MP3 John R. brusseau - The Best of John R. Brusseau Volume # 1

In Love with Jesus and want to follow him no matter what the cost music

14 MP3 Songs
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Called to be an apostle, an envoy of Jesus
Sent to call people out of their cultural comfort zones, their families, their safety, and their pride to follow Jesus instead of man.
These are songs that encourage the individuality of the listener by supporting their personal connection to God in the context of following Jesus, not man.
These are deeply personal songs, not merely the intellectually crafted tools of proselytizing.
They will likely disturb you.
They may make you angry.
They may haunt you.
They may fill you with joy.
They may do all of the above.
These are songs of love; even the angry ones.
These songs are the beginning of the next Spiritual Reformation, and this one will not only call Christians,
but all souls, from all cultures, and all religions, out from their spiritual stagnation to follow Jesus.
Be prepared to be challenged.

The picture on the front of the CD is a drawing of my wife in her wedding dress. She is the pesonification of my heart, and thus of my hearts' best songs.

On Jesus...
...Is a song that expresses what I hear Jesus saying to his Body. Follow Jesus and you will be his body. Follow your past understanding of Jesus, or someone else's understanding of Jesus, and you will merely be another human religious society. If you follow man the majority of those in your group will remain disenfranchised, and thus, also, useless. If you follow Jesus all those in your group will be authorized by Jesus, and empowered by Jesus, to meet the needs within your group, and impact the people in the world around you.
Following Jesus requires that we look for him in each other. We cannot do this and have an agenda too. You wonât have the nerve to abandon your group agenda unless you are walking in Jesus righteousness . I f you have not yet repudiated self-righteous (self-governing) legalism as a viable option you will likewise not be able to yield the governance of your group to God. If you do, however, you will see Godsâ power.


Armed with Nothing...
... Is a confession of trust in Godsâ strength, Godsâ spirit, and not in mansâ strength, or human resources (referred to in scriptures as the flesh). This song was meant to be a corporate confession of trust, by a Christian community.


As the Daylight Fades...
... Is a song of encouragement to those who are following Jesus in these last days, and meeting up with the intense spiritual opposition, and the innumerable hard lessons, that inevitably accompany his followers. Remember Peter then, and be comforted. You will come back strong. The darkness never wins, though we will see times in which darkness certainly seems to be winning, when heartâs all around you are numb with fear, and the sunlight cries with a heart full of regret.


Baby Open Your Heart to Love...
...is a song I wrote to my wife while on a mission from God far away from home. She couldnât see God in the mission at all, and had a very hard time with my decision to go. As a result, I not only had to deal with the crushing loneliness that I always begin feeling after the first day apart from her, but the clean sort of (though very painful) death that comes with having to trust God with the keeping of a precious relationship that is beyond your reach, beyond your power to watch over, and save. I recorded this song right after writing it, so you are hearing my heartsâ naked feelings being expressed. I was writing this song through my tears.


Break Your Mothers Back...
...is and old, very old song of mine that I redid a bit here. It is appropriate that I redid this song during the mission I just described in the previous song, in as much as the song is about the awkward, and strange place followers of Jesus often run into, that of following him in conflict with your own heart. The songsâ title refers to the rhyme, Step on a crack, and break your mothersâ back. Our mother is a symbol of our foundational set of values, our foundational conscience about things. Our mother can care, and even worry about us and yet take a completely wrong stand about something in our life. So too can our heart. In order to follow Jesus you will have to leave both mother and Father (the symbol for our foundational belief system) and cleave only to him. We are his bride after all. Such a leaving is not pleasant, to say the least. You will stumble at first, but you will get the knack, eventually.



The Collapse of Freedom...
...is a song expressing my sense of what will shortly happen to the U.S.A. It is not a prophecy, but I believe God has given me this sense of the fate of the U. S. A. If you have ears to hear, then hear what the spirit is saying concerning the United States, and the heart of spiritual prostitution, of self- governance, as opposed to God- governance, that the U. S. is a symbol for throughout the whole world. Civilizationsâ rule of law will shortly be exposed for the hypocritical failure it is, in terms of its ability to govern dysfunctional humanity. Godsâ judgment of the worlds system of self-governance will come in the form of the rise of the anti-christ who will meet out Godsâ sentence upon her. The flimsy rule of Civilization will succumb to a state of global insanity, and the human community will become a psychopath. Then Jesus will judge our insanity and rule all, put everything in the universe under command of, and in harmony with God. The United States is the bastard of nations who has grown up to become a tyrant. She has become the personification of the rule of law, which is to say, of civilization. She will be completely destroyed.


