in my strength, but in Yours I’ve found
All I need, You’re all I need

Jesus, Jesus, at Your feet
Oh, to dwell and never leave
Jesus, Jesus, at Your feet
There is nowhere else for me
There is nowhere else for me

Here at Your feet, I lay my future down
All of my dreams, I give to You now
And I find peace, I find peace
Here at Your feet, I lay my life down
For You my King, You’re all I want now
And my soul sings…

‘Cause I am free (here at Your feet)
All I need (is at Your feet)
I find peace
We’re at Your feet
We’re at Your feet

And I am free (here at Your feet)
All I need (is at Your feet)
I find peace
We’re at Your feet
We’re at Your feet
We’re at Your feet
We’re at Your feet

Here at Your feet
I lay my life down

Job Suite – Michael Card

“Job Suite (His Story, His Lament, His God, His Response)”

Blameless & upright, a fearer of God
A man truly righteous, no pious façade
One about whom God was accustomed to boast
& so one whom Satan desired the most
One day the accuser came breathing out lies
“It’s Your Holy handouts, his faithfulness buys!”
In one desperate day his possessions were lost
His children all killed in one raw holocaust
His children all killed in one raw holocaust

& yet through it all
Through the tears & pain
He worshiped his God
Found no reason to blame

Once more the Deceiver denounced & decried
“It’s skin for skin, & hide for hide
Strike down his flesh & he’ll surely deny
& confess that his praying has all been a lie!”
“Very well, take him,” the Holy One sighed
“But you must spare his life for my son shall not die.”
So Job was afflicted with terrible sores
Sat down in the ashes to wait for the Lord
Sat down in the ashes to wait for the Lord

& yet through it all
Through the tears & pain
He worshiped his God
Found no reason to blame

HIS LAMENT INTERLUDE:
A throne of ashes
A crown of pain
A sovereign of sorrow
A mournful reign

May the day of my birth be remembered no more
May darkness & shadow come & claim it once more
Why did I not perish on that dreadful day
& sleep now where kings & counselors lay

What I dreaded most has now come upon me
Why is light given those in misery
I loathe my own life, so my tears fall like rain
As I find that there is no peace in my pain

Lord, send a Comforter now to my door
So that this terror will frighten no more
A Counselor between us, to come hear my oath
Someone who could lay a hand on us both

These friends of mine are no comfort to me
So deafly they listen, so blindly they see
Their words & their doctrine, they all sound so true
The problem is Lord, they’re all wrong about You!

I know my Advocate waits upon high
My Witness in Heaven sees the tears that I cry
A true intercessor who will condescend
To plead with God as a man pleads for his friend

If I’ve been untrue, if I’ve robbed the poor
If I’m without guilt, what am I suffering for
God would not crush me for some secret sin
& though He slay me still I’ll trust in Him

I know now that my Redeemer’s alive
He’ll stand on this earth on the day He arrives
& though my own body by then is no more
Yet in my flesh I know, I’ll see the Lord
I’ll see the Lord, I’ll see the Lord

HIS GOD
Who is it that darkens my counsel?
Who speaks empty words without knowledge?
Brace yourself up like a man
& answer me now, if you can!

Can you put on glory & splendor?
What’s the way to the home of the light?
Does your voice sound like the thunder?
Are you afraid?
Where were you when earth’s foundations were laid?

Who gave the heart its wisdom?
The mind its desire to know?
Can you bind the stars?
Raise your voice to the clouds?
Did you make the eagle proud?

Will the ox spend the night by your manger?
Did you let the wild donkey go free?
Can you take leviathan home as a pet?
If you merely touched him, you’d never forget

So who is it that darkens my counsel?
Who speaks empty words without knowledge?
Brace yourself up like a man
& answer me now, if you can

HIS RESPONSE
I am unworthy, how can I reply?
There’s nothing that You cannot do
You are the storm that calmed my soul
I place my hand over my mouth
I place my hand over my mouth

Prodigal – Casting Crowns

“Prodigal”

Living on my own, thinking for myself
Castles in the sand, temporary wealth
Walls are falling down, storms are closing in
Tears have filled my eyes, here I am again

Chorus:
And I’ve held out as long as I can
Now I’m letting go and holding out my hand
Daddy, here I am again, will you take me back tonight
I went and made the world my friend, and it left me high and dry
I dragged Your name back through the mud
That You first found me in
Not worthy to be called Your son
Is this to be my end?
Daddy, here I am
Here I am again

Curse this morning sun, drags me in to one more day
Of reaping what I’ve sown, of living with my shame
Welcome to my world, and the life that I have made
Where one day you’re a prince, the next day you’re a slave

The Word Is Alive – Casting Crowns

“The Word Is Alive”

Looking out from His throne,
The Father of light and of men
Chose to make Himself known
And show us the way back to Him

Speaking wisdom and truth
Into the hearts of peasants and kings
He began to unveil
The Word that would change the course of all things

With eyes wide open,
all would see

Simple strokes on a page
Eternity’s secrets revealed,
Carried on from age to age
It speaks truth to us even still

And as the rain falls from Heaven, Feeds the earth before it returns
Lord, let Your Word fall on us and bring forth the fruit You deserve

With eyes wide open, let us see
The Word is alive
And it cuts like a sword through the darkness
With a message of life to the hopeless and afraid
Breathing life into all who believe
The Word is alive
And the world and its glories will fade
But His truth, it will not pass away
It remains yesterday and forever the same
The Word is alive

(Spoken) The Bible was inscribed over a period of two thousand years
In times of war and in days of peace
By kings, physicians, tax collectors, farmers, fishermen, singers, and shepherds
The marvel is that a library so perfectly cohesive could have been produced by such a diverse crowd
Over a period of time which staggers the imagination
Jesus is its grand subject, our good is its design, and the glory of God is its end

The Word is alive
And it cuts like a sword through the darkness
With a message of life to the hopeless and afraid
Breathing life into all who believe
The Word is alive
And the world and its glories will fade
But His truth, it will not pass away
It remains yesterday and forever the same
The Word is alive (the world and its glories will fade)
The Word is alive (His truth it will not pass away)
His Word is alive (His Word is alive, His Word is alive)

The Love Of God – Mercy Me

“The Love Of God”

The love of God is greater far
Than tongue or pen can ever tell
It goes beyond the highest star
And reaches to the lowest hell
The guilty pair, bowed down with care
God gave His Son to win
His erring child He reconciled
And pardoned from his sin

Could we with ink the ocean fil
And were the skies of parchment made
Were every stalk on earth a quill
And every man a scribe by trade

To write the love of God above
Would drain the ocean dry
Nor could the scroll contain the whol
Though stretched from sky to sky

Hallelujah [3x]

O love of God, how rich and pure!
How measureless and strong!
It shall forevermore endure
The saints’ and angels’ song

I’ll Take Everything – James Blunt

“I’ll Take Everything”

Oh these feet carry me far. Oh my body. Oh so tired.
Mouth is dry. Hardly speak. Holy Spirit rise in me.
Here I swear, forever is just a minute to me.
I’ll take everything in this life.
I’ll join everyone when I die.
Have my body. Have my mind. Have my coat. Take my time.
These I borrow. Borrow so far. Turn to dust. Fall apart.
Here I swear, forever is just a minute to me.
I’ll take everything in this life.
I’ll join everyone and understand.
‘Cause all men die. ‘Cause all men die.
I’ll take everything in this life
I’ll join everyone since I’m gonna die
I’ll take everything in this life
I’ll join everyone ’cause all men die

Wreckless Faith