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  • All That I Can Do Is Thank Him – (Things I learned from my dad)

    All That I CAll I Can Do Is Thank Him - A tribute to my fatheran Do Is Thank Him is a booklet passing on lessons learned from a godly father.  It was written in anecdotal form and it is my hope that anyone who takes the time to browse through this booklet will receive some insight into the treasures that come from godly parenting.

       –Crista Joy Garza

    This book is being made available free in digital form.  To download please select a format below. If you would like to make a donation to the Spanish Home Missions Work in McKinney TX you can do so by following the link at the bottom of the page.

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    Printed copies of this book will be available for order soon!





    In 2009 my Dad looked at my husband and said… “Why don’t you just start the Spanish Church right here in your home?”
    So we did!!
    In The 5 Years that followed My Dad would often greet My husband with The words, “Pastor Papi, How’s The Templo?”
    “Papi”, Spanish For Daddy, Is what My children Call their Dad.
    The Name of our Church Is Templo Pentecostal de Mckinney.
    His constant prayers & encouragement for The “Templo” meant The world to us during Those first years. It was his desire to see it flourish. In his honor all procedes from what he taught us will be used to do just that… Meet The Needs Of The templo so it can Grow!

    TemploPentecostalMcKinney

  • In memory of …

    Lance C. Appleton

    Sept. 22, 1952 – Feb. 18, 2015

    Lance Appleton

     

    Freelancemusic.net is now a celebration of the life, music, and ministry of Lance Appleton.   Lance passed away at home with his family by his side Feb. 18, 2015 after a long battle with cancer.

    He recorded 8 albums, “One God Apostolic” 1974, “Harp Warming” 1975, “So Happy” 1977 , “Run On” 1981,  “Live in San Francisco”1985, “Songs of Deliverance”1995, “Unto You and To Your Children” 1997, and “Hopes are High” 2002.  In addition he made two quality home recordings of his original songs “Lance Appleton Unplugged” in 2006 and a 5 disc compilation dubbed “In the Living Room with Lance” in 2008 and 2009.  Lance wrote more than 250 songs, and many were never recorded in studio quality.  This site is dedicated to bringing you his complete body of work some only left behind on cassette tapes, handwritten notes, or perhaps just in the memory of those who heard him playing, and singing his songs around the house.  Feel free to contribute your own recollections of his unique style of ministry though the comment section of this blog.

    ” … even death can never change, this flesh may fade, but this song remains”  – Lance Appleton  This Song Remains

     

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  • Lance Appleton’s Recordings

    lance-appleton-so-happy-vinylIf you are looking for Lance Appleton’s recordings you can find them here.   They have now been made available for purchase and immediate download!

  • Abide in me

    Abide in me

    Words and music: Lance Appleton

    Abide in me

    Now you are clean by the word I have spoken
    Alive and new by the word I have spoken
    Your spirits refreshed the bread has been broken, Broken for you
    Abide in me I’ll abide in you
    Abide in me and love continue
    Abide in the vine you will begin to be fruitful
    And prosper in me
    Cause when I speak to you by the word of my spirit
    When your tuning in determined to hear
    It’s such sweet communion to know what I mean
    When I say to you my child you are clean

  • Time out to pray

    Time out to pray

     

    Words and music: Lance Appleton

     

    Hey when did I last take time out to pray

    when did I last say Jesus I love you

    well I don’t want to delay

    Father of light I love you

    You are God no shadow of darkness there

    you alone will not let my heart despair

    Heaven is Your throne and Earth your footstool

    I am just a stone but I will praise You

    Hey when did I last take time out to pray

    when did I last say Jesus I love you

    well I don’t want to delay

    Father of light I love you

    Father of light I love you

     

     

  • Watchman

    Watchman

    Words and Music: Lance Appleton

     

    Watchman I have set you on a wall
    given you a message to preach
    baptism in my name
    repentance from sin
    blessed Holy Ghost within
    now that you understand
    if you don’t cry out you’ve got blood on your hands

