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there’s a star in the east on christmas morn rise up shepherd and follow it will lead to the place where the christ was born rise up shepherd and follow follow follow rise up shepherd and follow follow the star of bethlehem rise up shepherd and follow if you take good heed to the angel’s words rise up shepherd and follow you’ll forget your flocks you’ll forget your herds rise up shepherd and follow follow follow rise up shepherd and follow follow the star of bethlehem rise up shepherd and follow

savior of the nations come virgin's son make here your home marvel now o heav'n and earth that the lord chose such a birth from the father forth he came and returned hence to the same captive leading death and hell high the song of triumph swell you the chosen holy one have o'er sin the victory won boundless shall your kingdom be when shall we it's glories see brightly does your manger shine glorious is it's light divine let not sin o'ercloud this light ever be our faith thus bright

once in royal david's city stood a lowly cattle shed where a mother laid her baby in a manger for his bed mary was that mother mild jesus christ her little child he came down to earth from heaven who is god and lord of all and his shelter was a stable and his cradle was a stall with the poor and meek and lowly lived on earth our savior holy and our eyes at last shall see Him through His own redeeming love for that child so dear and gentle is our lord in heaven above and he leads his children on to the place where he is gone

infant holy infant lowly for his bed a cattle stall oxen lowing little knowing christ the babe is lord of all swift are winging angels singing noels ringing tidings bringing christ the babe is lord of all christ the babe is lord of all flocks were sleeping shepherds keeping vigil 'til the morning new saw the glory heard the story tidings of the gospel true thus rejoicing free from sorrow praises voicing greet the morrow christ the babe was born for you christ the babe was born for you

created in the image my image born in perfect family you know not what you eat now see the cost to think you're god you had it all you threw it all away for a chance to be like me but I will open your eyes and your eyes will see nothing of the beauty they had known I will open your eyes to your folly as you watch over your sin as the thorns and thistles win as you watch the garden lost to overgrowth cursed is the snake eve your womb will feel the same as it writhes in pain to see your child come cursed is the ground adam see it on your brow the sweat reflects the brokenness you've won for you are dust and to the dust you shall return but your seed will crush the head of the serpent and the snake will strike his heel in return

by a terebinth tree when I had no seed you promised my offspring this land forever by some terebinth trees with still no seed you promised I'd have more than stars of heaven passed the years with the trees when sarah was old and feeble you promised my bride a son for holding is anything too hard for you you've always done what you say you'll do is anything too hard for you by the tamarisk tree after isaac was born to me you said take your son your only one and go to mount moriah take the one of whom you love and cast him to the fire is anything too hard for you must I really do this is anything too hard for you can this be what you have promised is anything too hard for you you can raise the dead at your wish is anything too hard for you abraham abraham do not lay your heavy hand upon the boy that I have given you abraham abraham because you've not withheld your son surely then my promise will stand true from your seed will come too many for counting from your seed more than sand on the shores of the seas from your seed every nation will see blessings from your seed from your seed

those who live in the shelter of the most high of the most high will find rest in the shadow of the almighty for he will deliver you from every trap and disease for he will cover you with his pinions for you will find refuge underneath his wings his faithfulness your armor and protection don't be afraid of the terrors of the night of the arrows of the day disease or disaster though a thousand fall ten thousand at your right all these evils will not come near you he will command all his angels to guard you in all of your ways upon their hands they will bear you you'll trample the lion the serpent the snake

from the parched ground came a root a strong yet tender shoot despised forsaken the man of sorrows naked and it all falls on him surely our griefs himself he carried then he was pierced and he was buried but us like sheep astray we've turned to our own way and it all falls on him somehow his father willed to crush him yet still his mouth he did not open here now an offering even when it's so hard to see and it all falls on him yes it all falls on him cursed is the man who hangs from a tree cursed is the snake with the law and with the ground beneath cursed is the man who hangs from a tree cursed is the snake with the law and with the ground beneath but could the seed that came to die bring life turn curses into blessings can it be can it be can it be

come come and see come see the new city with a river of life flowing bright through the streets come come and see come see here the life tree on both sides with twelve kinds of unending bounty and the leaves of this tree will be everyone's healing come come and see come see a new king see the frame of my face and my name will be made to set on your forehead the curse will be dead the serpent is done and the seed-son has won with no night there's no lamp or no light that you'll ever need blessed is the one who keeps my words I am the alpha and omega blessed is the one who wash their robes I am the first and the very last blessed is the one who comes here thirsty I am the root of david's tree blessed is the one who testifies I am the bright bright bright bright morningstar come let and the spirit and the bride say come let everyone who hears say come let the broken and the thirsty bend a knee and here drink freely from the priceless stream of life saying come come come come

