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All of the Gifts I Have
$0.00 or moreAll of the Gifts I HaveAdd to cartOriginal lyrics to Tune: Fairest Lord Jesus. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate.
Words: Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Lyrics: All of the gifts I have, all that is within me, you give to me, O God, with care; all of my prayers and skills, passions and energies you grant to me to freely share.
Here are my hopes and dreams, attitudes and deepest loves, all of the treasure to which I cling. I will not hold them in, stilling my ardent song, but serving you I’ll freely sing.
In all I keep or give, may I do my very best in everything I say and do, in harmony with you, only to love and bless, with joy, to serve and honor you. -
Anointing
$0.00 or moreAnointingAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of What a Friend We Have in Jesus. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: Jesus, as we try to follow on your journey toward the cross, we ourselves will come to suffer weakness, loneliness and loss. But in love you turn to heal us: you let go all goods and powers, gently sharing all our troubles, making them your own, not ours. Jesus, in your grace and mercy, you share all our pain and tears. You anoint us with your love and heal our wounds and calm our fears. So, like Mary with her perfume, we bring gifts of love to you, sharing death and resurrection, trusting lives will be made new. -
Be Thou My Wisdom
$0.00 or moreBe Thou My WisdomAdd to cartOriginal lyrics to a familiar tune. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate.
Words: Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Tune: SLANE (Be Thou My Vision)
Lyrics: Be thou my Wisdom and grant me your sight. Help me to see by your love’s perfect light. Love, be my compass, my balance, my Way: guide from within what I choose day by day.
Grant me the wisdom to seek and to learn, to pray for your leading and wait and discern. Help me to listen with all of my heart, listen for all of the Truth you impart.
Grant me your Wisdom: a heart that’s made pure, courage to follow a love that is sure. Led by your Spirit, listening still, help me to know and to follow your will.
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Breath of God
$0.00 or moreBreath of GodAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Londonderry Air (Oh Danny Boy) . Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: O Holy One, Creator of the stars of night, whose dust we are, created with your light, now breathe your spirit into us and give us life; give us new hearts that beat with your delight. Our dust and ashes, Love, we give in faith to you. Receive our lives, our sin, our wounds, our death; and raise us up with Christ from death to life by grace. God, may we be your love and you our living breath. Breathe into us the breath of your compassion, God, the breath to sing your praise in all we do, the breath to run the race of justice, long and far. Breathe, holy breath: empower and renew. O be the grace that fills our lungs, reviving us; O be the wind on which our hearts can soar; O be our life, our beauty and our living breath. O Spirit, come breathe in us now and evermore. -
By Your Grace
$0.00 or moreBy Your GraceAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of What Wondrous Love Is This. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: What wondrous love is this O my soul, O my soul, what wondrous love is this, O my soul! That you so freely give the bread by which we live, that you revive our soul, by your Word, by your Word, and by your life in us make us whole. Our lives we give to you, by your grace, by your grace, our lives we give to you, by your grace. Lord, use the gifts we give to help your children live, that all may come and feast by your grace, by your grace, the greatest and the least, by your grace. God, help us die and rise, by your grace, by your grace, by Christ alive in us, die and rise; for when we finally do surrender all to you, you give us life anew, by your grace, by your grace you give eternal life, by your grace. -
Christ, Ruler of All Things
$0.00 or moreChrist, Ruler of All ThingsAdd to cartOriginal lyrics to a familiar tune. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate.
Words: Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Tune: ST. ELIZABETH (Fairest Lord Jesus)
Lyrics: Christ, Ruler of all things, what is seen and unseen, your love reigns; your grace is sure. Beneath our fear and strife, death fails to conquer life: your tender mercy still endures.
Christ, Ruler of our hearts, come and reign within us. Make us comrades, siblings, friends. Your love be our life, our only power, that gives us life that never ends.
Christ, Ruler of the earth, bring your gentle justice: your Realm come, your will be done. Heal all oppression; fill us with mercy, as faithful as the rising sun.
