Peace and Healing Album
Peace and Healing
Peace and healing; Shalom, shalom
Father bless us, and make us one;
Lord have mercy and make us whole;
Give peace on earth, and peace in each soul.
Peace and healing, shalom, shalom,
Lord, help us care for the earth, our home;
May violence, hate and injustice end;
Bring peace on earth to all women and men,
Peace of God to all be given,
Peace on earth as peace in heaven;
In love and joy thy will be done;
With peace and healing thy kingdom come!
In Your Hands
In your hands is healing and wholeness;
In your arms, peace only trust in you can bring;
In your presence is joy and fullness of life,
Drinking deep from that ever-flowing spring;
May we serve as your hands and presence in the world,
Share your love for everyone and everything.
In your eyes creation all is holy;
And you yearn to make us one and healed and whole;
May we open our eyes to the sacredness of all,
As your love heals the world and every soul;
Knowing nothing can separate us from your love
And no darkness overcome creation’s goal.
So may Christ be with me, within me;
Christ before, behind, beside, below, above;
Christ in all who I see and in all who greet me,
Christ in stranger and foe and those I love;
Christ wherever I roam and Christ in coming home;
Christ in all; our God with us, incarnate love!
Love My Children
As you have done it to the least of these,
you have done it unto me;
Blessing or judgment on this world I love;
What will you make it be?
Love my children - all my children,
Yearning faces beg someone to love them;
See and love them,
And you do it unto me!
Children are running from the hate and the guns; Do we do it unto Thee?
So much each one can give, and learn, and become;
Will we care for them for Thee?
Love my children….
What kind of future are we building now?
Do we do it unto Thee?
Will we pass on an earth where all lives can live?
Will we care for them for Thee?
Love my children…
Sharing your love and healing, food, hope and home
Will we do it unto Thee?
Cherishing all your children, creatures and world -
Will we care for them for Thee?
Love my children, all my children;
Yearning faces beg someone to love them;
See and love them,
And you do it unto me!
Every creature, nation, race, age and creed
Will you care for them for me?
I Am With You Always
You are never alone, so trust me!
You are held in my love, never fear;
Know that nothing can separate you from my love;
Open wide your eyes and ears; see and hear
I am with you always,
You are never alone; I am near!
You can see me in clouds and sunshine;
Hear my music in songs and the rain;
In the loved ones you hold and those you see no more;
I am with you in your joy and your pain.
I am with you always;
Through all darkness my love will remain!
Know my joy, love and strength in all things;
Share with all of my children you see;
Let my healing streams flow, and let the old things go;
Life is greater than you know; fly free!
I am with you always;
You are never alone; in my love you are home;
And my child you will always be!
Bless the Lord, Oh My Soul
You have set the weary feet to dancing
And given the sad heart song;
The empty cups are overflowing,
The captives are free and the lonely belong;
Bless the Lord, oh my soul;
All within me, bless His name;
Bless the Lord, oh my soul
Who loves and renews and redeems.
Bless the Lord for love and joy and healing;
For life to live and help to trust,
Knowing nothing in the whole creation
Can conquer God’s love that is always with us, so
Bless the Lord…
With all the earth give thanks,
Sing merci, gracias;
Shukriya, asante, toda, arigato
Danke, xie-xie for God’s blessing to us; and
Bless the Lord…
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be your name;
Your kingdom come; your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread; forgive us all our sins,
As we forgive those who sin against us, and save us from time of trial;
Deliver us from evil, for yours is the kingdom
And the power and the glory, forever and ever, amen!
A New Day
A new day is dawning, new life’s a-borning,
Awake for the dawn is breaking!
Prepare the way, the way of the Lord;
The old prison walls are shaking!
Wake to new life; wake and see
The new world the Lord is making.
So come join the feast; bring the lost and the least;
Come shepherds and angels and kings!
Glad tiding share of God’s love and care;
While all God’s creation sings:
Wake to new life; wake and see
The new hope this child now brings!
Then sing peace on earth for this ever-new birth;
In our hearts prepare the way;
Emanuel, God with us to dwell,
Be born in us today!
Wake to new life; wake and see
Great joy given the earth for always!