Cosmic...
...is a song calling everyone, in every culture, every nation, every religion, to leave everything, and follow Jesus. This call includes those of us in the so-called Christian religion, and society. This is ââthe Last Days ''. This is the Last Call. You will not get another. Jesus is coming soon.
Regardless of the society, or culture, or religion, we have come to follow man, not God. God is calling us to follow his way, not mansâ way. Jesus is Godsâ way. Even in Christian societies we have ceased following Jesus, and have only followed man, and his conscience. What has it gained us. Follow Jesus and forge a personal, and individualized relationship with God. Jesus empowers the individual. All other factors posing as mediator between God, or wholeness, or perfection, and mankind have only suppressed individuality, and with it, our identity, destiny, and purpose.
Be aware that following Jesus will cost you everything, but it will be worth it. It always has been. Many people can attest to this. There is a great cloud of those who have witnessed the value of following Jesus.


Covering You...
...is a song expressing what I hear Jesus saying to His Body (his followers). This is a great comfort to me. I sing this song a lot.


Desultory


Desultory â plan less, purposeless, double-minded, like a person trying to hold a conversation at a party.


The Dying of Winter...
...is a song I wrote, once again, while I was in that dying, mission, period referred to in Baby Open Your Heart. Another very soggy song.


Every Fifty Years...
...is a song from a poem I wrote for a friends Fiftieth birthday (Jack Coulter). I never did give it to him, too timid probably. It refers to the biblical Year of Jubilee, which was a type of the Messiah who was to come, and who did come in the person of Jesus.


Held the Breath...
...is a passionate response to the presence of the Master, Jesus. He does this to me a lot. Heâs pretty cool. Donât get me started on that now, or I'll never finish this.


I Call You Home...
Allah's song of love to those raised in the Islamic religious cultures, inviting them to receive his perfect gift of love, forgiveness.

Isa (Jesus) is Allah's gift of forgiveness. Accept him with all your heart. Allah waits there for you.


I Thought About You...
...is a Word from God; It is a prophetic song. If you have ears to hear, then hear what the spirit of God is saying to the religious establishment. This song mirrors Ezekiel 15 and 16, in which God judges Jerusalem. He had already judged Israel, and Judah, as nations, and was now judging Jerusalem, the establishment. It applies amazingly well to the Christian religious establishment today.
God is VERY angry at you.
The Christian religious establishment is all about maintaining its own power and control. She is a whore to God. This sounds extreme to you, Iâm sure, but this is truly how God feels about her. Like the religious establishment in Jerusalem two thousand years ago, not one stone of your church culture will remain on top of another. God is about to shake your world so that only that which can remain, will remain; that being Jesus, and his governance. You have no idea how angry God is. Read Ez. 15 and 16 and you will get the idea, if you have any heart for Gods total rule in your life.

Here are the lyrics:

The Best of
John R. Brusseau
Volume # 1


On Jesus

Song #1

Coming down from heaven
is a shout from Jesus
He is callin you and I
to leave the city
and follow Him
to where He leads us
Donât look back
Keep your eyes on Him
He will free you
from the heart of Babylon
from that harlotâs
heart of self righteousness
and bring you home

Everything God gives us
is built on Jesus
on the acceptance
we have in Him
All of the virtue
all of our morality
is built on the rock
the rock of Jesus
So feed on Jesus
Drink up Godsâ forgiveness
Breath in Jesus
Live your whole life in Jesus
Righteousness


Armed With Nothing

Song #2

Armed with nothing
but Godâs spirit
we wage war against
the spirit of pride
We know Jesus
sits on Godsâ throne
in majesty
now glorified

Armed with nothing
but Godâs spirit
down they come
the walls of shame
We know Jesus
paid for our sins
We go forth
in Jesus name

