“Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith… No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.” (Hebrews 12:1, Luke 9:62) (LYRICS) Set my eyes on what lies ahead Forgetting all behind Fix my gaze on the Man above The Author of my faith When You call me, Lord I want to quickly drop my net Following You, O Lord To the ends of the earth So won’t You set my eyes on You Set my hands on the plow Don’t let me turn around For there’s a prize awaiting those Who press on towards the goal What will it profit me If I gain the whole world Only to have it fade away? What will You say to me on that day? Fix my gaze on the Man above Whose blood cries out for me

Reflections (in song) on the merchant who sold everything he owned to buy the pearl of greatest worth! Because this parable is so relevant to all who call themselves Christians. (LYRICS) On this narrow road I seek What will not pass away And come what may Though joy or pain On this road I’ll stay All I have I’d gladly give To buy this pearl I’ve found Even if it costs my life I’d be a fool Not to lay it down Few will understand The choice I’ve made to walk this way To count as rubbish All I own And hope in things unseen All I have I’d gladly give To buy this pearl I’ve found Even if it costs my life I’d be a fool Not to lay it down Mother and father And sisters and brothers Friends that I have loved I’ll leave them behind When he calls me to follow I must be where he is All I have I’d gladly give To buy this pearl I’ve found Even if it costs my life I’d be a fool Not to lay it down Bible verses used in these lyrics: On this narrow road - Reference to Matthew 7:14 What will not pass away - Reference to Matthew 24:35 This pearl I’ve found - Reference to Matthew 13:45-46 Even if it costs my life - Reference to Matthew 10:39 To count as rubbish - Reference to Philippians 3:8 Hope in things unseen - Reference to Hebrews 11:1 Mother, father, sisters, brothers - Reference to Matthew 10:37 and Matthew 19:29 I’ll leave them behind when he calls me to follow - Reference to Matthew 4:21-22 I must be where he is - Reference to John 12:26

Where does your help come from? Take your eyes off of your surroundings and place them on something - on someone - other than yourself. (LYRICS) These eyes of flesh cannot see beyond circumstances These eyes of flesh are blinded to reality But when I look with the eyes of Your Spirit I can see clearly I lift up my eyes to the hills Where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord Maker of heaven and earth I lift up my eyes I will not trust in circumstances Or things I see around me For when You have spoken It will surely come to be That’s why I’m looking with the eyes of Your Spirit So I can see clearly

A prayer-song inspired by the book of Proverbs. Teach me your wisdom, O God!

Lyrics based on the healing of the woman with the issue of blood. The woman with the issue of blood had faith to wait, faith to pursue, faith to believe against all odds. Jesus honored her faith and gave her what she had waited for for so long. The woman with the issue of blood was healed. She was no longer labeled as "the woman with the issue of blood". With one simple touch of his hem, the hem of that garment, that garment which was not holy in and of itself but was the hem of the garment of the Holy One. That hem, healed the woman with the issue of blood and changed her life for all eternity. That precious hem of his garment can change our lives in the same way. (LYRICS) You’ve always been right here with me and yet each day I am in desperate need for Your presence; I hunger and I thirst for You like a deer for water... I’ve waited for You, Lord But I’ve grown weary and I’m cold Breathe on me once again Forgive my doubts I need Your grace To quench this drought Draw near to me as I draw near I’m reaching out to touch I know it won’t take much Just the hem of Your garment Jesus, You are enough Don’t need this other stuff Just the life that You gave me Through Your death I cast my cares upon You I know that they cannot be compared To what You suffered But use them, Lord, to shape this vessel For the sake of Your fame

Here am I, send me! Moses' prayer from Exodus 33. "If Your presence does not go with us, do not lead us up from here. For how then can it be known that I have found favor in Your sight, I and Your people? Is it not by Your going with us, so that we, I and Your people, may be distinguished from all the other people who are upon the face of the earth?" (Exodus 33:15) (LYRICS) If Your presence doesn’t go with me please don’t send me out. If Your presence doesn’t go with me, what use, what use will I be? Please consider what they’ll say of You if Your presence doesn’t go with me. How will they know that I preach the truth if I speak with words devoid of power? Distinguish me from the nations all around me Let Your kingdom reign over the earth There’s a great commission to accomplish Here am I, send me out Emmanuel, go with me If what it takes is to lose my life So that I will find it Take me now and do what You must To make me useful to You, Master There’s a harvest to be brought in You are looking for more workers I’m not asking to be excused Only that Your presence go with me Ambassadors in chains are needed Who’ve been set free and are slaves of Christ You’re searching to and fro for hearts committed Here am I, if You go with me

A song inspired by the Bible story of Moses seeing the glory of God.

