Let It Be So With Your Church

Lyrics

Verse 1:
As our Jesus in love touched the leper
Offered grace when they’d cast a stone
As he ate with the outcasts and sinners        
With his church, let it be so 

Verse 2:
As he preached the good news of the kingdom
As he healed them both body and soul
As he gave up his life for God’s children
With his church, let it be so

Chorus:
Let it be so with your church, O God
We are your hands and feet
As Jesus bent low to serve in love
So with us let it be
So with us let it be

Verse 3:
Let us go with our Lord to the margins
To the broken, the poor and the lost
By His Spirit, we’ll push back the darkness
Let his church take up her cross 

Chorus

Bridge:
Come help us, Lord Jesus
To love as you loved (Oh, let it be so)
We remember your gospel
How you first loved us (Oh, let it be so)

To seek justice, love mercy
And care for the weak (Oh, let it be so)
To live now in light of
The kingdom we seek (Oh, let it be so)

Chorus

Words and music by Caroline Cobb (ASCAP). Copyright 2021 Caroline Cobb Smith.
CCLI # 7159424. Key: A. Tempo: 136.
Luke 5:12-16, John 8:2-11, Mark 2:13-17, 1 Cor 12:27, Phil 2:1-11, Matt 4:23, Eph 5:1-2, Micah 6:8, Matt 6:33

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The Year of His Favor (Isaiah 61)

Lyrics

Verse 1:
The Spirit of the Lord is on you
A King anointed for the cross
To the helpless you bring good news
You come to bind the broken heart

Verse 2:
Speaking freedom to the captive
Comfort to the ones who grieve
To the downcast, you bring justice
To the needy one, relief

Chorus:
You give beauty for ashes
You pour out the oil of gladness
The year of his favor comes
The year of his favor

You give to the weak and faint 
A garment of joy and praise
The year of his favor comes...

Verse 3:
You come to raise up what’s been ruined
Rivers in a desert waste
You are the Lord and you will do this
For the glory of your name

Chorus

Turn:
Come, Lord! Come, Lord! Come, Lord! Come, Lord!

Bridge:
The broken dance, the blind will see
The sick are healed, the mute will sing
The dead alive, the sinner free
The kingdom’s here, At last, the King!

Chorus to Turn

Words and music by Caroline Cobb (ASCAP). Copyright 2021 Caroline Cobb Smith.
CCLI # 7159415. Key: A. Tempo: 69.
Isaiah 61, Luke 4:16-21, 7:22, Matthew 11:4-6, see Psalm 146:5-10, Isaiah 43:19

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Turn the Tables

Lyrics

Verse 1:
You exploit the ones who would worship
Use devotion to make a dime
Sell the sacred to turn a profit
Make the holy into merchandise

When all the world tries to get in the building
They can’t get in the door cause it’s
Overcrowded with goods and salesmen
In the holy house of the Lord

Verse 2:
Jesus comes in turning over tables
Flies into a righteous rage
Makes a whip and drives out the idols
He’s jealous for His Father’s name

When all the world tries to get in the building
He’ll stand like an open door ‘cause in
Three days gonna raise a signal
This way to the house of the Lord

Chorus:
Turn the tables, turn the tables over
Turn the tables, turn the tables over

Verse 3:
Do you want to make a cut on the story
Do you want to see your name in lights
Do you want a percentage of the glory
It’s not something you commodify

Don’t you know that your heart is a temple
He’s knocking down your door so
Let Him in and he’ll turn over tables
Make your heart a house for the Lord

Chorus 2x

Tag:
Turn the tables, turn the tables,
turn the tables over
Turn the tables, turn the tables,
turn the tables over

Words and music by Caroline Cobb (ASCAP). Copyright 2021 Caroline Cobb Smith.
CCLI # 7170104. Key: G. Tempo: 72.
Jn 2:13-22 (Mt 21:12-17, Mk 11:15-18, Lk 19:45-47); Is 49:22, 11:12, 56:7; 1 Cor 6:19

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Video

Who Is This Jesus?

