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Mississippi Mass Choir - Having You There Lyrics

Artist:
Mississippi Mass Choir
Album:
Mississippi Mass Choir: Greatest Hit's
Official Release:
25 May 1989

Lyrics

Verse


We have come to praise and magnify the Lord
For all that He has done and for the victories we have won.
In the good times and in the bad times,
in the happy times and in the sad times;
having You there made the difference,
just having You there (having You there).


Bridge (x2)


Having You there


Chorus


Just having You in my life made the difference,
just having You there (having You there).


Vamp 1 (x2)


Having You there made the difference


Vamp 2


When the storms of life are raging
and the billows are tossing high,
You give me strength and courage
because You were standing by.


Vamp 1 (Repeat)


Having You there made the difference


Vamp 3


I thank You for Your mercy,
I thank You for Your grace;
there is no other one that could ever take Your place.
When my friends walked out, You stepped right in,
You've always been with me, thru the thick and the thin.


Vamp 1 (Repeat)


Having You there made the difference


Bridge (Repeat)


Having You there


Chorus (Repeat)


Just having You in my life made the difference,
just having You there (having You there).


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Meaning & Inspiration

“Having You There” by the Mississippi Mass Choir is a gospel song of thanksgiving for God’s presence. The verse opens with the choir saying they have come to praise and magnify the Lord for all He has done and for the victories won. It then moves through paired times, good and bad, happy and sad, with one answer: having Him there made the difference.

The vamps give specific reasons. When the storms of life are raging and the billows are tossing high, the singer says God gave strength and courage because He was standing by. Another vamp thanks Him for mercy and grace, says no one else could take His place, and adds that when friends walked out, He stepped right in and stayed through the thick and thin.

The themes are close to Psalm 46:1, Mark 4:39 and Psalm 27:10, which speak of God as a help in trouble, Jesus calming the storm, and the Lord receiving a person when others leave. The song is built to rise through repetition into a congregational praise.

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