    Cry out!
    For all have sinned
    Cry out!
    you must be born again
    Cry out!
    And tell my people today
    about the truth and the life and the only way
    Watchman oh watchman
    Watchman of the night
    Watchman oh watchman

    Cry out!
    Against false religion
    Where men marry men and women marry women
    Cry out!
    Against societies that worship the trees and abort the babies
    Cry out!
    Against science so hell bent to prove everything happenens by accident
    Cry out!
    And tell my people today
    about the truth and the life and the only way

    Watchman oh watchman
    Watchman of the night
    Watchman oh watchman

  • Be a Soldier

    Be a Soldier

    Lance Appleton
    Key:[Fm]


    Got to be a soldier the rest of my days
    Got to be a soldier that’s what I say
    Nobody wants to be a soldier anymore
    Everybody just wants to be free
    I tell you what we ain’t ever won a war with just 
    Peace talks with the enemy

    Got to be a soldier the rest of my days
    Got to be a soldier that’s what I say
    Nobody wants to be a farmer anymore
    But everybody likes to eat
    Gonna take more than just a check in the mail
    For a man to stand on his own two feet
    Got to be a farmer the rest of my days
    Got to be a farmer that’s what I say

    Soldier, Farmer, Soldier, Farmer, Soldier

    Got to be a soldier the rest of my days
    Got to be a soldier that’s what I say
    Nobody wants to be a farmer anymore
    They all moved to the city
    Thinking that their gonna get rich quick
    Listen it’s such a pity
    Nobody wants to work in the fields 
    But everybody likes to eat
    Gonna take more than just a check in the mail
    For a man to stand on his own two feet


  • I have everything (Resurrected from the dead)


    I Have Everything
    by Lance Appleton


    Get away from my windows
    don’t try the backdoor
    your dead
    as far as I’m concerned
    don’t bother me no more
    the times we had together you say
    you’d like to have more still
    but those days are gone forever
    the memories have been killed
    I got someone who loves me
    He broke my chains when I took His name
    you left me with nothing
    but now I have everything

    He sweetens up my sorrows
    with hope for tomorrow
    keys He carries open all locks
    and heaven listens when His spirit talks
    such a long list of mysteries
    come to light with the eyes He sees with
    everything is righteous
    He’s the one I’ll always be with
    cause I have everything

    I’m asking him to empty me of me
    and to fill me with himself instead
    I desire
    the liberty of living
    resurrected from the dead

    He took my chains
    And I took His Name
    Yesterday today forever
    He’s just the same

    I have everything …

  • Yesterday’s Prayers

    Yesterday’s Prayers

    New Year’s Song (Melody Unknown) written for “Shepherd’s Apostolic Church” of Troy, Missouri 12/31/97

    Yesterday’s Prayers

    by Lance Appleton

    Dear friends,
    As the year ends
    Tho’ we don’t know
    Where the time goes
    Still we understand there is an unseen hand
    Guiding us on to a land beyond tomorrow.

    I just want to say I’m grateful
    For yesterday’s prayers,
    Those stepping stones of hope
    That helped to get me here from way back there;
    I could have died
    Somewhere
    Lost without the tears you cried
    For me in yesterday’s prayers.

    Just as sure as JESUS
    Shed His blood at Calvary
    The words you said
    Were like love poured out on me;
    The sounds may fade
    But I hear them yet,
    My life is changed
    And I won’t forget
    Yesterday’s prayers.

