Louez Adonaï (Praise Adonai) by Paul Baloche

I tried to find the lyrics in French so y'all could follow in French but they were nowhere to be found.  So here are the English words for you to follow with.  We have been listening to Paul Baloche's French worship album a lot at home and singing a lot of his songs in chapel, it's been a huge blessing.   Enjoy!

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Who is like Him
The Lion and the Lamb
Seated on the throne
Mountains bow down
Every ocean roars
To the Lord of hosts
Praise Adonai
From the rising of the sun
'Til the end of every day
Praise Adonai
All the nations of the earth
All the angels and the saints
Sing Praise
Who is like Him
The Lion and the Lamb
Seated on the throne
Mountains bow down
Every ocean roars
To the Lord of hosts
Praise Adonai
From the rising of the sun
'Til the end of every day
Praise Adonai
All the nations of the earth
All the angels and the saints
Sing Praise

Praise Adonai
From the rising of the sun
'Til the end of every day
Praise Adonai
All the nations of the earth
All the angels and the saints
Sing
Praise Adonai
From the rising of the sun
'Til the end of every day
Praise Adonai
All the nations of the earth
All the angels and the saints
Sing Praise

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Here's My Life by BarlowGirl

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Happy Monday everybody!

Thoughts of You by Barlow Girl

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Thoughts of You and how You changed me
Fill my mind
Without You where would I be

So even though I've tried to express my thanks
It never comes out how I hoped
I want to say so much more so with these simple words
I'll try

[Chorus:]
I love You
My heart is Yours, only Yours
I long to give You all of me
My everything, my everything

God I never could repay You
You gave everything
Without You where would I be

You still loved me even when I
Pushed You away
You stood there and waited
Till the day I'd return

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I was going through all my MP3 the other day and found this song. I must have listened it to it about 10 times, literally.  It was such a blessing that I had this song when I needed it.  I pray that it can be a blessing to y'all.

Open Skies by David Crowder

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Love this song so much!!!

Set The World on Fire by Britt Nicole

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I wanna set the world on fire
Until it's burning bright for You
It's everything that I desire
Can I be the one You use?
[CHORUS]
I, I am small but
You, You are big enough
I, I am weak but
You, You are strong enough to
Take my dreams
Come and give them wings
Lord with You
Nothing I can not do
Nothing I cannot do
I wanna feed the hungry children
And reach across the farthest land
And tell the broken there is healing
And mercy in the Father's hands
[CHORUS]
Take my dreams
Come and give them wings
Lord with You
Nothing I cannot do
Nothing I cannot do
My hands my feet
My everything
My life, my love
Lord, use me
I wanna set the world on fire
I wanna set the world on fire, yeah
Take my dreams
Come and give them wings
Lord with You
Nothing I cannot do
Take my dreams
Come and give them wings
Lord with You
There's nothing I can't do
Nothing I can't do
I'm gonna set the world on fire
Set the world on fire

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This is the cry of my hear right now.....

 

Reckless by Jeremy Camp

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Everytime I try to play it safe
Holding back just a little part of me
I find myself forgetting what
I say that I believe
The promise of Your Word
Is all I need
I'll lay my life down
And give it up
I'll give it up
[Chorus:]
I wanna be reckless
Cause You are endless
I wanna be shameless
And shout Your greatness
I will not be afraid
To surrender my way
And follow who You are
I wanna be reckless, reckless
I will lose my life
And just let go
Because I know this world is not my home
With fearless faith
I won't be moved
Unshakeable inside Your truth
You laid Your life down
And gave it up
So I'll give it up
[Chorus]
I won't waste any more time
My life's Yours it is not mine
Use me Lord no matter what's at stake 

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I love this song!! Hopefully everyone of us can live like this for His glory!

                       

Not Ashamed by Jeremy Camp

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You are the fullness of the beauty I seek
You are, You are
You are the healer of the broken and weak
You are, You are

Even though few may stand and proclaim
Your great name
It's the life I want to live
I'm convinced, there is none like You

I'm not ashamed of the Gospel
I'm not ashamed of Jesus Christ
I will stand and boldly say
This is my life, whoa

You are the author of salvation and faith
You are, You are
You are the victory that conquered the grave
You are, You are

Even though few may stand and proclaim
Your great name
It's the life I want to live
I'm convinced, there is none like You

I'm not ashamed of the Gospel
I'm not ashamed of Jesus Christ
I will stand and boldly say
This is my life, whoa

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 We Wont' Be Shaken by Building 429

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Remember, We won't be shaken because our anchor holds within the veil. 
And on Christ the solid Rock we stand.

