Jordan Mentz

Pre Chorus:
I am reaching for something that I cannot comprehend
I know there has to be something greater than myself
because this life has gotten the best of me
when I wanted to give my all for you, I will seek you with my thoughts
I am trying to do what I know is right on the inside according to your promises

Chorus:
There have been times when I have not let go of myself
and grabbed a hold of your strength, when I am on my face before you
I will still be reaching for your strength
I cannot imagine anything more freeing than when I am on my knees
Crying out knowing that if I keep reaching and drawing on your strength
you will sustain me

Verse 1:
When I feel like giving up and I can see myself slipping out of control
These are the times I realize that I need to reach for something that will help me
I am getting tired of trying the same old things this world tells me
I am asking for you to keep me reaching and drawing on your strength

Verse 2:
When I fall more in love with you the more I want to know who you are
The more I can understand the strength that I can have,
I have put my trust in so many things that don’t matter from now to eternity
It is when I draw near to you that I can experience all you have for me
Will I ever be able to understand the strength that you offer

Inspired by Jeremy Camp’s song “Every time” off the album “Restored”

Pre Chorus:
I try to run away and tell you to turn the other way
Maybe I will follow you another day, but today I want to take my time and spend it
I know that you want me to come to you with my heart but sometimes I don’t want to
If I were to chase you I know that I would catch up but I want to live for you.

Chorus:
If I run away you will catch me and take my heart away from the things I put before you
I am sorry for how I treated you when you died for me on the cross , and I am beginning to realize that you loved me and I was lost and I was looking for someone to find me broken and piece me back together

Verse 1:
Running away is breaking my heart because I want to come back and
If I were to come back you would accept me and you would love me when I came home
I am tired and weary of feeling guilty and alone as if no one knows what is going on in my life so many times there are hurts I am afraid to show you

Verse 2:
If I keep the darkest things hidden from you would I be able to heal
I will let you into my deepest depths and I am begging for you to heal my heart
I tried to hide it all from you but I realized I was only hurting myself and I knew that if I gave you everything I had, I knew you would heal my wounded broken heart

Inspired by Ben Glover’s song “Running after me” off the Album “26 Letters”

Pre Chorus:
Will I ever know how you placed the stars in the galaxy
Is it something that I will ever understand
That is a mystery that I can live with, and I want to live for you
The star that shines down on the earth

Chorus:
There is no end to the multitude of stars
My finite mind cannot comprehend
The light they give is nothing compared to the light of the Son
I don’t think that everything can be explained

Verse 1:
I see the stars and I think of your love and I look beyond to the creator
If I could see all the world would there be enough words to speak as I stand in awe
If I felt the love you felt would I be able to smile enough
I cannot see everything but that is ok with me

Verse 2:
If I had to look after each individual I think I would give up
But I know and I want you to know that I love you
I cannot say in words the way I feel about you
If I cannot say I love you would you feel the same

Inspired by the song “Stars” off the Album “Sacred Revolution” by “David Crowder Band”

Pre Chorus:
How many times have I given up on my Lord and everything He told me
I don’t know why I lost the faith that I had at the beginning
If I don’t read the Bible I will not be ready to take a stand for what is right
When I realized that You are all I need to survive this rollercoaster ride

Chorus:
I put your scripture away and I put the Bible up on a shelf
When I put your scripture away and said I would follow you some other day
I realized the mistake I made when I looked for the world to save me
I cannot believe that I gave the world a chance to crush me

Verse 1:
I know that you want me to grow in my walk with you
I am trying to put your scripture in my heart
It is really hard to live your word in my life
When I put your scripture away

Verse 2:
It hurts me to see your Bible on my shelf
I can’t look at anyone in the eye, without them seeing me cry
It hurts me so much that I may be living for myself
Then I read it again and I see the reason that you died

Inspired by “Scripture” by Apologetix off the Album “Apolo-coustix”

Inspired by Ben Glover’s song “My Only Hope” off the Album “26 Letters”

Pre Chorus:
Whatever I am hungry for is what I feed and I know that this world won’t fill me up
But I admit that the world has been feeding me lies for so long that I and becoming full
I am starting to believe the lies and I find myself being the one that cries
I do not mean to feed my appetite for sin but I find myself feeding it anyway

Chorus:
The media feeds me things that will only kill me and I find myself justifying my actions based on what the world tells me
I have been hurt so many times by what this world offers me but I realize I can no longer feel what is right and wrong
This makes it really hard for me to do what is right unless I feed my appetite with things that bring me life
I choose to bring myself to the living water and I choose to feed myself with things that are of you.

