4 Him


Decade - Chapter one


Ride Of Life

The wheels of life are turnin'
I feel like I'm rollin' down this track
And I know down deep inside my heart
I can't look back

Though it's hard discerning the fiction from the fact
You led me to this truth and we hve made a pact
So as we go through highs and lows
And all those in between
It's good to know I'm not alone
On this big scream machine...

Chorus
'Cause it's a rollercoaster ride of life
Lifts you up and lets you down
It's a rollercoaster ride of life
Spins you 'round and 'round and 'round
Heaven knows wherever you go,
I'll be right by your side,
On this rollercoaster, rollercoaster ride of life
Rollercoaster ride of life

So when I hear you callin'
'Cause you have hit your rotten low,
I will hold you to my side and I won't let you go
And when it seems you've fallen
'Cause life has got you on a road
I will take the wheel and hit the brakes,
We'll take it slow

And as we go through highs and lows
And all though in between
The Lord alone is in control
Of this big scream machine

Chorus

Rollercoaster ride, rollercoaster a rollercoaster, rollercoaster ride
Comin' around, rollercoaster, a rollercoaster, comin' around
Life is another rollercoaster ride
The Lord is faithful,
He'll be right by your side on this...
Rollercoaster ride

Chorus

Rollercoaster, rollercoaster ride of life
Rollercoaster, rollercoaster ride
Life is a rollercoaster.....


The Only Thing I Need

Eyes closed in a veil of tears when I hear the sound
Once more you've come to me - You've calmed me down
You still the raging sea inside of me
My Lord has come for me
Why-why is it so hard for me to see
Why is it so hard to just believe
Show me what it means to be free

Chorus:
The only thing I need I already have
The fullness of Your mercy in my hand
The only One who loves me as I am
The only thing I need I already have

My heart - a companion to my wounded soul
Again You comfort me-You take control
You quell the fear that owns too much of me
As it was meant to be

So why-when each and every word becomes a war
When there's nothing I can see worth fighting for
You come into my heart and set me free

Chorus

You're all I need-already have it
All I need-already have it
All I need-already have it
All I need-already have it

Chorus


You Are Holy

Here before your throne
I've come to worship You
And worship You alone
Here within my soul
A song begins to rise
Until it overflows
You are holy
You are holy
I will lift my voice to You
And sing it to the angels

CHORUS
You are holy
You are holy
We will offer You our praise
In a mighty chorus
You are holy
You are holy
Wonderful in all your ways
Holy You are holy, Lord

When Your love breaks through
And I am swept away
By just the glimpse of you
Then You make me new
And I am nothing less
Than what I find in You
You are holy
You are holy
I will lift my voice to You
And sing it to the angels

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE
Unto the One
Who sits on the throne
And unto the Lamb
Be all blessing and honor
And glory and power and praise

REPEAT BRIDGE

REPEAT CHORUS


For Future Generations

The signs are obvious, they are everywhere
All that we hear about is the gloom and despair
Too many would be prophets saying
"It’s the end of it all"
‘Cause mother earth can’t take much more
The hammer’s gonna fall

So nature has its needs, that’s a lesson learned
But it appears to me there are greater concerns
‘Cause we can save the planet
Thinkin’ we will somehow survive
But father time is calling us
To save somebody’s life

Chorus:
So I won’t bend and I won’t break
I won’t water down my faith
I won’t compromise in a world of desperation
What has been I cannot change
But for tomorrow and today
I must be a light for future generations

If we could find a way to preserve our faith
So those who follow us
See the price that was paid
Then maybe when they question
What it’s gonna take to survive
They’ll find the strength to carry on
In what we leave behind

So I won’t bend and I won’t break
I won’t water down my faith
I won’t compromise in a world of desperation
What has been I cannot change
But for tomorrow and today
I must be a light for future generations
Lookin’ in the eyes of the children
Knowing that tomorrow is at stake
When the choice is up to them
Will they have the strength to say