  • Prayer and fasting is an upper

    Prayer and fasting is an upper

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    Prayer and fasting is an upper
    words and music by: Lance Appleton


    Prayer and fasting is an upper
    it makes me want to sing a happy song
    and I’m gonna love that marriage supper
    because I’ve been praying and fasting all day long

    people nowadays think its a drag to pray
    and it brings them down to push that plate away
    they regulate their moods by the chemicals in foods
    but friend there’s just one thing I’d like to say

    Prayer and fasting is an upper
    it makes me want to sing a happy song
    and I’m gonna love that marriage supper
    because I’ve been praying and fasting all day long

    I’ve been backslidden I’ve been cold and carnal too
    I’ve even had those sugar blues
    but the joy of the Lord now has been restored
    by practicing this simple Bible truth

    Prayer and fasting is an upper
    it makes me want to sing a happy song
    and I’m gonna love that marriage supper
    because I’ve been praying and fasting all day long

    well I prayed dear Jesus please I want to be like you
    to fast and pray the way you used to do
    why my waist would get so small I could squeeze right through a wall
    and be light enough to walk on water too

  • I dedicate it

    I dedicate it
    Words and Music by: Lance Appleton


    To the one eternal who dwells in realms of light
    I dedicate it
    to the Lord immortal who’s love dispels the night
    I dedicate it
    a life that was in darkness a broken carcass of sin and shame
    lost in hopeless dispare headed for worse nowhere until Jesus came

    down from His glory
    and wrapped His arms around me
    I’m so glad He found me
    before it was to late

    heaven and earth cannot contain
    the mind of man cannot explain
    listen to my hearts refrain
    I dedicate it

  • God is Light

    God is Light

    God is Light
    Music by: Lance Appleton
    1John 1:5-7


    God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all
    God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all
    No darkness, in Him is no darkness
    No darkness, in Him is no darkness

    If we say that we have fellowship with Him
    and walk in darkness we lie
    and do not the truth

    But if we walk in the light as He is in the light
    We have fellowship with one another
    and the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all sin

  • Jesus made a rock

    Jesus made a rock (out of a rolling stone)
    words by: Maggie Buckner
    music by: Lance Appleton


    Jesus made a rock out of a rolling stone
    Jesus made a rock out of a rolling stone
    Oh Jesus, You made a rock out of a rolling stone
    Oh Jesus, You gave this wondering soul a home

    I was lost and I was confused, and I didn’t know what to do
    But Jesus made a rock out of a rolling stone

    Oh Jesus, I want to thank you Lord for giving me the Holy Ghost
    Oh Jesus, I want to thank you now for giving me your Spirit Lord

  • Come Unto Me

    Come Unto Me

    Come Unto me
    words and music by: Lance Appleton

    Download This Song


    Let me be your Rock of Ages
    Let me be your El Shaddai
    Shelter from the storm that rages

    Let me be your paid vacation
    Come unto me I’ll give you rest
    Let me be your soul’s salvation

    Come unto me, come unto me
    Come unto me, come unto me
    Come unto me, come unto me

    Never leave you or forsake you
    And I will not tell you lies
    Of all the places I can take you

    Let me be your Rock of Ages
    Let me be your Adonai
    Shelter from the storm that rages

  • Kiss the Son

    Kiss the Son

    Kiss The Son
    music by: Lance Appleton
    Psalms 2:11-12

    Download This Song


    Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling
    Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling

    Kiss the Son lest he be angry and ye perish by the way
    When His wrath is kindled but a little
    Blessed are all they that put their trust in Him

  • We See Jesus

    We See Jesus

    We See Jesus
    words and lyrics by: Lance Appleton

    Download This Song


    We see Jesus,
    Made a little lower than the angels
    We see Jesus,
    Leading this assault against the gates of hell
    We see Jesus,
    Praying to His father in the garden
    That He by the grace of God might taste of death for every man

    We see Jesus
    We see Jesus
    We see Jesus

    He’s not somewhere, upstairs, don’t care, outta sight
    He’s the high priest, and He, intercedes for you and I
    At the right time, and the right place, He joined in this human race
    He’s not immune, but He’s in tune, with the problems that we face

    As in adam all die, so in Christ shall all be made alive
    As in adam all die, so in Christ shall all be made alive
    As in adam all die, so in Christ shall all be made alive