who is this who fulfills the words of his servants who says to the ruins stand again oh who is this who is this from the beginning he's declared the end from ancient times to things not yet he will accomplish all his purposes for i have spoken spoken and i will bring it to pass for i have planned it planned it and i will do it at last the gospel that he promised beforehand through his prophets concerning his own son who descended from the blood from the branch from the line of david was declared to be by the power the power according to the spirit of holiness by his dying and raising up again and his name is christ the lord he is christ the lord he is christ our lord he is christ the lord for i have spoken spoken and i will bring it to pass for i have planned it planned it and i will do it at last

man your heart shakes your woman made unfaithful a quiet break but just wait the father's not the one you think no different than the kings of the old days like ahaz scared to lose his army like the trees of the forest trembling shaken naked in the wind i'll say it and i said it then i've said it and i'll say again do not fear do not fear do not fear this question only one can answer which circumstance has never mattered the mouthpiece and the message tattered still nothing has changed ask a sign from me high as heaven or the deep whether requested or unforeseen the answer's always been the same ask a sign from me high as heaven or the deep whether requested or unforeseen the answer's always been the same ask a sign from me high as heaven or the deepest deep requested or unforeseen the answer's always been the same behold behold the virgin shall hold behold behold the virgin shall hold a son they shall call his name emmanuel they shall call his name emmanuel

you o bethlehem you there in the land you of judah are by no means least among them all you from you shall come a ruler like none other the one who will shepherd my people israel will shepherd my people Israel after he was born born in bethlehem behold wise men came from the east they asked where is he who's been born the king of the jews for we saw his star shining over bethlehem bethlehem bethlehem bethlehem bethlehem bethlehem so it is written when herod the king heard what they were saying he was troubled and all jerusalem with him so assembling the scribes the people and the priests he asked where's the christ to be born and they said bethlehem bethlehem bethlehem bethlehem bethlehem bethlehem so it is written bethlehem bethlehem bethlehem bethlehem bethlehem bethlehem so it is written then lo and behold the star they'd seen had rose and came to rest over where the child was so going in the house rejoicing they fell down and worshiped him themselves with their treasures there in bethlehem bethlehem you o bethlehem bethlehem bethlehem you there in the land bethlehem bethlehem you of judah so it is written are by no means least among them all there in bethlehem bethlehem you from you shall come bethlehem bethlehem a ruler like none other bethlehem bethlehem the one who will shepherd my people israel so it is written

are you feeling left and lonesome split from friends both new and olden hark an angel comes to you now death looms like a storm cloud heavy herod's hand stands at the ready hate in heart and sweat on his brow get up get up and take your beloved get up get up and take your beloved get up get up escape with my beloved get up get up and stay until i say have we seen this scene before israel and egypt's score tied now mother's cry on both sides go fulfill what prophets say chosen people chosen babe out of egypt for the last time get up get up and take your beloved get up get up and take your beloved get up get up escape with my beloved get up get up and stay til i say have no fear it won't be long i'll draw you back to house and home no forty year long wait in the wild this time it will be different perfect in obedience my faithful foretold firstborn my child

a voice was heard in ramah weeping and loud lament rachel crying for her children she refused to be comforted i hear rachel crying i hear rachel crying where was the blood for this death to pass us doorposts stand clean and white one king's fury all this hurting a prophet's wording how can it be this foolishness of God is wise i hear rachel crying i hear rachel crying i hear rachel crying i hear rachel crying i heard a secret that one made it out alive heads up dreaming in the night but baby boy blood flooded noise of fear and joys crushed why oh why God what's the profit for such a price what's so special about Joseph and his wife i hear rachel crying i hear rachel crying i hear rachel crying i hear rachel crying

who had ever thought that the death of a king the news burning hot in the cold of a dream i'm awake but i'm not still its bittersweet bittersweet to me get up and take the child is what he said the ones who seek his life are dead i'm old enough to know it's not some voice in my head not just some voice there in my head this angel's come before i'm starting to get used to it where will you have us go this night another wandering in low light not waiting till the morning i won't waste no time watch my beauty and my son rub the sleep from their eyes when i tell them i can tell it's no surprise, no surprise to them sometimes it's easier to trudge along in the dark with the friendship of the quiet and the company of stars any road you say to go is never too far, never far too far and the lord will lead my steps if i just let him lead my heart where will you have us go this night another wandering in low light i still feel bad about the last time and all the blood that we left behind i got to raise my boy and raise him right in the promised land at the prophet's guide don't understand it but their words might be fulfilled in nazareth i don't know how it ever came to this feel like raising a prayer alongside a fist maybe this time then the dreams will end in nazareth nazareth but i don't mind it all the hiding still i'm kinda tired that this son that's half mine is the son from on high can i even keep him alive in nazareth in nazareth where will you have us go this night it doesn't matter lord as long as i listen another wandering in low light foretelling's never near as clear as fulfillment i still feel bad about the last time i'll learn to leave you both the mercy and judgment for all the blood that we left behind is he the one to spill or the one to give i have some sense that's not the end of it there's something sacrificial on this kid from nazareth from nazareth from nazareth

