A Forest of Likes

8/7/19 If I don’t give sin a breath If I beat it down to death It will still keep coming back If I pretend it’s not real Then I won’t have to deal With the truth I’m in denial Inside I am slowly fading Dying from the inside out Please illuminate the truth So the truth can set me free I can’t hide can’t cover up Can’t pretend or forget Can’t stay in the shadows So I step into Your light Call on Your glorious name  Cuz in You there’s freedom Only the truth can save me So please set me free If I forget the pain Don’t give it a name It’s not a problem right If I hide it all away Don’t let it have a say It has no control right

Your love is a vast ocean covering me Waves of Your mercy grace and peace You lather me with unconditional love Overflow my heart with Your goodness Thank you so much for Your forgiveness Wash over me and make me whole Pour out all of me so I can be Yours Call me out of myself into Your light Shine through me Lord shine bright All glory to the glorious King of all kings The One who pours out His blessings May I radiate Your love to the world Penetrate to the core of my own soul In Your holy name please make me whole

God You are the artist and You paint your strokes upon me Sometimes I have to sit patiently while you work Creating the changes necessary for me And others times i have to be still and allow Your paint to dry Be still and know that You’re the God of all Here I am a blank canvas for Your glory To display Your majesty and wonder Here I am a blank canvas to be used To show the world the King of it all Paint in me what You want to paint Change in me what needs to be changed Create in me what needs to be created Beautify the ugly found inside of me I was made by You to be used by You

Lord peel back the layers of my selfish heart I know that it will be painful but I need it Strip away the pieces that aren’t surrendered Erase the parts of me that aren’t of You Remove the brokenness and heal the scars Restore the missing pieces and replace them Keep me from giving in to the pressures of temptation Let my focus be set on things above and not below Engage me in the work of Your kingdom Kill off the things that are only of me And replace them with all that You are I surrender to the work of Your hand in me Mold me break me shape me for my calling Mend me bend me and grow me in You For this life was made to be all for You I am Your masterpiece Your artwork on display May I be a picture of Your love and kindness

Your love laps over me like calm waves Then comes crashing into my headspace  To remind me your love is as vast as the ocean And that You put all things into motion From one end of the world to the other O God You lavish Your love like a tsunami  You are constantly in pursuit of me How can I count your endless love Or comprehend all You’ve done When King Jesus You love me Despite all of me You love me Your thoughts of me more numerous than the fishes You overflow me with hope no need for wishes You love, care, and feed every living thing Somehow I am one of those You chose me

How can it be You have a thought of me When I am selfish and nowhere near meek How can You love me when I doubt You When I am prideful and disobey You Can’t imagine or fathom Your love But I know it never runs out  And I am holding onto that  Your love never stops It never stops chasing after me Your grace never ends It never ends up leaving me Your mercies are new They are new every morning  Your peace is mine It is mine forever and ever How can I fathom Your goodness When there’s nothing good in me How can You change my heart When I am as stubborn as I am

Healing in the brokenness Peace in the stress Strength in the weakness Your name be blessed In the moments of uncertainty When I’m clouded with fear You’re still God right here So I surrender to Your will  I know You’re good still Despite my situation Despite my fear You reign on high Holy King Jesus You’re in control Face to the floor and I let go Worthy of every part of me And I lay me at Your feet

I desire You with every part of my being Dedicated to the glory of Your name Surrendered to the direction of Your will My face is down at the feet of Your throne Laying myself down to be used for Your glory This life is my worship song to give back to You I am branded with Your name on my heart Committed to carrying You to the world A vessel to share Your name with all Each breath is a gift to speak of You I want to faithfully serve You my King Cuz I am captivated and committed to You All that I am is for You here I am use me

Let love flood my heart and spill all over other people That people don't see me at all they only see Jesus I've been given the greatest of love from the greatest lover Help me to pour out even a fraction of your love to others May they be able to taste the sweetness of You They smell the goodness that comes from You Rain down Your presence on the hearts of this place Open our hearts to see and feel You in a new way Shine Your glory to radiate in and through us That You bring light where there's only darkness We've been shown real love by Your death Your death on the cross paid all our debt Let us express what real love looks like That people would be drawn to the light Perfect our love daily to reflect the Son Because Lord God you're the definition of love Wanting to live like Jesus here on earth So that they can experience their worth Expel fear with the love that comes from You And that love be the reason for everyt

Perfection is nowhere to be found apart from You God Everything I try to accomplish on my own fails But with You I can do all things according to Your will I lay at Your feet my desires I want for this day And give myself as a humble sacrifice for Your glory I’m overwhelmed by the grace You pour over me When I feel so far from deserving, You overflow my heart In my weakness You fill me with Your strength In the chaos and storms You bring peace and quiet them You are closer to me than humanly imaginable You are with me whether I am awake or am asleep Walking or sitting dancing or crying running or standing You are always beside me and guiding me Continue to refine me Lord and remove all of me Let my imperfections be replaced with Your righteousness Teach me O God to be bolder and unashamed I have no rights to boast in me but I can boast in all of You For You my Savior King have bought me with Your life I am saved redeemed and rescued from the

Love like this is unimaginable and hard to describe It was love like this that was set up on display When my Savior King all for love was crucified And the greatest act of love was shown that day 　 If this is what love looks like In His love I’m completely satisfied Cuz love rescued my rebellous heart And brought me to loves great start I no longer am lost in the ways of me But my focus is set on eternity 　 What is this love given so freely to us How can love be given at such a high cost Love like this is overwhelming to my soul But it is love like this that makes me whole

I have resurrection power Coursing through my veins So what do I have to fear When the end of my story It is already written out My God holds the world In His almighty hands  This life is not my own It was bought with the life And blood of my God's Son Fear has no control over my life Because it's power was destroyed By the resurrection of my Savior King And I have absolutely nothing to fear Cuz His grace is incredibly abundant Joy is never taken away from me Cuz it's beyond safe in His loving arms My hope is in Daddy and nothing else  Can’t shake my assurance in Him It's secure in the fact that He is God Hallelujah He is always faithful to me And my peace is assuring me daily He is the foundation I can place my trust in Cuz He is always good no matter what  Nothing can shake me or pull me away Cuz He is always in control

Fear is a lie and sometimes it needs to be told so Cuz God has so much more in store for us The enemy wants to cause you to freeze with fear But our loving Father breaks through the fear To give us hope and peace to pursue His calling So today look fear straight in the face And tell him you don’t own me anymore The truth will set you free so speak the truth Remind yourself that just cuz something is scary Doesn’t mean that you can’t pursue it Especially if God has called you to it We have been given resurrection power That power has already conquered the grave It has defeated death and all of our fear If God is for us then nothing can stop us And our God is in control of everything He is standing with you in fire or rain Shielding you and protecting you as you trust Him You’re never alone fear has no place Your headspace and heart are not it’s home So remind fear of its place of residence Tell him that the pit of hell is where he belongs