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The Other Side of the World

Rich Mullins
Isaiah 11:1-9, Habakkuk 2:4, Matthew 18:23-25
Romans 9:16-24, First Peter 2:4-9
Revelation 7:9-10, Revelation 12:10-12

Well the other side of the world
Is not so far away as I thought that it was
As I thought that it was so far away
But the other side of the world
Is not so far away
And the distance just dissolves into the love
Into the love

And the New Jerusalem won't be as easy to build
As I hoped it would be
As I hoped it would be easy to build
But the New Jerusalem won't be so easy to build
There's many bellies to fill and many hearts to free
Got to set them free

But I see a people who've learned to walk in faith
With mercy in their hearts
And glory on their faces
And I can see the people
And I pray it won't be long
Until Your kingdom comes

And I know that the gates of hell
Are not prone to prevail
As I thought that they were
As I once thought they were prone to prevail
But I know that the gates of Hell
They have been destined to fail
I see Satan impaled on the sword of the Word
On the sword of the Word

And I see the people who have learned to walk in faith
With mercy in their hearts
And glory on their faces
And I can see the people
And I pray it won't be long
Until Your kingdom comes

And I can see the people who have learned to walk in faith
With mercy in their hearts
And glory on their faces
And I can see the people
And I pray it won't be long
Until Your kingdom comes
The other side of the world

With the Wonder

Rich Mullins
Isaiah 29:13-14, First Corinthians+15:19-23

Down at Johnson's Creek
The trees grow tall
Like a man who feeds his soul on Your word
And I can look in the water
I can see the stars fall
Hear the fires crackle
And the crickets chirp
And there are bluffs
On the banks of the cumberland
Where I can see the sun rise
From a world away
And I can see the marvelous things
That You have done
In the beautiful world
That You have made

And in the winter it's white
In the summer it's green
And in the fall it's orange and red and gold
Then it comes alive
In the rites of spring when the rivers thaw
And the flowers unfold
And there are beads of dew on a spider's web
And there are motes of dust
In these beams of light
We who are bone and spittle and muscle and sweat
We live together in a world where
It's good to be alive

'Cause it flutters and floats
It falls and it climbs
It spins and sputters and spurts
And You filled this world
With wonders 'round every turn
And it buzzes and beeps
It shimmeys and shines
It rattles and patters and purrs
And You filled this world with wonders
And I'm filled with the wonder of Your world

If there's a better world
And a brighter day
Even brighter than the one we're in
We'd all be fools to think
That it could be made
By the wills and the hands of foolish men

So Lord to You we give our deepest praise
And to You we sing our loudest songs
And while we live in the world that You have made
We hear it whisper of a world
Of the world that is to come

'Cause it flutters and floats
It falls and it climbs
It spins and sputters and spurts
And You filled this world
With wonders 'round every turn
And it buzzes and beeps
It shimmeys and shines
It rattles and patters and purrs
And You filled this world with wonders
And I'm filled with the wonder of Your world

Awesome God

Rich Mullins
Genesis 1:1-5, Genesis 19:24, Deuteronomy 10:17
Psalm 145, Isaiah 52:10, Habakkuk 3:1-19
Romans 2:23-26, Second Peter 1:5-9, Revelation 22:7

When He rolls up His sleeves
He ain't just putting on the ritz
(Our God is an awesome God)
There's thunder in His footsteps
And lightning in His fists
(Our God is an awesome God)
And the Lord wasn't joking
When He kicked 'em out of Eden
It wasn't for no reason
That He shed His blood
His return is very close
And so you better be believing that
Our God is an awesome God

Our God is an awesome God
He reigns from heaven above
With wisdom, power, and love
Our God is an awesome God

Our God is an awesome God
He reigns from heaven above
With wisdom, power, and love
Our God is an awesome God

And when the sky was starless
In the void of the night
(Our God is an awesome God)
He spoke into the darkness
And created the light
(Our God is an awesome God)
Judgement and wrath He poured out on Sodom
Mercy and grace He gave us at the cross
I hope that we have not
Too quickly forgotten that
Our God is an awesome God

Our God is an awesome God
He reigns from heaven above
With wisdom, power, and love
Our God is an awesome God

Our God is an awesome God
He reigns from heaven above
With wisdom, power, and love
Our God is an awesome God

Our God is an awesome God
He reigns from heaven above
With wisdom, power, and love
Our God is an awesome God

Our God is an awesome God
He reigns from heaven above
With wisdom, power, and love
Our God is an awesome God