who is this haunting in the wilderness man god sent raised up as a witness childhood spent crawling through the thicket's thick who is this ragged look his voice is rugged thunder speech flesh forsook just as his father said he'd be hair and belt upon his lips was honey sweet but his words his words the voice of one crying out repent repent repent repent repent the kingdom of heaven's now just as the ancient prophets say repent repent repent repent repent prepare the way and make it straight who is this that testifies about the light to those in the shadows who scratch and pant to stay alive every valley shall be filled every mountain top and hill shall be razed the crooked made straight and every flesh shall see salvation so make way to the river speak your sins and then go down underneath the surface where the water works it out snakes they may be watching at the banks but pay no heed even now the ax is laid to the root of the tree i baptize with water but the one who is to come he'll baptize with fire and a spirit you've not known his winnowing fork is standing ready in his hand here upon his threshing floor the heart of every man those that fall as wheat he will gather the chaff he will burn in the fire those that fall as wheat he will gather the chaff he will burn in the fire unquenchable

tune what is this tune i hear i've never heard this song before music somehow i know what's next its been in my bones from long before movement the way the water slows waltzing and wailing at your feet plunged in as though you couldn't walk on top letting the muddy jordan meet its maker jesus baptize me i need it i can't see why this is not the other way jesus if you've wronged then speak it tell me off but I know you've nothing to say tears why do my eyes fight back giving another part of me is it fear am I afraid of this the word i was made to give seems finally here standing in a water thats good enough for naaman's skin cleansing of sin joshua's win still what could it ever do for you jesus baptize me i need it i can't see why this is not the other way jesus if you've wronged then speak it tell me off but I know you've nothing to say jesus baptize me i need it i'm unworthy to even pick your sandals up jesus i won't have this but what you command is good even when i don't understand it then he said let it be so it is fitting fulfilling all righteousness there in his eyes wonder and light hands ready out for what might come down down down down into the water just as he said it heaven was open then something changed changed changed the spirit coming down like a bird and my burden lifted when he came out somehow now a voice saying see my beloved perfect and pleasing my only son voice i know i've heard this voice but never quite so clear before here wading in mystery god let's me in on what he made me for

lead him by the spirit into desert's night lead him into hunger forty days and forty nights many've gone before you never quite like this from the jordan river but this time into wilderness with israel and elisha the victories seemed full but this far greater battle hangs over the world in the shadows of the garden the devil came looking like another adam more easy prey only one man and his famine i can twist him empty thirsting cracked lips yearning mumbling prayers to pass the day in his lowliest of loneliness the tempter said if you are the son of god your ribs they need not show if it's as your father said make bread from these stones man can't live by bread alone but from god's mouth every single word that comes see the city holy city let's take the mount the temple mount the righteous ground to the highest of the rightest come prove it now and throw yourself down if you are the son of god won't the angels come if it's as the psalmist said they will bear you up once again it's written the lord your god never put him to the test then the devil took him up the mountain laid before him every kingdom said you can have the world and all it's glory if you bow your knee and worship me away with you the scripture says worship god serve the lord and only him

the dawn has come for those in anguish who live and die in the shadow of death the people who walked in darkness have seen seen a great light you have brought up the nation you have increased their joy as with joy at the harvest or dividing the spoils for the yoke of his burden and the staff for his shoulder and the rod of oppressors you have broken you have broken every boot of the soldier every battle every tumult every garment rolled in blood will be burned in the fire the people who walked in darkness have seen seen a great light for to us theres a child who was born as a son it's the zeal of the lord that has brought him that has brought him and his name shall be called wonderful mighty god everlasting prince of peace and the increase oh the increase and his kingdom will nave no end oh his kingdom will have no end and his peace will be everlasting oh his peace will be everlasting

sick with fever skin thick leper son or daughter would you come and find him evening or daylight come get made right blind take new sight when you come and find him demons oppress slave to spirits any sickness will run when you find him with a word with a word he took all our illness with a word with a word bore our diseases with a word with a word he took all our illness with a word with a word

well the word got out and it didn't take long there's a man with a healing song even heard it in the prisons and john had questions are you the one who is to come or shall we look on well go and tell john go and tell john go and tell john what you hear and see the blind get sight and the lame walk the crippled get up and they dance off the lepers are cleansed and held again blessed is the one who is not offended the deaf cry joy when they hear sound the dead get up and they walk around the poor have the good news preached to them blessed is the one who is not offended well the word got out and it didn't take much there's a man with a healing touch heard it far and wide then they couldn't stop from saying even when he told them no they couldn't stop from saying the blind get sight and the lame walk the crippled get up and they dance off the lepers are cleansed and held again blessed is the one who is not offended the deaf cry joy when they hear sound the dead get up and they walk around the poor have the good news preached to them blessed is the one who is not offended