Armed with nothing
but Godâs spirit
Authorized
by Jesus blood
we will boldly
pull down strongholds
We will pour in
like a flood

Armed with nothing
but Godâs spirit
we will stand
against the foe
We will bar
the path of Satan
by the word
of God we know

Armed with nothing
but Godâs spirit
we will leap
into the fray
We do not
defend our image
God protects us
on the way

Armed with nothing
but Godâs spirit
God exalts
our humbled soul
God empowers
us to serve Him
We have yielded
Him control

Armed with nothing
but Godâs spirit
we are kings
and priests to Him
We will worship
God forever
Praises over-
flow our brim

Armed with nothing
but Godâs spirit
our righteousness
our truth our trust
We are victors
we are joyful
Fear and sorrow
bite the dust

10/27/2005 J. Brusseau


As The Daylight Fades

Song #3

As the daylight fades
and darkness rushes in
Donât be afraid
for the darkness never wins
As the daylight flees
and the moonlight hides in shame
Donât bend your knees ..
You .. stand in Jesus name
As the daylight slips
like a mad manâs memory
Donât purse your lips ..
You know who holds the key
Like Peter the apostle ..
like Peter you must feed My lambs
Feed .. My lambs
As the daylight screams
at the terror soon to come
Nothingâs what it seems ..
All around you hearts are numb
As the sunlight cries
with a heart full of regret
Nothing left but lies
and a loserâs final bet
As the daylight groans
underneath the weight of sin
Nothing more than bones
holding up a tent of skin
like Job in the bible ..
like Job you will come back strong
strong ..
As the daylight goes
like a friend who waves good bye
No one really knows
where he went or even why
As the daylight stands
just before he calls it quits

No one takes his hands ..
No one stops him when he sits
As the daylight dies
like an old man in his sleep
No one knows how wise,
but they know they are his sheep
And they know they must follow ..
They know night will make no sound ..
make .. no sound
Night time holds an evil smile
for night time only has awhile
It will do what must be done
in the absence of the Son
It will steal what must be stole ..
Thatâs its purpose .. Thatâs its role
Watch, it hurries on its way,
and carry off the wood, the hay
the stubble .. The trouble is no more
both the beast and whore

As the daylight sings
like a lover at your door
She is dressed in rings ..
Youâre asleep but you donât snore
As the daylight leaps
like a dancer on the wind
Now she calmly creeps ..
You love the way the day begins
As the daylight cheers ..
Covering the land in gold
like a thousand mirrors,
they will do as they are told
Like Lazarusâs grave clothes ..
night is stripped and put away
AWAY


Baby Open Your Heart to Love

Song #4

Baby
Open your heart to love
Open your life to me
Honey
You are ? my heart
I wait for you
through lonely days of hope
in the face of desperate fear
for you to come to see

this is
what God has given you
knowing your heartâs desire
He is
your faithful ... Lover
Remember when
He took you by the hand
and held you to his heart
so you could truly see

His love
in all those things He did
proving to you He cared
Honey
Do not shut Him out
Donât turn Him away
Just when He calls you
to believe in Him
Trust Him all the way

Baby
open your heart to love
open your life to me
Honey
You are ? my wife
I wait for you
through lonely days of hope
in the face of all my fear
for you to come to me

Baby
open your heart to love
open your life to me
Honey
You are ? my Love
I wait for you
thru these lonely weeks of pain
In the face of grim despair
for you to come to me

Written & Recorded Thursday, December 01, 2005
by John Robert Brusseau

BREAK YOUR MOTHERS BACK

Song #5

The sunset comes
and you can't call it..b-a-a-a-ck
Don't you know..dying is easy
Just step on this crack
I promise you you will get the knack..
?repeat 4 times?

There's a whole lot of rain
and it's all coming down on your head
There's a heap of destruction
just like ol' Jesus said

There's a howling twister
And it blows all around your head
Your heart is in a vice
But it is your will being..bl-e-e-e-ed ?bled?

And your knees are knockin'
but the rest of you..is already dead
There's a cold shot of terror
it is..sho' gonna mess up yo' head

There's a tattooed lady
who you can't get to..le-e-eave your bed
Your face turns ugly
I see tho-o-se dice have..al-rea-dy been read

The sunset comes
and you can't call it..b-a-a-a-ck
Oh don't you know..dying is easy
Just step on this crack
I promise you you will get the knack..
?repeat and fade?


