iwantmore

Relationship?

Jesus, our relationship is elusive

And such a small part of my

very religious life

Jesus, I’m to my neck in propaganda

Waterlogged with all our

“Jesus Substitutes”

That You gave us to lead to You

And I’m getting cold and cynical again

Jesus, I’m so tired from

running so fast

Do I really think that

You will be impressed

By how I give my best

Even if it is all for myself

But I’m not gonna live for just myself

You're Here I Am

I've heard that You're mighty

I've heard that You live

somewhere above

I know that you made me

But sometimes it's hard

to feel You love

I've heard that You're righteous

I've heard that You're

everything I'm not

I want to be certain,

I’ve tried for so long but I cannot

But I know that you hear me

`Cause I know that You're here

And I know that You're near me

So I do my best to give

all of myself to You now

So here I am

Here I am

I've heard that You're patient

I've heard that You're never very far

I want to be closer

I want to know who You really are

I Want More

I want more

I want more than some boring dead religion

I want more

I want more than to color

in somebody's lines

More, I want to live a

life of love and passion

I want to know Jesus Christ!

Jesus came to earth to bring

A way to live forgiven,

found, and free

For something bigger than me

for eternity!

It’s Jesus we are following,

In joining Him in everything, we sing:

"How many friends can I bring?

for eternity!"

Jesus I will dive into Your

Kingdom with my life today in

everything I am and every way

I play and pray I'll say I'll

follow You and do the things You

do in love and grace and truth and never, never, never, never,never

be the same I LOVE YOU!

“I Want More”

“Relationship?”

“You’re Here I Am”

I recorded these three songs in my basement back in 2003. They were intended to be the first three songs of a whole worship album. . . but we moved to Michigan during the recording and I never finished it! maybe some day. It’s weird. . .I was trying to write songs for the youth ministry (Student Impact) that I was a part of at the time, but the songs ended up being much more personal. it was a real dark time spiritually, and I needed to believe that there was more to God than “some boring, dead religion”. I still need to believe that. There a sadness in these songs that hints at some of the doubt and cynicism bubbling just underneath the smile. But there is also a desperate hope and a reaching upward toward something - SOMEONE - bigger than myself and my perspective. There must be more to life and faith and reality. . .and I want in.

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