Jordan Mentz

The night is cold and my heart seems just as dark at times
I want to come out into the open but I’ve got so many secrets that are hidden
To keep living a private life with a darkened sense of reality
I’ve wanted to live a life in the light of my savior,
Closing my eyes, crying myself to sleep because my secrets aren’t surprises to you

I don’t know why it feels so good to keep living my double life
Putting up a front, like a wall that protects me
In the end the only one that is hiding is me
From the light that frees me, from the son who loves me
I know that he loves me, but its hard for me to see that when I am in the dark

I have found someone who will hold me through the tough times
I long to come back like the one lost sheep gone astray
I know that God will find me, and bring me to the light
Nothing is hidden from my God, so I want to live in the light
No more using darkness to hide me, and pretending that it doesn’t matter.

Inspired by Rick Stump off the song “Daylight coming” off the Album “Mission to find me.”

Pre Chorus:
Only in America would we say that there is no one needing salvation
And only in America would we evangelize to our people and would let the world fall
How then can we read what Jesus tells us in His Holy word
Then turn around and ignore the very thing He has called us to do?

Chorus:
The harvest is ripe but the workers are few and while Christ was on the cross He was thinking of you.
God has given us His message for us to obey
And yet so many people say I’ll tell them some other day
Is this the attitude of a servant of the call who gives up His life for another and lets Jesus do it all.

Verse 1:
Who will tell the nations about what God did for them
Who will stand up for the faith even if it may cost them all they have
God is calling us as His workers to answer the call
I cannot watch this world taking yet another fall

Verse 2:
The harvest is ready but they do not know for what
People to tell them about the life transforming message the gospel of the cross
It is not our own as many think it is, but it is God working through us that brings
honor and glory to His name.

Inspired by Jesse’s post about how ripe the harvest is in Kenya.
Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.
Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” Matt 9:37-38 (NIV)

Pre Chorus:
If I laid my life down before as an open book
And let you author every word that was written
Would my life be different than if I tried to hide
Some of my darkest secrets from the one who created me

Chorus:
I lay my life as an open book before you
I am asking for you to reveal to me the things I have hidden from you for so long
I want you to take the pen from my hand and I want to let you write your plan
Within the empty pages I need you to tell your story of your faithfulness

Verse 1:
If you gave me every word would I really write it right
Would I tremble with the pen and would it really be what you want
If I gave you the pen and let you write my life, then I would
Have nothing to worry about and I could rest in peace

Verse 2:
I lay before you my life as an empty book waiting for you to write the story
Of what you’ve done in my life, nothing I have written is worth anything in light of what you gave me on the day of salvation
If I gave you the writing quill, would I learn to trust you still or would I take the pen back and try to write my life myself?

Inspired by the song “I know You’re Calling” by Jeremy Camp on the Album “Burden Me”

Pre Chorus:
I bow down before your throne
I raise my head and touch your robe
I have been redeemed and am free
I can worship with all of me

Chorus:
My hands were clasped as if your arms were around me
Tears flowing down my face
Singing words of forgiveness, words of grace
I sang with all I had, because You are all I have

Verse 1:
When I know you are listening, everything else fades away
I don’t care how I may look to others
It’s just you and me in the throne room
I have been woven inside the womb.

Verse 2:
I worship you with all I am
You have been my strength
My feet cannot stand still because of the overwhelming joy
I don’t want to suppress it any longer

Inspired by Leeland “You’ve Stolen My heart” Dedicated to Hannah Wyatt after encouraging me to worship with my entire heart on Thursday night.

The night is cold and my heart seems just as dark at times
I want to come out into the open but I’ve got so many secrets that are hidden
To keep living a private life with a darkened sense of reality
I’ve wanted to live a life in the light of my savior,
Closing my eyes, crying myself to sleep because my secrets aren’t surprises to you

I don’t know why it feels so good to keep living my double life
Putting up a front, like a wall that protects me
In the end the only one that is hiding is me
From the light that frees me, from the son who loves me
I know that he loves me, but its hard for me to see that when I am in the dark

I have found someone who will hold me through the tough times
I long to come back like the one lost sheep gone astray
I know that God will find me, and bring me to the light
Nothing is hidden from my God, so I want to live in the light
No more using darkness to hide me, and pretending that it doesn’t matter.

Inspired by Rick Stump off the song “Daylight coming” off the Album “Mission to find me.”