Lyrics

Verse 1:
I saw his face shine like the sun, On the mountainside
Elijah and Moses were there, Pale in his glorious light
And a voice came like thunder 
And I trembled all over
Said “This, my beloved child.”
Who is this Jesus, but the Son of God?

Verse 2:
I saw him walk on the waves, I saw him still the storm
I saw the demons afraid, But the children safe in his arms
He said Lazarus rise up
Wake from your sleep
And his dead heart started to beat!
Who is this Jesus, but the Son of God?

Verse 3:
I leaned my head, back on his chest, For he was my friend
He poured the wine, he broke the bread, It was near the end
I saw them take him
Beat him, try to break him
And hang him on the cross

They laughed, they mocked him
He said “God, forgive them
It’s finished, now it is done!”

The sky black as ink
The earth shook with grief
As he breathed his last and was gone

Who is this Jesus? Who is this Jesus?
Who is this Jesus, but the Son of God?
Who is this Jesus, but the Son of God?

Verse 4:
I saw the stone rolled away
I saw his empty tomb
I saw the scars in his hands
There in the upper room

Words and music by Caroline Cobb (ASCAP). Copyright 2021 Caroline Cobb Smith.
CCLI # 7159496. Key: G. Tempo: 80.
Matt. 17:1-13, 14:22-33, 8:23–27; Mark 5:1-17; Matt. 19:13-15; John 11:1-44, 13:21-25; Luke 22:14-23:49; John 20:1-29

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Your Heart Was Set

Lyrics

Verse 1:
Humble Jesus
I see you stumblin’ through the wilderness
Your body achin’ to be fed
Just to lay down and rest
So tired and human

Verse 2:
I hear a voice sweet-talkin’
Like a siren singing to ya
Turn these stones into bread
Do it your way instead
Cause what are they to ya

Chorus:
But your heart was set
On the hard road ahead
Though you’d pay such a heavy price

Now my table is set
With the wine and the bread
And your joy it is somehow mine

Verse 3:
Humble Jesus
I see you prayin’ in the garden 
I see the blood and tears fallin’ 
As you face all the darkness
And you take my cup

Chorus

Verse 4:
Dying Jesus
I see you hanging on that tree now
People laughing sayin’ come down, 
The nails in your hands now   
But love made you stay

Chorus

Words and music by Caroline Cobb (ASCAP). Copyright 2021 Caroline Cobb Smith.
CCLI # 7159819. Key: Ab. Tempo: 63.
Luke 4:1-13, 22:39-46, 23: 26- 46. See Hebrews 12:2, Luke 9:51

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Video

Be on the Lookout

Lyrics

Chorus:
Lift up your head
Be on the lookout
Wake from your bed
Don’t fall asleep

Lift up your head
He’s comin’ soon now
Get yourself ready
For the comin’ of the King

Verse 1:
Could a mother forget her children
Could a husband forget his wife?
How much more then, will he remember,
Will He come and set things right!

Chorus

Verse 2:
Cast aside all the works of darkness
Live as children of the day
Light your lamps and keep them burnin’
Till we see our bridegroom’s face

Chorus

Verse 3:
See those fields, they’re ripe for harvest
See the work that’s left undone
Take to the world his love and justice
Singin’ “let his kingdom come!”
Oh let his kingdom come!

Chorus

Words and music by Caroline Cobb (ASCAP). Copyright 2020 Caroline Cobb Smith.
CCLI # 7159414. Key: Bb. Tempo: 72.
Matthew 25:1-13, Ephesians 5:8-20, John 4:35; see Isaiah 49:15, Hosea 2:16-20

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Comfort, Oh Comfort

Lyrics

Verse 1:
Comfort, oh comfort
To every place that is scorched and dry Comfort, speak comfort
To every darkness in need of the light

Chorus:
In the wilderness, the green of Eden
In the wasteland, the garden blooms
Up from the desert, springs a river
For He is making everything new
Oh oh

Verse 2:
Comfort, oh comfort
There is a highway through this dry land
They will call him a Man of Sorrows
And like a seed, buried deep to rise again

