RICH

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Richard Wayne "Rich" Mullins (October 21, 1955 – September 19, 1997) was an American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter born in Richmond, Indiana. He had two sisters and two brothers.  Mullins was best known for his worship songs "Awesome God" and "Sometimes by Step".

On September 19, 1997, Mullins and his friend Mitch McVicker were traveling southbound on I-39 north of Bloomington, Illinois, to a benefit concert at Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kansas, when his Jeep rolled over. They were not wearing seat belts and were both ejected from the vehicle. When a passing semi-trailer truck swerved to miss the overturned Jeep, Mullins, who was too injured to move out of the path of the oncoming truck, was hit and died instantly at the scene. McVicker was seriously injured but survived.

Christianity is not about building an absolutely secure little niche in the world where you can live with your perfect little wife and your perfect little children in your beautiful little house where you have no gays or minority groups anywhere near you. Christianity is about learning to love like Jesus loved and Jesus loved the poor and Jesus loved the broken.” ― Rich Mullins

Scripture

We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his [g]heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him? 18 Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth 1 John 3:16-18 NASB

Song

Go out Like Elijah by Rich

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YArMfcMvltc

The Jordan is waiting for me to cross through

My heart is aging I can tell

So Lord, I'm begging

For one last favor from You

Here's my heart take it where You will

This life has shown me how we're mended

And how we're torn

How it's okay to be lonely as long as you're free

Sometimes my ground was stoney

And sometimes covered up with thorns

And only You could make it what it had to be

And now that it's done

Well, if they dressed me like a pauper

Or if they dined me like a prince

If they lay me with my fathers

Or if my ashes scatter on the wind

I don't care

CHORUS:

But when I leave I want to go out like Elijah

With a whirlwind to fuel my chariot of fire

And when I look back on the stars

Well, It'll be like a candlelight in Central Park

And it won't break my heart to say goodbye

There's people been friendly

But they'd never be your friends

Sometimes this has bent me to the ground

Now that this is all ending

I want to hear some music once again

'Cause it's the finest thing I have ever found

But the Jordan is waiting

Though I ain't never seen the other side

They say you can't take in

The things you have here

So on the road to salvation

I stick out my thumb and He gives me a ride

And His music is already falling on my ears

There's people been talking

They say they're worried about my soul

Well, I'm here to tell you I'll keep rocking

'Til I'm sure it's my time to roll

And when I do

CHORUS(2x)

Sentence Prayer

Father;

Thanks for examples of how live out my faith in Jesus

Help me to keep rocking for Jesus

Until it’s time to go out like Elijah.