God Is Love (lyrics only)

This was actually the very first song that the Lord "force-fed" me... I was driving through Nevada (not the same trip mentioned in my testimony, by the way - the one the next week, when I had to return the rental vehicle to Reno and pick up our then-repaired SUV). While I was driving, the song just appeared in my head. I had my son jot down some notes while I dictated to him between Battle Mountain and Elko...at that very early point in my true Christianity, it was kind of a freaky moment! It's one of the more popular tunes I wrote for the stage show we did later that summer...

                I was born on a train at the age of forty-eight.

                God walked up to my fortress, and He opened up the gate.

                I never knew I was a prisoner for all those years.

                He helped me shed a lot of anger, and I cried a lot of tears.

                I didn’t realize what God was before He came to me,

                But once the Spirit filled my soul, then I came to see:

                GOD IS LOVE, God is Good,

                God wants us to understand we should

                Entrust in Jesus – abide in Jesus.

                GOD IS LOVE, God is great,

                God wants us to celebrate

                Our lives in Jesus – our love for Jesus.

                GOD – IS – LOVE…. GOD – IS – LOVE…)

                We make God out to be whatever we want Him to be;

                We transcribe His Scriptures to prove our fav’rite policy:

                “God wants this!”, “God hates that!”, “We know how Our Lord thinks!”

                Next He’ll be selling after-shave, and the soda that He drinks!

                The truth, though, if you read His Word, then it isn’t hard to see;

                It’s there in ev’ry single verse; it’s spelled L-O-V-E…

                                (God Is Love…. God Is Love…)

                GOD IS LOVE, God is great,

                God wants us to celebrate

                Our lives in Jesus – our love for Jesus.

   GOD IS LOVE, God is fair,

                God wants us to show we care

                For one another – to love each other.

                GOD – IS – LOVE…. GOD – IS – LOVE…)

                (instrumental solo)

                GOD IS LOVE, God is Good,

                God wants us to understand we should

                Entrust in Jesus – abide in Jesus.

                GOD IS LOVE, God is great,

                God wants us to celebrate

                Our lives in Jesus – our love for Jesus.

                GOD IS LOVE, God is fair,

                God wants us to show we care

                For one another – to love each other.

                GOD – IS – LOVE…. GOD – IS – LOVE…)