Lift Me Up

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At some point, all Christians struggle. It could be a struggle with a lack of faith, doubts that keep coming back, disappointments or feelings of inadequacy in ministry, physical ailments or a habitual sin. We struggle and we feel that God is far away, our desire for Him wanes. The Apostle Paul wrote that he had a thorn in his flesh, he prayed 3 times that God would take it away, but it remained. Instead a promise is given "My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness" 2 Cor 12:9. This promise still holds true for us today.

A special thanks to my girlfriend Anne, she played the guitar and did some background singing!

Lift Me Up

The night is long
My heart grows numb
And the light it seems so dim
The sea it rages
The promise fades
Who is holding on to me?

There is still a thorn in my side
And I just can’t understand why
But You say
That when I am weak You are strong
So I cry out to You once more

By Your Spirit lift me up
Set my heart on fire today
Let me run and not grow tired
To soar on eagle’s wings

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Unshakeable

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The song pretty much talks Jesus being our firm foundation, a rock on which we stand secure.

Unshakeable

Though skies may grey
And earth may shake
Though troubles come
And hearts may quake
Lord let us stand as one in faith
People of Your loving grace

Unshakeable
In all Your ways
Holy One
Beyond all praise
We look to You
Our only King
Unshakeable
Love and grace

Jesus our firm foundation
Jesus the rock on which we stand

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Tailormade With Love

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This song came about when I was thinking about some of the people whom I knew that left the church for whatever reasons they may have. I was wondering what would God's heart be for them? Would He be angry and remain angry? Would He still care for them? I think the parable that Jesus told of the prodigal son shows us all the answers.

Tailormade With Love

Little child
What did you see
That’s taken you so far away from Me
Why did you go
Oh don’t you know
It’s all smoke and mirrors in that world

Please hear My cry
Know My desire
That whatever you have done
Come back home
Cast all your cares upon My shoulders
I will take them all for you
Come back home

Little child
Are you afraid
Not knowing what the future holds this day
Come and rest
Be at peace
I am reaching out My hands to comfort you

Since the very beginning
That you breathed new life
I have showed you My Love
Through what I’ve sacrificed
I have made you these plans
And will guide you through it all
Come and see
They are tailor-made with Love

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The First Post!

Greetings to all! I have always found starting the 1st post the hardest, cause I wouldn't know what to write.

Anyway, songwriting is a pretty new thing for me and I've only written about 12 to date. A few have been recorded but I still want to tweak them a bit more before I post them (soon perhaps). Err, they may vary in quality depending on how far the song is developed, so they are sort of organic!

I'm using Posterous to as a hosting site for the songs so they'll appear at www.sproutingseeds.posterous.com as well, but any other post will only be done here.

So to round this off, I hope that the songs may be a blessing and encouragement to you as we grow in Christ together.