New slave

 Old guy was slave to sin

Old heart was bent 

Unwilling spirit, though right there near it 

New heart Heaven sent 

I’ve a New song to sing 

I’ve a New heart to bring 

New way to behave 

New slave 

Wouldn’t’ve known I could ever obey

Couldn’t’ve seen the Light 

Every breath led down to death 

Had the wrong heart in the fight 

I’ve a New song to sing 

I’ve a New heart to bring 

New way to behave 

New slave 

I’ve a New song to sing 

I’ve a New heart to bring 

New way to behave 

New slave.

Psalms 51:10-12

Create in me a pure heart, O God,

and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Do not cast me from your presence

or take your Holy Spirit from me.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation

and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

Romans 6:15-16

Slaves to Righteousness

What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means! Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey —whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?

Prophecy and Psalmody

 586, what a year, Babylon burns it down 

If you're alive in 585

Enslaved under new crown 

Jeremiah, looking back 

Sees what once was royalty 

Egypt flirted, then deserted 

Hard lesson to learn on loyalty 

Judah gone, exiled out 

City now deserted

Royal once, now a dunce 

From God their eyes averted 

Look to Jesus, therefore 

Since we’re so surrounded 

Run you're race to see His face 

Perfect faith He founded.

Lamentations 1:1

1 How deserted lies the city,

once so full of people!

How like a widow is she,

who once was great among the nations!

She who was queen among the provinces

has now become a slave.

Hebrews 12:1-2 (ESV)

1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Status of kings and duties of slaves

 

Strange  how we have both sides 

Two sides active in one 

Presence of Christ and pressure of sin

Only have Peace through the Son

Status of kings and duties of slaves

All mashed up into one 

Born to boast, we’re given The Ghost 

Til our suffering’s done

Hope is so powerful, hope is eternal 

Hope is our boast in His glory

Our active hope, His course to cope 

While we live in His story

Status of kings and duties of slaves

All mashed up into one 

Born to boast, we’re given The Ghost 

Til our suffering’s done

Status of kings and duties of slaves

All mashed up into one 

Born to boast, we’re given The Ghost 

Til our suffering’s done.

Romans 5:1-5

Peace and Hope

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

Down to the bookstore

 Go on and check out the Bible  

Only one you can look up 

God wrote the Bible  

Love letter to all who book up 

What is the Bible anyway 

It’s our guide to glory 

He’s Relational, He’s sensational 

He writes the larger story 

Drop what you’re doing 

Engage with Him today 

It ain’t rules to fix some fools 

It’s listening to Him say 

Let’s go down to the bookstore 

Let’s you and I seek God

We’re our brother’s keeper 

Avoid the land of Nod 

Drop what you’re doing 

Engage with Him today 

It ain’t rules to fix some fools 

It’s listening to Him say 

Drop what you’re doing 

Engage with Him today 

It ain’t rules to fix some fools 

It’s listening to Him say.

Genesis 4:16

So Cain went out from the LORD’s presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

Return to You

 I’m a man of wrath 

I'm of the earth 

Far from You I’m just sad and weak 

I have turned away, no good to do or say

Meritless, my one choice is seek 

Return to you, my shepherd 

Return to You, my God

All my life depends upon Your keep

Return to you, my shepherd 

Return to You, my God

Without You this man is asleep 

Thank You that You’re good

You are omnipresent 

Faithful  beyond comprehension 

When there’s no one righteous, not one understands 

Still You’re Shepherd, absolving our dissension

Return to you, my shepherd 

Return to You, my God

All my life depends upon Your keep

Return to you, my shepherd 

Return to You, my God

Without You this man is asleep 

Return to you, my shepherd 

Return to You, my God

All my life depends upon Your keep

Return to you, my shepherd 

Return to You, my God

Without You this man is asleep.

Mark 14:37-38

Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Simon,” he said to Peter, “are you asleep? Couldn’t you keep watch for one hour? Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Romans 3:10-12

As it is written:

“There is no one righteous, not even one;

there is no one who understands;

there is no one who seeks God.

All have turned away,

they have together become worthless;

there is no one who does good,

not even one.”

Constant courting

 For  you to you through you babe 

It’s constant courting 

I give myself up for you babe 

My mind and self still sorting 

I’ll commit to cleansing 

I’ll present you clean 

Show you shameless, holy, blameless 

Love my King and queen 

Royal pair we all are 

Christ  gave Himself for us 

First appointed, crowned, anointed

Changed to Royal from dust

I’ll commit to cleansing 

I’ll present you clean 

Show you shameless, holy, blameless 

Love my King and queen 

I’ll commit to cleansing 

I’ll present you clean 

Show you shameless, holy, blameless 

Love my King and queen.

Ephesians 5:25-28

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Tide is rising

 We pass each other on the beach 

Pretend our lives are sweet 

We pass the dogs like table salt 

At least they’re within reach 

Tide is rising 

Waters high ( I need a shoulder to lean on)

Tide is rising 

Waters high ( I need a boat I’m seen on)

Why cant we hug like it’s ‘99

Our hearts in sync back then

All it takes is a renewal 

We can rise high again 

Tide is rising 

Waters high ( I need a shoulder to lean on)

Tide is rising 

Waters high ( I need a boat I’m seen on).

