Solo Thoughts – Sample

CHILD OF GOD

Music and Lyrics by Deborah A. Offenhauser

Child of God, where are you going?
Child of God, your Shepherd is showing
You the way to go, and how to know,
That you’re the Child of God.

Child of God, what are you seeing?
Child of God, you’ll see that you’re being
Only one with God.
You can’t be flawed – You are the Child of God.

And now, right here,
Your God is near,
Your ever Father-Mother
Loves you so !

And now, don’t fear
Your perfectness appears
Right now, right here
No need for any fear.

Child of God, what are you hearing?
Child of God, have you been fearing
That it’s all too real, and do you feel
That you’re not the Child of God?

But now, right here,
Your God is near,
Your ever Father-Mother
Loves you so !

So now, don’t fear
Your perfectness appears
Right now, right here
No need for any tear.

Child of God, what are you knowing?
Child of God, know that you’re growing
More and more in Love,
And that’s because ….
You are the Child of God!

Beloved Child of God!

Copyright 2015 Deborah A. Offenhauser

Hark, child of God!
This babbling mortal is not thy true self,
The image pure of Love,
The image pure of Love.

Rise, child of God!
The fear that would ensnare thee is unreal,
It has nor place nor power.

Know, child of God,
The Father's presence here thy strength supplies,
And meets each daily need,
And meets each daily need.

Sing, child of God,
Sweet songs of gratitude forevermore,
Thou image pure of Love,
Thou image pure of Love.

Words: Used by permission
Music: ©2012 Estate of Ruth E. Lambert

May I be a person who is known for always caring, treating other people the way I want to be treated; recognized for honesty and integrity, generosity and sharing; may I be a hero where a hero is needed. In

the course of my life, when I'm given opportunity, I'll reach out to others who feel lonely and defeated. Giving back a portion of myself to friends and family and community; may I be a hero where a hero is

needed. May I stand when those around me fall, may I hear a higher call. May I lead by my example, standing tall! May I be remembered as someone who made a difference; loving and forgiving, filled with

kindness and compassion, champion of courtesy and propriety; all the values we hold dear; oh, may I be remembered, may I be remembered as a hero. May we all be heroes.

THE MORNING STARS SANG TOGETHER lyrics
By Carolyn Kardinal
Copyright 2012

Where were you in the beginning when the stars in heaven were made?
When God balanced the galaxies and the universe was laid?
Where were you? Where were you when the stars began to shine
And the morning stars sang together to glorify God’s great design?

At the dawn of creation God formed his wonderful plan
To include His vast universe and His image man.
When light shined in darkness before unending day,
Life, Truth, and Love shown like stars to light the Way.
And the sons of God shouted for joy as they saw and heard
The morning stars sing together God’s eternal Word.

Where were you when earth’s foundation was laid? When God formed
lakes and seas?
Where were you when God gave each creature its own special melody?
Where were you? Where were you when God made mountains and trees
And the morning stars sang together creation’s harmonies?
Where were you?

You were in the Mind of God, the image of His Love,
You are His purpose, perfection from above.
It is God who has made us as He has made everything
So give to God the glory when you hear the morning stars sing.

Where were you? Where were you when the stars began to shine
And the morning stars sang together, Yes, the morning stars sang together.
O, the morning stars sang together to glorify God’s great design?
You were there!

YOU ARE GOD’S PERFECT CHILD
Lyrics by Carolyn Kardinal
Music by Carolyn Kardinal

When you learn to see yourself as God’s reflection, the image of His love,
Angels whisper God’s glory with inspired thought from above.
Then the light shines from within you like the rays of the sun
To light the darkness of this world, when you know you and God are one.

You are God’s perfect child,
Undisturbed, undimmed, undefiled.
Unique to God’s unfolding plan,
Beloved of the great I AM.
You are God’s perfect child,
Undiminished, undimmed, undefiled.
Mortal mind cannot claim or control
That which has always existed in Soul.

When you see you’re not a mortal defined by age or sin
Your prison walls will crumble and let the sunshine in.
When mortal mind is silenced with its contentious point of view
No claim of the senses can have dominion over you.

When you learn to walk in the sunlight of Spirit,
You’re healed because Truth makes you free
You put on the “new man” you’ve been seeking, whose being is infinity.
*Then bear witness to God’s kingdom, revelation that makes man whole:
Man is seen as idea of Mind, the perfect expression of Soul.

*(alt. words)Then bear witness to God’s glory. Where the kingdom of
heaven shines through
Man is seen as reflection of Soul; God’s perfect child is revealed in you.

You are God’s perfect child,
Undisturbed, undimmed, undefiled.
Unique to God’s unfolding plan,
Beloved of the great I AM.
You are God’s perfect child,
Undiminished, undimmed, undefiled.
Mortal mind cannot claim or control
That which has always existed in Soul.

Copyright 2013

FEAR NOT O LAND

Words: Joel 2:21, 23, 25, 26, 27
Music: Simon Clark

Joel 2:21
Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the Lord will do great things.

Joel 2:23 (to 🙂
Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God:

Joel 2:25 (to 3rd ,)
And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm,
and the caterpiller,

Joel 2:26 (to 🙂
And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God,
that hath dealt wondrously with you:

Joel 2:27
And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord your God,
and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.

Psalm 1 - Blessed Is the Man

Music by Daniel Burton

Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the way of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And in his law does he meditate day and night.
He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,
That brings forth his fruit in his season;
His leaf shall not wither, and all that he does shall prosper.

©2020 Daniel Burton

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not neither is weary? Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly,

utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not

faint. The voice said, Cry, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof as the flow'r of the field: but the word of our God shall stand forever. He giveth power to the faint; And to them that have

no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly, utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as

eagles, they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. They shall walk and not faint.

