Released from Nation-State

 You are above nation-state 

You are above it all 

Every realm, You’re at the helm

Pre and post The Fall

Post The Fall and after Babel 

We’re spread all over Earth 

We band and glower, our new tower

The nation of our birth 

Our new tower doesn’t reach 

Heavens way above 

Flags that waive will never save 

They don’t last like Love

God’s forever, nations aren’t 

You are lasting life 

We fight like fools, we make new rules 

No wonder we’re in strife 

We’ll all press on, a new dawn 

Our lives are highly priced 

Nations cease, our release 

Upon return of Christ.

Hebrews 7:16-17

one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life. For it is declared:

“You are a priest forever,

in the order of Melchizedek.”

Abyss

 I need Jesus, His will is why I'm sent 

There's no other way to be alive 

I've left behind some ghosts, I trust The Lord of hosts

Blessed to be in The Lord and thrive 

Even as I thrive, I sometime fall to earth 

Sinner, I may make mistakes 

Jesus hold me close, You're what matters most 

Abyss is real and trust is what it takes 

Abyss is second death, first we can't avoid 

100% of us die 

Abyss we can avoid, death has been destroyed 

Jesus is the key so trust and try 

Even as I thrive, I sometime fall to earth 

Sinner, I may make mistakes 

Jesus hold me close, You're what matters most 

Abyss is real and trust is what it takes 

Even as I thrive, I sometime fall to earth 

Sinner, I may make mistakes 

Jesus hold me close, You're what matters most 

Abyss is real and trust is what it takes.

Psalms 84:12 (ESV)

12 O LORD of hosts,

blessed is the one who trusts in you!

Revelation 9:1

1 The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss.

Cacophony

 Duelling dialogues around at all times 

Our key Is repentance and rest 

One God to fear, all you can hear 

Quietness and trust is the test 

Tempest of might, unapproachable light

Rages around Him, devouring 

Not one can come near, a fortress of fear 

Enemies flee from it, cowering 

If fear was all, He’d just be a wall 

In mercy He’s given a gate 

In His own Son, He’s given The One

Jesus is love, not hate

Tempest of might, unapproachable light

Rages around Him, devouring 

Not one can come near, a fortress of fear 

Enemies flee from it, cowering 

Tempest of might, unapproachable light

Rages around Him, devouring 

Not one can come near, a fortress of fear 

Enemies flee from it, cowering. 

Psalms 50:3

Our God comes

and will not be silent;

a fire devours before him,

and around him a tempest rages.

Isaiah 29:6

the LORD Almighty will come

with thunder and earthquake and great noise,

with windstorm and tempest and flames of a devouring fire.

Isaiah 30:15

This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says:

“In repentance and rest is your salvation,

in quietness and trust is your strength,

but you would have none of it.

I belong to God

 I belong to Jesus Christ

I belong to God

I was bought with Jesus blood

My steps on earth are trod 

My  walk on earth belongs to Him 

My life is not my own 

I tread on top, until I stop

Grow from seed He’s sown 

When I present, I’m heaven sent 

To earth with each a task

A twinkling flash, I do my dash 

Then Glory, back to bask 

Why He died and raised to life 

We’re just here for growth 

As I live and when I die 

I belong to Christ in both.

Joshua 1:3

I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses.

Romans 14:7-9

For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.

Back to Eureka Springs

 It’s a long way back to Eureka Springs 

It’s a long way up to the Crescent 

It’s a different mood, I’m a different dude 

I’ve moved from past to present 

The new is here the old is gone, I’ve come down from the stage

Fun times had, just old not bad

He created us to age 

Age we do and remember you 

Sweet suites in that hotel 

Blowing loud, strutting proud

Could’ve led me straight to hell 

Here I am, new me shining 

Content with what He’s made 

Incandescent, can tour the Crescent 

Now I’ll just rest in its shade.

2 Corinthians 5:16-17

So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

Life of Christ

 How am I living the life of Christ?

