I Need You

I need You

Like dry grass needs dew

In a time of great draught

Under the sun's fiery wrath

Where the land is thirsty

And moist is deeply missed.

I need You

Nothing will replace You

I give due to whom it's due,

I dare not walk alone

I'll wither on my own 

Like seed cast among stones,

I need You

If there's something I won't do

One truth I won't argue,

I've laid my hope on You

Because Your word is true

You're a Friend so faithful.

I need You

Like lungs need oxygen

All my fountains are in You

Cause You're my Origin

You bought my redemption

Behold, what manner of love.

I need You

Like a suckling needs food

Like the dying need tubes

Cause no other Savior

Can offer a steadfast love,

In this seared, stone-cold world.

I need You

Like a voice for the mute

Like the birds need a tree

Like the beasts need the field

I need You by Yourself

You for me, no one else.

I need You

Like the light of the moon

When night becomes the rule

Let me know You are good

I put my trust in You

Forever I'll love You.

Akpan

Rejoice

I will rejoice
I have made a personal choice

To lift my voice

Above the roar

Of this world's storm.

I will rejoice

I will make a joyful noise

And lift a song

To God, my God

Yea, all day long.

I will rejoice

I have sworn on oath by choice

To boast in God

And wade in joy

Till my feet's soiled.

I will rejoice

Let it rip deep down my loins

As praise uncoils

As the sea boils

And thunder roils.

I will rejoice.

Akpan

I Will Enter

Here I stand

In Your presence I can

Look up n' feel no shame.

So here I stand

With both hands raised,

Let me know Your grace.

Chorus:

I will enter

And call You Abba Father

I will worship

And there fall at Your feet

I will breathe

The things that make You holy

Here I stand

Jesus, hold my hand.

Here I stand

Hold me Abba Father

Bring me into Your peace.

And here I stand

Because You made me free

To lift up my hands.

Here I stand

Jesus You made me glad

You're the Center of my joy.

Cause here I stand

Fearing no evil ploy

Your presence is the answer.

Akpan

I Am El Shaddai

Before Abraham
I Am That I Am

When Sarah laughed

At the promise she had

I gave her a blessed assurance

Before Goliath

I was Jesse' Branch

Towards Damascus

I was the blinding sun

That transformed the Apostle Paul.

Chorus:

I asked, Lord, what is Your name?

Show me the power of Your name.

I am El Shaddai

Thus I heard a clear Voice say,

I have sworn I will supply

More than you can ever gather

I Am the Lord, Your Provider

I Will Be

Who I Will Be

My name is El Shaddai,

You can call me El Shaddai.

I was with Daniel

Cast in the lion's den

Shedrach, Meshach, Abednego

In the blazing inferno

Had a Fourth Man Who cooled the heat

To Mary Magdalene

I'm the Oil of Healing

My friend, Lazarus

Locked away in a tomb

Knew My Power Of Resurrection

Bridge:

To a thirsting Hagar

Out of parched land,

I gave living water,

To a young Jacob

Fleeing his brother, Esau

A stairway to My Kingdom,

From fearful Peter

Of brittle character

I weaned a great leader.

Akpan

God's Got A Plan

Words not set to music yet

                    I

What you got in your hand?

Jesus can use it to draw His plan

He'll give you joy for your deepest scar.

Sounds like a Divine plan.

It was written a long time ago

Yet the time's always now if you know

How to confess His Word you will stand

Now that's a plan.

Chorus:

God's got a plan

If you'll just let Him work it out

God's got this like a counterattack

No, no, no, don't acquaint that doubt

If you'll just lean on His shoulder

God's standing by to put you over

Who's there? God's right there with a Lamb

Good God's got a plan.

                      II

God made you a part of His plan

He cut a path thru the desert

For you to make your entry grand.

Sounds like a Divine plan.

He'll rain down manna in a dry land

God's got your back in His loving hand

He'll come to your rescue on demand

Now that's a plan.

                     III

Trade off your plans for God's bigger plans

You are a wonder of His great hands

Abba wants you to know that He can.

Sounds like a Divine plan.

Before the hills, God thought of you

And predestined you to eat the good

Of the land across River Jordan

Now that's a plan.

Bridge:

God's got a blueprint

With your name printed on it,

The Good and Perfect Giver

He'll trade your worse for better

He's got thoughts towards you

And they are thoughts of good

God's gon' do something new

When He comes thru for you.

Akpan

Golgotha

Let my heart

O, God shine forth

The love in Your heart

Take my will

Mold it to Your perfect will

Here at the Potter's wheel.

Make me a tool

Forged in the Presence of You

One that's tried and true,

Keep my soul in tune,

Daily watered and pruned

fruitful and faithful.

Take my voice

Refined rid of worldly noise,

A fine-tuned instrument of Your Voice.

Guard my thoughts

By meditation on Your word

Fill it with the knowledge of God.

Take my feet

Burn its soles in the footprints

That trod the shores of Galilee

I surrender all I am

Make me Your willing lamb

Lead me to Golgotha.

Akpan

Lover Of My Soul

Jesus,

Lover Of My Soul

I will come

And bow low

At Your throne

Cause I have known love

Only because

You bled

To death

On a cross,

When I was

A foe of God

You walked on

This guilty sod,

And I, fallen short

Of Your glory

You wrought

My redemption story

With Your blood,

Seated me at Your throne

Lover of My Soul,

It is I touching

Your garment

Seeking fellowship

That availeth

Much more

I want to see

Jesus, My Savior Love

And Jesus Only

Gaze on

Your countenance

Surrendered in reverence

And if I

Should perish

Gladly will I

Fall at Your feet

And perish

Here

But here,

Without fear.

Akpan

Treasure

You are my treasure

It's my pleasure

To have Your presence

In overflowing measure

You show Your loving kindness

When life pumps the pressure

You're all I've been searching for

Joy of My Salvation

You are the Anchor

Of my soul in life's ocean

You are the Jewel 

That adorns my heart

You make brand new

All things that concern

This speck of dust that I am.

You are the Mirror

That makes my reflection

A thing to behold

And when my story is told

May it Your glory unfold

That all flesh may see the owner

And the true Lover

Of everything I call my own

You hold the key to my soul

I give you full control.

Akpan

All The Time

All the time

Jesus puts the rhyme in my life

He's a cup of fresh lime

And He's close by my side.

All the time

When darkness like mountains rise

Jesus is still Lord in the night

He makes me beautiful inside.

All the time

When I stepped out of line,

He stepped up just in time,

And from Calvary He saved my life.

All the time

He's faithful like the sunrise

He would never lie

Jesus put the shine in my smile.

Akpan

Mo' Than You'll Ever Know

For Refugee Olympic Team participating at
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic games.
Photo Courtesy: UNHCR

Mo' than you'll ever know

I'm rooting for you

Bring back the gold

And paint the skies blue

I hope your dreams come true

You deserve that gold

More than Simone Biles

Twisting her neck-wringing style

So I'm rooting for you

Cause refugees can too

Shout out to Mosamah cycling

Her way all thru to the olympics

I'm cheering for amazing athletes

Like Kimia, Dina and Abdullah

Mo' than Sha' Carri Richardson

When she pumping like a train coming

Down the track

I'm rooting for Anas Al Khalifa

For Cyrille, the weightlifter.

That's why I'm making it plain

Like a shot of pain

To the back of the brain

Rain down on Tokyo

Like Nyiragongo Volcano.

I'm rooting for you

Mo' than you'll ever know

I'm sold out to you

And that's all you need to know.

Akpan