I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Surely the presence of the Lord
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Is in this place
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I can feel His mighty power
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And His grace
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I can hear the
brush of angel's wings
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I see glory on each face
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Surely the presence of the Lord
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Is in this place
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In the midst of His children
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The Lord said He would be
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It doesn't take very many
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It can be just two or three
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And I feel that
same sweet spirit
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That I felt oft times before
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Oh, surely I can say
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I have been with the Lord
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For surely the
presence of the Lord
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Is in this place
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I can feel His mighty power
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And His grace
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I can hear the
brush of angel's wings
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I see glory on each face
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Surely the presence of the Lord
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Is in this place
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There's a holy hush around us
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As God's glory fills this place
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I've touched the
hem of His garment
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I can almost see His face
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And my heart is over flowing
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With the fullness of His joy
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I know without a doubt
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That I have been with the Lord
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For surely the
presence of the Lord
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Is in this place
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I can feel His mighty power
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And His grace
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I can hear the
brush of angel's wings
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I see glory on each face
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Surely the presence of the Lord
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Is in this place
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I feel the presence of the
Lord in this place even now.
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It's a pleasure
to be with you today
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and to share with
you some of the songs
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that God has given to me
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and that the trio has
been singing over the years.
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People have often asked me,
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"What is your
favorite Lanny Wolfe song?"
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And I always tell
them the same thing,
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I can't have one favorite
if you had 700 children,
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you couldn't say you
had a favorite out of 700.
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But I do say that there
are some that are very special,
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so today, we're going to choose
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the top 10 special
songs to the Lanny Wolfe Trio.
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And there are so many
and it was so hard to do
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but here we go.
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The one which we just
finished was, of course,
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in the top 10
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and it's very
special I was written.
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And the fact that
it's blessed so many people
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all over the world.
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This second song in
the top 10 came about
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when the trio was
stopping at Stuckey's
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for gas and pecans,
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walked by a rack
that had wood plaques.
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And this one wood plaque
caught my eyes simply said,
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funny how I keep
falling in love with you
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over and over again.
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And when I saw that plaque,
it just arrested my attention,
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I took my dollar
out of the pocket,
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paid for it at the counter,
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got my moneys back
many, many times over.
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And the Lord just gave
me a moment of truth with...
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I keep falling in love with Him
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Over and over and
over and over again
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I keep falling in love with Him
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Over and over and
over and over again
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He gets sweeter and
sweeter as the days go by
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Oh what a love
between my Lord and I
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Just keep
falling in love with Him
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Over and over and
over and over again
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When I first fell
in love with Jesus
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I gave Him all my heart
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And I thought I
couldn't love Him more
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Than I did right at the start
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But now I look
back over the mountains
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And the valleys where we've been
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And it makes me
know I love Him so much
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More than I did then
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And I keep
falling in love with Him
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Over and over and
over and over again
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I keep falling in love with Him
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Over and over and
over and over again
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He gets sweeter and
sweeter as the days go by
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Oh what a love
between my Lord and I
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Just keep
falling in love with Him
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Over and over and
over and over again
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There's a hand that I hold on to
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Through each
valley and each trial
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There's a
shoulder that I lean upon
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As I face another mile
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There's a love
that I can depend on
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It's fresh and new each day
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And with that my
heart is over flowing
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That is why I sing
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I keep falling in love with Him
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Over and over and
over and over again
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I keep falling in love with Him
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Over and over and
over and over again
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He gets sweeter and
sweeter as the days go by
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Oh what a love
between my Lord and I
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Just keep
falling in love with Him
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Over and over
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and over and over again
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Well, either we're
singing that song faster now,
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or we're running out of breath
then we first got this song.
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That's been our
favorite of ours over the years.
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Marietta, if you had to
choose one, it might be...
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Well, the first one
that was my favorite
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and it was my
favorite for a long time.
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And it's still
one of my favorites
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but you really
can't pick just one,
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was the song you wrote
when you were 17 or 18.
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One of the very first
songs that the Lord gave to you
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and it says only
Jesus can satisfy your soul.
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And I feel like God
gave that song to you
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at that time in your life.
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You were getting ready to go
into a higher state university.
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You were getting ready to
start on your path of life
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that you had thought
you wanted to go down.
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Thought I was
gonna be an architect.
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But then God wanted to
drop this into your heart
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and let you know that,
"No matter where you go,
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where this road takes you,
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you've got to remember that
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I'm the only one that
can satisfy your soul."
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You might get distracted
with some of the things
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that this world has to offer,
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and especially in
our colleges today
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our young people
are just so threatened
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by all of the voices
that are speaking to them
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that are basically
from the gates of hell,
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and they can get so confused.
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But God let you know right then,
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"I'm the only one that
can satisfy your soul."
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And he'd stayed with you
all the way through your life
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and it's a song
that's very simple
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and it's very easy to witness
to somebody and just tell them.
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The world will try to satisfy
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That longing in your soul
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You may search
the wide world over
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but you'll be just as before
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You'll never
find true satisfaction
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until you've found the Lord
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For only Jesus
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Only He can satisfy
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Your soul
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Only Jesus
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Can satisfy your soul
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And only He can
change your heart
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And make you whole
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He'll give you
peace you never knew
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Sweet love and joy
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And then heaven too
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For only Jesus
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Can satisfy
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Your soul
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If you could have
the fame and fortune
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All the wealth you could obtain
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Yet you have not Christ
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Within your living here
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Would be in vain
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There'll come a time
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When death shall call you
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Riches can not help you then
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So come to Jesus
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For only He can satisfy
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Can satisfy your soul only Jesus
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Thank you, Lord
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Can satisfy your soul
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And only He can
change your heart
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And make you whole
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He'll give you
peace you never knew
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Sweet love and
joy and heaven too
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Only Jesus
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Can satisfy
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Your soul
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Thank you,
Lord. Thank you, Lord.
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Thank you, Jesus.
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Well, the Lord
gave me this song at 17
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when He did give me
those chords until later.
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My favorite four lines out
of all gospel music would be...
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the last verse of Amazing Grace
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which says, "When we've
been there ten thousand years,
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bright shining as the sun,
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we've no less
days to sing His praise
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than when we'd first begun."
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The greatest four
lines in the song writer's
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estimation of all
gospel when you say...
