Today’s special participatory blog post is going to be an expression of love for Jesus Christ. On today’s blog post, we simply get to be like teenagers in love:) I’d like to encourage everyone who reads this blog to participate.
I am aware that many who read this blog do not always agree with the articles and discussions posted here. If that applies to you, I would also like to encourage you to participate as today’s post will entirely be an expression of love. With all the angst that can often occur among Christians on the internet, in my opinion, this expression of love for Him cannot happen too much.
We’ve all heard those late night ‘love-song’ call-in shows on the radio in which lovesick people call in to dedicate a special song to the one they love hoping that the one they love is also listening to the radio. These ‘love song’ call in shows exist because there are times in which words are simply insufficient to express affection for another. When words fail to express the heart, a song seems to do a much better job.
Today’s blog post is going to be like one of those sappy teenage late night love-song call-in shows dedicated to expressing our love and affection for Jesus Christ. Here are the rules for participation:
1. Dedicate a song to Christ in the comment section of this blog.
(include name and artist of song)
2. Describe to Christ personally exactly why you are dedicating this song to Him.
(Speak directly to Him, not simply about Him. This will be especially difficult for those who are used to using only their craniums to relate to Him.)
3. Include a link to the song.
(if you cannot find a link to the song, include the lyrics.)
4. Have no fear of being too cheesy or sappy.
(Since this is your expression of love, do not fear what others might think of the song, or artist of the song, which you are dedicating. When you see the song I am going to dedicate, you will know why this rule is here:)
Thanks for participating!
Jamal Jivanjee
I dedicate the song ‘Power Of Love’ by Celine Dion to Jesus Christ.
Jesus, I dedicate this song to you because it embodies who you are, and who we are to you. We, the church, are your bride. We are your woman. You are our Bridegroom. You are our man. When I think of our wedding day, when we as a corporate Bride are gathered together with you, I can imagine singing something like this to you. I am often amazed at the mystery of how the two of us can be joined together as one. How can this be? Then I realize that this mystery is true because of the power of love. Jesus, you are the embodiment of love!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BHoj8uFdr8
WOW!!! Perfect song!
Love those Celine songs you pick Jamal =]
The “New Day” was perfect a few weeks ago.
Wrecked for Him!!! <3<3
My song is called ‘Wedding Dress’ by Derek Webb
This is an old song but it says so much about our condition verses our position to me.
Jesus, this song describes how easy it is to want the things of this world and how we aren’t always faithful to you as the lover of our very souls. Thank you God that you are faithful to me even when I am not faithful to you.
Sweet Jesus,
The song I dedicate to you is, “Like a Sunflower”. I remember singing this song as a child to You and feeling that sense of being drawn to you just as the sunflower turns toward the sun, seeking its light and life. Even on a dreary, rainy day, like today, I know Your light shines from within and without. Without You I have no life, no warmth, nothing to offer. I love you, Lord, with every fiber of my being. I turn toward you…
Love,
Jenny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJx7Ag2fN1I&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Like a sunflower that follows
Every moment of the sun,
So I turn towards You, to follow You my God.
In simplicity, charity I follow (2)
In simplicity, honesty I follow (2)
In simplicity, fidelity I follow (2)
So good.
Jesus,
I thank you for the song “Just The Way You Are” by Bruno Mars.
I can’t hear this song without hearing you serenade me with your affection.
You are in love with us! We are your bride and when you see us, you love us- just the way we are. We don’t have to do anything to earn your love.
We don’t have to change to be good enough.
Looking back on all the work I’ve done to earn your approval, I’m done with it! I’m basking in Your grace!
“Cuz girl you’re amazing, just the way you are”
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjhCEhWiKXk)
Sweet!!!
Bro, this is absolutely incredible! In the beginning of the video, she was listening to the tape of him singing this song. I love how he broke into her world and began singing the song directly to her in person!
Listening to Christ’s song to us ‘on tape’ and listening to Christ’s song to us ‘in person’ is the difference between relating to Christ through the grid of the religious system, and relating to Him from our new position ‘In Him’ and He ‘In us’. Thx for sharing!
(So Funny that you posted this today.. God has had a song on my heart all morning. It’s more of a prayer/song from my childhood that we used to pray in pre-school and then later it was our dinner grace as children.)
Jesus, my King: You have been putting a song in my heart all morning, “Johnny Appleseed.” Thank you for this song during this time when I MUST rely on all of you and the gifts you give, not the world. The sun is YOUR son, the rain is YOUR reign, the apple seeds are your creations here, within us and in heaven. Thank you for all these things, for the desires to be one with you and commune with you through your Saints and our daily needs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_IrdS-zu48
Wow..Disney worship! I love it! Awesome choice.
Jesus,
Words cannot describe what it means to KNOW that you love me the way you do. There is NO GREATER love that I have found. I hope you enjoy this song.
Marvin Gaye – How Sweet it is to be love by YOU!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH0Q2lBK9-U
Funny, some saints in our church rewrote that song to the Lord.
Jimmy Needham did too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82dZ9IDkQc0
Jesus –
Throughout my walk I find myself in places and situations that I don’t understand. Places where I feel on my own, where I struggle with the next step and decide to walk my own path. But then I turn to you and I am blown away at how you love me. All the time. You are the only one that could ever help me. You have righted me when I was wrong. You are with me all the time. There is no maybe about it – I am amazed at the way i need you.
Maybe I’m Amazed – Paul McCartney
http://youtu.be/cm2YyVZBL8U
This song has been one that I have always wanted to rewrite, inserting Lord/Jesus in the appropriate places.
