This song I wrote in 1993 on the guitar and was on a few Vineyard Music recordings in the mid 90′s. I recorded my own version in 1995 which was never released, until now. Recently, I received an email from someone who quoted a verse from Zephaniah in the footer. This reminded me of this song because it was the same verse that inspired me to write this song:

The Lord your God is with you;
the mighty One will save you.
He will rejoice over you.
You will rest in his love;
he will sing and be joyful about you.

I believe that there can never be enough songs about God’s love. Like many, I am wearied by the amount of contention between religious traditions regarding which beliefs and doctrines are emphasized or ignored, who is right vs. who is wrong, who is “in” vs. who is “out”. But everyone can agree on one thing: God is Love and God loves everyone. I love the message of these verses. The picture that God rejoices over us with singing is such an encouraging thing. Hope you enjoy this song as much as I still enjoy it. It is one of my favorites that I have ever written.

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Sing, Lord Sing over your people
Sing, Lord Sing over your people
Songs of joy, songs of freedom
Songs of peace, songs of love
Songs of  love

We’ll rejoice and be glad
For the Lord, our God is with us
We will sing, we will shout
For the Lord takes delight in us

Lord we come
We are Your church
Be with us now
Kiss Your bride
Kiss Your bride

Publishing: Words and Music by Kelly Carpenter
© 1996 Mercy/Vineyard Publishing (ASCAP). All rights reserved.*

Recording credits: Kelly Carpenter/Vocals, keyboards, programming – Merrilyn Carpenter, Laurie Ascanio/Background vocals – Davin McLaird/Drums – Leo Song/Bass – David Kaplowitz/Acoustic guitar – Brian Thiessen/Lead electric guitar – Randy Butler/Rhythm electric Guitar . Recorded 1995 at Triad Studios and KelDen Recorders, Redmond, WA. Unauthorized duplication of recording is prohibited.

* If you are interested in recording this song, please contact the copyright administrator Music Services to obtain a mechanical license.

This song started out a few months back with me sitting at the piano and coming up with a chord progression and melody. I was thinking ‘this is pretty simple and strong’ but I couldn’t come up with any ideas for lyrics, so I felt inspired to do a quick recording of it, singing ‘la la la’ for the melody and send it up to Andy Park to see if he could do something with it. A couple of weeks later he sent me the song which he completed with lyrics to it.

Andy recorded the song on his last album and asked me to play piano.

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With empty hands and aching heart
Lord I come to rest at Your feet
On my darkest days
In my deepest pain
I know Your grace is here for me

Though I’m weary from the journey
In surrender I find peace
Though I walk this path in weakness
Lord Your grace is sufficient for me

Take these hands take my heart
Lord I choose Your will for me
And if I share in Your suffering
Let Your power rest on me

You are all I need all I need
Lord, You’re all I need
You are all I need all I need
Lord Your love is enough for me

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Publishing:  Words by Andy Park, Music by Kelly Carpenter
© 2008 KelSongs / Kelly Carpenter Music (ASCAP) | ION Publishing  (Admin. by Vineyard Music USA)  – CCLI Song No. 5254523 – All rights reserved*

Recording credits: Andy Park/Guitar and Vocals – Kelly Carpenter/Piano – Brian Thiessen/Guitars. Produced and recorded by Brian Thiessen, Surrey, BC. Unauthorized duplication of recording is prohibited.

* If you are interested in recording this song,  please contact KelSongs directly to obtain a mechanical license.