A Forest of Likes

Running after You God with all that I possibly can Reaching out to You with arms outstretched to the sky Desiring to stay here in Your sweet welcoming presence Wanting to sit at the feet of Your throne with just us Absorbing the truths about who I am and who You are Worshipping the King who rescued a wretch like me Surrendering to bring the kingdom of heaven on earth Allowing You to use me to bring Your message of hope Chasing after the One who has never stop running after me Nothing is going to stop me from the path You prepared Wanting everything You have for me and wanting nothing else

Surrendered I am raising my white flag I just want Your will not any part of my own My knees are on the ground face to the floor I want only You and everything You're in Anything apart from You I don’t want I am trembling as I hold my heart in my hands Here I am giving my life back to One who bought me I give it all to You and lay all of me at Your feet Every part of me is in service to You King of kings I surrender O God I surrender to Your perfect plan No more running after the desires this world offers Cuz none of it compares to the sweetest of Your love I pour all of me out so that I may be filled with You Use me, teach me, and allow me to radiate You This while flag is raised and I humbly bow before Your throne May this life be about You and bring Your kingdom here

There's no sin too great or too large That I cant redeem; the cross was enough To cover the multitude of sin you've committed So trust in Me because all is forgiven Move on from your past and guilt Move forward I've forgiven it all I am with you through it all Forgiven all of your wrongs Redeemed you back to Me Gave my life so you'd be free I've erased your guilt Covered Your pride Removed your insecurity Forgotten your past I have forgiven all of that

Do you remember the day God saved you Is it something you think about often Can you remember anything before then I remember being last with no sense of purpose With eyes so selfish so broken so depressed Not able to find the strength to get out bed But then at the right time He called me out Pulled my heart out of the grave into grace Showered mercies and love over all of me Removed the blinders from my selfish eyes Softened my hardened and stubborn heart Erased all the sins of my past with His blood Made me a new creation with no purpose Empowered me to tell my story to the world Gave me direction and called me His own Had a reason to get out of bed every morning Filled me with such joy, peace, hope, and love I was no longer worthless but a worthy vessel Cuz I was now a daughter of the Most High God

Only after You King Jesus Another time in Your presence Chasing after closeness with You Wanting this moment to stand still And time to stop so I can stay here Cuz my to do list keeps calling me But then I remember this You never ever leave me Cuz You're the Author of my story You've been with me from the beginning From my first breath until now You've been with me every step Walked every mile right beside me Sweet Jesus I am wrapped up in Your arms You pull me closer to Your heart Tell me the day You created me That You remember every detail I am overwhelmed by Your thoughts of me Thank You for Your unconditional love

God thank you for the countless times That You have waited patiently for me For the times You walked with me in silence For the moments You wiped my tears as they fell For the days You carried my strengthless body For the minutes You held me close to your heart For the seconds You opened my eyes to truth For the times You laughed alongside me For the hours You encouraged me For the moments You have loved me For the years, months, days, hours, and minutes Thank You for never giving up on me You've never let me go and You never will

Surrender is easy when face to the floor There's nowhere to turn but look up Reaching out in desperation for You But You want all of me all of the time Forgive me for my lack of surrender My need to try things on my own When I can not do this life alone So I give back the praise to You Cuz without You I couldn't move I pursue You with all that I do Walking this life right beside You And giving up control of my view So that You can guide me through Sweet King Jesus You are worthy Precious Savior here's all the glory My life was never mine to own I give You my heart as Your home

Toxic love is all this world has to offer me It leaves such a sour taste in my mouth All I want to do is just spit it out Cuz it makes my heart sick with poison Leaves you with a black eye and pain Brings you to the point of being paralyzed Love with compromise and manipulation Full of jealousy and feeling trapped But You God give us a healthy love One that brings healing and life You give us love that makes us feel valued Builds us up to pursue Your purposes Your love never runs out cuz You are love Strengthens us in our weakness to keep moving Loves us more than we could love ourselves No boundaries exist in Your love for us

Too many times you've wandered alone Cant find a place to call your home Crying out for someone to save you So hear My still small voice saying Come to me and I'll give you rest Come to me I know whats best I hold the whole world in my hands I have you close to my heart No matter what storms brew O what chaos seems to ensue Just know I'll never let you go Cuz You're my beloved and You are my own My precious child that I'll never let go You are mine you were paid with my life So just know that I'll never leave your side

