Jordan Mentz

Oh Lord my God may my life be a sweet aroma before you (16)
The way I live pursuing you, I long to worship you with my being (17)
There are many directions that my life could take, but you know Lord (16)
Each second I live on this earth, is precious help me not to waste it (17)

May my life reflect you every moment (10)
I want to lie down before your holy throne (11)
As I trust you with my heartache help me (10)
See that everything happens for a reason (11)

The actions of today affect who I am tomorrow (14)
But this life I ask you to use me to advance your kingdom (15)
This is my longing, that you may tell me a job well done (14)
Breathe into me your healing presence so that I may hear you (15)

This life, may it rise as incense before your throne (12)
This is the cry of my heart that I may truly know you (14)
This fragrance I offer to you is my life Lord (12)
May I know you better today I offer this second (14)

May my praise rise as a sweet aroma (10)
May my life rise as a sweet perfume (9)
An offering of love that I offer (10)
When I believe your word I truly see (10)

I place my life in Jesus’ hand as I feel His hand upon me (16)
As I walk with Him daily may I be forever changed (14)
He is holding my hand as I am resting in His promises (16)
As I am held tight, may I grab a hold of Jesus’ hand (14)

Within Jesus’ hand there are answers for me (10)
Within Jesus’ hand there is healing that flows (10)
Jesus’ hand was pierced for our sin so red (10)
Within Jesus’ hand I am accepted (10)
Because of the blood on Calvary Lord (10)
We are no longer slaves to sin death (10)

As I look for healing to flow from my wounds
Love drenches and quenches my thirst
Jesus’ hand is there to guide me
Jesus is my savior and Lord

Written while I was in Jasper on a mission project, for hurricane relief with Teen Mania.

A million questions running through my mind (11)
A million words cannot explain the need I have for you I was lost (18)
A million times, I have turned my back Lord (11)
A million seconds would never be enough time to say I love you (18)

You mean more to me than a million dollars (12)
You mean more to me than a million rubies (12)
You mean more to me than pounds of gold and silver (12)
A million times I have not gone after you (12)

I don’t need money to survive (8)
I don’t need anything this world gives me (10)
All I need is your forgiveness (8)
I can pour out millions of thoughts Lord (10)

It would never be enough to describe the passion I have for you (17)
If I had a million days, I would never cease to praise you (16)
I don’t know how to express my love for you in a million words (17)
A million times that I have sinned but your blood covers them (16)

A million ways I need you (8)
A million ways I love you (8)
A million ways to express (8)
The way that I love you Jesus (8)

There are millions of ways to learn about you (12)
And a million dimensions that you have yet to reveal (16)
A million ways to show love and affection (12)
A million steps to walk with you; a million words to say (16)

I love you today and for a million dollars I would not deny you (19)
For this world will pass away and be no more, but you are forever (17)
This day filled with millions of distractions will try to lie to me I know (19)
So many things this world tells me that will truly make me happy Lord (17)

Million

Looks of devastation upon so many faces (10)
There’s someone who cares to listen and understands (12)
Beneath the heartache that destruction brings (10)
Is a heart that’s broken so many times before (12)

The hope that has been dashed and when all seems gone (11)
There is a God that cares for me (8)
The waves are crashing this world is raining lies (11)
I don’t know how to handle this (8)

There are so many times I seem to give up hope (12)
The one who offers hope is only a prayer away (13)
Where’s the hope that comes amidst all the confusion (12)
The one who understands the pain I go through each day (13)

The winds in my life shake my foundation (10)
But you remain solid upon which I lay my life down (14)
This life is not mine but I give my all (10)
The pain this world gives me, I may find your healing hand Lord (14)

The pain I live with is so hard to understand (12)
I don’t know how all these struggles provide me with strength (13)
There is hope in the midst (6)
There’s hope for the broken (6)
Peace in confusion around me (8)

I long to see you in your glory (9)
I long for you to bring me home (8)
I long to grab a hold of your love (9)
Offer me your hand give me grace (8)

Theres hope

You remain faithful…even when I am faithless…teach me to be hopeful…when I feel so hopeless…
Everything that happens…and I seem to turn fearful…teach me oh Lord the way to live fearless…
When I start justifying…bring me to my knees…when I feel unworthy of receiving your grace…wipe these tears away…that I may see your face…as the world draws slowly…help me to turn from my sin…
again and again Lord I fall back on things that aren’t there…on my knees with my heart laid out…when I have nothing else to give…may I draw on your strength Jesus…as I rest help me never to settle for second best…when temptation comes…help me to stand…I’m asking Lord help me to pass this test…
As I’m believing…your promises are all I need…to put all my hope in…seeing you as you are…nothing hiding as I am…fully trusting that you care…knowing that you are always there…as I get help up…keep me on the right track…draw me back as hear you calling me home…in your arms I’m free…as I sleep in your presence…as I sleep in your presence…
You remain faithful

As I lay my life down at your feet
You whisper words to me oh so sweet
As I lay awake at night wondering what I did today
I need to quiet down to hear you say I love you
My eyes are shut but may my vision be fixed on you

I look around and I see all your creation
Staring, shouting, there is a God who cares for this lost generation
As lay awake looking into your eyes
Help me remember you paid the price for all my lies
Tired but I find my rest in you,

The days seem to get longer, harder
But as I look to you to entice me, they become easier
I know I am not perfect, but please help me learn from my mistakes
Mishaps happen, but You are there to rescue me when I am sick and crying
Please take my mangled life, bent and dying and replace it with a heart like yours

