"Jesus, thank you for the cross" genre: Christian Easy Listening
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	A simple but passionate worship song
	MP3.com CD: Songs Compilation 1 - buy it! CD: Family Worship 3 - Fire and Rain   Label: Daybreak Music Credits: Mike Burn
	Story Behind the Song Two motivating factors behind this song: one was that I heard a missionary from Borneo talking a few years ago about the revival that they had experienced amongst some of the tribes in that country. He had been asked about features of the revival, and he said that one feature was that "9 out of 10 songs that were being written there were about the cross". It struck me that of the songs that I'd written, my ratio was somewhat lower than that, and I resolved then to write more songs on the subject of the cross, in an attempt to express my desire for revival in my own nation. The second factor was a wish to try to write about the cross in a way that a child might express it, and the line "I know it hurt" went round in my head for weeks before the rest of the song fell into place....it moves me very much when I hear my own daughter sing that line, and I always hope and pray for the reality of what Jesus did to become personal for her, and every child. Lyrics Jesus, thank you for the cross Holding nothing back You did all your Father asked I'll never know just how it felt As you died, lifted high I know It hurt I know the pain Was more than words could ever say You had a choice, you chose to die Your sacrifice has saved my life What can I say? Oh Jesus, you gave your life for me So precious the blood you shed You made a way to heaven by dying in my place Jesus, thank you for the cross Mike Burn Copyright (c) 1996 Daybreak Music

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