  • Call Your Name

    Call Your Name
    Words and Music by: Lance Appleton


    I just heard the Savior call your name
    I just heard the Savior the Lord and the Maker
    Call your name … Call your name

    we stood together on the battle field
    the blood was hot and the bullets real
    its all for nothing you swore
    and I can’t fight no more

    we stood together in the poring rain
    you took my hand and I felt the pain
    life has no meaning you said
    I hate living dead

    I beg you to come with me
    please try to understand
    the kingdom of our god is now at hand
    my dearest friend come with me
    don’t turn and walk away
    I just heard the Savior call your name

    I just heard the Savior call your name
    I just heard the Savior call your name
    I just heard the Savior the Lord and the Maker
    Call your name … Call your name

    we stood together on a mountain side
    you shed a tear and the ocean tide
    its all for nothing you cried
    and I’m so lost inside

    I beg you to come with me
    please try to understand
    the kingdom of our god is now at hand
    my dearest friend come with me
    don’t turn and walk away
    I just heard the Savior call your name

    I just heard the Savior call your name
    I just heard the Savior call your name
    I just heard the Savior the Lord and the Maker
    Call your name … Call your name

  • Behold I stand

    Behold I stand

    Behold I stand
    Words and Music by: Lance Appleton
    (Revelations 3:20)


    Behold I stand at the door and knock
    Behold I stand at the door and knock

    If any man hear my voice and will open the door
    I will come in

    Behold I stand at the door and knock
    Behold I stand at the door and knock

    If any man hear my voice and will open the door
    I will come in

    I will come in to him and will sup with him
    and he with me
    To him that over cometh
    will I grant to sit with me in my throne
    Even as I also overcame
    and am sit down with my father in his throne

  • Into Thine Hand

    Into Thine Hand
    words and music by: Lance Appleton


    Into thine hand I commit my spirit
    into thine hand
    Into thine hand I commit my spirit
    into thine hand
    blessed be the most high God
    which hath delivered thine enemies into thine hand

    vow breakers, adulterers, and fornicators
    drowning in our own vomit determined to die
    without the promise of a Savior
    no messiah, no inheritance, no hope of heaven
    we were unrepentant, and we were unforgiven
    but You are much greater than all these things
    You are the song my soul now sings

    into thine hand I commit my spirit
    into thine hand
    Into thine hand I commit my spirit
    into thine hand
    blessed be the most high God
    which hath delivered thine enemies into thine hand

    all dressed up for church on Sunday
    but by Monday I’m messed up
    how can I be a true christian, or even witness
    when I’m in a mood like this
    I feel alienated, and I’m acting like your enemy
    why was I created?
    why would you ever want a friend like me?
    but You shine down mercy once again
    You are the rock on which I stand

    into thine hand I commit my spirit
    into thine hand …

    Melchizedek the king of Salem foreshadowed Jesus Christ
    receiving tithes of Abraham he brought forth bread and wine
    the songs of David on his lips our mighty Prince of Peace
    Jesus you defended into hell itself and came out with the keys

    Lord God of truth you have redeemed me
    Lord God of truth You have redeemed me
    and blessed be the most high God
    who hath delivered thine enemies into thine hand

  • Are You With Me

    Are You With Me

    Are You With Me
    words and music by: Lance Appleton
    (Matthew 12:30-31)


    Are you with me … are you with me
    are you with me … are you with me
    are you with me … are you with me
    he that is not with me … is against me
    he that gathereth not with me … scattereth abroad

    wherefore I say unto you all manner of sin
    and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men
    but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost
    shall not be forgiven unto men

    are you with me … are you with me
    are you with me … are you with me
    are you with me … are you with me
    are you with me … then don’t argue with me

    hear O Israel the Lord our God is One Lord
    hear O Israel the Lord our God is One
    and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all of thy heart
    and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all of thy soul
    and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all of thy mind
    and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all of thy strength

    are you with me … are you with me
    are you with me … are you with me
    are you with me … are you with me
    are you with me … then don’t argue with me

