(chorus)
So, lead me to the cross
Cleanse me once again.
Here I am, the prodigal
Returned from wandering.
Draw me to your throne
Help me stay awhile.
Worshiping my God and king,
And basking in your smile…

Abba Father… you are my God

v.2
These things that I’ve collected,
They fail to satisfy.
It’s your love that I’ve rejected,
And it’s nothing I can buy.
And I don’t even want to try.

This sin that I’ve been hoarding,
I give it all to you.
Jesus, your blood has bought it,
And I want to be like you,
Help me lay my life down too.

(chorus 2)
So, lead me your cross
Cleanse me Lord I pray.
Here I am, the flockless lamb
That often goes astray.
Take me in your arms,
Keep me there awhile.
Hold me like your precious one,
Once lost and lonely child…

Shepherd Jesus… you are my God.

words & music by marc heinrich
©1999 further up & further in music

(chorus)
My soul’s thirsty without you.
And my heart longs for your Word.
Come and fill me, great giver of good gifts,
And let me live, only on you lord.
Let me live, only on you Lord.

v.2
Over and over I stray from that flow,
Back to a desert I left long ago.
Yet the river is there and it winds deep and clear,
Cleansing my sin and drowning my fear

words & music by marc heinrich
©1999, 2003 further up & further in music

v.1
Remember me,
And the life I live, and the life that I give.
Proclaim my name,
Tell the people, what you’ve seen and heard.
This bread is my body,
Broken and torn for you.
This cup, my blood, a promise,
For life now and eternity.

So as you eat, and as you drink…
Remember me.

v.2
Remember me…
Lord we remember and we praise you for your death and life.
Proclaim my name…
Lord we proclaim you are the Christ the living God and king.
This bread is your body,
Broken and torn for me.
This cup, your blood, a promise,
For life now and eternity.

So as we eat, and as we drink…
Lord we remember you.

As we eat, and as we drink…
Help us live,
We want to live,
Lord let us live,
On you…
Lord we remember you.

words & music by marc heinrich
©1999 further up & further in music

v.1
Long ago,
Before this world was formed,
You reached across time’s chasm,
And called me to be your child.

You have heard,
My every thought and word
Before this mind could fathom,
Or lips could speak your name…

(chorus)
Jesus, lover of my soul.
Jesus, lover of my soul.
Jesus, lover of my soul.

v.2
You touch the blind,
And scales fall from our eyes.
We rise to find our bridegroom waiting,
Arms held open wide.

You have seen,
Throughout eternity,
The marriage feast where we will sing,
Worthy is the Lamb.

(last chorus vamp)
Jesus, lover of my soul.
Jesus, savior of my soul.
Jesus, healer of my soul.
Jesus, maker of my soul.
Jesus, lifter of my soul.
Jesus, shepherd of my soul. .

words & music by marc heinrich
©1999 further up & further in music

v.1
Jesus I was so lost.
I wasn’t looking for you.
You called me out of my darkness
I turned and love’s light broke through.
I saw that the light was you.

V.2
Jesus look in my heart
Teach me to see what you see.
Show me the face of my sin
Only you can illuminate me.
Only you can make my heart free.

(chorus)
I can’t stand to look in the mirror,
I turn and forget just how I appear.
And I never change
and my life’s still the same,
If left without you Jesus,
Thus shall I ever be.

So always, forever and ever…
Rescue me.

words & music by marc heinrich
©1999 further up & further in music