P.S. I saw them in concert.....

How He Loves Us by David Crowder

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He is jealous for me,
Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree,
Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy.
When all of a sudden,
I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,
And I realise just how beautiful You are,
And how great Your affections are for me.

And oh, how He loves us oh,
Oh how He loves us,
How He loves us all

He is jealous for me,
Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree,
Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy.
When all of a sudden,
I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,
And I realise just how beautiful You are,
And how great Your affections are for me.

Oh how he loves,
Yeah, He loves us,
Oh! how He loves us,
Oh! how He loves us,
Oh! how He loves.

And we are His portion and He is our prize,
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes,
If His grace is an ocean, we're all sinking.
And Heaven meets earth like an unforeseen kiss,
And my heart turns violently inside of my chest,
I don't have time to maintain these regrets,
When I think about, the way...

Oh, how He loves us oh,
Oh how He loves us,
How He loves us all
How He loves

Yeah, He loves us,
Oh! how He loves us,
Oh! how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.
Oh what love

Yeah, He loves us,
Oh! how He loves us,
Oh! how He loves us,
Oh! how He loves us so.

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Remember, that in His love He has provided and ocean of grace, and we're all sinking.

Sorry it took so long to get this up, you can see the first part here

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Building 429, they were awesome!!

And last but definitely not least, Crowder. He is probably on my top ten list of concerts. They had a super fun set-up and it felt just as much like a worship service as a concert.
Sadly there was a big storm that rolled in and they got cut short. The storm rolled through without causing any damage to our booth, thank God!
 

 

And then the last concert of the night was Lecrae! Sadly I have no idea what happened to the pictures of his concert so I will have to just say that it was a blast! 
We also had some dear friends from our home group come and hang out with us, it was super fun to get to spend time with them.

Strangely Dim by Francesca Battestelli

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I've got all these plans piled up sky high
A thousand dreams on hold
And I don't know why,
I got a front row seat
To the longest wait
And I just can't see
Past the things I pray
Today

But when I fix my eyes on all that You are
Then every doubt I feel
Deep in my heart
Grows strangely dim
All my worries fade
And fall to the ground
Cause when I seek Your face
And don't look around
Any place I'm in
Grows strangely dim

Sometimes where I stand
On this narrow road
Is in a raging storm
Or a valley low
But oh

When I fix my eyes on all that You are
Then every doubt I feel
Deep in my heart
Grows strangely dim
All my worries fade
And fall to the ground
Cause when I seek Your face
And don't look around
Any place I'm in
Grows strangely dim

I don't know, I don't know
What tomorrow may hold
But I know, but I know
That You're holding it all
So no matter what may come

I'm gonna fix my eyes on all that You are
'Til every doubt I feel
Deep in my heart
Grows strangely dim
Let all my worries fade
And fall to the ground
I'm gonna seek Your face
And not look around
Til the place I'm in
Grows strangely, strangely, strangely dim.

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Light Up The Sky by The Afters

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When I’m feeling all alone and so far to go
The signs are nowhere on this road guiding me home
When the night is closing in
It’s falling on my skin
Oh God will You come close

Light, light, light up the sky
Light up the sky to show me You are with me
I, I, I can’t deny
Oh I can’t deny that You are right here with me
You’ve opened my eyes so I can see You all around me
Light, light, light up the sky
Light up the sky to show me You are with me

When stars are hiding in the clouds
I don’t feel them shining
When I can’t see beyond my doubt
The silver lining
When I’ve almost reached the end
Like a flood You’re rushing in
Love is rushing in

Light, light, light up the sky
Light up the sky to show me You are with me
I, I, I can’t deny
Oh I can’t deny that You are right here with me
You’ve opened my eyes so I can see You all around me
Light, light, light up the sky
Light up the sky to show me You are with me

So I run straight to Your arms
You’re the bright and morning Sun
To show Your love, there’s nothing You won’t do

Light, light, light up the sky
You light up the sky to show me You are with me
I, I, I can’t deny
Oh I can’t deny that You are right here with me
You’ve opened my eyes so I can see You all around me
Light, light, light up the sky
Light up the sky to show me You are with me

Oh oh oh oh oh oh
You are with me
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
You are with me

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I love this song!  Not only because it was pretty much the only song the radio station would play one summer but also because the words are so true!!   It is so good to be reminded how much He loves us and how he proves it day in and day out!

