Hello and welcome back
to Praise. I'm Kelly Mowrer
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Have you ever thought about
how easy it is to sort of forget
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about God when things are
going well? When our lives are
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relatively peaceful and
comfortable we can sometimes
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relax and just drift along, but
when something drastically goes
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wrong suddenly we're reminded
sharply of how much we need
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his protection and provision.
Today we're going to spend some
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time thinking about ways we can
focus on God and follow him with
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awareness and intention all of
the time, not just when the hard
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times bring him to mind. There
are three ways we can define
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what it means to follow, three
different pictures. First to
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follow can literally mean to
walk right behind someone, to
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follow in their footsteps,
to go after them. Secondly,
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following can mean to obey like
we speak about following rules
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or following instructions. And
part of this definition can also
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mean to cooperate with
someone, to follow their advice.
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Then thirdly, to follow can mean
to copy like when we imitate
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someone or copy someone's
way of doing things or living.
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All three of these pictures of
the word following apply to our
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connection to God. We need
to walk closely in his steps.
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We need to learn his ways
and his instructions and live by
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them and we need to study and
copy his way of living. We need
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the Lord to guide us and show
us and teach us how to follow
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him every day and every hour.
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If We Ever Korean Men's Quartet
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If we ever
needed the Lord before,
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We sure do need him now.
Oh, we sure do need him now.
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We sure do need
him now. Oh glory,
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If we ever
needed the Lord before,
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Oh, we sure do need him now.
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We need him every
day and every hour.
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We need him in the morning,
We need him in the night.
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Oh we need him at the noonday
When the sun is shining bright.
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If we ever
needed the Lord before,
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We sure do need him now.
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Oh, we sure do need him now.
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Sure do need him now. Oh glory,
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If we ever
needed the Lord before,
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we sure do need him now.
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We need him every
day and every hour.
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We need him when we're burdened.
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We need him when you're sad.
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Oh we need him when your happy
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And when our hearts are glad.
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If we ever
needed the Lord before,
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We sure do need him now.
Oh, we sure do need him now.
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We sure do need
him now. Oh glory,
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If we ever
needed the Lord before,
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We sure do need him now.
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We need him every
day and every hour.
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Just the time I feel that I've
been caught in the mire of self
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Just the time I feel my mind's
been bought by worldly wealth,
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That's when the
breeze begins to blow.
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I know the Spirit's call
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And all my worldly wanderings
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Just melt into his love.
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Oh I want to know you more.
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Deep within my soul
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I want to know you.
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Oh I want to know you,
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to feel your heart and
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and know your mind.
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Looking in your eyes
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stirs up within me
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cries that say I want to know.
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Oh I want to know you more
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When my daily deeds
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ordinarily lose life and song,
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my heart begins to bleed
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sensitivity to him is gone.
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I've run the race
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but set my own pace
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and face a shattered soul
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Now the gentle arms of Jesus
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warm my hunger to be whole.
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Oh I want to know you more.
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Deep within my soul
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I want to know you.
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Oh I want to know you,
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to feel your heart
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and know your mind,
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Looking in your eyes
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stirs up within me
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cries that say
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I want to know you.
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Oh I want to know you
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and I would give
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my final breath
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to know you
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in your death and resurrection.
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Oh I want to know you more.
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Oh I want to know you,
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to know you more.
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Oh I want to know you more.
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As we pray to follow Jesus more
and more closely, our prayers
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also include our confession
of our own helplessness.
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We acknowledge to him how very
much we need him to keep our
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feet from stumbling and to keep
us on the paths of righteousness
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for his namesake. We'll
never walk that path in our own
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strength but God is available
and present in our life,
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guiding us every step. No matter
how hard it is sometimes we can
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always say with David, my help
comes from the Lord. He will not
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let my feet
stumble. God is my keeper.
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I will lift up my eyes to the
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hills. From whence cometh my
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help. My help cometh from
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the Lord. The Lord
who made heaven and earth.
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He said, he will not suffer thy
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foot, thy foot, to be moved.
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The Lord which keepeth thee,
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he will not slumber nor sleep.
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For the Lord is my
keeper, The Lord is my shade,
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upon thy right
hand, upon thy right hand,
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No, the sun shall not
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smite thee by day,
nor the moon by night.
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He shall preserve thy soul
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even for evermore
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My help, my help, my help
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all of my help
cometh from the Lord
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I will lift up
mine eyes to the hills,
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from whence cometh my help.
