5 Songs Of Faith To Strengthen You

5 Songs of faith to strengthen you

I Believe in a Hill Called Mount Calvary (David Plephs)

LYRICS:
Words by Dale Oldham, Gloria Gaither and William J.
Gaither
Music by William J. Gaither
Arranged by Camp Kirkland
There are things as we travel this earth’s shifting
sands
That transcend all the reason of man;
But the things that matter the most in this world,
They can never be held in our hand.
I believe in a hill called Mount Calvary
I’ll believe whatever the cost;
And when time has surrendered and earth is no more,
I’ll still cling to that old rugged cross.
I believe that the Christ who was slain on the cross
Has the power to change lives today;
For He changed me completely, a new life is mine,
That is why by the cross I will stay.
I believe in a hill called Mount Calvary
I’ll believe whatever the cost;
And when time has surrendered and earth is no more,
I’ll still cling to that old rugged cross.
I believe, I believe.
I believe that his life with its great mysteries
Surely someday will come to an end;
But faith will conquer the darkness and death
And will lead me at last to my Friend.
I believe in a hill called Mount Calvary
I’ll believe whatever the cost;
And when time has surrendered and earth is no more,
I’ll still cling to that old rugged cross.
I believe, I believe in the old rugged cross.

He Is Alive

LYRICS:
The gates and doors were barred and all the windows fastened down,
I spent the night in sleeplessness and rose at every sound,
Half in hopeless sorrow half in fear the day,
Would find the soldiers crashing through to drag us all away.
Then just before the sunrise I heard something at the wall,
The gate began to rattle and a voice began to call,
I hurried to the window and looked down to the street,
Expecting swords and torches and the sound of soldiers feet,
There was no one there but Mary so I went down to let her in,
John stood there beside me as she told us were she’d been,
She said they moved him in the night and none of us knows where,
The stones been rolled away and now his body isn’t there.
We both ran toward the garden then John ran on ahead,
We found the stone and the empty tomb just the way that Mary said,
But the winding sheet they wrapped him in was just an empty shell,
And how or where they’d taken him was more than I could tell.
Something strange had happened there but what I did not know,
John believed a miracle but I just turned to go,
Circumstance and speculation couldn’t lift me very high,
Cause I’d seen them crucify him and then I’d watched him die,
Back inside the house again all the guilt and anguish came,
Everything I’d promised him just added to my shame,
But at last it came to choices I denied I knew his name,
Even If he was alive it wouldn’t be the same.
But suddenly the air was filled with a strange and sweet perfume,
Light that came from everywhere drove shadows from the room,
Jesus stood before me with his arms held open wide, And I fell down on my knees and clung to him and cried,
He raised me to my feet and as I looked into his eyes,
Love was shining out from him like sunlight from the sky,
Guilt and my confusion disappeared in sweet release,
And every fear I’d ever had just melted into peace. He’s alive,
He’s alive, He’s alive and I’m forgiven, Heavens gates are open wide.
He’s alive, He’s alive, He’s alive and I’m forgiven,
Heavens gates are open wide. He’s alive, He’s alive, He’s alive and I’m forgiven,
Heavens gates are open wide. He’s alive!

It Is Finished

LYRICS:
There’s a line that is drawn through the ages
On that line stands an old rugged cross
On that cross, a battle is raging
To gain a man’s soul or it’s loss
On one side, march the forces of evil
All the demons, all the devils of hell
On the other, the angels of glory
And they meet on Golgotha’s hill
The earth shakes with the force of the conflict
And the sun refuses to shine
For there hangs God’s son, in the balance
And then through the darkness he cries
It is finished, the battle is over
It is finished, there’ll be no more war
It is finished, the end of the conflict
It is finished and Jesus is Lord
Yet in my heart, the battle was still raging
Not all prisoners of war had come home
These were battlefields of my own making
I didn’t know that the war had been won
Oh, but then I heard the king of the ages
Had fought all the battles for me
And that victory was mine for the claiming And now praise his name, I am free

Sinner Saved By Grace (Gaither Vocal Band)

LYRICS:

If you could see what I once was

If you could go with me

Back to where I started from

Then I know you would see

A miracle of love that took me

In it’s sweet embrace

And made me what I am today

Just an old sinner saved by grace

I’m just a sinner saved by grace

When I stood condemned to death

He took my place

Now I live and breathe in freedom

With each breath of life I take

Loved and forgiven, backed with a living

I’m just a sinner saved by grace

How could I boast on anything I’ve ever seen or done?

How could I dare to claim as mine

The victories God has won?

Where would I be

Had God not brought me

Gently to this place?

I’m here to say I’m nothing

But a sinner saved by grace

I’m just a sinner saved by grace

When I stood condemned to death

He took my place

Now I grow and breathe in freedom

With each breath of life I take

I’m loved and forgiven backed with a living

I’m just a sinner saved by grace

Now I grow and breathe in freedom

With each breath of life I take

I’m loved and forgiven backed with a living

I’m just a sinner saved by grace Saved by grace

Because He Lives (Grace Lawson)
God sent His son, they called Him, Jesus;
He came to love, heal and forgive;
He lived and died to buy my pardon,
An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives!Chorus
Because He lives, I can face tomorrow,
Because He lives, all fear is gone;
Because I know He holds the future,
And life is worth the living,
Just because He lives!How sweet to hold a newborn baby,
And feel the pride and joy he gives;
But greater still the calm assurance:
This child can face uncertain days because He Lives!Chorus
Because He lives, I can face tomorrow,
Because He lives, all fear is gone;
Because I know He holds the future,
And life is worth the living,
Just because He lives!And then one day, I’ll cross the river,
I’ll fight life’s final war with pain;
And then, as death gives way to victory,
I’ll see the lights of glory and I’ll know He lives!Chorus
Because He lives, I can face tomorrow,
Because He lives, all fear is gone;
Because I know He holds the future,
And life is worth the living,
Just because He lives!