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Now, if I had to
choose the favorite four lines
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that God has
given to Lanny Wolfe,
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they would be from this song
the second verse the song is
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"I Love You".
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It's not as well known
as "More than Wonderful
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or Surely the Presence",
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but it has my
favorite four lines
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and, Marietta, I'd
like you to sing it now.
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They say a picture
paints of thousands words
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And if that's true I
know I could never really say
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All I'd like to say
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Though I
painted all my life away
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So I'm right back
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Where I started from
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At a lost for
words, so I'm back to one
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Very simple phrase
that shall fill my days
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It's simply I love You
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I love you I love You
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Lord, I love You
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What more can I say
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But that I really love You
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And I will try to live my life
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So that it says You too
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I love You
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I love You I really love You
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Let's sing it again.
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I love You I love You
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Lord, I love You
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What more can I say
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But that I really love You
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And I will try to live my life
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So that it says You too
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I love You I love You
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I really love You
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And another favorite.
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Jesus, we crown You with praise
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Jesus, we crown You with praise
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We love and adore You
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Bow down before You
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Jesus, we crown You
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With praise
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Jesus, we crown You with praise
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Jesus, we crown You with praise
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We love and adore You
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Bow down before You
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Jesus, we crown You
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With praise
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We couldn't have a
top 10 Lanny Wolfe songs
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without the next song.
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We may not get to
all 10 in this program.
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So if we don't get to all 10,
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we'll pick up what we
didn't get in this one
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later on another program.
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This song was so special
just because of how it was born.
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I went to the Benson
Company with enough songs
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for two second coming musicals.
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They shot that down real fast,
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the president of
the Benson Company said,
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"Churches are not
gonna do second coming,
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they do Christmas.
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So write a song
about Isaiah 9:6."
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I did, brought it back, he said,
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"Lanny, I don't think we
should put in the musical."
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And further more I
quote Bob MacKenzie,
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God rest his soul.
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"Lanny, you can
write a better song."
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I begged, "Bob, please
let us put it in the musical."
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He finally decided to
let us put in the musical.
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I said, let's have Sandi Patty
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and Larnelle Harris
come together and do it.
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They weren't even in
the studio at the same time
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and when they went to mix
this down in the sound room.
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Wow, anointing, anointing.
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They sang at
the Praise Gathering
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and Thanksgiving in
the following February,
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I believe they got a
Grammy for their performance,
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in April they
got song of the year,
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I got song writer of the year.
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And the lesson
that I learned was
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when God gives you
a gift whatever it is,
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I'm a song writer.
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Whatever your gift is,
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when God gives that
to you, you protect it.
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Remember, the angel
came to Joseph and said,
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"Don't go back the
way you came, go back...
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Heaven was protecting the child,
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you protect your child.
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I protected my child, please,
let us put it on the musical.
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So the same person
that assigned the song
00:19:15.38\00:19:20.42
easily became the
heired to aborted.
00:19:20.46\00:19:23.89
I had to protect the
child. The rest is history.
00:19:23.93\00:19:26.96
You know it, I'm
not Larnelle Harris.
00:19:27.00\00:19:30.57
I'm not saying any
bad. So get over it.
00:19:30.60\00:19:33.13
This is the way you
can sing with us at home.
00:19:33.17\00:19:36.64
He's more wonderful
than my mind can conceive
00:19:36.67\00:19:41.04
He's more wonderful
than my heart can believe
00:19:41.08\00:19:46.38
He goes beyond my highest hopes
00:19:46.41\00:19:49.95
And fondest dreams
00:19:49.98\00:19:55.39
He's everything that
my soul ever longed for
00:19:55.42\00:20:02.56
Everything He's
promised and so much more
00:20:02.60\00:20:08.07
More than amazing
More than marvelous
00:20:08.10\00:20:13.84
More than
miraculous could ever be
00:20:13.88\00:20:18.65
He's more than wonderful
00:20:18.68\00:20:22.32
That's what Jesus is to me
00:20:22.35\00:20:29.62
He's everything that
my soul ever longed for
00:20:29.66\00:20:36.50
Everything He's
promised and so much more
00:20:36.53\00:20:41.50
More than amazing
More than marvelous
00:20:41.54\00:20:47.21
More than
miraculous could ever be
00:20:47.24\00:20:52.18
He's more than wonderful
00:20:52.21\00:20:56.05
That's what Jesus is to me
00:20:56.08\00:21:01.32
And the lesson that
I learned from that was
00:21:04.39\00:21:07.16
had I got my way
00:21:07.20\00:21:09.26
and had the Benson Company done
their second coming musical,
00:21:09.30\00:21:12.67
the song More than Wonderful
would never have been assigned,
00:21:12.70\00:21:16.34
it would never
have been written,
00:21:16.37\00:21:18.21
it would have never
gotten a Grammy or Dove,
00:21:18.24\00:21:20.48
so God knows what He is doing.
00:21:20.51\00:21:23.04
We just have to be...
00:21:23.08\00:21:24.41
We have to be
careful and make sure
00:21:24.45\00:21:25.78
we get in the wagon
and fasten the seatbelt
00:21:25.81\00:21:28.05
but let Him pull the wagon.
00:21:28.08\00:21:29.62
Right.
00:21:29.65\00:21:30.99
Dave, any favorite on your part?
00:21:31.02\00:21:35.12
Well, I think my favorite
would be a song that's...
00:21:35.16\00:21:39.83
One that I wrote. Right.
00:21:39.86\00:21:42.36
Jesus will be what
makes it heaven for me.
00:21:42.40\00:21:46.43
And, you know,
the walls of jasper
00:21:46.47\00:21:50.71
and the streets of
gold, it's gonna be awesome.
00:21:50.74\00:21:56.48
But Jesus is what's gonna
make it heaven for all of us.
00:21:56.51\00:22:03.15
Sung at many
funerals, one of my favorite,
00:22:03.18\00:22:06.19
probably my most
favorite song, it says...
00:22:06.22\00:22:09.79
Well, I've heard
of, it's on land that,
00:22:09.82\00:22:15.43
It's wondrously fair
00:22:15.46\00:22:20.44
They say that its splendor
00:22:20.47\00:22:25.57
Is far beyond compare!
