{"id":4161,"date":"2015-07-22T00:41:02","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T04:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=4161"},"modified":"2021-03-02T10:30:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T15:30:50","slug":"worship-wednesday-into-marvelous-light-im-running-charlie-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=4161","title":{"rendered":"Worship Wednesday – Into Marvelous Light, I’m Running – Charlie Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Apr<\/a><\/p>\n

You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light<\/strong>.<\/em> – 1 Peter 2:9<\/a><\/p>\n

When we were kids, in summer, we would play until almost dark. \u00a0My brothers, our neighborhood friends, and I would own our quiet street on those summer evenings.<\/p>\n

We would run, chase, and \u00a0evade being caught until we could almost not see in the fading light. Our moms would tell us “home before dark”, and we scattered, just in time, each to his own home.<\/p>\n

The porch light brought us running home every time. No matter how dark it was out, we could always find home….because of that “marvelous light”.<\/p>\n

The dark can be a scary place. We ran home gladly to escape the dark. Charlie Hall captures that run home (to God) in his song Marvelous Light. My childhood memory is nothing in comparison to \u00a0how God delivers us out of the darkness of our sin.<\/p>\n

I resonate so deeply with the words of this song (lyrics follow). To know real shame because of hurtful choices or terrible decisions. Then to experience the forgiveness of God. To know, from His Word, that He sees us pure and lovely. It takes my breath away.<\/p>\n

What life God gives us! To have the weight of our sin lifted off our lives through the sheer grace of God in Christ Jesus. No wonder Charlie Hall includes “arms in the air, spinning around” imagery. In the love we have as His redeemed and restored children, we lose that adult self-consciousness. All that matters is His speaking into the dark, calling us into His light, and we run to Him, as His children, full of joy.<\/p>\n

\"Sun<\/a><\/p>\n

Worship<\/a> with me:<\/p>\n

Into marvelous light I’m running
\nOut of darkness, out of shame
\nBy the cross You are the truth
\nYou are the life, You are the way<\/p>\n

I once was fatherless
\nA stranger with no hope
\nYour kindness wakened me
\nAwakened me, from my sleep<\/p>\n

Your love it beckons deeply
\nA call to come and die
\nBy grace now I will come
\nAnd take this life, take Your life<\/p>\n

Sin has lost its power
\nDeath has lost its sting
\nFrom the grave You’ve risen
\nVictoriously<\/p>\n

Into marvelous light I’m running
\nOut of darkness, out of shame
\nBy the cross You are the truth
\nYou are the life, You are the way<\/p>\n

Into marvelous light I’m running
\nOut of darkness, out of shame
\nBy the cross You are the truth
\nYou are the life, You are the way<\/p>\n

Yeah
\nNo more shame<\/p>\n

My dead heart now is beating
\nMy deepest stains now clean
\nYour breath fills up my lungs
\nNow I’m free, now I’m free<\/p>\n

My dead heart now is beating
\nMy deepest stains now clean
\nYour breath fills up my lungs
\nNow I’m free, now I’m free<\/p>\n

Sin has lost its power
\nDeath has lost its sting
\nFrom the grave You’ve risen
\nVictoriously<\/p>\n

Into marvelous light I’m running
\nOut of darkness, out of shame
\nBy the cross You are the truth
\nYou are the life, You are the way<\/p>\n

Into marvelous light I’m running
\nOut of darkness, out of shame
\nBy the cross You are the truth
\nYou are the life, You are the way<\/p>\n

Yeah
\nNo more shame
\nNo more shame<\/p>\n

Now we show the world – Christ in you<\/p>\n

Lift my hands and spin around
\nSee the light that I have found
\nOh the marvelous light
\nMarvelous light<\/p>\n

It’s Christ in you<\/p>\n

Lift my hands and spin around
\nSee the light that I have found
\nOh the marvelous light
\nMarvelous light<\/p>\n

Lift my hands and spin around
\nSee the light that I have found
\nOh the marvelous light
\nMarvelous light<\/p>\n

Lift my hands and spin around
\nSee the light that I have found<\/p>\n

Oh the marvelous light, marvelous light<\/p>\n

whoa-oh-yeah
\nwhoa-oh-oh<\/p>\n

Into marvelous light I’m running
\nOut of darkness, out of shame
\nBy the cross You are the truth
\nYou are the life, You are the way<\/p>\n

Into marvelous light I’m running
\nOut of darkness, out of shame
\nBy the cross You are the truth
\nYou are the life, You are the way<\/p>\n

\"Blog<\/a>Running on the Beach, Oualidia, Morocco<\/p>\n

Marvelous Light<\/em> Written by Charlie Hall<\/a><\/p>\n

YouTube Video \u2013 Marvelous Light<\/em> \u2013 With Lyrics \u2013 Charlie Hall<\/a><\/p>\n

Charlie Hall<\/a><\/p>\n

YouTube Video – Marvelous Light<\/em> sung by Charlie Hall Band at Passion Conference ’05<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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