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I'm Home

by Stephen Bautista

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I'm Home 03:14
Words & Music by Stephen Bautista Most of the time I feel like I don’t fit in So often sensing I don’t belong When you made me your child through grace and forgiveness You said that this world is not my home So here I am waiting and yearning Knowing that while I’m still here Chorus: I’m home in your grace I’m home in your love Though I’m still in a place Where I don’t belong In your grace I’m home Sometimes I wish you would speed up the timing To the day when you’ll take us from here But you’ve got your own time for when you’re arriving With the assurance the day draws near So here I’ll wait, trusting your wisdom Knowing that until you come Chorus: Bridge: We are just strangers here We are not part of this world But you said, “have no fear” And you will always be with us Until then end So I’m home I’m home Chorus:
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There 04:11
Words & Music by Stephen Bautista How I love to gaze up to the heavens Hope, wonder, and imagine Painting images in my mind Of the wondrous things that we”ll find Beyond the gates When we’re there I can see a place where pain and suffering Have all vanished and mean nothing Words like tired, sick, and weary Aren’t in our vocabulary And we’re all whole When we’re there Chorus: When we’re there we finally will know The many wonders of our Heavn’ly Father’s home When we’re there in that picture perfect place We’ve been invited to by his mercy and his grace It’s bound to be much more than we imagined Beyond our dreams it will all be revealed when We are there I can see world where calm and stillness Are the norm of our existence No discord or clashing world views Tense debates or points to argue Only harmony When we’re there I see perfect love that never falters Hate will have been fully conquered No more wars or fruitless battles Foolish fights or scores to settle Only endless peace When we’re there Chorus: Bridge: And the first thing we will see Is the holy throne of our God and King And the first thing we will do Is bow down to Him, worship and sing “Great is the “Lamb,” “Worthy is He” When we’re there Chorus:
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Words & Music by Stephen Bautista So you think you’re just a face in the crowd And no one notices when you wear that frown You wonder if the lord above sees the little guy And if you even have a chance to catch his eye Chorus: He knows your heart Every care you have And he’s there for you As a matter of fact He loves you, yes he loves you, He loves you to the cross and back So you think your just one voice crying out Amidst a billion pleas from a billion mouths You wonder if through all the noise god can ever hear Just enough of your small voice to bend his ear Chorus: He knows your heart Every care you have And he’s there for you As a matter of fact He loves you, yes he loves you, He loves you to the cross and back Instrumental: Bridge: There’s no grief he doesn’t know No pain he hasn’t felt Cause he bore the anguish of the world When he took our nails Chorus: He knows your heart Every care you have And he’s there for you As a matter of fact He loves you, yes he loves you, He loves you to the cross and back
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Words & Music by Stephen Bautista Here we are wandering just beyond the garden Unaware that we still thirst for the nectar we’ve forgotten We can sense a nagging void somewhere deep within us And wrestle with the mystery of how or why we feel this So here we crave and here we thirst Chorus: Cause there’s a God-shaped hole In our broken souls There’s a missing part From our failing hearts We try to fill it up With the things we love Still there’s a God-shaped hole There’s a God-shaped hole So we try to fill our cups in hopes to quell the craving Even though we drink it up our thirst is not abating Then we presume the answers must lie somewhere deep within us But all we ever seem to find is a void that’s undiminished So here we crave and here we thirst Chorus: Bridge: Since the Garden we have tried everything we could But Jesus is the only way to fill that void And in the shape of a cross Chorus: He fills the God-shaped hole In our broken souls He’s the missing part From our failing hearts He pours into us His redeeming love And fills the God-shaped hole The God-shaped hole Jesus fills the God-shaped hole
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Words & Music by Stephen Bautista You've held that bitter cup Inside for far too long And too often drink it up Now joy is all but gone But God's holding out to you A sweet remedy And beckons you come taste and see You're drowning in the wrongs Your past has poured on you Your spirit's so weighed down You find it hard to move But God says come be refreshed In his healing spring And beckons you come taste and see Chorus Taste and see that the Lord is good Taste and see what he's promised you New life with joy overflowing Taste and see Come taste the peace of mind Come taste amazing grace Come taste the sweetest life That's found in Jesus name Drink from the loving hands That heal and redeem Come to him, taste and see Chorus Bridge Taste and see that the Lord is good Yes, the Lord is good Sweet relief Blessed are those who take refuge in him So take that bitter cup And leave it at the cross Let Jesus fill you up With his unfailing love Chorus
