Turn It Around
by Don Francisco & Gary Dunham
CHORUS
There is strength for your weakness
Freedom for your chains
Healing for your bruises
Peace for your pain
There's reward for your labor
Release when your bound
Give it all to Jesus, let Him
Turn it around
Heart like a stone, all your fears locked deep inside
So all alone, never show the tears you've cried
You can't admit your weakness in a world so full of pride
But the emptiness you feel can't be denied
CHORUS
There is strength for your weakness
Freedom for your chains
Healing for your bruises
Peace for your pain
There's reward for your labor
Release when your bound
Give it all to Jesus, let Him
Turn it around
Why do you stay when it only brings you down
There is a way if you'll only turn around
You can trade all of your failures for a love that never ends
You can give up all your heartaches for a friend (He's got)
Everything Is Possible
by Don Francisco
At first we trusted anyone
who said they had a cure
But with every disappointment
it grew harder to be sure
Still, when we heard of Jesus,
we went looking for this Man
Who could break the grip of demons
by the pow'r of His command
We found his close disciples
in the foothills where He'd been
But as I tried to talk to them,
the devil struck again
And my son began to scream aloud,
and his eyes rolled back inside
He fell and moaned and stiffened out,
and I turned to them and cried
"Cast it out of him, I beg you!"
but it was all to no avail
And as each one made excuses,
all my hopes began to fail
Then I heard excited voices shouting out,
"The Master's here!"
And as Jesus walked right toward me,
desperation conquered fear
And I begged Him, "Rabbi help us!
He's my son, my only son!
Your men have tried to cast it out,
but nothing could be done!
And he's been like this since childhood--
no one can tell us why
But, sir, if you can help at all,
I beg you please to try!"
"If You can!?!" He thundered
"You ask me if I can!?!
Everything is possible
if there's faith inside a man!"
I cried, "Oh Lord, forgive me, please--
I've lived so long with grief
I do believe You can, Oh Lord!
Please help my unbelief!"
He told the spirit, "Leave the boy
and enter him no more!"
It shrieked and threw him on the ground,
worse than all the times before
'Til at last he lay just like a corpse,
and I thought it was the end
But Jesus raised him up and said,
"Here's your son my friend."
We walked back home that evening,
and his mother laughed and cried
As we told her all that Jesus did,
how the others failed that tried
And the lesson that He taught me
in the healing we received:
"Everything is possible
to someone who believes"
Everything is possible
to someone who believes
It is your Father's joy
to give to all that will receive
Those who strive are always caught
in the tangled webs they weave
But everything is possible
to someone who believes
Always There
by Don Francisco
Closing the door I leave the world behind me
Lifting my hands to you and you're always there
You're always there
All of the joy that this world denies me
Flows from Your heart every time that I come to you
Your love shines through
Whenever I come to you
You call me by name and at the sound my soul rejoices
Heaven descends and Your glory fills the air
Every prayer every heart's desire has found it's answer
As You tell me once again that Your love will never end
You're my Savior and my friend who's always there
You call me by name and at the sound my soul rejoices
Heaven decends and Your glory fills the air
Every prayer every heart's desire has found it's answer
With Your arms around me there, You tell me again You care
You're my Father and my friend who's always there
All through the day as Your Spirit leads me
No matter where I go I'm still with you, I'm still with you
Though I may walk through the valley's shadow
I will not be afraid, cause You'll lead me through
I know that Your word is true
And I put my trust in You
You call me by name and at the sound my soul rejoices
Heaven decends and Your glory fills the air
Every prayer every heart's desire has found it's answer
As You tell me once again that Your love will never end
You're my Savior and my Friend Who's always there
You're always there
Bird With Broken Wing
by Don Francisco
Bird with broken wing locked up inside a tiny cage
'Til the day I heard you cry and set you free
But as I reached in to heal your hurt, you fled in wild dismay
Now your pain has made you blind as you can be
Echoes in the distanse are almost all you hear from Me
Each time I speak your name you flee away
While the agonies of mindless flight grow more than you can bear
Still you think it is because of Me you feel this way
CHORUS
Soaring far above the storm on wings spread strong and wide
Is the vision that you buried in despair
You dash yourself against the stones and flutter terrified
When My love would heal your wounds and lift you there
Like a frightened child who starts away at every move
You want to trust but watch so fearfully
Everything you're longing for is here within My hand
I'm waiting now for you to come to Me
Soaring far above the storm on wings spread strong and wide
Is the vision that you buried in despair
You dash yourself against the stones and flutter terrified
When My love would heal your wounds and lift you there
