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Songs of Hope
Because HOPE deserves an anthem. In seasons of darkness, songs bring a light of hope. The songs posted here are gifts from the songwriters who created them, shared on this platform to give listeners a place to find a little hope when you need it most. Some of these recordings are fully produced cuts, some are demos, and some are simple work tapes. The point of sharing them with you is not to promote their quality or whatever kind of success they may have achieved, but to encourage you by the content in their messages. New songs will be added daily. Please enjoy and share! With hope, Gina |
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Your Name Is Near
Lee Black / Gina Boe / Sue C Smith How can you be so quiet
How can you stay so still How can you watch in silence How could this be your will So much I can’t explain But even while these questions remain Your name is near I call, You’re here Close enough to hold my heart Jesus you are never far away ‘Cause your name is near Darkness is all around me Sorrow’s an angry sea But I am not abandoned And I will never be Somehow a desperate cry Brings you running to me every time And there’s power Power In your name Jesus, Forever I will say There is power Power in your name Jesus Jesus Strong enough to save Why I Sing Hallelujah
Joseph Habedank / Tony Wood / Gina Boe There’s a song deep inside me
A melody in my soul It’s a joy that I’m finding And it just overflows There is peace every moment Strength to keep goin’ Reason for the hope in my heart That’s why I sing Why I sing Hallelujah That’s why I sing Why I sing Hallelujah Lookin’ where I was Seein’ where I am Knowin’ where I’m goin’ Just does somethin’ to ya That’s why I sing Why I sing Hallelujah I can be so distracted By what’s right in front of me And I can get so discouraged By all the trouble I see Then the music starts risin’ I get so excited Gotta praise Him for the hope that’s in me There’s peace every moment Strength to keep goin’ Then the music starts risin’ I get so excited Gotta praise Him for the hope that’s in me Hope Deserves An Anthem
Gina Boe / Joel Lindsey How can words and melodies
Offer any remedy To weary souls and breaking hearts How do verses and refrains Calm a fear or soothe an ache Or shine a light into the dark Well I can’t explain this mystery But I’ve seen it and I’ve felt it and seems to me (that) Hope deserves an anthem ‘Cause sometimes it's a song That keeps someone believing There’s a reason to go on And people need reminding Something good is gonna happen So we sing, we sing ‘Cause hope deserves an anthem Seems like everywhere I turn Shouts of anger, doubt and hurt Are ringing out for all to hear (So) How much louder should the sound Of love and grace and truth resound ’Til echoes of despair soon disappear It might as well be me who holds the pen To tell someone that they can breathe again But if this is music you’re meant to compose Then I will sing it loud enough so everybody knows Hope deserves an anthem ‘Cause sometimes it's a song That keeps someone believing There’s a reason to go on And people need reminding Something good is gonna happen So we sing, we sing ‘Cause hope deserves an anthem |
God of All Comfort
Lee Black / Sue C. Smith / Karyn Williams The God that I need today
Is the God of all comfort I need the hand of grace to rest on me The God that I need today Comes when I’m broken And He whispers life and peace so tenderly I know He’s holy I know He’s wise And it amazes me that God Almighty Hears me when I cry The God that I need today Picks up the pieces When my broken heart falls to the ground The God that I need today Hold me together Whesn my whole world comes crashing down I know His power I trust His hand And it amazes me that God Almighty Lifts me up to stand So come with your tender mercy Come to the weak and hurting Come to your people with a hope that only you can bring And come, draw your children near you Come, Lord we need to hear you Speak your peace inside our hearts The God that I need today Is the God of all comfort The God that I need today is You The God that I need today Is the God of all comfort The God that I need today is You Whisper of Hope
Kenna West / Jason Cox I am here, I am still
I'm not letting go until You speak to my soul I am desperate, I am longing I am reaching, I am falling on my knees Lord, won't you breathe The whisper of hope, I welcome Your voice Speak through the chaos and the noise Follow me now, let mercy rain down until it overflows As I listen to the whisper of hope You are God unfailing You are love never ending And You are I need I am broken, I am aching I am searching, I am waiting on my knees Lord won't You breathe The whisper of hope, I welcome Your voice Speak through the chaos and the noise Follow me now, let mercy rain down until it overflows As I listen to the whisper of hope Oh can you hear it louder than thunder And gently quiet every doubt Follow me now, let mercy rain down until it overflows As I listen to the whisper of hope Come Near
Jonathan Lee / Gina Boe The sun hits my face, I'm already weary
Just knowing what this day might bring In all of this living it's hard to see clearly So weighed down by everything My only hope is holding you close as I cry Come near, come near Walk close beside me and I will abide in You Your love, your love A faithful companion, You will not abandon me I know You come near Life has a way of taking the moments And chasing our joy away But I will remember You are the maker And keeper of all my days And my only hope is holding You close as I cry Come near, come near Walk close beside me and I will abide in You Your love, your love A faithful companion, You will not abandon me I know You come near No matter how hard my life may become I lift up my eyes to God's only Son So now as I'm praying, Lord hear my plea Reach down from heaven, take hold of me Come near, come near Walk close beside me and I will abide in You Your love, your love A faithful companion, You will not abandon me I know You come near |
Build
Lee Black / Gina Boe / Donna King Like a jagged rock shattering a window pane
It broke right through your heart Now you're standing in the rubble hurting and afraid From what it tore apart Life can throw stick and stones, tell you you're through But you can take all that breaks and turn it into A tower that rises up from the ruins A bridge that takes you to the other side A lighthouse that leads out of the storms and the wreckage 'Cause you were meant to rise And you will, if you build When the hammer's heavy and you think your strength is gone Pick it up anyway It takes some pushing through to get you to the moving on But there will come a day Pain by pain, piece by piece, it all comes together Brick by brick, stone by stone, you're stronger and better A tower that rises up from the ruins A bridge that takes you to the other side A lighthouse that leads out of the storms and the wreckage 'Cause you were meant to rise And you will, if you build Magenta
Lisa Qualsett / Lee Black Dimly tinted are the days
In shades of stone and sepia But if it weren't for times like these I wouldn't love magenta If it weren't for tears that fall And wash the colors colorless Bleeding fear and joy to one I wouldn't love magenta Bursting through the morning sky Then gone until the end of day If it burned with every hour It wouldn't take my breath away So give me fog and gray sometimes To keep me grateful for the sun 'Cause if I had a perfect life I wouldn't love magenta And how I love magenta Light of Hope
Gina Boe / Benton Stokes I've heard the night is darkest just before the dawn
And in my weakest moments you would still be strong So now when I'm afraid of what I cannot see I need a glimpse of You through this uncertainty Light of hope come a break the dawn Shine your truth to this road that I am on Show my heart the way through the night of the unknown 'Til I find your mercy in a brand new day Light of hope I only need enough Lord to make it one more step Enough to be reminded You see what's ahead 'Cause I believe You know the way that's best for me And in the journey I will find You're all the hope I need Light of hope come a break the dawn Shine Your truth to this road that I am on Show my heart the way through the night of the unknown 'Til I find Your mercy in a brand new day Light of hope |
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