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Calling All Navigators!

by Matt Elmore

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1.
Father, I'm so tired There's so many things I still don't understand At times I feel inspired And at other times, I try to force Your hand O Lord, I'm just a baby I could never go the right way on my own But ever since You saved me I have never had to walk this road alone So thank You for the trials When I couldn't lean on anybody else You carried me for miles Even when I only thought about myself O Lord, I'm just a baby I could never go the right way on my own But ever since You saved me I have never had to walk this road alone
2.
It can be so difficult to navigate the water Of how to forgive in a world that won't Cuz everyone's hurt by the sins of another But everyone sins, so we're in the same boat Master, will you help us We're all about to drown How can you be sleeping When the boat is going down It can be so difficult to navigate the ocean Of how to have faith when the world just won't Cuz nothing makes sense to a particle in motion No, you've got to slow down, but most people don't Master, will you help us This storm is out of hand How can you be sleeping Just as if you're safe on land Well, who has made the land And made it separate from the sea Who brought the awesome flood And brought his children through the deep And who commands the wind By which the waters are arranged And who tells men to be still And believe and be changed And who came through the water Of a sinful virgin's womb To wash the feet of sinners In a quiet upper room Baptized as a common man And yet he walked on waves And when he died, they pierced his side And saw the life that saves Master, you have saved us We'll never thirst again You give living water To the dying souls of men It can be so difficult to navigate the water Of how to give love to a world that won't But Jesus has hidden our life in the Father And given us faith to get out of the boat
3.
Every man is fallen Every woman knows Every book on how to make love Couldn't tell you how it grows For every girl who lost it To every boy who stole For every broken marriage Where two halves don't make a whole Don't you miss the garden Everything was clean And we can't go back to see it now But we feel what can't be seen The night is almost over The day is close at hand When some will cross the river To that blessed promised land See the darkness running See the outcast in See the brilliant lamb of God Who conquered all our sin In the holy city He will take his wife And he'll wipe away the tears of all Who come to drink his life Hallelujah
4.
I believed the serpent's lies The fruit was easy on the eyes I saw the it would make me wise Beyond the simple life I'd always known And how I longed for a life I could call my own And so I ate the fruit I did not wait for you, O Father I was not a faithful son I was always on the run I wouldn't see that what I'd done was really wrong Or that wrong was even real And how I longed for a life I could really feel And so I ate the fruit I did not wait for you, O Father Oh, I didn't know who I was There were too many voices Is a traveler free just because He's got all kinds of choices I was lost I was wandering around Trying hard to find Never asking to be found I was lost And I couldn't lose the curse Cuz every road I tried made it worse Then one day, I knew I had to pray to you And like a garden from a seed Sprang your hope to fill my need I knew I needed you to lead me to the home Where I'd always have enough Where my longings for life Would be filled with love And you have made me new Your saving grace is true, O Father
5.
The greatest nation will only last a season This generation just wants a better reason If nothing's sacred any more If all that's left is hatred, sex and war Then what are we fighting for A cure for cancer won't stop the world from dying An honest answer won't keep the world from lying If all we do is feed the poor If we don't see the awful need for more Then what are we fighting for We are more than flesh and bone We are scared to be alone We are helpless and confused We are wasted and abused We are guilty and ashamed Do you see why Jesus came The Lord of glory has been your sole provider You know the story, but do you know the writer If he's undone your heart before If he's the only one you can't ignore Then what are you fighting for
6.
(Reading from Luke 19) He's the king all of Jerusalem thought they knew He would bring the horn of salvation for every Jew And overthrow the empire by the power of the sword Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord He's the king weeping for everything no one sees He would bring a new kind of war and a new kind of peace And overthrow the temple where his holiness was stored Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord He's the king coming again with the wrath of God He will bring the armies of heaven, his staff and rod And overthrow the empires by the power of the sword Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord (Reading from Revelation 19) O Come and cleanse this temple Where your holiness is stored Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord
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In the year of our Lord 1417 Sir John Oldcastle died He said the the word of God is greater than the church So they burned him alive And he prayed to God Father, forgive them Then the Father took him home In the year of our Lord 36 or so Stephen drew his last breath He said the word of God is greater than the Jews So they stoned him to death And he prayed to God Father, forgive them Then the Father took him home In the year when our Lord died upon a cross We all hated what he said He is the word of God who judges all our sin So we wanted him dead And he prayed to God Father, forgive them Then the Father turned away In the year of our Lord 1991 Mary Khoury was despised When she said the word of God is greater than Islam She was shot and paralyzed Now she prays to God Father, forgive them Till the Father calls her home
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O my Savior, I am lost Perfect faith I cannot keep Driven by the wind and tossed I am drowning in the deep Rescue Me, Almighty God! Make my sinking heart believe! Guided by your staff and rod O what mercies to receive O what mercies to receive You took on my darkest hour Orphaned by the Father's rage Dying under Satan's power For the saints in every age Rescue Me, Almighty God! Make my sinking heart believe! Guided by your staff and rod O what mercies to receive O what mercies to receive Brighter than the brightest day You have killed the power of death And all my fear was rolled away With a single glorious breath Rescue Me, Almighty God! Make my sinking heart believe! Guided by your staff and rod O what mercies to receive O what mercies to receive

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This is my first real attempt at an album after becoming a Christian.
My dad, John Elmore, and my mentor, Chris Rookus, sang with me.

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released June 1, 2008

Engineered and produced by Greg Buick (www.gregbuick.com) and Andy Ferris.

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