Chorus

Verse 3:
Comfort, oh comfort
For the ransomed will return with a song
And with joy, we’ll come into Zion
And all our sorrow, all our sighing will be gone

Chorus

Words and music by Caroline Cobb (ASCAP). Copyright 2020 Caroline Cobb Smith.
CCLI # 7159408. Key: Ab. Tempo: 65.
From Isaiah 35; 43:18-21; 51:3, 11; 53:3; 58:11

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Video

Hallelujah, Christ is Born

Lyrics

Verse 1:
In a tiny town, in the dark of night
From a run-down stable, came a baby’s cry
He was wrapped in rags
And his parents were poor
But the baby in the manger was Christ the Lord

Verse 2:
Ragged shepherds were watching their sheep that night
When the angel chorus filled the sky with light “Good news, great joy to this broken land
For the baby in the manger is Christ the Lamb”

Chorus:
Hallelujah, Christ is born!
Hallelujah, the Savior of the world
This is the one we’ve waited for!
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Christ is born
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Christ is born

Verse 3:
See the wise men journey
From those countries far
Over deserts and mountains,
Followin’ that star
And they gave him their gifts
And bowed on their knees
For the baby in the manger was Christ the King

Chorus 2x

Verse 4:
Come and bow in wonder and prepare him room
Come and sing with joy
Over God’s good news
Go tell it on the mountain
And in countries far
That the baby in the manger is the King of our hearts

Words and music by Caroline Cobb (ASCAP). Copyright 2020 Caroline Cobb Smith.
CCLI # 7159410. Key: A. Tempo: 71.
Luke 2:1-20, Matthew 2:1-12

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Joy (As Far As the Curse Is Found)

Lyrics

Verse 1:
Eternal God, there at the beginning
Stepping into time, into the world
All for love, the infinite descending
To kick inside the womb of a girl

Verse 2:
A king is born, far from any palace
Bending low to serve instead
Majesty, He’s given up his status
Robed in the weakness of the flesh

Pre-chorus:
Unto us a child is born
Heaven coming down to earth
Joy to all the weary world
The human soul will feel it’s worth

Chorus:
Joy to the world Good, good news
O come let us adore Him
Joy to the world
It’s breaking through
He’s come and he will come again

Verse 3:
Let’s go with the wise men
Laying down our treasures
Falling on our knees to give him praise
With the angel choir
Singing to the shepherds
Glory to God in the highest place

Pre-chorus:
Unto us a child is born
Heaven coming down to earth
Joy to all the weary world
The human soul will feel it’s worth
It’s worth!

Chorus:
Joy to the world Good, good news
O come let us adore Him

Joy to the world
It’s breaking through
He’s come and he will come again

Bridge:
As far as the curse is found
As far as the curse is found
As far as the curse is found
As far as the curse is found
(Joy to the world)

As far as the curse is found
(Let earth receive her king)
As far as the curse is found
(Let all creation sing)

As far as the curse is found
(And let his blessings flow)
As far as the curse is found
(Til the whole world knows!)

Chorus

Words and music by Caroline Cobb (ASCAP). Copyright 2020 Caroline Cobb Smith.
CCLI # 7159411. Key: Eb. Tempo: 150.
John 1:1-18, Phil 2:6-11, Luke 2:8-20, Is 9:6-7, Matt 2:10-12. See Gen 3:18

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Oh Righteous Branch

Lyrics

Verse 1:
Oh righteous branch from Jesse’s root
Please come and bring your kingdom
The lion dwelling with the lamb
Bring peace and life and freedom

Verse 2:
Oh Son of David come to rule
And reign in us forever
Come write your law upon our hearts
And keep us like a shepherd

Refrain:
Hallelujah, Jesus we wait for you
Hallelujah, Jesus come soon come soon

Verse 3:
Messiah come, your Spirit give
Turn stony hearts to flesh
Redeem us from captivity
The power of sin and death

Refrain:
Hallelujah, Jesus we wait for you
Hallelujah, Jesus come soon, come soon
Jesus, come soon, come soon

Verse 4:
At last, at last the morning comes
With healing in its wings
We’ll leap like calves loosed from their stalls
For you have done great things
Yes, you have done great things!

