Oh, Dear Sheep

Oh, dear sheep of earth walk your way
Let the world be your shepherd
Let the world lead the way

Oh, dear sheep huddle close and be still
As the world begins to unfold
As the world becomes ill

Oh, dear sheep this you must understand
The world will lead you
Where you never can stand

Oh, dear sheep of the earth listen close
For what the world says not
The Lord, He will boast

Oh, dear sheep venture far from your pasture
And enter into the gate
Where our Lord is the master

Oh, dear sheep won't you please join our flock
A flock where the Shepherd
Looks on like a hawk

Oh, dear sheep come and enter this gate
And graze with the righteous
While in this pasture we wait

Copyright © 2012 Ryan Bitters

www.strongerinfaith.com

You Not Me

I've tried so hard and since then failed
I've hid behind a deadly veil
I've fallen hard and fought for life
Been hot as fire and cold as ice

So break me I need broken up
I'm alone and drinking from death's cup
Shatter all that I once held dear
Show me Lord, that you are near

To you I want to give my whole
Give you all and then some more
For you're the only one who saves
So I can serve and never slave

You've caught me Lord, I cannot fall
You've pulled me from a wicked call
You've made me whole and made me see
It's about the "You" and not the "me"

Copyright © 2012 Ryan Bitters

www.strongerinfaith.com

He Perfectly Loved

-inspired by John 3:16

Our Creator, ABBA, our Father above
The perfect and righteous commander of love
Almighty God and the glorious I AM
Who loves His creation more than any man can

He loves us so much despite who we are
Common and normal, odd and bizarre
The weak and the strong, the short and the tall
No matter your status, God loves us all

He gave His Son, He offered Him up
Willingly giving up something He loved
Not one out of two or three, four or five
The only one He had who was fully alive

He gave what He had that we all might believe
In the Son He had sent to completely relieve
This belief we must have with the greatest devotion
In the one who was sent to set new life into motion

Now those who believe, they never shall perish
Past there life here on earth is eternity promised
The greatest reward and gift from above
From God, our Father who so perfectly loved

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www.strongerinfaith.com 

Beyond The Glass

Looking through the cracking glass past every single drop of rain
I look upon the world below filled with death and laced with pain

I see among the souls below an emptiness that I once knew
A sadness planted deep inside that made this soul once feel askew

It made me ponder, it made me think, it made me wonder why.
How anyone who'd been offered life would rather they just die

Then I sighed a sigh of great relief when I finally heard Him say
The lost you see beyond this glass, for them, the saved should pray

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www.strongerinfaith.com 

No Weapon Is Greater

It pains me just to think about
Every drop of blood you shed
The cross you bore and the pain endured
And the crown atop your head

So I battle day and I battle night
So I can live a life like you
Free of sin, full of love,
And with faith in all I do

But at times I feel like what you want
And what I do compete
Like all the good inside of me
Does nothing but deplete

Now I know I'm a sinner and all was forgiven
The day that you got hold
But now more than ever I see what was given
Just to break this wicked mold

For in this war that is waged for my soul
I have neither a weapon nor arm
That can do any better or is any stronger
Than the one who calmed the storm

So when I'm in trouble and feel I will faulter
Under the weight of wicked sin
For you I must cry out, for you I must trust Lord,
To fill me from within

Guide me Lord and help me conquer
Those things that bring forth shame
For with you Lord I have the strength
To glorify your Name


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