If you ever get the chance to see The Afters in concert, go!  They are a super fun concert to go to and they have lots of great songs.

Happy Monday!

 This past Wednesday-Saturday we had a booth at Atlanta Fest, a 4-day christian music festival. We were selling bracelets from Threads of Hope, the sales of the bracelets would benefit both Threads of Hope and our vehicle fund for Burkina.
 The whole family had a great time talking to folks, enjoying great music and speakers and being blessed with great booth neighbors. It was a true time of fellowship and of refreshment, spiritual refreshment that is, it was definitely not physically refreshing on Wednesday and Thursday. I thought that I was going to melt into a puddle.
 But- I survived!  As mom would say, it was "training" for Burkina. In Burkina that kind of weather would have been a cool day in the summer. Just thinking about that kinda makes me want to cry but I know that God won't give me things that I can't handle. SO without any further ado, Day 1 of Atlanta Fest pics:









 Audio Adrenaline was one of the bands that played Wednesday night right after Sidewalk Prophets ( who were totally amazing, but sadly I forgot the camera at the booth )

 Their piano was awesome!

Lift Me Up by The Afters

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Waiting for the sunrise
Waiting for the day
Waiting for a sign
That I'm where you want me to be   

You know my heart is heavy
And the hurt is deep
But when I feel like giving up
You're reminding me
That we all fall down sometimes
But when I hit the ground   

You lift me up when I am weak
Your arms wrap around me
Your love catches me so I'm letting go
You lift me up when I can't see
Your heart is all that I need
Your love carries me so I'm letting go   

You lift me up with your love
You lift me up with your love
You lift me up with your love
You lift me up   

I know I'm not perfect
I know I make mistakes
I know that I have let you down
But you love me the same   

And when I'm surrounded
When I lose my way
When I'm crying out and falling down
You are here to   

Lift me up when I am weak
Your arms wrap around me
Your love catches me so I'm letting go
You lift me up when I can't see
Your heart is all that I need
Your love carries me so I'm letting go   

I can see the dawn is breaking
I am feeling overtaken with your love
With your love
I don't know what I can offer
In this moment I surrender to your love
To your love   

You lift me up when I am weak
Your arms wrap around me
Your love catches me so I'm letting go   

You lift me up when I am weak
Your arms wrap around me
Your love catches me so I'm letting go
You lift me up when I can't see
Your heart is all that I need
Your love carries me so I'm letting go

I can see the dawn is breaking
I am feeling overtaken with your love

                                               

                            
You lift me up with your love
You lift me up with your love
You lift me up with your love
You lift me up

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Whom Shall I Fear (God Of Angel Armies) by Chris Tomlin

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You hear me when I call
You are my morning song
Though darkness fills the night
It cannot hide the light

Whom shall I fear

You crush the enemy
Underneath my feet
You are my sword and shield
Though troubles linger still

Whom shall I fear

I know who goes before me
I know who stands behind
The God of angel armies
Is always by my side

The one who reigns forever
He is a friend of mine
The God of angel armies
Is always by my side

My strength is in Your name
For You alone can save
You will deliver me
Yours is the victory

Whom shall I fear
Whom shall I fear

I know who goes before me
I know who stands behind
The God of angel armies
Is always by my side

The one who reigns forever
He is a friend of mine
The God of angel armies
Is always by my side

And nothing formed against me shall stand
You hold the whole world in Your hands
I'm holding on to Your promises

You are faithful
You are faithful

And nothing formed against me shall stand
You hold the hold world in your hands
I'm hold on to your promises

You are faithful
You are faithful
You are faithful

I know who goes before me
I know who stands behind
The God of angel armies
Is always by my side

The one who reigns forever
He is a friend of mine
The God of angel armies
Is always by my side

I know who goes before me
I know who stands behind
The God of angel armies
Is always by my side

The one who reigns forever
He is a friend of mine
The God of angel armies
Is always by my side

The God of angel armies
Is always by my side

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I hope that this blesses you as much as it does me. It is such a comfort to know that we have a big, awesome, loving and powerful God.