Christ, Ruler of all things, of what is and is to come, Risen One, our song we raise. Rule in our living; guide us with tender love. Your grace in us will be your praise. -
Drawing Me
$3.00 or moreDrawing MeAdd to cartOriginal song. Also especially suitable for a solo (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description.) Lyrics: Holy One, Mystery, how will you keep drawing me nearer to the heart within the heart? Nearer still, falling in, closer to the heart within, draw me God. I fall into your love. Lover, you are calling, you are drawing, I am falling into you in love. Deep in me there's a voice, there's a hunger, there's a choice, seeking something vital that is you. By your grace drawing me, may I fall eternally nearer to my center deep in you. Lover, you are calling, you are drawing, I am falling into you in love. -
Feast On Mercy
$3.00 or moreFeast On MercyAdd to cartOriginal song. A dialogue between congregation and song leader. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description.) Lyrics: May not my comfort cloud my eyes to see the needy at my door. But, poor in spirit, may I rise, and feast on mercy with the poor. Poor Christ, I confess: I cling to all I posses. With grace, open my eyes to see the poor who bear your image to my door. My my privilege and place not blind me to my need for grace. With empty hands I come, for I am sure with grace, O God, you feed the poor. As one who by your hand is fed I hunger now to share your bread, to see that justice for the poor is done, for at your table we are one. -
God of Mercy
$3.00 or moreGod of MercyAdd to cartOriginal song. Final line may be used as a repeating chant: "By your grace I shall live." (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description.) Lyrics: God of mercy, you forgive me, may I myself forgive. Now confessing, I ask your blessing. By your grace I shall live. God, heal my sin, brokenness deep within. Too often I bear pain I make others share. Set me free from what I have been. You are gentle with me; gentle I learn to be. You touch me and heal; deep in my soul I feel burdens gone, and I am free. -
God of Mystery (Abraham’s Song)
$0.00 or moreGod of Mystery (Abraham’s Song)Add to cartOriginal lyrics to a familiar tune. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate.
Words: Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Genesis 22.1-14
Tune: Picardy - Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Lyrics: God of mystery, always calling, in my heart your love has stirred, calling me to follow humbly, and obey the voice I have heard, giving you my all, my treasure, trusting in your gracious Word.
God of mystery, always calling, move my spirit as I pray. Give me faith to change my living, paths I've followed all my days. Stay my hand from ill, providing grace to walk in bless'd new ways.
God of mystery, always calling, still is Isaac bound in me?— your Beloved, precious, but threatened by my old, unchecked piety? New, life-giving ways reveal, that your Child in me may be free.
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God, I surrender
$3.00 or moreGod, I surrenderAdd to cartOriginal song. Purchase includes digital download of lyrics and music and permission to use.
(Hear an audio clip in the Product Description.) Lyrics: God, I surrender myself to you, all that I have and all I do. All my desires I give to you. Take them from me and make me new. God, I surrender myself to you, all that I have and all I do. Trusting you wholly I follow you Take my life and make me new. God, I surrender myself to you, all that I have and all I do. I am a seed that has died in you. Raise me to serve and make me new. -
I Take Up My Cross
$3.00 or moreI Take Up My CrossAdd to cartOriginal song. Purchase includes digital download of lyrics and music and permission to use.
Dialogue between soloist & Congregation. (Listen to it in the Product description below.) Lyrics: Letting go, I am held. I take up my cross and follow. 1. Jesus, you call to me, and draw me into your life. 2. Christ, I leave all behind, to follow you in love. 3. I yield my life to you, for you alone are God. 4. Loved with your costly love, I’ll suffer for the sake of love. 5. Christ, make my one desire to be to serve you in love. -
I Wait for Your Will
$3.00 or moreI Wait for Your WillAdd to cartOriginal song. May be sung as a dialogue between leader and congregation, or the congregation may sing the whole thing. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description.) Lyrics: I wait for your will. I wait for your will. I wait for your will, O God, for your loving will, your life-giving will. I wait for your will, O God. 1. All I desire to control I let go and place into your hands, my God. 2. Heal and protect and provide. Hear me and stay by my side. 3. You are my wisdom and strength. I will do your will alone, my God. 4. Help me to listen and wait, trusting your Spirit to move, my God. -
Into the Darkness
$3.00 or moreInto the DarknessAdd to cartOriginal song. Based on John 12.24 and Psalm 51. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description.) Lyrics: Only the seed that has died and is buried lives to bear fruit, Jesus said. Lead me then into the darkness and dying, so you can raise me up from the dead. Jesus, help me die and rise. All of my living, my loves and desires, all of the things that I cling to, now I surrender to die and be buried. Raise me in following, serving you. Jesus, help me die and rise. Lead me to truth and have mercy and wash me deep in the dark of my being, a spirit like bread that is taken and broken: this is the death that is freeing. Jesus, help me die and rise. Give me a clean heart, a heart pure in spirit, willing and steadfast and made new. My life I lose; let your cross lift me up now. One joy restore to me: life in you. Jesus, help me die and rise. -
Lead Me, My Shepherd
$0.00 or moreLead Me, My ShepherdAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Be Thou My Vision. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: Lead me, my shepherd, in paths that you show. Not by my own will, but yours, may I go. By the still waters of baptism’s grace dear God, renew me, and show me your face. God, may your rod and your staff be my guide. Even in death’s shadow walk by my side. Help me to listen, to trust and obey, going wherever you show me the way. God, in the face of my fears you provide, bidding me dine with my foes at my side. Lead me, wherever my path in life goes, trusting your mercy, that grace overflows. Dearest companion of blessing and weal, you who provide and forgive me and heal, still now, I listen and wait for what’s true: your voice that leads me to life, and to you. -
