Mandisa Album

I was so helpless
Where did the light go
I had no hope left
Deep down in my soul
I was watchin'
I was waitin'
I was prayin'
I was stayin' down on my knees
That's right where You found me

My Deliverer, You rescued me from all that held me captive
My Deliverer, You set me free
Now I'm alive and I can live
So every moment I will give you praise
My Deliverer
Ooh my Deliverer

There's no pretending
I can't do it myself
I'm so dependent
Lord I need Your help
I'll be watchin'
I'll be waitin'
I'll be prayin'
I'll be stayin' down on my knees
That's right where You'll find me

My Deliverer, You rescued me from all that held me captive
My Deliverer, You set me free
Now I'm alive and I can live
And every moment I will give you praise

La la la la la I need You
You know whatever I'm goin' through
I'll be watchin'
I'll be waitin'
I'll be prayin'
I'll be stayin' down on my knees
That's right where You'll find me

My Deliverer, You rescued me from all that held me captive
My Deliverer, You set me free
Now I can live
My Deliverer, I'm no longer captive
My Deliverer, You gave Your life that I might live
So every moment I will give you praise
Yeah my Deliverer
I'm gonna give You praise
I'm gonna give You praise
My Deliverer

(How much, how much)
Do you really know?
(How much, how much)
Well, let me tell you
(How much, how much)
You are loved

These words go out to anyone who's ever felt so unlovable
I'd just like to say to you that lie is so not true
This message is for the broken down
They say you can't turn your life around
No matter what you do, that lie is so not true

(How much, how much)
Do you really know?
(How much, how much)
Well, let me tell you
(How much, how much)
You are loved

Take the depths of the deepest ocean and go deeper
Take the top of the tallest tower and go higher
Take the best day that you've ever had
Try to imagine better than that
And it still don't come close to how much you are loved

Don't worry about what you've done
God's love goes out to everyone
And here's the wonderful, beautiful truth
That includes me and you

So let it find you where you are
Wrap its arms around your weary heart
And all the love you're longing for
You'll find all that love and more

(How much, how much)
(How much, how much)
Do you know?
(How much, how much)
How much you are loved

Take the depths of the deepest ocean and go deeper
Take the top of the tallest tower and go higher
Take the best day that you've ever had
Try to imagine better than that
And it still don't come close to how much you are loved

How much, how much
How much, how much
How much, how much

(How much, how much)
How much you are
(How much, how much)
How much you are loved
(How much, how much)

Take the depths of the deepest ocean and go deeper
Take the top of the tallest tower and go higher
Take the best day that you've ever had
Try to imagine better than that
And it still don't come close to
Still don't come close to how much you are loved

How much you
How much you are loved
Do you really know?

(How much, how much)
(How much, how much)
How much you are loved
(How much, how much)
You're so loved, you're so loved

(How much, how much)
(How much, how much)
Do you know?
(How much, how much)
How much you are loved

There's a time to live
And a time to die
There's a time to laugh
And a time to cry

There's a time for war
And a time for peace
There's a hand to hold
In the worst of these
In the worst of these

He is with you when your faith is dead
And you can't even get out of bed
Or your husband doesn't kiss you anymore

He is with you when your baby's gone
And your house is still, and you heart's a stone
Cryin' "God, what'd You do that for?"
He is with you

There's a time for yes
And a time for no
There's a time to be angry
And a time to let it go

There's a time to run
And a time to face it
There is love to see you
Through all of this
Through all of this

He is with you in the conference room
When the world is coming down on you
And your wife and kids don't know you anymore

And He is with you in the ICU
When the doctors don't know that to do
And it scares you to the core
He is with you

We may weep for a time
But joy will come in the morning
The morning light

He is with you when your kids are grown
When there's too much space and you feel alone
And you're worried if you've got it right or wrong

Yes He is with you when you've given up
On ever finding your true love
Someone who feels like home
He is with you

When nothing else is left
And you take your final breath
He is with you

Everybody's got an opinion
Of what they want me to be
Everybody's got a condition
That I may never meet

So tired of looking in the mirror
‘Cause it always says the same thing
I want to be about something different
Something more than the mirror can see

Like joy, peace
Alive in me
When it comes to my identity

I want the love
I want the light
I want the beauty
On the inside
I want the one that you can't see
To be the definition of me
More than the face
More than the girl
More than the voice
More than the world
I want the truth that I believe
To be the definition of me

Pretty is cool for a minute
But it will always fade away
Trends are hot for a second
But they'll be gone the very next day

So before you get lost in the moment
Let's get one thing clear
Only love will last forever
That's the reason that we're here

It's up to you ‘cause everybody's looking
Who do you want them to see?