what did you go out to see a reed in the wind shaking or a man fit like a king starving in the wilderness it's like no other king i've seen no a prophet yes a prophet still much more than just a prophet this is he whom it's been written the messenger before your face he will go and prepare the way truly i tell you there's never been one who's greater than he law and prophets all foretelling no one's son is quite like him he who has the ears to hear it john elijah only earthly different the prophet's back in unexpected skin but here's the thing the one who's the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he

why do you say not to speak this secret's so very hard to keep when clearly my eyes broken blind now find a way see others say you say the same to keep your healings hidden away i thought this sickness spread easy but more the word you bring still who is this that brings such gifts a man yet more he's somehow chosen it's clear god's ear is turned to him the way he authors all the bruised reed he will not break the smoldering wick he won't forsake until he brings the victory we've all been waiting for

one sign is it ever enough with just one sign one sign feed the masses give you life but you're not satisfied with one sign three nights just as jonah when he wallowed wouldn't follow and was swallowed up for three nights so the son of man will go down in the heart of the ground for three nights but like the men of nineveh will rise up judging and condemning ya it's alright cause something greater is here see the southern queen gavel in hand see the prophets bow know their word's a man see your greatest king fall to his knees for his wisdom's a drop in my knowledge sea it don't matter all the magic that I do this generation's evil and broken too there's really only one sign that you need and it's mine mine mine and still you ask for one sign it's never enough with just one sign fix your spirits and your eyes still you're not satisfied with one sign i've got three days three nights on my mind but you say one sign One sign

secrets secrets of the kingdom poured out for you the one who has more will be given fountain's abundance but for those who have not all will be taken away this is why i say what I say how i say it indeed in their case like isaiah anticipated seeing yet somehow they don't see hearing they don't hear for their hearts have grown dull in the soil they've sown this is why i say what i say how i say it indeed in their case like isaiah anticipated

the kingdom of heaven is like a man planting the kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed the kingdom of heaven is like leavened bread the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hid the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant's search the kingdom of heaven is like a precious pearl the kingdom of heaven is like a bursting net the kingdom of heaven is like a household head when he opened up his mouth parables were truth made into sound each one spelling out the kingdom of heaven

is this all really about how dirty my hands are you come with more questions but the answers are set in the stone of your hearts traps can be laid with dirty hands or eloquence death and life both in the tongue so lay your hearts bare now tangled in your own snare now with even more to come oh you honor me with your lips but your hearts are far away self-serving gifts and vain worship teaching as god's what's only man's again is this really about how dirty my hands are you heap up the struggle of your father and mother because you gave it all to god i've seen and i've heard you revoke my word for the sake of your rules isaiah was right when he prophesied about you oh you honor me with your lips but your hearts are far away self-serving gifts and vain worship teaching as god's what's only man's

seems a pattern mountains matter to you jesus whether it's a private temple when you need it or a trip for crowds to sit and feed their flesh and soul this time the climb is slow and feels a little different somethings in the air and only three of us are with him took nothing for the journey save a smile and a sharp shadow here before my eyes your face shines brighter than the sun glory opened wide who's this man that you've become don't know how I know it but i know these two men moses and elijah there talking with him can't you ask the questions that everybody wants to know could you tell me where the mystic body's buried could you tell me just what it was like in the chariot of fire through the mire came amidst the evening glow but you don't here before my eyes your face shines brighter than the sun glory set alight on this man the rightful one lord it seems a decent thing for us to be here if you want i will run and pitch a tent or three here before i finish there's a cloud a voice is in it ringing out and it says he's the one my only son so go ahead and listen i'm terrified but you say rise so i peel my eyes open nothing lasts your color's back and here we are the four again something must be special in the flesh of you to put on skin

who is this at the crowd's delight who is this on a donkey's hind take the colt here take my shirt it's my only one but somehow I feel he's worth it good for abe enough for jesse's bread god loosed tongue unto balaam's dread still good enough for this strange scene man riding in bringing mystery blessed is the one who comes in the name of the lord highest hosanna and praise but we're not sure who for see the trees give branches the folks give cloaks patchwork pattern on the road loud hosanna's fill the air deliver us deliver us from our despair blessed is the one who comes in the name of the lord highest hosanna and praise but were not sure who for they say zion's daughter here's your king humble mounted on burden's beast crowds they follow but what's it mean son of david from galilee blessed is the one who comes in the name of the lord highest hosanna and praise but were not sure who for we choose our lambs why not sovereigns on passover we've never seen an unblemished quite like this before city stirred up joyful mess it's prophet jesus from nazareth victory or certain death seems he knows better than the rest it seems he knows better than the rest lord I hope he knows better than the rest

