Oh Herod's cold, cold heart
could never stop the spark
that turned into the flame
that's burning still the same (Chorus)
The wonder of God's love,
the healing saving Son
is with us everywhere
to follow if we dare (Chorus)
Words and Music by Larry Olson, Karol Baer and David Lee Brown
©1992 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permssion.
"I BELIEVE IN THAT LOVE"
I believe in a love that is born in the song of a baby's cry.
I believe in a love that lives on and on even when we die.
I believe in a love that reaches out, embracing all our pain and doubt.
Chorus:
I believe in that love, I believe
I believe in that love
I believe in that love, I believe
I believe in that love
I believe in a love that is felt in the touch of a helping hand.
I believe in a love that sees differences and seeks to understand.
I believe in a love that has no bounds, no class or race to hold it down.
(Chorus)
I believe in a love that is here at the heart of a mystery.
I believe in a love that forgives, forgets, heals and sets us free.
I believe in a love that loses self for the sake of life for someone else.
(Chorus)
Words and Music by Larry Olson
©1993 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
"I LIFT MY EYES"
Chorus:
I lift my eyes to the mountain from where does my help come?
My help comes from our God who made heav'n and earth.
In the scorching sands of dessert there's promise of shade.
In your deepest night a still small voice says don't be afraid. (Chorus)
In your going and your coming a Guardian is near.
In the face of death the open arms of love appear.(Chorus)
When it all seems so confusing alone in despair
the cross reveals new hope for life to rise from there. (Chorus)
Words and Music by Hans Peterson
©2002 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
"I WAS HUNGRY" (based on Matthew 25:35-40)
I was hungry and you gave me bread
Homeless, you gave a place to lay my head
I was naked, you clothed me
I was imprisoned and you set me free
Chorus:
And the prison doors are opening
and the prison walls are falling down
And the prison doors are opening
and the prison walls are falling down
I was parched and dry and you gave me rain
Sick and tired and you eased my pain
I was cold as ice and your warmth melted me
I was imprisoned and you set me free (Chorus)
I was crying, you kissed my tears
Frightened, you relieved my fears
I was unheard, you listened to me
I was imprisoned and you set me free
Bridge:
As you've done it to the least of these
my brothers and my sisters,
you've done it unto me (Chorus)
(Last Chorus)
And the prison doors are opening
and the prison walls are falling down
And our eyes and ears are opening
and the walls that divide are falling down
And our hearts and hands are opening
and the chains that held them are
falling down, falling, falling down
Words and Music ©1994 Sara Thomsen
Administered by Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
"I WILL BE YOUR GOD"
Chorus:
I will be your God and you will be my people
I will be your God and you will be my people
A day of comfort is a comin'
suffering has no chance
Sin and greed will have no stronghold
and the mourning turns to dance (Chorus)
There may be times that you seek me
when I seem far
Know that I am very near you
hearing struggles of your heart (Chorus)
A new cov'nant I will give you
wear it on your hearts
From the youthful to the wisest
all will know that from the start that (Chorus)
Words and Music by Hans Peterson
©1992 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
"I'M ON MY WAY"
There's a place where I know I belong
where the hills and breezes know me
where the land and the trees and view
gently whisper, "How are you?"
Chorus:
I'm on my way, on my way
to the one who knows my name
to the voice that calls me home everyday
I'm on my way, I'm on my way
There's a home that has borne me this song
where the arms lift up and hold me
where the laughs and the tears ring true
simply saying, "I need you" (Chorus)
There's a love that remembers no wrong
one that knows me and still loves me
one that feels all that I go through
always saying, "I'm with you" (Chorus)
Words and Music by Larry Olson
©1993 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
"IF I BELIEVE IN JESUS"
Chorus:
If I believe in Jesus do I need to follow him?
If I believe in Jesus do I need to follow him?
'cause if I'm gonna follow him
some things are bound to change
Time to go and love my neighbor
Time to get down on my knees
Time to step out on the water
but I'm having some trouble
letting go of all of my things...(Chorus)
Time to break some bread with sinners
Time to weep for broken dreams
Time to help a wounded stranger
but I'm having some trouble
with loving my enemies...(Chorus)
Time to help my homeless sister
Time to wash my brother's feet
Time to speak against injustice
but I'm having some trouble
confronting the powers that be....(Chorus)
Words and Music by Larry Olson
©2003 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
"IN GOD'S EYES"
Outside my window, right across the street
there is someone new living next to me
They might look different, they might talk strange
Do I really care to know their name?
There is a brother working on wall street
and a sister who needs bread to eat
Now truth keeps calling, we have family ties
we're all the same in God's eyes
Chorus:
In God's eyes there must be rivers of tears
for all the pain love has endured
In God's eyes there must be mountains of hope
to keep sending babies into our homes
with God's eyes
I am no better, I am no worse
than a drunk who's lying down in the dirt
Now truth keeps calling 'til we hear the cries
we're all the same in God's eyes (Chorus)
Bridge:
So quick to judge each other
so slow to love another
Oh can our hearts ever see? With (Chorus)
Words and Music by Larry Olson
©1994 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
"IN THE BEGINNING"
In the beginning God spoke the world
and said it is good
In the beginning God breathed all life
and said it is good
Chorus:
For creation and the power
and the glory are yours
now and forever, forevermore
In the beginning there was the word
That word came alive
The word is Jesus, Emmanuel
Through him we have life (Chorus)
Bridge:
You showed the way of sacrifice
For us you suffered loss
You showed the way of strength and might
by hanging upon the cross (Chorus)
Words and Music by Larry Olson
©1999 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
"JOURNEY OF PRAISE"
We are all on a journey
from the cradle to the grave
We are given life through the price
our Savior had to pay
Chorus:
Oh let our hearts praise the Lord
Oh let our hands praise the Lord
Oh let our voices praise the Lord
Oh let our lives praise the Lord
We can feel suffering
there is someone near in need
We are given choice, heart, hands, voice,
they are within our reach (Chorus)
Words and Music by Larry Olson, David Lee Brown and Karol Baer
©1989 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
"JUBILEE"
Chorus:
Jubilee, a time of our Lord's favor,
all debts are freed, forgotten, do you hear the call?
