David Phelps

Dear Lord, I’m on my knees again
I come to You because You understand
I’ve tried so hard, but I just can’t change myself
That’s why I know I need Your help

(Chorus)
So here I am
This in my plea
My only hope is Your love for me
I’m reaching out
So desperately
Come take my hand; take all of me
Just as I am

Oh Lord, You make what’s broken new
Why can’t I just learn to follow You
I want to know You and feel You in my soul
I surrender all control

(Chorus)

I am not afraid to follow You where You lead me
I can leave the past behind me
I’m forgiven and I’m free

Dear Lord, I’m on my knees again
I come to You because You understand
I’ve tried so hard, but I just can’t change myself
That’s why I know I need Your help

(Chorus)
So here I am
This in my plea
My only hope is Your love for me
I’m reaching out
So desperately
Come take my hand; take all of me
Just as I am

Oh Lord, You make what’s broken new
Why can’t I just learn to follow You
I want to know You and feel You in my soul
I surrender all control

(Chorus)

I am not afraid to follow You where You lead me
I can leave the past behind me
I’m forgiven and I’m free

The music began at His command And the Singer drew his breath The melody rose and dawned on the land and pierced the emptyness and from a barren and lonely place Life began to spring As on the stage of time and space God threw back His head and began to sing Let there be light invade the darkness Fill up the void Replace the noise With sweet harmony Let there be joy And echoes of laughter And the Singer sings on And still writes the song of the redeemed Though beautifully sung, the song went wnheard And darkness returned again But God had a plan in the second verse To win back the hearts of man A star rose up in the eastern sky That night in Bethlehem And as the baby Jesus cried God sang out His song and the angels joined in Let there be light, invade the darkness Fill up the void, replace the noise With sweet harmony And let there be joy, and echoes of laughter And the Singer sings on and still writes the song of the redeemed And everytime a soul receives that joyful Christmas song He rises from His throne and all creation sings alone Let there be light, invade the darkness Fill up the void , replace the noise With sweet harmony And let there be joy, and echoes of laughter And the Singer sings on and still writes the song of the redeemed And the Singer sings on and still writes the song of the redeemed Let there be light let the darkness be shaken Let there be light let the soul be awakened (X5) Of the redeemed Let there be light

Away in a manger no crib for a bed
The little Lord Jesus lay down his sweet head
the stars in the bright sky look down where he lay
the little lord Jesus asleep on the hay

Sleep little baby
sleep holy child
sleep little baby
so meek and mild

Be near me lord Jesus I ask you, Please stay
Close by me forever and love me I pray
Bless all the dear children in thy tender care
and keep us for heaven to live with you there
keep us for heaven to live with you there

Just a simple maiden with her hands stretched out to God Haying "Lord,Thy will be done. I will abide" Just a simple stable, looking back it does seem odd That God Himself would enter there inside One wintry night the starry universe Went whirling upside down And everything that was, sas not the same One wintry night a supernatural birth Left heaven and earth spellbound As the Mysterious Omniscient took a name Darkness fled from Light ; wrong was made right In just one wintry night Just a simple carpenter who found himself in love With a girl bearing the Child of the Divine Just a simple manger yet somehow it was enough To accomadate the God of space and time One wintry night the starry universe Went whirling upside down And everything that was, was not the same One wintry night a supernatural birth Left heaven and earth spellbound As the Mysterious Omniscient took a name Darkness fled from Light ; wrong was made right In just one wintry night Don't you know the angels were breathless As He stepped down off His throne Into the cosmos His own hands had made Don't you know that darkness protested As its reign was overthrown And victory was declared with love's display One wintry night the starry universe Went whirling upside down And everything that was, was not the same One wintry night a supernatural birth Left heaven and earth spellbound As the Mysterious Omniscient took a name Darkness fled from Light ; wrong was made right In just one wintry night One wintry night upsidedown One wintry night was spellbound One wintry night upsidedown One wintry night was spellbound