When I touch does that mean He touches 

I’s dead in the grave, His new me He did save 

All dead, He came through in the clutches 

We who are alive, toward heaven we strive 

Please accept the fact that you’re healed 

Given over to death, with every breath 

Carry Christ to the world He’s revealed 

As I write I’m given insight 

It’s His body, His life we’re revealing 

His perfect pen for our imperfect sin

Mercy, His whole plan for healing 

We who are alive, toward heaven we strive 

Please accept the fact that you’re healed 

Given over to death, with every breath 

Carry Christ to the world He’s revealed 

We who are alive, toward heaven we strive 

Please accept the fact that you’re healed 

Given over to death, with every breath 

Carry Christ to the world He’s revealed.

2 Corinthians 4:10-11

We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body.

Tears of worship

 Pooling up inside your eyes 

His wellspring never ends 

Draw from Him, plumb Him

Down deeps where you find friends 

At His house of worship 

You’re washed with your tears 

Friends surround, Love around 

His Spirit pours for years 

A thousand years are a like a day 

He made mountain and ravine 

Made all the ways for us to thirst

Made One Way to be clean 

At His house of worship 

You’re washed with your tears 

Friends surround, Love around 

His Spirit pours for years 

At His house of worship 

You’re washed with your tears 

Friends surround, Love around 

His Spirit pours for years.

Psalms 104:10

He makes springs pour water into the ravines;

it flows between the mountains.

John 7:37

On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.

That dog’ll hunt

 No idea what this is about 

I’ve no verse to reference 

Holy Spirit, speak I may hear it 

Obedience always Your preference 

I don’t know but You do Lord, 

I’m not sharp I’m blunt 

with You in my pen, I’ll produce to the end 

Your refrain is that dog’ll hunt 

Hunt yes I will not for fish but for men 

All manner of colour and shape 

Instantly yes, no time to guess 

Follow Him through the gape 

don’t know but You do Lord, 

I’m not sharp I’m blunt 

with You in my pen, I’ll produce to the end 

Your refrain is that dog’ll hunt 

don’t know but You do Lord, 

I’m not sharp I’m blunt 

with You in my pen, I’ll produce to the end 

Your refrain is that dog’ll hunt .

Mark 1:16-18

Jesus Calls His First Disciples

As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” At once they left their nets and followed him.

Condescending not always negative

 Jesus is God and He's exalted 

He looks kindly on the lowly 

Seated with wound and scar, He sees us from afar 

He's hooked humble to holy 

He's above our knowledge, We only know Words we use 

Condescending seems to us as bad 

To God, above and holy, everything moves slowly 

He spoke

High and whole humility He's had

He's known the end from start

He's Alpha and Omega 

He's the only Holy One 

Worship Him and see, be alive and free 

He sustains 'til all of this is done. 

Psalms 138:6

6 Though the LORD is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly; though lofty, he sees them from afar.

1 Peter 1:15-16 (ESV)

15 but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

Lowly and glorious

 We’re subject to death & decay due to sin

We’re just weak and lowly 

Our first self sits on shelf

We’re anything but holy 

Thankfully we’re not stuck here, Earth is not our home 

We wait for Christ who’s glorious 

He’s first fruits, He’s our roots 

Transforms us to victorious 

Be encouraged human beings

Be patient and be still 

Christ the One who made the Sun 

Has us in His will

Thankfully we’re not stuck here, Earth is not our home 

We wait for Christ who’s glorious 

He’s first fruits, He’s our roots 

Transforms us to victorious 

Thankfully we’re not stuck here, Earth is not our home 

We wait for Christ who’s glorious 

He’s first fruits, He’s our roots 

Transforms us to victorious.

Philippians 3:20-21

But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.

One new man

 I’ve been hostile I’m a sinner 

Have been all my life 

I’m just one who spurned the Son

We all held the knife 

People split, we’ve no peace

We’re gentile and we’re Jew 

At the cross Christ paid the cost 

He made one of two 

We the church have choice in  life 

We can join or spurn Him 

Peace is here yet so is fear 

Our choice to praise or burn Him

People split, we’ve no peace

We’re gentile and we’re Jew 

At the cross Christ paid the cost 

He made one of two 

People split, we’ve no peace

We’re gentile and we’re Jew 

At the cross Christ paid the cost 

He made one of two.

