It's a new day, like water in the desert, like warmth in the snow,
It's a new day, like the release of forgiveness, like trust

It's a new day, like hope, like love

It's a new day, like a child's simple faith,
like the warmth of your embrace,

Like coming home

It's a new day, like an island in the ocean
It's a new day, like a shelter from the storm

It's a new day, like hope, like love

Home feels so secure, far from risk, far from fear
Stagnant, complacent…

-Your Runaway Son

I thought that I was the eldest, not like the others, always best
I'm drowning in my pride

-Your Runaway Son

Somehow I messed up.  I stayed close but my heart checked out.
Lord will You take me back?

-Your Runaway Son

I'm so at home in Your arms, nothing could do me harm
I'm so at home in Your arms, let our hearts be one

I never ran from home, but I know I ran from You
Lord take me in Your arms, let our hearts be one

I know.  It’'s the heartbeat of my soul
I choose to worship You in spirit and in truth

Before I even came, You already knew my name
And I chose to believe because You first loved me

It's the reason I'm here, shining like a mirror
To reflect back Your light and return Your love

I know.  It's the heartbeat of my soul
I know to choose.  I choose to worship You.

I’'m coming back to You.  Coming back to be true to You.
It's You… my first love

I'm coming back again.
I'm coming back to begin again with You…
my first love.

You're my first love.

You're all that I've hoped for.    All  that I adore.

You're my first love…

You're all that I've hoped for… everything and more…

You're my first love.

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You unlocked the door. You came and loosened up my chains…
Shook down the walls of my heart and set me free

So come and take my hand.  Lord, You know I'll take Yours.
See me through the bad times and the good.

Shine on me in all Your glory
Shine on me in all Your splendor
Shine on me… in all that I am,

I seek Your light.  I seek Your life.  I seek Your truth.  I seek to live in You.

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It could have been a day like all the others
Or it could be the day that changed my life
The ransom price was to high
You're the ransom of unending love

You are so good to me…  You're a revelation
You're life and love to me…  You're my ransom

Like sunrise on Easter Sunday
It could have been a day… a day to mourn
But you had come to pay the price for my wrong ways
You're the ransom of unending love

You are so good to me…  You're a revelation
You're life and love to me…  You're my ransom

You could have turned… and left me in my shame
And said to me “"Be gone… I don't know your name"
But You took my place and suffered in my staid
And since then I feel You're love in me

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He came for the harlots, the killers, the thieves.
He came for the liars, murderers and cheats.

He came for the lost whether they’'ve been led astray
Or if we were the ones leading others away (from You)

He is here for you and me.

We are here to see.
We are here to breathe.
We are here for You.

He's here for the sick.  He's here for the poor.
He's here for you and me… who need but don't know.

He is here for you and me.

We are here to see.  We are here to breathe. We are here for You.

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As I lay down my cares… all of my worries, all of my fear…
All that's been ever so blurry suddenly seems so clear… before You.

I have come up short of words.  I'm at a loss to sing Your praise… before You.

As I cry and ask for grace, I feel Your mercy in this place… before You.

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Listening to Your voice… I hear the sound of Your heart beating
I have made the choice never to leave…

Listening to Your voice… I hear the sound of Your heart breaking
I have made my choice never to leave… You

Draw me closer and take me in
Deep within my skin is a sense… of something more
You're something more

Draw me closer… ever closer… draw me closer to You

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I set my face against the wind
I defy the phantoms that besiege me
and I can't carry the weight of this world
Unless you lift it with me

So hold onto my hand and don't let me fall
I'll rise once more, though I don't feel like it at all

I will run this race as one that I will surely win
And I will see Your face

‘'Cause I open up my heart
'Cause you loved me from the start
I want to let you in

Father come in, Jesus come in
Spirit come live inside me
I open my heart

And I open up my heart
'Cause you loved me from the start
I want to let you in

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You meet me in the hardest places.  You are my rock.  You are my fortress
You meet me in the hardest places.  Who should I fear?  Who should I fear?

When I am weakest, You are strong.  When I fall down, I'm never alone.
When I'm frustrated… when I'm so humiliated… You come and carry me

Lord, come and carry me.

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I came to the place where you meet with me
My spirit touched your heart but you walked away

Now this preciousness seems so close to gone
Listen to my heart, it longs for you

Still, somewhere in your soul and in the corner of your eye
When you let me take control you'll feel my love inside

How far will you run to find how deep, how high, how long, how wide
How I long for you!

Our fathers made this place for You to meet with me
Your spirit touched their hearts but they walked away

Now this place has been empty for so long
No vacant sign but vacant hearts

Still, somewhere in my soul and in the corner of my eye
When I let You take control I feel Your love inside

How far will I run to find how deep, how high, how long, how wide
How I long for you!

I long for You

“"I long for you"

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Holy, holy, holy,
Lord God Almighty
The One who was and is,
And is to come

Holy, holy, holy,
Lord God Almighty
Heaven and earth proclaim
Your glory

Allelu...  Allelu...  Allelu...  Alleluia

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