"What's my purpose? What's my calling?" ...are these questions burning in your mind? This is a prayer, put to music... (LYRICS) I am not my own I was bought with a price The precious blood of your Son’s very life I’m a vessel for breaking and filling and taking To the place which you choose to pour me out Whether by life or by death I am your bondslave Here to do your bidding For richer or poorer In sickness and in health Father, help me conduct myself In holy fear Make me a witness A living tribute To what I have tasted and seen: You are in fact who you say that you are Give me beautiful feet That will go where you lead Proclaiming your excellencies As a mouthpiece sent on your behalf It’s no surprise that this fiery trial Is coming upon me for testing and proving As I stretch out my hands To go where I do not wanna go As I live a life reflecting That heaven is my home Make me a witness A living tribute To what I have tasted and seen: You are in fact who you say that you are Give me beautiful feet That will go where you lead Proclaiming your excellencies As a mouthpiece Cleanse my lips, O my God Cleanse my hands, Master, Savior Break me, fill me, take me Make me a witness A living tribute To what I have tasted and seen: You are in fact who you say that you are Give me beautiful feet That will go where you lead Proclaiming your excellencies As a mouthpiece sent on your behalf Bible verses used in these lyrics: I am not my own I was bought with a price - Reference to 1 Corinthians 6:20 I’m a vessel for breaking - Reference to 2 Corinthians 4:7 Pour me out - Reference to Philippians 2:17 I am your bondslave - Reference to 1 Peter 2:16 To what I have tasted and seen - Reference to Psalm 34:8 Give me beautiful feet - Reference to Romans 10:15 Proclaiming your excellencies - Reference to 1 Peter 2:9 Coming upon me for testing and proving - Reference to 1 Peter 1:5-7 As I stretch out my hands to go where I do not wanna go - Reference to John 21:18 As I live a life reflecting that heaven is my home - Reference to Hebrews 11:13 Cleanse my lips - Reference to Isaiah 6:5 Cleanse my hands - Reference to Psalm 24:4

Abraham and the Hebrews 11 heroes are more than just stories we read about - they are examples for our own lives. (LYRICS) I am seeking a city whose architect and builder is my God The place He has prepared has firm foundations; I'm an exile on earth for I'm looking at what lies ahead There is a better country that I'm hoping for And in that hope I rest assured While I live may He not be ashamed To be called my God If I die may it be clear to all That I die in faith I consider the reproach of my Savior To be better riches than all the treasures here There's a reward for those who walk as strangers Because they count as faithful Him who promised

Following Jesus can be lonely... David, Nehemiah, Jeremiah - they all felt lonely at times. They cried out to God to remember them, and he delivered them from all their fears. This is my take on Jeremiah's prayer, put to music: (LYRICS) Have you heard what they’re saying about me For the sake of Your name I’ve become a reproach Even some who I thought would stand right by my side Turn away from me as I pass by You have chosen and called me to bear your name To the people who mock you and nations that rage They despise you not listening to what you say Hating all who would tell them to turn from their ways So I sit alone in the midst of the crowd ‘Cause you’ve filled me with indignation Your word became the delight of my heart I cannot join in their games You’ve laid your hand upon me Have you heard what they’ve spoken against you Saying there’s no advantage to serving the Lord They think if they test you they’ll always escape You’ve sent me to warn them before it’s too late But they think that I’m exaggerating Living in fantasy, making up lies Since they’ve all agreed that they’re doing just fine And majority rules in their minds If I were still seeking to please mankind I wouldn’t be your servant But I count it an honor to share in your suffering Give me endurance to run With my eyes on the prize They treat me as if I’m their enemy Yet you call me to lay down my life like you did You know that I’m weak and I’m weary, O Lord Help me to love like you do Have mercy on these hardened sinners I’m just like them, no, even worse But in your great mercy you saved me through grace Have mercy on them they know not what they do End I’m a light for their observation And I’m suffering implications Of walking in this occupation But I have an obligation To proclaim your great salvation Making your truth my foundation I am losing my reputation But I’m fixing my eyes on you Lord Without hesitation I choose consecration

