Melanie Hart: Music & Lyrics

From Melanie Hart's book, A New Thing: The Stories Behind The Music..."Stop for a moment and try to picture this mighty river of God that flows from His throne! Now envision yourself standing in the flow of this river, this very life source that never ends, never dries up. I can only attempt to imagine the sound of God’s river. I strain my ears to hear its mighty rushing, its roar, its majesty as it flows, splashing and dancing from the heavens, surging toward the nations of the earth. Meager are the efforts of my mind’s eye to fully conceive of it and of the beautiful flourishing tree of life it flows by."

Revelation 22:1&2 – “And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life… and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.”

I Know A River (for the Nations)

I know a river and it flows from the Throne
Unending and pure, from the Father and of the Lamb
And it flows by the tree of life
And it grows to heal the nations
And I come to the river
To restore, to renew, to remind me again to…

Ask for the nations with all that I am!
I ask for the nations!
That they may receive the Life that flows from You!

I drink of Your mercy, I drink of Your love
I drink of Your power and I claim all that You’ll do when…

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I know a Savior seated on the throne
A merciful Savior whose blood was shed for me
And it flowed from a tree of life
And it flowed to reach the nations
And I come to the River
To restore, to renew, to remind me again to

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To wade in your mercy, to wash in your love
To plunge in your grace, forgiveness and truth
That comes from above!

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I know a river and it flows from the throne
That they might receive the life that flows from You!