Jesus, You are my River. You are the Great Giver of the Great Gift. Rocks are scattered all over my past, I stumble on them still. But You are my Rock! All the rough uncut stones of my life, I offer to You, knowing You can make them holy,knowing You will use them to polish me into Your treasure….as You are my treasure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oef8KFUarY8
The song I would like to dedicate to Jesus is “Endless Love” by Mariah Carey and Luther Vandross
Thank you that your love for your Bride is an “Endless love” that stretches from eternity to eternity. Thank you that I’m part of your eternal Bride. Wow! You loved us before we loved you. Oh, what a lover! And because of this love I sing:
My love, there’s only you in my life
The only thing that’s bright
My first love, you’re every breath that I take
You’re every step I make
And I, I want to share
All my love with you
No one else will do
And your eyes, your eyes, your eyes
They tell me how much you care
Oh yes, you will always be
My endless love
Two hearts, two hearts that beat as one
Our lives have just begun
Forever, I’ll hold you close in my arms
I can’t resist your charms
And love, oh love
I’ll be a fool for you, I’m sure
You know I don’t mind
Oh, you know I don’t mind
‘Cause you, you mean the world to me
Oh, I know, I know
I’ve found, I’ve found in you
My endless love
Oh, and love, oh, love
I’ll be that fool for you, I’m sure
You know I don’t mind
Oh, you know I don’t mind
And yes, you’ll be the only one
‘Cause no one can deny
This love I have inside
And I’ll give it all to you
My love, my love, my love
My endless love
I’d like to dedicate the song “Without You” by David Guetta featuring Usher to God today.
Jesus, this song makes me think of You because in my own strength, I am not capable of accomplishing Your will, but through You, I can do all things You ask of me! My favorite part of this song is: I am lost, I am vain, I will never be the same without You! This song also reflects the tenderness I feel toward Your love for me and also the energy and strength You give me!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doWIkO1GGVo
You have completely and forever changed this song for me!!! This is awesome.. LOVE LOVE LOVE it!
Ari-Amber,
Thanks so much for posting this song by David Guetta. I was listening to it this morning, and I was blessed. There is a line in the song that states:
“I lost my heart, and I lost my mind without you”
As I listened to those words in the song, I sensed the Lord reminding me that, in Christ, we have recieved His heart and His mind because we are ‘in Him’. What a miracle!
Lord Jesus, You are are the paramount love of my life; and there’s nothing sweeter or richer than knowing You. Thank you for loving me first, best, and unrelentingly.
All I once held dear, built my life upon
All this world reveres, and wars to own
All I once thought gain I have counted loss
Spent and worthless now, compared to this
Knowing you, Jesus
Knowing you, there is no greater thing
You’re my all, you’re the best
You’re my joy, my righteousness
And I love you, Lord
Now my heart’s desire is to know you more
To be found in you and known as yours
To possess by faith what I could not earn
All-surpassing gift of righteousness
Oh, to know the power of your risen life
And to know You in Your sufferings
To become like you in your death, my Lord
So with you to live and never die
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rl45JnnRSw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Trevor! I love that song!
Me too! We should put it in our songbook!
This day my heart sings to you the entire Canticle of the Plains written by Rich Mullins. In addition, I proclaim that Nothing Is Beyond (Jesus Record, Rich Mullins) & that (LORD), You Are All! (Canticle of the Plains, Rich Mullins, Beaker, & Mitch McVicker):
Nothing Is Beyond You
Where could I go, where could I run
Even if I found the strength to fly
And if I rose on the wings of the dawn
And crashed through the corner of the sky
If I sailed past the edge of the sea
Even if I made my bed in Hell
Still there You would find me
‘Cause nothing is beyond You
You stand beyond the reach
Of our vain imaginations
Our misguided piety
The heavens stretch to hold You
And deep cries out to deep
Singing that nothing is beyond You
Nothing is beyond You
Time cannot contain You
You fill eternity
Sin can never stain You
Death has lost its sting
And I cannot explain the way You came to love me
Except to say that nothing is beyond You
Nothing is beyond You
If I should shrink back from the light
So I can sink into the dark
If I take cover and I close my eyes
Even then You would see my heart
And You’d cut through all my pain and rage
The darkness is not dark to You
And night’s as bright as day
Nothing is beyond You
You stand beyond the reach
Of our vain imaginations
Our misguided piety
The heavens stretch to hold You
And deep cries out to deep
Singing that nothing is beyond You
Nothing is beyond You
And time cannot contain You
You fill eternity
Sin can never stain You
And death has lost its sting
And I cannot explain the way You came to love me
Except to say that nothing is beyond You
Nothing is beyond You
Nothing is beyond You
——————–
You Are All
And here You are.
Shinin’ in a glory that I can see.
When I look beyond myself,
And I fall into the depths
Of Your love that beckons me.
Well, it fills my hungerin’ soul with all the riches
That are hidden in the wonders that You do.
And in the words that you have spoken,
There’s a word that echoes still.
And I can hear it in the silence of these hills.
Lord, You are all that the world could not be.
You are great and strong.
You are good.
Lord, You are all
And everything that I could ever need.
You are faith.
You are hope.
You are love.
Yes, You are love.
You are peace.
You’re my most high,
So now I fall down on my knees and cry,
You are all.
And here we are,
In a light that showers
From things unseen.
Drawn from earth, dropped from the sky,
They have crept into our lives
And called us to believe.
In the one of whom the distant clouds bear witness,
He was wounded.
He was raised and glorified.
And His voice thunders in the heavens,
And it pulses through our veins.
And we can find salvation
In the One, the Name.
Lord, You are all that the world could not be.
You are great and strong.
You are good.
Lord, You are all,
And everything that I could ever need.
You are faith.
You are hope.
You are love.
Yes, You are love.
You are peace.
You’re my most high,
So now I fall down on my knees and cry.
You are all.
Lord, You are all that the world could not be.
You are great and strong.
You are good.
Lord, You are all,
And everything that I could ever need.
You are faith.
You are hope.
You are love.
Yes, You are love.
You are peace.
You’re my most high,
So now I fall down on my knees and cry.
You are all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGho1QZO4Us
SRV’s cover of “Little Wing” passion drips off the strings of Stevie’s guitar. Passion is what I feel when I think of what Christ in me means, and my words fail.
