Make my life a prayer to You

Keith Green, de jong gestorven muzikant, schreef dit prachtige, ontroerende lied. Hier een live uitvoering uit 1978. De woorden 'no compromise' zijn later gebruikt voor het boek over zijn leven, samengesteld door zijn vrouw Melody. Samen schreven ze nog veel meer mooie liederen met soms radicale, indringende teksten, waarvan er enkelen ook nu nog door ons worden gezongen. Meer informatie over zijn werk en leven is te vinden op de site Last Days Ministries en te lezen in het boek 'No compromise', een echte aanrader ...!

You make my life a prayer to You
I wanna do what You want me to
No empty words and no white lies 
No token prayers no compromise


I wanna shine the light You gave
Through Your Son You sent to save us
From ourselves and our despair 
It comforts me to know You're really there


Well I wanna thank You now 

for being patient with me
Oh it's so hard to see,
when my eyes are on me
I guess I'll have the trust
and just believe what You say 
Oh You're coming again, 
You're coming to take me away


I wanna die and let You give 

Your life to me, so I might live
And share the hope You gave to me,
the love that set me free

I wanna tell the world out there,
You're not some fable or fairy tale
That I've made up inside my head,
You're God the Son You've risen from the dead


Oh I wanna thank You now 
for being patient with me

Oh it's so hard to see,
when my eyes are on me
I guess I'll have the trust
and just believe what You say
Oh You're coming again, coming to take me away


I wanna die and let You give 

Your life to me, so I might live
And share the hope You gave to me
I wanna share the love that set me free