Jordan Mentz

So many places people turn to, so many
times they ask what will this do? There
are so many things in this world that have
got people singin’, but if you slow down
just to catch the cell phone ringin’
When I’ve ran out of options
get sick and tired of reading newspaper captions.
Help me understand I am the salt shaker.
When I live for you make you the center of all I do
I know you will hold me tight
so please dear Lord teach me not to fight.
When the world is shakin’ I’d best not
be fakin’, it says in your word I will not
be forsaken, for I know when the
rapture comes comes that I will be taken
You gave your son to die for me
upon the cross for all to see, when
I ask myself the question why do
my devotions, help me not listen
to my feelings and emotions and help me to always remember
you are the one who put this Earth into motion
You created the oceans, you
parted the red sea. all the while you were
thinkin’ of me. When I can not see
you grab me by the hand amidst the raging
sea. When the waves of life crush the
boat I am in I know you came to save
me from all my sins.
When my life is the pits you
will help me see where the pieces fit. When you
come back, Ya’ don’t know Jack, with
accepting You there is no turning back so
pick the Bible off your rack and
find out how you too can be
saved from death and destruction
how to survive the demolition of people
who don’t listen to the one true
source of life
When the Bible says Jesus
bought you with a price it doesn’t really
matter if you have head lice. When
the price was paid, there was no Kate Spade
the decision was made God told
Jesus the price must be paid, He died
and rose again he moved the stone from
the grave He was laid, this set up the foundation
for us to tell the nation about that Jesus
who saves
The word states it so plainly
there is one way to heaven, it also tells
us to forgive 70X7. That it is not 490
cuz if it is you’re missing the
point, Jesus is tellin’ us to forgive
unconditionally, so don’t get stuck
in the trap when He told us that
He didn’t mean literally. The
pharisees tried to trap Him
but they were shut down every
time they tried Jesus told them
just how wrong they were and there
on the spot Jesus would tell them more
I may not know how to rap
So I just put on a cap
Busy singin’ to my Lord All I want
is to be proclaiming His word. Every song
has its message good or bad does it really
matter what the lyrics say? It matters
because the message is there in your
head, song or spoken words are often
read. He died for your sins so His blood was shed
The message of the cross is a great
one that needs to be proclaimed in Jesus’ name
The lyrics of a song matter even if you say you
won’t do what they say in the song you may even
say I am that strong. Right and wrong
theres a difference What Jesus says is right
clear as day and night. You gotta live
by faith one day at a time because you don’t
know for a fact that you’ll remain intact
More saline for my contacts am I seein
this clearly this clearly this God thing is happenin’
all the time not just yearly?
When it feels Christ is all up in your grill that’s cuz He wants
you to trust His name still. Don’t steal, don’t kill, these
are two commandments he has given to us so please take a leap of faith
and learn to trust. The time is now the game is
life, this isn’t blackjack but if you don’t play your cards right, You will surely bust, trust in Jesus with all you might you will complain that you may go insane livin’ every second for selfish gain. By calling on Jesus by depending on Him, You will win in the end cuz He has already won the fight. With the end in sight, cast your yoke on Him
for His burden is light.
When Christ returns up in the
clouds, your ears may hear it cuz it’ll
be loud. When the time is right and we
need to remember it maybe 2 at night. This is not a TV show no one even
knows when Christ will come back Jack, so don’t be sacked for a loss when
the time comes you will know for a fact that it really matters now the way you act.
When Jesus comes back He will take the believers so you’d be better off not tryin’ to fake, if you don’t have Jesus you might end up in a firery lake, I tell you this cuz I realize it’s your life at stake it matters each day the choices you make
Jesus knows everything about you and me and everything we do He can see.
When we are caught in the middle wonderin’ would this be right we must always
remember He is holding us tight and every move we make is in His sight.
The world tries to tell us you’ve got to
be without sin just to get in to heaven
but Jesus is tellin’ you You just got to repent and accept
the gift that He so freely sent. I don’t need the world’s consent to tell me
How I can be me what they are missing is how to be free
You don’t need glasses to be among the masses of people
who seem to be stuck in molasses, students busy takin’ classes,
who are always askin’ for passes, the answer is Jesus so I’ll say it again.
He came to save the world from the mess it is in He came to redeem is
from this thing called sin.
The world is searchin’ let me inform of Jesus’ whole life mission,
Oh Lord please give us your vision. Jesus is on a rescue mission
but because of who He is He leaves it your decision whether to ignore Him
or let Him come into your heart for He offers a brand new start. He sees you as a
work of art, like nothing you would see in any Wal-mart. You and me are worth
more than a penny, Jesus died on the cross to buy us from sin, so if you’re on
Christ’s team you will always win.
The life Jesus offers is abundant
It is in God’s word and is fire retardant. To live forever is an offer that one can’t resist,but the choice remains yours God must exist. You may reference Him every single day, but He is calling you to use His name only when you pray. Sugar Ray won’t save the day when you wake up to a brand
new day. The way you live today matters for eternity right now and even when you’re 30.
turn gray Jesus Christ is the way He has come to save the day. He is the potter
We are His clay He is busy molding us when we do as He say.
Snoop Dogg, Vanilla Ice, Eminem all tell us in there songs to smoke big bongs
Then I look to Jesus and He says their ways are wrong, so I have written this
song void of foul language, dirty messages can not be found this song offers a fresh
new sound about this guy named Jesus who simply astounds.

