Dearest Lord, You've called us here, And opened up Your heart. O the joy to hear Your call And enter in the Ark. Saving us from day to day O Lord, this is Your way. In Yourself we stay afloat, Above this wicked age today.
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Dearest Lord, You've
Bm
called us here,
And
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opened up Your
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heart.
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O the joy to
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hear Your call
And
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enter in the
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Ark.
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Saving us from
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day to day
O
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Lord, this is Your
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way.
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In Yourself we
Bm
stay afloat,
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bove this wicked
A
age to
D-D7
day.
Thank You Lord, in Your eyes we find grace, And with open hearts we come to You. Regardless what our friends might say to us or do, O Lord Jesus, we love You.
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Thank You
A
Lord, in Your
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eyes we find
Bm
grace,
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And with open
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hearts we come to
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You.
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Regardless
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what our friends might
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say to
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us or
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do,
G-Em
O Lord
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Jesus,
A7
we love
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You.
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Seeking of this age to taste, And of it have a part. If we only knew, dear Lord, The ways we grieve Your heart. We would come and turn to You With a repenting heart, And would give ourselves to be With you, O Lord, inside the Ark.
Seeking of this age to taste,
And of it have a part.
If we only knew, dear Lord,
The ways we grieve Your heart.
We would come and turn to You
With a repenting heart,
And would give ourselves to be
With you, O Lord, inside the Ark.
D
Seeking of this
Bm
age to taste,
And
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of it have a
A
part.
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If we only
Bm
knew, dear Lord,
The
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ways we grieve Your
A
heart.
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We would come and
Bm
turn to You
With
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a repenting
A
heart,
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And would give
Bm
ourselves to be
With
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you, O Lord,
A
inside the
D-D7
Ark.
Thank You Lord, in Your eyes we find grace, And with open hearts we come to You. Regardless what our friends might say to us or do, O Lord Jesus, we love You.
G
Thank You
A
Lord, in Your
D
eyes we find
Bm
grace,
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And with open
A
hearts we come to
D-D7
You.
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Regardless
A
what our friends might
D
say to
A
us or
Bm-D
do,
G-Em
O Lord
A
Jesus,
A7
we love
G-D
You.
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Praise You Lord, we're safe in You; Outside death-waters pour. Many things that I once loved Are on the ocean floor. Keep us open to You Lord, Don't let us miss the mark. Hallelujah, praise the Lord, We're here within the church, the Ark.
Praise You Lord, we're safe in You;
Outside death-waters pour.
Many things that I once loved
Are on the ocean floor.
Keep us open to You Lord,
Don't let us miss the mark.
Hallelujah, praise the Lord,
We're here within the church, the Ark.
D
Praise You Lord, we're
Bm
safe in You;
G
Outside death-waters
A
pour.
D
Many things that
Bm
I once loved
Are
G
on the ocean
A
floor.
D
Keep us open
Bm
to You Lord,
Don't
G
let us miss the
A
mark.
D
Hallelujah,
Bm
praise the Lord,
We're
G
here within the
A
church, the
D-D7
Ark.
Thank You Lord, in Your eyes we find grace, And with open hearts we come to You. Regardless what our friends might say to us or do, O Lord Jesus, we love You.
Don't be complicated with our way to love the Lord. Be simple to love the Lord. Regardless what our friends might say to us or do, O LORD JESUS WE LOVE YOU :) :)
Because of a fall retreat I just came back from, I have a new appreciation of this song. During the retreat, the main topic was Noah and the ark, and we discussed how the ark signifies the church, and how everything outside is just of the world.
The lines, "O the joy to hear Your call
And enter in the Ark.
Saving us from day to day
O Lord, this is Your way."
Just show us how precious the ark and the church is, how we need to be saved from day to day.
Another aspect that was discussed was the matter of the raven and the dove: both were part of the ark, but once released, the dove came back, but the raven disappeared, most likely to eat of the dead carcasses, symbolizing the things of the world.
The beginning of the second stanza:
"Seeking of this age to taste,
And of it have a part.
If we only knew, dear Lord,
The ways we grieve Your heart."
We should not be "seeking of this age," eating of the things of the world like the raven: we should be like the dove, who always returns to the ark.