  • With Joy

    With Joy

    With Joy
    words and music by: Lance Appleton
    (Isaiah 12:2-3)


    Therefore with joy shall you draw water out of the wells of salvation
    therefore with joy shall you draw water out of the wells
    therefore with joy shall you draw water out of the wells of salvation
    therefore with joy shall you draw water out of the wells

    the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song
    he has become my salvation
    the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song
    he has become my salvation

  • Rejoice in the Lord Always

     

    Rejoice in the Lord Always
    Words and music by: Lance Appleton
    (Philippians 4:4-6)


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    Rejoice in the Lord always and again I say
    rejoice in the Lord always and again and again and again and again
    rejoice in the Lord always and again I say
    rejoice in the Lord always and again and again and again and again

    be careful for nothing but in everything by prayer
    and supplications with thanksgiving
    let your request be made known unto God
    and the peace of God which passes all understanding
    shall keep your hearts and your minds through Christ Jesus

  • Playing in the Shadows by Jeff Miller, Dancing in the Sky

    A special thank you to our good friends Jeff & Wendy Miller for putting this YouTube tribute together for dad.  The harmonica sounds just like him! Love you guys … The Appletons

  • Never Thirst Again

    Never Thirst Again
    Words and music by: Lance Appleton


    Now from somewhere down deep inside I start to cry
    tears of joy falling from my eyes
    I can hear the sweetest anthem ever sung
    no purer tones on mortal tongue

    I’ll never thirst again
    I’ll never thirst again

    nothing else in all the years I’ve lived
    ever has affected me like this
    not one of the places I have been
    not one of my acquaintances or friends
    ever washed away my sins

    nothing written in the books I’ve read
    not what some philosopher has said
    nowhere in the drugs or the alcohol
    was there any love like this at all

    you have raised … you have raised me
    you have raised me from the dead

    I’m coming just as you commanded
    to the fountain of forgiveness
    now I’m plunging under covered by your name
    rivers of living water flow from my innermost being
    you are the only one who know what it is
    you are the only one who know

    Now from somewhere down deep inside i start to cry
    tears of joy falling from my eyes
    I can hear the sweetest anthem ever sung
    no purer tones on mortal tongue

    I’ll never thirst again
    I’ll never thirst again

    Spring up o well of joy and gladness
    spring up O well of sweet salvation
    Holy Ghost make intercession

    Rivers of water flow from my innermost being
    You are the only one who knows what it is …
    You are the only one who knows what it is I’m needing
    life’s eternal mysteries heavens revelations
    like a flower opening filled with holy
    filled with holy , filled with holy fragrance.

    Now from somewhere down deep inside i start to cry
    tears of joy falling from my eyes
    I can hear the sweetest anthem ever sung
    no purer tones on mortal tongue

    I’ll never thirst again
    I’ll never thirst again … I’ll never thirst again

  • All Power

    All Power
    words and music by: Lance Appleton
    Matthew 28:18-20


    all-powerBuried with Him in the only name
    given among men whereby we must be saved
    buried with Him in the only name under heaven

    all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth
    all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth

    go ye therefore and teach all nation
    baptizing them in the name of the Father
    and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost
    teaching them to observe all things
    whatsoever I have commanded you
    and lo I am with you always
    even unto the end of the world amen

    buried in the name of the Father
    buried in the name of the Son
    buried in the name of the Holy Ghost

    Jesus is the one
    He’s the only one
    Jesus is the one with all power

    all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth
    all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth

    so I got buried with Him in the only name
    given among men whereby we must be saved
    buried with him in the only name under heaven
    under heaven … under heaven

  • Calm Down

    Calm Down

    Words and Music by: Lance Appleton


    calm down
    way down
    calm way down

    lift your vision higher
    lift your vision higher
    lift your vision higher
    calm way down


    Recorded at Lance Appleton’s home
    June, 2008
    – part of the 77 song compilation “In the living room with Lance”

