This week’s featured song story comes to us from Pat Barrett. We’re excited to share with you the story behind his single “Build My Life.”
“‘Build my life’ is one of those songs for me personally, that has carried me through so many years of change and uncertainty and if I’ve learned anything from being a father of three kids and Megan and I just celebrating nine years, its that life rarely behaves with our plansand its usually in the uncertainty and the not knowing and the trials that reveals what we’ve been standing on and what we put our trust in. Jesus talks about it in Luke Ch 6 and says its like a man who dug a hole and built his house on the rock, when the storm came and the house withstood the storm. This really is a reminder for us that we can build our life on anything, we have the freedom to build our life on whatever we want. And the invitation of Jesus is to build our lives on things that last.” – Pat Barrett
Click on the video below to hear Pat share the story. Scroll down to listen and read the full lyrics of the song.
From the album Pat Barrett – Build My Life EP
“Build My Life” Lyrics
Worthy of every song we could ever sing
Worthy of all the prais we could ever bring
Worthy of every breath we could ever brethe
We live for you
Jesus the name above every other name
Jesus the only one who could save
Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe
We live for you
Oh we live for you
Holy there is no one like you
There is none beside you
Open up my eyes in wonder
And show me who you are
And fill me with your heart
And lead me in love to those around me
Holy there is no one like you
Open up my eyes in wonder
And show me who you are
And fill me with your heart
And lead me in love to those around me
Worthy of every song we could ever sing
Worthy of all the prais we could ever bring
Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe
We live for you
Jesus the name above every other name
Jesus the only one who could save
Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe
We live for you
Oh we live for you
Holy there is no one like you
There is none beside you
Open up my eyes in wonder
And show me who you are
And fill me with your heart
And lead me in love to those around me
Holy there is no one like you
Open up my eyes in wonder
And show me who you are
And fill me with your heart
And lead me in love to those around me
And I will build my life upon your love it is a firm foundation
And I will put my trust in you alone and not retake it
And I will build my life upon your love it is a firm foundation
And I will put my trust in you alone and not retake it
Holy there is no one like you
There is none beside you
Open up my eyes in wonder
And show me who you are
And fill me with your heart
And lead me in love to those around me
Holy there is no one like you
Open up my eyes in wonder
And show me who you are
And fill me with your heart
And lead me in love to those around me
And I will build my life upon your love it is a firm foundation
And I will put my trust in you alone and not retake it
And I will build my life upon your love it is a firm foundation
And I will put my trust in you alone and not retake it
I will build my life upon your love it is a firm foundation
I will put my trust in you alone and not retake it
He didnt write the song though,
He actually is a co-writer on the song with Kirby Kaple / Karl Martin / Matt Redman / Brett Younker.