Intro: E5 B/E D/E A/E Verse: E5 B/E D/E A/E Lord,You are good and Your mercy endureth forever (2x) Pre-Chorus: A B/A C/A C D People from every nation and tongue, from generation to generation Chorus: E B D A We worship You, hallelujah, hallelujah E B D A We worship You for who you are (Repeat. When the world that I've been Living in collapses at my feet And when my life is all tattered and torn Though I'm wind-swept, I've been battered I'm gonna cling unto His cross I'll find peace in the midst of the storm (Is that alright?) There is peace in the midst of the storm-tossed life There is an Anchor, there is a rock to build my faith. Lord You are Good and your mercy endureth forever. (I give you all the Praise) You are Good.
I may not know what tomorrow holds But I know one thing for sure Good Lord, I got a good Lord Every day, every step of the way it's You who opened the door Good Lord, I got a good Lord.As the one who offers water for the thirsty and peace for the restless and truth for the liar and honor for the forgotten one.Other versions of this song. That we can come to him to eat and drink and we don't even have to pay for it! That he is this water that takes away our thirst so we will never thirst again.Īnd that's how I wanted Jesus to introduce himself. For anyone that is struggling in any way, basically. At the end of the day we’re still thirsty and weary, and weak and completely lost.Īnd God has this amazing invitation for everyone who does thirst. But at the end of the day we’re still looking for something more. I know we think we are quite smart and have most of our sh*t together. Well, I know my friends and I know myself and I know we are never truly satisfied by what our world and culture offers.
So how would Jesus introduce himself to someone who doesn't think she or he needs him? I wanted Jesus to kind of introduce himself and not for me to stand in the way of that, so I chose to write the song as if he was saying the words himself.
This song first came about in 2009 when I wanted to explain Jesus for my friends who do not know him and have absolutely no desire to want to know anything about him. © 2016 Common Hymnal Publishing (ASCAP), JenWah Publishing (ASCAP) (admin by ). Introducing himself as the water that quenches all thirst and satisfies all hunger." (Jenny Wahlström) I saw this image of people constantly asking "whats in it for me" and then Jesus would reply this way to them. "I wanted to write a song where I set up a scenario with Jesus introducing himself to people who didn't want to have anything to do with him.
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