Jordan Mentz

Pre Chorus:
This world is a scary place to live and I have been trying to escape it for so long
I try to stay inside my own little world because I am scared of what may happen
I don’t want to let anyone in on the secrets of life because I am afraid they won’t listen
So I ask myself the question am I hiding the answers I’ve found in you

Chorus:
Am I hiding from reality so I won’t hurt anymore
Am I hiding the truth because I don’t know that others will accept it
I will come out of hiding in this world of fantasy that I created
I will come out and let the world know the creator of the real world not make believe

Verse 1: I will not try to hide from the fears that have hindered me
From being the person you created me to be
I will face the fears because I have your power
I know you will cast out any spirit of fear

Verse 2:
Am I hiding because I don’t want to see the hurt
Am I hiding because I don’t want to defend the truth
Am I going to let the world fall because I am too afraid to tell them the truth
I am going to take a stand for the word of God and I will not back down

Pre Chorus:
Friendship is tender and I will do anything and everything to bring glory to God through it
I will sit in a car and let the Spirit work because anything I would’ve said would not have come out right
I have seen many friendships go up in flames because God was not the focus
So many times I wish I had been more careful and realize what God means to me

Chorus:
Friendships are a gift from the Lord and I want to be a part of as many friendships as He chooses to bless me with
I don’t know why God gave me so many friendships, but I sing because I am thankful
You never know when people will need your presence, opinion or advice but I want to be there.
Friendship is something I will protect and with Christ in the center no one can destroy
I will do whatever is needed including making myself vulnerable if it means I can grow

Verse 1:
I admit I am a sinner in need of forgiveness but I realize God forgave me
I cannot see how Christ gave His life for me so He could know me as a friend
So please Lord make me into the friend that you are and teach me to sacrifice it all
There are many times there are times I feel awkward but through the awkward times I see what you have done for me.

Verse 2:
I want my friendships to grow because I know I can’t do it on my own
I can see friendships as a gift of God to me and I want to protect them with everything
I need to find myself within your arms and I know I need your blessing on this gift you gave to me

Pre Chorus:
If I had to lay my life down for the sake of a friend
If I was hurt for the sake of a friendship
I cannot believe the things I have learned through this awkward stage
God is really working in my life and I want to share how

Chorus:
Could you lay your pride down just to pray for others
Would you go for broke just to watch God do a work
Would you leave it all behind just to watch a friendship thrive
I would and I can say I did because I want to see God glorified

Verse 1:
I laid myself down to put others first and I am so thankful I did
I am not telling you this just so I could brag
I want to see a friendship grow and other things seem to take a backseat
I would do anything for you and it doesn’t matter if I feel awkward because God will use me

Verse 2:
If I cry because I am filled with joy because I see a friendship
A friendship that is faith based and Christ centered
I feel privileged because I have had a part and I didn’t say a word but I kept my mouth shut and let God speak amidst the awkward silence

Written about a road trip to Missouri from TX. I was sitting in the backseat and this is written form my perspective and a friend

Pre Chorus:
Telling you what you want to hear is easy
But telling you the truth sometimes hurts
There is a sinful nature inside each and everyone of us
I am not going to lie but you’re going to die

Chorus:
Get lost I don’t need you anymore because God has redeemed me
I am covered by the blood of my loving Savior and He is holding me
Get lost and get out of my life because I live for someone greater
Get lost and I want you to fry and stop messing with my mind

Verse 1:
I am claiming what is true about who I am in Christ
I am no longer listening to the lies of the evil one
As I realize that I am more than a conqueror in Christ
I have put my foot down and said I will take a stand

Verse 2:
So the flesh inside of me is crucified because of the one who died for me
I no longer am a slave to my own desires even when I mess up
They do not define me they cannot contain me because of the freedom
God has given me Get lost because I stand delivered from the grasp of the sinful man

Pre chorus: There are days when I ask is this all there is to life Am I alive for a purpose or am I just wasting my breath Other days I know I have a purpose bigger than what I can see I look to you for answers and I have truly found what I’ve been looking for

Chorus: Your presence is better than life and I long to live by your grace each day I know that the way you offer to me is better than this life I just wanna say how thankful I am for this life you’ve given me I know life is a privilege you have given to me someone you’ve created me to be