I've seen you on the water like a ghost I've seen you on the mountain face like snow I've seen you bringing life back to dead bones but I've never seen you quite like this before turning tables over watch the money fall give to caesar caesar's screaming thieves you all came through the city gates like some odd king first on the list must be a house cleaning is this what zeal for Yahweh should look like grace in your left hand and a whip in your right turning tables over watch the money fall give to caesar caesar's screaming thieves you all twisting cords as you twist seller's minds amidst it all some sparkle in your eye clinging to righteousness with knuckles white you've never been wrong before why would you start this time turning tables over watch the money fall give to caesar caesar's screaming thieves you all turning tables over watch the money fall give to caesar caesar's screaming thieves you all whose house is this seems you forget whose house this is

the dust still settles from when he flipped the tables still it seems to me that things won't ever be the same again see the spark in the blind's eyes see the cripples dancing with a touch they're made right watch the people flock to him still the chief priests and scribes can't get by the way the children praise saying hosanna indignant they say to him do you hear what the kids these days are saying they even call him the son of david then jesus said to them o yes yes have you never read it out of the mouth of infants and babes you have prepared praise out of the mouth of infants and babes you have prepared praise o lord our lord how majestic is your name o lord our lord how majestic is your name what is man that you'd be mindful of him son of man that you would take care of him with honor and glory you crown him and give him dominion over the works of your hands o lord our lord how majestic is your name

listen of a hardworking man hardened mind and he had a plan cleared the land fence by post house brick by brick then another country called leased the land and he left his home until he smelled the harvest sweet on the wind so he sent three servants for his keep was the season for binding was the season to reap but the men left behind with greed in their eyes beat and killed every last one the dirt had always been his friend and everything that came from it but here it seemed something was bent to hurt was it doubt or disbelief when news came back clean empty he made up his mind to send more this time it's bound to work but the wicked men waited the same they had time to repent but their hearts hadn't changed the language they know is the bow or the blade so they beat and killed every last one at last all that's left was his son surely they'll heed the heir to come sent his child to take his rightful place but those men in their minds saw the chance one left to kill and the land is our land strip and throw him his blood's on our hands beat him or stone him who cares how it ends we'll take what we want even life from a man so they beat and killed his one and only beloved they beat and killed even his son hear the story think it through people tell me just what should the master do you say put those men to a deserved death but hear o wise ones have you never read the stone that the builders threw out god has placed at the foundation of all things this is the lord's doing where is your rejoicing this is the day god has made isn't it marvelous in your eyes the kingdom of god will be taken from you given to people producing its fruits

how many questions how many traps set now here's a question you haven't heard yet would you answer me would you answer me it's not about the sabbath night or traditions right taxes or a dead man's wife it's about the christ whose son is he whose son is he son of david son of david how can it be then it's what you've taught isn't it king david calls him there in the spirit lord son of david son of david the lord has sworn and he will not change his mind you are a priest forever you are a priest forever

son of man take my hand to your table foreseen lamb oh lamb stay the plan on this night of nights feast of feasts as it has been written leaven thrown wine is poured ageless play lit by shadows do you build a throne or raise a gallows when you whisper this very night that you must go as it has been written now everything's unsteady doubts hanging heavy like a rain ready cloud still you say one will betray you pain will come like you laid it out as it has been written as the prophets said it as it was promised in the garden as it has been written hear the distant sheepfolds anxious in the unknown seems the slaughter's come home tonight

awake o sword awake o blade forged for centuries awake o night sleep well o day the sun has given up it's place oh it's no surprise it is written I will strike the shepherd down down down down down open fountain cleanse the land no water but blood dripping from the knife in your mother's hand the prophets lie the prophets die until the one who can come and refine them in the fire still it's no surprise it is written I will strike the shepherd down down down and the sheep of the flock I will scatter 'til I'm raised up even all you passionate even all you righteous tonight the singing's done denials on your lips go ahead and make your case say you'd give up your life tonight you will all fall before the rooster crows three times still it's no surprise it is written I will strike the shepherd down down down and the sheep of the flock I will scatter 'til I'm raised up like the snake pole to make man whole so go one third to the fire go like silver and gold when they call my name I will call them mine they'll say our god is the lord

