A BEAUTIFUL EXCHANGE – HILLSONG 2010 ALBUM LYRICS

1 - OUR GOD IS LOVE / Worship Leader Joel Houston /

VERSE 1 / Every soul every beating heart / Every nation and every tongue / Come find hope in the love / Of the Father/ All creation will / Bow as one / Lift their eyes / See the risen Son / Jesus Saviour / Forever and after /

CHORUS / This is love / Jesus came and died / And gave His life for us / Let our voices rise / And sing for all HE ’S done / Our fear is overcome / Our God is love / Our God is love /

VERSE 2 / Every distant and broken heart / Every prayer every outstretched arm / Finding hope in the love of the Father /Age to age let His praises rise / All the glory for all of time / Jesus Saviour / Forever and after /

BRIDGE / Age to age / We will be singing / In the light of all He’s done /All the earth / Everyone singing / In the wonder of His love /

2 - OPEN MY EYES / Worship Leader Reuben Morgan /

VERSE 1 / In the stars I see / Your majesty displayed / In the heavens all / Your wonders are proclaimed /

PRE - CHORUS 1 / I see Your fame in / All of the earth / And II seek to know / The ways of Your heart /

VERSE 2 / Through the seas and open skies / I hear Your praise / As the shout of all creation / Lifts Your Name /

PRE - CHORUS 2 / I hear Your praise in / All of the earth / And II seek to know / The ways of Your heart /

CHORUS / So open my eyes oh God / Open my heart to see / All the wonders and the / Power of Your Name / By Your grace I’ll live / By Your grace I’ll see / For my life and my salvation is in You /

VERSE 3 / For You take the sinner’s heart / And bring new life / Through the cross we are restored / Within Your light /

PRE - CHORUS 3 / I know Your love is / All that I need / And II seek to know / The ways of Your heart /

3 - FOREVER REIGN / Worship Leader Jad Gilies /

VERSE 1 / You are good / You are good / When there’s nothing good in me / You are love / You are love / On display for all to see / You are light / You are light / When the darkness closes in / You are hope / You are hope / You have covered all my sin /

VERSE 2 / You are peace / You are peace / When my fear is crippling / You are true / You are true / Even in my wandering / You are joy / You are joy / You’re the reason that I sing / You are life / You are life / In You death has lost its sting /

CHORUS / Oh I’m running to Your arms / I’m running to Your arms / The riches of Your love / Will always be enough / Nothing compares to Your embrace / Light of the world forever reign /

VERSE 3 / You are more / You are more / Than my words will ever say / You are Lord / You are Lord / All creation will proclaim /You are here / You are here / In Your presence I’m made whole / You are God / You are God / Of all else I’m letting go /

B RIDGE 1 / My heart will sing / No other Name / Jesus / Jesus /

4 - THE ONE WHO SAVES / Worship Leader Ben Fielding /

VERSE 1 / Come join the song / Lift your voice / As heaven and earth give praise / Fall to your knees / At the feet / Of the Son of the one true God /

VERSE 2 / Turn from old ways / Lift your eyes / For the kingdom of God is here / Open your heart / Offer all / For Jesus Christ is here now /

CHORUS / We have found our hope / We have found our peace / We have found our rest / In the One who loves / He will light the way / He will lead us home / As we offer all / To the One who saves us /

VERSE 3 / Call on the Name / That is hope /Jesus the Son of God / Lord over all / He is good / And His mercy endures always /

BRIDGE / His love endures / Forever / His love endures / Forever / His love endures / Forever and ever /

5 - LIKE INCENSE / SOMETIMES BY STEP / Worship Leader Brooke Ligertwood /

VERSE 1 / May my prayer like incense / Rise before You / The lifting of my hands / A sacrifice / Oh Lord Jesus / Turn Your eyes upon me / For I know there is mercy / In Your sight / Your statutes are / My heritage forever / My heart is set on / Keeping Your decrees / Please still my anxious urge / Toward rebellion / Let love keep my will / Upon its knees /

CHORUS 1 / Oh God You are my God / And I will ever praise You / Oh God You are my God / And I will ever praise You /

VERSE 2 / To all creation / I can see a limit / But Your commands / Are boundless and have none / So Your word is my joy / And meditation / From the rising / To the setting of the sun / All Your ways are loving / And are faithful / Your road is narrow / But Your burden light / Because You gladly lean / To lead the humble / I shall gladly kneel / To leave my pride /

CHORUS 2 / I will seek You in the morning / I will learn to walk in Your ways / And step by step You’ll lead me / And I will follow You all of my days /

6 - THE GREATNESS OF OUR GOD / Worship Leader Darlene Zschech /

VERSE 1 / Give me eyes to see / More of who You are / May what I behold / Still my anxious heart /Take what I have known / And break it all apart / You my God are greater still /

CHORUS 1 / No sky contains / No doubt restrains / All You are / The greatness of our God / I spend my life to know / And I’m far from close / To all You are /The greatness of our God /

VERSE 2 / Give me grace to see /Beyond this moment here / To believe that there is nothing left to fear / That You alone are high above it all / You my God are greater still /

