March 2017 Gospel Lyrics
This beautiful, yet simple song was written by Joel Hemphill in 1980. It is often considered a “children’s song” because of the simplicity of the message; however that message is powerful to it’s core.
Chorus
He’s still working on me
To make me what I ought to be
It took Him just a week to make the moon and the stars
The sun and the earth and Jupiter and Mars
How loving and patient He must be
He’s still working on me
“A Brand New Touch” by Lanny Wolfe 1977
Chorus
Lord, You know I need a brand new touch
My strength from yesterday is gone;
But if You’ll give me Lord another touch,
I’ll have the strength to carry on.
Verse
I thought the sun had come to stay,
but all to soon it went away;
And in it’s place the storm clouds came
and with the clouds there came the rain.
It rained so hard and oh so long
but midst the storm I felt alone;
It was Your touch that brought me through it all.
Without Your help I’d surely fall.
Bridge
Lord, You know how weak I really am,
even better than myself.
But with Your help I know I really can
Make it through the darkest night…
Everything’s ‘gonna be alright.
“What is This?” A classic by brothers Edwin and Walter Hawkins
What is this
That I feel deep inside
And it keeps setting my soul on fire
Whatever it is it won’t let me hold my peace
What is this
Makes folk say I’m acting strange
What is this
Makes me wanna run on in Jesus’ name
Whatever it is it won’t let me hold my peace
It makes me love all my enemies
And it makes me love my friends
And it won’t let me be ashamed
To tell the world I’ve been born again
What is this
Makes me do right when I would do wrong
What is this
When I’m down low He gives me a song
Whatever it is
It won’t let me hold my peace
Whatever it is
This feeling I have
Whatever it is
Deep down inside of me
Whatever it is
It won’t let me hold my peace
What is This?
Gospel Lyrics for April 2016
If heaven never was promised to me
Neither God’s promise to live eternally
It’s been worth just having the Lord in my life
Living in a world of darkness
He brought me the light.
If there were never any streets of gold
Neither a land where we’ll never grow old
It’s been worth just having the Lord in my life
Living in a world of darkness
He brought me the light.
Written by Andrae Crouch
This is for all you Gospel music enthusiasts. We all have our favorites. Probably not one of us would choose exactly the same titles for each of our top 20 lists
But these are my favorites; and it was really difficult choosing only 20! These are the songs that have spoken the loudest and strongest to me though my life. Some of them are older, heard them when I was a kid. Others are more recent.
I tried to select the ones that didn’t just make me tap my feet, or have fantastic vocals and harmony. These 20 indeed have all that along with great musical composition; but out of all of the thousands of songs to choose from I wanted these to be the ones that carry great weight and importance, a message of the gospel.
This is NOT a list of what I think is the greatest gospel songs if all time; it is merely MY favorites.
So while this list may or may not contain your known favorites, I dare you to try these out if you haven’t already. You might just have to include a new one or two in your top 20 list!
1. Jesus, I Love You (Edwin Hawkins) (and this one might also be the greatest gospel song of all time!)
2. Next To Me (Marvin Winans)
3. If Heaven Never Was Promised To Me (Andrae Crouch)
4. Goodness, Mercy, & Grace (Marvin Winans)
5. Goin Up Yonder (Walter Hawkins)
6. I Love You Lord (Walter Hawkins)
7. In That Land (J. Michael Drake)
8. I Won’t Doubt Your Love (Edwin Hawkins)
9. Just Like He Said He Would (Andrae Crouch)
10. Center of My Joy (Richard Smallwood)
11. Trust Him (David Foote)
12. There’s Something About That Name (Bill & Gloria Gaither)
13. Precious Jesus (Thomas Whitfield)
14. I Need You (Edwin Hawkins)
15. I’ve Got a Feeling (Alvin Darling)
16. God Will Take Care of You (Edwin Hawkins)
17. What Child is This (Thomas Whitfield)
18. Spirit (Willie Small, as sang by Daryl Coley)
19. My Best (Walter Hawkins)
20. He’ll Never Let You Down (Steve Roberts, as sang by Daryl Coley)
Ok…I couldn’t resist…
21. The Blood Will Never Lose It’s Power (Andrae Crouch)
Just like water when a drought passes
His word speaks peace to my mind
He satisfies
He’s like a cool breeze after a fire
His touch just restores my soul
He satisfies
He feels like rain on the dry ground
A mist that’s long overdue
He satisfies
He satisfies!
Excerpt from He Satisfies by Thomas Whitfield
