Music
The Promise
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Track Listing
- 1.
So HighListen Arranged by Robert White Johnson & The MartinsSo High….So Wide….So Low…
So high you can’t get over it, So wide you can’t get around it
So low you can’t get under it, You must come in at the door
I went down ‘to the valley, I did not go to stay
But my soul got so happy, I just stayed there all day (repeat)
Chorus
So High….So Wide….So Low…
I’ve never been to heaven, oh but I’ve been told
The gates are made of pearl, and the streets are purest gold
Chorus (different 2X)
You must come in at the door (repeat 3X)
2001 Willow Branch Publications/BMI (admin. By Gaither Copyright Management)
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
- 2.
We Are The ReasonListen Words and music by David MeeceAs little children
We would dream of Christmas morn
Of all the gifts and toys
We knew we’d find
But we never realized
A baby born one blessed night
Gave us the greatest gift of our lives
We were the reason
That He gave His life
We were the reason
That He suffered and died
To a world that was lost
He gave all He could give
To show us the reason to live
As the years went by we learned more about gifts
The giving of ourselves
And what that means
On a dark and cloudy day
A man hung crying in the rain
All because of love, all because of love
I’ve finally found the reason for living
It’s in giving every part of my heart to Him
In all that I do every word that I say
I’ll be giving my all just for Him, for Him
1980 Word Music / ASCAP
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
- 3.
Wandering HeartListen Words and music by Marty Funderburk & Kevin WardYou’ve been hurt
I understand
I know your life has not turned out the way
You planned.
You can run.
You can hide.
But how can you escape the love
That cannot be denied?
Wandering heart
You’ve been gone so long.
Wandering heart
It’s time to come back home.
There’s a light of hope still shining
Mercy leaves it on
So your wandering heart
Can find it’s way back
Home.
Turn around.
You’re not too far.
Take one step and God will meet you where
You are.
He’ll forgive. He’ll forget.
And He will not remind you of the things you
Now regret.
Bridge:
Come home.
Come home.
Come home.
Ye who are weary come home.
There’s a light of hope still shining
Mercy leaves it on
So your wandering heart
Can find its way
Back home
Come home.
2004 Winding Way Music/ASCAP (A division of Daywind Music Publishing)/Sunset Gallery Music/BMI. All rights reserved. Used by permission - 4.
In Christ AloneListen Words and music by Shawn Craig & Don Koch
In Christ alone will I glory Though I could pride myself in battles won
For I've been blessed beyond measure
And by His strength alone I overcome
Oh I could stop and count successes
Like diamonds in my hand
But those trophies could not equal to the grace by which I stand.
In Christ alone
I place my trust
And find my glory in the power of the cross
In every victory, let it be said of me
My source of strength, my source of hope
Is Christ alone.
In Christ alone will I glory
For only by His grace am I redeemed
And only His tender mercy
Could reach beyond my weakness to my need
And now I seek no greater honor, but just to know you Lord
And to count my gain but losses to the glory of my Lord.
Chorus 1
Chorus 2
I place my trust to find my glory in the power of the cross
In every victory, let it be said of me
My source of strength, my source of hope
Is Christ alone,(is Christ alone)
My source of strength, my source of hope
Is Christ alone.1990 Paragon Music Corp./ASCAP. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
- 5.
Took It All AwayListen Words and music by Annie McRae.I’ve been numb from the shock of devastation
Left so confused that it paralyzed my prayers
An unexpected pain tore my heart into pieces
And just left my faith hanging there
But I rose up from the ashes of my despair
And with your strength I stood and I declared
Chorus:
That if you took it all away
Every gift you ever gave
The sun that shines in my days
The stars that you displayed
And if you never blessed again
If you gave another trial instead
If the precious thing that I held
Was stripped out of my hands
I will stand and praise your holy name
If you took it all away.
God I must believe that you are with me
And that you still have a purpose and a plan
And when you have proved and you have tried me
I will shine like gold in your hands.
And I’ll rise up (rise up) from the ashes of my despair (my despair)
Lord with your strength I’ll stand and I’ll declare
Bridge:
When I feel I can’t last another day (last another day)
I’ll cry blessed be your name, (oh, I’ll cry)
Blessed be your name
When I can’t see the hope through all the pain (hope through all the pain)
I’ll cry blessed be your name (I’ll cry)
Blessed be your name
ChorusChristian Taylor Music (BMI) Administered by Daywind Music Publishing. - 6.
The Hand SongListen Words and music by David Puckett and Sean WatkinsThe boy only wanted to give Mother something
And all of her roses had bloomed
Looking at her as he came rushing in with them
Knowing her roses were doomed
All she could see were some thorns buried deep
And the tears that he cried as she tended his wounds
And she knew it was love
It was one she could understand
He was showing his love
And that’s how he hurt his hands
He still remembers that night as child
On his mother’s knee
She held him close and she opened her bible
And quietly started to read
And seeing a picture of Jesus he cried out
“Momma, he’s got some scars just like me.”