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Words & Music by Stephen Bautista Every time I’m greeted by the morning sun I can’t help but praise you for the new day that’s just begun And one thing I have to smile about With the advent of a new day Is that the hands of time keep winding down And you’ll soon be heading our way Chorus: It’s a sunrise closer to heaven A sunset closer to you And when the clock chimes up at the midnight hour And says this day is through It will be one day closer Another day to look up, gaze at the blue As I watch the sun move across it, I dream it’s you But when the sun goes down in a colorful blaze And gives way to a starry sky I’ll still rest assured in the promise you made That your return is drawing nigh Chorus: It’s a sunrise closer to heaven A sunset closer to you And when the clock chimes up at the midnight hour And says this day is through It will be one day closer Bridge: One day closer Every day we’re one day closer And one thing I have to smile about With the advent of a new day Is that the hands of time keep winding down And you’ll soon be heading our way Chorus:
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Words & Music by Stephen Bautista I saw you glance in the mirror today The expression you made was quite clear And I know you wonder if I still see The same you as in those first years So here from my heart is the truth you should know There are things I can see now I couldn't before Chorus: The lines upon your face trace our years together The silver in your hair show the storms we've weathered And each year I’m so blessed to see with my eyes A perfect example of beauty being refined When I look at you now I see so much more After all of the many years we’ve shared I see the memories etched in over time From the smiles and the tears we have shed And even if I could roll back time somehow I wouldn't change anything from how you look now Chorus: Instrumental So here from my heart is the truth you should know There are things I can see now I couldn't before Chorus: And each year I’m so blessed to see with my eyes A perfect example of beauty being refined
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Words & Music by Stephen Bautista Lord if I could ask a favor of you To help alleviate my apprehensive point of view Cause there’s so much that I don’t understand Within the grand unfolding of your mystifying plan So I’m asking Just one thing That would help tremendously Chorus: Your ways are higher than the stars that shine above Beyond the reach of anything I could think of So Lord I’m praying for a faith that’s strong enough That no matter if it’s crystal clear or shades of gray I’m trusting in your higher ways Part of me wants you to just plainly Illuminate your plans and spell them out from A to Z But there’s so little I would comprehend And much of what you’d say would fly way out over my head So I confess You know best But I still have one request Chorus: Bridge: Teach me to trust you With a faith strong enough to Completely embrace your higher ways Instrumental: I confess You know best But I still have one request Chorus:
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Surrender 03:16
Words & Music by Stephen Bautista Sometimes I’m finding myself asking why you Allow the many painful things we go through Although it seems to be a bold inquiry When I am questioning what you do I’ve got a lot of nerve when I think I can Second guess the rationale of your plans Who am I to say, I’ve got a better way When I’m the one who’s made by your hands Chorus x2: I am the clay you are the potter Your higher ways are so much higher You’d think by now that I should know better Surrender, surrender Now I’ll admit sometimes it’s hard to swallow But when you’re in the lead and I just follow You keep me right on track, always got my back And with me everywhere that I go You’re plans were made before the earth’s foundation To win for me the hope of my salvation So what I need to do is fully trust in you Without any reservation Chorus x2: I am the clay you are the potter Your higher ways are so much higher You’d think by now that I should know better Surrender, surrender... Bridge: …it all (surrender it all) to the one (surrender) Who made me, saved me, gave me his all I surrender it all Chorus:
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released November 21, 2021

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Stephen Bautista Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Stephen is a full-time Christian Music Missionary who lives on the road and seeks to “enlighten the lost and encourage the found” with his original, Christ-centered music. Listeners enthusiastically describe Bautista as having a similar musical and vocal style to that of James Taylor, but with lyrics that convey a solid Gospel message. ... more

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