Hello and welcome back to
Praise. I'm Kelly Mowrer and
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this half hour we're going
to listen to a series of songs
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reminding us of the blessing
of being with Jesus who loved
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us so much he came to be our
friend. On September 13, 1845
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this letter appeared in the New
York Observer written by a man
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named Thomas Salmon. He wrote,
during my residence at Coles
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Hill, Worwicher,
England I became acquainted with
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W. W. Walford, a blind preacher.
A man of obscure birth and
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connections and no education,
but of strong mind and most
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retentive memory. In the pulpit,
he never failed to select a
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lesson well adapted to his
subject, giving chapter and
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verse with unerring precision
and scarcely every misplacing
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a word in his repetition of the
psalms, every part of the New
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Testament, the prophecies and
some of the histories so that he
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had the reputation of knowing
the whole Bible by heart.
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He actually sat in a chimney
corner employing his mind and
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and composing a sermon or
two for Sabbath delivery and his
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hands in cutting and shaping and
polishing bones for shoe horns
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and other little useful
implements and at intervals
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he attempted poetry. On one
occasion, paying him a visit,
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he repeated two or three pieces
which he had composed and having
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no friend at home to commit them
to paper, he had laid them up
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in the storehouse of his mind.
How will this do, asked he, as
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he repeated the following lines
with a complacent smile touched
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with some light lines of
fear lest he subject himself to
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criticism. I rapidly copied
the lines with my pencil as he
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uttered them and I sent them for
insertion in the observer if you
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should think them worthy of
preservation. And these are the
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lines. Sweet hour of prayer,
Sweet hour of prayer that calls
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me from a world of care and bids
me at my Father's throne make
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all my wants and wishes known.
In seasons of distress and grief
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my soul has oft found relief and
oft escaped the tempter's snare
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by thy return sweet hour of
prayer. Listen as we start with
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Diane singing What a Friend We
Have in Jesus and Sweet Hour of
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Prayer. Diane
Anders/ What a Friend
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Medley. What a
friend we have in Jesus,
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all our sins and griefs to bear.
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What a privilege to carry
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everything to God in prayer.
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Oh what peace we often forfeit,
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Oh what needless pain we bear,
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All because we do not carry
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everything to God in prayer.
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Are we weak and heavy laden,
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cumbered a load of care?
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Precious Savior still our refuge
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Take it to the Lord in prayer.
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Do thy friends
despise, forsake thee?
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Take it to the Lord in prayer.
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In his arms he'll take
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and shield thee.
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Thou wilt find a solace there.
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Sweet hour of prayer
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Sweet hour of prayer,
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that leads me from
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this world of care.
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And I oft escape
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the tempter's snare
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By thy return
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sweet hour of prayer.
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Take it to the Lord in prayer.
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Kateena LeForge
He's Just As Real to Me
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No one can make me believe
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God's not real.
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Year after year more of himself
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to my heart he reveals.
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This world can't seem
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to understand this mystery
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If they would only look
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beyond those things
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their eyes can see.
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He's just as real to me
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as if I'd held his
hand a million times,
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though I've never seen him smile
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I know I've felt him by my side.
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These ears have
never heard him speak
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but my heart has heard him
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time and time again.
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And just like a friend would be
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He's just as real to me.
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Interlude
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When I think of mercy
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love,
forgiveness, grace so sweet.
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And open arms that have
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so tenderly embraced me.
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There's just no way
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this world can make
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me disbelieve.
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This God through eyes of faith
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this heart of mine
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has clearly seen.
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He's just as real to me
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as if I'd held his hand
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a million times
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though I've never seen him smile
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I know I've felt him by my side.
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These ears have never heard
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him speak but my heart has
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heard him time and time again
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Just like a friend would be
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He's just as real to me
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as if I'd held his
hand a million times
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though I've never seen him smile
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I know I've felt him by my side.
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These ears have
never heard him speak.
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But my heart has heard him
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time and time again.
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Just like a friend would be
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He's just as real to me.