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My help cometh from the Lord,
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The Lord, who
made heaven and earth
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He said he will
not suffer thy foot
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thy foot to be moved
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Lord which keepeth thee
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he will not slumber nor sleep
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For the Lord is my keeper
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The Lord is thy shade
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upon thy right hand
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For the sun shall
not smite thee by day,
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Nor the moon by night.
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He shall preserve thy soul
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Even for evermore
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My help, my help, my help,
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all of my help
cometh from the Lord.
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My help, my help, my help
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All of my help
cometh from the Lord.
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My help, my help, all of
my help cometh from the Lord.
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The Lord. All of my
help cometh from the Lord.
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In the well-known passage
of faith in Hebrews we are
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reminded of the many stories
of so many men and women of God,
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giants of faith who truly
learned what it meant to lean
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completely on God and find
their strength in his power.
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They weren't strong on their
own and their lives certainly
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weren't easy. But their faith in
God gives us the encouragement
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we need to run the race that
lies before us with patience
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looking unto Jesus, the author
and the finisher of our faith.
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Learning to Lean Donna
Shirley and Jack Crosby
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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 is 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've 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, 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've ever dreamed.
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I'm learning to lean on Jesus.
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Chorus of Faith Sandra Enterman
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Sing it with your
life, Sing it with your heart
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Make melody with
the words of your mouth
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But mind that you
listen Tell it to others
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Hear the chorus of
faith, Live the chorus of faith.
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The first note of the
song split the darkness
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And was sung by
the planets and stars
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And their light
spoke "Hallelujah"
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And the words of the chorus
Were sung by angels before us
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Now come join in the tune.
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Sing it with your
life, Sing it with your heart
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Make melody with
the words of your mouth
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But mind that you
listen Tell it to others
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Hear the chorus of
faith, Live the chorus of faith.
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Then in time
Jesus came to be for us
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And his coming
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made our life a song
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And his word is the chorus
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Is the light that is burning
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Is the truth beyond glory
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Is the reason we sing.
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Sing it with your life
Sing it with your heart
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Make melody with
the words of your mouth
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But mind that you
listen Tell it to others
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Hear the chorus of faith
Live the chorus of faith.
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Singing this
song's what life is about
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And if your refuse
the stones will cry out
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We do not sing that
we might be more blessed
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He loves us with
passion, without regret
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He cannot love more
and will not love less.
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Sing it with your life
Sing it with your heart
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Make melody with
the words of your mouth
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But mind that you
listen Tell it to others
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Hear and live
the chorus of faith
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Sing it with your life
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Sing with your heart
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Make melody with
the words of your mouth
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But mind that you listen
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Tell it to others
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Hear and live
the chorus of faith
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Sing it with your life
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Sing with your heart
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Make melody with
the words of your mouth
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But mind that you
listen Tell it to others
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Hear and live
the chorus of faith
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Hear and live
the chorus of faith.
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There's a beautiful, simple song
of lifelong commitment with the
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words I Have Decided to
Follow Jesus, No turning back,
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No turning back. Sources
attribute this song to a prince
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from a tribe in the northeastern
part of India, likely written
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sometime in the 1800s when
missionaries first brought the
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story of Jesus to that part
of the world. When we make our
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decision to follow Jesus,
we're no longer walking alone.
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He comes along side us and gives
us everything we need to walk
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safely. His word becomes a lamp
to our feet and a light to our
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path.
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I Want to
Follow you Rudy Micelli
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Wherever ye may lead
me I want to follow you
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Through the valley of the shadow
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Or through the
mountains' breathless view
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If the crowds
applaud my progress
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Or if they never know my name
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I will follow you just the same
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If you lead me
through the desert
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Where your voice seems far away
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I will still believe you love me
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I will listen and I will pray
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For if the
thousands rolled around me
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or if I am the critics toys
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I will need to know
your still small voice
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Lord I want to be your servant
But I don't always know how
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But you promised to be with
me Lord I need you near me now
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So let me see you in each moment
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day by day and week by week
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and I will follow you
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Wherever ye may lead.
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Lord I will follow
you wherever ye may lead.
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One of my favorite verses in the
Bible is Psalm 16:11 and this
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describes the beauty of walking
with God, following his way,
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loving others as he did and
living connected to him as our
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source of complete fulfillment.
It says: You will show me the
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path of life. In thy presence
is fullness of joy, at thy right
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hand there are
pleasures for evermore.
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