  • My Offering

    My Offering

    Words and music by: Lance Appleton


    Let my prayer be set before you as incense
    and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice
    Let my prayer be set before you as incense
    and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice

    I’m on my way to heaven
    I’ve got a ways to go
    when I’m underneath a burden and the weight of it is so heavy

    Lord I cry unto thee harken thou unto me
    and give ear unto my prayer
    when I cry unto Thee
    Let my pray fill the air
    with a fragrance of praise
    and Lord please receive my offering

    This is my offering by faith a gift of love my spirit makes
    this is my song to thee oh King
    it is my offering

    Let my prayer be set before you as incense
    and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice

  • Come with me my love

     

     

     

    Come with me my love
    words and music by: Lance Appleton


    Come with me to eternity
    my spirit will not away strive with man
    my spirit will not away strive
    I can’t let it go, I can’t let it go on
    I can’t let it go, I can’t let it go on
    forever, forever

    So come with me to eternity …

    The world will never live in peace
    till all the wars in heaven cease
    I can’t let it go, I can’t let it go on
    I can’t let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go on
    I can’t let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go on forever

    So come with me to eternity …
    follow me my love …
    follow me to eternity …
    come and see my love …
    come and see my love …

    This is no temporary plan
    I promised when we first began
    I said life will go … life will go on
    life will go … life will go on forever
    forever

    but time will be no more
    time will be no more
    time will be … no more time
    no more time will be
    so come with me to eternity
    follow me my love
    follow me to eternity …
    come and see my love …
    my love … come and see

  • I Believe

    I Believe
    words and music by Lance Appleton


    Dear Jesus
    I believe in God and I believe in you
    the only begotten of the Father full of grace and truth
    and I will not let me heart be troubled
    I will hear what you say
    You are the Shepherd and I am your little lamb
    Lord Jesus lead the way

    dear Jesus
    let me not forget this gospel I’ve received
    your death and your burial
    how you came out of that grave
    and how your coming back for me
    if I continue in your word
    then your disciple I will be
    and I will know the truth and the truth will make me free

    and I will follow you forever
    and you will never let me go alone
    through the valley of the shadow
    to my souls eternal home
    and we will always be together
    because thats what heavens all about
    your my every hope of tomorrow
    you are my only comfort now

  • I Bless You Lord

    I Bless You Lord
    Words and music by: Lance Appleton


    I am standing in an even place in the congregation
    and I bless you Lord
    I declare you name to my brethren in the congregation
    and I bless you Lord

    examine me oh Lord try the reigns of my heart
    redeem me and be merciful
    that I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving
    and declare thy wondrous words
    and I bless you Lord

    I have loved the habitation of thy house
    and the place thy honor dwells
    and I bless you Lord
    for your loving kindness is before my eyes
    and I am walking in your truth as well

  • Spider’s Web

    Spider’s Web

    Spider’s Web

    Words and music by: Lance Appleton


    Don’t willingly walk into a spider’s web
    cause it will get you every time
    just when you think that your doing well
    Its the end of the line
    laying your head  in Dalilah’s lap
    will get chopped up mighty fine
    so don’t willing walk into a spider’s web

    things of this world will entice you
    things that the Devil would like you to believe in
    don’t believe him
    all though it might look inviting
    it won’t be long until he’s biting
    the life right out of your soul … trying to get control


    A big “thank you” to Joe Sucher for sending me this gem along with some other stuff he had recorded during a visit with Dad back in 1990.

  • Happy Father’s Day

    Father's DayHappy Father’s Day

    Words and Music by: Lance Appleton

    Not my will Lord thy will be done
    keep teaching me
    peace be still wait until You call
    I want to be tried and true
    faithful to listen and do as You command

    Your my heavenly father
    and I bring
    loving praise to this alter of prayer
    Your my heavenly father
    and I come
    with the faith that You’ll always be there

    You have given me eyes to see
    ears to be obedient and lips to say
    happy father’s day