I Dreamed I Drove the Nails

The sermon that evening was John 3:16
How they crucified Christ for sinners like me
I wondered what kind of men could be so cruel and mean
And found the answer that night in my sleep.

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I dreamed I drove the nails
I swung the hammer up on calvary's hill
With His blood on my hands my teardrops fell
Yes I dreamed I drove the nails

Over and over I thought of that dream
And the message that God was sending to me
In that nightmare I share the guilt and the blame
But each nail that was driven bears all of our names

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Yes I dreamed I drove the nails

Lout Enough to Wake the Dead

Saints aren't you excited, the time is drawing nigh
When we'll all see Jesus and get up in the sky
We see the signs around us, it could be today
We know the bridegroom's coming to take us all away

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Gabriel's gonna blow the trumpet
Loud enough to wake the dead
The horn will cry, no power will stop it
Loud enough to wake the dead
Saints will rise up when they hear it
The sound will free both flesh and spirit
Loud enough to wake the dead, loud enough to wake the dead

Brothers start rejoicing, sisters clap your hands.
Just off the horizon awaits the promised land
So start the celebrating no mo need for tears
Just be looking for him when he reappears

I Plead the Blood

When I've fallen down again, I plead the blood
When guilt reminds me of my sin, I plead the blood
When satan comes in like a flood
My God will raise that standard up
Because I know just what to say, I plead the blood

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I plead the blood oh that Jesus shed for me
I plead the blood that flows from that mercy seat
It's the blood that cleanses me in my desperate hour of need
I plead the blood that Jesus shed for me

There is healing in that stream, when I plead the blood
There is safety there for me, when I plead the blood
When my world comes crashing in
He lifts me up, oh again and again
Cause I know just what to say, I plead the blood.

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Oh, it's the blood that cleanses me in my desperate hour of need
I plead the blood, Oh I plead the blood
Yes, I plead the blood that Jesus shed for me

Someday They're Gonna Rise Up

They broke their backs in the desert sand
Building cities with their own bare hands
All for the glory of old pharoah
Till moses told them let my people go

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Someday they're gonna rise up
Someday they're gonna rise up, someday, someday
Once they've heard the freedom band
You can't keep them from the promised land, no way, no way

They broke their backs in the cotton fields
They sweat and bled in the cotton mills
All a shack on an old dirt road
Till Abraham told them let the people go

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Even in the dark of the night
All God's children can still see the light

They build the statue of liberty for all the whole wide world to see
The winds of change were in the air
When they shot em all down in Tiananmen Square

This old world is a slave to sin, there's evil in the hearts of men
But those chains don't shackle me
Cause Jesus died and set my spirit free, yeah

One More Reason to Make Heaven My Home

I gather with loved ones, but tears block my view
You're walking in glory and I'm missing you
But, I know for certain, now that you're gone
You're just one more reason to make heaven my home

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So look past the tears, there is hope in my eyes
Cause you're in a place with no more goodbyes
My heart looks ahead and one day I'll be gone
You're just one more reason to make heaven my home

You were the reason I learned in my youth
That Jesus was Lord and that Heaven was true
I've made the decision to keep pressin on
You're just one more reason to make heaven my home

I Will Praise You

Lord I don't know about tomorrow or the days that lie ahead
Will they bring me flowers blooming or barren wilderness
I know my days on earth are numbered by the many be they few
Still one other thing I'm sure of, I want to give them all to you

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And I will praise you in the morn when I awake
And with each breath I take, I'll life you high
I will praise you in the sunshine and the rain
Through the joys and the pain until I die
I want to praise you, I want to praise you

I need to stop for just one moment and thank you for my life
The church that Jesus bled and died for
My children and my wife
It seems I often take for granted the love surrounding me
So with a thankful voice, I will rejoice and let the whole world see

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I thank you for the laughter, I thank you for the tears
For the rivers of great blessings
I've seen flowing through the years

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I want to praise you, I want to praise you, I want to praise you

The Greatest Miracle

Lord you said I could move mountaints with a faith small as a seed
Just say move over yonder and cast them to the sea
Oh of all God's miracles, the greatest I have ever seen
Was the dead in sin raised up, and then a sinner is set free

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I know Peter saw the Lord one day walk on a stormy sea
When Paul He met the Master, three days he couldn't see
Thomas said unless I see the nails prints, I will not beieve
Still the greatest miracle of all is when the Lord saved me

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The greatest miracle of all is when the Lord saved me

Lost and Found

I was lost as lost could be
Then Jesus came and He rescued me
He touched my eyes and He made them see
He had a special place for me

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If my friends ask you what's happened to me
Just tell them I'm happy cause I've been set free
If they should wonder about where I've been
Just tell them the good news, I've been born again

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Then Jesus forgave me and placed me in the lost and found

A Savior Who's Given Life To Me

Darkenss falls up on me, the light's so hard to see
It seems the walls of my life have come crashing around me
I have never felt so empty
My heard is in despair
I'm on my knees in desperation, God, if you're up there

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Hear this sinner's cry this moment I will give myself to you
I confess my sin, please wash me clean and make me new
Now I'll not fear what waits tomorrow
In thy grace I'll stand and say
You're my hope, your my salvation a Savior who's given life to me

Now a brighter is day is dawning, I have peace and joy within
Chains of sin have fallen, I am saved, i'm born again
Now there's nothing I won't do for you
Here's my life, use me I pray
Let me point someone to Jesus, show His love so they may say...

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Now a brighter day is dawning, I have peace and joy within
The chains of sin have fallen I am saved, I'm born again

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Hear this sinner's cry this moment I will give myself to you
I confess my sin, please wash me clean and make me new
Now I'll not fear what waits tomorrow
In thy grace I'll stand and say
You're my hope, you're my salvation
My strength when I face temptation
King of kings to me you're everything
A savior who's given life, a savior who gave life
A savor who's life to me

Oh Why?

Knowing what the truth was worth
Any other man on earth would have run away
When Judas kissed Him on the cheek
He said I am the one you seek
Let the others go because He loved them so
He could've fooled them easily
But He went with them peacefully

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Oh why didn't He lie, Oh why did He have to die
Oh why didn't He save His own self
I'll tell you why, He loved you and I

He stood before the highest priest
Knowing He could be released
If He'd just deny that He was the Christ
When they asked Him once again are you the Christ
He said I am God's only son knowing what would come
When they heard how He replied
They said He should be crucified

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I'll tell you why, He loves you and I