Like the Sun Rising
$0.00 or moreLike the Sun RisingAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Morning Has Broken. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: Christ, we surrender all of our living into your tender, merciful grace Baptized in you, we join in your dying, and rising, too, in your life’s embrace. Christ, you are living in us in mercy, faithfully giving life that is true. Like the sun rising, fresh every morning, free and surprising, we are made new. Great Holy Spirit, live in us daily, free from the fear that once bound us in, free now to love our neighbors with courage, rising above our death and our sin. Blest and forgiven and resurrected, set free for living by grace alone, may we live lives of gentle compassion, with the same light that in you has shone. -
My Heart Is Open
$3.00 or moreMy Heart Is OpenAdd to cartOriginal song. Description (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description.) Lyrics: I listen for your Word. My heart is open. (Repeat.) 1. I hunger for your Word. I listen for your voice. I hold the silence, Love, so you may gently speak to me. 2. Show me your ways, O God, teach me, O Holy One, and lead me in your path. For you I listen all day long. 3. I listen for you, Love, and in your Word I hope. More than the watchers wait for morning, God, I wait for you. I listen for your Word. My Heart is open. Open. -
O Christ, My Way
$0.00 or moreO Christ, My WayAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of The Gift of Love (The Water Is Wide. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: O Christ, my truth, my life, my way, I give my heart to you this day. I give myself, yes all of me, that where you are I too may be. O Christ, my way, the path I take is love alone, for your love’s sake. O be my heart, my strength and nerve, that I may love and bless and serve. O Christ, my truth, in you I see the God who dwells in you and me. But God remains yet far above until I live in humble love. O Christ, my life, I give my heart, for when in you I take my part and share your love, your work and strife, I share in full your risen life. -
O Sovereign Love
$0.00 or moreO Sovereign LoveAdd to cartOriginal lyrics to a familiar tune. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Words: Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Tune: Amazing Grace Lyrics: Beloved, you who guard and guide and give for every need, reign in my heart, O Sovereign Christ; direct each thought and deed. O Sovereign Love, my root, my sun, my purpose and my peace, I spurn the world's vain, anxious rule, and trust your Law of Grace. The Empire of your justice, God, with mercy's clear command shall be my home; my loyalty is to no lesser land. In humble and obedient thanks I pledge my life to you, to join your work of justice, God, to make the world anew. Reign in my heart, O Christ, my Rule. In faith I am compelled to serve you, who by love alone have conquered all the world. -
Open Me
$3.00 or moreOpen MeAdd to cartOriginal song. A dialogue between soloist and congregation. Refrain may be used as a repeating chant. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description below.) Lyrics: Solo: Ears are stopped. Not listening. Eyes of my heart don't see a thing. I need you. Touch me and heal me and open my life with your love. All, Refrain: Open me. Open me. Open me. Open me. Mind is closed. Much to learn. Love, how I need to change and turn. So teach me. Open my mind to the new and the whole and to you. Refrain… Hands are closed. Hearts are hard. The Circle of Life is torn and scarred. So heal us. Open our hearts to the world so your blessing may flow. Refrain… Love is here. Grace abounds. Heaven itself is all around. Enlarge me. Open the doors of my soul and let light shine within. Refrain… -
Out of the Deepest Depths (Ps. 130)
$3.00 or moreOut of the Deepest Depths (Ps. 130)Add to cartOriginal song. Psalm 130. Includes choir version. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description below.) Lyrics: Out of the deepest depths I cry to you, O God. O listen with your heart, and hear my pleading voice. If you counted sins, then no one could stand with you; but Love, you forgive. I wait for you, my God, for in your word I hope. I wait for you, Love, more than those who wait for dawn, yes, more than those who watch for the morning light I wait for you. O Hope, O Israel, hope in the Holy One. For with our God is love, God’s steadfast, faithful love, and power to redeem; for God is the one who will redeem us from sin. -
Raise Up Your People
$0.00 or moreRaise Up Your PeopleAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Be Thou My Vision. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: God, you who raised up your Christ from the grave. Raise up your people and bless us and save! Help us be mindful our life is in you when we surrender you raise us up new. When all the powers of evil assail, not by our strength but your grace we prevail: when we are lowly and gentle in love power is not ours but flows from above. Give us the faith, God, to fearlessly live, love with our whole hearts and bless and forgive. Your Word is borne, God, in all that we do; in our forgiveness is Christ raised anew. -
Return, My Soul
$0.00 or moreReturn, My SoulAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Finlandia. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: Return, my soul, from all your hungry wandering, your fearful search for comfort and control. Let go my grasp of things apart from God, for God alone can heal and hold my soul. Return to God, for God alone will love me, and give me life, and bless and make me whole. Return, my soul, from all the things that dull me, that soothe my sense, but leave my sin in place. My broken heart, return from tricks and bargains; turn to the One who meets me face to face. Return to God. Each moment turn again; receive unending love and life and grace. I turn, O God, to you who love with patience. You walk beside me, though I cannot see. You are my life in dry and weary deserts, my spring of life that flows eternally. I turn to you, from false desire and grasping, and letting go, I find that you hold me. -
Set Me Free (Red Sea)
$3.00 or moreSet Me Free (Red Sea)Add to cartOriginal song. Purchase includes digital download of lyrics and music and permission to use. (Hear an audio excerpt in the Product Description.)