I dedicate this “old skool” Seals & Croft song from the 1970s to Jesus…it full of hope…full of Him…a little known gem. Home sounds sweeter every day. See you soon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnMQT3E3wqM
I dedicate two songs. “All Consuming Fire” by Misty Edwards.
Lord this is dedicated to your unending, unrelenting, all consuming love. A love that consumes all of us, puts our nature to death, and brings the flame of life into us. The crest upon our heart that speaks loudly of who we are. You are our only identity just like a crest upon one’s breast is. You are our family, no one else. You are heritage, our inheritance. Our longing is to be one with you as you bring yourself into all things and bring all things into you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRiT9Ds4ch4
“Dove’s Eyes” by Misty Edward.
My desire Lord is that people would cease to speak and talk about you like you are not even here. As though you are in a far distant place. But we come to know that you are in us all the time. That we would speak to you and you would speak through us. That instead of talking or sharing about Christ we talk and share and live with Him. For You want to be in us and us to be in You.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PxjtX6inSc
I dedicate the song “Wonderful Saviour” by Andy Bromley
My sweet Lord you know how often I sing this song , it sums up my feelings for you . A fountain of praise for my wonderful saviour. Andy’s song gushes forth the love deserving for our wondrous and beautiful King. Thank you my Lord.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAfWEoDmUZE&context=C4535c2aADvjVQa1PpcFNhlfXQKWHOsPRcEYNzAAHm-SkcRGRcBKM=
Hey Jesus!!
It’s me Nicole! I’m dedicating “Dangerously In Love” by Beyonce for the 100th time to you because the most of the lyrics and the passion expressed through the lyrics express exactly how I feel.
“I am in love with you, you set me free, I can’t do this thing called life without you here with me.’Cause I’m dangerously in love with you, I’ll never leave just keep lovin’ me the way I love you loving me.” – Beyonce <<< I could not have stated it any better.
http://youtu.be/laZnr_G_5sk
All of My Love,
Nicole
Love this!!
Song Title: ENDLESS LOVE
Artist: Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP7m5VqQ6f8
Lord Jesus, I picked this song for you, but I feel as though I’m at a loss for words. You overwhelm me, you really do. But now, I want to tell you something that is flooding though me at this very moment, even be it so, here on Jamal’s blog. I don’t care about that, I am not ashamed that I love you. Most often, I feel as though I may explode from within, because you are far more than any utterance of my heart. You are my all, my absolute everything. Father, how I treasure all that you are, and all that you are within me, and the rest of the family. The spoken words of my heart are so tremendously weak, I do not possess the words to tell you how much I love you. You are the depths of me. You are the splendor of dawn in my heart, always, it has always been only you! You are the light of my breath and power of my each step. I’m thankful for each glimpse of you, each indescribable ray of light you shine within me. Yes Father, I’m grateful far beyond my heart’s expression. Who am I that you fill my eyes with the sight of yourself? Lord Jesus, thank you for the beat of my heart, that I may know you, and that I may express your incredible life within me. Your love holds me close within you, and I’m totally captivated for all of eternity, and yet, we have just begun. You are the beauty and significance of everything, yet you are always more. I may burst at the seams today. I thank you for your love in me, that I might love you in your love. And as we say Father, you are mine, and I am yours, forever and always. I love you. This song is for you, because you are my endless Love. It looks like we have gone public, Father. That’s okay, we usually laugh about right now, don’t we?
Mad About You by Sting always brings You to mind, Lord. Nothing matters apart from You. Not kingdoms or kings, not land or riches, not moons or wars. Without You, it all means nothing. I’m truly mad about You, Jesus.
Jesus, I’m dedicating this beautiful song to you. Thank you for inspiring someone to write it. I still can’t believe that you, the All in All, the King of kings, desires to spend time alone with me. You make me feel all of these things when we spend time together. You make me feel free, clean, young, whole, fun, and most of all, loved.
Lovesong by…
The Cure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eDSzL0774Q
Adele: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyM5jb2ZABs
[Verse 1:]
Whenever I’m alone with you
You make me feel like I am home again
Whenever I’m alone with you
You make me feel like I am whole again
Whenever I’m alone with you
You make me feel like I am young again
Whenever I’m alone with you
You make me feel like I am fun again
[Chorus:]
However far away I will always love you
However long I stay I will always love you
Whatever words I say I will always love you
I will always love you
[Verse 2:]
Whenever I’m alone with you
You make me feel like I am free again
Whenever I’m alone with you
You make me feel like I am clean again
[Chorus:]
However far away I will always love you
However long I stay I will always love you
Whatever words I say I will always love you
I will always love you
However far away I will always love you
However long I stay I will always love you
Whatever words I say I will always love you
I’ll always love you
I’ll always love you
Cause I love you
I couldn’t load the videos for some reason, but I sang these words with your spirit and mine!
It was beautiful
We were picking up what you were putting down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LxVh9WPiJI
Lord Jesus we love you, because you first loved us, and expressing our love to you, is simply our response to your amazing love for us.
I chose the song called “ The thief”, because Lord Jesus you are simply the irresistible lover, you have won our hearts.
When I think of your consuming desire to have us, in eternity past, and how you waited for so long, first trying to communicate that desire of yours in the old days, by pictures, shadows and figures , and how in the fullness of time you broke into our world Yourself, to show and prove your love for your bride, giving your life by dying for her, takes my breath away!
Lord Jesus it’s so comforting to know that you have no other interests where your bride is concerned, for you emptied yourself completely for her sake. How you desire a bride, a lover that will respond to you with the same passion, a bride that will be free on her part of any interest, but just to please and satisfy you. Oh precious Lord, how you take pain at times to bring us to that place progressively, so that we just like you are singe eyed, single hearted. Nothing short of that will satisfy You. You patiently wait Lord, you are the figure of Boaz, who makes sure that there is no nearer kinsman to us, but you alone. So that there’s nothing standing on our way, that our hearts are totally free, to enjoy the kind of romance that this universe has not heard, not seen or known, ever, one that only a lover like You is capable and worth it of.