that night another garden his friends were sleeping this time the serpent used silver for fruit as he woke them a crowd arose with death in their eyes don't know what's worse the betrayer's cursed cup which he carries without a clue or the way he gives it baring a kiss which brings death instead of life friend go ahead and do what you came to do but know that the father holds heaven's legions back this drink you brought in was poured by God's hand with death full and ripe put your swords away by them you will die can't you see this day was made for this put your swords away the prophets got it right all has taken place as it was written everything has happened like you said it would his friends they turned and fled everything has happened like you said it would he was taken in the hands of wicked men everything has happened like you said it would like a slaughtered lamb stayed silent silent everything has happened like you said it would see his body mutilated and misshapen everything has happened like you said it would it was his father's will to crush him everything has happened like you said it would to be cut off from the living everything has happened like you said it would to be pierced for our transgressions everything has happened like you said it would yet to stand in intercession for us everything has happened like you said it would

what have I done oh my god what have I done morning breaks and in the sunlight my mistakes are laid bare here holy man take the silver pull the plan these coins are poison in my hands he's innocent and fair thirty pieces slave in price son of god betrayed and I've his blood on my hands muttered mercies pleading prayers and grinding teeth sweat and tears and rope at length could you forgive me I'd give my life if I could trade I don't know if it works this way but would you forgive me thirty pieces slave in price son of god betrayed and I've his blood on my hands I won't live long enough to see his blood's on all as his blood's on me some shrouded greater plan use these blood funds buy a field to bury ones no man cares to claim as sons that's all it's good for now as jeremiah wrote it out that's all it's good for now

now after they look his body down and laid it in the tomb anew the stone was rolled the guards were told to keep a careful watch what the imposter said cannot be made true then after the sabbath came and went the women came to him or where they thought his body lay behold the ground began to shake the stone was rolled away and the angel of the lord stood his appearance was like lightning his clothing blinding white there the guards became like dead men they all trembled at the sight but the angel spoke and stilled them women do not be afraid for I know that you seek jesus for I know you seek your friend he is not here he is risen he has risen as he said he is not here he is risen he is risen from the dead

in the garden buried deep before the stars had light to see before the thorns had taken shape all the answers were in waiting every question deep or daydream even in the brokenness that came there was good news waiting in the wings good news waiting in the wings many men made best attempt through the years to catch a glimpse a mote of truth and beauty dancing round throughout the good and bad of it through the wilds amidst the bloodshed in the smiles of simple homesteads through the kingly and lowly prophets still the good news waited on their lips good news played upon their lips oh the good news stayed upon their lips from a pallor rooted remnant came a son foretold fulfillment to make good on every promise made made by god along the way every single promise made then the good news came pouring out of him the good news was his very flesh and bone and skin o the good news had come and settled in so lift your voice tell all will hear it this gospel is a man like no other man story robed in skin his name is jesus he came to make it plain for those who’d gone astray his plan to make a way back to the garden not one of us could do it gentile lost or jew his all sufficient merit come and believe it no death could never hold him veils they tore before him three days in the darkness then raising up again so come repent behold it sweet forgiveness flowing ask and receive the promise life everlasting for every nation tribe and tongue come get new life and turn mourning to dancing til he comes back again oh his name is jesus

father our father in heaven hallowed be your name father your kingdom come father your will be done father on earth as it is in heaven father give us this day father our daily bread father and forgive our debts as our debtors we’ve forgiven father oh do not lead us father into temptation father but take us from all evil father for yours is the kingdom father yours is the power father yours is the glory forever and ever father

father our father in heaven holy o how holy is your name your kingdom come your will be done on earth as in heaven on earth as in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us as we forgive do not lead us into temptation but deliver us from evil for yours is the kingdom yours is the power yours is the glory forever forever amen

our father in heaven hallowed be your name your kingdom come your will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us as we forgive and lead us not there into temptation but deliver us oh deliver us deliver us from evil our father in heaven hallowed be your name

whose you are makes all the difference stake your claim lord you have my heart for i know there is therefore now no condemnation for those in you god you’ve done what law could never do weak in flesh it took your flesh to see it through now i know there is therefore now no condemnation for those in you slaves no more but by the spirit we are sons if children then still more we’re heirs of that to come now we know there is therefore now no condemnation for those in you hear the groanings of creation can you feel the labor pains as we wait here for adoption as we want redemption’s gain taste the first fruits of the spirit and know there’s better yet to come a new creation in our bodies a new creation in his love it’s in this hope that we are saved now for who hopes in what he’s seen we put on patience in the waiting put on the spirit when we’re weak his intercession it is better and every bad he’ll work for good as we look more like the firstborn christ as all along we knew we should as all along we knew we should neither death nor life neither depth nor height can take my life from you neither death nor life neither depth nor height can take my life from you from you neither things to come or passing by there’s no power below or in the sky that can take my life that can separate me from my christ that can take my life from you from you from you

fairest lord jesus ruler of all nature o thou of god to earth come down thee will i cherish thee will i honor thou my soul's glory joy and crown fair are the meadows fairer still the woodlands robed in the blooming garb of spring jesus is fairer jesus is purer who makes the woeful heart to sing fair is the sunshine fairer still the moonlight and all the twinkling starry host jesus shines brighter jesus shines purer than all the angels heaven can boast

