NEW HOPE MUSIC - "When I Am Afraid", by Ralph Merrifield

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Our featured MIDI is "When I Am Afraid",
written by Ralph Merrifield,
arranged by Michael L. Jester (from Florida)

WHEN I AM AFRAID
an exciting song of confidence
(from Psalm 56: 3-9)

D                  A         Bm                  D7
When I am afraid I put my trust in You
     G                             D
In God, whose Word I praise
          Em              A          D
In the Lord I have put my trust

D                  A         Bm                  D7
When I am afraid I put my trust in You
     G                             D
In God, whose Word I praise
          Em              A          D       D7
In the Lord I have put my trust

G        D              Em A D
This I know that God is for me
Em                   G
When I’m with Him
E7                A7
nothing can harm me

D                A          Bm                   D7
When I am afraid I put my trust in You
     G                             D
In God, whose Word I praise
          Em               A          D
In the Lord I have put my trust

          Em               A          D
In the Lord I have put my trust
          Em               A          D
In the Lord I have put my trust

Translated into Português (Brasil) by
Daniel Borges, from Sao Paulo, Brazil
Português (Brasil) translation

NEW!!! Translated into Afrikaans by
Philip Nagel (from Pretoria, South Africa)
Afrikaans translation

I just thought I would send a note thanking you for allowing your song
“When I Am Afraid” to be in the public domain for non-profit use. It’s a great song
and aligns perfectly with the Psalm I am trying to teach my pre-schoolers at church.
I found it late last night needing a song for this morning. Since you had both the
audio recording and the sheet music available I was easily able to learn the
song in order to teach it today. (Rachel, from Gordon College in Massachusetts)

Hear this sung by "Willing Hands",
a beautiful choir from South Africa

I have to tell you that I have been reading through Psalms and got to Psalm 56 -
"When I am afraid I put my trust in you..." Every time I come to a verse
that you wrote a song to, the song comes to mind, so I was singing that
little song for the past few days and it has been a real blessing to me.

You have a mighty ministry, brother, and you know that God
is in it by the way he's taking it to the oddest corners of the earth to bless
fellow believers who we will never meet this side of heaven. There is no way that
anyone could make that happen, no matter how hard you tried, it's got to be the Lord.
(Dave, from Pennsylvania)

Recorded on: "Before The Coming Lord" (1992)
"Lord Of All Ages" (compiled 1993)

This month we are working at a camp in Mississippi that was hard hit by
hurricane Katrina. This week during our morning devotional time, one of
our SOWER couples gave us a beautiful new song to learn and that song was "Holy, Holy, Holy" written by Ralph P. Merrifield of New Hope Music.

This couple, Harry and Judi from Michigan, both play several
instruments (guitar, dulcimer etc) and have visited your web site and use
several of your songs. ("Center of My Soul" and "When I Am Afraid")
(Carlie, from SOWER Ministries)

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MIDI performance of
When I Am Afraid

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MIDI performance of
When I Am Afraid

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PDF Sheet Music of
When I Am Afraid
(Acrobat Reader 5.0 version)

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to hear Ralph sing this song (MP3 format).
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to download to your computer
When I Am Afraid

Copyright 1992, Ralph Merrifield (written 11/16/90)
New Hope Music, PO Box 1612, Westboro MA 01581

You have our encouragement and permission
to duplicate and share this song for all "not-for-profit" purposes
(ie. corporate worship, overheads, songbooks,
web sites, give-away copies).
Please contact New Hope for other uses. Thanks !!!

As I was in the nursing home tonight with a dying relative...
words came to me. The words were 'When I am afraid I will trust in You'.
It continued to minister to me until I got up and searched the Internet
to see if there really was such a song! ... it must have been your song.... Thank you...
(Sally, from Texas)

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"I just stumble on your site. Awesome. I found three (songs) so far...
I had to stop, cuz I could be here all day. Do you have these three on CD?
"Center of My Soul", "Come To Me" and "When I Am Afraid"
I love the words. Awesome, Awesome.

Finally someone who understands that musicians need
sheet music or chords to go with the words."
(Remender, from Louisiana)

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