He Shall Be Our Peace (2022)

1. “I’ve Got A Savior”

(Verse 1) Faithful Lord, ever before me, ever beside, hemming me in from behind. My help and defender, I sing in the shadow of Your wings, because Your love is better than life.

(Chorus) And when I’m wandering through the desert and the way seems long and lonely, I will remember I’m not alone here in this world - I’ve got a Savior who walks with me. I’ve got a Savior who walks with me.

(Verse 2) Whom have I in heaven but you, God? There’s nothing on earth that I             desire more than You. My heart and my flesh may fail, but You never will, Strength of my heart and my Portion forever.

2. “Jesus Comes in Power”

(Verse 1) Those of you who sit in darkness, lift your heads: Redemption comes. Prepare a way in the wilderness, a highway for our God, who comes to reign in glory.

For, out of Judah comes a ruler, as the prophets have foretold. The King and Great High Priest the same, He will sit as a refiner to purity our hearts in his Name.

(Chorus) Jesus comes in power, the Word of God made flesh in our midst. True justice and righteousnes comes to seek and save the lost, and His Kingdom shall never end.

(Verse 2) Every valley shall be raised up, and every mountain be made low. The rough places shall be leveled, the crooked roads made straight, and the glory of the Lord will unfold.

(Verse 3) So, awaken, O sleeper! Jesus came for our salvation, and He will come again in glory, then in a twinkling of an eye, when the last trumpet sounds, we shall all be changed, and lifted up into the sky.

3. “Focus”

(Verse 1) Let us set aside the things that weigh us down, that point us away from the cross. Holding fast to everything we know is truth, we follow where you lead.

(Chorus) Focus our eyes on the light of Your face, and the darkness will scatter. Focus our hearts on your powerful name, and the mountains will crumble. Focus our ears on the sound of your voice, and the lies will dissipate. Touch us, Lord, and the scales will fall away from our eyes. Touch us, Lord, and the scales will fall away.

(Verse 2) Open up our hands to let go of what we hold so that we may receive the goodness that You long to pour, to overflow: Your extravagant love and Your peace.

(Bridge) Because we want to be changed in our encounter with you: new eyes to see clearly, new ears to hear truth. Hearts eagerly waiting to see what you do.

4. “My Times Are In Your Hands”

(Verse 1) In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge. Deliver me in Your righteousness. Into your hands I commit my Spirit. Redeem me, LORD, I trust in You.

(Chorus) You are my rock, You are my fortress. You are my God: I’m safe in You. How great Your goodness, how wonderful Your love! My times are in Your hands.

(Verse 2) Hide Me in the shelter of Your Presence. Preserve Me, LORD: I hope in You. Let Your face shine in my darkest moments. Free me, LORD: I rejoice in You.

(Bridge) Guide Me for the sake of Your name. Set my feet in a spacious place. Let me never be put to shame. Turn my cries into shouts of praise!

5. “Unending Offering”

(Verse 1) Take my hands and feet, I give them all to you for Your glory. Take my lips and mouth and let them both proclaim of Your glory.

(Chorus) I want to serve you, Lord, because it is You who has called me out. So, let my life be an unending offering to You.

(Verse 2) Take my thoughts and mind, God, let them be refined in Your glory. Take my will and heart and mold them into more of who You are for your glory.

(Bridge) By Your strength, help me do justly. By Your grace, help me show mercy. By Your Spirit, help me walk humbly with You, Lord.

6. “When I Say Your Name”

(Verse 1) When I say Your name, Jesus, when I say Your name: Demons have to run and hide when I say Your name.

When I speak Your name, Jesus, when I speak Your name: Strength will rise up in my soul when I speak Your name.

(Chorus) Miracles are bound to happen, peace it overflows, and darkness scatters in the light of the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords!

(Verse 2) When I call Your name, Jesus, when I call Your name: sins that held me melt like wax when I call Your name.

(Verse 3) There will be a day, there will be a day when everyone will bow and say, “Jesus Christ is the only Way!”

7. “Drawing Me In”

(Verse 1) With a longing that’s unexplainable and a peace that passes understanding, You are drawing me in to you. With a kindness that leads to repentance and a grace that wholly forgives, Jesus, You are drawing me in to you.

