responding to trials: death working life in us

this worked me over.  please enjoy. notes below.



Notes to this teaching click here

jesus culture, cleveland

Quick little post:
I am SO excited to visit my friend Katie, who lives in Cleveland, in May!!
Been asking the Lord to give me a go ahead and I got it today!!  Praise Him.
Jesus Culture connected to Bethel church in Redding CA will be there as well.
Another Katy, who lives in Texas and works with Teen Mania is coming up to Kansas City and together we'll adventure via megabus to Chicago then Cleveland to stay with Katie.
Please join in praying for safety refreshment encouragement and encounter with Jesus for this trip.
Bless you!

hold me, i need You right here.

comfort me the way only You can
this misery is beyond words
i only know its You alone who can remove
this anguish at the root
but as You do, i inquire only one thing:
hold me so tightly i'll perceive You're right here


i need You to hold me
i have to know You're here
i have no good without You
so come on,  draw near


i have to see You haven't left me
that i'm not alone in this night
i believe the dark will leave
with one ray of Your light


i need You to hold me [HOLD ME]
i have to know You're here [YOU'RE HERE]
i have no good without You [WITHOUT YOU]
so come on, draw near [SO NEAR]

i have this craving

its gotta be filled by You

there's this groaning

it's the same need too

touch the place that only You see

no one else spots it

not even me

there's this river of passion welling up

--my affections and needs 

could be bestowed upon numerous ones...

it's You i wanna gush this love on

it's a fragile container

a vessel washed by Your blood

purchased, now to You belonging

take it, crush it, mold it, pour it out,

in Your hands i place my yearning

i need You to hold me

to guard my affections

else i give them away while still raw

i need You to keep me

then all Yours i'll be

fragile, i am, it's You I seek

broken, i am, teach me to lean

hold me
     hold me
          hold me
                hold me
closer
    tighter
        let me hear Your heartbeat


won't You meet me in this ache
won't You hold me so i don't break
if i'm alone what step can i take
so come and meet me
                             hold me as i shake


hold me til the pain is gone
let me feel Your love has won
bring to mind the Day death is done
so i can absorb Your victory's song
i will sing the triumphant song


all i know is gnawing pain
death reminds me of this loss again
my mind a hollow hall of refusal became
the day my daddy met the grave


today he sees You face to face
even now I miss him in this place
engulf me within Your grace
cuz my heart still carries the ache


oh hold me
     oh hold me 


[HOLD ME, Papa]


i cling to You
     i cry to You 


[Papa, I NEED YOU] 
     [Papa, I NEED YOU]


let me know You're holding me too
let me know You're here


death's shadow still makes me weep
i need You: my heart to keep
You came and died my griefs to bear
i put on joy, exchange the mourning i wear


in desperate cries
i rebuke death's lies
and cling to Resurrection's tale:
You died and rose to rend the veil


just to hold me [HOLD ME]
to show me You're here
i have no good without You
and even now You'll come near


by Your Boy's blood, i will overcome
Papa, hold me [HOLD ME]
Papa, hold me [HOLD ME]
i need You right here.