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The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad;
the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus;
it shall blossom abundantly
and rejoice with joy and singing.
The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it,
the majesty of wCarmel and xSharon.
They shall see the glory of the Lord,
the majesty of our God.
Strengthen the weak hands,
and make firm the feeble knees.
Say to those who have an anxious heart,
“Be strong; fear not!
Behold, your God
will come with vengeance,
with the recompense of God.
He will come and save you.”
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
and the ears of the deaf unstopped;
then shall the lame man leap like a deer,
and the tongue of the mute sing for joy.
For waters break forth in the wilderness,
and streams in the desert;
the burning sand shall become a pool,
and the thirsty ground springs of water;
in the haunt of jackals, where they lie down,
the grass shall become reeds and rushes.
And a highway shall be there,
and it shall be called the Way of Holiness;
the unclean shall not pass over it.
It shall belong to those who walk on the way;
even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.
No lion shall be there,
nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it;
they shall not be found there,
but the redeemed shall walk there.
And the ransomed of the Lord shall return
and come to Zion with singing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
they shall obtain gladness and joy,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
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Take Me Away
03:12
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Take Me Away
You take me away with you
And I lose my way
Back roads and mountains and cities
And I find my way in you
I find my way
I go back to find my way
always in You
You are my mountain moving
You are my calm on the waves
You are my mountain beauty
You
So take me away with you
And I'll lose my way
Back roads and mountains and cities
And I'll find my way in you
I find my way
I go back to find my way
Always in you
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Cry (Secret Place)
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Secret Place
I know
You know
Even more than I do
And I can
you can
Even more than I do
Tell it to my heart
I know
And you know
and i know it--It's just the way goes
That's the way it goes
Tell it to my heart
And you know and I'll know
And I know it
That's the way it goes
That's the way it goes
What tears cry
Groans don't lie
I'm there
And you there
Even more than I know
Your spirit
And my soul
Meet in my heart
Tell it to my heart
And I know
And you'll know
I know it--that's the way it goes
That's the way it goes
Meet in my heart
Where you are
And I am
And I know it--that's the way it goes
That's the way it goes
What tears cry
Groans don't lie
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Trail
03:45
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On a long dark forgotten trail
Oh I found the tree of life
Dusty broken lost and lonely there
But I felt so alive
A few towns find a city there
No one cares or knows my name
Stop awhile raise a family there
But this world is not my home
Help me understand
You are my home in this world.
I am not alone in this world.
I am as You are in this world.
I am not alone in this world.
On a long dark forgotten trail
Oh a shell of life is gone
Growing up now I know, I am not alone
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Everything inside my heart
beating like a broken drum
Beating inside my heart
with no batteries on
As the seasons come and go
and everything's come and gone
Everything inside my heart
You already know
I take it easy now
And then I take it hard
I take it to the dump ground again
And then I dig it out
You roll it up the flag pole, yeah
You find it on the back row
You walk it up the front row again
And say it all again (loud and clear)
You are faithful to me
Your Word is alive for me today
You are faithful
Your Word is alive
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At Calvary
Years I spent in vanity and pride
Caring not my Lord was crucified
Knowing it not it was for me He died
at Calvary
Mercy there was great and grace was free
Pardon there was multiplied to me
There my burdened soul found liberty
at Calvary
By God's grace at last my sin I learned
Then I trembled at the law I'd spurned
til my guilty soul imploring turned to Calvary
Oh the Love that drew salvation's plan
Oh the grace that brought it down to man
Oh the mighty gulf that God did span at Calvary
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I hear the Savior say,
“Thy strength indeed is small;
Child of weakness, watch and pray,
Find in Me thine all in all.”
Jesus paid it all,
All to Him I owe;
Sin had left a crimson stain,
He washed it white as snow
For nothing good have I
Whereby Thy grace to claim;
I’ll wash my garments white
In the blood of Calv’ry’s Lamb.
And when before the throne
I stand in Him complete,
Jesus died my soul to save
My lips shall still repeat.
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All my life I depended on myself
It's too good to be true that you provide for me
Spent my days tending all my fears
And holding back the tears for the day to come
when I would notice
what you've already done
Look what you provide for me
First the law, revealing every sin
Then the Lamb who took away all our sin
Then the Spirit encouraging me to keep on believing the promise that you will finish what you began
All my life I depended on myself
It's too good to be true that you provide for me
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When I'm up and happy
and singing all around me
Seems I turn around
feel the same old despair
When I'm down
and thinking nothing's happening for me
Five minutes later
my heart has a new song to sing
So whatever is going on
There's no way to judge it that's right
My life is in Jesus!
My life is in Jesus!
When I'm out and successful
or laying low with failure
And I've done the right thing
Or done the wrong
Whatever I deserve
No other judgement is right
My life is in Jesus!
My life is in Jesus!
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Joni Nichols Nashville, Tennessee
I have never gotten over the light that changed my darkness.
"Come sing at my feet, and the people
who are being drawn will hear it."
"What I tell you in secret, shout from the rooftops."
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