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Falling asleep

by Richard Jensen

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You have sorrow now But I will see you again Your hearts will rejoice None will take away Sorrow will turn to joy
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As the deer longs for the water So my soul longs for you I thirst for the living God When shall I meet with you? They say to me all day long "Where is your God?" Why are you cast down O my soul Why are you in turmoil within me Hope in God, hope in God Why are you cast down O my soul Why are you in turmoil within me Hope in God, hope in God For I shall praise him again Deep calls to deep at the roar of your waterfalls Hope in God
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You are the one I put my trust in You are the one whose word I praise What can the world do? You are with me In you I trust, I won't be afraid I will trust in you I will trust in you I will trust in you You have kept count of every struggle You've put my tears into your bottle When I call, you'll turn back my enemy This I know, that God is for me I will trust in you I will trust in you In all that I do I will trust in you You have delivered my soul Delivered from death And my feet from falling So I may walk before you In the light of life To the light you're drawing
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Dear Lord and Father of mankind, Forgive our foolish ways. Reclothe us in our rightful mind, In purer lives Thy service find, In deeper reverence, praise. Breathe through the heats of our desire Thy coolness and Thy balm; Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire; Speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire, O still, small voice of calm. Drop Thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease; Take from our souls the strain and stress, And let our ordered lives confess The beauty of Thy peace. The beauty of Thy peace.
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Wretched man That I am Who will deliver me From this body Of death Of death He has saved me
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The sun has one kind of splendour The moon and the stars have another The body sown in dishonour Will be raised in power At the resurrection Chorus: The perishable clothed with the eternal And the mortal with immortality Where O where death is your sting now? Where is your victory? We've borne the image of earthly man We'll bear the image of heaven We will not all be sleeping But changed in an eye's twinkling At the resurrection What you sow does not come to life until it dies
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We were dead in our transgressions Consumed by worldly passions But our past has been erased Wrath is what we deserve But because of his great love We've been raised By his grace we've been saved Raised us up with Christ Seated in the heavens Brought us back to life Living in his freedom
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1 Thessalonians 4&5 The dead in Christ will rise Then those who are alive Will be caught in the air And together be there So we shall not grieve For since we believe Jesus rose and has raised us with him Chorus: One day we'll meet Together we'll be One day he'll awaken Those who've fallen asleep We're children of the light Not children of the night Putting on faith And love for the fight He died for us to be, Awake or asleep, living forever with him Bridge: For the Lord will descend With a cry of command And a voice of an angel The trumpet will sound And the dead will rise Then those still alive Will be caught up together Forever reside Wake up!

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"For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep." (1 Thess 4:14, ESV)

"But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep." (1 Cor 15:20, ESV)

To all those who've fallen asleep... especially David, Ellie, Gareth, Peter and Tim.

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released May 6, 2020

Credits:
The handbell ringers at Gareth's funeral.
Album cover writing: Beca Jensen

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Richard Jensen UK

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All songs are written, recorded, mixed and produced by myself, and sometimes my wife chips in!

If you want to find out a bit more about me and my music, there's an interview with Treasure Vessles here: treasure-vessels.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/episode-34-richjens-aberystwyth-britain.html
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