And he knew it was love
It was one he could understand
He was showing his love
And that’s how he hurt his hands
Violin Solo
Now the boy’s grown and moved out on his own
When Uncle Same comes along
A foreign affair, but our young men were there
And luck had his number drawn
It wasn’t that long till our hero was gone
He gave to a friend what he learned from the cross
But they knew it was love
It was one they could understand
He was showing his love
And that’s how he hurt his hands
It was one they could understand
He was showing his love
And that’s how he hurt his hands.
Southern Melody Publishing Co. & Reach Global. Inc - 7.
Orphans Of GodListen Words and music by Twila LaBar & Joel LindseyWho here among us has not been broken
Who here among us is without guilt or pain
So oft’ abandoned by our transgressions
If such a things as grace exists
Then grace was made for lives like this
Chorus:
There are no strangers
There are no outcasts
There are no orphans of God
So many fallen, but hallelujah
There are no orphans of God
Come ye unwanted and find affection
Come all ye weary, come and lay down your head
Come ye unworthy, you are my brother
If such a thing as grace exists
Then grace was made for lives like this
Chorus
Bridge:
O blessed Father, look down upon us
We are Your children, we need Your love
We run before Your throne of mercy
And seek Your face to rise above
Chorus: 2x
2006 Bridge Building, a division of Zomba Enterprises, Inc./
Upright Grand Music (BMI) admin. By Bridge Building/
New Spring, a division of Zomba Enterprises, Inc./Vacation
Boy Music (ASCAP) admin. By New Spring / All rights reserved.
Used by permission.
- 8.
Give It AwayListen Words and music by Gloria Gaither & Benjamin GaitherChorus:
If You want more happy than your heart will hold
If you want to stand taller if the truth were told
Take whatever you have and give it away
If you want less lonely and a lot more fun
And deep satisfaction when the day is done
Then throw your heart wide open and give it away.
Verse 1
He was working in his garden when I happened by
He waved me over with that look in his eye
And he started breakin’ off some ears of corn
“Here boy, today this corn is just ripe
Just boil it up for your supper tonite
I’ve learned it’s true what my Pappy used to say
Nothing’s quite as good, till you give it away.”
Chorus
Verse 2
There’s been a lot of water goin’ over the dam
Since the day in the garden with my Uncle Sam
So I hope you’ll hear these words I have to say
There are two kinds of folks, takers & givers
There’s gripers & complainers and big-hearted livers
It depends on how we choose to spend our days
We can hoard up all we’ve got or give it all away
Chorus: 3x2005 Gaither Music Company, Hook, Line and Music Publishing / ASCAP.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
- 9.
The PromiseListen Words and music by Brian White & Don PythressI never said that I would vie you silver of gold
Or that you would never feel the fire or shover in the cold
But I did say you’d never walk through this world alone
And I did say don’t make this world your home
I never said that fear wouldn’t find you in the night
Or that loneliness was something you’d never have to fight
But I did say I’d be right there by your side
And I did say I’ll always help you fight
Chorus 1:
‘Cause you know I made a promise that I intend to keep
My grace will be sufficient in every time of need
My love will be the anchor that you can hold on to
This is the promise, this is the promise, I’ve made to you
I never said that friends would never turn their backs on you
Or that the world around you wouldn’t see you as a fool
But I did say like Me you’ll surely be despised
And I did say my ways confound the wise
I didn’t say you’d never taste the bitter kiss of death
Or have to walk through chilly Jordan to enter into rest
But I did say I’d be waiting right on the other side
And I did say I’ll dry every tear you cry
Chorus 2:
‘Cause you know I made a promise. That I’ve prepared a place
And someday sooner than you think. You’ll see me face to face
And you’ll sing with the angels, and a countless multitude
This is the promise, this is the promise. I’ve made to you
So just keep on walking, don’t turn to the left or right
And in the midst of darkness, let this be your light
That hell can’t separate us, and you’re gonna make it through
This is the promise, this is the promise, I’ve made to you
Oh, this is the promise, this is the promise, I’ve made to you.
2003 Multisongs, Inc. (SESAC), BMG Songs, Inc. (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission - 10.
More Than AnythingListen Words and music by Jon Mohr & Randall DennisOriginally produced by Robert SterlingGod loves people more than anything God loves people more than anything
More than anything he wants them to know
He’d rather die than let them go
‘Cause God loves people more than anything
God loves the weary
When their too weak to try
He feels their pain, He knows their shame
He cries with those who cry
He won’t give up or walk away
When other people do
‘Cause God loves people more than anything
God loves people more than anything
God loves people more than anything
More than anything he wants them to know
He’d rather die than let them go
‘Cause God loves people more than anything
God loves the wounded
Who stumble into sin
He reaches down and pulls them out
And cleans them up again
He will heal the broken heart
That’s given up on love
‘Cause God loves people more than anything
God loves people more than anything
God loves people more than anything
More than anything He wants them to know
He’d rather die than let them go
‘Cause God loves people more than anything
More than anything He wants us to go
And show the world so they will know
‘Cause God loves people more than anything1995 Sony Tree Pub. Co., Inc./Randy Cox Music (Admin. By Sony/ATV Music)