THE COLLAPSE OF FREEDOM

Song #6

1.
Yeah, I know. Yeah, I see it
The foundation crumbles
Your freedom collapses
Lost to strong terror
Your famed halls of justice
Youâre gripped by a fever
That sweeps over nations
Tsunami of hatred and
Dark desecration
Mocking Godsâ providence
Slandering mercy
Ice-cold affections
And frozen communion
Between all souls living
Except those who follow
Anointed king Jesus
Accept it youâre done for
Your rule is a failure
Democracy humbled
Like all thrones before it

2.
Yeah I know it. Yes, I see it
The Lady of freedom
Has drowned in the ocean
Beneath waves of fury
And now you are stranded
On rocks of damnation
The curses of millions
You sold into slavery
And cruel domination
Oh, how do you like it
Godsâ turning of tables
His wrath now poured out on
The killer of martyrs
The arrogant actress
Self-righteous ruler
Spiritual prostitute
Cold-hearted liar
Destroyer of virtue
American tyrant
And bastard of nations

3.
Yes, I see it, and yes, I know
A truth was your garden
And you were to keep it
And fruit would be plentiful
Sweet freedom and justice
And all would be nourished
And all would be satisfied
Equal before God and
Equal upon this bright land
So, where is this garden?
And where this lush fruit?
Replaced by grim soldiers
And the sound of their marching
Oh, where is your promise now?
Clothed in your bragging
Framed by a smile
Long faded and sagging
Oh say can you see
By your setting sunlight
What you once proudly held

4.
Yeah, I know, yes I see it
The passing of movie stars
The dying of heroes
The corpse of your icons
Pathetically rotting
The rusting of money
The chipping of jewels
The decay of merchandise
All leaving you sighing
For now you have nothing
Long empty inside
Long grasping at shadows
Long wed to your pride
Oh, come to your funeral
With no one else there
Alone at your wake
Alone in despair
For you would trust no one
Defensive as hell
Submitting to no man

Chorus:

You come at last to the end
Your rule blows away in the wind
Jesus alone will remain
All other hopes have proved vain

Written Thursday, May 12, 2005


Cosmic

Song #7

So whatâs the cosmic consciousness
telling us today
Just forget this little storm
Go on out and play

Oh .. whatâs the grand consensus .. Boy
?Close our eyes and pray?
You know you wonât get
what you are asking anyway

Whatâs the bible saying now
Letâs check that with the Greek
And let us wise men teach you all
since Godâs voice is so weak

Oh .. Listen how these heathen rage
The thoughts that cross their minds
They are wont to stifle God
in every soul they find

They say ..God can only talk through us
Is that such a surprise
Weâre the ones He gave control
So donât you criticize

God needs us slick astrologers
to explain to you
those complex things the stars reveal
about what you should do

And .. If you challenge our control
Then Iâm afraid we must
Play the devils advocate
and see if you can trust

See .. If you truly are of God
Then youâll survive the loss
of having us wise Pharisees
nail you to His cross

So whatâs the cosmic consciousness
telling us today
Just forget this slight decline
Go on out and play

And .. whatâs the grand consensus .. Boy?
War away our fears?
Doesnât Allah bid us turn
our pruning hooks to spears

Whatâs the Koran saying now ..
I think the Imam knows
At least I think the Imam does
My brother thinks he glows

Oh .. Listen how our heart deceives
A serpent by the tree
Telling us we can not know
Allah so bend your knee

To everything our people say
To everything they do
Never question anything
You see now, we love you

Anyone whoâs free to choose
endangers all our souls
Yes itâs true Allah is great
but we demand control

Yes, Allah could make man see
If he wanted too
But we donât care; we trust in force
to make you ?follow through?

