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Evaggelion!
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Evaggelion! Yes, for once the news is good
Evaggelion! Well, then let it be understood
All your debt is gone, all your doubts were wrong
Evaluating!
Evaggelion! Oh, don't let your soul be sad
Evaggelion! When the tidings are just so glad
Pass the news along, fill the air with song
Evaggelion!
Lift up your voice, it's your solemn choice
Will you believe this gift held out for the joyful taking?
The air you breathe, is abundant, free
So the most precious grace of Christ o'er the world is breaking
Such a balance has been paid, such a sacrifice was made
Why don't we worship Him so gratefully?
Refrain
Tell every child they've been reconciled
Go tell the others they've been freed by the same endeavor
If they but choose to believe good news
You've made a difference in this world and a friend forever
Freedom papers have been signed for each child of humankind
Then let us sing this warm reality!
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Versions of Me
Walking through Gods story-land I see the work Jesus' hand
Time and time again it heals and something deep inside me feels
As if I was one of them, the ones that came time and again
Stumbling blind, outcast and lame, I am like them, we're all the same
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The woman who reached for the hem of your robe
The wee little man in the tree
The one on her knees with her face in her hands
The questioning old Pharisee
I can see so many versions of me
Maybe I've not walked the path of harlots, thieves and sons of wrath
But with change of circumstance I would, if given half a chance
Oh, how I relate to those who fell so low, but finally chose
To accept His grace at last-my story echoes stories past
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Bridge:
There's an answering chord inside me and it plays a strange familiar song
When I see the ones just like me from another age
They jump off the page
Where I know that I belong
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Another Song About Mary
I was a simple girl of Bethany
Until the day I ran away
Far from the lies of a Pharisee
Vowing I'd somehow make him pay
I tried to find a life in Magdala
But I was dying by degrees
Then came a man with the heart of God
I found myself upon my knees
Refrain
And the call came, and my feet could run no faster
And the oil flowed like the blood that soon would run
And my heart broke like a flask of alabaster
And the Lord said to everyone, "Tell what she's done"
I never planned it the way it went
I was just moved with sacrifice
Now that I see it in retrospect
It was a portrait of the Christ
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Bridge:
I swore I'd never trust another man and here I was saying this one was
God
Whispers around the room could not stop the gratitude that flowed so
free over the Messiah
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Gethsemane Angel
Wish I was the angel who watched You as you prayed
Who counted drops of blood You sweat, and saw the price You paid
Who came when You were broken down, to try to touch Your pain
Whose hand stroked softly on Your frown while whispering Your name
Wish I was the angel in the dark so bright
Wish I was the angel that night
Wish I was the angel who stayed right by your side
And held your head upon my heart, and rocked you as you cried
Whose words, like sweetest music, brought just a bit of rest
Who spoke of peace and promise to the war zone in your breast
Wish I was the angel in the dark so bright
Wish I was the angel that night
And if I could have held you when you were most in need
My arms would be forever blessed, my soul forever freed
I'd cherish all the timeless years that place where Love did grieve
I'd never wash away the tears and blood that stained my sleeve
Wish I was the angel, in the dark so bright
Wish I was the angel, wish I was the angel, wish I was the angel that night
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Anathema; the God-Forsaken
God
Cries from the valley
God answers many such prayers
"I will be with you" He says
"All through your worst nightmares"
But there was one prayer
Cried by the Son He held dear
God was strangely silent then
It was as if He did not hear
Refrain
Anathema! It was midnight as the sun refused to shine
Anathema! And Justice gave a nod
Anathema! When you think of all the things you've left behind
Will you remember the God-forsaken God?
If there was only
One moment left in your life
Who would you spend it with?
A friend, parent, husband or wife?
Someone beside you
The moment when you closed your eyes
No one would choose solitude
The moment when the spirit dies
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Bridge:
There were enemies and mockers
There were friends who turned their backs
There were lots of women weeping
And some joining the attacks
There was Pilate selling out to please
The people that he feared
But sense of loss was total when the face of God
Just disappeared
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Christ the Lord is Risen Today
Christ the Lord is risen today Alleluia!
Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia!
Raise you joys and triumphs high Alleluia!
Sing ye heavens and earth reply Alleluia!
Lives again our glorious king Alleluia!
Where, oh death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
Once He died, our souls to save Alleluia!
Where's thy victory boasting grave? Alleluia!
Love's redeeming work is done Alleluia!
Fought the fight, the battle's won Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids Him rise Alleluia!
