FAITH, HOPE & LOVE

Stan and Be Counted

2008-10-14T17:41:00.000-07:00

Take a stand
Take a hand
Stand up and
Be a man...

-- Stan and be counted

THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE

2008-10-13T10:15:00.000-07:00

by Stan C. Countz

V 1
I pray you have faith so as to move a mountain
I know you have the hope that gives you wings
May you have joy that springs up like a fountain
And the courage to dare to do great things

V2
Faith is the substance of things hoped for
The evidence of things not seen
We have the hope of heaven
So bow low before the King

CHORUS
Now abides faith, hope and love
But the greatest of these is love
Now abides faith, hope and love
But the greatest of these is love

V 3
Love never looks back or quits
It keeps on believing ‘til the end
Greater love has no man than this
That he lay down his life for his friends

V4
Perfect love casts out all fear
God’s love it never ceases
He with eyes to see and ears to hear
Let him listen and look to Jesus

BRIDGE
For God so loved the world
That He gave His only son
That whoever believes in Him
Will not die but will have
Everlasting life

CHORUS
Now abides faith, hope and love
But the greatest of these is love
Now abides faith, hope and love
But the greatest of these is love

V 5
Love doesn’t push; it doesn’t shove
May your soul prosper and grow
But the greatest of these is love
The greatest gift you’ll ever know

V6
Seek the wisdom from above
Not the wisdom from below
He’ll be the hand in your glove
And you’ll never be alone

V7
You’ll have the peace of a dove
And you’ll know as you are known
He’ll be comin’ in the clouds above
And you’ll bow before His throne

GIVE YOUR DREAMS A CHANCE

2007-12-16T19:47:00.000-08:00

Lyrics by Stan C. Countz

It makes me kinda queasy, but I know it ain’t been easy
When I stop and think about it, I wanna scream and shout it
It’s never as easy as at first it seems. You can try to forget ‘em
but by no means ever let ‘em, try to steal your dreams.

Life is no bowl of cherries
It’s no walk in the park
Whether single or married
We all need a little spark

Wake up and live your life; you only get one chance
You gotta get it right; Gotta try to learn to dance
Ain’t gonna live twice; just take time for romance
So take my advice and give your dreams a chance

So don’t get so upset and never forget
A dream can bring a gleam to your eye
A dream can bring a spring to your step
So don’t let your dreams ever die

Let’s take the first step
No need to get so upset
Say goodbye to regret
And never worry or fret

So take hold of your goal and pursue your dreams
Just take heart and take part in building the team
It’s never as easy as at first it seems
To keep the main thing the main thing
So don’t let anyone ever steal your dream

Between you and me, it just ain’t what it used to be
It’s gone from bad to worse, but we can reverse the curse,
if we’ll seek His kingdom first and put first things first

Wake up and live your life; you only get one chance
You gotta get it right; Gotta try to learn to dance
Ain’t gonna live twice; just take time for romance
So take my advice and give your dreams a chance

Gotta try learn to dance, take time for romance
and give your dreams a chance--give your dreams a chance

MORE FAITH THAN I POSSESS

2007-12-16T17:56:00.000-08:00

Lyrics by Stan C. Countz

Take a look all around you
Are you too blind to see?
His handiwork surrounds you
Observe the earth, the sky and sea

Can a painting of vast beauty paint itself?
Can fallow ground plant and till itself?
Can a building plan and build itself?
Then how can man create himself?

It takes more faith than I possess
To place my faith in randomness
Or in a theory or educated guess
Or a well-meant hypothesis

Since when does order come from chaos?
Let’s use the brain our creator gave us
For greater is He who is in us
Than he that is in the world…

To believe that life just happened
Is more than simple, it’s absurd
To believe we came from nothin’
A miracle must have occurred

And we don’t believe in miracles now do we?
Look around you. Are you too blind to see
His handiwork surrounds you
Observe the earth, the sky and sea

I’ll be a monkey’s uncle; you have more faith than I
Even Simon and Garfunkle must have finally realized
That no man is a rock or an island to himself
That grounds and fields can’t plant and till themselves
That buildings and people can’t plan and build themselves
So deliver us from evil and save us from ourselves