I was so far gone and lost Living my life on exhaust But You Lord called me out Gave me life I am devout Everything in this world is worthless Nothing compares to Your goodness Now I want to scream Your name Till I turn so blue in the face I want to radiate Your light Through every day and night I've been given a second chance You chose my heart to romance You call me to so much more So here I am my life is Yours Youre worthy of every bit of praise To be glorified above other names I want to run this race And to bring You fame I want to shine bright To show them Your light

I am far from perfect and so blind But You call me out of doubt into life To escape this place I'm locked inside And to draw me closer to Your side You open doors that seem hopeless And break chains to bring freedom Reveal Your heart for all of my mess And tell me that Your will be done Nothing can stop Your pursuit Nothing can get in Your way You're coming after me You never let a day go by without Your say Or leave me alone or lost for a moment Cuz nothing happens apart from You And I want the heart You want to use

Till You entered my life I didnt know peace Didnt realize how lost and blind I was Had no sense of self control or humility Was running my life right into the ground Now I know peace Can finally see Surrendered to You No longer lost But found in You Till You rescued me from my sin nature I was building up only my own pride Never took the time to look others in the eye Cuz I was only focused on helping me Lord take this heart and break it down Restore it to Yourself I lay it down on the ground Without You there's no knowing what I'll do Cuz I was never fully me till I found You

Lead me Lord into yielding so deeply That You take my constant no away For the joy set before me will endure Please God rip the no out of me And help me to say yes to Your will To reject my sinful nature completely And dive head first into Your desires I want what You have and nothing else I say yes to the path you've set for me You desire only the best for my life So I surrender to Your glorious plan Give up control for a better purpose Guide me in the truths for Your promises I want to yearn for more of my God Remove the blinders from my eyes So I can see the ways You've lead me You've always been in charge of it all But somehow I've tried to control it Give it all back to the Holder of the world Cuz Your ways are better than my own Have Your ways with me my hands are raised

I am fragile and frail without You God Falling flat on my face on my own So I lean on You cuz my strength is weak And trust that You will lead me onward I know I am a high risk for a heart fracture When I try to do this life by myself Cuz I cant breathe without You here And I cant make my own heart beat But my heart needs to absorb You Cuz too long I've replaced You With things unhealthy for living Forgive me for trying to strengthen myself I run to You cuz i am lacking Drinking Your love cuz I am thirsty Help me to say no to my desires And seek after all that You have for me

You flash flood my heart with unspeakable joy And overwhelm me with Your unconditional love You outpour Your majesty for all of us to see I am submerged in the blessings You give me Let me continually drown in Your goodness And be engulfed intimately in Your presence Who You are is overwhelming You cover me with Your wings I am speechless in Your presence As Your goodness You present You rain down mercy and grace upon us As Your love surges through our hearts You radiate Your perfect peace and holiness And pour out Your forgiveness to us all

Weakness Still Evident Here I am walking this life but I’m not alone For the Father holds my hand and walks with me He leads me into the unknown and into the chaos My weaknesses are still evident and on display But my God’s power is beside me radiating In my weakest hour God is my strength  I can take a step forward knowing He is with me I can face whatever this day holds for me Because I am a daughter of the Most High He’s never left me alone and never will Although I am still weak I can rely on His strength  Even though I am worn out He holds me His power works best in my weaknesses I know that it is He who brings me joy His loving peace flows from Him into me Though my weaknesses haven’t changed Where I get my power has and it’s in Him He gives me the strength to face today And tomorrow He will renew my strength  I can walk with confidence knowing I’m secure My identity is in Christ and I am His beloved I am His ambassador called to bring peace I am His daughter called to represent

Imperfect Vessel I am an imperfect vessel with cracks and stains I come with fresh and old scars and bruises Reminders of all the times I tried to do it my way From all the times where I didn’t trust You Lord But You the Healer of all my brokenness Met me in my midst of my imperfections Told me to take Your hand and You would heal You promised to bring life to this imperfect vessel My scars and cracks remained to remind me Where I have been and who I am now They show me all the ways You’ve been there You have used my past to point others to You Shown others that we are all flawed and sinful But how You can restore a broken mess of a life And turn it around for a life of freedom from sin I used to have chains around this vessel  But You broke them down and freed me I can show my broken chains to others Show them that they don’t have to live in bondage But they can live a life of peace and love Sin doesn’t have to choke out Your joy You allow us to be useful and give us purpose We don’t

