Jeremiah 29

This, for some reason, has been an up and down week for me. One day I am up and positive, the next I am down and negative. My emotions are all over the map and I'm not always sure what causes the up and down of them. A lot of times is what I experience in the course of a day. I get an e-mail from someone who has some interest in the core group...up I go. I talk with my parents who don't understand what I am doing and I think believe that I am committing my family to homelessness...down I go. I become aware that someone has given financially to support this dream of planting a church..up I go. I look at what we need financially and the gap that currently exists...and down I go. What a crazy ride....

But the other night God used a familiar passage of Scripture to speak truth to me and to my heart. God has used this verse in similar times in my past, and it was the right time to hear these words again. The words come from Jeremiah 29.

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."_ Jeremiah 29:11-13. Verse 11 is what stuck out to me and I am trusting that God does have plans to prosper me and not to harm me, to give my family hope and a future.

Enough by Will Samson

The other week I blogged about becoming a member of the Ooze Viral Bloggers in which you sign up, you pick a book, they send it to you, you read it, and then you blog about it on your personal blog as well as their blog site. Well yesterday I went home and the book "Enough" by Will Samson was waiting for me. I haven't had the chance to start reading it yet, as I was finishing up Chapters 1-3 of Exiles by Michael Frost for our Core Group development meeting on the 10th. But tonight I plan to begin cracking it open and reading it.

I flipped it open though last night and I believe there will be much to comment on. One thing that caught my attention right off was in regards to Civil Religion and Christian leaders response to what happened on 9/11/01. I just scanned that section but it talked about how far we have come in 2,000 years when Christianity was a persecuted, alternative, counter-cultural, peace-driven culture, to now when Christian leaders were supporting the attack on Iraq.

So I look forward to reading it and blogging about it. If you have the chance, pick up the book...I'm sure you'll enjoy it, and you'll also be challenged by it, as I am sure I will be as well.

Not Alone

Last night during our Core Group development meeting we had a time of musical worship with our Worship Leader, Matt Wheeler. During the worship we sang an original worship song that he had written. I had sung it before, but it struck me last night. That we are not in this thing alone. We have God, the Holy Spirit, our Core Group, and a bunch of supporters praying and supporting us. It is good to know that when things get scary, or difficult, or we struggle that we are not alone. That the Lord is with us and has called us into the ministry of Church Planting, and he won't leave our sides. That all the worries (Finances, Core Group, Growth, etc..) that we have, God will provide...maybe not in the way that we think or hope..but in his way and his time. God is so good.....

Here are the lyrics to the song "Not Alone"

We’re here before You, Lord
Waiting for Your answer
We’re not alone
No, we’re not alone
Your words, Lord, are pure
Like silver purified
We’re not alone
No, we’re not alone
You will sustain
In these times of waiting
You will sustain

The just will live by faith and the faithful
Will live out justice
You are my strength
The just will live by faith and the faithful
Will live out justice
You are my Lord

You are high and lifted up
Crowned with the stars
We’re not alone
No, we’re not alone
Still, you speak to my heart
I can hear your still-small voice
We’re not alone
No, we’re not alone

You will sustain
In these times of waiting
You will sustain

The just will live by faith and the faithful
Will live out justice
You are my strength
The just will live by faith and the faithful
Will live out justice
You are my Lord

Reflection on Exponential

As I sit here in the Orlando Airport waiting for my flight I've had some time to reflect on the last 4 days and my experience at the Exponential Conference. Let's say if I have the opportunity to come next year I would love to...and bring a team with me.

God spoke to me throughout the conference and especially during the last Plenary Session. I know that God has called me to plant Veritas and that he will take care of us in a number of ways (people, finances, etc...) God reassured me numerous times that he has his hand on me. I remembered quite a few times the line "Don't forget in the darkness what you found in the light" from the song "Light and the Sea" by our Worship Leader Matt Wheeler. He helped me see just how awesome our team that we have assembled thus far is. I also gained wisdom about core group development, service ideas, and various other issues. I also won a software package called Converge which helps with details...and if you know me....I need that help.

So I am refreshed, renewed, and ready to hit the ground running in developing the core group, seeking out new people to join us, finding our Sunday gathering space, and developing various Random Act of Kindness events. I am blessed with my family's support...my wife is an amazing woman. I am blessed with awesome kids. I am blessed with the great opportunity and responsibility on working on helping to build the kingdom of God in partnership with Jesus, the Holy Spirit, our team, and other churches.