Come follow the star, no matter how far
Come follow the Spirit’s call
To shine the light through darkness of night,
The powers of death shall fall!
Wake to new life; wake and see
The victory Christ brings us all!
Incarnate Love with us all!
Peace, Be Still
Peace, be still; peace, be still,
Come let my presence renew and fill;
As through the earth my Spirit moves;
Open to my love; Open to my love!
Like the wind Spirit blows;
Always the life-giving water flows;
From ocean depths to heaven above
All is held in Love; All is held in Love!
Share my life; share my peace;
Widen the circle till hate shall cease
And all creation’s joy shall prove
Good news of my love; Good news of my love!
Know my peace; live shalom,
Out in the world and coming home;
And in the strength of the heavenly dove;
Live my peace and love; Live my peace and love!
Make Us Yours, Lord
Make us yours, Lord; make us whole;
Light our darkness and heal our souls;
With your Spirit may we overflow;
May we your presence forever know!
Wash us clean, Lord; set us free
to be all you mean us to be;
Use our lives to serve; let healing flow;
In ever-new life help us to grow!
Here we are, Lord; through us move;
Send us out now to share your love;
May your peace to all creation come;
We hear your love song calling us home!
Trust My Love Album
A Branch in the Vine
Abide in me as a branch in the vine;
Eat and drink living bread and wine;
Like fish in the ocean, or breathing air
God with us always, everywhere;
Abide in me as a branch in the vine;
Live in my love, for you are mine!
Abide in me as a branch in the vine,
Bear much fruit, and share new wine;
Sharing my love, my life and joy,
Peace that nothing can destroy;
Abide in me as a branch in the vine;
Fruit of your love will show you’re mine.
Abide in me as a branch in the vine;
Come and live, seek and find;
Be still and know, deep within
My presence and love that never ends;
Oh come to me, to the living vine;
Lord, we come, for we are Thine!
In Good Hands
Refrain:
I’ll sing in the sunshine, in the rain and all the time,
For I know that I’m in good hands;
I’ll sing in the sunshine, in the rain and all the time,
For I know that I’m in good hands!
With ears to hear and eyes to see
Life’s riches and mystery
I know that I’m in good hands;
Hearts to love and minds to know,
Work to do and dreams to follow
I know that I’m in good hands.
Refrain: I’ll sing in…
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When joy fills the world with song,
With loving, caring and belonging
I know that I’m in good hands
When help is sure and strong,
to trust when everything is wrong,
I know that I’m in good hands.
Refrain: I’ll sing in….
God’s knocking at the door,
Wants to give us more and more;
I know that I’m in good hands;
His love is always true,
And with us all our journey through;
I know that I’m in good hands.
Refrain: I’ll sing in…
Trust My Love
(Ostinato refrain)
Trust me, beloved, trust my love; Open to me’
Trust me and know I am here, in love and mystery.
(Verses)
I am with you; In you now to dwell;
Underneath are the everlasting arms;
All shall be well, shall be well.
I am with you; Fear not, you are mine.
Share my love with all the world;
Live in me as a branch in the vine.
I am with you; I will heal and fill;
Be still and know my life and love;
Be still and know; be still.
Alleluia….
Open Our Eyes
Open our eyes, open our eyes, open our eyes to the world;
Open our ears, open our minds and hearts and hands to the world!
Mountains and fields and forests, Oceans, skies and wings;
Cherish all that grows and flowers, all that lives and soars and sings.
Open our eyes, open our eyes, open our eyes to the world;
Ev’ry bush burns with myst’ry when we will open our hearts to the world.
Cherish our Mother Earth, and all creation God gives;
What are life, and peace and beauty worth,
And a home where our children can live?
Some children live in sunshine, some in dark and need
Of love and hope and safety; to be seen, and heard and freed.
Open our eyes, open our eyes, open our eyes to the world;
Ev’ry life calls and lives in us all, so open our hearts to the world!
Look for the light in all faces, creeds and lands;
Making symphonies together, all around the world join hands.
Open our eyes, open our eyes, open our eyes to the bigger world;
Look deeper and see there’s so much more to be
When we open our eyes to the world!
Open our spirits, eyes, minds and hands and hearts to the world!