Deconstruction For years I had constructed my own path I followed the ways that I thought best Directed my life towards what I wanted But my path led me straight to destruction  I found depression as my destination When I made all my own choices With no purpose worth get up for Found myself wandering about But You my God called me out No longer deep in my depression Replaced my lacking with true purpose Showed me the path You have for me Gave me joy and peace to run with Break me down And build You up Cut my wants off Replace with Yours Lord deconstruct my attitude  And reconstruct Your will Please tear down my plans And begin to build up Your glory God You are good and holy You take my broken pieces Put me together in Your name In You I am made whole again

God if You’re the One holding my future how can I fear But I am crippled by the thoughts of failing You I know You can hear my anxious thoughts out loud Cuz they scream for attention that nobody hears But I know that You my God are bigger than my fears You are faithful and have wonderful plans for me So I lay my worries at the foot of the cross and say This is where fear goes to die cuz my King defeated you Conquered sin and death and the fear that follows So knowing that I am no longer clinging to my insecurities Cuz You my King hold my future in His awesome hands Your plan for me is hope and a future of Your choosing  I run without shackles and I pursue without panic All the directions and paths He lays before me My future isn’t bright but my future is blessed 

Too often I doubt Your love And forget You’re still good Fear has clouded my eyes And I let it live in my heart No more no longer Hands raised in surrender Lord cut to the heart of it All the way down to the root And remove the blinders Let me see You have me Remove the root of it all And allow sweet victory I keep watering my fear And allowing it to grow Giving it power over me But it’s time to let it go

Proud One nation under God that’s America Our forefathers wanted religious freedom So they fought for those freedoms Many sacrificed their lives for it Men bled and died for our flag America was founded on moral principles Biblical principles flood our historical documents Our history is covered in the blood of soldiers In God we trust covers our coins and bills Is our history perfect absolutely not It is flawed just like every country’s history Yes and we have thrived not because of us But because we have put God first here History is meant to be learned from Not destroyed not forgotten but remembered  So that we can do better and we can be better America allows freedoms nobody else has God bless America we need His blessing So we can be a example of God to the world This country needs to return to its roots Return to the God this country was founded on And to remember the good bad and ugly Because we never want to go back there History will repeat itself if we don’t return to God If

God You’re the key to every locked door Cuz You’re the only One who opens them When a door stays closed You know why Cuz You’ve got something better in store Too often I think You don’t hear my prayers But You hear every prayer ever prayed Even the ones in the deepest of pain You hear the cries and tell me just wait I have something better in store for you If you’ll just trust Me I will open a door And know that if a door is never opened That it is not in my will for Your life or right now Remember everything I do is for My glory And everything has a purpose you can’t see I hold the world in my hands and see it all So trust Me that I know what’s good for you And that I only want what is best for you Cuz you are My beloved and you are Mine I loved you enough to send My Son in your place Put your trust in Me who never fails or changes Whose track record is absolutely perfect

I am fully equipped for the battle that rages on You have given me everything I need To defend myself against the enemy My heart is sealed by Your blood and you have saved me The enemy has no say because I am in your army I have Your Word to be my sword to slash the lies I wear the helmet of salvation on my head To keep me from doubting my allegiance On my chest hangs the breastplate of righteousness  I wear it to protect my heart and my emotions  I use my shield of faith to block the fiery arrows The belt of truth I wear to cling to Your truths I wear shoes of peace to spread the good news I am equipped to face the day with all I need You are with me through every battle I face

Truth only comes from the One above He reigns in and through all things  The God of all kingdoms and the highest King More powerful than anything else nothing else stands All bow at the name of Jesus all will  bow His only rival can’t even come close to Him How could a created being compete with the Creator The end is already written and God is victorious So which team are you a part of winning or not We already know the outcome and who wins Death was defeat by Jesus’ death and resurrection He conquered sin once and for all with His blood A perfect sacrifice to end death’s grip on us The truth is there is a war raging on A battle for your soul and the enemy wants it But God has given us free access to Himself He has given us a free gift of salvation He purchased us Himself with His Son’s life All we have to do is accept this free gift Eternal life will be ours and heaven awaits Heaven awaits those who’ve accepted the invitation So here’s the