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BIGGER: Wm Finch
Oh the things I have been told – all I need to do is look within / Go mining inner strength like it's bitcoin venture – let the exploits now begin / Invincibility fashioned out of my own time and space / But I find that this cracked ribcage is too dark and small a place / Is there a jailer with a key? / I need something bigger / I need something bigger / I need something bigger / I've got my mantra of self-reliance – personal truths that have their genesis with me / But I see the moon and stars, hear angel voices, high-peaked mountains, crashing seas / He is there and is not silent, spoken words, displays of power / It's the tempting invitation – trade prison walls for cleansing showers / Is there a Savior with a key? / I need something bigger / I need something bigger / I need something bigger / I need Someone bigger.
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WITH ONE VOICE SING: Wm Finch
This tune is a traditional Scottish folksong, first published in Folk Songs from Somerset in 1906.
​With one voice sing of the Father's love / Grace coming down from His throne above / Lord Jesus Christ in obedience came / The spotless Lamb who took my blame / Christ paid the price: I am free indeed / The Lord's deliverance in our time of need / As far as east is from the west / Transgressions cast, saints' lasting rest / Exalted Christ – let the angels sing / The church's voice o'er the whole earth ring / Our song will endlessly be sung / The spotless Lamb, the Holy One / Our song will endlessly be sung / The spotless Lamb, the Holy One.
TRANSFORMED INTO LIGHT: Wm Finch
She was old enough to make her choices now – sometimes she'd rub your face right in it / She had dashed hopes longing for true love with new scars added by the minute / No one ever thought her dreams could take off into flight / But she was being transformed into light / Transformed into light / Transformed into light / He was shut up in a bedroom – it was the best friend he'd ever had / Down the hall the lame petitions of a war-torn mom and dad / No one ever saw it coming / Weak hands hung limp now in a fight / He was being transformed into light / Transformed into light / Transformed into light / And if they didn't declare His praises then the rocks were gonna cry / The rocks were gonna cry /  And if a dead man can be raised, then tell me why not you? / They seemed like prayers unanswered, like a child untimely born / Whether out of habit or conviction / One glancing look reveals a heart that's torn / There was One who heard your cries through what just seemed forever night / He was transforming into light / Transforming into light / Transforming into light...
NO OTHER NAME: Wm Finch
No other Name defends the brokenhearted / Give strength to the weary before they've even started / Binds up the wounds of those who suffer wrong / Dwellers in the shadows are filled with joyful song / No other name / No other name can meet us in our sorrow / Smiling at the future and a radiant tomorrow / In a pit of deep despair He extends life-saving rope / Dying with the poor, giving all men living hope / No other name / No other name / No other name but Christ the Lord / No other name cuts with laser-like precision / The hope of the hopeless in the valley of decision / Waiting at the door, wanting all to let Him in / Carving out one road from the wilderness of sin / No other name / No other name  No other name but Christ the Lord.
​Background lyric: He is the name above all Names / Our Hope, our Joy always the same / The Righteous Branch, The Prince of Peace / Before all nations war will cease / Our perfect Guide through foreign land / Compassion with an outstretched hand / Before all time, Ancient of Days / Emmanuel, worthy of praise / The shelter in the time of storm / Child in the manger being born / Alpha, Omega, First and Last / All mankind's sin on Him is cast / Sun, moon and stars before Him fall / Highly exalted Lord of all / Come unto Me and find your rest / The Seed through whom all nation's blest / He's Shepherd of the ninety-nine / Searching for one who's left behind / The Rock on who we are to stand / The Refuge in a weary land.
THE GREATEST IS LOVE: Wm Finch
JOY: The inner well-spring that is fueled by Shepherd's keep
PEACE: eludes the nations but still makes the righteous sleep
But LOVE... the greatest is Love
PATIENCE: prefers others and thus makes our fragments whole
KINDNESS: leaves it's healing mark on every willing soul
But LOVE... the greatest is Love
GOODNESS: mirrored image that reflects the Father's hand
FAITHFULNESS: the vow that makes a friend or a marriage stand
But LOVE...