(Chorus) As deep calls to deep, Your love is seeking my heart of hearts. Made in Your image, there is no limit to the depth of Your love for me.

(Verse 2) With a fountain unceasingly flowing and a freedom that is fearless, Jesus, You are drawing me in to You. With a patience that no one should perish and provision before I can see, God how You are drawing me in to You.

(Bridge) With a word that’s sweeter than honey and a richness better than gold, and devotion without measure and a power to break any stronghold.

(Verse 3) With a wholeness to fill every emptiness, and a fire whose flames never fade,  Spirit, You are drawing me in to You. Oh, God, how You are drawing me in to You.

7. “He Shall Be Our Peace”

(Verse 1) Steadfast and sure, Hope to endure, Solid Rock on which our feet stand secure. Faithful and wise, gracious and kind, ever present help in our troubled times.

(Chorus) And He shall be our Peace. He shall be our peace. Though kingdoms may rise and fall, Your Kingdom will reign over them all, and He shall be our peace.

(Verse 2) Exalted on high, Consuming fire, Living water in the well that never runs dry. Sovereign I AM, Lion and Lamb. Jesus, Your Name will never fail!

(Bridge) We put our trust in God alone. We put our hope in God alone. We put our joy in    God alone, and He shall be our peace! We lay our burdens at Jesus’ feet. Cast all our cares at our Savior’s feet. We fall on our faces at Jesus’ feet, and He shall be our peace!

Watch and Wait (Celebration Church, 2020)

5. “Confident”

(Verse 1) I am confident in the King of Kings, confident I’m sheltered beneath His wings. I am confident of His love for me, confident that fear can’t have a hold on me. I am confident He is on the throne, confident He’s named me one of His own.

(Chorus) Of this I am sure, I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Yes, I am sure that one day every knee will bow and tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord!

(Verse 2) I am confident Jesus hears my prayers, confident compassion will meet me there. I am confident He restores my soul, confident His cleansing blood has made me whole. I am confident that He will provide, confident His Name alone will be glorified.

(Bridge) I am confident of His Presence with me, confident He won’t forsake, no He’ll never leave.

7. “Watch and Wait”

(Verse 1) What are you showing us, Lord? It’s in the valley that we turn to you. What are you teaching us here, in our slower pace and solitude? Give us eyes to see something new. Give us ears to hear You call us closer to you.

(Chorus) As we watch and wait to see Your glory fall, we take heart and claim Your power over it all, and Your faithfulness will be our song.

(Verse 2) Oh, send out Your light and Your truth, let them bring us to Your holy hill. For we don’t know what to do, but we fix our eyes completely on You. Be the Rock firm under our feet. We are strong even when we may feel weak. 

(Bridge) You’re a foundation for the weak, a light to those who seek: You are faithful. You’re a shelter in the storm, a comfort when we mourn: You’re faithful. You are hope in our despair, there’s healing in Your care: You are faithful. You’ve made your presence known, You’re here when we’re alone, You are faithful. God, You are faithful.

Pressed, But Not Crushed (2019)

1. “Where Can I Go?”

(Verse 1) If I ascend to the highest heavens, or if I make my bed in the depths; if I rise on the wings of the morning, or if I settle on the far side of the sea: You are there, you are there.

(Chorus) Where can I go from your Spirit, LORD? Where can I flee from your presence? You hem me in behind and before, you hold me in your grasp. No matter where I am, you are there.

(Verse 2) If I’m forced into a fiery furnace, if I wander in the desert for years; if I’m thrown into a deep, dry well, or if I face hungry lions in their den: You are there, you are there.

(Bridge) You are there. You are there! You search my heart, you know my cares. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

2. “My Banner and Peace”

(verse 1) Mighty Creator, Father and King, The Lord is My Banner and Peace. My Rock and my Shepherd, Passover Lamb, The Lord of Hosts, Almighty, I AM.

Ever-present, Everlasting, God Most High, Sanctifier, Life, Provider, Adonai.

(Chorus) God, I worship at Your feet knowing I have been redeemed. I find shade beneath Your wings, and You crown me with love.

