ENDURANCE - LYRICS BY DAVID GREEN **DOES NOT INCLUDE "THE WINNING SEED"** 1. No One Can Take Us Down (Words and Music by David Green) A woman in distress was strong in her belief Sickness had plagued her and she needed some relief She heard of Jesus and the Word that he revealed And, by believing, tried to reach him and get healed She never gave up despite her predicament And fought a crowd to touch the hem of Christ's garment She threw aside all of her worry, fear, and doubt That very instant, that sickness was wiped out CHORUS: God is there for you in each and every instance Trust in His Word and you'll get deliverance When you're meek to Him, then He'll turn your life around Since God is on our side, No one can take us down Peter was among those who denied Jesus Christ For fear that the rulers would have taken his life He was in hiding while Jesus was in the grave But when Christ ascended, he decided to be brave Fear did not stop him on the day of Pentecost Where he had saved three thousand souls who had been lost He was a leader to all those who would believe In God and all the blessings that they could receive CHORUS Today's no different, His promise is the same We are made righteous by the power of Jesus' name God's love is strong for us, and He will never fail To provide all we need and cause us to prevail God promised that we'll win against our enemies He'll back us up and cure us when we have disease He wants us to live with love and prosperity Nothing or no one can keeps us from being free CHORUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Into The Seas (Words and Music by David Green) He starts to work on sandy ground the building of his life With every brick he laid upon, the buildinng would subside The doubts that floated in his mind, wondering where truth lies CHORUS: He waits for life to change but still he stays the same The worries in his heart is all that remains When he heard and he believed the promises of life with ease, Then all the fears he had before were washed away into the seas The builder goes on his hands and knees and prays for a new way Somewhere based on solid ground that could hold the bricks he lay So that he could leave his pain and let it wash away CHORUS In God he finds a higher ground, far from the seas of fear. The life he builds is stronger now and something to revere And what he learned he shares to future builders who will hear Don't wait for life to change, 'cause then it stays the same The worries in your heart is all that will remain When you hear and you believe the promises of life with ease Then all the fears you had before are washed away into the seas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Spirit Inside Me (Words and Music by David Green) I tried so hard to change myself, My heart was sick and lame With every god I worshipped, I always felt the same All the strength I needed, And the power to endure Was in your still small voice, And your spirit that's so pure CHORUS: You've given me the love above all, And given me Your heart You told me that I'm one of Yours now, That You'll never depart Since You gave power from on high, I can live eternally And now I'm blessed by all these changes, With Your spirit inside me I'm protected by Your goodness, When I walk for you The spirit that I now have, Has made my life anew The darkness I lived in, Was broken by your light I know I'm safe with You, Your spirit, and Your might CHORUS There's no more hatred, no more fear Now that I've answered your call I once was weak, but now I can conquer all CHORUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Benefits of Speaking In Tongues (Words and Music by David Green) God loads us daily with the greatest benefits He answers us as we come to Him We speak in tongues giving praise to His wonderful works And edify our spirit within CHORUS: Holy Spirit teaches our hearts to revere It proves that we are now righteous Speak in tongues much, Calm your doubts, stop your fears God's on our side, No one can be against us It refreshes our body and gives rest to the soul It produces the fruit we manifest in life It satisfies us and opens our hearts to God And strengthens our inner man with might CHORUS We speak in tongues to magnify God and to speak His wonderful works And to pray to God who will be there to heal our sicknesses It's the proof of Christ's ressurection and the proof of our new body It shows us the truth of God's greatness CHORUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Study To Show (Words and Music by David Green) What could be more accurate, More refreshing and alive? What could be so wonderful, And in what do we confide? In the eyes of god, we're precious, Precious in His sight And we have the Word to make it through every day and every night CHORUS: (2x) Study to show yourself approved unto God As workman, we'll never be ashamed The vitality of the Word gives us strength And the rights that are ours to claim What could the world offer that could help us grow in strength? The truth that God brings forth to us will take us to great lengths We are God's sweet children and his promises are great As long as we just do His Word then we will win the race CHORUS Where else could we find the promise that we are beloved of God? What book could give us hope that we