Unfamiliar Grace

Words and music by Abigail Miller

Peter was willing to die for the Lord.
These are the words that he said.
But when Jesus forbade him to fight with the sword,
He turned with the others and fled.
With eyes that were fleshly, he failed to see
The way of obedience and humility.

Chorus:
Lord, show me the way of the cross that You bore,
I’ve tasted Your grace, and I’m longing for more.
I’m seeking the life that flows from Your word.
Show me the way of gaining in loss.
Show me the way of Your cross.

God restored Peter, and gave him new sight,
Oh, what will He do now for me?
Lord, I am longing to walk in the light,
The way of Your truth let me see.
With eyes of the spirit, help me to know
The way of obedience, in which I must go.

Chorus

Show me the way of Your cross, Lord.
Show me the way of Your cross.

Words: R. C. Chapman; Public domain; Music: Abigail Miller

O, my Savior, crucified,
Near Thy cross would I abide.
There to look with steadfast eye
On Thy dying agony.

Jesus bruised and put to shame
Tells me all Jehovah’s name.
God is love I surely know
By the Savior’s depths of woe.

In His spotless soul’s distress
I perceive my guiltiness.
O, how vile my low estate
Since my ransom was so great.

Dwelling on Mt. Calvary
Contrite shall my spirit be
Rest and holiness shall find

Fashioned like my Savior’s mind.

Words and music by Abigail Miller

You were despised and rejected.
A man of sorrows, acquainted with grief.
Though you were sinless and holy,
You bore it all because of me.
You were wounded for my transgressions,
Bruised for my iniquities.
You were worthy of all adoration.
But you took my shame, and gave me peace.

And You didn’t turn away from the burden I carried,
You didn’t run from me or from the load I was bearing,
You came willingly, and gave Your life for me,
And took my stripes, that I might go free.

Sometimes I am asked to carry burdens,
To suffer pain from what others do and say.
Inside I am running from their problems,
To find my peace in getting far away.
‘Til I remember that one day upon a rugged cross,
Jesus bore the pain I fashioned with my sin.
He laid down His life without a word.
And now I begin to see how I can be like Him.

‘Cause He didn’t turn away from the burden I carried,
He didn’t run from me, or from the load I was bearing,
He came willingly, and gave His life for me,
And took my stripes, that I might go free.

To love one another, He’s commanded us to do,
He said, “Love your brother, as I have loved you.”

So I will not turn away from the burden you carry,
I will not run from you, or from the load you are bearing,
He came willingly, Christ came willingly.

And He didn’t turn away . . .

O, Lord, use my life, that others may go free.

Words and music by Abigail Miller

I wonder just how long she waited, watching from afar,
As Jesus healed the sick the blind the lame.
Tortured in her fear, she must have longed to know His touch,
But her weakness made her hide herself in shame.
Until the day that only one thing mattered anymore,
When she pushed aside her self and pride,
And stepped out through her door.

Chorus:
And He could have turned at anytime,
And touched her if He chose,
He didn’t have to wait until
She stumbled through to reach His clothes,
But He let her come to Him
Through her weakness and her sin,
He drew her with His love,
And healed her soul.

The crowded street was dusty,
It was hot, and hard to see,
But none of this could keep her from Him now.
So she found Him and she touched Him,
And she trembled, as she knew
The healing that had swept through her somehow.
She looked into His face, and nothing mattered anymore,
Except that she had found Him, her Savior and her Lord.

Chorus

O, bring me to the place where nothing matters anymore,
But to know Your grace and see Your face, my Savior and my Lord!

He lets me come to Him, through my weakness and my sin,
He draws me with His love, and heals my soul.

Words and music by Abigail Miller

When I feel afraid, and dark is my way,
When I cannot find the words I should pray,
His voice comes to me, a song in the night,
And all the fears and shadows flee before His light.

Chorus:
He says, I am peace. I am joy.
I am all in all. I am strength to stand.
I am truth, I am love,
I am all you need, for I am that I am.

The world cannot give the peace of my Lord.
Their words cannot bring the joy of His word.
His burden is light, and easy His yoke,
He gives me rest, He gives me life, He gives me hope.

Chorus

I am courage in the fight, I am He that holds your hand.
I am refuge in the night, for I am that I am!!

I am peace, I am love,
I am all you need, I am all you need, I am all you need,
For I am that I am —
I am!

Words and music by Abigail Miller

The world lies in darkness, the people are sleeping
And yet in the distance, I see a faint light.
A mother and baby sweet vigil are keeping,
She’s rocking and singing a song in the night.

