"Eyes Wide Open"
They try to silence my voice, they try to hold me down
But I'm still screaming out, I'm still screaming out
They try to silence my voice, they try to hold me down
But I'm still screaming out, "You better pray!"
They call me 'fanatic' cause I can stand on my own
I speak revivalist, I got this fire shut up in my bones
They call me 'fanatic' and all the church doors
They stay closed because I testify
They preach sermons but they still don't know
The fanatical forerunner
I prepare the way
I speak a message of truth, take heed- I mean what I say
You better pray!
So hide yourself in the darkness
Keep your prayers to yourselves
Because any fool can pray just to get recognized by someone else
The secret life of fanatics
They can stand on their own
Because they recognize the church doors stay closed
We pray with our eyes open
To see the victims of injustice
I'm not just one man- all Heaven stands with me
I've got a message for the world: its not just us
You better pray!
*BEHIND THE SONG*
This is a song that Geoff wrote. We were very excited to have Frankie Palmeri from Emmure on this song with us. Frankie has always shown us nothing but respect and support. We love and respect Frankie and the Emmure dudes. This song is our prayer to the God of perfect love and justice. We refuse to stop looking at the problems. We stand in the gap. We are not disciples that bury our heads in the sand and ignore the real issues. We pray with our eyes open.
*WHEN HEAVEN INVADES EARTH: THE KINGDOM PRINCIPLE BEHIND THE SONG*
Jeremiah 22:3-5 -"Thus says the Lord: do justice and righteousness, and deliver form the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed, and do no wrong or violence to the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place. For if you will indeed obey this word, then there shall enter the gates of this house kings who sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their servants and their people. But if you will not obey these words, I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation."
As followers of Jesus, we have a responsibility to stand up for the oppressed, the ones who have no voice, the ones who have been robbed of freedom, possessions, and innocence. the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) estimates that 50,000 people are trafficked through the US annually as sex slaves, domestics, garment, and agriculture slaves. 50,000 of god's children. In some countries, this number is doubled. What are we to do? Stay up and pray. Sacrifice sleep for these ones who have no safety. Some of you will be called to these places. We are with you, as we are there with them.
*THE PRAYER (FOR YOU TO PRAY FOR THE BETTERMENT OF YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE*
Jesus, let your perfect justice come and make right these atrocities that are happening. Where there is war, in Sudan, Congo, Central African Republic, Uganda, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, we declare peace. Where there is injustice all over the world, specifically in Thailand, Cambodia, Philippines, Indonesia, Pakistan, we declare freedom and restoration to the enslaved, as well as the oppressors. Le the chains fall now, in Jesus's name.
From the album Kingdom Days In an Evil Age, available on iTunes @ [ Ссылка ]
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(Disclaimer- I am not associated with Sleeping Giant or Ain't No Grave Records.)
Lyrics, song meanings, and prayer courtesy of the Kingdom Manifesto written by JR Bermuda, Tommy Green, and Eric Gregson, available only with the Kingdom Days In An Evil Age Deluxe Edition.
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