Two Songs for Sunday, January 23, 2022: I Thank God & Graves Into Gardens

January 20, 2022 by Michael Gaffigan

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I Thank God by Maverick City Music

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Wandering into the night
Wanting a place to hide
This weary soul
This bag of bones
And I try with all my might
But I just can't win the fight
I'm slowly drifting
A vagabond

[Pre-Chorus: Aaron Moses]
And just when I ran out of road
I met a man I didn't know
And He told me that I was not alone

[Chorus: Aaron Moses & Dante Bowe]
He picked me up, He turned me around
He placed my feet on solid ground
I thank the Master, I thank the Savior
Because He healed my heart, He changed my name
Forever free, I'm not the same
I thank the Master, I thank the Savior
I thank God

[Verse 2: Dante Bowe]
I cannot deny what I see
Got no choice but to beliеve
My doubts are burning
Like ashеs in the wind
So, so long to my old friends
Burden and bitterness
You can just keep it moving (Hey), hey
Nah, you ain't welcome here

[Pre-Chorus: Dante Bowe]
From now 'til I walk the streets of gold
I'll sing of how You saved my soul
This wayward son has found his way back home

[Chorus: Dante Bowe & Aaron Moses]
He picked me up, He turned me around
Placed my feet on solid ground
I thank the Master, I thank the Savior
Because He healed my heart, He changed my name
Forever free, I'm not the same
I thank the Master, I thank the Savior
Oh, I thank God

[Post-Chorus: Maryanne J. George]
Oh, I thank God
Oh, I thank God
Oh, I thank God

[Bridge: Maryanne J. George, Dante Bowe & Aaron Moses]
Oh, Hell lost another one, I am free (Oh, yeah)
I am free (Yeah), I am free
Hell lost another one, I am free (I am free)
I am free (Oh, I am free), I am free (Oh, I am free)
Hell lost another one, oh, I am free (Oh)
I am free, yes, I am free (Oh, I've never been so free before)
Hell lost another one, I am free (Oh)
I am free (Oh), I am free (Yes)
Hell lost another one, I am free (Oh)
I am free, oh, I am free (Oh)
Hell lost another one, I am free (Oh)
I am free (Yes), I am free (Hell lost another one)
Hell lost another one, I am free
Oh, I am free, oh, I am free
Oh, Hell lost another one, I am free (Oh)
I am free, oh

[Chorus: Dante Bowe, Aaron Moses, & Maryanne J. George]
He picked me up, He turned me around
He placed my feet on solid ground
I thank the Master, I thank the Savior
Because He healed my heart, He changed my name
Forever free, I am not the same
I thank the Master, I thank the Savior
I thank God

[Interlude: Dante Bowe]
And if He did it for me, He can do it for you
If He did it for me, He can do it for you

[Bridge: Dante Bowe]
Get up, get up, get up
Get up outta that grave
Get up, get up, get up
Get up outta that grave
Get up, get up, get up
Get up outta that grave
Get up, get up, get up
Get up outta that grave
Get up, get up, get up
Get up outta that grave
Get up, get up, get up
Get up outta that grave
Get up, get up, get up
Get up outta that grave
Get up, get up, get up
Get up outta that grave
Get up, get up, get up
Get up outta that grave
Get up, get up, get up
Get up outta that grave
Get up, get up, get up
Get up out, get up out
Get up, get up, get up
Get up outta that grave

[Interlude: Dante Bowe]

If He did it for me, He can do it for you
If He did it for me, He can do it for you
If He did it for me, He can do it for you
The testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of prophecy
That means what He did for another, He can do it again
That means what He did for another, He can do it again
The testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of prophecy
Is the Spirit of prophecy, is the Spirit of prophecy
That means what He did for another, He can do it again
That means what He did for another, He can do it
So we prophecy

[Bridge: Dante Bowe & Maryanne J. George]
Get up, get up, get up (Yeah)
Get up outta that grave (Okay)
Get up, get up, get up (Yeah)
Get up outta that grave (Okay)
Get up, get up, get up, don't stay there (Yeah)
Get up outta that grave (Okay)
Get up, get up, get up, c'mon (Yeah)
Get up outta, say, get up (Okay)
Get up, get up, get up outta that (Yeah)
Get up outta that grave (Okay), get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up outta that grave (Yeah)
Get up outta that grave (Okay), don't stay there
Get up, get up, get up (Yeah)
Get up outta that grave (Okay), hey
Get up, get up, get up (Yeah)
Get up outta that grave (Okay), say, get up
Get up, get up, get up (Yeah)
Get up outta that grave (Okay)
Get up, get up, get up (Yeah)
Get up outta that grave (Okay)
Get up, get up, get up (Yeah)
Get up outta that grave (Okay)
Get up, get up, get up (Yeah)
Get up outta that grave

[Chorus: Dante Bowe, Aaron Moses & Maryanne J. George]
He picked me up, turned me around
Placed my feet on solid ground
I thank the Master, I thank the Savior
Because He healed my heart, He changed my name
Forever free, I'm not the same
I thank the Master, I thank the Savior
I thank God

Graves Into Gardens by Elevation Worship

Elevation Worship

I searched the world
But it couldn't fill me
Man's empty praise
And treasures that fade
Are never enough

Then You came along
And put me back together
And every desire
Is now satisfied
Here in Your love (hey)

Oh, there's nothing better than You
There's nothing better than You
Lord, there's nothing
Nothing is better than You

I'm not afraid
To show You my weakness
My failures and flaws
Lord, You've seen 'em all
And You still call me friend

'Cause the God of the mountain
Is the God of the valley
There's not a place
Your mercy and grace
Won't find me again

Oh, there's nothing better than You
There's nothing better than You
Lord, there's nothing
Nothing is better than You

You turn mourning to dancing
You give beauty for ashes
You turn shame into glory
You're the only one who can

You turn graves into garden
You turn bones into armies
You turn seas into highways
You're the only one who can
You're the only one who can

Oh, there's nothing better than You
There's nothing better than You
Lord, there's nothing
Nothing is better than You

You turn graves into gardens
You turn bones into armies
You turn seas into highways
You're the only one who can

You turn graves into gardens
You turn bones into armies
You turn seas into highways
You're the only one who can
You're the only one who can
You're the only one who can

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Christopher Joel Brown / Steven Furtick / Michael Brandon Lake / Tiffany Joann Hammer

Graves Into Gardens lyrics © Bethel Music Publishing, Maverick City Publishing Worldwide, Brandon Lake Music