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Petra - Better Is One Day - lyrics

How lovely is your dwelling place
O Lord Almighty
For my soul longs and even faints for you
For here my heart is satisfied
Within your presence
I sing beneath the shadow of Your wings
(Chorus)
Better is one day in your courts
Better is one day in your house
Better is one day in your courts
Than thousands elsewhere
One thing I ask and I would seek
To see your beauty
To find you in the place your glory dwells
My heart and flesh cry out
For you, the living God
Your spirit's water to my soul
I've tasted and I've seen
Come once again to me
I will draw near to you
I will draw near to you

Petra - Believer In Deed - lyrics

On his journey we begin at birth
This fleeting moment that we spend on earth
No second chance to live it all again
It must be now or never
To cherish each endeavor
What will they say that I have left behind
A faithful heritage for all to find
What will the see?
I want my legacy to be
(Chorus)
He was a believer in deed
He had a heart of a different breed
He made his mark and he lived by his creed
A true believer
A believer in deed
Am I living everything I say?
Am I pointing others to the way?
Will I leave this world a better place?
Will Jesus say he knew me
Is Jesus living through me?
Did I maintain my authenticity?
A man of honor and integrity?
Remembering me
I hope that they will truly see
At the end of my days I know I'm gonna say
I wouldn't live my life any other way
I'll look to my posterity to carry on for me
And pray that they will see

Petra - Another Crossroad - lyrics

Another day of indecision - there's a battle in my head
It's not a matter of submission - I'll go where I'm led
But my mind keeps changing every day
I need your peace to point the way
(Chorus)
And now I'm at another crossroad
And I don't know which way to go
My steps are ordered and I know I'll find the way
When your Word lights the path and I obey
When your Word lights the path and I obey
Sometimes I feel a hesitation - is it me or is it You
I only need some kind of clue - I just need an indication
It's not hard to miss a turn along the way
I know I've missed some in my day
I don't want to be wrong
I want to do what's right
I know that you can lead me through the maze
When I acknowledge you in all my ways

Petra - Beat The System - lyrics

Romans 8:37, Mark 10:31, Matthew 10:39
Words & Music by Bob Hartman
Caught in the undertow being swept downstream
Going against the flow seems like such a dream
Trying to hold your ground when you start to slide
Pressure to compromise comes from every side
Wise up Rise up
You can be more than a conqueror, you will never face defeat
You can dare to win by losing all, you can face the heat - dare to
Beat the System
On the assembly line trying to break the mold
Time to throw the wrench that will stop it cold
Going against the odds being the underdog
Dare to wield the sword that will slice the fog
You can go for it all
You can go for broke
You can turn the tide around
You can aim for the top
And take the lion's share
If you dare to hold your ground

Petra - Beyond Belief - lyrics

we're content to pitch our tent
when the glory's evident
seldom do we know the glory came and went
moving can seem dangerous
in this stranger's pilgrimage
knowing that you can't stand still, you cross the bridge
CHORUS
there's a higher place to go, beyond belief, beyond belief
where we reach the next plateau, beyond belief, beyond belief
and from faith to faith we grow
towards the center of the flow
where He beckons us to go, beyond belief, beyond belief
leap of faith without a net
makes us want to hedge our bet
waters never part until our feet get wet
there's a deeper place to go
where the road seems hard to hoe
He who has begun this work won't let it go
Chorus
and it takes so long to see the change
but we look around and it seems so strange
we have come so far but the journey's long
and we once were weak but now we're strong
Chorus
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Petra - Blinded Eyes - lyrics

Don't know where you're going but you think you know the way
20-20 vision but you can't see the light of day
Road is wide or narrow but you can't tell which is which
Blind will follow blind and you'll both end up in the ditch
Can't you see you can't see? Don't you know - you don't know?
(Chorus)
Blinded eyes can't see the light
When it's glowing in the night right in front of you
Blinded eyes can't see the truth
When it's written on the wall in plain view
Blinded eyes can't see the Son
Or the work that He has done out of love for you
Blinded eyes
Groping in the darkness searching for the missing switch
Come up empty-handed try to scratch the endless itch
There is only one light that can penetrate your mind
Just one look at Jesus could leave their scales behind
Can't you see - you could see? Don't you know - you could know?

Petra - Armed And Dangerous - lyrics

it used to be a distant call
thought to be for some but never all
now our wounded lay on every side
now this call to arms can't be denied
the enemy will tremble
as young and old assemble
a mighty army up in arms
CHORUS
armed and dangerous
God's enemies will scatter
armed and dangerous
we'll see the darkness shatter
this armor is worth it's weight
no weapon can penetrate
armed and dangerous
we're ready to storm the gate
we're not so tough on our own
not one can even stand all alone
just a rag tag army at its best
we sometimes even fail the smallest test
but though this tribulation
there comes a transformation
we don the armor of our King
Chorus
stand!
up against the flood
stand!
covered by His blood
we are the standard He has raised
stand!
earnestly contend
stand!
to the very end
we've only just begun to fight
Chorus
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Petra - Be Of Good Cheer - lyrics

Words & Music by Bob Hartman
Peace be unto you
My peace I give to you
In this world you'll surely find
Trials of many different kinds, but
Chorus:
Be of good cheer
Be of good cheer
For I have overcome this world
Be of good cheer
Be of good cheer
For now I go away
But I will return
To take you to a place to dwell
So where I am you'll be as well
CHORUS
In this world you'll surely find
Trials of many different kinds
But I will not forsake you then
I'll be with you until the end
CHORUS
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Petra - Ask Him In - lyrics

Now that you've heard the music
Where do you go from here
You see music only takes you to the place
Where you're ready to hear
We could sing and tell you we love you
And you could say it wasn't true
But how can you say that about a man
Who died for you
(Chorus)
Jesus is holding out His love to you
But He made it so that you have to choose
How can you walk away empty again
When you know that you've got nothing to lose
You could probably think of a reason
To wait until another day
But the spirit is speaking, telling you
Today is the day
Jesus gave His life as a ransom
Was crucified and laid in a grave
But He rose again and made a new way
For man to be saved
Repeat Chorus

Petra - Back To The Street - lyrics

It's so easy to lose the burden - Take our eyes off the fields
Settle into apathy and forget what the harvest yields
It's so easy to think we're finished with our labor for awhile
Kick back and let somebody else go the extra mile
(Chorus)
Jesus said Go (Go!) into all the world
Make disciples of all men
We gotta Go (Go!) to the highways and compel them to come in
As long as there's a tearful eye that cries alone at night
As long as there's a weary soul ready to end the fight
As long as there's an aching heart that still has strength to beat
We gotta take this message back to the street
We gotta take this message back to the street
It's so easy to stay untangled in everyone else's life
Don't get involved with strangers - don't get involved with strife
It's so easy to save your own life - resting on what you've done
But Jesus would leave the ninety nine to try to save the one
It's not easy to beat the system
It's not easy to face the heat
But somebody's got to take this message
Back to the street
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