If We've Ever Needed You

 

This is a song about repentance: personal repentance and corporate repentance as the church. I'd been trying to write all day, but I felt like I was tying words in knots. I went to bed, couldn't sleep, was up and down until about 2:30 in the morning. My wife, Melanie, sat up in the bed and said, "You just need to say, Speak, Lord, for your servant hears!" And then she rolled over and went back to sleep! I knew she was right, so I went downstairs to the piano. That's when I realized I'd been humming a tune in my head for hours, so I pounded out the chords, and the first verse just poured out. That's when you know it's bigger than you, when you know you didn't come up with the lyric. I'm not that creative! When God whispers in my ear - that's a God-line.

MARK HALL, BERNIE HERMS
Matthew 9:36-38 / Deuteronomy 6:5 / Judges 21:25 / Isaiah 29:13 / Matthew 15:8 / Matthew 22:35-37 / Joel 2:12-19

Hear our cry, Lord, we pray
Our faces down, our hands are raised
You called us out, we turned away
We’ve turned away

With shipwrecked faith, the idols rise
We do what is right in our own eyes
Our children now will pay the price
We need Your light, Lord, shine Your light

If we’ve ever needed You
Lord, it’s now, Lord, it’s now
We are desperate for Your hand
We’re reaching out, we’re reaching out

All our hearts, all our strength
With all our minds, we’re at Your feet
May Your kingdom come in our hearts and lives
Let Your church arise, let Your church arise

We’re reaching out
We’re reaching out

We need You now
Revive us now
We need You now

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Also on these albums: 
Until The Whole World Hears - Live
Release Date:
August 31, 2010 - 4:18pm
Until The Whole World Hears
Release Date:
November 17, 2009 - 12:57pm

Comments

Submitted by Rbtitus on May 17, 2012 - 9:20am

what a song! every time iI hear it, the words speak volumes to me, makes me want to serve the lord so much , and keep striving for him, thank you , mark for your god given talent, the spirit of the lord is so evident at the concerts, my wife and iI were at the concert in louisville in april, and have our tickets to see you all in carmel, indiana in july, god is still blessing us from the april concert, we will continually keep casting crowns in our daily prayers, thank u all so much if iI might make a request at the carmel concert, iI would love to hear if we,ve ever needed you!