 

You are I Am by MercyMe

 

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I've been the one to shake with fear
And wonder if You're even here
I've been the one to doubt Your love
I've told myself You're not enough

I've been the one to try and say
I'll overcome by my own strength
I've been the one to fall apart
And to start to question who You are

You're the one who conquers giants
You're the one who calls out kings
You shut the mouths of lions
You tell the dead to breathe
You're the one who walks through fire
You take the orphan's hand
You are the one Messiah
You are I am
You are I am

I've been the one held down in chains
Beneath the weight of all my shame
I've been the one to believe
That where I am You cannot reach

You're the one who conquers giants
You're the one who calls out kings
You shut the mouths of lions
You tell the dead to breathe
You're the one who walks through fire
You take the orphan's hand
You are the one Messiah
You are I am
You are I am

The veil is torn
And now I live with the Spirit inside
The same one, the very same one
Who brought the Son back to life

Hallelujah, He lives in me
Hallelujah, He lives in me
Hallelujah, He lives in me
Hallelujah, He lives in me

You're the one who conquers giants
You're the one who calls out kings
You shut the mouths of lions
You tell the dead to breathe
You're the one who walks through fire
You take the orphan's hand
You are the one Messiah
You are I am
You are I am

 

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This is always a good reminder for me that He is in control and we are not. He will do what is best for us even if we feel like everything is out of control.

 And...

Hallelujah He lives in us!

 

 

More Beautiful You by Johnny Diaz

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Little girl fourteen flipping through a magazine
Says she wants to look that way
But her hair isn't straight her body isn't fake
And she's always felt overweight

Well little girl fourteen I wish that you could see
That beauty is within your heart
And you were made with such care your skin your body and your hair
Are perfect just the way they are

[Chorus]
There could never be a more beautiful you
Don't buy the lies disguises and hoops they make you jump through
You were made to fill a purpose that only you could do
So there could never be a more beautiful you

Little girl twenty-one the things that you've already done
Anything to get ahead
And you say you've got a man but he's got another plan
Only wants what you will do instead

Well little girl twenty-one you never thought that this would come
You starve yourself to play the part
But I can promise you there's a man whose love is true
And he'll treat you like the jewel you are

[chorus]

So turn around you're not too far
To back away be who you are
To change your path go another way
It's not too late you can be saved
If you feel depressed with past regrets
The shameful nights hope to forget
Can disappear they can all be washed away
By the one who's strong can right your wrongs
Can rid your fears dry all your tears
And change the way you look at this big world
He will take your dark distorted view
And with His light He will show you truth
And again you'll see through the eyes of a little girl
[chorus]    

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In a world that is so self-focused and image-conscious, I think it is important to remember that God made you just the way you are and that no matter how you feel.  You are beautiful and you needn't succumb to the pressure of being physically "perfect".  Jesus has made a way for us to be beautiful inside and out, so there is no reason to feel uncomfortable in your skin. 'Cause God gave you your body for a reason and there could never be a more beautiful you!

 after

Last Saturday night we went to the Third Day concert at the Fox for Dad's birthday!! All of our family went together to send us.  I have always wanted to see Third Day in concert, I love their music and seeing them in concert was amazing. 

We also got to see Colton Dixon and Josh Wilson.  Josh Wilson was really cool, he was by himself on the stage with only a guitar and he looped all the music.  So he would play the different parts of the song and then layer them, so he was basically a one man band. Kinda like Bert from Mary Poppins...kinda.

At one part of the show when Third Day was playing, I noticed that on the side of the stage there were people watching and there were also some little kids back there dancing.  A little girl started to run out on stage only to be stopped.  I could tell that she couldn't understand why she couldn't go on stage because clearly her daddy was out there.  It was super cute. Also Mac Powell had his daughter come and sing Agnus Dei with him which was really cool.

So if Third Day comes into your area GO SEE THEM! and as far as I'm concerned Dad can have a birthday any time, especially if it means I get to go to an awesome concert!!