Our God is an awesome God (Our God is an awesome God)
He reigns from heaven above (He reigns from heaven above)
With wisdom, power, and love (With wisdom, power, and love)
Our God is an awesome God

Our God is an awesome God
Our God is an awesome God

If I Stand

Rich Mullins and Steve Cudworth
Psalm 125:2, Psalm 126:1-6, Psalm 137:1-6
Isaiah 2:17-22, Isaiah 49:15-16, Hosea 6:3
Ephesians 2:8-10, James 1:13-17

There's more that rises in the morning
Than the sun
And more that shines in the night
Than just the moon
It's more than just this fire here
That keeps me warm
In a shelter that is larger
Than this room

And there's a loyalty that's deeper
Than mere sentiments
And a music higher than the songs
That I can sing
The stuff of Earth competes
For the allegiance
I owe only to the Giver
Of all good things

So if I stand let me stand on the promise
That you will pull me through
And if I can't, let me fall on the grace
That first brought me to You
And if I sing let me sing for the joy
That has born in me these songs
And if I weep let it be as a man
Who is longing for his home

There's more that dances on the prairies
Than the wind
More that pulses in the ocean
Than the tide
There's a love that is fiercer
Than the love between friends
More gentle than a mother's
When her baby's at her side

And there's a loyalty that's deeper
Than mere sentiments
And a music higher than the songs
That I can sing
The stuff of Earth competes
For the allegence
I owe only to the Giver
Of all good things

So if I stand let me stand on the promise
That you will pull me through
And if I can't let me fall on the grace
That first brought me to You
And if I sing let me sing for the joy
That has born in me these songs
And if I weep let it be as a man
Who is longing for his home

And if I stand let me stand on the promise
That you will pull me through
And if I can't let me fall on the grace
That first brought me to You
And if I sing let me sing for the joy
That has born in me these songs
And if I weep let it be as a man
Who is longing for his home

And if I weep let it be as a man
Who is longing for his home

Home

Rich Mullins
Isaiah 60:1-3, First Corinthians 2:9
Second Corinthians 4:7-18, Second Timothy 2:11-13

I see the morning moving over the hills
I can see the shadows on the western side
And all those illusions that I had
They just vanish in Your light
I can feel the warmth of morning on my face
Though the chill in the night still hangs in the air
Though the storm had tossed me
'Til I thought I'd nearly lost my way

And now the night is fading and the storm is past
And everything that could be shaken was shaken
And all that remains is all I ever really had

What I'd have settled for
You've blown so far away
What You brought me to
I thought I could not reach
And I came so close to giving up
But You never did give up on me
I see the morning moving over the hills
I feel the rush of life here where the darkness broke
And I am in You and You're in me
Here where the winds of Heaven blow

And now the night is fading
And the storm is through
And everything You sent to shake me
From my dreams they come to wake me
In the love I find in You
And now the morning comes
And everything that really matters
Become the wings You send to gather me
To my home
To my home
I'm going home

Such a Thing as Glory

Rich Mullins
Job 38:1-41:34, Psalm 18:1-2, Second Corinthians 3:7-18
Philippians 2:6-11, Revelation 5:1-13

Glory (such a thing as glory, such a thing as glory)
Glory (such a thing as glory, such a thing as glory)
There is such a thing as glory
And there are hints of it everywhere
And the hints are overwhelming
And its scent is in the air
It's more powerful than morning
Oh the morning can't compare
With such a thing as glory
Such a thing as glory

There was a man named Jesus
And He was God and He was flesh
And He came down here to lead us out
From this burning wilderness
He took upon His shoulders
Our sin, our shame, our death
And there is such a thing as glory
Such a thing as glory
And there is such a thing
And there is such a thing
And there is such a thing

Now Jesus lives in glory
And Jesus reigns as Heaven's King
And the love of God is pouring out
On the earth the sky and sea
We who've come beneath His mercies
Will be compelled to sing
There is such a thing as glory
Such a thing as glory (such a thing as glory)
I know that there is (such a thing as glory)
You know that there is (such a thing as glory)
Glory (such a thing as glory)
Glory, glory, glory (such a thing as glory)
And there is glory (such a thing as glory)

. . . And I Love You

Rich Mullins
Second Kings 13:20-21, Psalm 23:5-6, Psalm 116
Acts 2:38, First Corinthians 11:23-26, Ephesians 5:25-27

