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Aug 12, 2026 updated
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Israel Houghton and New Breed's song "You Are Good" is a worship anthem celebrating God's enduring love, mercy, and kindness. The lyrics emphasize that God's loving kindness surpasses life itself, and they express gratitude and praise for His faithfulness. The song highlights God's grace, power, and glory, and declares that nothing in the world compares to Him. It encourages listeners to lift their hands in gratitude and praise, acknowledging God's goodness and justice. The overall message is one of thanksgiving and adoration, focusing on the surpassing worth of God's love.
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Your love is everlasting, it's an everlasting love
Mercy as new as every rising sun
And your loving kindness
Is better than life
Grace is all sufficient
It's an all sufficient grace
Power and your glory on display
Your loving kindness
Is better than life
Your loving kindness
Is better than life
Oh oh oh
It's better
Oh oh oh
Better than life
Oh oh oh
So much better
Your loving kindness
It better than life
Fairest of ten thousand, of ten thousand you are fair
Nothing in this world could ever compare
Your loving kindness
Is better than life
Better than life
All your ways are just, you're just in all your ways
I will lift my hands in gratitude and praise
Your loving kindness
Is better than life
Oh oh oh
It's better
Oh oh oh
Better than life
Oh oh oh
So much better
Your loving kindness
Oh oh
Wish you'd hear the words we're saying right
Tell you how we feel inside
This has been alright
Oh oh oh
It's better than life
Jesus
Kindness, yeah
Is better than life
Yeah
Yeah, yeah