00:22:25.61\00:22:30.68
In that place
that's called Heaven
00:22:30.71\00:22:36.18
My soul longs to be
00:22:36.22\00:22:40.82
For where Jesus is
00:22:40.86\00:22:45.46
It will be Heaven for me
00:22:45.49\00:22:51.33
Heaven for me
00:22:51.37\00:22:55.90
Heaven for me
00:22:55.94\00:22:59.67
Yes, Jesus will be
00:22:59.71\00:23:03.51
What makes it Heaven for me
00:23:03.55\00:23:08.78
All its beauty and wonders
00:23:08.82\00:23:13.36
I'm longing to see
00:23:13.39\00:23:17.63
But Jesus will be
00:23:17.66\00:23:21.53
What makes it Heaven for me
00:23:21.56\00:23:29.07
Now, if walls
there weren't jasper
00:23:29.10\00:23:34.28
And if streets were not gold
00:23:34.31\00:23:38.98
If mansions would crumble
00:23:39.01\00:23:43.95
And if folks still grew old
00:23:43.99\00:23:48.62
Still I'd see everything
00:23:48.66\00:23:54.20
I've been longing to see
00:23:54.23\00:23:59.17
For if Jesus is there
00:23:59.20\00:24:03.61
It will be heaven for me!
00:24:03.64\00:24:09.71
Heaven for me
00:24:09.74\00:24:14.42
Heaven for me
00:24:14.45\00:24:18.82
Jesus will be
00:24:18.85\00:24:22.32
What makes it Heaven for me
00:24:22.36\00:24:27.70
All its beauty and wonders
00:24:27.73\00:24:32.13
I'm longing to see
00:24:32.17\00:24:36.40
But Jesus will be
00:24:36.44\00:24:40.18
What makes it Heaven for me
00:24:40.21\00:24:45.58
Jesus will be
00:24:45.61\00:24:48.85
What makes it Heaven for me
00:24:48.88\00:24:54.49
Jesus will be
00:24:54.52\00:24:58.03
What makes it Heaven for me
00:24:58.06\00:25:03.60
Heaven for me
00:25:03.63\00:25:09.00
Hallelujah. Thank
you for that blessing.
00:25:12.01\00:25:15.78
Well, we sang it at
my father's funeral,
00:25:15.81\00:25:18.21
and we sang it at
my mother's funeral,
00:25:18.25\00:25:20.88
and so many folks
00:25:20.92\00:25:22.98
across the land have
00:25:23.02\00:25:25.25
requested that be
sung at their funeral
00:25:25.29\00:25:27.06
because it's
such a wonderful hope.
00:25:27.09\00:25:29.46
The hope is not streets of gold,
00:25:29.49\00:25:31.06
it's not all that stuff
that, that is a backdrop.
00:25:31.09\00:25:35.13
It's all a backdrop to
Jesus who will make it heaven.
00:25:35.16\00:25:40.37
The next song...
00:25:40.40\00:25:42.40
I don't know if
you can pan over here,
00:25:42.44\00:25:44.67
this is the trio
singing at the Dove awards
00:25:44.71\00:25:48.11
and we had three
Lanny Wolfe songs
00:25:48.14\00:25:51.28
in the top 10
nominated that year.
00:25:51.31\00:25:54.28
One of them was "Greater is He",
00:25:54.32\00:25:56.08
and we were singing it there.
00:25:56.12\00:25:58.05
The Downings kind
of made it very popular
00:25:58.09\00:26:00.66
and Oral Roberts used
it as official closing song
00:26:00.69\00:26:04.06
six years on 120
stations simply "Greater is He".
00:26:04.09\00:26:07.60
Greater is He that is in me
00:26:14.67\00:26:18.07
Greater is He that is in me
00:26:18.11\00:26:21.48
Greater is He that is in me
00:26:21.51\00:26:24.58
Than He that is in the world
00:26:24.61\00:26:28.18
Satan's like a roaring
lion roaming to and fro
00:26:28.22\00:26:34.92
Seeking whom he may
devour, the Bible tells me so
00:26:34.96\00:26:41.80
Many souls have been his
prey to fall in some weak hour
00:26:41.83\00:26:48.24
But God has promised us today
00:26:48.27\00:26:51.67
His overcoming power
00:26:51.71\00:26:55.04
Greater is He that is in me
00:26:55.08\00:26:58.28
Greater is He that is in me
00:26:58.31\00:27:01.45
Greater is He that is in me
00:27:01.48\00:27:04.25
Than He that is in the world
00:27:04.29\00:27:07.99
On the day of
Pentecost a rushing, mighty wind
00:27:08.02\00:27:14.46
Blew into the upper
room and baptized all of them
00:27:14.50\00:27:21.07
With the power
greater than any earthly foe
00:27:21.10\00:27:27.34
And I'm so glad I've got it, too
00:27:27.38\00:27:30.31
I'm gonna let
the whole world know
00:27:30.35\00:27:34.12
Greater is He that is in me
00:27:34.15\00:27:37.15
Greater is He that is in me
00:27:37.19\00:27:40.29
Greater is He that is in me
00:27:40.32\00:27:43.09
Than He that is in the world
00:27:43.12\00:27:45.36
One more time.
00:27:45.39\00:27:46.73
Greater is He that is in me
00:27:46.76\00:27:49.56
Greater is He that is in me
00:27:49.60\00:27:52.67
Greater is He that is in me
00:27:52.70\00:27:55.30
Than He that is in the world.
00:27:55.34\00:28:00.18
All of that God is greater.
00:28:00.21\00:28:02.64
We're gonna leave
the Downings do that.
00:28:02.68\00:28:06.68
One of my very
favorite songs in the top 10
00:28:06.72\00:28:09.82
would have to be
00:28:09.85\00:28:12.49
a song that has
blessed so many people.
00:28:12.52\00:28:16.09
I was preaching at a
college midweek service.
00:28:16.12\00:28:20.33
And I'll never
forget, I poured my heart out,
00:28:20.36\00:28:25.13
I expected to have the
whole student body come
00:28:25.17\00:28:27.80
and travail at the
altar, they didn't do that.
00:28:27.84\00:28:32.67
They were so used
to going downstairs
00:28:32.71\00:28:36.44
for hamburgers and
refreshments after the service.
00:28:36.48\00:28:39.31
So finished my sermon,
00:28:39.35\00:28:41.15
they came and did what
I think would be like a...
