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1. Jesus Is Yours
“Jesus is Yours” words and music by Ben Keyes 2013 Ordinary Time Music CCLI# 6418241
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2. Joy Brand New
This is a call to worship and a reflection on our cause for worship. The ancient story of our creation, fall and redemption remains the same through the centuries but it also has power to grab us in...
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3. You Are My Reason To Sing
This song is based on the words of Psalm 19. The song came about as an effort to put into music the way the psalm declares the glory of God’s creation, both of the physical world and laws of God. I...
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4. Come Ye Sinners
Am C G C Come ye sinners Poor and needy weak and wounded sick and sore C G Am Em Am Jesus ready stands to save you full of pity love and power Come ye thirsy come and welcome God's free bounty glorify...
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5. When I'm Gone
When we think about death, it's easy to do one of two things. First, it's easy to despair. Second, to avoid the first option, it's easy to use our hope in Christ to minimize the tragedy of death. We...
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6. Help, O Lord
On an album about joy, this song of lament (based on Psalm 12) may seem out of place. But as a follower of Christ, our joy is not ultimately dictated by our present circumstances but by the trajectory...
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7. The Feast
The feast of Belshazzar is a story from the book of Daniel. It was first suggested—in jest by a friend of ours— that we do a song (or maybe it was a whole album) about this event. However, the story is...
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8. Author Of My Days
In the dark times of life one can feel not only hidden from God, but abandoned by God. There are many psalms that give voice to this feeling of being lost, and to the wretchedness of this feeling....
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9. A Higher, Deeper Praise
God has accomplished everything necessary for us; from our existence to our salvation. As we reflect on the coming of Christ, the man who was fully God, we see the way in which God has truly done all...
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10. A Thousand Years
This song came out of a year-long residency as songwriter in residence at my church. During this time I would try to write songs out of the scripture that we were using on a particular Sunday. This...
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11. Breathe Down
I wrote this song on a break while working a nightshift at Onsite, a drug recovery/treatment center in Vancouver. I often played guitar there while on break, in the dead of night as people slept and I...
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