We won’t bend and we won’t break
we won’t water down our faith
We won’t compromise in a world of desperation
What has been we cannot change
But for tomorrow and today
We must be a light for future generations

We won’t bend and we won’t break
we won’t water down our faith
We won’t compromise in a world of desperation
What has been we cannot change
But for tomorrow and today
We must be a light for future generations


Shelter In The Rain

How long have you been
Waiting on a little sun to shine
To take away the night
Hold on for you are never alone
Through the darkest skies
There is a guiding light

For our God is a refuge
Where the weary can run and hide
in times of trouble
He’ll be the calm in the midst of the storm
‘Till it passes by
Oh, you need to know

CHORUS
There’s a shelter in the rain
There’s a hope for your tomorrow
There’s a cover through the pain
When you’re underneath the weather
Jesus is the shelter in the rain

Sometimes when hope is hard to find
We’ve got to walk by faith
Until we see the way
Hold tight for we are promised in time
Those who patiently wait
Will never wait in vain

For we know God is faithful
He’s a fortress to run into
In times of trouble
He’ll cover us with the wings of his love
‘Till we make it through
Oh, we got to know

REPEAT CHORUS

So tell me why
Why could you ever run away
From the cover out into the storm
Just know in time
The rain’s gonna bring a brighter day
And the clouds will be gone
But while you wait on the Lord


Sacred Hideway

There's a shadow I can't see
From a holy canopy
That my Father spread for me
When I'm strong or when I'm weak
When I wake or when I sleep
He is watching over me
Over me.....
Over me

To the temporary mind
I can't logically define
This love cover so devine
Just beneath what lies between
What is real and what is seen
There is a refuge in His wing
In His wing...
In His wing

CHORUS
I have found a secret place
Where I can go to hide away
Safe inside this hallowed space
I am concealed by saving grace
Forever in this sacred hideaway

Flaming arrows deep in flight
People dropping left and right
Still I'm safely out of sight
Darkness trying to prevail
Demons fighting tooth and nail
But I'm kept within the veil
In the veil... (There's a place that lies between)
(What is real and what is seen)
In the veil (A shadow I can't see)
(When I'm underneath His wing)

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE
Still within this life
There's so much to learn
Barriers to cross
Their bridges to be burned
And where the lion walks
I will not be afraid
My feet may touch the earth
But my heart is swept away
In this hideaway

REPEAT CHORUS


Can't Get Past The Evidence

You broke into this world of mine,
You stole my heart, you robbed me blind,
While I wasn't looking at all.
Without a warning or a sign,
It seems you caught me by surprise.

Now I know th reason why,
Love is the alibi...hey, hey, yeah

Chorus
'Cause I can't get past the evidence,
I can't get past the proof.
I can't get past the evidence,
It's impossible to do.
I can't get past the evidence, and I can't deny the truth,
I can't get past the evidence of you, yeah.

Look for pieces on the way,
To fix the puzzle of this place
Is there an equation to life?
But in the midst of very day,
There's a clue, there is a trace.
A remnant of love remains,
I'm ready to rest my case...hey, hey, yeah.

Chorus
Beyond the shadow of a doubt, I see the new life.
I'm a victim of a love I can't deny,
I'll be the first to testify, yeah
That I can't get past the evidence of you, yeah.

Chorus 2x
I can't get past the evidence,
I can't get past the proof.
I can't get past the evidence,
It's impossible to do.
You are the reason that I can't deny the truth.
I can't get past the evidence...