00:28:41.18\00:28:46.12
Just did a patty cake prayer,
"Now I lay me down to sleep."
00:28:46.15\00:28:50.59
So they were just there,
00:28:50.63\00:28:51.96
just a few minutes
and got up and left in.
00:28:51.99\00:28:54.13
I was so crushed because
they didn't get my sermon.
00:28:54.16\00:28:58.73
So I went under the grand piano
00:28:58.77\00:29:00.57
and it was
there that God gave me
00:29:00.60\00:29:03.20
the song whatever it takes.
00:29:03.24\00:29:06.17
And the amazing thing
that I understand years later
00:29:06.21\00:29:13.01
is the fact
that had the students
00:29:13.05\00:29:15.88
gotten my sermon,
00:29:15.92\00:29:18.25
the world would never
have gotten this song.
00:29:18.29\00:29:21.29
And so many people that
have been touched by this
00:29:21.32\00:29:23.59
would never have received
this song had I got my way.
00:29:23.63\00:29:29.56
My way was to preach my sermon,
00:29:29.60\00:29:31.67
they were supposed
to come and just have a,
00:29:31.70\00:29:34.07
you know, an
hour of prayer meeting
00:29:34.10\00:29:35.47
at the end of my sermon.
00:29:35.50\00:29:36.84
I've learned over
the years to trust God,
00:29:36.87\00:29:39.47
and when things happen that
we want to think are negative.
00:29:39.51\00:29:42.51
So many times
00:29:42.54\00:29:43.88
they're not really
negative in God's economy.
00:29:43.91\00:29:46.95
One lady from Illinois,
she wrote and she said,
00:29:46.98\00:29:50.85
"My husband is electrician,
00:29:50.89\00:29:52.29
he got
electrocuted on the pole."
00:29:52.32\00:29:55.19
The doctor said
that if we would live,
00:29:55.22\00:29:57.79
he would be just
a vegetable at best.
00:29:57.83\00:30:00.43
She said this coming Sunday,
00:30:00.46\00:30:02.53
he's going to go to
church and he's going to sing,
00:30:02.56\00:30:05.40
"Take the dearest things to
me if that's how it must be".
00:30:05.43\00:30:08.84
So many people had
life changing events
00:30:08.87\00:30:12.51
that they have
this song as a backdrop.
00:30:12.54\00:30:15.91
So, Marietta, I'd like for
you to sing the first verse
00:30:15.94\00:30:17.91
whatever it takes.
00:30:17.95\00:30:21.52
There's a voice calling me
00:30:21.55\00:30:25.82
From an old rugged tree
00:30:25.85\00:30:30.73
And it whispers
00:30:30.76\00:30:33.03
"Draw closer to me
00:30:33.06\00:30:39.83
Leave this world far behind
00:30:39.87\00:30:44.14
There are new heights to climb
00:30:44.17\00:30:48.91
And a new place
in me you will find"
00:30:48.94\00:30:56.85
In this song, God gave Lanny
00:31:00.29\00:31:03.99
the second and third
verse and the chorus.
00:31:04.03\00:31:07.13
All that you had talked
about take the dearest thing,
00:31:10.43\00:31:13.34
you were telling
God all the things
00:31:13.37\00:31:14.70
you wanted Him to do.
00:31:14.74\00:31:16.81
But we needed a way to get into
00:31:16.84\00:31:18.44
this thought of take
everything Lord, I'm yours.
00:31:18.47\00:31:22.94
And so he asked me if
I could get a verse for,
00:31:22.98\00:31:28.35
and the Lord did
this verse, I didn't.
00:31:28.38\00:31:31.69
And so God said, He
told me, the words just came,
00:31:31.72\00:31:37.63
there is a voice calling
me from an old rugged tree
00:31:37.66\00:31:41.93
and it whispers.
00:31:41.96\00:31:46.43
When you get these kind of
00:31:46.47\00:31:48.90
dedications and
commitments and consecrations.
00:31:48.94\00:31:54.51
You're gonna
have to get to a place
00:31:54.54\00:31:56.14
where it's just
you and the Lord,
00:31:56.18\00:31:59.11
you got to hear that whisper
00:31:59.15\00:32:01.08
and that's hard for
a lot of people to do
00:32:01.12\00:32:03.59
to make time in their
schedule to get alone with God,
00:32:03.62\00:32:07.22
and hear what He
wants to tell you.
00:32:07.26\00:32:09.66
But if you want it bad enough,
you want the Lord to use you,
00:32:09.69\00:32:14.20
and you want to give
everything you have to Him.
00:32:14.23\00:32:18.93
We're gonna have
to go to the Lord
00:32:18.97\00:32:21.20
and listen to
His voice telling us.
00:32:21.24\00:32:24.04
And He said,
00:32:24.07\00:32:25.41
"I'll take you
higher than you ever been
00:32:25.44\00:32:28.54
if you walk with me.
00:32:28.58\00:32:30.08
And there may be some struggles,
00:32:30.11\00:32:33.48
but if you'll go with
Me through the valley,
00:32:33.52\00:32:37.95
you'll find the mountaintop.
00:32:37.99\00:32:40.89
But I just need to know
that you're gonna stay there
00:32:40.92\00:32:43.79
that you'll be with Me, no
matter what I bring to you."
00:32:43.83\00:32:47.60
And so, I love this song
00:32:47.63\00:32:50.10
because I get
emotional when I sing it
00:32:50.13\00:32:52.43
'cause every time
I sing it, I mean it.
00:32:52.47\00:32:54.74
And if you mean
what you're saying,
00:32:54.77\00:32:57.24
it's a song that requires
00:32:57.27\00:33:03.01
a lot of obedience.
00:33:03.04\00:33:07.25
God reminded me of this song
00:33:07.28\00:33:08.88
when I got my
diagnosis of breast cancer
00:33:08.92\00:33:11.45
five years ago.
00:33:11.49\00:33:13.36
That was my first thought
00:33:13.39\00:33:14.72
the song that
I've been singing in,
00:33:14.76\00:33:16.09
whatever it takes Lord,
00:33:16.12\00:33:18.09
that's what I'll
be willing to do.