“ I charge you o daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the does of the field, do not stir up nor awaken love until it pleases”
Clocks by Coldplay
Lights go out & it cant be safe
Tides that I tried to swim against
You’ve put me down upon my knees
Oh I beg, I beg and plead
Come out of things unsaid, shoot an apple of my head (and a)
Trouble that can’t be named, tigers waiting to be tamed (singing)
You are, you are
Confusion never stops, closing walls and ticking clocks (gonna)
Come back and take you home, I could not stop, that you now know
Come out upon my seas, curse missed opportunities (am I)
A part of the cure, or am I part of the disease
You are
And nothing else compares
Oh no nothing else compares
And nothing else compares
You are
Home, home, where I wanted to go
Coldplay Clocks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIHZBKl7KPw
In my religious past I struggled to please God to do the things I knew I wanted to do and be. It was Romans 7 over and over. This relates to the first part of this song, then “You are” moves from religion to relationship, from Romans 7 and into Romans 8.
And yes Jesus, nothing compares to you, you are our home, and this is where I wanted to go.
I heard this song played in a store, I didn’t catch all the lyrics, but it moved me. I found out who did it, and came home to listen to it. Yes it was the Holy Spirit revealing Christ, and I loved the way in which it was accomplished.
“You’re Still the One” by Shania Twain is the song I express to Jesus today : )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMmqh4Ut_Uo -this is a link to the song I chose.
Jesus you are so beautiful through your bride. Reading everyones songs to the Lord make me think of “Love Shack” by B-52. Everyone has brought their jukebox money by sharing their love song to the Lord. Christ through his bride is the love shake where love rules because He is the head and it is party when she shares of her Lord. To the world she may seem like a shack but to him, our groom, all He can see is glitter. Love you, Jesus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzo4NHFKu9Q
My Lord, I just want to hear the beating of your heart, I want to breathe in unison with you…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69nOZkmfWxk
Breathe
I can feel the magic floating in the air
Being with you gets me that way
I watch the sunlight dance across your face and I’ve
Never been this swept away
All my thoughts just seem to settle on the breeze
When I’m lying wrapped up in your arms
The whole world just fades away
The only thing I hear
Is the beating of your heart
‘Cause I can feel you breathe
It’s washing over me
Suddenly I’m melting into you
There’s nothing left to prove
Baby all we need is just to be
Caught up in the touch
The slow and steady rush
Baby, isn’t that the way that love’s supposed to be
I can feel you breathe
Just breathe
In a way I know my heart is waking up
As all the walls come tumbling down
I’m closer than I’ve ever felt before
And I know
And you know
There’s no need for words right now
‘Cause I can feel you breathe
It’s washing over me
Suddenly I’m melting into you
There’s nothing left to prove
Baby all we need is just to be
Caught up in the touch
The slow and steady rush
Baby, isn’t that the way that love’s supposed to be
I can feel you breathe
Just breathe
Caught up in the touch
The slow and steady rush
Baby, isn’t that the way that love’s supposed to be
I can feel you breathe
Just breathe
I can feel the magic floating in the air
Being with you gets me that way
I Believe by Dion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_QyEiNjrS0
Lord as you know I recently celebrated 28 years of marriage to a beautiful woman that you led me to 30 years ago; who in turn ultimately led me to an even more amazing relationship with You.
When I stop and ponder all the right turns and left turns of my life that led me to that moment where I believed…well to quote another song, I stand, I stand in awe of You.
But then as I meditate further and think back through my life and the questions I had in my heart about nature, about death, about my existence…I know now it was all leading to the conclusion that You are the way, You are the truth and life, sweet Lord Jesus I believe!
Jesus, you already know this is ‘our’ song but I want to tell everyone else about it now! I will never forget the first time you arranged for me to hear this song. That lonely dark road late one night during a deep crisis of faith was frightening. Your words and presence forever changed, brightened, and warmed my heart. I realized your personal and undeniably extravagant love for me and I remain grateful. Thank you for reminding me of ‘our song’ when my faith gets shaky. I love you, forever!
You’ve Got Friend, James Taylor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SxToTUoWGM
Oh Lord, who am I, that I should be called your child, who am I that I should be called your son. I love you, thank you for loving me first, loving me when I was unlovable, and continuing to love me even now. What a beautiful God, oh what a beautiful God.
There are many songs I could chose, this is one of my current favorites-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4NnQZuO7Jo
Thanks Jamal for the opportunity to share this.
‘Lullaby’, By The Dixie Chicks
I always think of Jesus when I hear this song. It helps me to rest in your love, God, knowing there’s nothing I can do that would make you love me more or longer. It also reminds me to treasure your voice when you speak to me, listening as to a serenade. And yes, Lord, forever is just about enough
http://youtube.com/watch?v=CFOac8zybPE
Emily,
Wow, I just listened to ‘Lullaby’ by the Dixie Chicks this morning, and I clearly heard Christ singing to His bride in this song! Thanks for posting this. What a love we all share in Him! It is truly the only thing we have that will last forever:)
Dance With Me by Jesus Culture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joFXiiqVmic
“Behold You have come over the hills upon the mountain
To me, You will run. My Beloved, You’ve captured my heart
Won’t You dance with me, Oh
Lover of my soul,
to the song of all songs?
With You, I will go You are my Love You are my Fair One
The winter has passed and the springtime has come
Won’t You dance with me, Oh
Lover of my soul,
to the song of all songs?
Romance me, Oh
Lover of my soul
to the song of all songs.”
“You’re Still the One” by Shania Twain is the song I express to Jesus today : )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMmqh4Ut_Uo -this is a link to the song I chose.
