Not Without Love (Benediction)-Jimmy Needham

[ti:Not Without Love (Benediction)] [ar:Jimmy Needham] [al:Not Without Love] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.87]I tried Lord [00:04.25]I tried Lord [00:07.81]I tried hard to be Your good little boy [00:10.56]Chin up head high [00:11.93]All zeal and no joy [00:13.69]Thinking all my good deeds could please Jesus [00:16.31]Boy was I wrong [00:19.18]Though I knew the right songs [00:20.81]All my cymbals and gongs played the melodies wrong [00:23.19]And it wasn’t long ‘til I saw my disease [00:25.93]A life spent wanting to please [00:27.25]On hands and knees [00:28.19]To make right to appease [00:29.69]God help me please [00:30.50]This can’t be Christianity it can’t be [00:33.56]The whole thing’s like insanity [00:34.93]Where’s the rest of eternal security [00:36.50]Where’s the hope of a [00:38.56]God big enough to cope with all my hang-ups and insecurities [00:40.43]Certainly this isn’t breathing [00:43.25]My chest burning and heaving [00:44.69]It’s like my pulse is ceasing [00:47.12]Like my heart quits beating [00:48.12] [00:55.15]Yet this I recall to mind and therefore I have hope: [01:02.34]You died Lord [01:05.40]You died Lord [01:09.52]Assuredly like the coming of the dawn the Father’s love song goes on [01:14.84]Drowning out my bitter songs [01:16.15]And breaking through walls and barriers [01:19.15]Christ swoops in removes sin picks up His bride and carries her [01:22.84]So I can sing in agreement with the King this thing: [01:26.96]There’s only one thing that pleases the Father [01:31.77]The God-man on the tree in the midst of the scoffers [01:35.52]Now I finally see that Christ is what Christ offers [01:40.90]And I’m finally free in the love of the Father