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| Christ Is Lower Still from Sanctuary Songs by The Porter's Gate |
Humbly, lowly Jesus
waits in the valley.
My Savior suffers with me.
With Him, I'll rise again.
If you go down
off the coast of Italy,
off the coast of Italy,
off the coast of Portofino,
in the Mediterranean Sea,
if you were to go and swim
to a certain place,
you'd find a very interesting sculpture.
It's a sculpture by an Italian sculptor
named Guido Galetti
and the sculpture is
a full-sized sculpture of
Jesus Christ,
His arms raised up in the air.
But rather than displaying
But rather than displaying
this sculpture in a museum
or a church sanctuary
or a promenade,
this sculpture is installed
at the bottom of the
Mediterranean Sea and
the only way to see it is
to swim down, down, down
and the further you go down,
the closer you'll be to seeing
Jesus looking up
and reaching upward to us.
And while there are many songs
that give voice to what it is to
ascend to the hill of the Lord
to find Jesus at the heights.
The Bible also tells us that
when we go down to the depths
that (Jesus) is already there.
The Porter's Gate
featuring DOE and Matt Maher
2024 A.D.
Breathe in, reach out,
Touch the hem of Your garment now,
Help me, heal me,
My mind, my body, and soul.
Touch the hem of Your garment now,
Help me, heal me,
My mind, my body, and soul.
Let the King descend,
Living Word made flesh,
Living Word made flesh,
Lift this heavy heart to Your throne,
O God.
In His wounds I find
Room for all of mine.
When from grace I fell,
Christ was lower still.
Humbly, lowly Jesus
waits in the valley.
My Savior suffers with me.
With Him, I'll rise again.
We lift it all up to You, Lord.
We lift our heads, we lift our hands,
In His wounds I find
Room for all of mine.
When from grace I fell,
Christ was lower still.
Humbly, lowly Jesus
waits in the valley.
My Savior suffers with me.
With Him, I'll rise again.
Let the King descend,
Living Word made flesh,
Living Word made flesh,
Lift this heavy heart to Your throne,
O God.
In His wounds I find
Room for all of mine.
When from grace I fell,
Christ was lower still.
In His wounds I find
Room for all of mine.
When from grace I fell,
Christ was lower still.
'Til the earth is filled,
Christ is lower still.
We lift it all up to You, Lord.
We lift our heads, we lift our hands,
We lift it all up to You, Lord.
We lift our dreams, we lift our plans,
We lift it all up to You, Lord.
We lift our sorrow and our pain,
We lift it all up to You, Lord.
We cast our cares on You again.
We lift it all up to You, Lord.
We lift our dreams, we lift our plans,
We lift it all up to You, Lord.
We lift our sorrow and our pain,
We lift it all up to You, Lord.
We cast our cares on You again.
We lift it all up to You, Lord.
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| Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries Songs |
Sanctuary and The Porter's Gate
have created an album of songs
about mental health and faith.
Why create a worship album
focused on the theme of
mental health challenges?
Perhaps the answer to this question
can be found in yet more questions.
Are we inadvertently excluding or
stigmatizing members of our congregations
by only singing certain types of songs, or
only singing about certain experiences
in the life of faith?
How can we encourage worship leaders
to think through their sets
from new and different perspectives?
And most importantly,
how can we help people
hold on to God’s presence
at all times and in all circumstances—
including experiences of
mental health challenges?
have created an album of songs
about mental health and faith.
Why create a worship album
focused on the theme of
mental health challenges?
Perhaps the answer to this question
can be found in yet more questions.
Are we inadvertently excluding or
stigmatizing members of our congregations
by only singing certain types of songs, or
only singing about certain experiences
in the life of faith?
How can we encourage worship leaders
to think through their sets
from new and different perspectives?
And most importantly,
how can we help people
hold on to God’s presence
at all times and in all circumstances—
including experiences of
mental health challenges?
By creating an album that centers around the lived experience of people who are often marginalized in churches, and by modeling life-giving and healing ways for congregants to talk (and sing) about mental health challenges, we have the opportunity to unite liturgy and advocacy.
For more worship resources
related to mental health, visit
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May God's Kingdom come, His will be done.
Que le Royaume de Dieu vienne, que sa volonté soit faite. 愿神的国降临，愿神的旨意成就。 Nguyện xin Nước Chúa đến, ý Ngài được nên. Jesús nuestra Rey, venga Tu reino! 🙏💗🍞🍷👑🌅🌇 With anticipation and joy, |
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