GENTLENESS: won't break the bruisèd reed that suffers long
CONTROL: every thought a captive discerning right from wrong
​But LOVE... the greatest is Love.
YOUR GLORY FILLS THE EARTH: Wm Finch
Your glory fills the earth / Your glory fills the earth / And where it emanates it sings Your praises / We stand in awe for Your are Lord of all / We stand in awe for You are Lord of all / Your mercy reaches down / Your mercy reaches down / It floods our heart and fills it with such wonder / We stand in awe for You are Lord of all / We stand in awe for You are Lord of all / We will join the hosts of heaven to worship at Your feet / May all who dwell upon the earth exalt Your Name / (Instrumental) / Your love has lifted me / Your love has lifted me / Out of the valley to the highest mountains / We stand in awe for You are Lord of all / We stand in awe for You are Lord of all / We stand in awe for You are Lord of all / We stand in awe for You are Lord of all.
NOTHING SHALL DIVIDE AGAIN: Wm Finch
Each person who on earth does dwell / There is no slave and free, there's no lesser class of men / All are joined as common beggars in the supper of the Lamb / And nothing shall divide again. Nothing shall divide again / The poorest and the rich will sit / As paupers at His feet / Every woman, every man / Will have their fill of life / Let us drink it to the dregs/ For nothing shall divide again / For nothing shall divide again / {Bridge} Every valley shall be lifted up / Every mountain becomes low / Disability is always welcomed here / The open arms that stretch reach across the human race / Across the span of time to every sinner seeking grace / And nothing shall divide again / Nothing shall divide again / Every valley shall be lifted up / Every mountain becomes low / Every valley shall be lifted up / Every mountain becomes low.
NO TURNING BACK: Wm Finch
Putting our hand to the plow / Wiping the sweat off our collective brow / There's no turning back, no turning back for me / What would I ever turn back to? / elusive broken dreams / A palace of cardboard schemes / A way forward's in front of me now / I'm gonna turn my gaze... / Plowman walks a straightened path / Phoenix rising in the aftermath / There's no turning back / No turning back for me /   Toiling in the heat of the daylight sun / Maybe latter day rains can fall on everyone / There's no turning back / No turning back for me / What would I ever turn back to? / A lost and prideful man, who walked away and then he ran / But the Son's in front of me now / I'm gonna turn my gaze... / New dawn eclipses all life's toil and strife / Enter: the Exalted Lamb who is the River of Life / There's no turning back / No turning back for me.
MAGNIFICENCE & GLORY: Wm Finch
Your works declare your glory, Lord Almighty! Creation lifts it's voice in holy praise / You rule your universe with power and beauty / Our songs declares the wonder of Your grace / I'll proclaim all Your Magnificence and Glory / In Your arms I'll find an ever-lasting rest / Tune my heart to always see how You've been merciful to me / I will praise You for a life forever blessed / Come you weary, and all ye heavy-laden / Take your burdens to His feet beneath the cross / Take my plans and all my pride and aspirations / All the pleasures of this world counted as loss / I'll proclaim all Your Magnificence and Glory / In Your arms I'll find an ever-lasting rest / Tune my heart to always see how You've been merciful to me / I will praise You for a life forever blessed.
UNAWARE: Wm Finch
You have made me for Yourself / and only lately have I loved You, Lord of All / My heart is restless, heart is restless, 'til it finds it's rest in Thee / The future and the past, summoned in the rhythm of the tides / Can You still open blinded eyes so they can see? / We can travel the world looking for the highest mountains / Marvel at the waves upon the sea with no thought of Who has placed them there / Forge the rivers and the oceans, follow circuits of the stars / Yet we're passing by ourselves, passing by ourselves so unaware / Is it true the wise men are the ones who know the differences between / What is striving after wind and what are treasures in a storehouse given free / Lately have I loved Thee, a head-strong man who has wasted so much time / Rushing headlong where angels fear to tread, avoiding every sign / We can travel the world looking for the highest mountains / Marvel at the waves upon the sea with no thought of Who has placed them there / Forge the rivers and the oceans, follow circuits of the stars / Yet we're passing by ourselves, passing by ourselves so unaware / [Bridge] Unaware of Your great love, every perfect gift above / Unaware of grace already pouring over me / Freedom echoes through the hills, across the oceans waves are stilled / Yet we're passing by ourselves, passing by ourselves... / We can travel the world looking for the highest mountains / Marvel at the waves upon the sea with no thought of Who has placed theme there / Forge the rivers and the oceans, follow circuits of the stars / Yet we're passing by ourselves, passing by ourselves so unaware.*
* I am indebted to St. Augustine's Confessions and City of God for several of these word pictures.