“If you keep knocking long enough, he will get up and give you whatever you need because of your shameless persistence.” (Luke 11:5-8) (LYRICS) Like a dry and weary land I thirst Like a deer panting for water Like a river with no rainfall over time Running shallow 'til it’s dry I need You, Lord And I don’t want substitutions Without You, Lord I can’t survive I need the real thing So much more than just a sensation I need the fullness of Love So deep and so wide Won’t You come and rend the heavens, O Lord More of Your Spirit I am asking for If a child comes and begs for bread Not even sinners would give him rocks instead I need You, Lord And not just on a one-time occasion I need Your fullness To reach the nations It’s midnight But I’m knocking with persistence I’m not giving up 'til You open up There’s got to be more There's got to be, got to be more Won't You open up the door? I know that there's more, so much more I am knocking at Your door, Lord Won't You please give me more? There has got to be, got to be Got to be, got to be more

Life is short! What will you do with yours? “Teach us to realize the brevity of life, that we may grow in wisdom.” (Psalm 90:12) This song is inspired by a young girl whose sudden death shook everyone that new her. (LYRICS) What guarantee do I have for tomorrow But now I still have breath and the laborers are few Will I be found doing His business If He said, “Tonight your life is demanded from you”? There is a number of days written down He wrote them before they ever came to be And on that last day when I close my eyes And see Him face to face who took away the sting of death Will it be said of me I numbered my days? Will it be said of me I wasted them not? What will be said of me? Where will my treasure be? What will remain when I have passed away? I’m not scared to die I just want to live like One who knows I’ll stand before God some day It’s better to be away from the body and at home with the Lord But there’s still work that I must do

Rabbi, have mercy on me! Inspired by the blind man that Jesus healed - "Son of David"And two blind men sitting by the road, hearing that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!” The crowd sternly told them to be quiet, but they cried out all the more…” (Matthew 20:30-31) (LYRICS) I heard that there's a Man coming my way On the road where I sit and pray I've waited years hoping it might be the day Salvation comes He's no stranger though we've never even met yet somehow The stories I've heard paint indellible pictures in my head I am blind but I can see that Salvation has come this day to me Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me Rabbi, I want to see Rabbi, I want to be free Son of David, have mercy on me I wonder why the passersby rebuke me as I cry out Don't they know who this is? If I'm silent, if I don't call out His name There's this fire in my bones that I just cannot contain Now that I see, I cry out all the more Son of David, have mercy on me!

When I am afraid, I will trust in you. “For He Himself knows our frame; He is mindful that we are but dust… When I am afraid, I will put my trust in You.” (Psalm 103:14, Psalm 56:3) (LYRICS) You knew my name before You said “Let there be light” You knew the number of the hairs upon my head Before I speak You know my words, You know my thoughts In the beginning You saw the end of time Who am I that You'd be mindful of me Though I am nothing but dust? You promised You’d never Leave me all of my days When I’m afraid in You I will trust In You I will trust Before You made the world You planned for my redemption When You sent the flood You looked ahead and spared me You thought of me with every lash, with every nail And now every day You intercede for me So I won’t worry about tomorrow I’ll seek first Your kingdom and righteousness You’re my portion and my salvation When I’m afraid in You I will trust In You I will trust

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal... The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person.” (Matthew 6:19-20, Ecclesiastes 1:1-11, 12:13) (LYRICS) What does man gain from all his labor At which he toils under the sun? What has been will be again What has been done will be done again There is nothing new under the sun There is no remembrance of men of old And even those who are yet to come Will not be remembered Meaningless, meaningless Utterly meaningless Is everything under the sun So store up for yourself treasure in heaven Where rust will not destroy For where your treasure is There your heart will also be Fear God and keep His commandments This is all that’s worthwhile under the sun

Take up your cross! Lay down your life! Eat My Flesh! Drink My Blood! Follow me! (Song from John 6) “’Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life.’” …Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this said, ‘This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?’” (John 6:41-61) (LYRICS) Eat My flesh, drink My blood The wisdom of God is foolish to man Houses divided because of My name Mothers and fathers left for My sake This is a hard thing; who can accept it? My way is narrow but I am the life This is the real thing, will you accept it And suffer with Me for rewards that last? If you want to be first you must become last Losing your life to find it Love those who hate you, bless those who curse you Follow My lead and lay down your life Do you love Me? Do you love Me? Do you love Me? Will you live for, will you live for Me? Will you die for, will you die for Me? Will you follow, will you follow Me? Will you suffer, will you suffer with Me?

This song is a compilation of several Psalms, put to music.