Christ hath opened Paradise Alleluia!
Soar we then where Christ has led Alleluia!
Following our exalted Head Alleluia!
Made like Him like Him we rise Alleluia!
Ours the cross, the grave the skies Alleluia!
Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia!
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Were
You There?
Were you there when they crucified my Lord
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they nailed Him to a tree?
Were you there when they nailed Him to a tree?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble
Were you there when they nailed Him to a tree?
Were you there when He rose up from the tomb?
Were you there when He rose up from the tomb?
Oh, sometimes I want to cry glory, glory, glory!
Were you there when He rose up from the tomb
Sometimes it causes me, it causes me to tremble!
Were you there when they crucified my Lord
When they nailed Him to a tree?
When He rose up, yes He rose up, when He rose up, Jesus rose up
From the tomb, oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble
Were you there when we crucified my Lord?
When we nailed Him to a tree?
When He rose up from the tomb?
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Michael Shall Stand
Books of revelation prophets gave our day
Eyes ablaze with vision that took their breath away
Hungry for this knowledge many seek in vain
Sorcerers and psychics when God has made it plain
Refrain
Kingdoms fall, Michael shall stand
One for all, life in His hand
The revelation unfolds, the vision is clear
Michael, Michael drawing near
King of endless glory walked into our shoes
Wore our tattered uniform and paid our endless dues
Came to fight from heaven, now He takes His place
To fight the Armageddon that all of us must face
Refrain
Bridge:
Lift up your eyes, don't despair like some
Once He came, in flesh like yours
Fought the war to end all wars
Now He gathers near once more
As a coming King
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In Christ Medley
I was in Christ from the dawn of time
I was in Christ, I was in His mind
For He came and took my life, my loss
All my burdens and my cross
I will rest as a child in His arms and then
I'll be in Christ when He comes again
I want to forgive before they are sorry
Like you forgave when I had no clue
Tell me, how can I be bitter and angry
When I keep fresh in mind what I did to you?
When I keep fresh in mind what I did to you?
One pair of arms that are always open
One pair of always loving eyes
One thing you know when your heart is broken
There's a place for you waiting in Christ
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Every Nation
Stars shine each in their separate quarters still they light the glorious sky
Winds blow each in their own direction, still they help the eagle fly
But we who know the winds and the stars can't seem to live in
reference to the day
Refrain
Every nation and kindred and tongue and people will fall down to
worship at Jesus' Feet
Your ears will hear, your eyes will see it-every nation, and kindred, and tongue
and people
Will fall down to worship at Jesus' feet
Birds sing each in their own sweet voices still they blend in rich refrain
Our notes so often turn so sour, out of tune and full of strain
But those who follow on will sing as in one voice thus hastening the
time
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Bridge:
Come one and all. . . . Give up and fall . . .
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The People of Ninevah
You live in wealth of many kinds
You know the thinking of the finest minds
You've read the books, you know the words
You've talked to those who've heard the things you have heard
But what about the people of Ninevah?
Your life is tidy as a pin
You have so many things to put on your skin
You love to sell, you love to buy
You love to laugh, you don't want to cry
But what about the people of Ninevah?
You go to church dressed like a star
All of the pretty people know who you are
You say a prayer, you sing a song
You hope the preacher won't talk too long
But what about the people of Ninevah?
What about the people of Ninevah?
Interlude
Are things as perfect as they seem?
You worked so hard to get your picture perfect dream
Your house on sand will never last
Your microcosm is fading fast
For what about the people of Ninevah?
What about the people of Ninevah? Of Ninevah?
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Chance of Rain
The sky is bright without a cloud
The thirsting people cry out loud
The sun and wind will parch the grain
And still there is a chance of rain
We've talked of how our river flows
And whereas the verdure? No one knows
We boast that we have crop to spare
While desert winds blow through our hair
It's not a force that lays us flat
It's not a tug of war
It's not as if God held it back
In archive days of yore
It's not a thing we bring to pass
With vigils on our knees
It's a gift, it always was
We would not receive
Our hearts are hard as bone dry ground
Not even tears have trickled down
We beg for what you freely share
And then refuse it with a prayer
It's not a wrestling match with God
It's not a weight we lift
It's not our place to sweat the blood
That bought the precious gift
It's ground so dry it finally cracks
It's hearts that finally break
It's a gift God can't hold back
We can't seem to take
The sky is bright without a cloud
The thirsting people cry out loud
The sun and wind will parch the grain
And still there is a chance of rain
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