Jordan Mentz

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”

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.”

Pre Chorus:
I try to discover each and every day the reason I breathe and I question the reason I’m alive
I have been searching for answers and I’ve found answers in your word and I have found a peace that I cannot explain
I am sick and tired of living for myself and I am not going to live any longer because I have found my worth in all that you are
If I discover the reason you chose to breathe life into me, would I then be able to truly live for you

Chorus:
Please continue to show me the reason I why I live
Thank you for the gift of life you give
I cannot say it enough I want to live a life of purpose
I want to start living today and I see it no other way

Verse 1:
You are the reason I breathe I want to bring glory and honor to you alone
I want my life to be a testimony of the love you have shown
I cannot imagine living a life that is dead and I am asking for you to breathe life into me again
I thank you for being there for me when I was down and out

Verse 2:
I need you remind me the reason why I live so I can give you my all
Help me remember the reason you lifted me from the fall
I know I don’t deserve another breath but you give it to me anyway
So I will live for you and trust you with today

Inspired by the song The place where I belong by MercyMe of their album Coming up to Breathe

Pre Chorus:
I want to make a difference and I want my ears to be open to what you say
I don’t care what others say about me because I am safe and secure in your arms
I need to give you my all but so many times I fall and I choose to give up hope
There are many times when I question if you’re really there beside me but I know you are

Chorus:
In the middle of the night wake me up so you can say what you want
I am asking for you to say what you wanna say through me
May my life reflect your glory and my actions your name
I do not know how to express how much I want you to speak through me

Verse 1:
There are many things that are close to your heart
And I have no clue what to ask of you or where to start
I ask for you to say what you wanna say use me
I need your heart to be expressed through my lyrics because I believe you

Verse 2:
May every word I write never be of my own
May my one true focus be on making your name known
I cannot write on my own accord because I know I have nothing to give you
I long for you to use me to bring your name into all the nations through what I write

Inspired by the song by MercyMe 3:42am (Writer’s block)

So many times/I try to form a sentence/to describe the creator of the universe/and so many times/I try to praise Him by forming a sentence/but I can not form a sentence that/fully states the magnitude/of the greatness of who he is/

Forming a sentence would not be enough/to describe the way that Jesus loves me/a sentence cannot contain Him/words cannot not begin explain Him/language cannot say enough/the love I am speechless when I try to describe him/

If I could write the perfect sentence/which would not even be close/to being enough/there are no words/there is no explanation/for this sacrifice/other than God loves me/that is all I can think of when I cry/I know I don’t know how to create a sentence/that truly magnifies your name/my life is different now/may it never be the same/

If I formed the longest sentence/it would stretch to infinity/and it would be more than a sentence/it would be countless words beyond/the measure of time/could never contain/or no mind could comprehend/a world time where has no end/It is so hard to grasp/the grip you have on me/because your love has taken over me/I don’t know how to see/the image of the invisible/

But I continue to look around/I begin to see, the healing taking place/within my shattered heart/and if I should begin to tell you/the way you loved me/I wouldn’t know where to start

Inspired by Ben Glover’s Song 26 Letters

Prechorus: As a child has faith to move mountains
Believing there is something greater
There must be something bigger than themselves
I have let the misperceptions, and the misinterpretations, get in the way

Chorus: Child like faith is what I long for,
Child like faith is what I want,
how I remember the times, when nothing else mattered
Accepting people for who they are, without passing on judgement to them
Accepting no for an answer, and being satisfied with life

Verse 1: Teach me Lord to ask questions, when I don’t know the answer
An opinion that withstands the cliche’s of this world
Without being afraid of what other people will think of me
The faith that lies behind this calloused heart of mine

Verse 2: The child like tendencies, that once were inside me have seemed to disappear
The questions I am afraid to ask, that children would ask because they don’t know the answer
The answers that you give me, should be ok with me, even if I don’t understand the reason
Questions that I have searching for the answers, finding the deeper treasures buried in your word

Inpsired by Jason Patchett “The Wonder” off the album “Are you ready to go?”