Refrain 2x:
Hallelujah, Jesus we wait for you
Hallelujah, Jesus come soon come soon!

Tag:
Jesus, come soon, come soon

Words and music by Caroline Cobb (ASCAP). Copyright 2020 Caroline Cobb Smith.
CCLI # 7159413. Key: A. Tempo: 130.
Is 11:1-10, 2 Sam 7:8-17, Jer 31:10-14, 31-34, Ezekiel 36:24-27, Malachi 4:1-6

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Video

There Will Be a Day (Isaiah 2)

Lyrics

Verse 1:
There will be a day when the house of God
Like a mountain o’er the hills will be lifted up
As a river flows ever to the sea
All the nations will flow to Him Like a living stream

Verse 2:
There will be a day when the prince of peace
Will break the bow and sword and make all wars cease
And our guns and bombs will be melted down
Into plowshares for the harvest, how we’re longing for it now

Chorus:
When we’ll go to the mountain of God
We’ll walk in His ways
We’ll look on His face

We’ll go to the mountain of God
We’ll cast down our pride
And walk in His light
On the mountain of God

Verse 3:
There will be a day, and it’s drawing near
When He’ll lift the veil of death and He’ll dry our tears
And with joy we’ll go to His wedding feast
And His glory will fill up the earth like the waters fill the sea

Chorus

Words and music by Caroline Cobb (ASCAP). Copyright 2020 Caroline Cobb Smith.
CCLI # 7159412. Key: Db. Tempo: 129.
Isaiah 2:1-5, 11, 17; 25:6-9, 11:9

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We Wait for You

Lyrics

Verse 1:
A broken mirror, painted black
There is no light reflected back
Thorns grow up where there was green
All sorrow, shame and broken things

Paradise has barred its doors
Its guarded by the flaming swords
We can’t go back, we can’t go back

Chorus:
We wait, we wait for You
Come with your light
We wait, we wait

Verse 2:
A forest cut down by the axe
Like the end of the story
When it’s all turned to ash
But up from the stump, the bud of a flower
A seed of hope in the eleventh hour

And from the shadow the sun will rise
The people in darkness will see a great light We’re longing, praying for the dawn

Chorus:
We wait, we wait for You
Come with your light
We wait, we wait for You
Come with your light
We wait, we wait

Verse 3:
He takes the thorns upon His head
His body pierced, His arms outstretched
Says “It is finished,” and the sun went down
We laid His body in the ground

But life oh life comes bursting forth
And paradise swings wide its doors
Our King will rise to take His throne
And He will return to lead us home
To dry every tear and right every wrong
How long, O Lord? How long? How long?

Chorus 2:
We wait, we wait for You
Come with Your light
We wait, we wait for You
Come with Your light
We wait, we wait for You
Come with Your light
We wait, we wait for You
Come with Your light
We wait, we wait
We wait, we wait
We wait, we wait
For You

Words and music by Caroline Cobb (ASCAP). Copyright 2020 Caroline Cobb Smith.
CCLI # 7159406. Key: D. Tempo: 57.
Genesis 3, Isaiah 6:11-13, 11:1-5, 9:1-7, Malachi 4:2

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Human Being

Lyrics

I don’t want to play the game
I don’t live inside a screen
I′m not for sale, not a brand, not a name
I am a human being

I wanna let all my friends up close
Where I'm fragile, unfiltered and weak
′Cause only the broken can be redeemed
It′s the way of the human being

Form dust we came
To dust we'll go
Still Love has called our names
We were made from more than this fool′s gold
Or acting on this stage
Or can't you feel that ache
Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh

So teach me the number my days
Turn my eyes from worthless things
I wanna see my children and watch them grow
Wanna pray in the secret when no one knows
Look up at these stars and turn down the noise
And listen for that still small voice
I wanna lay down the trifles and choose the feast
′Cause we were made for eternal things

I am a human
We are all human
We are all human beings
We are all human beings

Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh (we are all, we are all, we are all human beings)
Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh (we are all, we are all, we are all human beings)
Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh (we are all, we are all, we are all human beings)
Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh (we are all, we are all, we are all human beings)

Words and music by Caroline Cobb (ASCAP). Copyright 2019 Caroline Cobb Smith.