Chorus:
A song in the night, a song in the night
He giveth a beautiful song in the night.
A song in the night, a song in the night.
He giveth a beautiful song in the night.

Our heavenly Father His children is keeping
He never lets one wander out of His sight.
He holds us so closely, He hears all our weeping,
He comforts, and gives us a song in the night.

Chorus

He sleeps not, nor slumbers,
We’re never apart,
He gives us the beautiful song of His heart.

He giveth a beautiful song in the night.

Words and music by Abigail Miller

Sometimes we walk through a desert for so long we hardly know
What it is to smell sweet flowers, or to feel soft breezes blow.
But today, as I was passing through the garden of my soul,
I found a new place that was blooming, where the broken is made whole.

Chorus:
There shall be streams in the desert, rivers in the sand
When He restores the signs of springtime to the dry and barren land.
There shall be songs where there was sighing, peace where there was pain
When He restores the joyful sound to my (your) broken heart again.

I’ve been clinging to a promise from the God that cannot lie,
That our sorrows and our sighs shall flee away, our tears be dry,
And it seems I see the new life, like the green of grass in spring,
And my fear like frost is melting, and I feel my spirit sing.

Chorus

There shall be songs where there was sighing, peace where there was pain,
When He restores the joyful sound, He will restore the joyful sound.
He will restore the joyful sound to your broken heart again.

Words by Edward Mote; Public domain; Music by Abigail Miller

My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus’ name.

When darkness seems to veil His face, I rest on His unchanging grace.
In every high and stormy gale, my anchor holds within the veil.

Chorus:
On Christ, the Solid Rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand.
On Christ, the Solid Rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand.

His oath, His covenant, His blood support me in the ‘whelming flood.
When all around my soul gives way, He then is all my hope and stay.

Chorus

When He shall come with trumpet sound, O, may I then in Him be found!
Dressed in His righteousness alone, faultless to stand before the throne.

Words and music by Abigail Miller

Sometimes this world is a desperate place.
Sometimes it seems we are so far from grace.
Sometimes the darkness surrounds like a cloud.
I feel my soul cry out loud,

Chorus:
I just can’t wait for the day when I stand on that shore,
And I won’t need to fight off my sin anymore,
And I won’t need to wonder, what is my life for,
‘Cause I’ll know, as I’m known,
And I just can’t wait for the moment when I see the face,
Of the One who has purchased my soul by His grace,
Who has led me each day and each step of the way
‘Til I’m home.
I just can’t wait.

Sometimes the beauty of Heaven appears.
I see the glory of God through my tears.
Sometimes I just want to be with my Lord.
Longing for Him more and more.

Worship, honor, glory we will offer.
We will never tire of singing His praise!

Chorus

I just can’t wait, I just can’t wait. I just can’t wait.

Words and music by Abigail Miller

For so long we’ve sought revival for the land in which we live
Praying God for mercy and the power He can give.
But if we would truly find the miracle for which we search,
May we seek a broader vision–O, Lord, revive Your church!

Chorus:
Oh, Lord, we need revival all around the world,
Let Your spirit come in power,
And Your banner be unfurled,
Let Your name be exalted wherever it is found.
Oh, Lord, we need revival all the world around.

We who look for Jesus’ coming know the time is very near
For the end of God’s longsuffering,
For the day of wrath and fear.
Though we wait with joy and trembling to be standing by His side,
There are souls as yet not gathered in — O, Lord, prepare Your bride!

His power is not limited to what we see and know,
When we’re praying in the Spirit,
He will make our vision grow!

Chorus

We need revival all the world around.

I am not satisfied to stand upon this place,
Not contented with a measure of familiar grace.
I want to go beyond the things I’ve always known.
The ground I stand upon is but a stepping stone.

Chorus:
Lord, lift me higher,
Bring me closer to Your face,
For I want to know an unfamiliar grace.
Your love is wider
And deeper than the sea
And yet so near to me,
I need to know Your unfamiliar grace.

I am not satisfied to live a little life
To know a little glory,
To possess a little of my Christ,
The height where I aspire,
And my soul’s deep desire
Is to be dwelling in the realm of holy fire.

So many seem to settle for the things that they can see
Walking in the shadow of the glory there could be.
But I will never rest until I touch the Unseen Hand,
Who’ll take me far beyond what I can understand!

Chorus

Only You can show me Your unfamiliar grace.