Some types people like working behind the scenes so that everyone won’t notice them but their contributions are noticed by all. Sometimes people who work behind the scenes, don’t even want to get recognized. Some times people who seem to do the least, actually do the things no one else wants to do. This is the story of how I feel about my band ELF. I know I can’t sing, and I may be able to learn guitar but it isn’t about me at all. As a good friend of mine told me, “Jordan thankyou so much for writing the lyrics for the band.” This is something God has really laid on my heart to write lyrics. Not so much to be noticed because that isn’t what I want to happen at all. I write lyrics because I want to IMPACT the world with Christ’s message. I don’t care if I can’t sing, I don’t want everyone to notice me. I want to proclaim Christ to the world and since people obviously listen to the lyrics that is what they start singing. It is not only them singing the lyrics to the songs write, but they may be absorbing the messages that I put into my lyrics. I put a ton of prayer into each song and even two nights ago, I couldn’t get back to sleep but I felt awake and energetic and I felt the Holy Spirit inspiring me to write the song “Nothing is Impossible” and the poem How can I? at 3:30am and 4:00am. I am pretty sure the fact I felt refreshed, I am almost positive God is going to use the lyrics I write to bring glory to Him. I mean I wrote a song called Beanie Babies, and that reminds me of Chris Rice’s song Cartoons. I need to keep praying and I definately need you to pray for me to not only hit my senior year hard but also that God would take my heart for Him and my friends who love writing music, but aren’t very fond of writing lyrics, and turn them into songs that bring all the glory back to Him. Like even when you ask a teenager who plays a song, they will give you the band who sings it, which helps me out aton because I don’t want to take any credit for the lyrics I write, but if ELF does then ok. I think God is going to be glorified no matter what becomes of this. I have written so many songs and now I actually have a binder so I can keep all of them organized and in one place.

Jeremiah 29:11
Psalm 138:7-8

Lord you know everything there is to know about me open up my eyes so I can see you as you really are.

Chorus: O Lord you know when I wake up and when I fall asleep. You knew me Your eyes saw my unformed body, you knit me together in my mother’s womb. Lord before a word is on my tongue, you know it completely. I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made, when I was woven together in the depths of the Earth, Your eyes saw my unformed body.

Verse 1: All the days ordained for me were written down in your book before one of them came to be. For I know the Lord will fufill his purpose for me, “For I know the plans I have for you” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope

Chorus:

Verse 2: Though I walk in the midst of trouble you preserve my life; You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes, with your right hand you save me.