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He's so real to me.
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Jill Morikone I
Need Thee Every hour
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Jill Morikone playing
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I Need Thee Every Hour
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Jill Morikone playing
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I Need Thee Every Hour
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Jim and Pam Rhodes
All He Wants is You
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Something more
than gold for the master
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Something more
than gifts to appease.
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There is only one thing
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that you alone can bring.
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There is only one gift
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that will please.
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All he wants in you
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No one else will do
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Not just a part
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he wants all of your heart.
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All he wants
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is all of you.
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All he wants is you.
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Interlude
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Nothing less than
this can you offer.
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Nothing less than
this can you bring.
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It's not just your songs
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but for you alone he longs.
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Nothing less can you give
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to your king.
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All he wants is you.
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No one else will do
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Not just a part he
wants all of your heart.
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All he wants is all of you.
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All he wants is you.
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No one else will do.
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Not just a part, he
wants all of your heart.
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All he wants is all of you.
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All he wants is you.
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Kelley Mowrer Maybe
you haven't always wanted
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to be in his presence, but he's
never not known exactly where
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you were and he's never stopped
hoping that you'd want to come
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back and be with him and
let him bless you and give you a
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sense of peace in hour heart
that he loves you very much.
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As we close now listen first to
Jill play the beautiful prayer
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in song, I Need Thee Every Hour.
and then as Annette sings our
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final song if the words
are saying things that you've
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sometimes thought about being
with God, you can absolutely
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know that he's hoping this
will be the day that you will
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honestly say I Want to Go.
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Annette Campbell I Want to Go
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Brought up in the
church against your will.
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Forced to sit
through sermons and be still.
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Making trouble for the
Sabbath School teacher.
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running through the pews
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just a child then.
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You were wide-eyed and confused
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Screaming on the
bus with all the youth,
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more concerned with
dating than with truth.
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Too cool to join the choir.
Too smart to go to school,
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Church was boring
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and the
scriptures... just more rules
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But all through the years
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your open eyes and ears
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saw just enough of rest
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among the people here
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to know that you could trust,
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to know that you were loved.
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Until there came a day
your heart could finally say
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I want to go where you are going
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I want to be among your people
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where you are.
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I cannot live my live alone
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I don't know how.
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But you would
not bring me this far
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to leave me now.
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Interlude
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Finally off to
college for the fall
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50 different
lifestyles down one hall
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Your professors
question everything
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Your roommates test your faith.
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And easy answers
seem so out of place.
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Interlude
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Running from the
chapel with your spouse
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And making monthly
payments on the house
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You were living
for your children
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then they up and moved away.
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Your friends see you older
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and worry fills your days.
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But all through the years
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your open eyes and ears
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saw just enough of
Christ among the people here.
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to know that you could trust
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to know that you were loved
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until there came a day
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your heart could finally pray
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I want to go where you are going
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I want to be among your people
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where you are.
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I cannot live my life alone
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I don't know how.
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But you would
not bring me this far
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to leave me now.
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No you would not bring
me this far to leave me now.
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Jack Crosby and Donna
Shirley Learning to Lean.
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Learning to
lean Learning to lean
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I'm learning to lean on Jesus.
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Finding more power
Than I ever dreamed
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I'm learning to lean on Jesus.
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A joy I can't
explain is filling my soul
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since the day I
met Jesus my king.
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His blessed Holy Spirit
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is leading my way.
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He's teaching and
I'm learning to lean.
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Learning to
lean, Learning to lean,
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I'm learning to lean on Jesus.
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Finding more power
than I ever dreamed.
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I'm learning to lean on Jesus.
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There's glorious victory
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each day now for me
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as I dwell in
his peace so serene.
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He helps me with each task,
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if only I ask.
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Every day now I
am learning to lean
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Learning to
lean, Learning to lean,
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I'm learning to lean on Jesus.
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Finding more power
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than I ever dreamed.
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I'm learning to lean on Jesus.
I'm learning to lean on Jesus.
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