Love You with the Truth

Album: Thrive (2014)
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  • For the longest time, I believed the lie
    That I'm not a strong enough believer
    To be the friend that can take your hand
    And lead you straight to Jesus
    I'm waiting on the preachers, singers, and the teachers
    To string the perfect words together
    But every single time I have to say goodbye
    I wonder will this be the last time

    I can't call myself your friend and walk away

    When we love, we earn the right to speak the truth
    When we speak truth, we show the world we truly love
    I'm not pointing my finger, I'm holding out my hand
    I lay it all on the line now to see God save my friend
    Let my life and my words be the proof
    I'm gonna love you with the truth (Oh)
    Gonna love you with the truth (Oh)

    Yes, God is love, but God is just
    And we are separated in our darkness
    So God let Him who knew no sin
    To become sin to make us right with Him
    It's not about religion or earning God's forgiveness
    Or magic prayers or new behaviour
    It's all about your heart, He'll meet you where you are
    Turn from your sin and trust in Christ as Lord

    Jesus is the truth, the life, the way

    When we love, we earn the right to speak the truth
    When we speak truth, we show the world we truly love
    I'm not pointing my finger, I'm holding out my hand
    I lay it all on the line now to see God save my friend
    Let my life and my words be the proof
    I'm gonna love you with the truth (Oh)
    Gonna love you with the truth (Oh)

    How I've prayed for this moment, that you would finally see
    That God is more than religion, a stained-glass fantasy
    And how I've prayed for the courage, for my silent faith to speak
    Or that God would just send you a better friend than me

    When we love, we earn the right to speak the truth
    When we speak truth, we show the world we truly love
    I'm not pointing my finger, I'm holding out my hand
    I lay it all on the line now to see God save my friend
    Let my life and my words be the proof
    I'm gonna love you with the truth (Oh)
    Gonna love you with the truth (Oh)

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    Oh Writer/s: BERNIE HERMS, JOHN MARK HALL
    Publisher: Capitol CMG Publishing, ESSENTIAL MUSIC PUBLISHING, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Devorah Mcintosh from IdahoI came across this song while I was visiting my siblings in California - all of whom are non-believers. Very educated, very successful, but fearful with the unrelentingly dark news. This song became my anthem throughout my visit.
    Many of the songs on this album strike me as the artists being incredibly honest and vulnerable with the struggles they - and we all - experience in our Christian walk.
    Thank you.
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