 ONLY FOUND IN ONE: Wm Finch
Perfect Peace and her sister Truth / Flying in the face of misguided youth / They're only found in One, only found in One / Security to buffer a market crash / Resulting in a mattress to stash your cash / It's only found in One, only found in One / Dark side of the moon / Contrasts the shining of the sun / It's only found in One. / Dark side of the moon contrasts the shining of the sun, it's only found in One / Dark side of the moon, you know refreshment, it will come / But it's only found in One / Saint Paul put it well about missing the mark / These dead embers need combustion of a brand new spark / It's only found in One, only found in One / Rust and moth can't desecrate true treasure that this world can't imitate / It's only found in One, only found in One / Thirsting through this desert, you know refreshment, it will come / But it's only found in One / Thirsting through this desert, you know refreshment, it will come / But it's only found in One / {Bridge} The thrill's not in the search, it's in the finding / The thrills not in the search, it's in the finding / From the mountain to the valley, it echoes clear across the plains / We're all witnessing the early, but we need the later rains / They're only found in One, only found in One / Many roads to heaven, or so we've heard it said before / We place our fingers in our ears as He's knocking at the door / It's only found in One, only found in One / Face to face with Light Resplendent, full forgiveness through the Son / It's only found in One / Face to face with Light Resplendent, full forgiveness through the Son / It's only found in One, only found in One.
NEW MASTER NOW: Wm Finch
Bundle them up tightly – all those moth-infested things you like to carry / Pilgrim's backpack, Donald's millions and every American Idol you ever wanted to marry / When you throw it all away, you'll feel like you're flying over the atmosphere / Wave goodbye, anxiety and fear / You're bowing to a New Master now / All those slow-motion replays of every hurdle in your life you willingly knocked down / The ghosts and clanging sounds of dry bones trying to keep you anchored to the ground /Ah, but they don't know the freedom those tired feet have finally found / Laugh in the storm, hear the joyful sound / You're bowing to a New Master now / The winter of your discontentment with it's anchors and its shackles are fading far away / While the spring of new beginnings jump like lilies from a heart of uncultivated clay / Wooing sirens on the beach trying to remind you of the leaky boat you used to travel on / And some of those maiden voyages read like disasters in a discovered travelog / Ah, but there are myriads of angels drowning haunting echoes of all those former days / The sun is shining through that purple haze / You're bowing to a New Master now / You're bowing to a New Master now/ You're bowing to a New Master now.
​CELLO: PETER PULLEN
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THE LION ROAR: Wm Finch
Waiting in anticipation / Watchman, what will be the sign? / The canopy of earth seen as a contrast / to the rise and fall of kingdoms in a line / Where's the promise of His coming? / you know you've heard it all before / Better tighten your grip around His mane / You're gonna hear the Lion roar / The tongue that mocks the One you love is piercing / Every heart throb pulses for a distant land / Through tears and prayers for a reversing / to fists that shake at a loving outstretched hand / Rebellion remains unconstrained / every man or sorrows starts to cry 'no more' / Deliverance comes like a flash of lightning / You're gonna hear the Lion roar / We'll sing: Worthy to receive glory / worthy to receive glory / Welcome to the grandest invitation / every pauper rich, all the lowly a front row seat / From each walk in the valley of the shadow / to procession of royalty in the year of Jubilee / You've been pushing hard against that culture / better get ready to drop the oar / Stand at attention: enter the joy of the Son / You're gonna hear the Lion roar / You're gonna hear the Lion roar.