Exponential Conference Day 3

Today was an awesome day of speakers, workshops, worship, and hanging out with people. There were some very significant words spoken throughout the day that struck me and resonated strongly with me. here are some...

1. Don't blame yourself for the decreases because you may be tempted to take the credit for the increases.

2. Look for ways to make it about the kingdom.
3. A movement will never be safe, predictable, and clean. Church must become dangerous again.

4. Build your church on what it is, not what it isn't.

5. Identity can't be wrapped up in numbers...it needs to be wrapped up in who you are in Christ.

6. Exegete the Community in which you are planting.

Those are just a handful of notes that I took today. I could spend more time sharing quotes and thoughts..but it's late and I need to get some sleep tonight as I will be back home late tomorrow night with no chance of rest for Friday, Saturday or Sunday.

Exponential Conference Day 2

So I am at the end of Day 2 of Exponential (actually it is now Day 3). Here are some things that struck me today.

Erwin McManus is an amazing communicator. He used one of my favorite passages Acts 17:16-34 (Paul at Mars Hill) to address what he calls 3 Spaces.

1st Space- Place we know- Paul went first to the Synagogue to talk with the Jews and the God fearing Greeks.
2nd Space- Marketplace-where everyone lives
3rd Space- You can't go to this space unless you are invited (Paul was invited to speak with them further)

He also said that we need to be motivated by love that is not self-directed.

The two "Pre-Launch" Track seminars I went to were okay. The first one was about a launch plan- but I felt it was very prescriptive "this is what your church plant should look like"

What was good was about clarifying your vision and casting it often.

The second was about planting a church and having a life.

One of the best lines was "Work hard. Do your best and then take a nap."

There was a lot of other things...but I am going to take a nap/sleep now and do it over again tomorrow.

Exponential Conference Day 1

Today started at 4:30 AM when my alarm went off. I am not a morning person so I am surprised how well I got up and off to Harrisburg for my 6:30 flight. The flights went well and I got to Orlando at around 11:30.

I met my ride and we were off to the Church that is hosting the conference. The campus was huge as was the buildings. When I got there I went straight to my "Missional Practices" Pre-Conference with Hugh Halter and Matt Smay. I was given the Tangible Kingdom Primer...which I can see using in the months and years to come to help people understand what Veritas is about.

Here are some things that stood out from the Pre-Conference so far:

Think like a missionary.

Three steps of a missionary flow:

1. Engage Culture
2. Form community
3. Structure congregation.

All too often the church has it backwards and starts with structuring congregation.

Anywhere God's people live out missional/incarnational life a church should form.

Your witness is your community (reminds me of the quote from Leslie Newbigin about the great hermeneutic for the gospel is a community that believes it)

Followers pick their leaders. Leadership is influence.

Church happens as we are on mission together.

They also showed us a Apprenticeship Process they use at Aduallam which I believe might come in handy for us as we plant Veritas in September. Excited about day two and what God will do in me, and what he will being doing through me.

Exponential Conference and Wounded Healer

I am really excited about being in Orlando next week at the Exponential Conference which is the National Church planting conference. I am excited for the Pre-Conference that I will be at called "Missional Practices" with Matt Smay and Hugh Halter (writers of The Tangible Kingdom). I am also excited about learning more about starting a church through the Track "Pre-Launch" that I will be going. I am excited to soak up a lot of great ideas, wisdom, as well as building relationships with people, being in worship, and learning what it means to plant a church.
I will be blogging from the conference as they have wireless internet. So I'll let you know what I am learning as we go along.

One thing that really gets me excited about the future of the church plant is the quality of music that we will have, thanks to Matt Wheeler. The other week I shared some of his songs on this blog and I wanted to share another song that is absolutely amazing and so powerful. It, to me, shares beautifully our theology, our hopes, and our dreams as we plant Veritas. The song is called Wounded Healer.