Measure of a Man

This world can analize and size you up and throw you on the scales
They can I.Q. you and run you through
Their rigorous details
They can do their best to rate you
And they'll place you on the charts
And then back it up with scientific smarts
But there's more to what you're worth
Than their human eyes can see
Oh, I say the measure of a man
Is not how tall you stand
How wealthy or intelligent you are
'Cause I've found out the measure of a man
God knows and understands
For He looks inside to the bottom of your heart
And what's in the heart defines
The measure of a man
Well, you can doubt your worth
And search for who you are
And where you stand
But God made you in His image
When He formed you in His hands
And He looks at you with mercy
And He sees you through His love
You're His child and that will always be enough
For there's more to what you're worth
Than you could ever comprehend
Oh I say the measure of a man
Is not how tall you stand
How wealthy or intelligent you are

'Cause I've found out the measure of a man
God knows and understands
For He looks inside
To the bottom of your heart
And what's in the heart defines
The measure of a man
You can spend your life persuing physical perfection
There is so much more
More than ever meets the eye
For God looks through the surface
And He defines your worth by what is on the inside
I say the measure of a man
Is not how tall you stand
How wealthy or intelligent you are
'Cause I've found out the measure of a man
God knows and understands
For He looks inside
To the bottom of your heart
And what's in the heart defines
Oh, I say the measure of
The measure of a man
Is not how tall you stand,
How wealthy or intelligent you are
Oh, I've found the measure of a man
God knows and understands it
For He looks to the bottom of your heart
And what's in the heart defines
Yeah, what's in the heart defines
Yeah, what's in the heart defines
The measure of a man
I know, I know


Before The River Came

I've been lookin' at the past
I've wasted too much time
On things that won't last
I've built a kingdom out of rubble and sand
But I don't, I don't want to hold on to it all
I'm ready for the river to run and wash it away
I'm singing
Come sweet water
Cleanse my soul
Shower me
And make me whole
Consume me with healing flood
Leave no traces of the man that I was
Before the river came

There's no freedom in the chains
They hold you captive to the guilt of your stains
One drop of water brings
an ocean of change
And I long, I long to move on from it all
I'm ready for the river to run and wash it away

I'm singing
Come sweet water
Cleanse my soul
Shower me
And make me whole
Consume me with healing flood
Leave no traces of the man that I was
Before the river came

Baptize and bury me
Until only You remain (come and rescue me)
I don't want to be the man that I was
Long before the river came

I'm singing
Come sweet water
Cleanse my soul
Shower me
And make me whole
Consume me with healing flood
Leave no traces of the man that I was
Come sweet water
Cleanse my soul
Shower me
And make me whole
Consume me with healing flood
Leave no traces of the man that I was
Come sweet water
Cleanse my soul
Shower me
And make me whole
Consume me with healing flood
Leave no traces of the man that I was..


Center of The Mark

To Love God, love people
That's the center of the mark

In this life some things are bound to change
But one thing remains the same
We all need love

Time goes on, it moves like a hurricane
And through all the wind and rain
We all need love

As this world just keeps on turnin' round and round
There are treasures to be found
If we just let compassion lead the way

CHORUS
Draw back your bow, let love go
Shoot straight for the heart
With all of your might, set you sight
Take aim from the start
To love God, love people
That's the center of the mark

Every day, through what is and is to come
When all has been said and done
We all need love

So Jesus came, a gift from the heart of God
He gave us His life because
We all need love

And the love that death could not keep in the grave
Is alive in us today
So we must live to show the world the way

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE
For the world is the target
And the arrow is the cross
As we set out on this journey
Lets obey the call from the heart of God
Let us Love at any cost

Draw back you bow let love go....

