Hayes - "Come to Jesus" (Grace Mott, soprano and Tara Curtis, mezzo soprano)

DUET "Come to Jesus"
(words and music by Chris Rice, 2003; arranged by Mark Hayes, 2020)
Grace Mott, soprano; Tara Curtis, mezzo soprano; Dale Morehouse, piano
St. John's Methodist - Kansas City, MO
January 29, 2023
Chris Rice is an American singer and songwriter who works in the contemporary Christian music, contemporary folk and adult contemporary genres. His parents, and other adult mentors, influenced Rice’s Christian faith and his early work with youth and college students. While leading music and coaching high school soccer teams he began writing songs. For two decades, Rice spent his time as an itinerant speaker and songwriter/musician, playing for high school and college conferences and camps nationwide. This schedule prepared Chris for his career as a signed recording artist, touring the country with a full band. This song is included on his album, Run The Earth - Watch The Sky.
Many of Chris’s songs reflect the many experiences he had in his own life in which words, science, humor, nature, questions, and faith are among his “muses” or influences when it comes to his music. This song is a hymn of encouragement… inviting us to focus on Jesus.
Bible Reference… Colossians 2:6-8; 3:2; Hebrews 12:1,2
Weak and wounded sinner, lost and left to die,
Oh, raise your head, for love is passing by.
Come to Jesus! Come to Jesus! Come to Jesus, and live!
Now your burden’s lifted and carried far away,
and precious blood has washed away the stain. So,
sing to Jesus! Sing to Jesus! Sing to Jesus, and live!
And, like a newborn baby, don’t be afraid to crawl.
And, remember, when you walk sometimes you fall. So,
fall on Jesus! Fall on Jesus! Fall on Jesus, and live!
Sometimes the way is lonely and steep and filled with pain.
So, if your sky is dark and pours the rain, then
cry to Jesus! Cry to Jesus! Cry to Jesus, and live!
Oh, and when the love spills over and music fills the night,
and when you can’t contain your joy inside, then
dance for Jesus! Dance for Jesus! Dance for Jesus, and live!
And, with your final heartbeat, kiss the world goodbye.
Then, go in peace, and laugh on Glory’s side, and
fly to Jesus! Fly to Jesus! Fly to Jesus, and live!