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For Prayer

Midi Because He Lives

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Beauty
	Being near you Every day Always in your arms Underneath a starry sky Together You and I Bringing back Each memory All the things I see Underneath a sunny sky Together You and I Loving you is all that I know Only this I can be Very deeply in love with you Endless times will see Been a friend Each time I need A place to lay my head Underneath a dewy eve Together You and I

Because of His Father's Will

Down and over to the right place go Calling softly His name Until my mind, my heart, my will And His become the same In this place of calm serene In Heavenly Places blessed In His Holy Presence bow And all my sins addressed Carried there on this river of tears Sailing on the wings of Love Washing, cleansing this restless soul And taken to His Throne above My, oh my is all I say What rushes over me In His Holy Presence bow My eyes to clearly see Blood that flowed into my heart From the Cross upon a hill And rise to life eternally Because of His Father's Will

Because

Lying here I find sweet Hope Inside your peace to rest Fore though my soul is crossing ore To face life’s final test Yes to this place I’ve come That I shall see your face When I shall to my longhome go Down here to end this race Never could be said by man How passing to Your Hands Can move to fill my soul’s desire Sometimes who understands Yet this Hope remains for all Who once will rise to stand Accept the life you freely give Is all that you demand And when life’s ending days And time shall cease to be We will know life has begun Because of Calvary

Before His Face

My I’ve been so busy today Can’t seem to get anything done Running here and there and everywhere This life is not so much fun Round and round in circles everyday No time to sit and relax It’s not how I want to be But it is just the facts Work to do kids and friends Just never is enough Time in one single day To finish with all this stuff Then His Voice speaks oft to me This troubling in my heart stir The thing I now miss the most And the thing I should not defer So now I’ll stop and take the time To feel His Warm Embrace And thank Him for His Blessings give As I bow before His Face

Behind the Mirror

Can I look beyond what I see In this mirror looking back at me Is this truly what I want to be Do my heart and eyes agree One for others’ eyes to see Is this truly what I want to be So can I turn the mirror behind And see what lies within my mind Would what I see then be unkind If I knew what I would find Is truth the thing I want to bind Or should by choice leave eyes blind But in all this stay face to face To find in life where is my place For this truth I must embrace Else be left behind without a trace In all I do to run this race Guided by Love’s Amazing Grace

Believing in the Bridge

Wonder filled my mind as I walked closer The river seemed angry and black It seemed I had no choice but to continue Even though I tried to turn back Was it fear that kept clouding my vision For I had known all my life of this day But now walking to this dark river I could not find words to say As I stepped toward these dark waters My feet were lifted upon The steps of a bridge crossing over ‘Til passing this river was done I was told of that bridge crossing over Of the river of death I would face By the words of those gone before me And confirmed for all human race Tho crossing deaths’ river can be haunting For He said if only thou wilt There is hope sent through Gods’ Son Believing in the bridge that He built

Better Off
	My Hands are better off in His Hands My feet are better off in His Footsteps My ears are better off hearing His Word My nose is better off smelling the sweet savor of His Grace My eyes are better off seeing the Hope He sees My heart is better off broken so He can fix it right

Birthplace Zion

Where are you from they ask of me I hesitate not to reply For I recall what I used to be But that used to be did die In death beneath a Cross I lay All that my life was before Then calmly rise to really live Peace found forevermore And even though in earthly birth When ask this thing to write Is hard not to shout about The place I made things right My oh my to truly know What Christ had done for man Is more than tongue or pen can tell To say it again and again If at His Cross you have found Then you know that I’m not lying If they ask the place I was born I say my birthplace is Zion

Boards

A few more boards in my bridge of life That I need to step upon And step to my resting-place And these days here be done Looking back now to count these boards That this time did bring And wonder at each purpose of Each one a song to sing Was upon these boards of life That I became a man And it came step by step When I did those things I can These boards placed one by one Before me as I walk Friends who stood for me in life Of them I now can talk Thanking God from who did send Each friend became a board That I could cross this bridge of life Built by my Precious Lord

Born to Save

Had it not been for a place called Mt. Calvary Had it not been for the Old Rugged Cross I’ve heard these words sang and preached For endless years without loss And yet I have to remember a time In a manger in Bethlehem town Where a mother gave birth to a special child Who’d later his life lay down At the time it was simple enough Not yet fully understood What was to take place in years ahead To bring the world so much good And now again it’s that time of year Though we remember He rose from the grave This child who grew into a man From the cradle was born to save

Breeze of His Word

Blowing softly now it passes by my heart A soothing calming wave Just in time of my great need From confusion now to save My heart as a ship tossed in a storm Dashing like pounding rain As lightning flash and thunder roll Tossing my heart once again Yes the Son shall rise again When once this storm is past For all in life that comes against Its journey will not last Though the heart in valleys deep Is cast without a care Yet One who stands to speak a word Will always meet you there Lift up now that heart cast down Your pain begin to depart When spoken now you can feel The breeze of His Word on your heart

Brook

Roll away as a brook across pebbles Cooling waters to pass over and continue on Softly tickling the bottom with softness Oh brook tell me are you ever alone Sometimes I thought to envy your path Tell where does it lead in dark of night I may have looked but I can’t tell Is it that can be seen only in light My how oft would have sought your way Was time the thing that then would stop Now with years that slowly slip by Is this venture my heart should drop Brook tell me of the secrets of life Has God revealed His Secrets to you Do you take time to count your rounds If finding is mine then that would I do Well brook this wonder for me He made you to flow and return again There are places I know that I must go My searching now is that I might know when