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The title track comes from my mentor in student ministry, Roger Glidewell. He always closed his e-mails with the phrase ‘until the whole world hears.’ Our goal is to live our lives telling others about Jesus – until the whole world hears. John the Baptist was the voice crying out in the wilderness, eating grasshoppers, and speaking into the world about their sin. Speaking out in the wilderness is never popular, but in the body of Christ, we’ve got to do it in love.” [“Until the Whole World Hears” also includes the voices of the congregation from Eagle’s Landing First Baptist Church, where Hall has served as Student Pastor for eight years.

Until The Whole World Hears
(Mark Hall, Bernie Herms, Jason McArthur, Roger Glidewell)

Lord, I want to feel with Your heart
See the world through Your eyes
I want to be Your hands and feet
I want to live a life that leads

Ready yourselves, ready yourselves
Let us shine the light of Jesus in the darkest night
Ready yourselves, ready yourselves
May the powers of darkness tremble as our praises rise

Until the whole world hears, Lord, we are calling out
Lifting up Your name for all to hear the sound
Like voices in the wilderness we’re crying out
And as the day draws near, we’ll sing until the whole world hears

Lord, let Your sleeping giant rise
Catch the demons by surprise
Holy nations sanctify
Let this be our battle cry

Ready yourselves, ready yourselves
Let us shine the light of Jesus in the darkest night
Ready yourselves, ready yourselves
May the powers of darkness tremble as our praises rise

Woah, woah, sing until the whole world hears
Woah, woah, sing until the whole world hears

I want to be Your hands and feet
I want to live a life that leads
To see You set the captive free
Until the whole world hears
And I pray the day will see
More of You and less of me
Lord, I want my life to be
The song You sing

Woah, woah, we’ll sing until the whole world hears
Woah, woah, we’ll sing until the whole world hears

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Several months ago, we lost a soldier in Afghanistan who was part of our home church. His son is in our middle school ministry, and it really rocked us. You know it’s going on, but then it happens right there and it kind of opens your eyes to the reality. Casting Crowns was on the road and couldn’t be there for the funeral. This song really came together that day. When life is hard and tragedy comes, you discover how real Jesus is to you. Your friends and your church try to help, but, at that moment, Jesus can’t be Plan B. He’s got to be it; He’s got to be enough. When things that are constants in our lives are stripped away, that’s when we have to know He’s ‘Always Enough.

Always Enough
(Mark Hall, Ed Cash, Matt Armstrong)

In a dry and weary land
Lord, You are the rain
In a sea of shattered ones
Your love comes rushing in
You hold the world within Your hands
And see each tear that falls
Through every fire and every storm
You’re always enough, always enough

Your love is peace to the broken
Faith for the widow, hope for the orphan
Strength for the weak
Your love is the anthem of nations
Rings out through the ages
And You’re always enough for me

You keep my heart in perfect peace
My life is in Your hands
When confusion hides my way
You’re always enough, always enough

I rejoice for my Savior reigns
I rejoice for He lives in me
God on high, He has set me free
Worthy is the Lord

I rejoice for my Savior reigns
I rejoice for He lives in me
God on high, He has set me free
Worthy is the Lord

In a dry and weary land
Lord, You are the rain

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We share the gospel at all of our concerts. When we give people the opportunity to respond to God, there’s a thing we say in every prayer: ‘I lay my past at Your feet, and I’m walking away from it. I lay this day at Your feet, living it in Your strength and Your wisdom. I lay my future at Your feet, and I’m going to follow You through it.’ This prayer of salvation has become the song “At Your Feet.” And Juan and Hector add vocals to this song too.