If You Love Me
If you love me, love my children;
If you love me, feed my sheep;
If you love me, come and follow me
Come, and my commandments keep;
And a new command I give you –
Love one another as I love you!
Little children, love one another;
Love and I will live in you;
Serve me when you serve each other
In the work I give you to do;
All you do for these my children
So you do it for me too.
Love the Lord with all your heart,
All your mind and strength and soul;
Know the Source of love will give us
Love to share and overflow;
Opens joy and life abundant;
God with us, who makes us whole;
With us all, to make creation whole!
All the Earth Is Holy Ground
All the earth is crammed with heaven
And every bush aflame with God;
But only those whose eyes are open
Take off their shoes; touch holy sod;
All the earth is holy ground;
Bushes are burning all around!
Seek the light in every face;
See through the veil to heaven’s song;
Each sacred moment, life and place
Cries all are loved, and all belong!
All the earth is holy ground;
Bushes are burning all around.
Cherish, then, the whole creation;
And care for child, and bird, and flower;
Skies and oceans, peace among nations,
The riches found in every hour;
All the earth is holy ground;
Bushes are burning all around!
Sing a New Song
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing praises all the earth;
Give thanks with all creation for life, and joy and new birth;
Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna sing again;
We bless thee, we praise thee
And with our lives say amen.
We praise with joyful voices and joyful lives we live;
The more love we give others, the more you give us to give;
Hosanna…
We thank you for your presence, the life of Christ we share;
May we receive and overflow and pass on your joy and care;
Hosanna….
Oh Lord, Support Us All the Day Long
Oh Lord, support us all the day long of this troubled life;
Till the shadow lengthen and the evening comes,
The busy world is hushed, the fever of life is o’er
And our work is done.
Then Lord, in your mercy grant us safe lodging
And a holy rest, and peace at the last!
Oh Lord, Support Us All the Day Long
Oh Lord, support us all the day long of this troubled life;
Till the shadow lengthen and the evening comes,
The busy world is hushed, the fever of life is o’er
And our work is done.
Then Lord, in your mercy grant us safe lodging
And a holy rest, and peace at the last!
Awake, O My Soul
Awake, o my soul to the deeps within;
To life’s wonders and mystery
Awake and know in all joy and woe
How sacred it all must be!
Awake to the earth, to our sisters and brothers
And open to the light and the songs in each other
Awake to the whole; awake, my soul!
Awake O my soul to the joy within;
All that soars high, and grows and sings;
From breaking day to night’s starry display
Shine glories that life can bring.
For all of our good Earth is holy ground,
And bushes are burning all around;
So open to joy; awake, my soul!
Awake O my soul to the truth within;
Op’ning eyes to all light we see;
All gifts are one that from God have come;
And truth heals and sets us free.
Hold fast what the heart knows is good, true and just,
Find peace in the storm with courage and trust
And follow the truth; awake, my soul!
Awake O my soul to the love within,
Grow the circle to all that is;
From kin at home to the stranger unknown
All share in the love God gives.
And trust, oh my soul, you are part of the whole
That’s held in the love in which we all live!
So open to love, to truth and joy, new life and the whole;
Awake, O my soul!
God of All, Make Us One
Lord, you have spoken in many tongues
To help us to know you since the world was begun;
You came in Christ to set us free,
To show us your love and to bring us to Thee.
In many ways your spirit comes;
God of all, give us peace and make us one.
You moved o’er the waters of primal night;
Created the world and life and light;
You’re seen in the heavens and our precious Earth,
And all the wonders you’ve brought to birth;
Creator of all, may your kingdom come
As we cherish creation, and everyone.
You sent prophets and law to help understand;
Called for right and justice with mighty hand;
Then gave yourself and your forgiveness,
And called us to follow your love’s caress.
Lord and Lover, Father, Spirit, and Son,
In love and justice make us one.
In many parts of one Body;
In bread, and wine and community
In music and silence; your word in our hearts;
Of all your wonders we know but part.
Through the ages, from East & West, South & North
You’ve called us to know you, through all the earth;
Emanuel, God with us, who loves each one,
Like a great symphony make us one!
In all of our ways, and in all our tongues,
With all of creation we praise as one!