00:33:18.13\00:33:21.00
And so that made that
whole experience sweet,
00:33:21.03\00:33:25.93
blessed time with the Lord
because I had already said,
00:33:25.97\00:33:29.07
Lord, whatever it takes,
00:33:29.10\00:33:31.67
I wanna draw closer to
you, I want to be like you.
00:33:31.71\00:33:35.48
And so we went through
it and I'm still saying it.
00:33:35.51\00:33:39.55
For whatever it takes
00:33:39.58\00:33:43.15
To draw closer to You, Lord
00:33:43.18\00:33:48.32
That's what
00:33:48.36\00:33:50.26
I'll be willing to do
00:33:50.29\00:33:56.50
And whatever it takes
00:33:56.53\00:34:01.70
To be more like You
00:34:01.74\00:34:07.18
That's what
I'll be willing to do
00:34:07.21\00:34:13.68
Even if it takes
all of this, Lord.
00:34:13.72\00:34:16.48
Take my houses and lands
00:34:16.52\00:34:20.99
Change my dreams and my plans
00:34:21.02\00:34:25.56
For I'm placing
00:34:25.59\00:34:27.53
My whole life in your hands
00:34:27.56\00:34:33.97
And if you call me today
00:34:34.00\00:34:37.84
To a land faraway
00:34:37.87\00:34:41.94
Lord, I'll go
00:34:41.98\00:34:45.48
And your will obey
00:34:45.51\00:34:50.22
She was a black
lady, 51 years of age.
00:34:50.25\00:34:54.02
God caught her up and said,
00:34:54.06\00:34:56.26
"Take your toys, sell
them and go to Jamaica."
00:34:56.29\00:35:00.70
She said, "God,
you've got the wrong number,
00:35:00.73\00:35:03.10
you've got the wrong caller.
00:35:03.13\00:35:05.00
I'm 51 years old, I can't..."
00:35:05.03\00:35:07.04
And God said, "Sell your toys,
00:35:07.07\00:35:09.64
and go to Jamaica
and start an orphanage."
00:35:09.67\00:35:14.08
She obeyed. Thank you, Lord.
00:35:14.11\00:35:15.71
That's what it takes.
00:35:15.74\00:35:17.08
She sold her
toys, went to Jamaica,
00:35:17.11\00:35:19.88
and she went to the hospital
00:35:19.91\00:35:21.78
and there were
babies in the windowsill,
00:35:21.82\00:35:23.82
puss in their eyes,
00:35:23.85\00:35:25.45
they were going to die by
4 o'clock in the afternoon.
00:35:25.49\00:35:28.36
She said, "Give me the babies,
00:35:28.39\00:35:29.79
God sent me here to
start an orphanage."
00:35:29.82\00:35:31.86
They said,
"Ma'am, we can't do this,
00:35:31.89\00:35:33.70
come back on Monday, and
we'll see what we can do."
00:35:33.73\00:35:36.06
She gathered people
together and they got beds
00:35:36.10\00:35:39.27
and they got
clothes over the weekend.
00:35:39.30\00:35:41.64
She went back on
Monday and she said,
00:35:41.67\00:35:43.91
"Where are the babies?
00:35:43.94\00:35:45.27
I'm here for the babies."
00:35:45.31\00:35:46.64
They gathered children
out of the windowsills.
00:35:46.68\00:35:51.81
They were gonna
die by afternoon.
00:35:51.85\00:35:54.45
Gave them to her,
she started an orphanage.
00:35:54.48\00:35:57.99
Today, she has an
orphanage of over 250 children.
00:35:58.02\00:36:02.82
She has over a 100
ministers that look up to her.
00:36:02.86\00:36:05.93
That's because she said,
"Take my houses and lands."
00:36:05.96\00:36:10.77
And you may remember the
three eight-year old boys,
00:36:10.80\00:36:14.20
West Memphis, Arkansas
00:36:14.24\00:36:16.50
that were killed by
supposedly teenagers
00:36:16.54\00:36:19.77
that were in witchcraft.
00:36:19.81\00:36:21.74
One of the fathers of
one of the eight-year boys
00:36:21.78\00:36:25.88
stood over the coffin
of his eight year old child
00:36:25.91\00:36:30.35
and said, "Take the
dearest thing to me."
00:36:30.39\00:36:33.29
Marietta, would you sing that?
00:36:33.32\00:36:35.72
This is the hardest part.
00:36:35.76\00:36:37.63
Take the dearest things to me
00:36:37.66\00:36:41.43
If that's how it must be
00:36:41.46\00:36:47.34
To draw me closer
00:36:47.37\00:36:52.17
To Thee
00:36:52.21\00:36:56.31
Let the disappointments come
00:36:56.34\00:37:00.32
Lonely days without the sun
00:37:00.35\00:37:04.82
If through sorrow
00:37:04.85\00:37:08.26
More like You I'll become
00:37:08.29\00:37:14.03
Whatever it takes.
00:37:14.06\00:37:15.96
For whatever it takes
00:37:16.00\00:37:21.17
To draw closer to You, Lord
00:37:21.20\00:37:26.74
That's what
I'll be willing to do
00:37:26.78\00:37:34.28
And whatever it takes
00:37:34.32\00:37:38.92
To be more like You
00:37:38.95\00:37:43.83
That's what
00:37:43.86\00:37:45.79
I'll be willing to do
00:37:45.83\00:37:52.10
I'll trade sunshine for rain
00:37:52.13\00:37:57.67
Comfort for pain
00:37:57.71\00:38:01.81
That's what
I'll be willing to do
00:38:01.84\00:38:09.05
For whatever it takes
00:38:09.08\00:38:13.59
For my will to break
00:38:13.62\00:38:18.46
Then that's what
00:38:18.49\00:38:20.90
I'll be willing to do
00:38:20.93\00:38:27.50
I'll trade sunshine for rain
00:38:27.54\00:38:32.91
Comfort for pain
00:38:32.94\00:38:36.71
That's what
I'll be willing to do
00:38:36.75\00:38:43.69
For whatever it takes
00:38:43.72\00:38:48.16
For my will to break
00:38:48.19\00:38:53.60
That's what
I'll be willing to do
00:38:53.63\00:39:01.54
Wow, so many people have said
that they couldn't sing that.
00:39:11.48\00:39:16.82
They weren't ready to sing it
00:39:16.85\00:39:18.19
because they couldn't really
00:39:18.22\00:39:20.06
mean the words
that were in the song.