I want Your love to be
The very heart of me
Jesus, I want You to be
Living inside of me

I stand accused
There's a list a mile long
Of all my sins
Of everything that I've done wrong
I'm so ashamed

There's nowhere left for me to hide
This is the day
I must answer for my life
My fate is in the Judge's hands
But then He turns to me and says

I know you, I love you
I gave My life to save you
Love paid the price for mercy
My verdict not guilty

How can it be?
I can't begin to comprehend
What kind of grace
Would take the place for all my sin?

I stand in awe
Now that I have been set free
And the tears well up
As I look at that cross
'Cause it should have been me

My fate was in the nail scarred hands
He stretched them out for me
And said

I know you, I love you
I gave My life to save you
Love paid the price for mercy
My verdict not guilty

I'm falling on my knees to thank You
With everything I am I'll praise you
So grateful for the words I heard
You say

I know you, I love you
I gave My life
I know you, I love you
I gave My life just to save you
Love paid the price for mercy
My verdict not guilty

Love paid the price for mercy
My verdict not guilty, not guilty

I got your message on the phone
So tell me what's going on?
You say your day started so great
And then it went so wrong

Well no one ever plans for the bad days
Do they? No
But I am here if you're needing a friend

Hey, don't give up tonight
I know you're going through the valley
But you're gonna make it out alright

Hey tell your trouble goodbye
Go on and leave it in the valley
Leave it in the valley tonight

So you think He don't know what He's doing
You think He ain't by your side
Well, God knows when you're broken
And He's loving you, He's holding you
So, so tight

So let the rain fall, He'll be standing there
Getting wet with you
You might get cold but you won't be there alone

Hey, don't give up tonight
I know you're going through the valley
But you're gonna make it out alright

Hey tell your trouble goodbye
Go on and leave it in the valley
Leave it in the valley tonight

And when you're hanging by a thread, hold on
You know the darkest part is right before the dawn
So when your fear has worn you out
Feels like the sky is on the ground
He ain't gonna let you down
He'll never let you down

Hey, don't give up tonight
I know you're going through the valley
But you're gonna make it out alright

Hey tell your trouble bye-bye
Go on and leave it in the valley
Leave it in the valley tonight

Hey, leave it in the valley tonight
Hey tell your trouble goodbye
Go on and leave it in the valley
Leave it in the valley tonight

If You could send a burning bush to Moses
Lead Your people home through a parted sea
Give a boy the strength to defeat Goliath
I know You will always take care of me

With You on my side, I am victorious
With You on my side, I've got nothing to fear
So I can walk through this valley with confidence
Knowing You will deliver me

If you could raise the dead bones of Lazarus
If You could feed five-thousand with a couple fish and a loaf of bread
And in the middle of a stormy night You can walk on water
I know, I know, I know nothing's out of Your hands

With You on my side, I am victorious
With You on my side, I've got nothing to fear
So I can walk through this valley with confidence
Knowing You will deliver me

If you could pull me out of my sin
And give me new life within
And keep all Your promises
And Your Word is true then

I don't have to be afraid
I know this is the day You made
So no matter what comes my way

With You on my side, I am victorious
With You on my side, I've got nothing to fear
So I can walk through this valley with confidence
Knowing You will deliver me
You will, You will deliver me

With my love and my sadness
I come before You Lord
My heart's in a thousand pieces
Maybe even more

Yet I trust in this moment
You're with me somehow
And You've always been faithful
So Lord even now

When all that I can sing
Is a broken hallelujah
When my only offering
Is shattered praise

Still a song of adoration
Will rise up from these ruins
And I will worship You
And give You thanks

Even when my only praise
Is a broken hallelujah

Oh Father, You have given
Much more than I deserve
And I have felt Your hand of blessing
On me at every turn

How could I doubt Your goodness
Your wisdom, Your grace
Oh Lord hear my heart
In this painful place

