Make space for Passover
So together we may eat
Where is the guest room,
Furnished and complete?
Ask and you’ll find it
The promise will be there fulfilled
Before My flesh is pierced
And My blood is spilled

How I have longed to eat
With you this Passover meal
For I won’t eat it again
Until it is fulfilled
In God’s kingdom;
Its fullness will be there revealed
Bread and wine will, in time,
Point to how you will be healed 

Be not afraid
Be not afraid
Turn in your terror for reverent awe
Be not afraid

Chorus:
This is the good news of joy
This is the good news of joy
This is the good news of great joy for everyone
Good news for everyone

This day is born
This day is born
In David's city your Savior is born
To you is born

CHORUS

Darkness fell
Like nothing I'd known before
An unexpected war
Cut off my lifelines

Food and song,
Shared with beloved friends,
Came to a crashing end
Now tell me, who am I?

Chorus:
But when we go through the desert lands
You help us see
Every bloom comes from Your hands 

Oh, Lord, You are my Shepherd
You give me all I need
Lay me down in greener pastures
To the still waters lead

Chorus:
You are with me, Lord, You are with me
You are with me, Lord, You are with me

So much has been taken from our people
Taken from our families and friends
So how can we believe in new beginnings,
When so much sweet comes to a bitter end?
We will find reminders of redemption,
We will speak and sing the sacred truth
That when the darkness on us has descended
The Light will rise again and lead us through

Refrain:
Rejoice! The Lord has done great things!
Rejoice! The Lord has done great things!
The good news is the hist'ry of the healing that He brings
Rejoice! The Lord has done great things.

(Each verse of this song summarizes the Advent Scripture passage listed before each verse. See below for a playable copy of the music.)

Isaiah 64:1-9

Open up the sky, Lord;
Show the world Your power.
May Your presence leave
The nations trembling
You are like no other,
Awe-inspiring Father,
We beg for Your mercy;
Turn away from all our sin

Refrain:
Lord, You are waiting for our repentance.
You hold back the justice of Your wrath.
Your love is patient, longing that we turn and confess
And find forgiveness in Your mercy's path.

When arrested, don't despair—
Make the guards wonder and stare
Fill the prisons with your prayers:
Walk another mile

And when the guns pound at the door,
Boots and blood upon the floor
Sing and pray, love even more: 
Walk another mile

CHORUS:
The eyes of God are watching;
The hand of God restores
He knows the miles you have been walking;
He will strengthen you to walk one more

Out of despair, I cry a prayer:
Hear my voice, oh Lord!
Let Your ears be list’ning for me;
Let mercy be my reward.

 Chorus:
Oh Israel, put your hope in the Lord
For in the Lord is unfailing love
And full redemption

If You had been counting our sins,
Oh Lord, who could survive?
But You forgive again and again;
We rev’rence You, God on high

I can't do this alone
I need you to come near
Sit with me today
There's nothing to say
Just don't disappear

It's a long, hard road
That the Lord walks with us
It's a miracle true
After all we've been through
He can teach us to trust

CHORUS:
In a cold, dark world
That's broken by sin
Any hint of hope
Is like a candle within
We are not alone;
Christ whispers our story:
The threads of our pain,
Tattered and frayed,
He weaves into glory

I got up from the banquet meal,
Ran away from my enemies.
Rejected the anointing that heals
Pushed away the joy You had for me

Chorus:
But through the darkness I see Your light
Your loving kindness and mercy bright
Will follow me for all my life
You’ll keep on searching
To take me home with You one more time
To take me home with You one more time

Refrain:
We ache and rejoice, we long and we fear
For mercy and justice to visit us here
We tremble and trust as the Day of the Lord comes near

Days of injustice drag on
Corruption and sin all around
But when He returns to make everything right,
Will anyone righteous be found?

REFRAIN

Why does the Lord seem so far
Away from our suffering and pain?
Dear children of God, hear the Spirit and hope
O trust and do not be afraid

We are walking in the deep, deep dark
Stagger suddenly beneath this weight
Has the future ever seemed so stark?
Have you ever felt your heart so ache?

But the light that flows into these shadowlands
Only the passion of God could create
He will lift off your burden to let you stand
This is the peace for which we wait

Chorus:
Wake up, wake up, and sing a new song
Glory to God, here comes the True Dawn
Wake up, wake up, and sing a new song

Out of chaos comes creation; out of cynicism, hope
A living, breathing, testifying army comes from a pile of bones
A bunch of clay becomes a human; out of he, a she
He turns the mourning into dancing,
As morning follows eve, morning follows eve

Chorus:
And He has reassured me, time and time again,
I cannot chase Him elsewhere, or scare off His right hand
And when I’m feeling dirty, and push everyone away,
He calms and cleans my spirit, and creates a brand new day

How many times?
How many days to walk this secret mission,
To stumble in the dark, praying for vision?
To strain with every step, trying to listen...

How many times?
How often must my heart suddenly shatter,
To wait for unseen Hands to piece together
This puzzle that no longer seems to matter

Chorus:
The sky is burned black, but the starlight persists
I cannot turn back,
When I've seen the morning follow so many nights like this
Oh, I've seen the morning follow so many nights like this...

We will make our home
Wherever the Lord may lead
Serving Christ alone,
We’ll live as a family 
There is hope in the place of catastrophe,
In what we choose this day 

My eyelids rise again,
Like the Lord on Easter Sunday,
But a stony silence weighs upon my heart.
The sunrise coming in
Through the window of a new day
Fails to find the valley of my dark.

Sometimes when I wake up I am
Not so sure that I want to be
Dragged into this world of pain again.
I wish that I could just roll over,
Turn my back on consequences
Of a world that’s soaking in its sin . . . its sin.

Chorus:
But even in the valley, You lead me to the pasture,
A stream running with laughter.
For You are here beside me,
To humble and to guide me,
And suddenly my eyes can see:
I will awake in my Daddy’s house
Every morning . . . every morning.