Meet ev'ry need, share your bread and your table
in this year of Jubilee.
There's hope in a day we've been promised,
no more tears rivals forgive
God will bind up the broken-hearted,
those with property will share their harvest yield
so that together all will joyfully live. (Chorus)
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me"
Christ speaks Isaiah's prophecy
To announce the now of God's saving mercy;
bring captives liberty and sight to those who don't see
so that together all will joyfully live. (Chorus)
Words and Music by Hans Peterson
©1997 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Justice means that all are fed;
Everyone will have their bread
and a place to lay their head (Chorus)
Justice means that work will pay,
what it takes to live that day
and that children will laugh and play (Chorus)
Justice frees us from the clutch
of too little or too much
It's God's liberating touch. (Chorus)
With all people we can grow.
God's abundance all can know.
No one's high and no one's low. (Chorus)
Justice means the slaves go free;
Debts all end with Jubilee.
The Land is God's own property. (Chorus)
Justice means that rulers care,
to keep people from despair,
building systems that are fair. (Chorus)
Justice ends our fears and wars.
Ploughs are hammered from our swords.
Vine and fig tree at each door. (Chorus)
Justice is what God requires
More than hymns and lofty spires
It's the praise that God desires. (Chorus)
(can be sung as a descant with the Chorus)
May your Kingdom come. May your will be done.
Words and Music by Cathy Brechtelsbauer & Hans Peterson
©2002 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
(Our hope is that congregations connected with Bread for the World would use this song free of copyright charge).
"LAMB OF GOD"
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, grant us your peace,
grant us your peace.
Words-traditional/Music by Sara Thomsen
©1995 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
"LET JUSTICE ROLL"
As you seek your fame the meek are left trampled beneath your feet.
As you hoard your wealth the poor from whom you steal wail in the street.
Chorus:
So let justice roll on like a river
and righteousness like an always present
everflowing stream.
Your worship comes as empty noise clanging in my ears.
What good, to me, your fancy feasts? Dry your brothers' tears. (Chorus)
The voice of God cries out to us, you have so much to give.
Seek good and flee from evil. How else can you live? (Chorus)
Words and Music by Hans Peterson, Paula Williams and Miriam Larsen
©1997 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
"LET THE CHILDREN COME"
Watching people pass by one more time,
scared to face tomorrow.
Filled with questions, wanting to live free.
Yet a teen, sometimes wondering
what the future holds.
Chorus:
Let the children come, let the children come.
For to such belongs the kingdom of heaven,
let the children come.
Staring blankly at his bare office wall,
scared to face tomorrow.
A checkered past wanting to come clean.
Though he's grown, needs to be held to know
what the future holds.
Gazing eyes framed with wrinkled lines,
scared to face tomorrow.
Long life lived, still children in God's care.
Growing old, know that they've been told
what the future holds.
Words and Music by Hans Peterson and Julie Hennies Clark
©1996 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
"LET'S GO OUT"
Let's go out into the world and make it a loving place to live.
Let's go out into the world and tell ev'ry one the Savior lives.
Let's go out (Let's go out) Let's go out (Let's go out)
and make it a loving place to live.
Let's go out (Let's go out) Let's go out (Let's go out)
and tell ev'ry one the Savior lives! Let's go out!
Words and Music by Larry Olson
©1989 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
"LISTEN"
PART 1: Listen to the Word of the Lord...
PART 2: Listen... Listen... Listen...
Words and Music by David Lee Brown and Larry Olson
©1990 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
There's life for everyone, Yahweh has come near
Our hunger will be fed and laughter will appear
But all the world's wealth will not guarantee
this everlasting love, a gift from Galillee
The Christ comes as a child to comfort all the earth
to challenge those with might to trust a lowly birth
and so we pray that life which comes as love fulfilled
would enter all our hearts for peace on earth to build
Words and Music by Hans Peterson
©2002 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
"LORD OF JUSTICE"
Chorus:
Lord of justice, Lord of life
help us to do what you know is right, oh, oh, oh
Lord of justice, Lord of life
guide us through the day and night
To the stranger may we give welcome
To the hungry may we give bread
To the naked may we give clothing
To the homeless, a place to lay their head (Chorus)
To the wounded may we give healing
To the voiceless may we give words
To the captives may we give freedom
To the tortured, release from all the hurt (Chorus)
Words and Music by Larry Olson
©1989 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
"LORD'S PRAYER-Creator Of All Life"
Creator of all life, Maker of the Light
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins as we forgive.
Creator of all life, Maker of the Light
Save us from the time of trial.
Creator of all life, Maker of the Light -- deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, and the power, and the glory are yours.
Creator of all life, Maker of the Light -- Amen. Amen.
Creator of all life, Maker of the Light -- Amen. Amen. Amen.
Words and Music by David Lee Brown and James Hersch.
©1990 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
"LOVE TO THE WORLD"
Chorus:
Light the path, shine the way, send your word
through our lives show your love to the world
Many roads up ahead, hard to see
Where is truth to be found?
Can I trust and believe? (Chorus)
Every nation and tongue, every tribe
All Are children of God
for each one there is life (Chorus)
To the ends of the earth bring your light
Justice, mercy and love
let them shine through the night (Chorus)
Words and Music by Hans Peterson & Larry Olson
©2002 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.