Like a frightened child who starts away at every move
You want to trust but watch so fearfully
Everything you're longing for is here within My hand
I'm waiting now for you to come to Me
I'm waiting now for you to come to Me
I'm waiting now for you to come to Me
Since I Met Him
by Don Francisco
Now it's hard to describe what my life use to be
To someone who's always been able to see
You know I wasn't unhappy or bitter that way
But everything's changed since I met Him that day
I was down by the corner just passin' the time
Sitting in sunlight and feelin' it shine
When the sounds of a crowd began to grow in my ear
So I waited and listened as I heard them draw near
Then a man stepped up to me and spat on the ground
Put the mud on my eyes and then smeared it around
Sent me off to Siloam to wash off the clay
And I opened my eyes and I looked at the day
And I have no idea how He did it
I just know what happened to me
Yesterday I was in darkness
But Since I met Him I can see
When the Pharisees heard it they put me on trial
Even called in my parents and grilled them a while
But when at the end, I defended the man
Who had opened my eyes, all the trouble began
I said, "Ever since the beginning of time
No one's opened the eyes of someone born bling
This man's sent from God, it just can't be denied"
And they cursed me and grabbed me, and threw me out side
I really don't know how he found me
I just know He was talking to me
It was easy to tell by the sound of His voice
He was the reason I see
And as soon as He spoke to me I couldn't hide
The emotion that welled up from deep down inside
And combined with the dreams that He'd made to come true
To kneel there and worship was all I could do
And I called Him my Lord and Messiah
For everything He'd done for me
Yesterday I was in darkness
But since I met Him I can see
And I call Him my Lord and my Savior
For everything He's done for me
Yesterday I was in darkness
But since I met Him, since I met Him
Since I met Him I can see!
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The Package
by Don Francisco
I was wakened in the morning' by a knockin' on the door
So I got up and went to see what all the knockin' was for
There stood the Devil with a box addressed to me
He said "Boy, I've got something here I think you oughta see
I said, I know that I don't want it if it's anything from you
'Cause I hate everything you say and don't like anything you do
But then he pointed with his finger and he smiled kinda sly
'Cause the package said "from God" there in the corner, way up high
So I said, "if it's from God, then why'd He send it here by you"
He said, "He always sends me when there's dirty work to do"
And this box is full of misery, poverty and shame
To perfect you thru your suffering 'till you're worthy of His name
Well, I'd been pretty patient, but that last line took the cake
I just couldn't take no more, I'd taken all that I could take
So I told him what I thought of him and all his filthy lies
Then I fired a shot that got him right between the eyes
I told him "Jesus took my sickness and my poverty away
You nailed Him to the cross yourself when you murdered Him that day
The suf'ring that I do will be for love and not for shame
I'm already worthy by His blood, to wear His name
And I know my Father loves me and has only good in store
So you just take that jive and get away from my front door
You can write my name on packages until I'm ninety two
But every single one I'm sending back to Hell with you"
Go on get out of here
The Power
by Don Francisco
It was a crowd of mixed emotions that walked back to the room
But steadfastly we set all our minds to prayer
Waiting together with his relatives and friends
Well above a hundred of us there
Some of us He'd healed and some He'd raised up from the dead
Some He'd called as He went walking past
We recounted all the stories with no detail left unturned
Determined with a will to make it last
Outside in the street the feast's cacophany began
As crowds from all across the world convened
Flowing upwards to the temple with their firstfruits in their hands
Unaware of all that we had seen
Dawn turned into daylight just like all the days before
And again we lifted hands to God in prayer
And though no one had imagined what the morning had in store
Still all of us felt something in the air
Then faint at first we heard a sound that slowly grew to more
Like a tempest far away upon the sea
Descemdomg til it filled the house with an unabated roar
Like an army's final shout of victory
Then right there in the midst of us from nothing burst a flame
And tongues of fire rose high into the air
Then separating, settled down on each of us the same
And at once the sounds of praise were everywhere
The flood of joy inside me then was more than I could bear
Like peace and laughter joined into a whole
'Cause the power that came from Jesus that we felt for all these years
Was flowing deep and wide within my soul
Praise you, Jesus, for your Holy Spirit
Praise you, Jesus, seated on the throne
Praise you, Jesus, for the power you've given
Praise and glory unto you alone
I'm Gonna Walk
by Don Francisco
CHORUS
I'm gonna walk a little closer with my Lord
And when He talks to me
I'm gonna be obedient to His word
I'm gonna live as He commands
I'm gonna pray with holy hands