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Permanent

Lyrics

Verse 1:
We were sitting on the couch
I was wrapped up in my shame
I was tired and all burned out
From trying to be perfect
And falling down again

I have failed you and the kids
I had raised and lost my head
You didn’t shame or try to fix
When I said I was sorry
Took my face in your hands

Chorus:
My love does not depend
On what you’ve done or where you’ve been
My love a promise fixed
It’s written down, it’s permanent
It’s permanent

Verse 2:
There was something ‘bout that night
Grace became so real to me
With all my dark out in the light
Still I was loved
And it set me free

And I know you’re broken too
But to me you’ve been a sign
Of a love that sees right through
Wraps me up
Says “You are mine”

Chorus

Bridge:
Love sees my mess
But keeps no record of my wrong
When I protest
It bears the weight, absorbs the cost

Love sees the beauty
And sings a new name over me
My heart in answer starts
To hum the melody

Chorus

Words and music by Caroline Cobb (ASCAP). Copyright 2019 Caroline Cobb Smith.

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Tell That Story

Lyrics

Verse 1
I am just a jar of clay
With cracks and broken pieces
But I've got a treasure stored away
And it shines right through my weakness
And I'm not that skilled, and I'm not that cool
And I don't play that well
But I have got some real good news
And a Story I must tell

Chorus
I'm gonna tell that Story
I'm gonna sing this song
I'm gonna praise my Savior
All day long

Verse 2
They talk of fame and followers
And doin’ real big things
I don't have much of either one
But still he says to sing
I'm steward of the story as the moon reflects the light
So If you see him and forget me
I've told this Story right

Chorus 2x

Verse 3
I'll tell it in my neighborhood
And with my kids at home
And I'll sing it out here on the stage
And when I'm all alone
And when I get to heaven's gates
And I'll see my Savior face to face
I'm gonna join the quite of the saints
Together we'll sing that old song

Chorus 2x

Words and music by Caroline Cobb (ASCAP). Copyright 2019 Caroline Cobb Smith.
CCLI # ____

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Video

The Wonder

Lyrics

Little fingers they run
Through my hair
A tiny head on my shoulder

When you reach for my hand
Just to know I'm there
The things I'll miss when you're older

But in the rush of the day
How I turn away
How I forget the wonder
I forget the grace
And the giving of thanks
For the weight of the love that I'm under
Oh, the wonder

When my temper is short
And the day is long
And my words come out in anger
And I tell you I'm sorry
But the moment's gone
I'm so heavy with my failure
But let me tell you darlin'
Where your mama she is running
To the cross, oh what a wonder
All my love, just a shadow
Pointing on to the hallowed
To what's deeper, wider, longer

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
The wonder

When my hair is gray, and my words get slow
And my days are almost over
And I whisper to you, "how I love you so"
I hope you never had to wonder
And you know, my child
You've never been only mine
Though I wish I, could hold you longer
Though I leave you, He is near
He will wipe away your tears
You're so loved by God the Father

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
The wonder

Words and music by Caroline Cobb (ASCAP). Copyright 2019 Caroline Cobb Smith.

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Video

I Lift My Eyes (Psalm 121)

Lyrics

Chorus:
I lift my eyes up to the hills
Where does my help come from?
My help it comes from the Lord Most High

Verse:
You are the Maker 
Of earth and heaven
You do not slumber
We won't be moved
You are our keeper
Now and forever
Abiding shelter
We look to You

Chorus

Verse

Bridge (2x):
In our going out
And our coming back
You will hold us fast

You're our future hope
Our present help
We look to no one else

Works and music by Caroline Cobb (ASCAP). Copyright 2017 Caroline Cobb Smith.
CCLI # ?