A prayer for those that want to experience Jesus like Paul did when he was Saul - in a way that totally and completely rocked his life. (LYRICS) I want these scales to fall I need my eyes to be opened wide Even if the light is uncomfortable And changes everything I want these ears to hear No matter what you are saying To listen close when you’re whispering And tremble at your roar I want these scales to fall I need my eyes to be opened wide Even if the light is uncomfortable And changes everything I want these ears to hear No matter what you are saying To listen close when you’re whispering And tremble at your roar I’m terrified at this prayer of mine But to whom else shall I go? You speak the words of eternal life Your ways aren’t mine But I choose yours I want these scales to fall Bible verses used in these lyrics: I want these scales to fall - Reference to Acts 9:18 Even if the light is uncomfortable and changes everything - Reference to Acts 9:3 I want these ears to hear - Reference to Revelation 2:7 To listen close when you’re whispering - Reference to 1 Kings 19:12 Tremble at your roar - Reference to Joel 3:16 To whom else shall I go? You speak the words of eternal life - Reference to John 6:68 Your ways aren’t mine - Reference to Isaiah 55:8

Jesus isn't just the way - he's the NARROW way, the truth, and the life! "For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it." (Matthew 7:14) (LYRICS) Keep me on the straight and narrow path Even if I beg You to let me go back to Egypt No matter if I try to run away Create in me a heart that fears Your name It won’t always be easy to obey but there’s More to be gained than lost Shut every door that leads a different way Shepherd my heart when I’m going astray While I have breath help me serve You this day O, keep me Lord on the narrowest way Set my eyes on You and the things above Even I beg You to let me go back to Egypt No matter if I try to run away Set me apart even if I’ll be alone I know that I must suffer Just like You said but there’s More to be gained than lost “Well done,” I’ll hear You say My tears You’ll wipe away I’ll come into Your place of rest I run towards the goal for the joy set before

“Abraham reasoned that if Isaac died, God was able to bring him back to life again.” (Hebrews 11:19) (LYRICS) These were three of my longest days On my way to the altar I brace myself ‘cause I know that the question I’ve hoped to avoid will soon be asked: “Daddy, where is the lamb? I thought you said we came to sacrifice What is this knife in your hand? What do you know that I don’t know?” I know that God has spoken Though I don’t understand it in full But His promises don’t return empty He will do all He has said He is able to raise the dead I’m well acquainted with the eleventh hour When voices within and without Say there is no hope left It’s not that I don’t tremble inside As the word impossible goes through my mind It’s just that I know He’s alive And that He will surely provide What we see when we look with our eyes Must be sifted through faith ‘Cause I’ve been through enough to know His arm is never too short to save Who am I to question Him I must obey His commands When it doesn’t make sense quite yet That’s ‘cause we’re not done waiting for Him This offering is Yours for the taking No matter what may come, Your word is as good as done

Psalm 37, put to music. The Lord laughs at the wicked but delights in the righteous. (LYRICS) You will again distinguish Between the righteous and the wicked Between the one who serves God And one who does not Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him Don’t fret when the wicked prosper When they carry out their evil schemes The wicked plots against the righteous And gnashes all his teeth The Lord sits in the heavens and laughs at him For He sees his day is coming Delight yourself in God Most High And He will give you the desires of your heart Trust Him, don’t grow weary of doing good When you fall you’ll not be hurled headlong Commit your way to God and cultivate faithfulness He will bring forth your righteousness Like the light of daytime Yet a little while and the wicked will be no more You’ll look for him but you’ll not find him there, no no no But the steps of the righteous God has established from long, long ago And the humble inherit, they inherit the land The Lord is their strength and brings deliverance Because in Him they seek refuge Better is the little that the righteous have now Than the abundance of the wicked Which will fade away I once was young and now I’m old Yet I have never seen the righteous man forsaken I’ve never seen him begging bread For God loves justice and preserves him forever Wait for the Lord and keep His way Wait for the Lord and keep His way Wait for the Lord and keep His way Watch and see the outcome of the upright

His eyes range to and fro throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him!

Song based on The Lord's Prayer.

