Jordan Mentz

PreChorus:
I have pursued other things, and drifted away from my first love
I didn’t want to cheat on you with the things this world offers
I know I have but I want to come back and give you my all
I anticipate the day I will be united with my Bridegroom

Chorus:
I come running down the aisle
I’ve been waiting for the day where I can see my maker
I know that I am dirty, but you have made me clean
I know you have died for your children

Verse 1:
To be running with my savior
Eating the bread of life
Drinking the wine of my lover
Tasting the fellowship that he wants us to have with him

Verse 2:
Trying to figure out the passion you have for me
Wanting to find out the mystery how you bring serenity in the midst of my distractions
I want to spend the time of my life living for you,
Until I come running down the aisle, and get to embrace you.

Who I am is who you created me to be
but so many times I care what others see
I don’t really care what the world thinks
Because I know who I am to you,
I love my father and won’t trade it for anything
Who I am doesn’t change what I am to you
I want to be different, to be a difference maker
Then I ask you to help me take a stand
I didn’t want to stay silent
As I sing to you a different song
I know that I am your’s but do I act like you are mine
I try so hard to show a face of love
while hurting on the inside
With everything I do, I want to breathe life
Even though I offered you three nails,
you offered me your life, and you rewarded me with salvation
Calvary spoke volumes to me, because I see who I am to you
Who I am doesn’t change the fact of what I think I am
Who I am to you doesn’t falter with the decisions that I make
You would still love me, for who I am because you are my creator.

Inspired by Leeland off “Let it out Now” off the album “Opposite Way”

Tell you what you wanna hear…I just thought my life was perfect…
Then I met you…I found out my life was different…
The person you portrayed to the world…was not the same person…
I saw when I first told you my name…I felt so distant, because you kept me away…

Tell you what you want to hear…knowing all you needed to hear…wasn’t what you wanted…
It hurts when somebody calls you a fake…I tried to tell you, for your own sake…
I saw through the lies you wanted the world to believe…I won’t tell anybody, but people will find out…
So hard to speak the truth to someone that you love…even if it means will be breaking their heart…

Can you try to be real…So you stay the same no matter how you feel…
I wanted to give myself to you…because I thought you would remain true…
Then I saw something…I realized that it was a different you…
You have broken my heart with your sin…spit in my saviors face and did it again…

Have you realized that…there is a savior that loves you…
Bled on the cross, and took the fall…risked it all and took the fall for you…
I tried to tell you but you wanted something else…you told me you wanted to live your life…
I backed up, and gave you your space…I then I came back and let you know about his saving grace…

When more people hear about Coke…Then the person who saved my life…
This is a sad statistic…You need to realize that we promote our products…
More than the one who saved the world…A world full of marketing schemes…
I didn’t want to tell you…that this is the way things are…because it hurt so much to say…

Have you imagined…a world that promotes Christ…More than it trying to spread their name…
Would this world ever be the same…If the Christians would step out and speak truth…
Instead of hearing something, and then shy away…because it is out of our comfort zone…
I want to make a stand…I want to share with the world…the love that has consumed me…

If the people are afraid to step out…of our comfort zones and love…
the same people God loves we can’t hate…they were died for too…
I think so many times…we see people and turn the other way…
When he he tells us to turn the other cheek…Why are we like the rest…

I don’t like the way the world works…because I see they are broken…
I know I can’t see the effects…of my God working in people’s hearts…
I want to take a stand…for something bigger than myself…
I want to let go and let God…give him back the things I have kept from him…

Inspired by Ajai Lall’s Sermon “Call for Extremism”, preached on 4/20/08

There he is walking by the river…its just him and his savior…
on a cold winter’s night…standing on the edge of a bridge…not wanting to end it…
Looking at the water…trying to see his own reflection…
Looking in the mirror…there he is…a man standing next to him…
I didn’t know who it was…but he placed his hand on my shoulder…
He told me that He knew me…I wanted to believe Him…but I could not remember…

Walking around my room trying to understand…the events that happened during the day…
Thinking to myself…if I really knew Him…why didn’t I recognize Him…
It had been so long…then it finally struck me…that He was my creator…
I had been lost…for so long that I forgot the feeling…astray without a master…
I laid my head down and prayed…asking him to show himself again…
Had it been a dream…that I was walking with my maker…just me and Him that night…

As I went to bed…I closed my eyes and prayed…drifting into a sub conscious state of mind…
He gently spoke to me…told me it wasn’t a dream…
That he was there all along…but I didn’t take time to notice…I wanted another chance to see him…
He touched my face and lifted my chin…looked deep into my eyes…told me that he loved me…
I asked him why he died in my place…he showed me his scars and let me put my fingers there…
He told me that he was thinking of me…when he was on the tree…that night on Calvary…

As I woke up I wanted to go walking…because I just might see him and say there he is…
I had so much to tell him…about the dream that I had…about him walking beside me…
He repeated what he told me in the dream…that he had been there all along…
I realized that He already knew…all that was on my heart…and I wanted to hear him speak…
Standing in the silence of another starry night…I thought I heard a whisper…
There he was…standing next to me…telling me that he loved me…and was with me all along…

Sometimes I forget how precious I am to you
There are trials in my life that change my view of reality
I sometimes ride a rollercoaster of emotions, leaving me dizzy and looking for something more
My circumstances are constantly changing around me,
My perception of you sometimes is as wavy as the ocean around me

I know how precious I am to you, but then I seem to forget it too,
I understand you came to die on the cross, because you love me
I want to be somethiing to you, and even though I know that I will be
Feelings so many times seem to guide my mind and doesn’t change reality
Somedays I know your near to me, but others I stray so far away

You are longing for me to come back to you
And my heart is aching because I know I miss you
But my actions lately, have spoken otherwise
So many things that I want to change, but you are the only one who can change what’s inside
I need a change of heart, and I am in need of a brand new start

You gave me grace, when I spit in your face
You love me unconditionally, when my love for you sometimes based on situations
Needing your hand to guide me, but refusing to reach out and take it
The world is hurting, but who will tell them about how precious they are to you if I don’t
I want to tell, but first I need to make things right with you.