Ephesians 2:15-16

by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.

But then I got high

 I was gonna make it 

I was playing well 

But then I got high 

I was doing well in school 

I was gonna finish

But then I got high

I had a relationship 

I was true and faithful 

But then I got high

I had some work to do 

I was moving forward 

But then I got high 

I started a family 

I was loved and loving 

But then I got high

I was pretty healthy 

Strong in mind and soul

But then I got high

I was obeying 

Not doing as I saw fit 

But then I got high.

Judges 17:5-6

Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household gods and installed one of his sons as his priest. In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.

The hurting

 Why do they always find me, I just have that face 

His Spirit inside me is the call

Nothing I’ve done, I’m not the One 

I’ve been hiding naked since the Fall

Only through The Son

Jesus is The One 

Shines out from us like a star

Hurting people see Him, privilege to be Him

Helpless and harassed are near and far 

It’s just my role to be there, I don’t have to speak 

Spirit speaks volumes to their souls 

God goes and teaches them, only One who reaches them 

He can care and I just plug the holes

Only through The Son

Jesus is The One 

Shines out from us like a star

Hurting people see Him, privilege to be Him

Helpless and harassed are near and far 

Only through The Son

Jesus is The One 

Shines out from us like a star

Hurting people see Him, privilege to be Him

Helpless and harassed are near and far.

Genesis 3:10-13

He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”

And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from? ”

The man said, “The woman you put here with me —she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”

The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

Matthew 9:35-36

Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Persecution proves

 As humans we have weakness, rely on Divine power 

The barrier to begging Him is pride 

Pride has many forms, sunshine & hailstorms 

Our conscience refuse to let us hide 

We know we can’t alone, together means we’re home 

We persevere until we reach the end 

We don’t know how long, with Him we’re somehow strong 

Our persecution proves He is our friend 

Modern persecution, what does it look like 

Different than it looked for Paul 

They cajoled and drilled him, in the end they killed him 

Reality is that they can’t kill us all 

We know we can’t alone, together means we’re home 

We persevere until we reach the end 

We don’t know how long, with Him we’re somehow strong 

Our persecution proves He is our friend 

We know we can’t alone, together means we’re home 

We persevere until we reach the end 

We don’t know how long, with Him we’re somehow strong 

Our persecution proves He is our friend.

Galatians 5:11

Brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.

Crowd killed Christ

 Most folks are wrong  ‘bout most things most of the time 

When we get together it gets worse

Crowds try and direct, Politically correct 

What we think's Nirvana is a curse 

Look to God for answers, not into your heart 

Search The Word, don’t trust a poll

You want life to last, learn from the past 

When the crowd has power, heads roll

Time’s a continuum, God sees it all 

He sees all of time and all of sin

That’s why Jesus had to die 

He gave us the chance to be His kin

I, for one, was in the dark, I was dead and buried 

My voice in the crowd calling out 

Through time and space I flew, only due to You 

Shining, Your Light what life’s about 

Time’s a continuum, God sees it all 

He sees all of time and all of sin

That’s why Jesus had to die 

He gave us the chance to be His kin

Time’s a continuum, God sees it all 

He sees all of time and all of sin

That’s why Jesus had to die 

He gave us the chance to be His kin.

Ephesians 5:13-20

But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. This is why it is said:

“Wake up, sleeper,

rise from the dead,

and Christ will shine on you.”

Be very careful, then, how you live —not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Lesser to the Greater

 John the baptist spoke of Jesus, Many prophets spoke 

Whosoever believes in Him 

Spirit and heart may be broke 

God isn't mad at you, in fact He loves you broken 

They accused The One, His only Son 

Rejected Word He'd spoken 

John himself, repentant heart 

Himself a broken spirit 

From his youth he knew The Truth 

Humbled him to hear it 

You and I, we know The Truth 

It's Him, His name is Jesus 

When we're broken, He has spoken 

Almighty God, He sees us.

