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Ordinary Ways

by Jon Guerra

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In some way or another the Lord will provide It may not be my way It may not be your way but He will In some time or another the Lord will provide It may not be my time It may not be your time but we will Trust in the Lord, and the Lord will provide Yes we’ll trust in the Lord and the Lord will provide And the drive was almost over And our love was almost gone But the veins of the blood Of the love between us Held up For the ways of God are higher And the ways of God are small And the days of men amount to Nothing at all Trust in the Lord, and the Lord will provide Yes we’ll trust in the Lord and the Lord will provide
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Nazareth 03:29
Deep in the heart of Nazareth A nowhere town of lowliness The light of life, the light of them Deep in the heart of Nazareth I never would have chosen this The hand of God is hiddenness Your mother held and witnessed it The light still bends when we say yes The light still bends, the light still bends Light my heart so I won’t say less Light my heart, light my heart I’ve tried to pray but it’s been hard Found some words but I lost my heart Can you hear me from where you are? Or is Nazareth just way too far Why don’t the bombs obey you Like the storms of Galilee do The light still bends when we say yes The light still bends, the light still bends Light my heart so I won’t say less Light my heart, light my heart Quiet my heart with the rhythms of your breath Quiet my restlessness The light still bends when we say yes The light still bends, the light still bends
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I am blind I am caught All I see Is all you’re not None have sinned To deserve this Work of God Now begin If you just Let a little light in Let a little light in My heart is in a panic Don’t leave me in the darkness I have sought A quiet life I have found A lifelong fight A mystic’s vision A healing hand How long will we Wait for that? Could you just Let a little light in Let a little light in My heart is in a panic Don’t leave me in the darkness X2 Surely I will dwell In the house of the Lord forever And gloooooory of the Lord will find me
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How Long 03:59
You’ve been a father A father to me Full of compassion Gracious and meek As high as the heavens So too is your love But the strain that we’re in Makes me feel like we’re living with no heaven above How long How long Will the weight be this heavy? How long How long Can we bend til we break? Cuz the rain isn’t good till it’s falling And your grace isn’t good til it’s spent How long How long I say yes to these limits There’s a limit to my yes There’s a lesson to learn here I’m learning to be less I smile when I have to But there’s a voice in my he ad saying Every depth has a surface but doesn’t mean Every surface has a depth BRIDGE
I have trusted in your mercy For your mercy I will wait As I lift my voice to you Oh Lord would you increase my faith
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God am I alive When my love is paralyzed? This is my civilization Teach me how to pray In the ordinary ways This is my transfiguration CH To receive all things as grace Whether toil or joy or pain Could you teach me how to pray? V2 Teach me how to love When it’s easy, when it’s rough This is my purification: CH2 To lay down my life and trust You are not yet done with us Could you teach me how to love? I have come to seek your face Writing poems as I wait This is my transfiguration
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Our Father in heaven Hallowed be thy name
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done On earth as it is in heaven
 Give us This day Our daily bread 
And forgive us our sins As we forgive them that sin against us
 Lead us not Lead us not Lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Deliver us from evil Deliver us From evil CHORUS
For thine is the kingdom And the power And the glory Forever X4 Amen
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Illness of the heart Father have you ever spared the rod? I am in a mess of my own making I am in between two states of being Father, would you gently lead me Guide me, mold me heal the Illness of the heart When I am afraid There is not a word my friends can say I am in sinking ship of worry I am in a petri dish of living Father, would you override My body, soul and mind and the Illness of the heart I know You can make me well! Father, make me well! Illness of the heart Beauty is a kind of medicine But there is no physician like repentance There is no condition past forgiveness There is not a healing like the holy love that leads to The stillness of the heart Love me with your all Or don’t love me at all Stillness of the heart I am still a novice at the art I am still embarrassed in your presence I am still ashamed at being naked I am still afflicted by unwillingness to kill the Illness of the heart.
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Unraveling 02:24
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Who is like you, Lord? Invisible and near to me Heart in stillness sees Who is like you, Lord? Hiding in humility Life is God eclipsed Christ, the light of it CHORUS Beauty I have yet to know Who was I before I gave all of myself away? I am not my own I am not my own V2 Who is like you, Lord? Sinews of my sturdiness Animate and brave Who is like you, Lord? Sustenance of eternity Fount of endless grace You bend and bloom my days CHORUS Glory Pouring from your face Who were you at first if not the image of man reversed? Will I ever be Who I’m meant to be? V3 Who is like You, Lord? Blossoming the wilderness Sower and the seed Who is like You, Lord? Forgiving me and keeping me Knowing all my needs My soul You make a stream CHORUS Teach me Second infancy Lately I’ve felt dead And feeling bad for it on top of it Say I’m like you, Lord Say I’m like you, Lord Say I’m like you, Lord Say I’m like you, Lord
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I’m laying here with questions I’m running out of time If life is but a breath Then what is it to die? A happenstance of nature Or love begotten birth? I am your possession You are all I’m worth You are all I’m worth The miracle of mercy The monument of grace The fault lines of your wisdom Make stone and spirit quake My soul’s a sanctuary A Temple Mount of earth My God, my God, my lifeblood You are all I’m worth You are all I’m worth You are all we’re worth You are all my worth Make us what your worth Make us all your worth
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Blueprint 02:35
You are the spirit in the matter You are the mending in the shatter You are the all that all my soul is reaching for You are the cosmos in the atom You are the hidden in the fathom You are the all that all my soul is reaching for
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Thank you, Lord For this day For this morning For this grace What am I? I am yours Thank you, Lord Thank you, Lord This is life This is love To be still and know You All that’s lost will be gained Thank you, Lord Thank you, Lord Daily bread Daily breath Ordinary Faithfulness Christ in me More and more Let it be Thank you, Lord CHORUS BRIDGE
With all that is within me I want to know your ways The light of my salvation will never fade The riches of Your kindness have always been my strength And Christ is with me always through every age And Christ is with me always through every age
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One thing I have asked of the Lord This is what I seek That I may dwell in the house of the Lord All the days of my life To behold the beauty of the Lord And to seek Him in his temple One thing I have asked of the Lord C1 Who is it that you seek? We seek the Lord our God All flesh will fail, I flee Flee to the Lord our God We seek the Lord our God V1 One thing I have asked of the Lord This is what I seek That I may dwell in the house of the Lord All the days of my life To behold the beauty of the Lord And to seek Him in his temple One thing I have asked of the Lord C2 Who is it that you seek? We seek the Lord our God Who is it that you seek? We seek the Lord our God All flesh will fail, I flee Flee to the Lord our God We seek the Lord our God We seek the Lord our God We seen the Lord our God We seek the Lord our God

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released May 12, 2023

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