Hast thou not known, hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not; neither is weary? Fainteth not, neither is weary? There is no searching of his

understanding. Hast thou not known, hast thou not heard, was it not told to you from the beginning? But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings of eagles. They shall

run and not be weary. They shall run and not be weary. They shall walk and shall not faint. He giveth pow'r to the faint, and to them that hath no might, He increaseth their strength. Even the youths shall weary and

faint, and the young men shall utterly fall. But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings as eagles; They shall run and not be weary, They shall run and not be weary.

They shall walk and shall not faint.

In the beginning God created heaven and earth. And God said, "Let there be light!" And there was light. And God said, "Let the waters under heaven be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so. And God called the dry land earth, and the waters seas. And God saw that it was good! And God created herb yielding seed, and trees yielding fruit, and great whales and fish of the sea, and fowl of the air after his kind, and every living creature after his kind. And God saw that it was good; God saw that it was good! And God said, "Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the fowl of the air, and over everything upon the earth. So God created man in His own image; in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them. And God saw everything that He had made, and behold it was very good! Thus, thus the heavens and earth were finished.

And God made man in His Own image, In the image of God created He him; Male and female, created He them. When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, The moon and the stars, the moon

and stars which Thou hast ordained. When I consider Thy heavens, What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? For Thou hast made him a little lower than the

angels; Thou hast crowned him with glory, glory and honor; Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of Thy fingers, Thou hast put all things under his feet. When I consider Thy heavens, the

works of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars, the moon and stars, which Thou hast ordained. When I consider Thy heavens, What is man that Thou art mindful of him, that Thou art mindful, that Thou art

mindful, Thou art mindful of him?

When I gaze into the night skies and see the work of Your fingers, The moon and stars suspended in space; O what is man that You are mindful of him? You have given man a crown of glory and honor, And

have made him a little lower than the angels. You have put him in charge of all creation: The beasts of the field, the birds of the air, the fish of the sea. But what is man, O what is man that You are mindful of

him? O Lord, our God, the majesty and glory of Your name Transcends the earth and fills the heavens. O Lord, our God, little children praise You perfectly; And so would we, and so would we. Alleluia,

Alleluia, The majesty and glory of Your name. Alleluia, Alleluia, The majesty and glory of Your name. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! Who hast set thy glory above the heavens. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and

the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the

angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: O Lord, our

Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! In all the earth!

Faith Is
Text from Hebrews 11:1-2, 13, 16b; 12:1a: vers. Austin C. Lovelace, alt.
Music: Austin C. Lovelace

Faith, faith, faith is the substance of things hoped for,
The evidence of things not seen.
Faith, faith, faith.

The faithful ones of old obtained a good report.
These kept faith, awaiting still the promise;
And, knowing it would be fulfilled,
Were as strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God,
And He has prepared for them a city, a city called heaven.

Therefore, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses,
Let us lay aside every weight and sin which so easily beset us,
And run with patience, and run with patience the race that is set before us,
Looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith,
To Jesus, the author, the author, perfecter of our faith.

Music © 1979, assigned 1997 DARCEY PRESS. All rights reserved.

Nearer, My God, To Thee
Lyricist: Sarah Flower Adams
Composer: Tara Bhrushundi adapted from music by Lowell Mason

Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee,
E'en though it be a cross
That raiseth me;
Still all my song shall be,

Refrain:
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee.
Nearer to Thee.

Though like the wanderer,
The sun gone down,
Darkness be over me,
My rest a stone;
Yet in my dreams I'd be

Refrain

There let the way appear,
Steps unto heaven;
All that Thou sendest me,
In mercy given;
Angels to beckon me

Refrain

Then, with my waking thoughts
Bright with Thy praise,
Out of my stony griefs
Bethel I'll raise;
So by my woes to be

Refrain

Or if on joyful wing
Cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon, and stars forgot,
Upward I fly,
Still all my song shall be,

Refrain

The Mother's Evening Prayer
Music by: Robert Collister
Poem by: Mary Baker Eddy

O Gentle presence, peace and joy and power;
O Life divine, that owns each waiting hour,
Thou Love that guards the nestling's faltering flight!
Keep Thou my child on upward wing tonight.

Love is our refuge; only with mine eye
Can I behold the snare, the pit, the fall:
His habitation high is here, and nigh,
His arm encircles me, and mine, and all.

O make me glad for every scalding tear,
For hope deferred, ingratitude disdain!
Wait and love more for every hate
And fear no ill since God is good and loss is gain.

Beneath the shadow of His mighty wing;
In that sweet secret of the narrow way,
Seeking and finding, with the angels sing:
Lo, I am with you alway, watch and pray.

No snare, no fowler, pestilence or pain;
No night drops down upon the troubled breast,
When heaven's after smile earth's teardrops gain,
And mother finds her home and heav'ly rest.

Words used courtesy of The Mary Baker Eddy Collection

Mother’s Evening Prayer
Words by Mary Baker Eddy

O gentle presence, peace and joy and power
O Life divine, that owns each waiting hour
Thou Love that guards the nestling’s faltering flight
Keep thou my child on upward wing tonight

Love is our refuge; only with mine eye
Can I behold the snare, the pit, the fall
His habitation high is here and nigh
His arm encircles me and mine and all

O make me glad for every scalding tear
For hope deferred, ingratitude, disdain!
Wait, and love more for every hate, and fear
No ill, since God is good, and loss is gain

Beneath the shadow of His mighty wing
In that sweet secret of the narrow way
Seeking and finding, with the angels sing
“Lo, I am with you alway,” watch and pray

No snare no flowler, pestilence or pain
No night drops down upon the troubled breast
When heaven’s aftersmile earth’s teardrops gain
And mother finds her home and heav’nly rest.

Words used courtesy of The Mary Baker Eddy Collection