The sun sets over the city
And You are good
You awaken the dawn
And You are good
You sent Your Son to live and die
For our sins, He sacrificed
You offer us Your love and You are good
The darkness and the tragedy
The widows, and orphans, and wandering
Through it all You prove that You are good

Wounded Healer
Full of grace
I’m so caught up in myself
I don’t recognize Your face
You made us to be Your hands and feet
So why are we still wondering
When You’ll show up
Shine Your light through me

A soul rises from the ashes
And You are good, a homeless
Child given a meal
And You are good
You beckon us and Your love goes free
From the chains of her captivity
You’ve filled us with Your love
And You are good
The glory and the poverty
Grace that makes beauty of ugly things
Through our weakness, You show
That You are good

The sinners and saints and politics
We’re drowned in affluence, breathe into us
Will You show us what it looks like
‘Cause You are good?

Shine Your light through me
Shine Your light through me

The Parable of the Race

While working on my sermon for this coming Sunday for HCOB, which is entitled "Jesus doesn't want you to be a Christian" (very provocative title), I remembered a parable that I had read in "Adventures in Missing the Point" by Brian McLaren and Tony Campolo. I think so much of American Christianity is wrapped up in what Dallas Willard calls "The Gospel of Sin Management", especially the conservative side of things. And I think the point of this parable is that there is more to our faith journey than just the starting line. Here is the parable with some additional comments.

"Once upon a time, in a land of boredom and drudgery, exciting news spread: “There is going to be a race! And all who run this race will grow strong and they’ll never be bored again!” Exciting news like this had not been heard for many a year, for people experienced little adventure in this ho-hum land, beyond attending committee meetings, waiting in lines, sorting socks, and watching sitcom reruns.

Excitement grew as the day of the race drew near. Thousands gathered in the appointed town, at the appointed place. Most came to observe, skeptical about the news. “It’s too good to be true,” they said. “It’s just a silly rumor started by some teenaged troublemakers. But let’s stick around and see what happens anyway.”

Others could not resist the invitation, arriving in their running shorts and shoes. As they waited for the appointed time, they stretched and jogged in place and chattered among themselves with nervous excitement. At the appointed timethey gathered at the starting line, heard the gun go off, and knew that it was time to run. Then something very curious happened. The runners took a step or two or three across the starting line, and then abruptly stopped. One man fell to his knees, crying, “I have crossed the starting line! This is the happiest day of my life!” He repeated this again and again, and even began singing a song about how happy this day was for him. Another woman started jumping for joy. “Yes!” she shouted, raising her fist in the air. “I am a race-runner! I am finally a race-runner!” She ran around jumping and dancing, getting and giving high fives to others who shared her joy at being in the race.

Several people formed a circle and prayed, quietly thanking God for the privilege of crossing the starting line, and thanking God that they were not like the skeptics who didn’t come dressed for the race.

An hour passed, and two. Spectators began muttering; some laughed. “So what do they think this race is?” they said. “Two or three strides, then a celebration? And why do they feel superior to us? They’re treating the starting line as if itwere a finish line. They’ve completely missed the point.” A few more minutes of this silliness passed. “You know,” a spectator said to the person next to her, “if they’re not going to run the race, maybe we should.” “Why not? It’s getting boring watching them hang around just beyond the starting line. I’ve had enough boredom for one life.”

Others heard them, and soon many were kicking off their dress shoes, slipping out of their jackets, throwing all this unneeded clothing on the grass. And they ran—past the praying huddles and past the crying individuals and past the jumping high-fivers. And they found hope and joy in every step, and they grew stronger with every mile and hill. To their surprise, the path never ended—because in this race, there was no finish line. So they were never bored again."

Is salvation for you a one-time experience? Or is it a lifelong journey? Is it about rescue from your uncomfortable circumstances (as it was for the ancient Jews), or rescue from this world after death (as it is for many modern Christians)—or is it about being rescued from a life that is disconnected from God and God’s adventure, both in this life and the next? Is salvation about stepping across a finish line—or is it about crossing a starting line to begin an unending adventure in this life and beyond?

More Quotes from Missional Renaissance

As I continue to read Missional Renaissance, I find more and more quotes and statements that encourage me, give me ideas, convict me, and spur me on to the planting of Veritas. Here are a few more to wrap your brain around.

"The program-driven systems favors a culture that creates church customers, not followers of Jesus."

"The Missional Church assumes that service to others is the first step, not some later expression of spirituality."

"People often grow more in intergenerational environments."

"The Missional church ventures into the world as partners with God on his redemptive mission."