Verse 1: Your touch is better than this life I live And all to you I freely give my life I want to live this life knowing there is someplace better being prepared for me I don’t want to waste these precious moments you’ve given me on earth I want my life to forcefully advance your kingdom

Verse 2: I don’t know how to explain the feeling when others come into the kingdom When people realize that there is a life better than the one they are living Better than this life someone may think is impossible but you tell us That there is something better on the other side of eternity

Pre Chorus:
I know I am undeserving and I’m starving for the truth
I cannot understand the love you have shown me on the cross
Finding my value in something other than myself by being a servant
In a world that tries to tell me I am worth nothing but what others say

Chorus:
I don’t know why you chose to love me
I don’t know why you chose to call me your own
I cannot understand everything that you have given me
Even when I turn away from you you love me anyway

Verse 1:
To this world the concept to live you must die sounds crazy and absurd
Even when I don’t know why I will believe your word
There are many questions I want to ask you like why did you die for me
Was it really because you created me to live free

Verse 2:
I don’t know why the first shall be last but I have learned to trust
When I don’t know why you created your son to die
I believe in you in Jesus and I want to glorify your name
And proclaim your majesty to the ends of the earth

Pre chorus:
I have been reaching out but everything I grab onto slips through my fingers
I don’t know what I am reaching for so I find myself falling at a very rapid pace
Closer and closer to the ground I fall faster and faster it approaches
Trying to grab something to break the fall all I get is a handful of air

Chorus:
When I find myself reaching for your hand you gently grab a hold of mine
You rescue me from the fall and the hurt that will follow if I fall down again
Reaching and feeling your hand of love around me
I grab your hand and I will never will let go

Verse 1:
Your arm is not too short to save me
And I know when I grab a hold of your hand I’ll be set free
As I close my eyes and trust you with all my being
I cannot believe you have chosen to hold me as I reach for your hand

Verse 2:
I don’t know what you hold in my future but I choose to trust
In the one who has given me a future, reason and put me here for a purpose
I reach out and I grasp your hand of love toward me
Your fingers have formed when I was in the womb

Pre Chorus:
What can I say except I am going to praise you
With everything I am from this moment onward
I may mess up and fall down on my face but you gently lift me
When I feel alone and I am through with life on earth

Chorus:
When all is said and I am home in the arms of my creator
I hope that my life is a life that advances your kingdom here on earth
When this life is over and whenever people think about the life I lived
May they forget all about me and remember what I did to advance your kingdom

Verse 1:
This life on earth may flash before my eyes
I pray that you would be glorified in my life
I want to make a difference not so people remember what I did
But rather what you did through my life to advance the kingdom

Verse 2:
When my life is done may I enter into your courts
Not because of what I have left to give you
But because I am washed in your blood and I am free
I am so thankful for what you did for me

Pre Chorus:
I don’t know why I keep trying to find answers on my own
I keep on ignoring the right way and I forget the love you’ve shown me
Trying hard will leave me broken and confused apart from you
I don’t want to stray any longer or drift any farther

Chorus:
Keep trying on my own will get me nowhere except where I started before
I want to stop everything and give all my time to advancing your kingdom
I keep trying to say I have it all together apart from knowing you
I want to bring your name glory and I want to honor you every second

Verse 1:
Trying hard on my own will only leave me on my knees
Trying hard on my own will leave me crying
I realize that each moment I am broken and dying
I give you my all and I want to bring your kingdom down to earth

Verse 2:
May the life that I live for you be one that is worthy
Of you saying when all is said, well done good and faithful servant
I know sometimes I mess up and you are the last thing on my mind
If I say I love you I need to show others by the way I act

Pre Chorus:
I never knew why you had placed trials in my life
I never knew the plan you had for me
I didn’t listen when you called me out
And I turned my back when you searched me out

Chorus:
Teach me how to live my life in such a way that brings you glory
Just because I never understood doesn’t mean I never knew what you wanted me to give you
Sometimes I use my not understanding as an excuse to hide behind
And sometimes I try to disguise my unwillingness behind the phrase I never knew

Verse 1:
I need you to light my path and I need you to place your heart inside
I do not want other things to get in the way of knowing you
I never knew what the consequences of sin were
Until I learned that my sin cost you everything you gave your life

Verse 2:
I pray that I would never say I never knew again
I want to live my life as if it is yours
And I pray that I would never compromise what I believe is true
It was never easy to give you everything but neither was you sacrifice of greatest cost