00:39:20.09\00:39:22.66
But I'm so glad you
gave me the song, Lord,
00:39:22.69\00:39:24.66
because it is ministered to
00:39:24.69\00:39:26.03
so many people
all over the world.
00:39:26.06\00:39:28.20
I was sitting at the
piano on a Sunday morning 9:30
00:39:28.23\00:39:33.84
and God just dropped
a phrase into my heart.
00:39:33.87\00:39:38.74
Now a lot of songs God gives me
00:39:38.77\00:39:40.88
are 95% God and 5% Lanny.
00:39:40.91\00:39:45.95
Some are 95% Lanny, 5% God.
00:39:45.98\00:39:50.59
I know when God
is speaking to me
00:39:50.62\00:39:52.09
because He uses some verbiage
00:39:52.12\00:39:55.49
that Lanny Wolfe
doesn't always think,
00:39:55.52\00:39:57.63
and was the case in this song,
00:39:57.66\00:39:59.73
because it has the phrase
00:39:59.76\00:40:01.43
"Jesus be the Lord of
all, the kingdoms of my heart".
00:40:01.46\00:40:04.47
I would not have thought
that, that was a God thought.
00:40:04.50\00:40:07.67
And so Jesus be the Lord of all
00:40:07.70\00:40:11.07
snuck in on the tail end
00:40:11.11\00:40:14.34
of these top 10 songs
and one of my favorite.
00:40:14.38\00:40:16.85
In my heart are kingdoms
00:40:20.38\00:40:24.55
Of a world that's all my own
00:40:24.59\00:40:30.19
Kingdoms that are only seen
00:40:30.23\00:40:34.20
By myself and God alone
00:40:34.23\00:40:40.34
In the past when I
tried to rule my world
00:40:40.37\00:40:46.94
It just seemed to fall apart
00:40:46.98\00:40:51.85
So, please Jesus be
00:40:51.88\00:40:57.19
The Lord of all
00:40:57.22\00:41:00.66
The kingdoms of my heart
00:41:00.69\00:41:07.96
Jesus be the Lord of all
00:41:08.00\00:41:14.60
Jesus be the Lord of all
00:41:14.64\00:41:20.98
Jesus be the Lord of all
00:41:21.01\00:41:27.32
The kingdoms of my heart
00:41:27.35\00:41:34.46
I guess I only fooled myself
00:41:34.49\00:41:38.76
For I said I had yielded it all
00:41:38.79\00:41:44.43
But in a secret
corner of my heart
00:41:44.47\00:41:48.50
Was a kingdom that did not fall
00:41:48.54\00:41:53.71
But I surrender now
00:41:53.74\00:41:57.91
Make my heart Your throne
00:41:57.95\00:42:01.48
Rule its
kingdoms great and small
00:42:01.52\00:42:08.26
For if You're not Lord
00:42:08.29\00:42:13.56
Of everything
00:42:13.60\00:42:16.93
Then You're not Lord at all!
00:42:16.97\00:42:24.31
Jesus I surrender all
00:42:24.34\00:42:30.95
Jesus I surrender all
00:42:30.98\00:42:37.22
Jesus I surrender all
00:42:37.25\00:42:43.12
The kingdoms of my heart
00:42:43.16\00:42:48.56
Jesus be the Lord of...
00:42:48.60\00:42:49.93
Jesus be the Lord of all
00:42:49.96\00:42:55.80
Jesus be the Lord of all
00:42:55.84\00:43:01.98
Jesus be the Lord of all
00:43:02.01\00:43:08.12
The kingdoms of my heart
00:43:08.15\00:43:14.36
For if You're not Lord
00:43:14.39\00:43:18.16
Of everything
00:43:18.19\00:43:21.16
Then You're not Lord
00:43:21.20\00:43:26.77
At all!
00:43:26.80\00:43:31.84
What a special song.
00:43:35.71\00:43:39.41
Well, some of the songs that
didn't make the top ten list,
00:43:39.45\00:43:44.09
you might send in some of
yours that are special to you.
00:43:44.12\00:43:48.36
"One day too
late", remember that song.
00:43:48.39\00:43:51.09
That was another song that
00:43:51.13\00:43:53.56
our producer Bob MacKenzie
thought was too negative,
00:43:53.60\00:43:56.26
did not want us to record
it, and it just so happened
00:43:56.30\00:44:00.37
and it ended up on
the top 10 radio list,
00:44:00.40\00:44:03.81
for I don't know how many weeks
00:44:03.84\00:44:05.17
because it
resonated with people.
00:44:05.21\00:44:06.78
There is a message
there that people responded
00:44:06.81\00:44:09.48
to praise His holy
name from Beethoven.
00:44:09.51\00:44:12.71
Pathetique
Sonata Opus 13 number 2
00:44:21.19\00:44:24.93
and so I
co-wrote with Beethoven,
00:44:24.96\00:44:27.80
so that will be on
a different program,
00:44:27.83\00:44:29.26
it didn't make the top
10 list, "My house is full".
00:44:29.30\00:44:33.10
My house is full
00:44:46.31\00:44:50.15
But my field is empty
00:44:50.19\00:44:54.99
Who will go and
work for Me today
00:44:55.02\00:45:02.86
It seems my
children all want to stay
00:45:02.90\00:45:09.37
Around my table
00:45:09.40\00:45:12.74
But no one wants to work
00:45:12.77\00:45:16.48
In my field
00:45:16.51\00:45:22.65
No one wants to work
00:45:22.68\00:45:26.15
In my field
00:45:26.19\00:45:31.19
So we didn't
really sing that today
00:45:31.23\00:45:34.26
because it's not on the top 10,
00:45:34.30\00:45:35.73
we just kind of
unofficially put it in.
00:45:35.76\00:45:39.60
There is just
no place like home,
00:45:39.63\00:45:42.20
very special
song, precious blood.
00:45:42.24\00:45:45.14
We'll do that
on another program.
00:45:53.62\00:45:57.22
Other songs that were
trying to make the top 10 list,
00:45:57.25\00:46:00.29
"In everything give
thanks," very special song.
00:46:00.32\00:46:03.59
And one that I
really like a lot...