Here is also some ideas that I got from the book in regards to concrete ways of being missional through Veritas.

1. Adopt a School
2. Bless Three people this week
3. Prayer Walking
4. Prayer Booth and Prayer Boxes
5. Reduce the number of church events on the calendar so that people are free to be in the community blessing others.
6. Create uses in your current facilities that bless the community in entrepreneurial ways- think coffee shops, art galleries for local artists, concert venues for local musicians, incubator space for young businesses.
7. Get educated on community facility needs that might intersect with your facility capacity.

I will continue to post more quotes from the book as I read it. Next week I will be in Orlando for the Exponential Conference (which is a National Church planting conference). I will have my laptop so I hope to blog from the conference.

Missional Renaissance Part 2

In my last post I shared some quotes from the book Missional Renaissance. I have been blown away by the book and there is so much in it. So much that is so applicable to our situation as we plant Veritas in September of '09. Here are some quotes that hit me right in the face (in a good way)

"The program-driven church has produced a brand of Christianity that is despised, not just ignored, by people outside the church. Their antipathy for what we call Christianity exists for all the wrong reasons. Basically, it comes down to our failure to demonstrate the love of Jesus, passing by people not like us on the other side of the road on our way to building greater churches."

"There is no missional church without missional followers of Jesus."

"The clearest sign that a conversion from 'churchianity' (internally focused and church centric) to missional engagement has occurred shows up in the church budget."

"Consuming these monies for our own benefit with no community transformation to show for it, is an indictment of those who claim to follow the One who promised that he came to give abundant life to all people."

I will share some more from the book (the praxis of missional churches) later in the week.

The Missional Renaissance

The other day I received a book called The Missional Renaissance written by Reggie McNeal from my good friend Martin Hutchison (thanks Martin). I am only 3 chapters into it but boy is there some awesome stuff in the book. I think in the introduction and the 1st chapter alone I took 3-4 pages of notes. Here are some quotes that I resonated with.

"The missional development goes to the very heart of what the church is, not just what it does. It redefines the church's role in the world in the way that breaks sharply with prevailing church notions. These differences are so huge as to make missional and nonmissional expressions of Christianity practically unrecognizable to each other"
(This to me begs a question....can there truly be such a thing as a nonmissional expression of Christianity that is faithful or is nonmissional Christianity an oxymoron? Your take??)

"To think and to live missionally means seeing all life as a way to be engaged with the mission of God in the world."

"Going missional will require that you make three shifts both in your thinking and in your behavior. From internal to external in terms of ministry focus, from program development to people development in terms of core activity, from church-based to kingdom-based in terms of leadership agenda. They will move your from doing church as primarily a refuge, conservator, and institutional activity in a Post-Christendom culture to being a risky, missional, organic force in the increasingly pre-Christian world in North America."

"No strategy, tactic, or clever marketing campaign could ever clear away the smokescreen that surrounds Christianity in today's culture. The perception of outsiders will change only when Christians strive to represent the heart of God in every relationship and situation."

And one last one for today..I'll share more later.

"Externally focused ministry leaders take their cues from the environment around them in terms of needs and opportunities. They look for ways to bless and to serve the communities where they are located."

That should give each of us something to chew on for a while...I am thinking how might I put some of these quotes into action both as an individual and also as a community of Christ-Followers who are working on planting a missional church. Any ideas?

The End of Christian America

I was at the Dentist this morning and while waiting I happened to see the Newsweek article called "The End of Christian America". I read it and much of what the article was talking about is things that our team is talking about regarding post-Christian America (the term used in the article and also in the books that I have been reading for some time now). There was a lot in the article that show cause for concern but also cause for hope. This is a time where, if we are adventurous enough and open to taking risks, we can re-imagine church, life, and faith in a new way. One that doesn't decry the fact that our culture is becoming more and more like the 1st century. Look how the church exploded in the 1st century, without budgets, buildings, or bishops (Had to put all three words that started with B).

One of the quotes that I especially resonated with is:
"And they have learned that politics does not hold all the answers—a lesson that, along with a certain relief from the anxieties of the cultural upheavals of the '60s and '70s, has tended to curb religiously inspired political zeal. "The worst fault of evangelicals in terms of politics over the last 30 years has been an incredible naiveté about politics and politicians and parties," says Mohler. "They invested far too much hope in a political solution to what are transpolitical issues and problems."