will get our soon reward? God set the saints apart and He set the captives free And all this is in the Bible that He wrote for you and me CHORUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. I'll Pray For You (Words and music by David Green) In the first century, when troubles would arise Believers came together and overcame the lies They edified and exhorted with the truth Comforting each other with what they say and do Through their challenges and through their ups and downs They knew that a loving believer was around To pick them up and comfort them when they had doubt And show the truth they need and the love that helped them out CHORUS: I thank my God upon every remembrance of you And every prayer for you, I'll make request with joy For your fellowship, from your first day until now I'll think about you, I'll pray for you If you fail, then I'll be there to catch you In times of hardship, I'll comfort you with truth We build each other up by the Word of God we tell And with charity, we will never fail Through your challenges and through your ups and downs Just remember a believer is around To pick you up and comfort you when you're in doubt And show the truth you need and the love to help you out CHORUS Our lives together are stronger every day By the tenderness in what we have to say Encouraging and building up each other's lives We're on a solid rock and moving on the rise Through our challenges and through our ups and downs It's so great to know a believer is around To pick us up and comfort us when we're in doubt And show the truth we need and the love to help us out CHORUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. How Much He Loves You, Child of God (Words and Music by David Green) Beautiful, my love, you know how much my heart goes out to you Every day I'm thankful for every moment we've shared But I am just a man, body, soul, and spirit So just think how mugh greater love God has for you There is no need to fear, You're safe in His light He shines His love for you through the darkest night When the pressures on, He will give you aid No one can break your heart, and the pain you have will fade Don't worry, my love, there's no reason to be stressed When your heart is heavy, He will always give you rest His love is purer than even the love we share There is no match for His goodness and His care CHORUS: All worries cannot control you He's there to hold you and guide you The tenderness He gives will show how He loves you child Now baby, no need to fear now He's made it perfectly clear how The power that you have does show how much He loves you child How He loves you child My love for you is etched on wood, but His is on stone When I'm not by your side, you're still not alone God's still holding you when we say goodbye He is your guiding light to your home in the sky He gave up more for you than any man could give His only Son's life so that you'd forever live You have been tattooed on the palms of His hands Knowing how he loves you is the reason that you stand CHORUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. His Wonderful Works (Words and Music by David Green) CHORUS: Give thanks unto God for He is good And His mercy endureth forever We praise the Lord for His goodness And for His wonderful works to the children of men He gave His Son so that we would be set free He took us away from the hand of the enemy God has gathered us from all over the land And has delivered us with His mighty hand Once we were lost in the wilderness Hungry and thirsty and in distress But God delivered us from the trouble of sin And led us to His city of habitation CHORUS He satisfies the longing and hungering of our soul He fills us with gladness and makes us whole When we were lost in darkness and bound God saw us and we were found We asked for our hearts to be healed God comforted us with the Word He revealed He brought us out of our old man life And broke the bands that caused our strife CHORUS All of our wrongs have been turned to right The darkness has been turned to light God has made His Word for the hungry to dwell Our habitation there will keep us well He sets us on high from affliction And has released us from all our prisons We are made righteous and we now see That with God we have the victory ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. The Touch of the Master's Hand (Music written by David Green; Lyrics written by Myra Brooks Welch - reprinted from Album of Verse) 'Twas battered and scarred and the auctioneer Thought it scarcely worth his while To waste much time on the old violin But held it up with a smile "What am I bidden, good folks," he cried "Who'll start the bidding for me? A dollar, a dollar"; then, "Two! Only two? Two dollars and who'll make it three? "Three dollars, once; three dollars, twice; Going for three--" But no, From the room, far back, a gray-haired man Came forward and picked up the bow; Then, wiping the dust from the old violin, And tightening the loose strings He played a melody pure and sweet As a caroling angel sings The music ceased, and the auctioneer, With a voice that was quiet and low, Said, "What am I bid for the old violin?" And he held it up with the bow/ "A thousand dollars, and who'll make it two? Two thousand! and who'll make it three? Three thousand, once; three