Lyrics: 1. Forgive me, God of mercy, set me free. (Repeat)
Refrain: From slavery to the past, through the deep Read Sea, lead me God of love. Set me free.
2. From anger and resentment, set me free… Refrain 3. From blaming and from judgment, set me free… Refrain 4. To be completely loving, set me free… Refrain -
Set Me Free (To Love)
$3.00 or moreSet Me Free (To Love)Add to cartOriginal song. Purchase includes digital download of lyrics and music and permission to use. Hear an audio excerpt in the Product Description below.) Lyrics: From all that binds me, Love, set me free. Set me free, Love, set me free. Oh Love, set me free to love. From what I fear, O Love set me free.... From what I cling to, Love, set me free... To live in perfect love, set me free.... -
We Lift Our Spirits Up
$0.00 or moreWe Lift Our Spirits UpAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of SURSUM CORDA, ... or Abide with Me... or Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: We lift our spirits up to you, O God, O Love, our morning sun, our living breath. You are our first and final dwelling, God: receive our prayers, receive our life and death. Our grateful thanks we give you for your care that bears us through the challenges we face, for nothing we desire can compare with your compassion and your healing grace. O God, we open wide our longing soul: breathe into us your mercy and delight. We give to you all that we would control, make us pure vessels of your love and light. -
Wisdom
$3.00 or moreWisdomAdd to cartOriginal song. Purchase includes digital download of lyrics and music and permission to use.
[Prov. 7.4, 3.13-18; Ps. 25.4] (Listen to it in the Product Description below.) Lyrics: Wisdom, you are my sister; let us talk together hand in hand. Teach me the ways of your heart; help me to understand. -
Woeful Cross
$3.00 or moreWoeful CrossAdd to cartWoeful cross, saddest wood, death in me of all that’s good, I confess. Mother/Father, bless. Mercy. Original song. Most suitable for Good Friday. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description.) Lyrics: Holy cross, mystery, love from fear of death set free. Sin’s dark lie. Here I die. Mercy. Gentle Christ on the cross, for our life your own life’s loss. You forgive, and we live. Mercy. Our own cross calling us to your love and gentleness: may we live, as you give, mercy. -
You Are the Soil
$0.00 or moreYou Are the SoilAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Fairest Lord Jesus. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: God, Holy Presence, source of life and blessing, you are the soil and we the seed. By your indwelling grace, we die in your embrace; you raise us up and we are freed. Jesus, Beloved One, healer, teacher, guide and friend, in you we come to die and rise: buried like seeds in earth, given new, gracious birth, with your love shining in our eyes. Spirit, breathe into us. Fill us with your loveliness. Flourish in us with your new green shoots. May your life freely flow, swelling our hearts to grow, that we may bear love's finest fruits. -
Your Will Be Done
$3.00 or moreYour Will Be DoneAdd to cartOriginal song. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description.) Lyrics: Father, take my willfulness. I surrender it to you grace alone. Mother, be my willingness. I can only ask: Your will be done. Jesus, take my brokenness. I surrender it to you grace alone. Jesus, heal my brokenness. I can only ask: Your will be done. Spirit, take my empty hands. I surrender them to you grace alone. Spirit, with my empty hands I can only ask: Your will be done.