Another two quotes from the article that I really resonated with are below:

"The columnist Cal Thomas was an early figure in the Moral Majority who came to see the Christian American movement as fatally flawed in theological terms. "No country can be truly 'Christian'," Thomas says. "Only people can. God is above all nations, and, in fact, Isaiah says that 'All nations are to him a drop in the bucket and less than nothing'."

"Experience shows that religious authorities can themselves be corrupted by proximity to political power. A quarter century ago, three scholars who are also evangelical Christians—Mark A. Noll, Nathan O. Hatch and George M. Marsden—published an important but too-little-known book, "The Search for Christian America." In it they argued that Christianity's claims transcend any political order. Christians, they wrote, "should not have illusions about the nature of human governments. Ultimately they belong to what Augustine calls 'the city of the world,' in which self-interest rules … all governments can be brutal killers."

Their view tracks with that of the Psalmist, who said, "Put not thy trust in princes," and there is much New Testament evidence to support a vision of faith and politics in which the church is truest to its core mission when it is the farthest from the entanglements of power. The Jesus of the Gospels resolutely refuses to use the means of this world—either the clash of arms or the passions of politics—to further his ends. After the miracle of the loaves and fishes, the dazzled throng thought they had found their earthly messiah. "When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone." When one of his followers slices off the ear of one of the arresting party in Gethsemane, Jesus says, "Put up thy sword." Later, before Pilate, he says, "My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight." The preponderance of lessons from the Gospels and from the rest of the New Testament suggests that earthly power is transitory and corrupting, and that the followers of Jesus should be more attentive to matters spiritual than political."

Take time to read the article yourself. Let's begin to imagine how church in a post-Christian America can look taking into account the things found in this article.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/192583?from=rss

Later today I will blog about some of the quotes that I resonated with in a book entitled "Missional Renaissance" by Reggie McNeal (thanks Martin for sending me the book). In a lot of ways I think some of the possible "answers" to the article lie in the book and becoming truly a missional church. More on that later today.

Enough/Ooze Viral Bloggers

I just became a member of the Ooze Viral Bloggers. My commitment is to review a book, and blog about it here and also on the Ooze Viral Blogger site. The way it works is that you select a book from a list, they send it to you, and you blog about it (what you agree with, what you don't, what you like, what you didn't, etc..) So I signed up. The first book they will send me is Enough by Will Samson. I really liked his Justice in the burbs book and I liked the description that was given about the book. So when it comes I will post a blog here about it.

Here is a little blurb about the book Enough.

How much is enough?
It’s what we’re all asking as the economy seems to be in free-fall; ‘wants’ and ‘needs’ seem to be inverting themselves with each month’s finances. In a society where children spend more time worrying about their weight than their grades, is it possible to find peace? In a world being drained of its natural resources, is it conceivable that we do nothing? And with a universe of dazzling temptation at our fingertips, will we still seek the God of all creation?

Will Samson is good at opening thoughtful dialogue. In Enough, Will addresses the idea of finding contentment in this age of excess. Does the God who offers himself to be Eucharistically consumed in Jesus Christ have a community-forming alternative in mind to consumerism? Can we be empowered by the Holy Spirit to be Eucharistic community for others?

With a casual, accessible writing style, Samson discusses consumerism, contentment as a Christian discipline, and the notion of stewarding our resources. In four sections, Will outlines the ideas that drive a consumeristic mindset; the effects those ideas have on ourselves, our communities, and the earth; conclusions about the situation; and practical solutions for negotiating everyday life once we understand that our abundant God is, in fact, enough.

If you're exhausted from keeping up with the Joneses, or if you're looking for the balance between what is necessary and what is too much, just stop. Enough is enough.

Stations of the Cross

This week (Monday through Thursday) we are hosting the Stations of the Cross:An Interactive Experience. We had 4 people go through last night, we have about 6 for tonight and about 6 on Wednesday night. Here is a little blurb about the experience:

Participants will sign up for a time (The experience will be open from 7 PM until 10 PM), receive a personal CD player which will guide them through the Stations of the Cross using music, and narration and come to a deeper understanding and appreciation for Jesus. The Stations of the Cross: An Interactive Worship experience will involve all your senses and will use narration, music, meditation, art, video, prayer, silence and solitude to guide you through the last few hours of Jesus’ life and his experience on the way to the cross. Over 15 stations participants will travel with Jesus from the moment he was condemned to death, to his death on the cross, and finally being laid in the tomb.