all creatures of our god and king lift up your voice and with us sing alleluia alleluia thou burning sun with golden beam thou silver moon with softer gleam o praise him o praise him alleluia alleluia alleluia thou rushing winds that art so strong ye clouds that sail in heaven along o sing ye alleluia thou rising morn in praise rejoice ye lights of evening find a voice o praise him o praise him alleluia alleluia alleluia thou flowing water pure and clear make music for thy lord to hear alleluia alleluia thou fire so masterful and bright that givest us both warmth and light alleluia alleluia alleluia thou fertile that earth that day by day unfoldest blessings on your way o sing ye alleluia the flowers that fruits that in thee grow let them god’s glory also show alleluia alleluia alleluia all creatures your creator bless and worship him in humbleness o sing ye alleluia praise praise the Father praise the son and praise the spirit three in one o praise him o praise him alleluia alleluia alleluia

this is my father's world and to my listening ears all nature sings and round me rings the music of the spheres this is my father's world i rest me in the thought of rocks and trees of skies and seas his hand the wonders wrought this is my father's world o let me ne'er forget that though the wrong seems oft so strong god is the ruler yet this is my father's world the battle is not done jesus who died shall be satisfied and earth and heaven be one jesus who died shall be satisfied and earth and heaven be one

o that i had a thousand voices to praise my god with thousand tongues my heart which in the lord rejoices would then proclaim in grateful songs to all wherever i might be what great things god has done for me o all you powers that god implanted arise keep silence now no more put forth the strength that god has granted your noblest work is to adore o soul and body join to raise with heartfelt joy our maker’s praise you forest leaves so green and tender that dance for joy in summer air you meadow grasses blight in splendor you flowers so fragrant and so fair you live to show god’s praise alone join me to make god’s glory known all creatures that have breathe and motion that throng the earth the sea the sky come share with me my heart’s devotion help me to sing god’s praises high my utmost powers can never quite declare the wonders of god’s might

great is thy faithfulness o god my father there is no shadow of turning with thee thou changest not thy compassions they fail not as thou hast been thou forever wilt be great is thy faithfulness great is thy faithfulness morning by morning new mercies i see all i have needed thy hand hast provided great is thy faithfulness lord unto me summer and winter and springtime and harvest sun moon and stars in their courses above join with all nature in manifold witness to thy great faithfulness mercy and love great is thy faithfulness great is thy faithfulness morning by morning new mercies i see all i have needed thy hand hast provided great is thy faithfulness lord unto me pardon for sin and a peace that endureth thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow blessings all mine and ten thousand beside great is thy faithfulness great is thy faithfulness morning by morning new mercies i see all i have needed thy hand hast provided great is thy faithfulness lord unto me

oh the joy, the joy, the joy of those who delight in the law of the lord oh the joy, the joy, the joy of those who meditate day and night in the law of the lord let all my delight be only in your sweet and right instruction like trees along the river with leaves that never wither everything they do will prosper in you

on your holy mountain you have placed your chosen king on the throne of zion still you proclaim i will tell of the decree the lord said to me you are my son today i have begotten you ask of me and i will make the nations your heritage the ends of the earth your possession you shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them to pieces dash them to pieces on your holy mountain you have placed your chosen king so serve with the lord with fear and rejoice with trembling blessed are all who take refuge in blessed are all who take refuge in him

you o lord are a shield around me you o lord are my only glory i cried out and you heard my story and you answered and you answered i slept in fear but i woke in safety for you o lord are always watching over me though ten thousand though ten thousand stand against me you answered oh you answered salvation belongs to only you god arise o lord arise o lord

how long how long will you be absent how long how long will we be troubled how long how long will you be silent how long how long will we be ruined how long how long will it be this way how long how long will my honor be turned into shame will my words be all lies and in vain how long how long will i offer up wrong sacrifice and expect to walk out in the light how long how long how long but i can be sure of this the lord will answer when i call to him

give ear to my words lord consider my groaning give ear to the sound of my cry o kind king o god of mine o lord in the morning you hear my voice in the morning i wake and you see my dawn’s sacrifice through the abundance of your steadfast love i’ll enter your house lord bow down toward your holy temple in good fear of you lead on o lord make your way straight before me let all who take refuge in you rejoice, rejoice, rejoice let them ever sing let them ever sing let them ever sing for joy joy joy

lord don’t rebuke me in your anger don’t discipline me in your wrath be gracious lord for i am weak and my bones shake at the thought of it i’m sick at heart sick at heart o lord how long lord how long return o lord and rescue won’t you save me for you’re faithful what dead man can remember you who can lift their praise from sheol while tears dampen my pillow my beds a lake of sorrows my eyes are swollen shut lord from the ocean of my cries but the lord has heard the sound of my weeping the lord has heard my cry for his help the lord accepts my prayer no matter how its broken the lord will make my enemies turn and run