B RIDGE / And there is nothing / That could ever separate us / There is nothing that could ever / Separate us from Your love / No life no death of this I am convinced / You my God are greater still /

CHORUS 2 / No words could say or song convey / All You are / The greatness of our God / I spend my life to know / And I’m far from close / To all You are / The greatness of our God /

7 - THE FATHER’S HEART / Worship Leader Jorim Kelly /

VERSE 1 / When the wall s close in around me/ Let Your glory light the darkness of my night / When suffering’s all that I see / May I walk with You by faith and not by sight /

VERSE 2 / Upon the throne of sweet surrender / I have nothing but to offer You my life /Greater love I have not found it / All by mercy You have eased this troubled mind / Open hearted I will search and I will find /

CHORUS / Oh sin is broken / The lost now chosen / In the Father’s heart /

VERSE 3 / Humble King You go before me / By Your grace I stand for everything that’s true / Through Your Son I am made worthy / There’s no other who can love me like You do / And forever I’ll keep running back to You /

B RIDGE / You reign in all the earth /

8 - YOU / Worship Leader Joel Houston /

VERSE 1 / Invading all my weakness / You wrapped me up in grace / The worst of me succeeded by the best of You /

VERSE 2 / My heart is overtaken / My soul is overwhelmed / The worst of me succeeded by the best of You /

VERSE 3 /My dreams have found their purpose / My future in Your hands / This life would have no meaning if it weren’t for You /

PRE - CHORUS / So I lay me down / For kingdom come / Steel all that is within me / ‘Cause all I want in this world is more of You /

CHORUS / In the less of me it is You / Increasing as I fade away / Your light for all the world to see /

It is You who breaks the chains / It is You who lights the way / And everything I am cries out for You /

VERSE 4 / Lord make my life transparent / Your life in mine displayed / And let every earthly glory go back to You /

9 - LOVE LIKE FIRE / Worship Leader Matt Crocker /

VERSE 1 / I am desperate for Your touch / A glimpse of heaven / Through the glory of Your Son / In a moment You can / Turn a life around / Forever to be found in You /

VERSE 2 / And I am reaching out to find / There’s nothing greater than / Your love that holds my life / Your grace and mercy / That have saved me by Your blood / And swept away my shame oh Lord /

PRE - CHORUS / Your love is like fire / That burns for all to see / My only desire / To worship at Your feet / So let this fire consume my life /

CHORUS / Let Your love take me deeper / Draw me closer to where You are / All I want is more of You / When You call I will follow / At the cross I surrender all /Jesus I belong to You /

VERSE 3 / And I’m surrendered to Your love / Forever humbled by the / Message of the cross / I stand abandoned in Your / Presence and embrace / I’ll never be the same oh God /

10 - BELIEVE / Worship Leader Darlene Zschech /

VERSE 1 / You are my light / You are my strength / You are my rock / On You I stand /

VERSE 2 / I lift my voice / I raise my hands / I lift my soul / With all I am /

PRE - CHORUS / In Christ forever I stand /

CHORUS / I will believe / You are strong enough / In my weakness / God be lifted up / And I will sing / Lift Your praises high / Lord be magnified / You make all things new / I will believe /

VERSE 3 / So hear this song / Receive our praise / You are our strength / For all our days /VERSE 4 / We lift You up / Our voices high / In every storm / Let God arise /

B RID G E / Oh Your love / Your love will never fail / Your love it knows no end / Your love will never fail / Oh Your love / Stronger than my shame /Greater than my pain / Your love will never fail /

11 - BEAUTIFUL EXCHANGE / Worship Leaders Joel Houston and Annie Garratt /

VERSE 1 / You were near though I was distant / Disillusioned I was lost and insecure /Still mercy fought for my attention / You were waiting at the door / Then I let You in /

VERSE 2 / Trading Your life for my offenses / For my redemption You carried all the blame / Breaking the curse of our condition / Perfection took our place /

CHORUS / When only love could make a way / You gave Your life in a beautiful exchange / When only love could break these chains / You gave Your life in a beautiful exchange /

VERSE 3 / My burden erased my life forgiven / There is nothing that can take this love away / And my only desire and sole ambition / Is to love You just the same /

BRIDGE / Holy are You God / Holy is Your Name / With everything I’ve got / My heart will sing / How I love You /

12 - THANK YOU / Worship Leader Reuben Morgan /

VERSE 1 / Thank You for Your kindness / Thank You for Your mercy / Thank You for the cross / Thank You for the price You paid /

VERSE 2 / Thank You for salvation / Thank You for unending grace / Thank You for Your hope / Thank You for this life You give /

PRE - CHORUS / There is no one like You / There is no one like You God / All my hope is in You / Jesus / Jesus /

VERSE 3 / Thank You for Your promise / Thank You for Your favor / Thank You for Your love / Everything You’ve done for me /

CHORUS / To Your Name / We give all the glory / To Your Name / We give all the praise / You’re alive / Our God everlasting / Let Your face / Shine on us /