When they put me in the river
I could feel Your love
Flowing through me in the cleansing waters
And when they brought me out
After I had been washed
I could feel the power
That they felt at the Pentecost

Whoa, and I love You, whoa
Whoa, and I love You, whoa

And I can taste You in the Bread and in the Wine
There You spread Your feast of joy before me
And like the man who had fallen
On Elisha's bones
I'm alive again
And I just wanted to let You know

Whoa, and I love You, whoa
Whoa, and I love You, whoa

There's a different kind of tear now
In my eye
A response to a freer wind
That's blowing in a bigger sky

Whoa, and I love You, whoa
Whoa, and I love You, whoa
I love You

Whoa, and I love You
Whoa, and I love You
Whoa, with a tear in my eye and I love You
Whoa, you know that I love You
Whoa, with Your freedom of love and you know I love You

Ready for the Storm

Dougie MacLean
Isaiah 50:5-11

The waves crash in the tide rolls out
It's an angry sea but there is no doubt
That the lighthouse will keep shining out
To warn a lonely sailor
And the lightning strikes
And the wind cuts cold
Through the sailor's bones
Through the sailor's soul
'Til there's nothing left that he can hold
Except a rolling ocean

Oh I am ready for the storm
Yes sir ready
I am ready for the storm
I'm ready for the storm

Oh give me mercy for my dreams
'Cause every confrontation seems to tell me
What it really means
To be this lonely sailor
And when the sky begins to clear
The sun it melts away my fear
And I shed a silent weary tear
For those who mean to love me

Oh I am ready for the storm
Yes sir ready
I am ready for the storm
I'm ready for the storm

The distance it is no real friend
And time will take its time
And you will find that in the end
It brings you me
This lonely sailor
And when You take me by the hand
And You love me, Lord, You love me
And I should have realized
I had no reasons to be frightened

Oh I am ready for the storm
Yes sir ready
I am ready for the storm
Yes sir ready
I am ready for the storm
Yes sir ready
I am ready for the storm
I'm ready for the storm

One True Love

Rich Mullins and Steve Cudworth
Isaiah 40:15-31, Matthew 6:24
Philippians 2:14-16, Philippians 3:7-14

I saw the world through my window
I saw the world on parade
With all of its beauty and all of its power
And all of it fading away
So I'm holding on to nothing less
Than what's keeping me strong and it's

One True Love that keeps me sane
And out of all that I've got
The only thing that won't change is this
One True Love
One True Love
And there's One True Love in this world of lies
And out of all the beauty I've found
I find there's only One True Love
And there's One True love

And I heard the words of a wise man
He said there's only two ways you can go
One way you can save your riches
And the other will save your soul
What in the world could this world give
That could ever compare with the

One True Love that keeps me sane
And out of all that I've got
The only thing that won't change is this
One True Love
One True Love
And there's One True Love in this world of lies
And out of all of the beauty I've found
I find there's only One True Love
And there's One True Love

And the light shines in my heart in the night
I want to shine it everywhere I go
When the rest of the world passes by me
I hope they will see
The One True Love that they all need
We need One True Love

And there's One True Love that keeps me sane
And out of all that I've got
The only thing that won't change is this
One True Love
One True Love
And there's One True Love in this world of lies
And out of all the beauty I've found
I find there's only One True Love
There's One True Love
And there's One True Love
And there's One True Love

And there's One True Love that keeps me sane
And out of all that I've got
The only thing that won't change is this
One True Love
One True Love
And there's One True Love in this world of lies

How Can I Keep Myself From Singing

Rich Mullins
Psalm 139:1-4, Matthew 6:9-10, James 4:14
First John 5:14-15, Revelation 6:12

I feel my heart my heart is beating
It has a rhythm strong and sure
And in the Name that brought me healing
I pray for a healing of this world

And I know sacred ears will listen
And holy hands reach out to touch
How can I keep myself from singing
Hallelujah! (Hallelujah!)
Hallelujah! (Hallelujah!)
Hallelujah! (Hallelujah!)
Hallelujah! (Hallelujah!)

I see the moon
The moon is bleeding
There is a shadow on the sun
And I know this life
This life is fleeting
So Lord I pray Thy Kingdom come

And I know sacred ears will listen
And holy hands reach out to touch
How can I keep myself from singing

Hallelujah! (Hallelujah!)
Hallelujah! (Hallelujah!)
Hallelujah! (Hallelujah!)
Hallelujah! (Hallelujah!)
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