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1.
Word of God 05:23
Before there were things to be known as things Before there was time to consider a moment You were there In the void of the darkness, where word became flesh There was never a question that You were the light Before there was sight All the same, in that moment, You said let there be light In the midst of the angels, preceding their message In the midst of the prophets, preceding their cries For the weak to be saved and the helpless be rescued For the righteous to reign through the ages of time You were there You are the glory, You are the brilliance You are the imprint, You are the Word You are the story, and now You are sending it out Oh, let the Word of God be heard After 2000 years, still you are here Preaching Your gospel, confounding the wise Across the earth, into the broken You’re making disciples from death into life Oh Uncreated One, You are Creator Angels can’t be sons, but You are the One Jesus, help us remember that You are the messenger for us We can look to You because You are the glory, You are the brilliance You are the imprint, You are the Word You are the story, and now You are sending us out Oh, let the Word of God be heard
2.
Rest 01:29
Lead us into Your rest Until You come, until You come Satisfy us in the desert With Your love, until You come
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Like wine, You go down bittersweet Like bread, You soak up every need in me This pain is finally receding Your love descends and I can’t take it in Your grace has overwhelmed my being And I won’t really live as long as You’re living in me My priestly robes don’t remind me of Your grace often enough My inner thoughts don’t reveal a desire to love How did You take on flesh and take on sin? How did You become like us and still win? Suffering isn’t foreign to You, Jesus, You were man And as God, You know more than I could ever comprehend As if You didn’t know what it was like to follow through As if You didn’t have to learn to obey Him, too High Priest, replace me I did this all so selfishly Be the Son I could never be I won’t really live until You’re my High Priest
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Melchizedek 03:40
Out of nowhere he came, and nothing he did was the same Everybody else looking for a king separate from the priest Even today, we are just the same, we don’t want to see This truth that makes it hard to trust in the Levitical intercession Don’t you see it was because of our fall Now Jesus intercedes for us eternally when we trust in Him He covers us for once and for all Sure, it is a mystery, but He came so we could believe In more than just a word, written on a page, taken to the grave He defeated death, He gave us a Name, so that we can say If perfection could have been attained, we wouldn’t need another way For salvation to ever be claimed, it’s got to be by His grace Only He can see God’s face Only He can take our place Abraham had zero sons until the God of Isaac saw his faith and made him one of His own Even Abraham knew only faith could do what works can’t do Our Lamb, Priest and King Christ alone can save a soul once and for all He’s the new law
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Purify 04:20
Countless sacrifices, offered blood Dead carcasses for what I’ve done Our futile dam against the flood Parroting some words up on a screen Showing up to church just to be seen The preacher talks, my insides scream Because instead of a law that we nail up on our walls You want it living in our hearts We were never clean, even before 33 A.D. All this stuff could never save me That’s why You said You don’t like our empty sacrifices That’s why You told us You were sending Your Servant Son To make You known in my heart In my soul, in my mind To purify this broken conscience In Your presence I surrender, Make me whole The violence that we see is not the end The cross atones, the life amends But only blood could bring forgiveness That must be why You’re always focused on the inside To give us any hope to live You had to come and die You don’t settle for a shadow of love When every perfect gift is from above It’s the only plan to save us From just playing games and living the same To people of peace washed in Your blood
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No Other Way 04:22
Once again, once again I’ve fallen Once again I’m dragged into the courtroom Once again I bring deliberate rebellion to Your grace, to my shame Unreachable, untouchable Too beautiful for me You’re unstoppable and unchangeable There’s no other way for me Once again, I’m tired of saying it Law of Moses, you break my back Holy Son or raving lunatic I thought I crushed You underfoot I thought we buried You, but You are But You made a way, You took my shame and destruction And by Your Name, You paved the road for resurrection And the blood I thought I scraped from Your side You actually gave for Your bride And by this grace, I now say You are reachable, You are touchable You are beauty to me You’re unstoppable and unchangeable There’s no other way for me There’s no other way for me For me Have Your way, have Your way among us
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By Faith 03:57
By faith we know You made the world By faith we know that Abel gave The better sacrifice, but not because it was something better By faith we know that Abraham Was sent out from his native land A stranger and a foreigner, living for a promised country By faith But they all died in their faith The promise they were strangers to we now know by name Why can’t we live the same? By faith By faith that promise was passed on To Isaac, Jacob, Joseph’s sons So future ones would know You and seek to be Your children By faith By faith we know so many who Accomplished wondrous things in You Though tortured and abandoned, they pursued the hope of promise By faith So let us fix our eyes on Jesus, author of our faith Let us run with perseverance, He will lead the way By faith
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In the wake of the unquenchable fire, Architect of the universe Who knows every heavenly body, sets them each on their whirling course Glorify, praise the name We give You honor as we proclaim In the gaze of the Great I Am, in whose presence Moses babbled and shook The God who scorned Saul’s pride and wrestled Jacob by the brook Knows the paths leviathans take, sees the grazing doe and fawn Hears the cries of a lonely child, as He pulls the earth to meet the dawn Oh, mystery God of power and fame, why have You stooped to call my name? Jesus, You and God are the very same Yet You came among us when You wrapped on flesh You have defined Your sheep by Your very Name As the kingdom of the living among the dead Oh, the mountain that was once on fire and encompassed by the darkness No more this mountain, You’ve brought us to Zion And You’ve given us Your righteousness The church of Christ, and His righteousness Thank You, Father, for this kingdom We give our lives to praise Your name Holy sons and holy daughters We see them drawn as we proclaim
9.
Oh Jesus, shine before me As I close the pages of this book Link me to the Father eternal Spirit convict me to live like I should ‘Cause I am broken and prone to fall Even after I’ve sung this all While Your truth’s surrounding I still retreat to pride and worrying What is my life for? But I won’t lose heart, oh Christ I know that You bled and died This isn’t over; You were meant to rise ‘Cause You’re not just the truth and the way But You are the life You could be here right now, but You said this isn’t over We meant to live out what we’re tempted only to sing To follow the footsteps of believers before us Who gave their living years for eternity Now would You make this word come alive in me Don’t let it stagnate and die in me Bring it to life Lead us in lives That make You known in our hearts In our souls, in our minds Make You known in our hearts In our souls, in our minds In Your eyes, may we rise To live our lives as the bride of Christ In our hearts, In our souls, In our minds, with our lives
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Yesterday, today, and forever You said You’ll be with us Cause Jesus, You’re the same You said You’ll be with us Cause Jesus, You’re the same Jesus, You’re the same