Today I'm gonna walk just a little bit closer with my Lord
Now brother Paul, he gave his all
A living sacrifice
He just kept on pushin'
Every day he paid the price
He never claimed he'd made the grade
But this one thing he'd do--
He pressed on to be like Jesus
'Til his time on this earth was through
And me, (Repeat Chorus)
Now James he said "Get it through your head--
Don't just hear, but do
Lookin' in a mirror will never tell you what is true
God's just not impressed
With how loud, long or fancy you pray
But if you'll do what His word says to
You know He'll bless you in every way
And me, (Repeat Chorus)
I don't make no promises about great and mighty changes
But through this day I'm gonna play
What the Holy Ghost arranges
(Repeat Chorus)
I'm gonna listen just a little bit closer
I'm gonna follow just a little bit closer with my Lord
Flying (B.T.S.O.Y.P)
by Don Francisco & Jim Kutz
Like everyone else I tried to fly through my life
Using only my feelings and instincts
By trial and error from the day I was born
I'd always heard that was the way it was done
So, I took the throttle and I made my own course
I headed out somewhere that way
But I hit some heavy weather and crashed and burned
Now listen to the lesson that I had to learn
If you're not living by the Word of God
You're flying by the seat of your pants
If you're not living in Jesus
I wouldn't give you a snowball's chance
Your automatic pilot isn't doing too well
There's been a major malfunction and you're headed for hell
If you're not living by the Word of God
Your flying by the seat of your pants
Now life may bring me some spins and some dives
And zero visibility too
But by His direction and by His word
I know I can make it through
With his Spirit as co-pilot here inside
Using His flight manual for my guide
I'll make a three point landing on the other side
And brother He'll do the same for you
Forever Loved
by Don Francisco
You're forever loved - Now and forever My love surrounds you
Forever loved - Forever you will be my own
Forever loved - I give you my word that I will never leave you
Forever loved - You'll never have to be alone
Long before you were created I knew you
I loved you and called you by name
And all through the ages I've patiently waited
For you to grow up to feel the same
Through all your sin and your sufferin' and sorrow
I've loved you and stayed by your side
Reaching to comfort and strengthen and heal you
And dry every tear that you've cried
'Cause you're
Forever loved - Now and forever My love surrounds you
Forever loved - Forever you will be my own
Forever loved - I give you my word that I will never leave you
Forever loved - You'll never have to be alone
There'll never come a day when I fail you
Or tell you that my love has ended
You mean even more than my life to Me
Forever you have been befriended
And you're
Forever loved - Now and forever My love surrounds you
Forever loved - Forever you will be my own
Forever loved - I'll tell you again that I never will leave you
Forever loved - You'll never have to be alone
Christmas Song
by Don Francisco
The center of the ages
The Lord talks with a girl
And by the words He speaks
He gives a Savior to the world
The time grows to it's fullness
And Mary's Son is born
The Promise His fulfillment
Lies asleep now in her arms
He didn't come to terrify
To judge or condescend
To call us all His servants
But to lift us as His friends
To save us all from satan's power
To reign at his right hand
In the little town of Bethlehem
When God became a man
The Day the God of majesty
Was given to the earth
The gift of such magnificence
We could never plot it's worth
And the rudeness of the setting
Just ignites the jewels fire
A pearl beyond the greatest price
The Joy of Man's desire
The Day the God of majesty
Was given to the earth
A gift of such magnificence
We could never plot it's worth
And the rudeness of the setting
Just ignites the jewels fire
A pearl beyond the greatest price
The Joy of Man's desire
He didn't come to terrify
To judge or condescend
To call us all His servants
But to lift us as His friends
To save us all from certain death
To reign at his right hand
When once for all eternity
God became a man
The Fast (from Isaiah 58)
by Don Francisco
Not to win, not to fight
Not for profit, or to prove that I'm right
Not for show, no facade
Sackcloth and ashes alone aren't accepted by God
But to give, and to unlock the doors
To take from my hand and to place it in yours
To break every yoke and to cut loose the chains
To give cloths to the naked, and a roof from the rain
Not to steal, or demand what is due
Not to lie, and pretend that it's true
Not to speak, nor to do as I please
Not to harden my heart to the dying and to live at my ease
But to give You my life without keeping a part
To return to my God and repent with my heart
To throw open the door to the One locked outside
Then to worship the King without falseness or pride
Then Your light will arise and break through like the sun
And Your righteousness shine when obedience is done
Guarded by God and led forth by the Lamb
When you cry out with your voice, He will say, "Here I am!"
Not to win, not to fight
Not for profit, or to prove that I'm right
Not for show, no facade
Sackcloth and ashes alone aren't accepted by God
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