Adopted by Casey J

The Gathering by Casey J

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Adopted
by Casey J

Album: The Gathering

Verse 1
What love is this that calms our hearts
Whispers the promise into the dark
That we are loved, yes, we are loved
Until forever

Verse 2
Though we were homeless, in need of rest
Gave us a name, and daily bread
How we are loved, yes, we are loved
Until forever

Chorus
So we are loved, we are known
We are adopted, we are adopted
No longer lost, You have brought us home
Now we are adopted, we are adopted

Verse 3
What joy is ours to be so held
We weren't abandoned and all is well
How we are loved, yes, we are loved
Until forever

Chorus
So we are loved, and we are known
We are adopted, we are adopted
No longer lost, You have brought us home
We are adopted, we are adopted

Bridge
You have made us sons and daughters
And forever You are Father, oh-oh-oh-ohh
You have made us sons and daughters
And forever (And forever You are Father)
Sing You have made, yeah-eh
(You have made us sons and daughters)
And forever (And forever You are Father)
You have made, woah-oh, woah-oh
(You have made us sons and daughters)
And forever, yah (And forever You are Father)
You're our Father

Chorus
Sing we are loved (We are loved)
We are known (We are known)
Sing we are adopted (We are adopted)
We are adopted (We are adopted)
No longer lost (No longer lost, You have brought us home)
Sing we are adopted (We are adopted)
We are adopted (We are adopted)

Spontaneous
Oh-ohh-oh-oh-ohh
You know us by name
You called our names
Oh-ohh-oh-oh-ohh
This is Your promise and I'll hold
This is Your promise and I'll hold
This is His promise and I'll hold
This is His promise and I'll hold
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ahh

Bridge
That He has made us sons and daughters
And forever You are Father
Can we sing that together?
You have made us sons and daughters
And forever (And forever You are Father)
This is Your promise and I'll hold
(You have made us sons and daughters)
And forever (And forever You are Father)
This is His promise and I'll hold
(You have made us sons and daughters)
And forever (And forever You are Father)
Can we lift that truth? tonight?
Sing You have made (You have made us sons and daughters)
And forever (And forever You are Father)
Sing You have made, yeah-eh-eh-eh-ehh
(You have made us sons and daughters)
And forever (And forever You are Father)

Spontaneous
This is His promise
This is our hope
We're never lost
This is His promise
And this is our hope
That we're never lost
This is His promise
This is His promise
This is our hope

Bridge
Sing You have made, You have made us
(You have made us sons and daughters)
And forever (And forever You are Father)
Sing You have made (You have made us sons and daughters)
And forever (And forever You are Father)
Let's sing that again, You have made, yeah-eh, yeah-yeah
(You have made us sons and daughters)
And forever (And forever You are Father)
God, You have made, yeah-eh-ehh
(You have made us sons and daughters)
And forever (And forever You are Father)

Spoken
So when we were doing pop-up worship, God kind of made ways for us to have conversations with people that were far from Him; and we would get to kind of ask and dialogue with them like: "You know, why do you think there's such a space between you and God?" and I promise you like nine times out of ten the same answer came up which is that they felt like they did something so bad, that they couldn't come back..

Like, there? was like you don't, know, you don't know and that, and I try to be an open person, so I'm like: "You think? somebody cool like, what happened?" And it was just this like arresting idea that whatever I did was so bad; that I can't come back.

And the Bible talks about that because that's kind of a Servant-Master mentality, right? Like if we don't do the right thing then we don't serve our master well. But the Bible says something to, kind of come back? that it says: That we no longer have to call Him "Master" as if we're only servants but we can call Him "Abba, Father". And a father doesn't care how many times you mess up, he doesn't care how many times you fall.

There's even a story in the prodigal son where it says: That as the son was coming back and he was walking back towards the father's house, that the father saw him from afar off, and ran to him. He was walking, the father was running.

And tonight I think that God wants to rest that promise in our hearts.

Outro
Sing You have made us sons and daughters
(You have made us sons and daughters)
And forever, yeah (And forever You are Father)
Sing You have made (You have made us sons and daughters)
And forever (And forever You are Father)
This is Your promise and I know
(You have made us sons and daughters)
This is Your promise and I'll hold, yeah
(And forever You are Father)
Sing, You have made, woah-oh, oh-woah
(You have made us sons and daughters)
And forever (And forever You are Father)
Come on, just us
Sing You have made (You have made us sons and daughters)