When all that I can sing
Is a broken hallelujah
When my only offering
Is shattered praise

Still a song of adoration
Will rise up from these ruins
And I will worship You
And give You thanks

Even when my only praise
Is a broken hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah

I lift my voice
(Hallelujah)
Your spirit moves
(Hallelujah)
I raise my hands
(Hallelujah)
I reach for you
(Hallelujah)

'Cause all that I can sing
Is a broken hallelujah
When my only offering
Is shattered praise

Still a song of adoration
Will rise up from these ruins
And I will worship You
And give You thanks

Even when my only praise
Is a broken hallelujah
Hallelujah

Praise to the Lord, my chains are gone
Can't help but sing our freedom song
Praise to the Lord, my chains are gone
Can't help but sing our freedom

I am a child from a broken home
Where true love was torn apart
But then I met the heavenly Father
Who made a home inside my heart

I am a man with the chains of addiction
Dragging me down for way too long
But I came face to face with redemption
And now those chains are gone

Can anybody hear me?
Does anybody know what I'm talking about?
When you've been delivered like that
You've got to shout it out

Lift your hands up in the air
Shout hallelujah
Lift your hands up in the air
I have been set free

Lift your hands up in the air
Shout hallelujah
Lift your hands up in the air
I have been set free

I am a sixteen year old daughter
Lost in the mirror, no self-esteem
But God made me in His image
And that makes me a beauty queen

I am a wife and the mother of three
Trading my dreams for a busy life
Searching for my lost identity
And I'm happy to announce that I found it in Christ

Can anybody hear me?
Does anybody know what I'm talking about?
When you've been delivered like that
You've got to shout it out

Lift your hands up in the air
Shout hallelujah
Lift your hands up in the air
I have been set free

Lift your hands up in the air
Shout hallelujah
Lift your hands up in the air
I have been set free

Praise to the Lord, my chains are gone
Can't help but sing our freedom song
Praise to the Lord, my chains are gone
Can't help but sing our freedom song

Lift your hands up in the air
Shout hallelujah
Lift your hands up in the air
I have been set free

Lift your hands up in the air
Shout hallelujah
Lift your hands up in the air
I have been, I have been set free

Throw your hands up in the air
And shout hallelujah, hallelujah
I have been set free
Throw your hands up in the air
And shout hallelujah, hallelujah
I have been set free

Maybe you don't understand why I gotta dance
There was something had me down but it's over now
I'ma throw my hands up, wave 'em all in the air
'Cause all I wanna do is dance, dance, dance

They told me you ain't good enough, don't look good enough
Don't sing good enough, maybe you should give it up
And if I would've then I never could've received
None of the things that He planned for me

So I waited a little longer, grew a little stronger
And then I realized something was happening
It's so incredible, it's unexplainable
You oughta try Him for yourself and see because

Maybe you don't understand why I gotta dance
There was something had me down but it's over now
I'ma throw my hands up, wave 'em all in the air
'Cause all I wanna do is dance, dance, dance

Sometimes I think about
How it used to be and can't help but
Remembering how it was never easy for me, no, no

But the way God works, it's so amazing
He never forgot me, I can't forget Him
That's enough for me to lift my hands and
I'm sorry if you don't understand

Maybe you don't understand why I gotta dance
There was something had me down but it's over now
I'ma throw my hands up, wave 'em all in the air
'Cause all I wanna do is dance, dance, dance

Maybe you don't understand why I gotta dance
There was something had me down but it's over now
I'ma throw my hands up, wave 'em all in the air
'Cause all I wanna do is dance, dance, dance

All my tears, all my pain
(It's over now, it's over now)
All my doubts they went away
(It's over now, it's over now)
No more fear and I'm glad
(It's over now, it's over now)
Yes, so glad 'cause all I wanna do is dance
(It's over, it's over, over, it's over now)

Maybe you don't understand why I gotta dance
There was something had me down but it's over now
I'ma throw my hands up, wave 'em all in the air
'Cause all I wanna do is dance, dance, dance

Maybe you don't understand why I gotta dance
There was something had me down but it's over now
I'ma throw my hands up, wave 'em all in the air
'Cause all I wanna do is dance, dance, dance

Maybe you don't understand why I gotta dance
Maybe you don't understand why I gotta dance

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