(I submitted this last night but wanted to say a few things about it)
The first verse:
Looks like we made it
Look how far we’ve come my baby
We mighta took the long way
We knew we’d get there someday
They said, “I bet they’ll never make it”
But just look at us holding on
We’re still together still going strong
-this part of the song resonates with me. When I first came to know Jesus all my friends said it would just be a ‘phase’ and that I would be back to my ‘old’ life in no time. BUT, they were wrong!!! I am still with Jesus!!!
CHORUS
You’re still the one I run to
The one that I belong to
You’re still the one I want for life
(You’re still the one)
You’re still the one that I love
The only one I dream of
-Jesus is the one I belong to and who I dream about
anyway, this song I found yesterday and fit for it’s purpose of the day!
thank you Jesus!!! love you!!!
This was beautiful!
Thanks for sharing. What you said about doubters of your faith resonated with me as well.
Through all the crap, we’re still together in Christ!
I am reminded of the song “When a man loves a woman” by Percy Sledge. When I think of Christ as the man who loves his bride the church… I especially see Christ’s love in these phrases:
When a man loves a woman –
can’t keep his mind on nothin’ else.
He’ll trade the world –
for the good thing he’s found…
If she’s bad –
he can’t see it
She can do no wrong
Turn his back on his best friend –
if he put her down…
When a man loves a woman –
spend his very last dime…
tryin’ to hold on to what he needs…
He’d give up all his comforts –
sleep out in the rain.
If she said that’s the way it ought to be…
Chorus:
Well this man – loves a woman
I gave you everything I had
Tryin’ to hold on to your precious love
Baby… please don’t treat me bad
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Link with song and lyrics –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8raabzZNqw
Link to live recording –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQh112HQsoE
It all reminds me that Christ loves us with an everlasting love. He also looks past our flaws and loves us. It also reminds me that Christ wants a people, a family, a household, and a bride to love. He was willing to give up anything and everything to get it. He did give up all his comforts, his wealth, and even his life to show us love, and he even returned to us after that.
I also like “Just the way you are” by billy Joel. I could imagine Jesus saying these words to his bride the church.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of3YyS7Rvfo
Abba,
I dedicate ‘LOVESONG’ by Adele to you.
I can go nowhere without you. I can do nothing apart from you. But whenever I’m alone with you, whenever I can hear you, whenever I can see you… I know that this is exactly where everything good or right or worthy comes from. You!
And how deeply I’m beginning to fall in love with you- sharing in spirit with your body- how glorious you are! How perfect, how layered, how beautiful and how rich you are.
No matter what I do or say or where I go, lord, I will always love you… bc you have always loved me.
How about this link – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ThBt-lPHxQ
Great song Tara.
Jesus,I love you because you loved me first. Despite all the distractions of life, or what we may make life about, you love your own like this Randy Travis song describes:
I’ll Be Right Here Loving You
(jeffrey steele/t.w. hale)
Politicians, coalitions
Unionism, opposition
Activism, communism
Skepticism, new vision, down with the old tradition
Vandalism, terrorism
Ammunition, demolition
Darwinism, religion
A lot of people making catastrophic predictions
But I’ll be right here loving you
Come what may I know this much is true
As long as this world’s spinning like it’s supposed to do
I’ll be right here loving you
Computerized, organized
Downsize, enterprise
Idolize, criticize
Demoralize, sympathize, talk sweet and tellin lies
Economics, electronics
Atomic, supersonic
Saving whales, crowded jails
America on-line, internet, email
But I’ll be right here loving you
Come what may I know this much is true
As long as this world’s spinning like it’s supposed to do
I’ll be right here loving you
Ecology, technology
Energy, psychology
Evolution, revolution
Everybody’s trying to find a new solution
But I’ll be right here loving you
Come what may I know this much is true
As long as this world’s spinning like it’s supposed to do
I’ll be right here loving you
You know, Lord, You know, all that is within me and you love me just the same. Because You love me I can say, “And I love you so much more then my life, I can see beyond forever, Everything we are will never die..”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nREV8bQJ1MA&ob=av2e
Too Much Heaven
Nobody gets too much heaven no more
It’s much harder to come by
I’m waiting in line
Nobody gets too much love anymore
It’s as high as a mountain
And harder to climb
Oh you and me girl
Got a lot of love in store
And it flows through you
And it flows through me
And I love you so much more
Then my life, I can see beyond forever
Everything we are will never die
Love is such a beautiful thing
Oh you make my world a summer day
Are you just a dream to fade away?
Ooh you and me girl
got a highway to the sky
We can turn away
from the night and day
And the tears we had to pay
You’re my life
I can see a new tomorrow
Everything we are will never die
Love is such a beautiful thing
When you are to me, the light above
Made for all to see our precious love
Love is such a beautiful thing
You make my world a summer day
Are you just a dream to fade away?
Nobody gets too much love anymore
Its as wide as a river and harder to cross
Jesus,
I’ve been thinking about this one since yesterday. I dedicate “Dance With Somebody” by Whitney Houston to You. (performed by Ben Rector)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BW_ugyj0lw
Clock strikes upon the hour
And the sun begins to fade
Still enough time to figure out
How to chase my blues away
I’ve done alright up ’til now
It’s the light of day that shows me how
And when the night falls loneliness calls
Chorus:
Oh! Wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah! Wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
I’ve been in love and lost my senses
Spinning through the town
Soon or later the fever ends
And I wind up feeling down
I need someone who’ll take a chance
On a love that burns hot enough to last
So when the night falls
My lonely heart calls
You are beautifully leading my family into a season of joy and dancing and I simply want to say that it is You who we desire to dance with. You are the “love that burns hot enough to last” and our lonely heart finds refuge and joy in You! So Jesus, we are calling out, the clock is striking on the hour and here we come! Dance with us!! I love You Lord…we love You!!!
i want to dedicate “sing my love” by jesus culture. i love this song and sing it as a lullaby to my girls at night.
jesus, i love how you know me like no one else and you love me like no one else. you speak to me like know one else and you touch me like no one else. i can’t forget the words you speak to me. i can’t hold my love back from you, i’ve got to sing, i’ve got to shout. you are amazing and after knowing about you for the last 30 yrs, i am blown away at how incredible it is to actually begin this journey of actually getting to know YOU.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6kSRKZ60q4
Jesus, thank you for loving me as a husband loves his wife, for dying so that I could live, and for promising to return so that I can be with you forever.
