Changing to wordpress

To all the wonderful people who have taken the time to read what I write.
Thankyou for spending a part of your life with a part of mine.
I've switched over to Wordpress, so if you'd like to continue reading the new address is:


tonyjohnson59.wordpress.com
It's still LiveTones

Free

Out of the darkness
Into the light
Even in the darkness
You shine so bright
Helping me to see
Your life in me
No longer cast aside
Close to me
Declaring
You are free
You belong to me

Out of the clutches
Of sins contagious grip
With your strong loving hand
You take hold of me
Breaking off the chains by calling on your name
Removing every stain by the power of your blood
Declaring
You are free
You belong to me

Out of the lies
That run so deep
Deeper still your word
Washes over me
Your love and your grace
Draws me to the place
Of knowing you my Lord and Saviour
Jesus
I declare
I am free
I belong to You

See

Eternal hope
Reminds me to return to where joy flows
From deep within salvations righteous blanket
Covered with a perfect fit
Praise rises from this garment
Where glory displays
Your splendour. 

Behold

You call
I answer
Not an echo
Your voice
Alive in me
Stirring in me
Rising in me
To see
Beyond
The moonlit night
The oceans still
The bleakest desert
To see
You

Mercy house

I am secure
Safe in your arms
They are strong and gentle
They never let go
You hold me close
Close to your heart
We are one
One in love
One in deed
You are with me
My heads on straight
Your mercy cup overflows
Goodness keeps following me everyday
For I live with you in your house
Forever.

Becoming all things to all men

Getting down to the base of humanity
Getting into the fibre of their world
Being knit into their tapestry
Entwined into the colours of their culture
Sown into and rooted into their soil
Planted so deep that they say
You're one of us
You now belong
You're not contextualised
You're adopted
Through love and devoted service
A laid down life for the sake of love
No cost too high
No sacrifice too great
A statesman for Christ
Both humble and noble
Greater love has no man than this
That he lay his life down for his brother.  

My peace

Rolls of laughter
Spread out like leaves on trees
Blowing this way
Swaying the other
Lifting off
Floating upon
Summer nights and autumn winds
Winter chills and spring tides
Rising heavenward
Counting clouds in sapphire skies
Upward
Outward
Inward
Deeper.