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The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name
Your kingdom come, your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven
Give us today our daily bread
And forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us
Lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
For the kingdom, the power and the glory
Are yours, now and forever, Amen

Music - Dave Bankhead and Mike Burn
© 1998 Daybreak Music

Story behind the song
There have been countless settings of the Lord’s Prayer throughout the ages

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Let praise break out

Let praise break out and let worship flow
God’s name be praised and his glory known (x2)

Build up build up the highway
Raise a banner for the nations
Righteousness, righteousness and praise
Shall spring up before all nations
See your Saviour comes, see your Saviour comes
So let praise break out and let worship flow

Mike Burn
© 1993 Chasah Music

Story behind the song
Based on scriptures from Isaiah 62:10-12, which talk about preparing a highway for the Saviour to come

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If we were to keep quiet

If we were to keep quiet
the rocks they would cry out
If we were to stay silent
Then the stones would surely shout
But now we’ve seen the Lord of lords
We won’t keep quiet any more
Because Jesus is coming soon

Once he came to die upon a cross
Now he reigns, alive for evermore,
Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest heaven
Jesus is coming soon

Mike Burn
© 1993 Chasah Music

Story behind the song
There’s a huge, dramatic rock face on the edge of the Pyrynees mountain range in the South of France

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Jesus, thank you for the cross

Jesus, thank you for the cross
Holding nothing back, you did all your father asked
I’ll never know just how it felt
As you died, lifted high
I know It hurt I know the pain
Was more than words could ever say
You had a choice, you chose to die
Your sacrifice has saved my life
What can I say?

Oh Jesus, you gave your life for me
So precious the blood you shed
You made a way to heaven by dying in my place
Jesus, thank you for the cross

Mike Burn
© 1996 Daybreak Music

Story behind the song
Two motivating factors behind this song:

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I’m singing your praise, Lord

I’m singing your praise, Lord
I’m singing your praise
To show the world that I love you Jesus
I’m singing your praise

So many ways Lord, so much that I can do
To lift your name in all the earth
To show that l love you

I’m clapping my hands, Lord…

I’m shouting your name, Lord…

I’m jumping for joy, Lord….

Mike Burn
© 1993 Chasah Music

Story behind the song
In 1993 we were on a family holiday in the south of France, staying with some friends in their house in a small village on the edge of the Pyrenees.

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I reach up high

I reach up high, I touch the ground
I stomp my feet and I turn around
I’ve got to praise the Lord
I jump and dance with all my might
I might look funny but that’s alright
I’ve got to praise the Lord

I’ll do anything just for my God
Cos he’s done everything for me
It doesn’t matter who is looking on
Jesus is the person that I want to please

May my whole life be a song of praise
To worship God in every way
In this song the actions praise his name
I want my actions every day to do the same

Judy Bailey
© 1993 Daybreak Music

Story behind the song
Judy Bailey, now one of Germany’s most popular Christian artists

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Fire and Rain

Have you not seen, have you not heard?
The Lord is pouring his Spirit out
Have you not seen, have you not heard?
The Lord is pouring his Spirit out today

Come Lord Jesus, more of you we cry
Open heaven, answer with your fire

Fire on the church, rain on the nation
Fire on the church, rain on the nation

Let the fire burn in our hearts, O Lord
Let the rain pour down on thirsty souls (repeat)

Mike Burn
© 1996 Daybreak Music

Story behind the song
Remember the story of Elijah and the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel?

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Dance on the streets

I’m gonna dance on the streets
I’m gonna sing in the rain
For the Spirit of God
Is poured out again
I’m gonna shout it aloud
I’m gonna let the world know
That the river of God
Has started to flow

And we sing Jesus, Jesus come
Oh we will lift your name on high
You are the Son of God, Saving One
Jesus, Jesus, come

Mike Burn
© 1996 Daybreak Music

Story behind the song
The story is a very simple one -

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Come and sing

Come and sing, come and sing
Come and sing to Jesus now (x2)
Give him thanks for who he is
Give him thanks for what he’s done
Come and sing

Jesus won it all for us
When he shed his blood on the cross
Sin and death were swallowed up
They don’t have a hold on us now
That’s the reason to sing (dance)

Come and dance, come and dance
Come and dance for Jesus now (x2)
Dance for joy before the throne
Let your inhibitions go
Come and dance

Mike Burn
© 1995 Chasah Music

Story behind the song

It’s been suggested that one of the reasons that I learned to play the guitar

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A time to mourn

A time to mourn and a time to dance
A time to weep and a time to laugh
The Lord makes everything beautiful in its time
A time for silence and a time to speak
A time to fight and a time for peace
The Lord makes everything beautiful in its time
Though the grass will wither and the flower fade
God’s word forever abides
Throughout my days in all I say or do
May the fragrance of Jesus fill my time

A time to love, I will seek your face
A time to trust, I will hold your gaze
Oh Jesus, how you are beautiful to my eyes
A time for passion, pouring out my soul
My heart belongs to you alone
Oh Jesus, how you are beautiful to my eyes
Though the grass will wither and the flower fade
My Lord, I’ll always love you
Your presence here is more than life to me
To be with you is all that I desire

Mike Burn
Copyright 1995 Chasah Music

Story behind the song
This song evolved over a few months during 1994.

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