I first heard this song at Stream Franklin at the end of January. It touched a deep place in me.
Heavenly Father, you always amaze me
Let your kingdom come in my world and in my life
I continued to listen to it over and over the next two weeks as I drove back and forth to my dad’s house as he was dying.
The kingdom of the heavens is now advancing
Invade my heart, invade this broken town
And then I listened to it over and over as I drove back and forth to care for my mom afterwards.
Give us today our daily bread, forgive us weary sinners
Keep us far from our vices and deliver us from these prisons
The richness of the lyrics continue to assure me now of God’s daily care and strong love. They retell the Lord’s prayer (Matthew 6:9-15), of promises from his sermon on the mount (Matthew 6:26-32), of parables (Matthew 13:44), and of his love in the Psalms (Psalm 62:11-12, NIV).
God knows what I need; You know what I need
Two things you told me, that you are strong and you love me
Jon Foreman of Switchfoot wrote this song for his solo project Spring. Another version is currently out by the Robbie Seay Band.
But my favorite version by far is the one I heard first by Hallal.
Listen to a clip here at #10.
And listen to Jon Foreman sing the whole song here:
Your Love Is Strong
Jon Foreman
LYRICS
Heavenly Father, you always amaze me
Let your kingdom come in my world and in my life
Give me the food I need to live through the day
And forgive me as I forgive the people who rob me
Lead me far from temptation
Deliver me from the evil one
I look out the window, the birds are composing
Not a note is out of tune or out of place
I walk to the meadow and stare at the flowers
Better dressed than any girl on her wedding day
So why should I worry? Why do I freak out?
God knows what I need; You know what I need
CHORUS:
Your love is, your love is, your love is strong
Your love is, your love is, your love is strong
Your love is, your love is, your love is strong
The kingdom of the heavens is now advancing
Invade my heart, invade this broken town
The kingdom of the heavens is buried treasure
Which you sell yourself to buy the one you found
Two things you told me
That you are strong and you love me
Yes, you love me
CHORUS
Our God in heaven hallowed by thy name above all names
Your kingdom come your will be done on earth as it in heaven
Give us today our daily bread forgive us weary sinners
Keep us far from our vices and deliver us from these prisons 
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11 comments:
That is a great song!
So sorry to hear about your loss. God really comforted me with Mercy Me lyrics when I was losing my step-father.
Hugs!
What a beautiful song. I pray the Lord's comforting peace always embrace your heart each time you think of your Daddy.
Thanks for sharing. God bless!
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What a great song. Blessings to you as you walk through these days grieving your dad.
And what site do you use to put the song on your blog when there's no video?
Beautiful song!!
Thanks
What an amazing and uplifting song, Lisa. I can understand how it kept you strong and continues to help you in this season with the loss of your Dad and as you see your Mom slipping away.
Thanks for posting it.
Happy Mother's Day!
Love,
Lynn
Thanks, all, for the blessings and sweet words. Glad you like the song, too.
Linda,
Actually the above music is from a YouTube video. But I didn't want it to show because it's just one constant picture. So I changed the height of the embedded code to "25" so the play bar is all that shows.
What a beautiful song. Thanks for sharing!
What really gets me here is this:
"Where in today’s culture are people socialized to sing often, naturally, in groups?"
You know, I've heard so much talk about whether congregations will prefer traditional or contemporary, and so little about this issue that you raise here. Wow. Such an eye-opening thought here!
Lisa,
What a blessed way to look and pray the Lord's prayer as you joined through difficult seasons in your life. We all go through dry and parched seasons in life...when our outward focus seems so overwhelm but when we search and seek deeper, we see things we would not have normal seen in days of rejoicing and delight.
I thank God...that we can compose in our heart a prayer language in song using the very words He passed on to us.
With joy,
Gladwell
I'm sorry about your parents, Dear. That is a pretty song. I could not figure out how to hear the first one. Blessings ~
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