REPEAT CHORUS


Where There Is Faith

I believe in faithfulness
I believe in giving of myself for someone else
I believe in peace and love
I believe in honesty and trust but it’s not enough
For all that I believe may never change the way it is
Unless I believe Jesus lives

CHORUS
Where there is faith
There is a voice calling, keep walking
You’re not alone in this world
Where there is faith
There is a peace like a child sleeping
Hope everlasting in He who is able to
Bear every burden, to heal every hurt in my heart
It is a wonderful, powerful place
Where there is faith

There’s a man across the sea
Never heard the sound of freedom ring
Only in his dreams
There’s a lady dressed in black
In a motorcade of cadillacs
Daddy’s not coming back
Our hearts begin to fall
And our stability grows weak
But Jesus meets our needs if only we believe

CHORUS


A Man You Would Write About

From the time time began You
Always chose a man
To lead the people safely by Your way
To be a voice and echo what You say
Like David or Abraham
Your Word is full of such men And if the Bible had no closing page
And still was being written to this day

CHORUS
I want to be a man that you
Would write about
Oh a thousand years from now
That they could read about
Your servant of choice in whom
You found favor
A man who heard Your voice

Generations away it is my prayer
That they will look back and say
“Oh to have that kind of faith and love
What a solid man of God he was”


Land of Mercy

This is a strange familiar place
Where I am living
The world that was and what’s become are not the same
I see the evidence of grace
Without forgetting
How far I’ve had to come to get me where I am today
If justice had the only say
Well I would not be here
Cause less than anything is more than I deserve
But I can put the past away
For I’ve discovered
There’s nothing left to judge, forgiveness is the final word

Everywhere I turn I see compassion but I’m learning
I’m just a fallen man
In the land of mercy
Love is free to grow where Heaven’s healing waters flow
Though I may not understand
I’m living in the land of mercy

It seems I never have to ask
For what I’m given
I see the answer long before I see the need
No longer looking to the past
As just a prison
For what has been helps me remember what I used to be

Though I may walk through the valley below
I will not fear because I know who rules this world
I’m walking through

Love is free
I’m living in the land of mercy
Tell me what you see
I’m living in the land of mercy


The Basics Of Life

We’ve turned the page, for a new day has dawned
We’ve re-arranged what is right and what’s wrong
Somehow we’ve drifted so far from the truth
That we can’t get back home
Where are the virtues that once gave us light
Where are the morals that governed our lives
Someday we all will awake and look back
just to find what we’ve lost

We need to get back
To the basics of life
A heart that is pure
And a love that is blind
A faith that is fervently
grounded in Christ
The hope that endures for all times
These are the basics,
we need to get back
To the basics of life

The newest rage is to reason it out
Just meditate and you can overcome every doubt
After all man is a God, they say
God is no longer alive

But I still believe in the old rugged cross
And I still believe there is hope for the lost
And I know the rock of all ages will stand
Through changes of time

We need to get back
To the basics of life
A heart that is pure
And a love that is blind
A faith that is fervently
grounded in Christ
The hope that endures for all times
These are the basics,
we need to get back
To the basics of life

BRIDGE
We’ve let the darkness invade us too long
We’ve got to turn the tide
Oh and we need the passion that burned long ago
To come and open our eyes
There’s no room for compromise

We need to get back
To the basics of life
A heart that is pure
And a love that is blind

We need to get back
To the basics of life
A heart that is pure
The hope that endures for all times
These are the basics,
we need to get back
To the basics of life


Strange Way To Save The World

I’m sure he must have been surprised
At where this road had taken him
Cause never in a million lives
Would he have dreamed of Bethlehem

CHANNEL
And standing at the manger
He saw with his own eyes
The message from the angel come to life
And Joseph said

CHORUS
Why me, I’m just a simple man of trade
Why Him with all the rulers in the world
Why here inside this stable filled with hay
Why her, she’s just an ordinary girl
Now I’m not one to second guess
What angels have to say
But this is such a strange way to save the World

To think of how it could have been
If Jesus had come as He deserved
There would have been no Bethlehem
No lowly shepherds at His birth

CHANNEL
But Joseph knew the
Reason love had to reach so far
And as he held the Savior in his arms
He must have thought

REPEAT CHORUS

Now, I’m not one to second guess
What angels have to say
But this is such a strange
Way to save the world
Such a strange way, this is
Such a strange way
A strange way to save the world
A strange way to save the world




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