COMMUNION: Wm Finch
Broken bread and poured out wine / Lord, please take this heart of mine / Nothing else to be held as dear / Give me eyes to see and give me ears to hear. / Grain that’s crushed to sustain the earth, / Wine poured out brings refreshing mirth / Nothing in this world as dear / Give me eyes to see and give me ears to hear. [A sinless life for a guilty race / The Son of Man who would always take my place / All I can do is lift my hands in praise]
CONTENTMENT: Wm Finch
If I need a lower place, Lord, show me where I ought to be, / There’s a host of saints unrecognized by the world, yet all are known to Thee / You identified with the lowly, ate the bread of sinners and thieves / We’re so obsessed on climbing ladders, and I know Your heart must grieve / If Your presence goes with me, I can do anything that You ask: His obedience is unto death, my lot can’t be too big a task. / It’s not too big a task. [Contentment is a gentle breeze it blows refreshment through our leaves / And whispers through the strongest seas] / If I know that You are leading, I’ll find contentment in what You show / Only if Your loving hand will guide me, can I know what I need to know / If in a higher elevations, You need to fill my lungs with air, / Or in the valley of the shadow, I know You can meet me there. / I’m a boat out in the storm, waiting for the wind to hit my sail / One word can bring a calming sea through the fiercest gale, / And if Your presence goes with me, I can do anything that You ask: His obedience is unto death, my lot can’t be too big a task. 
INVASIVE LIGHT: Wm Finch
Well, the weapons inspectors came back empty-handed / But this covert operation is filled with unseen obstacles and mines / If you probe down deep beneath this layer of skin, you'll find / A jagged topography where, in the distance, the rooster crows three times, three times / How low can you go when you're thumping out a tune on that bass string? / Maybe it can match the deep vibration that I'm feeling here within / Is that all that you've got? / Is  that all that you've got? / Is that all that you can muster? / I need invasive light / I need invasive light / Metal detectors, turret gunners surround the compound / Electron microscopes find a long-lost innocence in a shadowy form / But it's just a form / Advancement of the ages, the cry of history pages / Point a finger to a long-lost innocence that was inked out on the day that I was born / How low can you go when you're thumping out a tune on that bass string / Maybe it can match the deep vibration that I'm feeling here within / Is that all that you've got? /Is that all that you've got? / Is that all that you can muster? / I need invasive light / I need invasive light/ I need invasive light.
SOAR ON WINGS LIKE EAGLES: Wm Finch
He gives strength to the weary / increases power of the weak / Even youths grow tired and weary / Young men stumble and fall, they stumble and fall / But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength again, renew their strength again / Yes those who hope in the Lord / They will soar, they will soar / They will soar on wings like eagles / They will soar on wings like eagles / They will soar on wings like eagles / You are full of power and might / Yet a bruised reed You will not bend / The lame walk, blind are given sight / The righteous You defend / You will defend / But those who hope in the Lord / They will walk and not be faint / They will walk and not be faint / Yes those who hope in the Lord / They will soar, they will soar / They will soar on wings like eagles / They will soar on wings like eagles / They will soar on wings like eagles./  Your strength will be renewed / You've gotta lift your head / Just lift your head / Your strength will be renewed/ Just lift your head / He gives strength to the weary / increases power of the weak / Even youths grow tired and weary / Young men stumble and fall, they stumble and fall /  But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength again, renew their strength again / Yes, those  who hope in the Lord / They will soar, they will soar / They will soar on wings like eagles / They will soar on wings like eagles / They will soar on wings like eagles.
DOCTOR SAID: Wm Finch
Doctor said He really needs to operate / Doctor said it’s better now than waiting til it’s too late / Doctor said it’s something about the state of my heart / Doctor said as soon as I’m ready, I’ll go under, and He can start / Take me in a chained soul, wheel me out a free, / That’s what the Doctor said. / Doctor said His business is with me alone / Doctor said leave your friends, your car, and please turn off your phone / Doctor said don’t worry about what others might be thinkin’ / You don’t hold onto an anvil when you’re neck deep and you’re sinkin’ / When I’m done with your heart, I’m going to start on right your head / That’s what the Doctor said. /  When I’m done with your heart, I’m going to start on right your head / That’s what the Doctor said. / Doctor said He’s got special medicine for me / Stirred from the heavens for the earth, with no co-pay, no other fee / Doctor said no other consultants need be there / Why would you look to others when He knows my every care / It’s not His first time around the block giving life unto the dead / That’s what the Doctor said.
