Songs for Inspiration

[cmc]

From time to time we have run a thread like this to share inspirational Christian music; I wanted to start it again.
Please feel free to add some of your favorites.
Here's an oldie that I heard today:

I Have Decided
Written by: Michael Card


CHORUS:

I have decided I'm gonna live like a believer,

turn my back on the deceiver,

I'm gonna live what I believe.

I have decided bein' good is just a fable,

I just can't 'cause I'm not able,

I'm gonna leave it to the Lord.

VERSE 1:

There's a wealth of things that I profess,

I said that I believed,

but deep inside I never changed,

I guess I'd been deceived.

'Cause a voice inside kept tellin' me

that I'd change by and by,

but the spirit made it clear to me

that kind of life's a lie.

VERSE 2:

So forget the game of being good,

and your self-righteous pain,

'cause the only good inside your heart

is the good that Jesus brings.

When the world beings to see you change

don't expect them to applaud,

just keep your eyes on Him and tell yourself

I've become the work of God.




© 1982 Mole End Music Singspiration Music
CCLI# 9945

[suki44883]

Red Rubber Ball by Cyrkle

I should have known you'd bid me farewell
There's a lesson to be learned from this and I learned it very well
Now, I know you're not the only starfish in the sea
If I never hear your name again, it's all the same to me

And I think it's gonna be alright
Yeah, the worst is over now
The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball

You never care for secrets I confide
For you, I'm just an ornament, somethin' for your pride
Always runnin', never carin', that's the life you live
Stolen minutes of your time were all you had to give

And I think it's gonna be alright
Yeah, the worst is over now
The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball

The story's in the past with nothin' to recall
I've got my life to live and I don't need you at all
The roller-coaster ride we took is nearly at an end
I bought my ticket with my tears, that's all I'm gonna spend

And I think it's gonna be alright
Yeah, the worst is over now
The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball

Oh, I think it's gonna be alright
Yeah, the worst is over now
The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball

[toad]

Dweller on the threshold

By Van Morrison

I'm a dweller on the threshold
And I'm waiting at the door
And I'm standing in the darkness
I don't want to wait no more

I have seen without perceiving
I have been another man
Let me pierce the realm of glamour
So I know just what I am

I'm a dweller on the threshold
And I'm waiting at the door
And I'm standing in the darkness
I don't want to wait no more

Feel the angel of the present
In the mighty crystal fire
Lift me up consume my darkness
Let me travel even higher

I'm a dweller on the threshold
As I cross the burning ground
Let me go down to the water
Watch the great illusion drown

I'm a dweller on the threshold
And I'm waiting at the door
And I'm standing in the darkness
I don't want to wait no more

I'm gonna turn and face the music
The music of the spheres
Lift me up consume my darkness
When the midnight disappears

I will walk out of the darkness
And I'll walk into the light
And I'll sing the song of ages
And the dawn will end the night

I'm a dweller on the threshold
And I'm waiting at the door
And I'm standing in the darkness
I don't want to wait no more

I'm a dweller on the threshold
And I cross some burning ground
And I'll go down to the water
Let the great illusion drown

I'm a dweller on the threshold
And I'm waiting at the door
And I'm standing in the darkness
I don't want to wait no more

I'm a dweller on the threshold
Dweller on the threshold
I'm a dweller on the threshold
I'm a dweller on the threshold