Hallow the Name - ZionSong (HD)

Worshipping the LORD this morning with this song. Old school, but I'm an old dude, so it's okay!

You Rescued Me - video demo & lead sheet

You Rescued Me (lead sheet)

Thank You, Lord, for Your desire to rescue and redeem us!

1. Thank You for Your kindness

Thank You for forgiveness

Thank You for salvation, You rescued me

Thank You for Your patience

Thank You for Your mercy

Thank You for salvation, You rescued me.

Bound in chains, deepest gloom, That dark, solitary room

Locked in a prison house of sin, ‘Til your mighty love broke in.

From my pain, From my fears, from the shame of wasted years

Now I’m free, free to stand, I surrender to Your plan.

2. Thank You for Your beauty

Thank You for Your favor

Thank You for salvation, You rescued me

Thank You for Your tough love

Thank You for persisting

Thank You for salvation, You rescued me.

Bound in chains, deepest gloom, That dark, solitary room

Locked in a prison house of sin, ‘Til your mighty love broke in.

From my pain, From my fears, from the shame of wasted years

Now I’m free, free to stand, I surrender to Your plan.

3. Thank You for Your promise

Thank You for Your healing

Thank You for salvation, You rescued me

Thank You for a family

Thank You for a future

Thank You for salvation, You rescued me!

You Rescued Me

The verses of this song have been kicking around in my head for a long time.

Finally able to add a verse and finish it this morning.

I'm so grateful for a persistent God whose love is so deep that He seeks us out

and rescues us, again and again.

Look for a lead sheet and demo video soon. Thanks!

1. Thank You for Your kindness

Thank You for forgiveness

Thank You for salvation, You rescued me

Thank You for Your patience

Thank You for Your mercy

Thank You for salvation, You rescued me.

Bound in chains, deepest gloom, That dark, solitary room

Locked in a prison house of sin, ‘Til your mighty love broke in.

From my pain, From my fears, from the shame of wasted years

Now I’m free, free to stand, I surrender to Your plan.

2. Thank You for Your beauty

Thank You for Your favor

Thank You for salvation, You rescued me

Thank You for Your tough love

Thank You for persisting

Thank You for salvation, You rescued me

Bound in chains, deepest gloom, That dark, solitary room

Locked in a prison house of sin, ‘Til your mighty love broke in.

From my pain, From my fears, from the shame of wasted years

Now I’m free, free to stand, I surrender to Your plan.

3. Thank You for Your promise

Thank You for Your healing

Thank You for salvation, You rescued me

Thank You for a family

Thank You for a future

Thank You for salvation, You rescued me.

(finished May 25, 2015)

Copyright - Gary L. Hicks 2015

Footprints (Rob Atkins)

tune: Londonderry Air (O Danny Boy)

Rob is a new friend from Wales, a pastor, songwriter and musician.
Thanks Rob!

Upon the shore I walked with him at even
And I looked back upon the path we'd trod
And in the sand I traced our way at even
And I was glad I'd walked through life with God,
For side by side we'd journeyed through together
All through the world's wide wilderness of care
And side by side we'd journeyed through to even:
Safe at his side the Lord my God had brought me here.

But in my joy I caught a strain of sadness
To give me pause when thinking of my way
For on the shore I saw he'd left me lonely
When I had most the need of him to stay:
When I was tried he'd left me worn and wandering,
He'd left me lone when I was fighting fears,
He'd let me tread the steepest slopes in solitude
Before he came back to my side to dry my tears.

But then the Lord drew near to me in comfort
And in his tenderness he made it plain
That in the times when dread and darkness threatened
He was my shield and shelter from the pain:
For on his shoulders he was gently bearing
And on his shoulders I from harm was free:
The single trace of footprints of the master,
The single trace of footprints shows he carried me.

So on the shore I walk with him at even:
I face the latter days of life secure,
For if my pilgrimage reserves me sorrow
The footprints show that he is strong and sure:
If I am near the gates if heaven weary,
No longer strong enough to stride alone,
The footprints show that he is there to carry me,
The footprints show the Lord my God will bear me home.

The Solid Rock (new tune)

(Edward Mote / Gary Hicks)
Lead Sheet (pdf) available on request.

Where do you find your hope?

1. My hope is built on nothing less

Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness

I dare not trust the sweetest frame

But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.

2. When darkness veils His lovely face

I rest on His unchanging grace

In every high and stormy gale

My anchor holds within the veil

3. His oath, His covenant, His blood

Support me in o’er whelming floods

When all about my soul gives way

He then is all my hope and stay.

4. When He shall come with trumpet sound,

Oh, may I then in Him be found

Dressed in His righteousness alone

Faultless to stand before the throne.

ON CHRIST THE SOLID ROCK I STAND

MY LIFE, MY HOPE IS IN HIS HANDS

ON CHRIST THE SOLID ROCK I STAND

ALL OTHER GROUND IS SINKING SAND.

In the Cross

words & music by Gary Hicks

(lead sheet available on request)

May 21, 2013

1. Thank You for Your kindness

Thank You for forgiveness

Thank You for salvation

You rescued me

Thank You for Your patience

Thank You for Your mercy

Thank You for salvation

You rescued me.

I will sing of grace amazing

I will sing of love come down

I will sing of death’s undoing

I will make a joyful sound…

IN THE CROSS, IN THE CROSS

ALL MY YEARNING, ALL MY PLEA

IN THE CROSS, IN CHRIST JESUS

ALL MY WONDER, ALL I NEED.

2. Thank You for Your promise

Thank You for Your healing

Thank You for salvation

You rescued me

Thank You for a family

Thank You for a future

Thank You for salvation

You rescued me.

I will sing of grace amazing

I will sing of love come down

I will sing of death’s undoing

I will make a joyful sound…

IN THE CROSS, IN THE CROSS

ALL MY YEARNING, ALL MY PLEA

IN THE CROSS, IN CHRIST JESUS

ALL MY WONDER, ALL I NEED.

Beaubassin Take Deux

Let's take another stab at a remake 
of the old folk song AURA LEE.
Imagine it as an uptempo bluegrass number, 
with a tempo of 90 beats per minute.
With this second revision of the lyrics, 
it should now be usable as a new Canadian folk song.
Beaubassin was an Acadian community 
on the Isthmus of Chignecto, 
in present-day Nova Scotia.

BEAUBASSIN

Hear the distant whistle blow, See the morning dew

Though my home is far away, here I am with you.

Gannets linger near the shore, will they fly away?

Here we are at Beaubassin, shall we greet the day?

When my heart is sad and blue, burdened and distressed

Then I hear your loving words, and I am at rest

Speak again, speak, my love, as in olden days

Cheer my fainting, weary soul, fill my lips with praise.

Hear the distant whistle blow, See the sun go down

We are still at Beaubassin, sleepy little town

Day is done, day is done, supper time is through

Though my home is far away, I am here with you.

words by Gary Hicks

to the tune “Aura Lee” by George Poulton (nineteenth century)