HE HUNG HIS HEAD: Wm Finch
{Chorus} When He hung His head mine could then be raised / As His blood streamed down I felt life entering my veins / He cried in agony / I'd find tears and a new song / Separated for the first time so I could now belong / {Chorus} / Buried in the tomb that will never be my home / Grafted into family while He hung there all alone / {Chorus} / Canceling my debt / The list went on for miles / His acquaintance with grief, how can I be reconciled / When He hung His head mine could then be raised / As His blood streamed down I felt life entering my veins. 
MYSTERY: 1 Corinthians 15
Behold I tell You a mystery: we shall all be changed. / Behold I tell You a mystery: we shall all be changed.
Where, O death is your victory? / Where, O death is your sting?
 DRAW NEAR: Wm Finch
Draw near with our conscience clean / And the joy of forgiveness alive in our hearts, draw near / Draw near, for such saving grace / where our sins can be thrown from the east to the west, draw near / The Father is adorned in light / But through Jesus' loving sacrifice we draw near / {Side bar: Come before the Lord / Lift His name on high / Come before His presence / With singing and rejoice! / Draw near, with a grateful heart / In humility offering our praises to God, draw near / Draw near, and lift up His name / Let's express to the world our allegiance to Him, draw near / Holy, holy is the Lord / He is worshipped and adored / Holy, holy is the Lord / He is worshiped and adored / Holy, holy is the Lord / He is worshiped and adored / So let's draw near / {Side bar: His love endures forever / His praise shall never end / Enter with thanksgiving / And give thanks to Him again / Draw near with our conscience clean / And the joy of forgiveness alive in our hearts, draw near / Draw near, for such saving grace / where our sins can be thrown from the east to the west, draw near / Holy, holy is the Lord / He is worshiped and adored / Holy, holy is the Lord / He is worshiped and adored / Holy, holy is the Lord / He is worshiped and adored / So let's draw near/ Let's draw near.
ISAAC WATTS: words by I. Watts / music: Wm Finch
Sweet is the work, my God and King  / To praise Thy Name, give thanks and sing / To show Thy Love by morning light  / And talk of all Thy truth at night. / Sweet is the day of sacred rest  / No mortal cares shall sieze my breast; / Oh may my heart in tune be found  / Like David’s harp of solemn sound. / My heart shall triumph in the Lord,  / And bless His work and bless His word; / Thy works of grace, how bright they shine:  / How deep Thy counsels, how divine! / There shall I bear a glorious part  / When grace hast well refined my heart / And fresh supplies of joy are shed  / Like holy oil to cheer my head.

Isaac Watts penned more than 700 hymns. This song is re-tooled  from one of his original hymns, entitled, “Sweet is the Work”. He was the father of what is called “the new poetry’ in hymnody, writing personal songs of the Christian experience. I must assume he is singing them currently in His presence.
THE PEOPLE OF GOD: EPHESIANS 2:12-20 arranged by: Wm Finch
Once we were no people / Strangers without hope / Far away from the promises of God / Foreigners without promise / Without hope or God in the world / Now through the blood of Christ we are the people / The people of God / Once we were no people / Strangers without hope / Far away from the promises of God / Foreigners without promise / Without hope or God in the world / Now through the blood of Christ we are the people / The people of God. 
THE BIG BIG CHANGE: Wm Finch
Bad moon rising on my pie-eyed soul, my glowing resume / Stiff upper lip in a relative world where we all went astray / Hitler, Mussolini in the line of Cain and on my family tree / Pious religion wrapped in dormant apathy, my cloak of decency / That was before the big, big change / (I am not what I used to be, I haven't seen all I'm going to see) / I was falling through the ice, found footing on a bank / called it a lucky break / I was sitting bored in bars / A loner underneath the stars and a God I cannot fake / Wandering in the wasteland / 'til somebody had the guts to tell me what was true / Reflection in a mirror, my defenses had exploded / What's a man to do? / That was before the big, big change / (Eye has not seen and ear has not heard, I'll be transformed with a single word) / Bigger than the cosmos, bigger than the sea / Bigger than the chains that had hold of me / That was before, that was before the big, big change.