At Your Feet
(Mark Hall, Jason Ingram)

Here at Your feet, I lay my past down
My wanderings, all my mistakes down
And I am free

Here at Your feet, I lay this day down
Not in my strength, but in Yours I’ve found
All I need, You’re all I need

Jesus, Jesus, at Your feet
Oh, to dwell and never leave
Jesus, Jesus, at Your feet
There is nowhere else for me
There is nowhere else for me

Here at Your feet, I lay my future down
All of my dreams, I give to You now
And I find peace, I find peace
Here at Your feet, I lay my life down
For You my King, You’re all I want now
And my soul sings…

‘Cause I am free (here at Your feet)
All I need (is at Your feet)
I find peace
We’re at Your feet
We’re at Your feet

And I am free (here at Your feet)
All I need (is at Your feet)
I find peace
We’re at Your feet
We’re at Your feet
We’re at Your feet
We’re at Your feet

Here at Your feet
I lay my life down

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This song is based on Psalm 63. David had a desperation for God; he said, ‘My soul thirsts for You, my body longs for You, in a dry and weary land.’ This was a big moment for David; he knew this world could not fill him. But because he had experienced God in the sanctuary, he knew God’s power and knew that ‘Your love is better than life.’ In order for us as believers to get to that point, we also must realize that we live in a dry and weary land.

Holy One
(Mark Hall, Stu G, Jason Ingram, Matt Bronleewe)

God, You are my God
Earnestly I seek You, oh my soul
I thirst for You
My body aches in a dry and weary land
I’ve seen You in Your sanctuary
I beheld Your pow’r and shouted glory
My soul is full, my lips will sing Your praise
Lift your voices

Let the sound of praise be heard
All the ends of Earth
Praise the Holy One
Sing the glory of His name
Every tongue proclaim
Praise the Holy One

You are my help, I sing
In the shadow of Your wings
My soul will cling
Your right hand holds me up
You are my king, You are my God
Lift your voices

I will sing for Your glory
For Your love is better than life
I will sing for Your glory
For Your love is better than life
Better than life

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Songs For Lonely Robots (ASCAP)

Recently we traveled to New Zealand and played in the Parachute Festival. We met the Parachute Band and right before we went on stage, they played a song called ‘Mercy.’ Just hearing Omega [Parachute Band’s lead singer] sing that song, and what God had brought him through, just really bonded with us. As worship leaders – we all lead worship in our own church – you’re always looking for songs that connect with the body of Christ. We worked together with Parachute Band to add some verses to it. Megan’s beautiful voice just leads this song out; it’s going to be a great song for the church.

Mercy
(Omega Levine, Sam de Jong, Tauese Tofa, Mark Hall)

Here I am a sinner
Broken and in need of You
Take my life and wash my fears away
For You are the Great I AM
Rest assured, I feel Your hand
Holding me until the darkness clears
A Father to the fatherless
Redeemer of my soul
My Life is Yours forever
I want the world to know

Your mercy saved me
Mercy made me whole
Your mercy found me
Called me as Your own

Here I stand a child of Yours
Broken and in need of You
Break these chains and wash my guilt away Healer of my brokenness
My weary soul will find its rest
You are my strength, the lifter of my head You’re greater than my yesterdays
You hold me close today
You’re the Lord of my tomorrows
My heart will always say
You’re greater than my yesterdays
You hold me close today
You’re the Lord of my tomorrows
My heart will always say

You called me as Your own
You called me as Your own
Thank You for Your mercy
Thank You for Your mercy

You called me as Your own
Your own

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Blessed Redeemer is a special song for us. For years, we have led worship every Sunday at our church back home in Atlanta. Juan, Melodee, Chris and I lead on Sunday mornings and we thought it would be such a neat moment to have our actual church serve us as a part of this record. Our congregation of about 1,900 people on a Sunday morning sang this song. It really brings it back home for us. This is not something we’re doing - we’re not going off and being a worship band. This is what we do every week, and having our church be a part of it was really nice.

Blessed Redeemer is one of those songs about the plan of salvation. It’s the gospel. It’s the story of Jesus and the life that He lived and the life that He gave and the life that He gives to us.

Blessed Redeemer
(Mark Hall, Bernie Herms)

Up Calvary’s mountain one dreadful morn Walked Christ my Savior, weary and worn Facing for sinners death on the cross
That He might save them from endless loss

Blessed Redeemer, precious Redeemer Seems now I see Him on Calvary’s tree Wounded and bleeding, for sinners pleading Blind and unheeding, dying for me

“Father, forgive them,” my Savior prayed Even while His lifeblood flowed fast away Praying for sinners while in such woe
No one but Jesus ever loved so

Dying for me

Oh how I love Him, Savior and friend
How can my praises ever find end
Through years unnumbered on Heaven’s shore
My songs shall praise Him forevermore

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