Psalms 51:17 (NIV)

17 My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit;

a broken and contrite heart

you, God, will not despise.

John 10:36

36 what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’?

Eternity awaits

 Eternity awaits for each of us 

Not one escapes the grave 

Up or down, smile or frown 

Our choice on earth He gave 

We all makes choices every day 

Each choice foe or friend 

One choice endures, it’s mine and yours 

We choose our journey’s end

Life’s a trail be it short or long 

It wanders through the woods 

With all our sins, our losses and wins 

We carry all our goods 

It’s Christ we choose if moving up 

We  choose up or down 

Take up our sword, He’s our reward 

Choose up and get your crown 

Eternity is a long long time 

Train to get the prize 

Short time down here still it’s our steer 

On whom we forever fix our eyes.

Psalms 62:11-12

One thing God has spoken,

two things I have heard:

“Power belongs to you, God,

and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”;

and, “You reward everyone

according to what they have done.”

1 Corinthians 9:25-26

Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air.

Take hold of Jesus

 Like a son learns from father, our hearts can grasp His Word 

Living by the Law guards a life 

Whole law fulfilled, why Christ was killed

Shows loving others still stirs strife

What we have in Jesus no law can comprehend 

All we were is buried in the past 

Strive to keep commands, clock has two hands 

Through time, only loving others will last 

Take hold of Jesus, hold on to His Word 

He’ll guide you, shape you to His mold 

Hold on for all you’re worth, you’ll see new heaven and earth 

You’ll know He’s had you from of old 

What we have in Jesus no law can comprehend 

All we were is buried in the past 

Strive to keep commands, clock has two hands 

Through time, only loving others will last 

What we have in Jesus no law can comprehend 

All we were is buried in the past 

Strive to keep commands, clock has two hands 

Through time, only loving others will last.

Proverbs 4:3-4

For I too was a son to my father,

still tender, and cherished by my mother.

Then he taught me, and he said to me,

“Take hold of my words with all your heart;

keep my commands, and you will live.

Galatians 5:14

For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Highway 71 North

 Take off from Louisiana

Up through Texarkana 

Around Hobo jungle and the Country club

Meander through Mena 

Ain’t nobody really seen a 

Fouke monster or even it’s cub

If you reach Fort Smith you know it’s Jesus you’re with

That old road is anything but calm 

As you round another corner, accept you’re a sojourner 

As you hear ‘em call the hogs in Fayette’Nam

Where on earth you going, Holy Spirit showing 

North, you leaving Arkansas 

Mosey through Missouri, you ain’t in no hurry 

Ozark roads will make you drop your jaw

You still heading north through states this here the fourth 

You keep going you’re heading across the border 

Iowa flat and dusty, you’re in the ride with Trusty

So you know when you see Jack creek  y’all can ford her 

You leaving the country, Canada up ahead 

You warm if you get to International falls

He is good , He is patient 

He’s got you where you’re stationed 

He’ll prosper you as you hear Him when He calls. 

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_71

Veilless

 Take it off, pull it back, it’s no disguise 

New way, when removed, is revealed 

Moses stated old way abated 

When we listen to what’s signed & sealed 

Christ the prophet Moses predicted 

Jesus takes it away 

In Him we see the way to be free 

Bold hope to face each day 

God’s in control, He has a plan 

I’m glad 'cause I can’t affect it 

His plan to bring all to sing 

All veilless, only He can perfect it 

Christ the prophet Moses predicted 

Jesus takes it away 

In Him we see the way to be free 

Bold hope to face each day 

Christ the prophet Moses predicted 

Jesus takes it away 

In Him we see the way to be free 

Bold hope to face each day. 

Deuteronomy 18:15

The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him.

2 Corinthians 3:12-16

Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold. We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was passing away. But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.