See .. If you truly are righteous
Then youâll do what we say
Otherwise we Hippocrates
Will take your life away

So whatâs the cosmic consciousness
telling us today
Just forget this tsunami
Go on out and play

Please, whatâs the grand consensus
Close our eyes and chant
That way we donât have to see
that karma really canât

Whatâs the Buddha saying now
Letâs hear the bhikkhus speak
Oh god, please no more Sanskrit drills
Is rebirth then so weak

Oh listen to their sacrilege
A person with no path
All our choices doomed to fail
What a god of wrath

Rahula this Salgado that
Let the wise men lead
All are beggars next to them
and blind; A bruised reed

Bow to power, bow to fate
Bow to those who know
Bow because the otherâs do
or watch their anger grow

Bow and never once decide
where you wish to be
Never look for life, or truth
Thatâs your destiny

If you truly give up hope
All will sing your praise
As they burn your rotting corpse
With your hopeless gaze

So whatâs the cosmic consciousness
telling us today
Just forget the shaking ground
Go on out and play

Please, whatâs the grand consensus
Close our eyes and grin
That way we donât have to see
Our heart is full of sin
Whatâs Confucius saying now
Convention is our guide
It can tell you how to seem
as though you have no pride

Oh listen to the chaos roar
In souls bound up in fear
Fitting in can whip you raw
while forcing you to cheer

The others you have made your god
Will never see your pain
Will never salve your bloody wounds
Or cleanse your bloody stain

And yet you look for them to smile
On your timid show
You limp across the stage of life
Till youâre too weak to go

You spend the life God gave to you
in useless servitude
To pride, and fear of loosing face
Instead of gratitude

But, if instead youâd look to God
Alone, and for your sake
Itâs true youâd lose your place with man
Your soul would come awake

Youâd find yourself alone with God
and He would guide your way
into the path of righteousness
and truth and love would play


Covering You

Song #8

My love is co-ver-ing you
My love is faithful Baby .. My love is true
Turn ... your face and look
into My eyes of love

My faith is co-ver-ing you
I am your rest lover .. I am your view
Look ... and see My wing spread
Over your ransomed soul

My blood is co-ver-ing you
Godsâ love has made your .. guilty soul brand new
Grab ... hold of My arm
And donât you ever let go

My truth is set-ting you free
To walkwith God in perfect .. in-ti-mi-cy
I ... am the only light
you will need to see ... So rest in Me


Desultory

Song #9

Desultory tones abide
and nothing can reside
where people think God lied
him whoâs bonifide
whoâs only Son has died
and rules us from inside
Desultory tones canât hide

Lyric & Music composed Thursday, March 09, 2006
By John R. Brusseau

The Dying of Winter

Song #10


I know it looks like Iâm not there
And that I donât need you Baby
But that isnât true girl
Ev-er-y second ? I am with you, Love
I am with you

Each step I take Baby ? I ache for you

My love, please hear what my heart is saying to you
I love you

I know itâs been such a long time
And distance is painful
And how you must cry, Love
Please understand that ? I cry with you, Love
I cry with you

And that each hour passing ? I long for you

My love, please hear what my heart is saying to you
I love you


I feel the dying of winter
The passing of sorrow
The changing of fortunes
Both of us trust God ? I wait with you, Love
I wait with you

And soon we will both see ? Godsâ word is true

My love, please hear what my heart is saying to you
I love you

Composed and recorded Wednesday, December 21, 2005
by John Robert Brusseau



Every Fifty Years

Song #11

Every fifty years no one is a slave
mercy runs like wine .. It empties out the grave
Every fifty years all our debts are paid
No pressure to perform .. and no one is the least afraid
It is the year of jubilee

Every fifty years tears are borne away
sorrow is deceased .. This is a new day
Every fifty years harmony is king
heaven is our home .. We hear the angels sing
It is the year of jubilee

Every fifty years all our work is done
No more sweaty work underneath the noon day sun
Every fifty years we are all reborn
What was lost, is found .. No more will the children mourn
It is the year of jubilee

Every fifty years all our past is clean
Weâre drunk on peace and joy like you have never seen
Every fifty years our land is laid to rest
God feeds us from His hands till everyone of us is blessed
It is the year of jubilee

Every fifty years God shows us whoâs boss
The river of His love has taught us how to count the cost
Every fifty years God pours His spirit out
So full of energy, we simply have to dance and shout
It is the year of jubilee


HELD THE BREATH
OF CHRIST INSIDE ME

SONG #12

Held the breath of Christ inside me
He is so about his father
Time is slipping up to kiss me
My God is truly like no other