Inspired by Rick Stump’s Song “This is Love” off the Album “Mission to find me”.

I want to fight for the broken
I want to fight the battle for those who are too weak to fight
I will fight for my beliefs, if it means I can show the world love
I want to draw my sword and fight off the schemes of the devil

A great day for a warrior to draw his sword and fight
To put on the armor of God, and walk humbly in the truth
I want to take a stand for the homeless
I want to tell the world about a comforter for the needy

So many people have their hearts wrapped up in bondage
Longing, hoping, yearning to be free someday
You offer them hope for a future, a promise of new life
Your love will set them free, and let them live free

There are many times when I see people crying
Turn and walk the other way, not caring they are dying,
But I am asking you to help me see what it means to be your warrior
To help set the lost ones free.

What is America that you would bless it?
Why is does everyone see America as the bad guys?
Is it because they are so distant from their roots?
I want to make a difference but I know God will
When people think of America, all they see is religious hypocrites
Why is the church broken in America,
When will you say enough is enough
To see you in your glory
To see you in your majesty
I am not sayin’ that I am perfect
But as a sinner longing to be free
A once prodigal son returning home
I can feel you moving in my life,
Can others see the same?
Have we strayed from your path that we forgot what the way back
I am giving you this heart, and asking you to come back

Inspired by Chris Tomlin’s song “America” off the album “The noise we make”.

I keep trying to make sense of the world today
Trying to show others that I mean what I say
I want to show the world Jesus is the way
The message that I preach in my song
Can show you right from wrong
I know with the world telling you you gotta’ live strong
What does it mean to be a Christ follower
With so many people today, their walk couldn’t be shallower
I am not trying to say that I am perfect, but I know the man who is
Walking the walk is not as easy as one may be led to think
This life like the Titanic is beginning to sink

Grab a life boat a hold of the real sin Savior
The message that I speak of requires a drastic change in behavior
If you want to get up and walk away from sin
Not sayin’ you won’t fall down again
I am telling you to listen
Try to explain the message of salvation
So simple yet so complex, yet so freeing it can feed a starvin’ nation
I want you to hear me, asking God to open up your eyes and free you from a life of lies
I know that He hears us when we cry
Then why you askin’ what makes you so fly
Emotions sometimes grip us and we seem to try this life on our own
Often ignoring the love that you’ve shown

On the cross he died for you and me,
Up on Calvary for all to see
Trying to comprehend
Why time was suspended
You rose from the dead and told me to come
You told me that you died for me
You came to save the world, to set the captives free
I can’t fathom  love bein’  more than just what you feel
and yet so freeing you told me to keep it real.

You have shown me what it means to live
A life of freedom a life with a purpose
I tried to let you know that my life was a wreck
You told me you would lift me up when I hit the deck
I was drowning in the sea of doubt

Not thinking any one could save me, I was down and out
There is one God in whom you should trust
He’ll remove from your bein’ your greed and your lust

Do you realize this story can become a reality
all you have to do is believe and he will save you from fatality
I really didn’t know what it meant to be saved
Then I found what all my life I had craved
One savior, one God, one reality, one mission, one view of the earth
One way, one salvation, one cross, one second birth
How could I realize that I had been so blind
to the truth, trusting in other things to help me unwind

I wanted to learn from my mistakes
Look at the world I see a whole bunch of fakes
Have you ever wondered if there is a God who cares
A God who loves you if you may dare
To believe in Him in the death and resurrection
Remember the church full of persecution
If you don’t believe me its there in the Word
Jesus took the fall for all of man’s sins and Peter the sword

How many times must I forgive my brother
Take a slap on the cheek and turn the other
Jesus told me to love my enemies and pray for those who curse you
With that being said what’s the least you can do
He gave you His life, and wants to be yours
The only one who doesn’t care if you do all your chores
We must love one another and show His love to all
That is what He wants that is our call

How many times have you stumbled
Only to look ahead and see your whole life has crumbled
Broken down with my face on the ground
Crying myself to sleep when no one is around
I didn’t know what it means to be called His own Son
When I get to heaven I hope to hear the words job well done.

Joined as one and beckoned to come
At the cross He called me, when I thought I was scum
I wanted to be there and ask Him why can’t life be fair
Only to show me 3 nail marks later that he cares
He called us to life different than the others
You hear me homie g’s my soul brothers?

Been trying so hard…to find someone that wouldn’t break my heart again…
Crying beneath the blankets…trying to make sure I don’t get hurt again…
What can I do…When all my hope is lost…When I feel a pain much too familiar…
Holding onto what I knew…wouldn’t last for more than a while…

I am giving you my broken heart…all the shattered things of my yester-years…
Asking you to wipe away my tears…A grace so sufficient to calm my fears…
I tried to find the one…who would be there for me…
Now that I’ve found you…I know that I have everything I need to not be hurt again…

Trying to figure out the reason…that you are in charge of the changing seasons…
Not getting anywhere…but falling more in love with you…
More intrigued by the mystery…That you died to give me life…
I wanted to let someone close…I know that you are with me…

I seem to fall so many times…for girls who have just enough of me…to break my heart…
I wear my heart on my sleeve…because i didn’t want anyone to be deceived…
Now I realize that all this would be easier…if I just would’ve trusted you…
I don’t want to give up on love altogether…I just want to go through this life together…