Thank you also for opening my eyes to see YOU, my God, my Lord and my Savior, the Word made flesh, and the Light of the World, in everything and everyone around me! All beauty, all joy, all good things, all LOVE points me to you.
And thank you Jesus, for allowing me to discover Wind At My Back by Spock’s Beard with my own firstborn son, Gabriel – a priceless gift from you. Like the song, may he, I, and we, your church, your chosen bride, celebrate YOUR LOVE towards us forever.
WIND AT MY BACK
How can you be
Like a sky stretched out before me
And the world is turning your way
Even darkness is better this way
Can it be true
That it all comes rushing from you
When my resistance is gone
And there’s nothing that I can lean on
You are the wind at my back
You give what I lack
You’re the jewel in my hand
You’re like rain on dry land
You’re the focus the beam
You’re realities dream
You’re the blue in my black
You’re the wind at my back
All of the above
I’ll have the lot for my love
And as we’re becoming somehow
As we’re changing the future to now
I just want to live
In the place that you have to give
I’ll let the heat beat me down
Until the water comes down
You are the wind at my back
You give what I lack
You’re the jewel in my hand
You’re like rain on dry land
You’re the focus the beam
You’re realities dream
You’re the blue in my black
You’re the wind at my back
You are the wind at my back
You give what I lack
You’re the jewel in my hand
You’re like rain on dry land
And my soul has been kissed
Just because you exist
You’re the dream that’s a fact
You’re the wind at my back
You’re the wish that I make
You’re the prize I might take
You’re the gold that is free
You’re the groom on one knee
You’re the focus the beam
You’re realities dream
You’re the blue in my black
You’re the wind at my back
I am so amazed Father how you love and cherish each of us and walk with us! Oh, and the way you care about the smallest details of our lives! Lord, I feel so safe with you!
I am safe by the mercy of your grace. Thank you Father!
“It doesn’t matter where I run, you’re there for me
It doesn’t matter what I’ve done – your love’s for me
You wipe away the tears, you lift me when I fall
My life is safe by the mercy of your grace”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28t_EjFMk3Q
I chose this beautiful song, River, by Emile Sande.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K769dq14bJs&feature=related
Dearest Jesus, I AM looking for a great adventure, the great adventure that can only be had by becoming one with You, by being part of You, by being one with Your body, my brothers and sisters.
Thank you for being the River for us, for taking us along, for doing the running for us, for moving the mountains for us. We love your, Lord. We want to find the sea…
Next to Me by Emile Sande,
I am a Sales Associate and spend a lot of time in my car, When I’m not listening to CD’s I’m listening to the radio. I heard this song Next to Me by Emeli Sande the other day and the lyrics really spoke to me. I know that she is singing about her partner, but the words spoke to me about our Lord, through thick and thin, not only do we find Him next to us, but inside of us. How mighty is our God.
Love that song too, Jen. Here’s the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nwdjQmc_N8&feature=related
Today I dedicate this song that to me is a picture of Christ singing about His lovely bride. It is titled, “She is My Baby” by Leroy Gibbons. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNNZPu2nF5k
“She is My Baby”
She is my baby, My baby. She is my baby, My baby.
She’s not like the other girls in town who loves to run around. She don’t roam the streets at night, she always stay at home to give me all the loving I need wherever we may be.
She is my baby, My baby. She is my baby, my baby.
She’s not a greedy girl living in a fantasy world, it’s not material things she’s running after, she’s always spirit, fun and laughter, she is my baby.
She is my baby, my baby. She is my baby, my baby.
When she needs some loving she knows where to find me and when she needs a shoulder to cry on she knows who to rely on. She’s so special to me my baby, oh, my baby
She is my baby, my baby, She is my baby, my baby, she is my baby, my baby.
Casting Crowns-Wedding Day
Thank You Jesus for choosing me to be Your bride. I never felt clean, or pure enough to wear white for my wedding. I kept thinking that I would never get married or would ever be loved by someone enough to be chosen as his bride but You have shown me that you are my Bride groom, my helpmate and my Savior. I want to honor You with my life. I want to be faithful to You because You have dressed me with Your robes of Righteousness. To know that You hold my hand as I go down this aisle called Life gives me strength to continue forward. You have made me beautiful and my scars of pain You have made them into Beauty marks to reflect Your glory. Thank You for choosing me before I was born.
Your Truly, Your Beloved
Caridad
Check out this video on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_as9yxrf6E&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Dear Sweet Jesus,
Thank you so much for rescuing me from death and Islam. You are undoing all of the religious attachments that have covered me like slime. You are setting me free and I’m so madly in love with you. A month ago you showed me this incredible song by Taylor Swift when I felt so down on myself and a little bewildered by your covering Grace. I’m overwhelmed by what you are teaching me and I can’t wait until our divine romance will become complete and I will lay safe and sound in your arms! I love you doesn’t even begin to express my heart for you.
Love Your Bride,
Jess
http://youtu.be/RzhAS_GnJIc
Here are the lyrics:
I remember tears streaming down your face
When I said, “I’ll never let you go”
When all those shadows almost killed your light
I remember you said, “Don’t leave me here alone”
But all that’s dead and gone and passed tonight
Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You’ll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I’ll be safe and sound
Don’t you dare look out your window darling
Everything’s on fire
The war outside our door keeps raging on
Hold on to this lullaby
Even when the music’s gone
Gone
Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You’ll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I’ll be safe and sound
Jessica, thank you for posting that Taylor Swift song! Oh my, hearing those words just touched such a chord in me as well. I never heard that song before. I’m just sitting here enjoying the warm embrace of Jesus’ love. It is that assurance of how safe I am in his arms that just melts my heart. What an awesome beautiful God!
