Michael Docker
Fools for the world, Christ makes us fools
Fools for the world, Christ makes us fools
by Michael Docker
Fools for the world, Christ makes us fools; God's foolishness our call. The world looks on and pours its scorn - God's wisdom shall not fall. Fools in a world where greed is good; Christ serves the humble poor, That all who hunger shall receive From His abundant store. Fools in a…
Father God whose face in Jesus
Father God whose face in Jesus
by Michael Docker
Father God whose face in Jesus Shows a love that saves and sees us, Holds and keeps and calls and frees us, For a crying world we pray When a man dies in a moment, When a world ends in the ferment Of dis-ease, despair and torment, For a hurting world we pray. When a family, churc…
Come to this work, this task, this joy
Come to this work, this task, this joy
by Michael Docker
Come to this work, this task, this joy, This worship, thanks and praise, Come join the mystery, share, enjoy God's work in Christ; God's ways. Hold in your mind the ancient truths Proclaimed in worship real; God's work in Christ, the love God breathes To hold, to help, to heal. B…
Christ is the human face of God
Christ is the human face of God
by Michael Docker
Christ is the human face of God - First born of all God made; This is the truth; all who are flawed Proclaim it unafraid; All things in Him, seen and unseen, Were made; all that has ever been. Christ is the Head, Christ is the first, And Christ will come to be; This truth will al…
Can anything part us from Christ's love?
Can anything part us from Christ's love?
by Michael Docker
Can anything part us from Christ's love? Can danger, nakedness or sword? Affliction, hardship, persecution, hunger, The daily doing to death told by the Word. The suffering for the sake of others; The fate of sheep uniquely ours Who walk with Christ through the world's condemnati…
When Jesus walked in Galilee
When Jesus walked in Galilee
by Michael Docker
When Jesus walked in Galilee The people gathered round To hear him speak of God's own love And marvel at the sound; And marvel at the sound of God Like music all around; When Jesus walked in Galilee The people gathered round When Jesus died on Calvary His followers ran away; The …
As slow as the seed in the ground
As slow as the seed in the ground
by Michael Docker
As slow as the seed in the ground, As sure as the earth turns to spring As steady as rock and as sound As the rhythms that lead us to sing Is the work of God’s Spirit in me; Is the way of the Saviour in you; Is the word of a Kingdom that’s free; Sing it loud, pure and clear, sing…
Are you the One who is to come