You anoint my head with oil, and my cup - it overflows. In You, I want no more: You restore my soul.

(Verse 2) Alpha, Omega, Ancient of Days, Strong Tower, Dwelling Place. My Cup and My Portion, Righteousness and Shield, Lovingkindness, Helper, Amen.

Master, Maker, Loving Savior, Cornerstone. Faithful, Healer, True, Redeemer, God Alone.

3. “Child of God”

(verse 1) I was not ransomed by silver or gold, but by the precious blood of Jesus. I’ve been reborn into a living hope. I have an inheritance that’s imperishable.

(Chorus) I’m called child of God, bought with a price, honored and precious in His sight.

He calls me chosen, dearly loved, redeemed and justified.

(verse 2) I’ve been called out of darkness into His marvelous light. He made me a new creation, filled me with his Spirit -I’m a co-heir with Christ.

(Bridge) No matter what the people say, I know my Father is the King. No matter what they think, I know His blood has made me clean. When I’m lost and I don’t know who I am, I’ll cling to what Jesus calls me. He calls me…

4. “Though I Wrestle”

(Verse 1) I’ve exhausted every avenue. One by one the doors close in front of me. I’ve asked over and over again, I’ve prayed and I’ve sought you, LORD.

(Chorus) But though I wrestle, though I strive, though I work with all my might, though I plan and though I dream all that could be; though I stumble, though I fall, You are working through it all. still, have Your way with me.

(Verse 2) So I’ll trust in Your promises as You work everything out in Your time. I commit my way to you, LORD, and I’ll watch for your plan to unfold.   

(Bridge) When I find myself caught in the “in-between” of where I was and where I will be, I will look to You, the Author and Perfecter of my faith, and I will say, “Still, have Your way with me – with me…”

5. “Pressed, But Not Crushed”

(Verse 1) It may look like the fields are ruined, and the ground is cracked and dry; the vines have all dried up and bear no yield. What was left the locusts have eaten. there’s nothing left to spare, and the storehouses are crumbling and bare.

And the enemy comes to steal and destroy, to take away our hope and joy - To rob us of our purpose and our peace.

(Chorus) But, We are pressed, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despaired; persecuted, but not forsaken.

We are struck down, but not destroyed; unsteadied, but secure; walking through the fire, yet we are not burned.

So, Though the harvest may look hopeless, and the rivers have run dry, though the trees are stripped ’til their branches are left white;

(Verse 2) though the fig tree doesn’t blossom, and no fruit is on the vine, though the fields produce no food and there’s no wine,

Yet we will praise our God, rejoice in Him. Claim our strength in His promises, for we know that He is faithful, just, and true.

(Bridge) He will restore the years that the locusts consumed. We are not without hope, for in His presence there is fullness of joy.

6. “When I Am Broken”

(Verse 1) When I am broken, weary, and worn, and when I need Jesus to carry me on. When all my troubles are weighing me down, I call the name of Adonai, ‘cause He owns my crown.  

(Chorus) My Shepherd lifts me out of the shadows, and lies me down in pastures of green. And He leads me by still waters to pour refreshment over me. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all my life, and I will dwell in His presence forever.

(Verse 2) When the Enemy whispers I’m not good enough, that I’ll never make it, that I should give up; it’s then that my Savior speaks loud and clear, “This one belongs to me!  Child, have no fear!”

7. “Carousel”

(verse 1) My life seems like a carousel, circling in a whirl and I can’t tell when the music will end. Round and round and up and down - will this ride ever slow down, so that I can move on?

But, LORD, I know that you carry me and I can’t do it all alone.

(Chorus) Feels like I’m sinking in this sea of all my responsibility, but I know you will never let me drown. You promise You’ll never let me go, never forsake me or leave me alone, so I will hang onto your every word.

(Verse 2) Trudging through the daily grind, Always feeling like I’m behind on what needs to be done. Don’t want to be the mastermind, connecting dots, drawing the lines to where we need to go.

But, LORD, I know that you carry me and I can’t do it all alone.

8. “A Place for My Feet”

(Verse 1) I’m not really sure where to go from here. This path I’m walking doesn’t seem very clear. Doubt and fear tell me to turn around, but they must not know where my hope is found.

