Michael W. Smith 2

Words & music:mike hudson and michael w. smith

I am holding to the joy of my salvation
I am glad to have a life that always grows
And if the word of god is any indication
I am doing even better than i know
I am doing even better than i know
There's a joy that even people of the world find
In every good and perfect gift the father sends
So i thank the lord that i was born the first time
But i thank him more that i was born again
Oh, i thank him more that i was born again

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I am up
Like the sun is up
I can feel my life on a rise
I am up
Like the stars at night
I get up on bein' alive
I am up
Like the lord is up
And my life is filled with his life
I was freed and i am saved
I am up
I am up

There are times life is so fine i can't contain it
Everywhere i look i see what god had done
And i don't have to work and worry to sustain it
When i walk with god his joy will always come
When i walk with god his joy will always come

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Words & music: gary chapman, tim marsh, and michael w. smith

Caught in a dream of where i want to be
Wrapped in a web of where i am
I feel a wall between what is and what should be
You find me waiting for a miracle
You hear me praying for a plan
You are the only one prepared to rescue me
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Then you take away the distance
Found between the truth and me
And you give a simple reason to my restless rhyme
Whoa, hide me in the heaven
You have held within your hand
And make a way to find a way to soothe my mind

There is a way that might seem right to me
A dim reflection of what's good
Just an illusion of the best that i can be
But there's another path you offer me
I wish i always understood
Some way you see right through my thoughts
And know my needs

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Words & music:amy grant and michael w. smith

On the street it never changes
There's a chill in the air
Icy people, empty faces
Not a word, not a soul who cares
Do you give up
Have you given in to the lie that a heart never changes
Don't be fooled by what you see there
Another man with another case of
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One restless heart
Who never could find love
Too many hurts
To reach out again
How can he know
Love still wants to find him
One restless shell of a man

Don't look away
In a moment his life could be new
Just a moment and love could break through
Oh finally some place to start
For a man with a restless heart

Why the fear then, why the worry
Why the walls holding love inside
When you're needed in the fury
In the fighting to save men's lives
Don't you give up
Don't be giving in to the lie that a heart never changes
If you reach out god'll reach in
Bring an end to another case of

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One restless heart, one restless heart
One restless heart, one restless heart
He's got to know that love still can find him
Love can reach any man

Don't look away
In a moment his life could be new
Just a moment and love could break through
Oh finally some place to start
For a man with a restless heart

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Don't you look away
Oh never a stranger again
Love has saved a restless man
Finally some place to start
For a man with a restless heart

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Words & music: deborah d. smith and michael w. smith

Let us praise the one who chose us
Let us thank the one who knows us
Set apart, blameless in his sight
Through the son, we have faith, we have life
To the praise of his glorious grace
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May the god of our lord the almighty father
Give you wisdom and peace, his comforting spirit
That you may know his hope
You may know his riches
And you may know his mighty strength
To the praise of his glorious grace
To the praise of his glorious grace

Grace and peace to you through jesus
Our deliverer receives us
Our hearts created for his word
Our salvation was spoken and we heard
To the praise of his glorious grace

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