I dedicate the songt “Happy Together” by the Turtles, circa 1966. However, I re-wrote the lyrics to reflect more accurately my heart. Audio included for any unfamiliar with the melody: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHqqaHsr8fY
Happy In Jesus
There’s only us and you, it’s true
We long for you all day and night, it’s only right
To think about the One we love and see His Light
So happy in Jesus!
If we should die to self, to live Your life
And You say You will dwell in us and free our mind
Imagine how the church could be, We are Your bride –
So happy in Jesus!
I can’t see me lovin’ nobody but You
You’re all my life!
When You’re in me, Jesus I will dwell in You
You’re all my life!
Us in You and You in us
And if the world should fall apart, we have to trust
The only one for us is You, and You for us
So happy in Jesus!
I can’t see me lovin’ nobody but You
You’re all my life!
When You’re in me, Jesus I will dwell in You
You’re all my life!
Us in You and You in us
And if the world should fall apart, we have to trust
The only one for us is You, and You for us
So happy in Jesus!
Ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba
Us in You and You in us
And if the world should fall apart, we have to trust
The only one for us is You, and You for us
So happy in Jesus!
So happy in Jesus
You have redeemed us
So happy in Jesus
We’re happy in Jesus
So happy in Jesus
Happy in Jesus
So happy in Jesus
So happy in Jesus (ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba)
My favorite worship song of all time… You Are so Beautiful to Me
It’s just that Jesus, for a guy like me, filled with thoughts and harried mind just that “you’re everything I hoped for, everything I need” is the simplest way to say you are beautiful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZpgY5S3AcSw#!
Jesus how I love you. For some reason this sonnet came to mind and seems to express Your love for me, Your love for Your Bride:
How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day’s
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15384
From day one when I believed on you as Lord and Savior, my life, you have been and will always be my awesome God. So I dedicate this song to You, that You modified through me, from Rich Mullins chorus:
“Our Awesome God”
Our God is an awesome God
He reigns from Heaven above
With wisdom, pow’r and love
Our God is an awesome God
(just the brothers)
Our God is so Wonderful
He reigns within each of us
With wisdom, pow’r and love
Our God is so Wonderful
(just the sisters)
Our God is so Beautiful
He reigns through His Lovely Bride
With wisdom, pow’r and love
Our God is so Beautiful
Our God is a gracious God
He reigns through us, His Body
With wisdom, pow’r and love
Our God is a gracious God
Our God is an awesome God
He reigns from Heaven above
With wisdom, pow’r and love
Our God is an awesome God.
(repeat)
http://www.christianlyricsonline.com/artists/rich-mullins/awesome-god.html
I love you Lord,
.
“Honey” – Glisten
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKFCC5bmouI
“There is Nowhere Else” – The Violet Burning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLyHCEzwUhc
“He Touches Stars” – Viva Voce
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZORTVdJUGc
The Man I wanna be Chris Young-and i am refering to inner change, not comforming to church code or morality… This song is similar to sermon on the mount to me.. It meets me where I cant change, and only Christ can change me because of his righteousness.. im plain and simple not a good guy.. I feel the weight of my sin and struggle resting in CHRISTS finished work.. I do love Christ a little bit, i want to love him more.. Hopefully this makes sense
Natalie Grant – Alive (MARY MAGDALENE) (Slideshow With Lyrics) from emimusic on GodTube.
I dedicate this song to the One who is the lover of my soul and not just mine but all man kind. Yet even amongst the many, He knows me. He recognizes the single grain of sand amongst the oh so many… He has rolled away the stone in front of ‘EVERY’ grave. We are His, because He is ALIVE!
“Emmanuel, the promised King
The baby who made angels sing
Son of Man who walked with us
Healing, breathing in our dust
The author of all history
The answer to all mysteries
The Lamb of God who rolled away
The stone in front of every grave
Alive! Alive! Look what Mercy’s overcome
Death has lost and Love has won
Alive! I am His because He is alive.
Alive!
Jesus, I would like to dedicate “Heart of Courage” by Two Steps from Hell to you. First off, thank you that you did not stay “two steps from hell” but you invaded it to rescue me.
While this song does not have words, I feel much of my life even to this day is represented by the first minute or so of this song. In this part of the song, I see my vain efforts of trying to accomplish significance on my own. Around 1:11 in the song, it is though your grace breaks through causing me to find my significance in You and changing me and my motivations from the inside out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRLdhFVzqt4
Love of my Life Jesus…I dedicate the song “No One” by Alicia Keys to you.
I chose it for you,because it discribes what I feel for you, that my life, my heart , my soul, my everything belongs to you! You are my best friend, you are the lover of my soul! You are my Number 1, noone can seperate me from you. You deserve my love and my obedience. You worth all the praise and all my love I can give as a little human beeing as a small not perfect woman. You are perfect and the love for you makes me complete..
Yours forever…Kate
http://youtu.be/TZyD1bizIsY
Wonderful Jesus, my heart belongs to you.
http://youtu.be/-AQL8Zk2sOk
DMB “Where are you going”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkvYZbMcEdw&feature=related
Where Are You Going lyrics
Where are you going
with your long face pulling down?
Don’t hide away like an ocean
But you can’t see, but you can smell
And the sound waves crash down
I am no superman
I have no reasons for you
I am no hero, ah that’s for sure
But I do know one thing
is where you are is where I belong
I do know, where you go, is where I want to be
Where are you going, where do you go?
Are you looking for answers
to questions under the stars?