O holy night the stars are brightly shining It is the night of our dear Savior's birth Long lay the world in sin and error pining 'Til He appeared and the soul felt its worth A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn Fall on your knees O hear the angel voices O night divine O night when Christ was born O night divine O night, o night divine Truly He taught us to love one another His law is love and His gospel is peace Chains shall He break for the slave is our brother And in His name all oppression shall cease Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we Let all within us praise His holy name

In the beginning there was the Word pure love was spoken to reach every man they stopped and listened but all that they heard was language that they could not understand. so he came with starlight and love in his eyes, no regal welcome for his infant cry there have been many babies to become the king but only one king became a baby He left behind his thrown of pure light and gave up his crown that we might be free he chose a manger that Bethlehem night and reaching through time space he saw me with no joy, no peace, no hope in sight so he came with starlight and love in his eyes, no regal welcome for his infant cry there have been many babies to become the king but only one king became a baby he could have chosen to break through the sky with anthems and angel wings, but he knew we woul understand a babies cry and learn love from a servant king so he came with starlight and love in his eyes, no regal welcome for his infant cry there have been so many babies to become the king but only one king became a baby

Oh holy night
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of the dear Savior's birth
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
Till he appeared and the soul felt its worth
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks a new and glorius morn

Fall on your knees Oh hear the angel voices
Oh night divine Oh night when Christ was born
Oh night divine Oh night divine

Truly He taught us to love one another
His law is love and His gospel is peace
Chains he shall break for the slave is our brother
And in His name all oppression shall cease
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we
Let all within us we praise His holy name

Fall on your knees Oh hear the angel voices
Oh night divine Oh night when Christ was born
Oh night divine Oh night divine

Oh holy night
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of the dear Savior's birth
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
Till he appeared and the soul felt its worth
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks a new and glorius morn

Fall on your knees Oh hear the angel voices
Oh night divine Oh night when Christ was born
Oh night divine Oh night divine

Truly He taught us to love one another
His law is love and His gospel is peace
Chains he shall break for the slave is our brother
And in His name all oppression shall cease
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we
Let all within us we praise His holy name

Fall on your knees Oh hear the angel voices
Oh night divine Oh night when Christ was born
Oh night divine Oh night divine

Oh holy night
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of the dear Savior's birth
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
Till he appeared and the soul felt its worth
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks a new and glorius morn

Fall on your knees Oh hear the angel voices
Oh night divine Oh night when Christ was born
Oh night divine Oh night divine

Truly He taught us to love one another
His law is love and His gospel is peace
Chains he shall break for the slave is our brother
And in His name all oppression shall cease
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we
Let all within us we praise His holy name

Fall on your knees Oh hear the angel voices
Oh night divine Oh night when Christ was born
Oh night divine Oh night divine

A shooting star tumbles down,
Its flame cannot endure.
A scarlet rose withers brown
To lose its fragrant lure.
The moon illuminates the night
To vanish at the dawn.
Oh, but love, love goes on.

Fortunes fail and disappear,
Like castles in the sand.
Power spoils and causes fear,
But yields to stronger hands.
Fame lasts for a moment,
Then, in a moment, it is gone.
Oh, but love, love goes on.

Beauty fades, and passion wanes,
And faces show their years.
Death steals a lover's touch away,
But time dries up the tears.
Tunes are soon forgotten,
And singers lose their song,
But love goes on.

A baby Boy, a starlit night,
Kings on bended knee.
Healing hands giving sight,
Then tortured on a tree.
A woman sings, rejoicing,
"He is risen, He is gone!"
Because love, love goes on.
Oh, love goes on.

Watching the surf cover up my toes Breathing the salt air from the coast Ten years old with my eyes pressed closed Life is a church Remembering first love's tender kiss Mourning the loss of my innocence The bittersweet taste of it on my lips Life is a church These are the sacraments This is the altar Love is the spirit Making the blue planet turn Life is a church Chorus Watching my baby being born Written all over you, pain and joy Holding your hand, it's a little boy Chorus Ashes to ashes, earth to earth The preacher throws in the first handful of dirt My little boy asks me, "Does goodbye always hurt?" Chorus