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All is Vanity (Ecclesiastes)

Lyrics

Verse 1:
Wisdom is good, it puts eyes in your head
But it’s foolish to think it’ll save you from death
Both the fool and the wise man are numbering their breaths
And in the end, all this wisdom is just meaningless

Verse 2:
Pleasure is nice, the taste and touch
But with all your indulgence, you can’t get enough
You can chase every pleasure around every bend
But in the end all this chasin’ Is just chasin’ wind

Chorus:
Oooh all is vanity
Oooh all is vanity
You feel eternity, and it’s beating in your chest
So you know in your soul it’s not all meaningless

Verse 3:
Beauty is sweet to the beholder’s eye
And you know it when you see it
‘Cause it echoes the Light
But age and opinion bid beauty goodbye
And in the end the beholder just changes his mind

Chorus

Bridge:
If there is restlessness, could there be rest?
If there is hunger, could there be fullness?
If there is restlessness, there must be rest!
If there is hunger, there must be fullness!

Chorus

Tag:
You feel eternity, and it’s beating in your chest
So you know in your soul it’s not all meaningless

Words and music by Caroline Cobb (ASCAP). Copyright 2017 Sing the Story Music.
CCLI # 7097301. Key: G (capo 5 D). Tempo: 72 bpm.
Written March 2011, Finished October 2015. From Ecclesiastes 1-3.

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Video

Behold, Behold (Revelation)

Lyrics

Verse 1:
I see a city coming down
Like a bride in whitest gown,
Purely dressed
I see the pilgrims coming home
All creation finds shalom;
The promised rest

Pre Chorus:
The Lamb of God will be her light
The sun will have no need to shine

Chorus 1:
Behold, behold
God makes His home with us!
He’ll take his throne, forever glorious!
The curse will be undone!
O come lord, Jesus come

Verse 2:
The Lord will banish every sin
All that's broken He will mend;
And make new
And we will see Him face to face
As He wipes our tears away;
Death is through

Pre-Chorus 2:
And all the ransomed and redeemed
From every tongue and tribe will sing

Chorus 1

Bridge:
At last the darkness
Will surrender to the light
But we unveiled in glory will forever shine
At last the powers of hell
Will drown in lakes of fire
But we will freely drink
The crystal streams of life
Come thirsty taste and see
Come hungry to the feast
Come weary find your peace
The Bride and Spirit sing
Come! Come!

Chorus 2:
Behold, behold
God makes His home with us
He’ll take his throne, forever glorious!
Behold, behold
God makes His home with us
He’ll take his throne, forever glorious!
The curse will be undone
Oh come, Lord Jesus, come

Words and music by Caroline Cobb (ASCAP) and Sean Carter.
Copyright 2017 Sing the Story Music & Sean Carter
CCLI # TBD, Key:G, Tempo: 64 ppm
Revelation 21-22

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Emmanuel (Every Promise Yes in Him)

Lyrics

Verse 1:
Blessed seed of Abraham
Born the nations now to bless
Promised son of mother Eve
Come to crush the serpent’s head

Christ the sinless lamb of God
Every law in Him complete
Slain to ransom rebel hearts
Raised for us a great high priest

Chorus:
He is here, He is here!
Emmanuel, God draws near
At long last, He has come!
Emmanuel, the Promised One

Verse 2:
Isaiah’s servant suffering
By His wounds we are healed
Son of man in Daniel’s dream
Glorious myst’ry now revealed

King of kings on David’s throne
His rule and reign will never end
He will bring the exiles home
When His advent comes again

Chorus

Bridge
The one the prophets longed to know
(Emmanuel)
The first, the last, the cornerstone!
(Emmanuel)
Every promise finds its yes in Him!
Spirit with us til we sing this song again

Chorus (2x)

Words and music by Caroline Cobb (ASCAP). Copyright 2017 Sing the Story Music.
CCLI # 7097304. Key: A (G capo 2). Started February 2012, Finished October 2016.
Gen. 12:1-3, 3:15; Heb. 4,10; Isaiah 53; Dan 7:13-14, 2 Sam. 7:12-16; 2 Cor.1:20

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