Well, if along the way you are growing weary,
You can rest with me ’til a brighter day
You’re okay
I am no superman
I have no answers for you
I am no hero, oh that’s for sure
But I do know one thing
is where you are, is where I belong
I do know, where you go
Is where I want to be
Where are you going, where do you go?
[interlude]
Where do you go, where are you going?
Where do you go?
I am no Superman, I have no answers for you
I am no hero, ah that’s for sure
But I do know one thing, is where you are,
is where I belong
I do know where you go, is where I want to be.
Where are you going, where do you go?
Tell me where are you going, where do you go?
Where?
Let’s go.
Here Comes the Sun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CffNTvoa3CU
in the past few days I’ve been intrigued by the sun, and its absolutely central significance to life, light, and sight. as we grow in His grace and knowledge we embrace the Son, as our source of Life, Sight, and all understanding.
Lover,
I dedicate Air Supply’s “The One That You Love” to you.
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SENfs5p1fGk]
I love resting in Your arms, especially during the night. I love that, when I ask, You always give me more time with You. I love that You let me take the lead, that You ask for my love, too! That our love is beyond words, Love. I love that You are ecstatic about my love for You.
You’re a great snuggler, my Love.
“If not for You” George Harrison & Bob Dylan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tctzUNMp5po&feature=related
Jackie De Shannon – Come And Stay With Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt7vuwkFlaY
I didn’t see this until now – so I’m a little late adding a comment.
You, Lord, are the “Someone to Watch Over Me” (by Linda Ronstadt),You always do and always have “Because You Loved Me” (by Celine Dion) even before I was knit together in my mother’s womb!
Lisa
This just hit me, and yes the best it yet to come.
Frank Sinatra – The Best Is Yet To Come
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=rmf1AYgYj6I
I do not really know why this is the song i saw the Lord in… Maybe this “mystic” voice, maybe the picture of the Lord in the film… But it’s simply beautiful and when i listen to it and close my eyes i can see Him.
The siren’s song by This mortal coil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQXbSJpxyys&feature=youtube_gdata_player
This is my newest love song from my sweet Jesus
http://youtu.be/EYzM6vSmb1A
Song Title: For Your Eyes Only
Artist: Sheena Easton
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=35YMelR8Dyc
Since we are not bound by time’s measure, I think Jamal won’t mind if I add a song for you today on this blog post. Father, this song I sing for your eyes only. The fullness of my Heart and Life is only found in your eyes. I love you, Father.
For your eyes only
Can see me through the night
For your eyes only
I never need to hide
You can see so much in me
So much in me that’s new
I never felt until I looked at you
For your eyes only
Only for you
You’ll see what no one else can see
And now I’m breaking free
For your eyes only
Only for you
The love I know you need in me
The fantasy you’ve freed in me
Only for you
Only for you
For your eyes only
The nights are never cold
You really know me
That’s all I need to know
Maybe I’m an open book
Because I know you’re mine
But you won’t need to read between the lines
For your eyes only
Only for you
You see what no one else can see
And now I’m breaking free
For your eyes only
Only for you
The passions that collide in me
The wild abandoned side of me
Only for you
For your eyes only
Mumford & Sons “I Will Wait”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDOoCUKCDJg
Well I came home
Like a stone
And I fell heavy into your arms
These days of dust
Which we have known
Will blow away with this new sun
But I’ll kneel down
Wait for now
And I’ll kneel down
Know my ground
And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
So break my step
And relent
Well you forgave and I won’t forget
Know what we’ve seen
And him with less
Now in some ways
Shake the excess
‘cus I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
Now I’ll be bold
As well as strong
And use my head alongside my heart
So tame my flesh
And fix my eyes
A tethered mind freed from the lies
And I’ll kneel down
Wait for now
And I’ll kneel down
Know my ground
Raise my hands
Paint my spirit gold
Bow my head
Keep my heart slow
‘cus I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
Mumford and Sons “Not with Haste”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8E9kso12GU
Your eyes they tie
Me down so hard
I’ll never learn to put up a guard
So keep my love
My candle bright
Learn me hard, oh learn me right
This ain’t no sham
I am what I am
Though I may speak
Some tongue of old
Or even spit out some holy word
I have no strength
From which to speak
When you sit me down, and see I’m weak
We will run and scream
You will dance with me
They’ll fulfill our dreams
And we’ll be free
And we will be who we are
And they’ll heal our scars
Sadness will be far away
So as we walked
Of fields of green
As the fairest sun I’d ever seen
And I was broke
I was on my knees
But you said yes as I said please
This ain’t no sham
I am what I am
I leave no ties
For a cynics mind
We will run and scream
You will dance with me
They’ll fulfill our dreams
And we’ll be free
And we will be who we are
And they’ll heal our scars
Sadness will be far away
Do not let my fickle flesh go to waste
As it keeps my heart and soul in it’s place
And I will love with urgency… but not with haste
Luther Vandross ‘Here and Now’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rgj-FGm9H4
I love it Jim! I love your contribution to this post. This post would not be the same without your rich contribution. Thank you.
Curtis Mayfield “We’ve Only Just Begun”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68g-OIT_G_s
Carlos Santana & Dave Matthews “Love of My Life”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VRQbN94mhQ
‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’ ~ Roberta Flack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM0Yqg10f9o
So powerful and moving Jim, thanks.
Youngbloods Get Together…..
Love is but a song to sing
Fear’s the way we die
You can make the mountains ring
Or make the angels cry
Though the bird is on the wing
And you may not know why
Come on people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another
Right now
Some may come and some may go
We shall surely pass
When the one that left us here
Returns for us at last
We are but a moment’s sunlight
Fading in the grass
Come on people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another
Right now
Come on people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another
Right now
Come on people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another
Right now
If you hear the song I sing
You will understand (listen!)
You hold the key to love and fear
All in your trembling hand
Just one key unlocks them both
It’s there at you command
Come on people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another
Right now
Come on people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another
Right now
Come on people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another
Right now
Beautiful!