Verse 1:
I am not going to feed my appetite for sin anymore because I am realizing how embarrassed I feel after I have been made a laughing stock of the world
There is only one thing that will save me and you have all the answers for the world’s questions
I will read your word and filter out all the things that aren’t of you because I know you will fulfill me and I know that you will bring me life when this world gives me death disguised as life

Verse 2:
So many times have I turned away from life and soaked in the things of the world
I will put my foot down and take a stand for what I know is right and I will wonder anymore
If there is any doubt within my mind I will not do it, and I make this declaration
I cannot live a life of condemnation because I have been forgiven for my transgressions

Pre Chorus:
This world does not look at a king as one who is humble
This world has kind of grown numb to the definition of the meek
I cannot stand this misperception of what a king should be
Can I ever understand the love of a true servant

Chorus:
You were the least and you put others first while you were on this earth
You came into this world as a baby in a manger and I am so thankful
You are a king to be in this upside down world and I know whether this world acknowledges you are my king to be
I know that some day my king to be will be here and take me with Him

Verse 1:
I don’t really know how to explain it because the word humble has kind of lost it’s meaning when I describe a king
There are times when I will question is there a king to be
But I know my king to be is watching out for me even when
I am not looking for Him and when all is said and done I know my king to be will come and rescue me

Verse 2:
If I understood the grief that I caused my king to be
I would never be able to put up with me
If I could comprehend the love of my king to be and if my eyes were opened would I truly begin to see
The love my king to be has shown me and would I learn to realize the price my king to be paid so that he could be with me

Inspired by Jeremy Camp’s song “Looking back” off the Album “Burden me”

Pre Chorus:
There are many sparrows and you see each and everyone
I cannot believe that you love more than a little bird
I mean who am I except who I am to you
I don’t understand why you chose to use me and you died for me

Chorus:
The sparrow is very small but yet you care for me more
I know you died for me and you know about the little things
I don’t want to hide anything from you because I want to give you my all
I am asking for you to take my life and give me wings to fly

Verse 1:
If I wonder who placed me on the earth and if I question
Who died to give me a second birth
If I died tomorrow then would my life bring you glory today
If I saw your love today would I still praise you tomorrow

Verse 2:
I cannot believe the sacrifice you gave and your asking for my life
I will let go of everything that I had placed false hope in
I lay all my earthly treasures down at the feet of the cross and
when I look I see the love that reaches far below the surface

Inspired by Jeremy Camp’s song “Can’t you see” off the Album “Burden me”

Pre Chorus:
I would love to explain the things that are happening to me
If I knew the reasons behind all these hard times I may stop trusting
I wish I had a way to explain it all away and a shoulder to cry upon
I am beginning to realize that there is no one who knows these pains like you

Chorus:
If I had all the time in the world would I stop long enough for you tell me why I go through the things that I struggle with
I cannot believe these obstacles
Keep getting in my way and I cannot explain it any better than you can
I need to confess something to you my Lord, I have not listened to you anyway

Verse 1:
I have heard you knocking and ignored your voice telling me to change
I have not been able to change because I have been believing a lie
That the struggles that I deal with will never go away I have been living in a shadow
Of fear and condemnation and each time I mess up I sell myself short

Verse 2:
I have been allowing the devil a foothold in my life and
I will not let him in anymore I have a choice to make and I will listen to my Savior
the one who died for me I refuse to believe that because I have not let you come into this situation you love me any less I can rest in your arms and I am crying and
I am tired of running away from you

Inspired by Ben Glover’s song “Lying to myself” off the Album “26 Letters”

Pre chorus:
I know that you have a purpose for me and I don’t know what it is
I am looking for you to fulfill me and bring me peace and joy
I cannot believe my ways have gotten me in so much trouble
Can I submit my life to you and commit to your ways

Chorus:
I know that you mint me in just the way you choose
And I know that when I call out to you I will never lose this passion
I can see my life minted into the person you want me to be
Even though I cannot understand it completely yet I trust in you

Verse 1:
I don’t know the process you have chosen to refine me
But I know the steps I take before you are numbered and
With each step I grow closer to seeing you face to face
Did I receive your mercy or did I reject your grace

Verse 2:
If I don’t understand the ways of the Father
I will choose to let you continue to mint me because I know you know
Exactly what is inside of me and you know that I am bad to the core
But when I try to make it on my own I fall down and you lift me up and refine me

Inspired by Jeremy Camp’s song “Restored” off the Album “Restored”

Pre Chorus:
So many times I find my self drifting into a semi conscious state of mind
My view gets hazy and I cannot determine where one object ends and another begins
There are so many things that seem to blur together and it gets me all confused
Can I find hope in the confusion around me where I can find peace in the midst

Chorus:
What is reality because I have been inside a bubble that I made myself comfortable in
I cannot understand why you have given me a glimpse of your kingdom
When I seem so caught up in furthering my own in light of the love you have shown me
Can I dive back into reality because I have sheltered myself for way too long

Verse 1:
Is reality all I seem to make it or is it really just a mirage I see in my mind
I cannot see past this wall I have been trapped in for my entire life
I know that reality is not pretty but I need to catch a taste of what it is like in the world
I need to feel the pain of the people who are lost and searching for the truth

Verse 2:
I need a glimpse of reality because this world is hurting and dying before my eyes
Will I choose to listen to the devil keeping me from the truth listening to the lies
I can see this world searching will I just try to hide from the reality so I can be familiar
When I can’t believe the amazing love you’ve shown me and I will not hide it any more

Inspired by the song “More than it seems” by Kutless on the “Chronicles of Narnia soundtrack”