00:46:03.63\00:46:07.13
I love Him too much
00:46:07.16\00:46:11.00
To fail Him now
00:46:11.03\00:46:15.60
Too much to break my vow
00:46:15.64\00:46:22.84
For I promised the Lord
that I would make it somehow
00:46:22.88\00:46:30.75
And now I love Him too much
00:46:30.79\00:46:35.96
To fail Him now
00:46:35.99\00:46:41.56
Unofficial it's not the top 10.
00:46:41.60\00:46:45.37
More than ever before
00:46:45.40\00:46:49.94
Lord, I love You
00:46:49.97\00:46:54.34
More than ever before
00:46:54.38\00:46:58.51
Lord, I need You
00:46:58.55\00:47:02.72
More than ever before
00:47:02.75\00:47:06.65
I've got to tell You
00:47:06.69\00:47:11.23
I love You now
00:47:11.26\00:47:14.03
More than ever before
00:47:14.06\00:47:19.97
He likes to give you songs
00:47:23.34\00:47:24.71
that talk about
how much we love Him,
00:47:24.74\00:47:28.24
how much we want to do for Him,
00:47:28.28\00:47:31.15
and how much we want to see Him.
00:47:31.18\00:47:34.02
And they're just...
00:47:34.05\00:47:36.08
We can't say
it's my favorite song
00:47:36.12\00:47:39.29
because God
gives so many of these
00:47:39.32\00:47:41.32
and if they're from
God, they're all good.
00:47:41.36\00:47:43.93
I think God gave me that song
00:47:43.96\00:47:45.29
on the way to
Brooklyn Tab one day.
00:47:45.33\00:47:46.83
And just God
interrupted and said,
00:47:46.86\00:47:48.56
"By the way
here's a little course
00:47:48.60\00:47:49.93
I need for you to teach them."
00:47:49.96\00:47:51.30
Then they recorded
it, "Seeking for me"
00:47:51.33\00:47:53.40
one of Marietta's favorite
but didn't make the list and...
00:47:53.44\00:47:57.74
Oh, yes, for God
so loved the world.
00:48:04.81\00:48:07.82
For God so loved the world
00:48:07.85\00:48:09.18
that He gave His
only begotten Son,
00:48:09.22\00:48:11.45
and God tricked me on this
because He gave me the music,
00:48:11.49\00:48:15.59
while I was just
playing under the pastor
00:48:15.62\00:48:17.93
in a two week revival
and I went to find the words,
00:48:17.96\00:48:20.80
I couldn't find any
words, except John 3:16.
00:48:20.83\00:48:25.03
And so here I am
arguing with God.
00:48:25.07\00:48:27.67
Yes, I tried to argue with God,
00:48:27.70\00:48:29.70
said, "God, I can't do John 3:16
00:48:29.74\00:48:31.84
'cause so many other
people have already written it."
00:48:31.87\00:48:35.18
God said, "John 3:16."
00:48:35.21\00:48:38.01
So I taught that
to James Cleveland
00:48:38.05\00:48:39.71
Gospel Music
Workshop of America.
00:48:39.75\00:48:41.72
Fifteen hundred voice
choir, oh, my Lord, have mercy.
00:48:41.75\00:48:45.75
I thought I was in heaven it
was so gorgeous, so fabulous.
00:48:45.79\00:48:49.86
So God won out on that.
00:48:49.89\00:48:52.43
Now the last song
on the top 10 list...
00:48:52.46\00:48:56.00
For today. For today, yes.
00:48:56.03\00:48:59.43
So what I'm gonna do is
00:48:59.47\00:49:03.57
I'm going to tell you
how God gave me this song
00:49:03.61\00:49:09.34
because it always important,
00:49:09.38\00:49:11.11
without the story
then this song isn't born.
00:49:11.15\00:49:14.98
Her name is Loretta Bernard,
00:49:15.02\00:49:16.89
and she was a
missionary to Korea,
00:49:16.92\00:49:20.96
she and her husband and
children for many years.
00:49:20.99\00:49:23.83
And she relays the story
00:49:23.86\00:49:26.83
that there was a day
that she was so sick,
00:49:26.86\00:49:30.97
that she couldn't
even pray for herself.
00:49:31.00\00:49:34.24
Have you been there
where you just feel like,
00:49:34.27\00:49:36.54
I can't even pray for myself?
00:49:36.57\00:49:39.17
When Loretta Bernard
came back to the States
00:49:39.21\00:49:41.41
doing work to
gather monies to go back.
00:49:41.44\00:49:45.11
She was at a church in Michigan
and a dear sister came to her
00:49:45.15\00:49:49.58
and said, "Sister Bernard,
00:49:49.62\00:49:51.39
what was the day that
you were talking about
00:49:51.42\00:49:54.39
when you were so sick
00:49:54.42\00:49:55.76
that you couldn't
even pray for yourself?"
00:49:55.79\00:49:57.59
Sister Bernard told her
the date and the sister said,
00:49:57.63\00:50:02.63
"That was the very night
00:50:02.66\00:50:06.43
that God woke me up
00:50:06.47\00:50:07.80
in the middle of
the night and said,
00:50:07.84\00:50:09.60
'Get out of bed and
pray for Loretta Bernard.'"
00:50:09.64\00:50:15.51
Halfway around the world
and God wakes up a sister
00:50:15.54\00:50:19.95
because somebody halfway
around the world is in trouble,
00:50:19.98\00:50:23.85
that's the God we serve.
00:50:23.89\00:50:25.92
And so because Sister Bernard
00:50:25.95\00:50:30.13
was relaying this testimony,
00:50:30.16\00:50:33.63
I heard the testimony,
00:50:33.66\00:50:35.76
and when I heard the
testimony God gave me the song,
00:50:35.80\00:50:40.17
"Someone is praying for you".
00:50:40.20\00:50:41.80
So, remember, many times
God does things in our life.
00:50:41.84\00:50:46.31
God does wonderful
things for us in our life,
00:50:46.34\00:50:49.24
but we need to
tell, we need to tell it.
00:50:49.28\00:50:51.81
The world needs to hear it
00:50:51.85\00:50:53.52
because God may be
wanting a song to be born
00:50:53.55\00:50:57.65
out of your testimony.
00:50:57.69\00:50:59.42
"Someone is praying for you".