Hasten Jesus' coming, whether you eat or drink or whatever you do! “What sort of people ought you to be… looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God…. Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” (2 Peter 3:11, 1 Corinthians 10:31) (LYRICS) Hastening Your coming What’s it gonna look like? Bringing Your message to every nation and tribe In my day to day I've got to stay preoccupied With heavenly things This clock is ticking like it’s always been I’ve got one chance to live and die So what’s it gonna look like? Don’t want to be building On something temporary Will my house stay standing When stormy winds are blowing? Whether I eat or drink Or whatever I must do Let it be for Your glory And with You on my mind Whether I go or come Let it be because You’re sending me May eternal vision be my only reason For how I'm living day to day today I must confess So many days I’ve filled with busyness That You see as emptiness I wanna live for what remains 'Cause in the end I’ll be the one to blame If I spend my time in vain Hastening Your coming, What’s it gonna look like? Bringing Your message to every nation and tribe Day to day to live like You’re returning Having faith in what is unseen And my eyes on the prize From day to day today

One day I will meet Jesus face to face. “If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.” (John 14:2-3) (LYRICS) I want to be where You are, Lord Jesus I’m looking forward with all my heart You’ve never left me, never forsaken But how I long to behold Your face I know that You will surely Come for me You’ve given me a hope To which I’m holding fast Just a little while longer And I’ll see You as You are This absence makes my heart Grow fonder still While I am waiting my heart is yearning A love is growing for Your sweet name You left to prepare a place for me to Dwell forever in Your house

Even when I have nothing, I will praise God! “Though the yield of the olive should fail and the fields produce no food… I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.” (Habakkuk 3:17-19) (LYRICS) Though the fig tree should not blossom And there be no fruit on the vines Though the yield of the olive should fail And the fields produce no food The Lord God is my strength And He has made my feet Like hinds' feet and Makes me walk on my high places Though the flock should be cut off from the fold And there be no cattle in the stalls Yet I will exult in the Lord I will rejoice in the God of my salvation A prayer to the Lord on my stringed instruments

“Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, the God who is our salvation. God is to us a God of deliverances; and to God the Lord belong escapes from death.” (See Psalm 68) (LYRICS) You have ascended on high You have led captive Your captives You have commanded my strength And You show Yourself strong on my behalf Blessed be the Lord who daily Bears my burden To You, O Lord Belong escapes from death Come and hear, all you who fear God And I'll tell you what He's done for my soul He led this prisoner into prosperity And He scatters my enemies Sing praises to the Lord, O kingdoms of the earth Sing praises to the One who sits on high You have purchased my escape from death

Ezekiel 37 - Breathe life into these dry bones! “O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God to these bones, ‘Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life. I will put sinews on you, make flesh grow back on you, cover you with skin and put breath in you that you may come alive; and you will know that I am the Lord.’” (See Ezekiel 37:1-14) (LYRICS) In the valley I see many slain Dry bones They cry out, “We are dried up; there is no hope left.” Therefore I say: Rise up, you dry bones, and live again Take up your mats and walk Hear the word of the Lord today When He breathes you will live You will know that He is God O house of Israel Cut off from your olive tree O bride of Jesus Christ Forsaking your first love What is this sound that I hear As I prophecy in faith? Such a rattling, a shaking like I’ve never heard before Behold! What is this I see? Dry bones rising to life again Standing on their feet Hearing the word of the Lord today He has spoken; He will do it And I know that He is God An exceedingly great army He is raising up

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened. ...If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?" (Luke 11:9-13) (LYRICS) If an evil man knows how to give his son a gift Without turning him away I ask you to consider Would He who gave His Son for you Freely give you all things? Father in heaven, You are good and do good So give us Your Spirit today we pray Baptize us with fire Adding daily to our number Those who are being saved Let this be the day Elijah sought the Lord and asked That there would be no rain and then That rain would come again God listened to His servant Elijah was a man like us Why don’t we pray like he prayed? Now, if everyone who asks receives And everyone that seeks will find And to the one that knocks The door, the door will be opened What are we waiting for? Let’s ask – no more letting time pass

“No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.” (2 Timothy 2:4) (LYRICS) March now, rest later Fix your eyes on your Creator Hup, two, three, four ’Til you get to heaven’s door This life is fleeting What comes later is lasting For your deeds there’s recompense Eternal consequence Soldier, take heart now Keep your hands on the plow Don’t look back don’t compromise Keep on running towards that prize Step with the rhythm, heaven thunders with its anthem He’s preparing a victory feast Purge yourself of Pharisee yeast Press on, get hot, this life’s all thatcha got To work real hard for your reward Stand up tall and wield that sword Put on your armor, keep on working for the Farmer There’s a harvest there’s no time Look around you at the signs Behold the One with eyes like fire Voice like many rushing waters Face that shines bright like the sun Riding on a white horse saying Come you weary Come you thirsty Follow Me; I give eternal life