Unhindered

 Long  as we stay focussed 

We seek and we find 

Teaching, bold in proclamation

We then run our race, marked out for us all

Run to Christ, He built and owns The Station

He’s sitting in the throne room, initial work all done 

Christ endured the cross, scorned it’s shame 

Our race to run, fix eyes on the Son

Keep heart for good to glorify His name

What happens if we lose heart 

What if we look away 

What tangles us in our web of woe

The world of weariness, death the end of sin 

Unfinished race, no place or show

That’s the thing with Jesus

He’s there to fix our eyes 

Always and forever He’s alive 

Up to us to seek Him, saints surround so seek Him 

He’s our second chance to survive.

Acts 28:30-31

For two whole years Paul stayed there in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to see him. He proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ—with all boldness and without hindrance!

Hebrews 12:1-3

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

Quiet blessings

 How did His children not be quiet 

Why did they grumble 

He led them through with much ado 

The least they have is humble

He led them through, He leads us too 

We’re still prone to noise 

Born to bless, He said yes 

I am, you’ll see my joys

We’re prone to doubt, we haven’t seen 

So long and yet He tarries

If we could see , why wait for free 

We’d see the cost He carries

He led them through He leads us too 

We’re still prone to noise 

Born to bless, He said yes 

I am, you’ll see my joys

He led them through He leads us too 

We’re still prone to noise 

Born to bless, He said yes 

I am, you’ll see my joys.

Deuteronomy 8:4

Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.

Mark 14:60-62

Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, “Are you not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against you?” But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer.

Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”

“I am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

I'm not Judas

 I'm a sinner, I'm a saint 

My humanity's a given 

Priests and teachers, scared overreachers 

Can even Judas be forgiven 

Betraying Jesus, King of kings 

Called son of perdition 

While I sin, still hemmed in 

Betrayal, not my mission 

Tricky question, Judas' choice 

destined doomed to debris

O my fate, love not hate 

He's laid His hand on me 

Betraying Jesus, King of kings 

Called son of perdition 

While I sin, still hemmed in 

Betrayal, not my mission 

Betraying Jesus, King of kings 

Called son of perdition 

While I sin, still hemmed in 

Betrayal, not my mission.

Psalms 139:5 (ESV)

5 You hem me in, behind and before,

and lay your hand upon me.

Luke 22:2-4(NIV)

2 and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus, for they were afraid of the people. 3 Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, one of the Twelve. 4 And Judas went to the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard and discussed with them how he might betray Jesus.

John 17:12 (KJV)

12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

We all hurt

 It’s not just you on your piece of dirt 

Look up 

look out 

we’re everywhere 

& we all hurt 

We all hurt, we all bleed red 

We all have tears that flow 

We sit  proud in our nation-state 

All  no-gods on show

Doesn’t matter language, tribe, or team 

What colour hat or shirt 

Folks all know in heart of hearts 

We all know we hurt 

We all hurt, we all bleed red 

We all have tears that flow 

We sit  proud in our nation-state 

All  no-gods on show

We all hurt, we all bleed red 

We all have tears that flow 

We sit  proud in our nation-state 

All  no-gods on show.

Deuteronomy 32:21

They made me jealous by what is no god

and angered me with their worthless idols. I will make them envious by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.

I want fans not friends

 I’m ashamed to admit the statement is true

Can’t  I just trust Your plan

I should be teaching, not overreaching 

Proclaiming & healing man

Interesting spirit makes me want fans 

Same spirit  dogged others in past 

Earth is enticed, I follow Christ

One who’s both first and last 

Spirit is strong for followers and fans

Friends too, as long as arms-length 

Folks make a mess, still I say yes 

I can befriend through His strength

Christ could’ve had fans, He could’ve called down 

Legions to protect and adore Him

He chose to die, stay up there and die 

True friend to those who are for Him.

1 Corinthians 1:11-12

My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I follow Cephas”; still another, “I follow Christ.”

Matthew 4:10-11

Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’”

Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.

Philippians 4:13

I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

Respect is given, not taken

 You seem away, far off today 

Yet I’m holding You herewith

Yes I’ve sinned, You’ve seen and binned 

My old minds now a myth

In control of this old soul

In mercy You’ve bought us

Ne’er too late,  we long await 

From detention, brought us

From the beginning there’s been sin, not new even under the sun 

You only need our wills to awaken 

As much as we try to set ourselves high

Respect is given, not taken

You break through noise, unbound by doors

Right up to the edge we’re driven 

Some things we don’t know, not all is on show 

Offence is taken, not given. 

Acts 5:17-19

The Apostles Persecuted

Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail. But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out.

Matthew 13:53-57

A Prophet Without Honor

When Jesus had finished these parables, he moved on from there. Coming to his hometown, he began teaching the people in their synagogue, and they were amazed. “Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?” they asked. “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother’s name Mary, and aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? Aren’t all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?” And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town and in his own home.”

Barren height

 God doesn’t change, He’s always good 

Never turns to the left or right 

Always a’flame, we honour Your Name 

Go again to our barren height 

Wherever you go, there you are 

Can’t get away from your climb 

You  know you can’t stop, you see the top 

You know it’ll cost to spend time 

We do what it takes, can’t outspend God

He’s there, waiting and molding 

We quake and squirm, He holds firm

Eternal Earth He’s holding

Wherever you go, there you are 

Can’t get away from your climb 

You  know you can’t stop, you see the top 

You know it’ll cost to spend time 

Wherever you go, there you are 

Can’t get away from your climb 

You  know you can’t stop, you see the top 

You know it’ll cost to spend time.

Numbers 23:3

Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your offering while I go aside. Perhaps the LORD will come to meet with me. Whatever he reveals to me I will tell you.” Then he went off to a barren height.

Psalms 75:3

When the earth and all its people quake,

it is I who hold its pillars firm.