And He’ll break open the skies to save
Those who cry out his name
The One the wind and waves obey
Is strong enough to save you
~ Strong Enough to Save, by Tenth Avenue North
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Strong Enough to Save You
Category: Music
This is Christmas
Do you find it hard to sleep tonight
Resting by the Christmas lights
Could there be something you forgot
Beyond the bows and mistletoe
The tree with presents wrapped below
There’s more to this that you had ever thought
Have we lost the reason that we celebrate each year
What is Christmas
If there never was a Savior wrapped in a manger
What is Christmas without Christ
Remember how the story goes
God’s gift was wrapped in swaddling clothes
Beneath a star one great and holy night
The shepherds heard the angels sing
The wise men brought an offering
Peace on Earth began in Bethlehem
Have we lost the reason that we celebrate each year
What is Christmas
If there never was a Savior wrapped in a manger
What is Christmas if the angels never sang
Glory to the newborn King
What is Christmas without Christ
That we know
Gloria in excelsis deo
What is Christmas
if there never was a Savior wrapped in a manger [Joy to the world]
What is Christmas without Christ
This is Christmas
It’s all about the Savior wrapped in the manger [Joy to the world]
This is Christmas
Because of Jesus Christ
This is Christmas
Because of Christ
~ This is Christmas, by Kutless
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He Knows
All the bitter weary ways
endless striving day by day
you barely have the strength to pray
in the valley low
how hard your fight has been
how deep the pain within
wounds that no one else has seen
hurts too much to show
all the doubt you’re standing in between
And all the weight that brings you to your knees
HE KNOWS, HE KNOWS
EVERY HURT AND EVERY STING
HE HAS WALKED THE SUFFERING
HE KNOWS, HE KNOWS
LET YOUR BURDENS COME UNDONE
LIFT YOUR EYES UP TO THE ONE
WHO KNOWS
HE KNOWS
we may faint and we may sink
feel the pain and near the brink
but the dark begins to shrink
when you find the one who knows
the chains of doubt that held you in between
one by one are starting to break free
every time that you feel forsaken
every time that you feel alone
He is near to the broken hearted
every tear
He knows…
He Knows, by Jeremy Camp
I praise You that the things that happened in my past, both enjoyable and painful, are raw materials for blessings, both in my life and in the lives of others. So I thank you for the specific family (or lack of family) into which I was born and the opportunities You did or did not provide. And thank You for the things in my past that appear to be limitations, hindrances, bad breaks…the wounds of old hurts, the unmet emotional needs, the mistakes or neglect of other people–even their cruelty to me, their abuse.
How comforting to know that in all my distresses You were distressed. And how I thank You, Lord Jesus, that on the cross You bore my griefs and carried my sorrows, as well as my sins…that I can kneel at the cross and worship You as the One who took on Yourself all my pain and experienced it to the full. And how comforting to know that in the present, day by day, You feel with me any pain, confusion, inner bondage, or struggles that stem from my past. Thank You that all these seeming disadvantages are a backdrop for the special, unfolding plan You have in mind for me…”
~ 31 Days of Praise: Enjoying God Anew (Day 11), by Ruth and Warren Myers
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