Legend has it that the Stations of the Cross, also known as the Via Dolorosa or the Via Crucis, were first walked by Jesus’ mother, Mary, in the years following his death, burial, and resurrection. By the end of the fourth century, scores of pilgrims came to Jerusalem every year to walk along the Via Dolorosa. The Via Dolorosa traces Jesus’ path from Pilate’s house to Calvary. By the Middle Ages, Christians were recreating the Via Dolorosa all over Europe, some measuring the exact distances between stations. Today, the Stations can be found in most Roman Catholic churches, and they are most often walked during Lent and especially during Holy Week.

This type of worship experience using an ancient spiritual discipline updated for our emerging postmodern culture is something that we at Veritas are passionate about. The Stations of the Cross: An Interactive Experience fulfills one of our core values, that of Authentic Worship.

If you are around Lancaster, and want to go through the Stations, drop me an e-mail or give me a call.

The Present Future

Last night I decided to pull out a book that I had read a few years back called "The Present Future" by Reggie McNeal. I got through about 2 1/2 chapters. There was alot in it that stood out to me, and reminded me why we are taking this leap of faith by planting Veritas to be a missional community of authentic worshippers. Here are a few of the quotes that stood out to me.

"The North American church is suffering from severe mission amnesia. It has forgotten why it exists. The church was created to be the people of God to join him in his redemptive mission in the world. The church was never intended to exist for itself. It was and is the chosen instrument of God to expand his kingdom."

"The correct response, then, to the collapse of the church culture is not to try to become better at doing church. This only feeds the problem and hastens the church's decline through its disconnect from the larger culture. The need is not for a methodological fix. The need is for a missional fix. The appropriate response to the emerging world is a rebooting of the mission, a radical obedience to an ancient command, a loss of self rather than self-preoccupation, concern about service and sacrifice rather than concern about style."

"This is what it's going to take to gain a hearing for the gospel in the streets of the twenty-first century- the smell of cleaning solution, dirty faces, obvious acts of servanthood."

I probably could go on listing a bunch of other quotes, but those three I feel are enough to chew on for quite a while.

Songs

Yesterday I mentioned our worship leader Matt and his song "The Light and the Sea". AS I have been listening to his songs, most have struck a chord within me. I am just blown away by having him on our team. I want to share the lyrics to two other songs that have spoken to me.

The first is called "A simple prayer (surrender)"

Verse 1
I bring a simple prayer
Before the throne
Of You my King
Restore my heart, recover all
I've squandered on useless things
My Vision, My Love, My Savior
My freedom is in Your grace
Meet with me
Here in this secret place

Chorus 1
Angels bow at the Name above all names
You're calling me out
I will obey
I'm letting go
This is all I have to give
Surrender

Verse 2
Surrounded by the sound
Of songs lifting up Your Name
I'm taking up my cross
On Yours, You took my sin and shame
My Vision, My Love, My Savior
My freedom is in Your grace
Meet with me
Here in this secret place

Chorus 2
Angels bow at the Name above all names
You're calling me out
I will obey
I'm letting go
This is all I have to give
Surrender
Surrender
It's all I have to give
Surrender, surrender


The second is a song called "Conversation"

(Verse 1)
Hello again
Sometimes it feels like You fade away
But if I’m honest
I know it’s I who have strayed

(Prechorus 1)
Rescue me from these wants
I’m fumbling for a change
You’re here all around me
And I lift up You Name

(Chorus)
I want answers to these questions
But You want conversation
Just to be still before You
Abide here beside You
And talk and listen
I want answers to these questions
But You want conversation
Teach me the art
Of being quiet, and Lord
I’ll lose myself in You

(Verse 2)
Hello again
I’m restored and protected
In Your haven of grace
I surrender these fears
Lord, holy is Your name

(Prechorus 2)
Rescue me from these wants
I’m fumbling for a change
You’re dwelling within me
And I give You all my praise

Check out his other songs on his Virb page (www.virb.com/augusttooctober)
I think you'll be challenged, blessed, and encouraged as I am..