The power of your love
Another Geoff Bullock rewrite:
Original Version
The Power of Your Love
Geoff Bullock, Hillsongs Australia, © 1990
Used by Permission CCL No 12712
Lord I come to You
Let my heart be changed, renewed,
Flowing from the grace that I’ve found in You.
And Lord I’ve come to know
The weaknesses I see in me
Will be stripped away
By the power of Your love.
Hold me close
Let Your love surround me
Bring me near
Draw me to Your side.
And as I wait
I’ll rise up like the eagle
And I will soar with You
Your Spirit leads me on
In the power of Your love.
Lord unveil my eyes
Let me see You face to face
The knowledge of Your love
As You live in me.
Lord renew my mind
As Your will unfolds in my life
In living every day
By the power of Your love.
Hold me close
Let Your love surround me
Bring me near
Draw me to Your side.
And as I wait
I’ll rise up like the eagle
And I will soar with You
Your Spirit leads me on
In the power of Your love.
Hold me close
Let Your love surround me
Bring me near
Draw me to Your side.
And as I wait
I’ll rise up like the eagle
And I will soar with You
Your Spirit leads me on
In the power of Your love.
And I will soar with You
Your Spirit leads me on
In the power of Your love.
New Version
The Power of Your Love II
Geoff Bullock Music ©: 1992 Word Music Words ©: 2004 Geoff Bullock
Verse One:
Lord you come to me,
And as my heart is changed, released
This miracle of grace gently sets me free
And Lord I’ve come to know,
The weaknesses I see in me,
Will be stripped away
By the power of your love.
Chorus:
You hold me close,
You’ve let your love surround me,
For you’ve come near
To draw me to your side.
And in your life
I’m rising like the eagle
And I will soar with you
As your spirit leads me on
In the power of your love
Verse Two:
Lord unveil my eyes,
You let me see you face to face
In the knowledge of your love
As you live, in me.
You renew my mind
As your will unfolds in my life
In living every day
In the power of your love
Verse Three:
Lord you’ve come to all
With hope that shines to light the way
As mercy soothes our souls, healing every heart.
Love that sees the tears
Overcomes our darkest fears
Grace that lifts us up
In the power of your love
May 23rd, 2006 at 10:04 am
Welcome Piask
I too appreciate the words that Geoff has rewritten to a number of his songs. It seems to be just little changes which totally change the viewpoint of the song - more of what God does for me than what I can do for God.
God bless you as you search for His meaning and blessing in your life.
Janet McKinney
May 26th, 2006 at 8:19 am
Dear son of Jesus
I am so touched by your spirits in the Lord. You are to be in heaven when you past away and live eternally, peacefully, with God. Keep up the beliefs and effort. Do not be dicouraged in any way for this is the path that Jesus is leading you to and is meant to be followed.
Sister Clarice
May 26th, 2006 at 5:29 pm
God bless you Sister Clarice
May 27th, 2006 at 12:23 am
Lori;
You are not alone in your experience. I walked away from a HS type of church approx 2 years ago, after 21yrs attendance; presently attending a ‘mainstream’ and according to some attendees of the church I left ‘worldly’ church. This I find hysterically funny, so far I think I am the most worldly person I have come across….. But they would play non christain music over the sound system during a church garage sale. Funny stuff……
Anyway; 21yrs…not one phone call, months before we received a response that wasn’t a heartless form letter, to the letter we sent explaining why we were leaving after 21yrs committed fellowship. Reason being I think they were terrified we would be honest; and thus they would need to be accountable for some issues that are currently being denied. I believe they will reap the whirlwind at some point. But justice is God’s and so is His timing as his mercy and patience extend so much further than mans. I have stopped praying for lightening bolts….now just for His justice (on good days)
I have since realised the ‘friendships’ I had were based on my ongoing church attendance..ouch! My ongoing commitment to the ‘party political way of thinking’. I thought I was liked…just because I was likeable…silly naive me. I was liked if I behaved like a HS, robot, parrot.
Not in any hurry to make new ‘church’ friends these days; not in a hurry to even attendance church much these days. I feel quite isolated and when I try to communicate my experience, it is minimised…trivialised others often miss the gravity of what I am saying and what I am not saying…..many Christians dont really get (or dont want to get) spiritual abuse and the dreadful expressions /outcomes it can have on families. That’s ok; we all walk our own walks…
However, I have begun to made some significant relationships with people who do not believe but are great people with hearts of social justice.
I have relaxed…..not my internal values, but my idea that I can not have deep friendships or relationships with people who do not share my values.
I have relaxed…..not in such a hurry to ’share’ my values. I hope they can be seen….. I have days when I BELIEVE and days when I DOUBT. ‘Faith’ is much more complicated for me these days…..so I just try (sometimes unsuccessfully) to rest in His faithfulness. So in short Lori, you are welcome and you are not alone. Struggle, Doubt, hopefully Growth. I understand leaving the ‘faith’ some days its an hour to hour struggle. I believe….hang on do I….it is true…its true…. is it. I dont know if that helps you Lori or anyone else out there for that matter. But I hope it might. Please withhold the temptation to slam me with a sermon in response people, believe me I have heard a million!!! Well a lot anyway……
May 27th, 2006 at 7:21 pm
Dear Daisy
What a wonderful way of describing your walk. I do sense a peace for you and a rest in the Lord - even though we all have those days. Thanks for sharing it.
Grace
May 27th, 2006 at 9:21 pm
Hi Daisy - appreciate your comments -
Its amazing as you go though some of this stuff and it feels like a very isolated place - and then you read of others who have the same comments and thoughts of similar experiences.
It certainly does help - and thanks for posting -makes me think I must be tracking OK when I read similar stories.,
June 11th, 2006 at 10:28 pm
Geoff
I hope you are still on line at some point…..
I was very interested to read that you had changed your words to “Power of your love”. A song assessment group has been set up in our church in order to compile a supplementary song book for worship. The original version of “power of your love” was rejected because we felt it was too man focused.
We were wondering what you thought about the song (this is not one of yours) “Lord I lift your name on high” by Rick Founds?