Pain for the lost who have never heard
A heart for the ill
For You watch them still
A mindset of suffering
Trusting you to bring me through

I lay my life down at the threshing ground
For you to scrape away all the impurities this broken heart has
Please refine me with your blood, rushing all around me with your flood
There is no place that I find more meaning, then meeting with my creator
This is where I find true healing, looking into your eyes I can see you smiling

Open up my ears to hear your whisper
It may come in a flame or a wind, but help tune my ears
As I block out every other fear
I have nothing on my own,
But as I look back at missed opportunities I’ve blown
Bring me back to the cross, where true love was shown for me

This life gets so intense with so many different things…so many different motives and intentions…these things tend to pry our focus off God, and put it on ourselves…This world is so content, saying there is no reason you need to repent…to hate others and they say we need to learn to resent…

God your ways are so much different than what the world thinks…this is a not an illusion we aren’t just seeing things…the message the world portrays to us is a watered down delusion of the truth… it matters the things we say, how we conduct ourselves today… When we live in an eternal mindset…

We are living in true freedom…living a life intensified with Jesus…I pray that you would make me so intent on keeping you first in my life…Not that I would be seen, but as others see you in my life, may you be magnified in my life…

I need you to live a life fulfilled…I need you to make me truly focused on you…
You can make me who I was meant to be…others may see how much you mean to me…
Intensify my walk with you please show me different views… People all around may hear the good news…may you use my life this offering in a way that you choose…

Intensify my walk with you…so that I may know you in a deeper way…
As I yearn to follow your precepts laid down for me…as I grow closer to my Father…teach me Lord what it means to be loved by you… As I walk in the way of righteousness, may you show me your greatness…

Show me how you plan to intensify my life…how I long to make a difference…because You’re telling me the ways of this world are wrong…So I offer you this song…may you use my life make me clean again…

Forgiveness is not a feeling…but it is rather a choice we get to make…
When we offer forgiveness…it begins a healing process…in the way we think…
It is so hard but we were forgiven for so much…and we have been hurt so many times…but God forgave us when He died on the cross…

How could this man…bear all this pain for me…died on the cross for me…
Do we need to bleed…to realize we need forgiveness…so that we may forgive…
We need to forgive even when we don’t want to… for this is what Christ is calling us to do…

Thank you Lord you forgive unconditionally…help me to do the same even when it is hard…It only hurts us when we don’t forgive…and it keeps a wall between You and me…Please God help me see if there is anything between you and me…

I need let go of all this bitterness…inside of me is getting the best of me…
When I truly forgive those who hurt me…I pray for those who have wounded me so deep…I pray that those who have wounded me that you would daily keep…As I learn the freedom that forgiveness brings…

I need to forgive…so I may grow closer God to you…Teach me how to heal, from those who’ve tried to hurt and steal… My wounded spirit I give to you, please love me as I am trying to forgive others for hurting me… I know you will hold me sustain me…I know that your strength will be more than enough for the pain that I will face, teach me the way to see your face…to love people who have hurt me to show them mercy and grace…

I feel as though my heart is ripped and torn…Relationships I thought were good and healthy…But then you showed me something better…pursuing you with my all is so much more rewarding…when I have you no one can take you away from me…Jesus is my everything…

Sometimes I feel hurt, feel abandoned feel alone…but I can’t find what I need in things of this world…for this world will always let me down…but when I seek you first you will sustain me…always be there for me…loving on me when I am lonely…you are my soul; salvation and strength…

I know when my heart feels ripped, I see this thing called sin in my life God it got you whipped…I am so sorry for the pain I have caused you with all my sin…I need you to rip out the things in my life…that cause you pain, the things that are in my life that aren’t of you…

It may hurt sometimes to let go of things that have become habits…but I know that this is what I need to do…the pain I’ve caused you hurts me so much…I want sin out of my life…please rip the sin out…because of what you did on the cross… I am no longer enslaved to the sinful man…

It is so essential to let you into my secret places…so you can rip the sin out of my life so I may let you guide me… I need to ask for healing from times I feel my heart has been stomped on…I look at your example of humbleness…and I see an attitude of brokenness…I need for you to rip away the sin from my life…please heal my heart from the relationships I have been a part of…

Please rip me from this world, wrap your healing arms around me…as you rip out the things in my life that aren’t of you…please help me to see things that aren’t of you…please heal every wound…as I look to you for words of healing…Your death has taught me how to love…

Life is raging outta my control…You Oh Lord please take my life…
That I may give the reins to You…You are my God please help me through…
It does not make sense…trying to control my own destiny…For you know I cannot live life on my own…

Outta control is my life without You…I want to give you my secrets…
Everything I have is yours…I don’t know how You do it…But please work me through it…There are so many problems I see in this world going astray…Please teach me how to show them that there is no other way…

This world is getting outta control…Please Lord keep it from crashing…
Please show me something so I know you are in control…
Kinda…sick of bein in control…because God is my guide…
I don’t know how to explain this song inside of me…I just want others to see what God has done for me…

I don’t know how I am gonna make it…Outta control I sail into the darkness…
But I know you are the giver of light…the author of my life…
Please come quickly…I give you full control…I want nothing more…My life is mine no longer…I fully surrender all I am to you…I know you can steer me in the right direction…

How Lord, do I give my life to you…and make you all I pursue…the center of all I do…
I don’t know how I am gonna do it…it will be so hard…but I wanna do it…
There is not a moment…I know where I am headed…But you know exactly where I am going with my life…