(Chorus) So, As you make a place for my feet, I’ll take the next step ahead. I’ll fix my gaze on what you lay before me. I’ll walk by faith and not by sight, and I will not be shaken.

(Verse 2). So, LORD direct my steps according to Your word. So my feet will not slip, and my ankles won’t turn. As You reveal my path, it will all make sense one day. For your thoughts are not my thoughts, and your ways are not my ways.

(Bridge) With every stepping stone, I’m closer to what you already know. In the walking, in the waiting, I watch in hope for the LORD.

9. “Christ is Made the Sure Foundation”

(VERSE 1) Christ is made the sure Foundation, Christ the Head and Cornerstone; Chosen of the Lord, and precious, binding all the Church in one.

Holy Zion’s Help forever, and her Confidence alone, and her Confidence alone.

(VERSE 2). To this temple, where we call Thee, come, O Lord of Hosts, today; with Thy wonted lovingkindness hear Thy servants as they pray.

And Thy fullest benediction shed within its walls alway, Shed within its walls alway.

 (CHORUS) To you, O Lord, our lives we bring: stir in us an awakening. A city on a hill for Thee, let this church be your hands and feet. O, let us be Your hands and feet.

(VERSE 3) Here vouchsafe to all Thy servants what they ask of Thee to gain; What they gain from Thee forever with they blessed to retain.

And hereafter in Thy Glory evermore with Thee to reign, evermore with Thee to reign.

(VERSE 4) Laud and honor to the Father, laud and honor to the Son; laud and honor to the Spirit, ever Three and ever One;

Consubstantial, co-eternal, while unending ages run, while unending ages run.

10. “Take Captive Every Thought”

(VERSE 1) The Father of Lies is prowling around, looking for one to devour; planting seeds of doubt, and thoughts that will tear down.

(Verse 2) But, I won’t be that one today.  I put on my armor to fight against the things he may say.

(Chorus) I take captive every thought that stands against the knowledge of God and lay it in the light of God’s love, where darkness cannot overcome. Lies may have won before, but this victory’s the LORD’s.

(Verse 3) I set my mind on the things of the Lord, and not on the things of this world. I lean not on my own understanding, but with all my heart trust in the Lord!

(Bridge) I guard my heart with whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is just and pure; whatever is lovely, excellent, and good; whatever is worthy of praise!

(Ending) This victory’s the LORD’s! You won’t tear me down anymore, ‘cause this victory’s the LORD’s.

11. “You See Me”

(Verse 1) You look beyond the surface of my skin. The fearless shell I’m wearing hides my wounds within; Beyond what others say of me, Beyond the mess I’ve made of me…

(Verse 2) You hear the words that plant so deep, I pull them out, but then they creep back in on me. Recurring whispers of disgrace, undeserving, out of place…

 (Chorus) But you see me for who I really am, and you don’t turn me away; no, You welcome my praise to You. And when I see You as You are, I fall down at Your feet, drawn by your love for me.

(Verse 3) You see my past and my today. You see my hurts and hurtful things I say. You want my worst, You want my best. You heal me in my brokenness.

(Bridge) Jesus, You replace the aching in my heart with your peace. You take my sin and shame and cover it with grace. Jesus, You replace the aching in my heart with your peace. You take my sin and shame and cover it with grace.

12. “My Liberator”

(Verse 1) Had it not been for the cross, I’d be imprisoned in chains. with a debt I could not pay, I’d be labeled a slave to sin.

(Verse 2) But you carried my sins upon the hill of Calvary, and You suffered and You died to pay the price for me to be free.

(Chorus) My Liberator has set me free. Because of my Savior, I’ve been redeemed! Jesus fought the battle, and triumphs in glory. My Liberator has set me free.

(Verse 3) Had it not been for the resurrection of Jesus, God’s own Son, The grave would have conquered and death would have won.

(Verse 4) But you rolled away the stone and you live to intercede for me. So, now death where is Your sting, O grave, where is Your victory?

(Bridge) I was the captive, but Jesus proclaimed my release; and if the Son has set me free, then I am free, indeed!