EVERY SEEN & UNSEEN TURN: Wm Finch
I can now lift my head / A life once lost and tossed upon the sea / But never were the crashing waves / Too cataclysmic that Your hand wasn’t reaching out to me / Through every seen and unseen turn / Through every seen and unseen turn / Some will boast of fame / And the power of wrapping others ‘round their fingers / But I will boast of what You’ve done / And a transient joy of life that somehow lingers / Through every seen and unseen turn / Through every seen and unseen turn.
SAFE IN MY SHEPHERD'S ARMS: Wm Finch
Rising prices, tumbling choices / All gods the same I hear their voices / But there’s never reason for alarm / When I’m safe in the Shepherd’s arms / Those men on Wall Street are trying to catch their breath / Shrivelling dreams that die a bitter bitter death / Through it all there’s no real harm / When I’m safe in my Shepherd’s arms / He knows every inner conflict every outward cry / Every prayer that seems to hit the ceiling / Every long and painful goodbye / Spiralling culture living only for the day / You scratch it’s tinsel surface you expose the disarray / Will I collapse don’t bet the farm / Because I’m safe in my Shepherd’s arms.
WHERE MERCY & JUSTICE MEET: Wm Finch
Where mercy and justice meet / Is where righteousness kisses the earth / Men and women drop defenses and all their false identities
To discover what their life is really worth / Blood is spilled, chains are broken in an everlasting song / Rebellious sons collapse in Father’s arms where each of them belong / Where mercy and justice meet / Is where life springs up anew / Like lillies blooming through the asphalt cracks / Reaching sunward with new meanings to pursue / Hearts once jaded now find voices, praise is busting at the seams / For the first time seeing with new eyes all the things we’ve never seen / Where mercy and justice meet / You know there’s a song that must be sung / Where Lamb of God, Promised seed, Mighty King / Bowed His head, spilled His blood in a dark world where He hung / But light always pierces the darkness, and our rib cage is dying for the rays / Redemption new as a baby just delivered, as old as the Ancient of Days / Where mercy and justice meet / Unseen angels drop their jaws / Banish all my sacrifices, much more my false excuses / Fill this sluggish heart with wonder and with awe / Blood is spilled, chains are broken in an everlasting song / Rebellious sons collapse in Father’s arms where each of them belong.
A LIGHT DID SHINE: Wm Finch
A light did shine / In the crevices of a heart / And cast a shadow where jagged cliffs forecast a dangerous path ahead/ In the fullness of time, / A baby born in cattle stall / Would fill a weary world with wonder and with awe. / Let bells of freedom now sing through the world / For a Light did shine, a Light did shine / Death is conquered, let the banner be unfurled / A baby born, Immanuel. / Behold the Lamb Who will take away the sins / Of every renigade who'd lost his way, who is desparate for a plan / The Word now flesh, would become obedient to death / Jesu, Joy of man’s desiring comes as a man. / Let bells of freedom now sing through the world / For a Light did shine, a Light did shine / Death is conquered, let the banner be unfurled / A baby born, Immanuel / Let bells of freedom now ring through the world / For a Light did shine, a Light did shine / Death is conquered, let the banner be unfurled / A baby born, Immanuel.
INMOST PARTS: Wm Finch
You created my inmost parts / I praise Your Name, I praise Your Name / You created my inmost parts / I praise Your Name, I praise Your Name /
Each of us, yes each of us reflects our Glorious Maker.
FAITH: HEBREWS 11:6 music arranged by: Wm Finch
Faith is being sure of what we've hoped for / And certain of what we do not see / Without faith it is impossible to please God / For everyone who comes to Him must believe that He is / That He rewards those who seek His face / Sure of what we hoped for / And certain of what we do not see / What we do not see / Being sure of what we hope for / Certain of what we do not see.
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