Heard a rousing sermon by a Mount Gambier colleague tonight based on Ephesians 5:14 – “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
It made me think of this song by Andrew Peterson, Resurrection Letters, Vol 2.
I’m eagerly awaiting Vol. 1 which should be released some day or another.
It’s not a congregational song. But I like it.
Here are the lyrics:
Come broken and weary
Come battered and bruised
My Jesus makes all things new
All things new
Come lost and abandoned
Come blown by the wind
He’ll bring you back home again
Home again
Rise up, O you sleeper, awake
The dawn is upon you
Rise up, O you sleeper, awake
He makes all things new
All things new
Come burning with shame
Come frozen with guilt
My Jesus, he loves you still
Loves you still
Rise up, O you sleeper, awake
The dawn is upon you
Rise up, O you sleeper, awake
He makes all things new
He makes all things new
The world was good
The world is fallen
The world will be redeemed
So hold on to the promise
The stories are true
That Jesus makes all things new
(The dawn is upon you)
Words (c) by Andrew Peterson
Music (c) by Andrew Peterson, Ben Shive, and Andy Gullahorn
This is the best youtube version I could find.
It’s not the album track, but is taken from a Live release from Peterson.
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