Warm sun rays fall on me like
Mercyâs caress, full of purpose
Strike the bells of liberation
This manâs head is crowned with glory

This the season of Godâs promise
Harvest rises like a lion
Scent of trust, life everlasting
Fruit hangs heavy on the vine and

Everywhere you look Godâs stepping
No more waiting for the bride-groom
Faithful, faithful is our owner
Oh, look at all His love unfolding


Satellites of true forgiveness
Follow me like words of kindness
Blessings overflow my borders
I am wealthy beyond measure

God will lift up who He chooses
He has seated me in power
I know Jesus gets the glory
I know Jesus goes before me

Automatic songs of worship
Rolling off my tongue forever
Wine is pouring like a river
His wine is filling up my corners

Look at how God gushes splendor
I am robed in awe and wonder
People look at me and know that
God is worthy of all glory


I Call You Home

Song #13

I call your name
I call you home
You are my love
My brother, friend
My sister, come
I call you here
To feed on grace
On holy love
Devoid of greed
And heartless ways
I call you home
To Godsâ repose
To sweet refuge
In arms of Godsâ mercy

I welcome you
Your soul may rest
In peace and joy
Godsâ harmony
Invades your thoughts
With gentle love
And now you see
Forgiveness flows
In torrents strong
It overwhelms
your heart of shame
your greatest sin
Your path to God
Is free and clear to walk

Receive my gift
Which Allah gives
To all who seek
Receive my deed
Of sacrifice
Divine mercy
Allah is great
He finds the way
Into our soul
Allah is great
Allah is great
Allah is love
He calls to you
Receive His perfect gift

He calls to you
To follow him
Back to your home
He misses you
He longs for you
You are His child
Weâve wandered far
on Adamâs road
away from Him
So long weâve run
Weâve lost the way
Back to his arms
His mercy rules
In Isaâs gift of blood


by John R. Brusseau 11/7/2005


I Thought About You

Song #14

I thought about you
on my way to the mansion
out there in Babylon
frozen and naked
and hungry from fasting
to keep your trim figure
so you could keep selling
so you can stay free

Oh, I thought about you
and your blind eyes so faithless
your tree of life rotting
in earth thatâs been poisoned
by a heart so self-righteous
you have no need of mercy
I thought about you
and wondered in silence
and wept for your destiny
soon to be cut down
and burned in the fire

I thought about you
on the way to my mansion
prepared by my husband
while I endured waiting
and hoped and depended
on he who has purchased
my souls salvation
with his flesh and blood

Oh, I though about you
and sighed for your cold heart
your crown of pride covering
a soul sad and lonely
I thought about you
how you sat there scoffing
at my heartsâ imploring
for you to receive
Godsâ gift of mercy
but you were so wealthy
You would not humble yourself to believe

I thought about you
on the path to Godsâ kingdom
when I was poor Lazarus
and you were the rich man
and you gave me crumbs
that fell from your table
and how things are changing
and what you will see

I think about you now
and my heart is breaking
I cry for the promise
for what could have been
I am heart sore
from sorrow and mourning
Iâm caught in reflection
and cannot break free
And now I must face it
You are past saving I hear Godsâ decree


I thought about you
and I have decided
itâs time to get on
with the things that remain
God is the author
and He has decided
Heâs had enough
of your bloody stain

And I will forget you
and live with the future
my husband made for me
by his sacrifice
oh my heart is free now
to let go of sorrow
My mind is at peace with
the mercy of God
The scepter whoâs Jesus
who rules and protects me
now falls on the whore as Godsâ iron rod

Song composed and written 2006/01/ 27-28


Receive my gift
Which Allah gives
To all who seek
Receive my deed
Of sacrifice
Divine mercy
Allah is great
He finds the way
Into our soul
Allah is great
Allah is great
Allah is love
He calls to you
Receive His perfect gift

He calls to you
To follow him
Back to your home
He misses you
He longs for you
You are His child
Weâve wandered far
on Adamâs road
away from Him
So long weâve run
Weâve lost the way
Back to his arms
His mercy rules
In Isaâs gift of blood


by John R. Brusseau 11/7/2005