00:50:59.45\00:51:01.76
Have the clouds
around you gathered
00:51:09.76\00:51:14.94
In the midst of the storm
00:51:14.97\00:51:19.61
Is your ship tossed and battered
00:51:19.64\00:51:24.48
Are you wearied and worn
00:51:24.51\00:51:29.28
Don't lose hope
00:51:29.32\00:51:31.55
Someone's praying
for you this very day
00:51:31.59\00:51:38.49
And peace be still
00:51:38.53\00:51:41.53
Is already on the way
00:51:41.56\00:51:49.50
Someone is praying
00:51:49.54\00:51:54.24
For you
00:51:54.28\00:51:59.31
Someone is praying
00:51:59.35\00:52:03.42
For you
00:52:03.45\00:52:07.36
So when it
seems you're all alone
00:52:07.39\00:52:12.73
And your heart will break in two
00:52:12.76\00:52:17.33
Remember someone is praying
00:52:17.37\00:52:23.17
For you
00:52:23.20\00:52:29.34
When it seems
that you're praying
00:52:29.38\00:52:34.72
Until your strength is all gone
00:52:34.75\00:52:40.19
And your tears
fall like raindrops
00:52:40.22\00:52:46.39
All the day long
00:52:46.43\00:52:50.97
Jesus cares and He knows
00:52:51.00\00:52:55.67
just how much you can bear
00:52:55.70\00:53:00.94
He'll speak your name
00:53:00.98\00:53:04.48
to someone in prayer
00:53:04.51\00:53:10.99
Yeah, Someone
00:53:11.02\00:53:13.82
Is praying for you
00:53:13.86\00:53:18.79
Just remember,
00:53:18.83\00:53:20.30
someone is praying for you
00:53:20.33\00:53:27.70
So when it
seems you're all alone
00:53:27.74\00:53:32.84
And your heart
would break in two
00:53:32.87\00:53:37.08
Remember someone
00:53:37.11\00:53:40.55
Is praying for you
00:53:40.58\00:53:46.76
Someone is
praying for you right now.
00:53:46.79\00:53:50.23
We are praying for you.
00:53:50.26\00:53:52.19
3ABN is praying for you.
00:53:52.23\00:53:55.26
Saints around the
world are praying for people
00:53:55.30\00:53:59.27
who are being
touched by this ministry.
00:53:59.30\00:54:02.10
And God will even
tell someone your name.
00:54:02.14\00:54:06.24
We don't have to
know it, but He knows
00:54:06.27\00:54:08.94
who it is that is calling out
to him that with their heart,
00:54:08.98\00:54:12.95
they're trying to cry to you.
00:54:12.98\00:54:15.72
And so we wanna pray right now
00:54:15.75\00:54:18.32
and ask God to
meet all the needs
00:54:18.35\00:54:21.42
that He knows about today.
00:54:21.46\00:54:23.83
Lord, we thank You for this time
00:54:23.86\00:54:25.73
that we've been able to
share the wonderful songs
00:54:25.76\00:54:29.23
that You have given and
that You have blessed down
00:54:29.26\00:54:32.33
through the years.
00:54:32.37\00:54:33.94
We thank You,
Lord, for Your Word
00:54:33.97\00:54:36.44
that stands forever.
00:54:36.47\00:54:38.37
We thank You,
Lord, for the John 3:16
00:54:38.41\00:54:41.18
and all the scriptures
00:54:41.21\00:54:42.54
that You have
given us to hold on to.
00:54:42.58\00:54:45.31
And, Lord, today You know
who is watching this broadcast,
00:54:45.35\00:54:49.48
You know who has a broken heart,
00:54:49.52\00:54:51.75
You know who feel so weak
00:54:51.79\00:54:53.56
that they don't think
they can make it another day,
00:54:53.59\00:54:56.26
You know those who
have lost loved ones,
00:54:56.29\00:54:58.33
You know everything, Lord,
00:54:58.36\00:55:00.23
we don't know what is
happening in those lives,
00:55:00.26\00:55:04.30
but we ask You, Lord,
right now to intervene,
00:55:04.33\00:55:08.30
touch that sick person,
00:55:08.34\00:55:10.41
touch that lonely person that
needs to find someone to love,
00:55:10.44\00:55:14.61
and someone to care for them.
00:55:14.64\00:55:16.34
Help them to reach
out to You right now Lord,
00:55:16.38\00:55:19.11
and call on Your name,
"Jesus, come into my heart.
00:55:19.15\00:55:23.25
Jesus, I believe that
You died and You rose again,
00:55:23.28\00:55:27.76
and You did it all for me."
00:55:27.79\00:55:30.23
Lord, we pray that You
would take these needs right now
00:55:30.26\00:55:33.63
in Your great big arms
and touched by Your Spirit.
00:55:33.66\00:55:38.73
Amen.
00:55:38.77\00:55:40.10
Dave, would you sing
that second verse again?
00:55:40.14\00:55:45.11
When it seems
like you're praying
00:55:45.14\00:55:50.68
And your strength is all gone
00:55:50.71\00:55:55.92
And your tears
fall like raindrops
00:55:55.95\00:56:01.92
All the day long
00:56:01.96\00:56:06.13
Jesus cares and He knows
00:56:06.16\00:56:10.63
Just how much you can bear
00:56:10.67\00:56:16.00
He'll speak your name
00:56:16.04\00:56:18.81
To someone in prayer
00:56:18.84\00:56:25.88
Someone is praying for you
00:56:25.91\00:56:31.95
Call in the name of Jesus.
00:56:31.99\00:56:34.42
Give Him your life, your heart.
00:56:34.46\00:56:37.43
I will pray that
You will touch today.
00:56:37.46\00:56:39.49
Listen to every voice
that's cried out to you.
00:56:39.53\00:56:41.93
So when it
seems you're all alone
00:56:41.96\00:56:46.90
And your heart
would break in two
00:56:46.94\00:56:50.94
Remember someone
00:56:50.97\00:56:54.04
Is praying for you
00:56:54.08\00:56:59.55
Yeah, someone
00:56:59.58\00:57:02.68
Is praying for you
00:57:02.72\00:57:08.96
Someone is praying for you
00:57:08.99\00:57:14.43
There is hope.
Jesus is the hope.
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So when it
seems you're all alone
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And your heart
would break in two
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Remember someone
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Is praying for you
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