thousand, twice And going, and gone" said he. The people cheered but some of them cried "We do not quite understand What changed its worth?" Swift came the reply, "The touch of a master's hand." And many a man with life out of tune And battered and scarred with sin Is auctioned off cheap to the thoughtless crowd Much like the old violin A "mess of pottage," a glass of wine; A game -- and he travels on He is 'going' once, and 'going' twice He's 'going' and almost 'gone' But the Master comes, and the foolish crowd Never can quite understand The worth of a soul and the change that is wrought By the touch of the Master's hand ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. Spiritual Athletes (Words and music by David Green) On the highway of the Word, there's a quality Far removed from all doubt, fear, and the worry Instead of being held down by the snares of the past, While the world's moving slow, you're moving fast As lightning different from what the world is seeing Yet fully aware of whatever's happening Living to the fullest, Doing what's best Running the race, far ahead of the rest, Full of power, energized to the highest degree With people that are sharp, quick, and with agility Discerning the righ, discerning the wrong As spiritual athletes, we remain strong We're able ministers of Christ Willing to move in this life Passionate and willing to serve God and His matchless Word Free to serve and free to love With all that God has given us We are strong, we are not weak Receiving the Word, we are the meek Humble to serve, unselfish and mild, obedient To the Word, the One true God, we are his servants As spiritual athletes CHORUS: We endure and win in this race because we're Spiritual athletes Get up and get ready to compete so Girt your loins and feet In all things, be stron, because He told us that We''re more than conquerors And know that this is our victory hour 'cause We have the power We stay on top of our own lives For a goal that we do strive Living our lives to the full Defeating the devil in all The devil has no power To make us numb and travail We're strong to live, we're strong to love We're strong enough to prevail Resist the wiles the devil throws, and he will flee His prison doesn't hold us, we are now free As athletes for God CHORUS Bold, bold enough to the Word Preaching about what we heard Keeping the Word in our minds Telling others what we find Set apart and taking the Prevailing Word to the world And we're sounding out with the Word of the Lord There's a person out there with bondage and strife It's your duty as an athlete to save his life As spiritual athletes CHORUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. Now (Words and music by David Green) In time's past we were not whole We had no spirit, just body and soul The natural senses, the carnal flesh Was then renewed and now we're blessed We learned that Jesus had paid the price We all were saved because of Christ The world gave bondage with its decrees And now we're whole, we are made free CHORUS We are saved And now....we are justified And now....we are free from sin And now....we will never be condemned We're not of those who are finite We have the power of Christ inside In the competition, God's word will win He makes us righteous, He clears our sin And now we have the gift inside And we have mercy with God on our side And now we're lights and reconciled Now we are the sons of God CHORUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. Endurance (Words and Music by David Green) Blessed Assurance - Gospel Remake (Traditional; Arranged by David Green) Stand fast, persist - don't give up Be those who by patience receive the promise Strengthened with might by His energized power With endurance of the hope and the Word of God to guide us We need the endurance when we do the will of God For the lack of endurance is like a man going blind Not seeing that God purged him from his sins And set Jesus Christ as the man for all time Job was upright and a mature man of God Abstained from all evil but just once he had fear Satan busted a hole in Job's protective hedge And took all from Job that he held so dear He never blamed God 'cause he held fast his mind When the three comforters tried to stab him in the back He retained his hope for the first ressurection And because of his endurance, there was nothing he would lack CHORUS: Stand together as one, listen to God's call Don't give up your life, but give it your all Hold fast to the Word, The Father has given us the hope that we endure At the gathering together, we'll meet him in the air To be taken away from the wrath to come As sudden as a woman goes in labor with her child The destruction of the unjust will have surely begun But for us, there will be a falling away first At the time when the dead in Christ shall rise When the voice of the arch and the trump of God Starts the end of the devil's corruption and lies CHORUS Prove the Word to build your endurance When the tribulations come, then make it through Endure it, so that you can be strong, 'Cause our walk tells the devil of his coming doom When the adversary tries to choke you by the throat And the pressures try to keep you from being free God promised the hope so you can remember This is just for a moment out of all eternity CHORUS