So many people do things without thinking (10)
about the example that they are setting (10)
The truth is others watch us as Christians (10)
more than we may realize, but help us use (10)
that opportunity to evangelize, (10)
to show others what you’ve given unto us (10)

Chorus: When we live our daily lives others are always watching (14)
whether you like it or not the best way to show others (14)
truth is to live it everyday and to walk with Jesus (14)

Verse 1: How we act when we are alone is a measure of integrity (15)
and builds character; when we do whats right. While walking with Jesus is (17)
never easy, it is still important in reaching all my friends. (16)

Verse 2: When we live our lives the way you intended for us to live, (15)
when we follow in Your steps, we are actively showing others (15)
the gift of life you give. (6)

Chorus:

Verse 3: The most effective way to show others (10)
the only way to live is to live it out every single day. (16)
To live the way you want us to live is never a cakewalk (15)
but it is the only way to show others we don’t just talk (15)
the talk but we also walk the walk. (9)

Chorus:

Verse 4: You’re calling us to something higher than the standard the world sets. (16)
You’re calling us to run a different race; a race in which you have set the pace. (18)
Won’t you please show us how to run with perseverance the race marked out for us. (19)

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Verse 5: No matter what we do, please help us run it first by you (14)
because you are our perfect example and anything that (14)
doesn’t match up with you not setting the bar higher but it is keeping (17)
us on the same level as the other nonbelievers and we (12)

cannot effectively witness if we are not constantly walking the way you want us to, (19)
we are only talking and wasting other’s time if we don’t do what you say. (18)
If our actions don’t back up all we do and say (12)
since we love God let us show others the way we live our lives and show them (18)
the way to live instead of just telling others the way to live. (16)

When our hearts are pure we can come and meet with you. It is when I feel deserted when you want to meet with me.

Chorus:
I am crying out to you and you are constantly longing to meet me where I’m at, no matter what the need may be. You are calling to meet me when the road gets cloudy you will guide me and meet me on the other side, for your arms are open wide. For my sins is why you died and you love me so much that you did it just for me.

Verse 1:
You meet me when I need a comforter, You seek me when I seem unloveable. You find me when I feel most lost, You get a hold of me when no one else can just look at Daniel and the lions den. You wake me up with tragedies, when I feel most distant you bring me to my knees. When I feel no one cares and no one ever talks to me, I know you are the only one who can seem to get through to me. You are my strength when I feel weak, You alone I long to seek.

Verse 2: When I feel sick and I want everything to freeze, it is then I feel you healing me from every known disease. You know me and want to meet with me, please show yourself to others so that they can be free. When I am at the bottom of the valley, trusting you with all my strength is always key. When I wander from your path of truth, you bring me back without knocking out my tooth. The Bible is your way of communicating to us on Earth, when we pray to you remind us just how much we’re worth.

I thank you for loving me in such a way that only you can love me. And I can rest assured, Chorus: that nothing will separate me from you love, even if I wonder where you have gone, if I feel far from you I know it’s my fault, because you are constantly chasing after me. You’re always telling me where I should go because my plan is probably different than yours, and how you love me unconditionally, even in my hard times, you will be close by my side, even when the obstacle is big you are bigger than anything I could ever imagine. If time are hard you don’t disappear, but you are constantly drawing me near. I need to witness to my friends but how can I? If you give me the words to say, I need your hand to guide me, and I ask if there is anything I need to change?

Let us not grow weary and lose heart as we run the race marked out before us. Let us run the race with perseverance and the sin that so easily entangles.

Chorus: Let us fix our eyes upon Jesus the author and perfector of our faith who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning it’s shame and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Verse 1:
Let us consider him who endured such opposition from sinful man so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

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Verse 2:
God disciplines those he loves he loans and he disciplines us for our own good that we may share in his holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

Chorus:
Endure hardships as discipline; God is treating you like sons. Do not lose heart when he rebukes you and punishes everyone he accepts as sons.