We are not consumers
Of religious juke and jive
The priesthood is to encourage
And help us give our lives

En Harod is peaceful
Streams from the mount
But once the Lord came calling
Gideon was announced

Just an ordinary person
Not especially skilled
All his gifts were given
Gideon fought for the Lord

Now mister preacher
Are you as weak as he?
Do you think your sin is small?
Only Jesus can set you free

Speak the words of wisdom
Gideon knew them well
The Lord of all creation
Can use you to tell

Tell them of His presence
Encourage them to grow
Call them to the Father
So that they will know

Know the Lord of Glory
Know the Prince of peace
Be equipped to see Him
Making life complete

3/15/05

Just me
That’s all I’ll ever be
Unknown and simple
Yet I’ve bent my knee

Given up my weakness
Christ is in my heart
Working daily on His plan
My hands and feet and soul

Often complaining
Fear sometimes calls
Faith is my connection
The Lord is in control

I am just a servant
His rule is my command
Praising all His greatness
I serve the King of the land

Victory parallels my journey
Failure my only claim
Each day life comes walking
I claim it in Jesus name

Who am I to stumble?
Christ is walking me
Only when I fumble
In daily time with thee

Lift me up in wisdom
Fill my lungs with strength
Let me live encouraged
Christ is living in me

CC 3/15/05

Faith functions
By your word
Not as the world
On things they see

It comes from Your heart
Helping me restart
When things are confused
It’s time to renew

Seeing through a glass darkly
Requires that I look
Lovingly and intently
At Your heart

I didn’t do it
I can’t create it
But I can follow as You work
And bend my knee in love

Put me on the right track
Lift me on Your back
Or take me there
So I will care

About the things You love
People count with You
Help me see
The faith You send to me

CC 3/15/05

Blinded eyes
Frozen heart
Aching from my pain
Deliver me again

It was part of me
Torn from me
It has to be
Now it’s today

Carry me
While I cry
Lift me up
As I sigh

Why me?
This current pain
Help me walk
In step with Thee

Every day is new
Time grows short
Strengthen me
For what You see

Give me Your hand
Touch my heart
Speak Your joy
Help me start

My new walk
Your new way
I hear you speak
I’m loved today

I know my pain
I feel faith’s gain
Encourage me
Say Your call-so I will see
CC 3/15/05

Set your heart on God
Seek the Lord
Every day you live
Look for Him

Focus all your thoughts
Fill up your heart
Organize your mind
Jesus is divine

Do not despair
However life unfolds
Give all you have
Let Christ be in control

Open up your hand
Help those you can touch
Give them respect
Remember Christ loves you

Be His hands and feet
Walk like a king
Then bend your knee
Jesus will be pleased

Talk to each one
That you see
Tell them how your life
Is eternal and free

Set your heart on God
Seek the Lord
Every day you live
Look for Him

CC 3/15/05

Marching up the valley
Heading to Bet Shean
All the armies came here
Most of the won

So many people
Have fought and died
This place is just a blood bath
Filled with evil and pride

So many merchants
So much grief
People so exploited
The left for relief

Now the valley blossoms
Technology from God’s hand
Jesus isn’t known here
Satan rules the land

I am praying for revival
Christ is coming back
When I exit from the valley
The Jezreel has begun

Armies will march here
Heading for the plain
A final confrontation
Hoping to stop Christ’s name

Do you feel the spirits?
Are you aware of the cost?
One day soon the battle
Christ will still be boss

3/15/05

Coming up around the bend
We see Kalia again
A gorgeous oasis
In the midst of a harried land

Gentle people
Made of steel
Came here with a cause
Because this land is God’s

So many times we’ve been here
Stopped for just a night
Soon they will not be here
Deserted by the right

So many times the world
Blinds our eyes and ears
Better to be where God steers
Than to live a thousand years

Life is so confusing
The rearview shows it well
When walking in Christ’s direction
The path is often frail

Clinging to that direction
I believe I’m doing right
Then the moment beckons
Christ has you in His sight

Life is full of choices
The next right thing is best
Jesus will not let give you failure
His life will give you the best

Kalia will feel great failure
Soon they’ll be gone
But Christ will not depart us
He will keep us from doing wrong

CC 3/14/05

I see His hand
Each place I go
I’m surrendered to His call
I’m willing to be what Christ says
Knowing His love is complete
He wants me to know Him
And trust Him for my best

I’ve come a long way
Even today
Noting His skill
At leading me through my will
To surrender to Him
My will, my way, my day
It is always a struggle
My flesh demands its way
That is how I know it is Him
The Holy Spirit rids me of sin
What a protest when He begins

My gifts of management
Stand in the way
I think because I can think
I know the way
And yet life has many twists
None of which I know exist
Until they arrive full of fits

Lord thank you for tolerating me
Knowing my sin and forgiving me
A new day dawns
Eternity nears
My heart seeks Your hand
Guide me and lead me
I know you are here
CC 3/13/05

Struggling with the system
Living in the light
Faith is my vision
Jesus gives me sight

Every day brings changes
A choice to belong
To the world with all its failures
Or the Father’s precious home

I want to be conditioned
By Jesus’ eternal hand
His touch is my direction
His look my command

Worthy is the Savior
Worthy of all my love
Jesus is the answer
As I deal with the daily drudge

Lift up all my anxieties
Let Christ see my heart
Spending time with Jesus
Equips me to walk in the dark

Now I’m struggling, struggling
Listening as He speaks
My angst muffles the connection
Jesus is distinct

This world is but a moment
My dreams come from Christ
The Lord fills my living
Christ is leading me

I’m surrendered to your leading
To often questioning the road
Lord redeem the time I squander
By walking on my own

Jesus is my mentor
He leads me through real life
Knowing all my failures
Victory arrives in Christ
CC 3/13/05

Church today
With godly men
Filled with pain
Forgotten gain

Living life without a net
Responsibility bereft
Because of mental loss
Or burdened by their cost

Addictions galore
Their dead at the core
Speaking Christ to them
Giving them a chance to win

Judgments set aside
Life disgusting
With all its bribe
To stay the way they are

And yet the chance is here
The homeless can find a way
To gain a renewed say
In what they do each day

Their value is in Christ
Not in how they last
Equipping them to change
To claim a life with gain

Gain that values them
A life that’s free of sin
Everyday is new
Responsibility grew

And then one day they are new
The journey often confused
But Christ is always here
Giving the will to win

Whole and clean
Christ is king
Life is renewed
The Lord will use you
CC 3/13/05