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The Thread was written and recorded in conjunction with our church’s journey through the book of Hebrews from January 4 – September 13, 2015. As outlined in this New Testament letter, these ten tracks explore the various ways in which Jesus is the ultimate thread that runs throughout Scripture, faith, salvation, and our lives. I hope you’ll take time to listen to the music and check out the other pages for lyrics, song explanations, and other great information.

Before we existed, God breathed, and we came to life. As a human race, we chose our own way and were lost in death, “but to all who did receive [Jesus], who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God” (John 1:12-13).

Making music is a sort of metaphor for this kind of adoption. Songwriters take sounds (the plucking of strings, the singing of words, the beating of drums) and adopt them into a song. On their own, their purpose may be thin and out of place, but in the unity of a song, they become something beautiful. This is why it’s worth singing songs about Him and to Him and for Him. Music unifies us and inspires us; but most importantly, music reminds us who believe that we were adopted, and now we live as His children.

Supporting All God’s Children through this album seemed to flow naturally from this truth. Because He adopted us, we want to show His love through Jesus by adopting and supporting orphans around the world. Every dollar made from this album will go to support that effort. We ask that you please donate a minimum of $10, but I highly encourage you to take the opportunity to give even more. You can learn more about them at www.allgodschildren.org.

Thanks so much for listening. May God bless His children, and guide us to live lives that call the lost and hurting to believe in the name of Jesus.

Graham Jones

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released September 25, 2015

Special thanks:

There are so many people that helped make this album a reality. I’m grateful to Bryan and the elders for supporting this project from the start. I’m grateful to Hollen Frazier, president of All God’s Children, for being so kind and personable with us, and being so supportive of this effort from the start. I’m grateful for my wife, Bethany, and Daniel Kitamura for not only serving our church in all aspects of worship week in and week out, but also lending their talents to this album. I’m especially grateful to Paul Demer and Logan Bowers, who poured hours and hours of work in recording, producing, part writing, and mixing. Seriously, this album would not have happened without you guys. Thank you.
Thanks to all of you and many others. God bless you.

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Graham Jones Arlington, Texas

Graham Jones is a Texan singer-songwriter who traces the story of the gospel with thoughtful lyrics and rich melodies. Inspired by six-string storytellers like Jon Foreman, John Mayer, and Andrew Peterson, his music is honest, joyful, and contagious with longing.

Graham serves as the worship pastor of The Fields Church and works as a musician for Texas Winds Musical Outreach and Baylor Hospitals.
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