o lord my god in you i take refuge arise o lord against the wicked stand wake up my god for the righteous defend arise o lord and stand up once again to the evil one and i will thank the lord for he is just for he alone is the honest judge so i will sing praises to the name of god most high most high

o lord our lord how majestic is your name in all the earth who is man that you'd be mindful of him son of man that you would take care of him with honor and glory you crown him and give him dominion over the works of your hands

the enemy has come to an everlasting ruin but the lord he sits enthroned forever forever forever

why o lord do you stand far off why o lord do you hide why o lord in the troubled times why o lord do you hide for the wicked boast and they still take pride like waiting ghosts for their wretched time to then break forth out from where they hide like a lion in the thicket to murder steal and lie surely you will hear our cries surely you will hear our cries surely you will hear our cries and you will strengthen our hearts, strengthen our hearts

how can you say flee like a bird to your mountain for behold the wicked bend the bow and fit the arrow they shoot aimless in the dark at the upright heart but if the foundations are allowed to be destroyed by you what can the righteous do for the lord is in his holy temple and his throne sits firm in heavens heights and his eyelids test the child of man but his soul hates the wicked and their lies the lord loves the righteous and his deeds the upright shall see his face his face

the word of the lord is a pure word the word of the lord is a pure word like refined and shined silver purified seven times over is your promise is your promise and this is what you promise you will come and save the helpless you have heard the cry of every poor you will grant them what they long for

how long will you forget me how long will you hide your face how long will my heart anguish with sorrow day by day how long will you forget me how long will you look away how long will my mind anguish with sorrow day by day restore the light to my eyes turn and answer me answer me restore the light to my eyes lest i sleep the sleep and never wake how long will you forget me how long will you hide your face how long will my heart anguish with sorrow everyday restore the light to my eyes turn and answer me answer me restore the light to my eyes lest i sleep the sleep and never wake but my heart will rejoice in your deliverance i will sing to the lord because you're generous

the lord looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who truly understand who truly understand only fools say in their hearts there is no god there is no god who will come from zion to rescue his own you will come from zion and we will rejoice and we will rejoice on the coming day the righteous say he is our god he is our god

who may worship in your sanctuary who may find you on your holy hill who may enter in your presence who may see your glory and still stand still stand make us those whose lives are blameless make us those with sincere hearts make us those who keep their promise even when it hurts and hurts

i said to the lord you are my master every good thing i have comes from you comes from you i know that the lord is always with me i will not be shaken for he’s with me i said to the lord you are my portion everyday and every night i rest easy rest easy i know that the lord is always with me i will not be shaken for he’s with me i said to the lord you hold my future truly my inheritance is beautiful is beautiful in your presence is fullness of joy in your presence is pleasure forever and that's where i want to be that's where i want to be the pleasure of living with you the pleasure of being with you

you have tested my heart and examined me in the night you have tried me and found nothing i’ve determined that my mouth will not sin anymore hear my plea for it comes from honest lips check my mind and my thoughts everyone of them i pray because i know you hear it i pray because i know you hear it protect me o lord as the pupil of your eye underneath the shadow of your wings is where i hide my steps are set up on your paths my feet have never slipped despite the countless men surrounding my every move rise up o lord and bring them down rise up o lord and bring them down but i will see your face in righteousness when i awake i will be satisfied with your presence

caught up and entangled in the ropes of death torrents of destruction swept over my head the grave robes wrapped their wretched trap i called to the lord with the voice that i had left i cried to my god for the only help that made sense from his temple he heard my voice my dying cry reached his ears you came to the earth with shaking there was fire from your mouth mounted on the mighty angels from the heavens you came down veiled in power and darkness your perfect voice resounds thunder mighty followed lightning grounds foundations all laid out to the faithful you show yourself faithful to the pure you show yourself pure you’re the rescue for the afflicted to the blameless you’re innocent you’re the light to every lamp stand to the darkness illuminate a rock a shield salvation wielded o god you are my strength the lord lives may my rock be praised

the heavens declare the glory of God the skies display his work day after day they deliver their speech night after night they make him known they speak with no sound they speak with no voice they speak but their words are never heard

may god answer your distresses may the name of jacob’s god send you help and give protection and remember your offerings the desires of your heart i hope he makes them all come true we will shout for victory and raise our banners for the king i know that the lord will answer and deliver his chosen one some place trust in mighty horses but the name of our holy god is our saving power is our trust but the name of god

how i rejoice in you o lord for you have given me everything my heart desires you have not withheld anything i have requested i’ve asked you for life and you have given it rise up rise up rise up o lord in all your power and we will celebrate yes we will sing and praise of all your might