[Intro – Piano alone, long silence between notes] (Batiste plays gently—no urgency. Each note allowed to breathe.) I don’t have a big declaration tonight. Just a posture. Just a prayer. ⸻ [Verse 1] 🎶 I walked through fire, I learned how to stand, Learned how to choose with my whole right hand. I learned I don’t need to know every mile, Just who I’m facin’ while I walk awhile. I been fast, I been slow, I been sure, I been scared, I been confident loud, I been quiet prepared. But through every season, stumble, and test, One truth held steady in my chest: I don’t need control—I need communion. I don’t need answers—I need alignment. And even when my prayers come out thin, He still listen like a Father leanin’ in. 🎶 ⸻ [Hook – Choir soft, almost whispered] 🎶 My face set toward Christ, whatever the cost, Whether found or still feelin’ lost. I don’t chase the future, I don’t fight the past— My face set toward Christ, and I’ll stay like that. 🎶 ⸻ [Verse 2] 🎶 I used to ask how long ‘til I arrive, Didn’t know the walk itself was life. Didn’t know faith grow in ordinary days, In quiet turns, in consistent ways. Now I wake up askin’ simpler things: “Lord, help me listen. Help me cling.” If today all I do is stay turned right, Then today still counts in Heaven’s sight. I ain’t done growin’, I ain’t done learnin’, Still got weakness, still got yearnin’. But I ain’t wanderin’, I ain’t divided— I chose a direction, and I decided. 🎶 ⸻ [Hook – Choir fuller, warm] 🎶 My face set toward Christ, eyes lifted still, Not by my strength, but by my will. If the road get narrow, dark, or long— My face set toward Christ, that’s where I belong. 🎶 ⸻ [Bridge – French Tenor, benediction-like] 🎶 Mon visage est tourné vers Toi, (My face is turned toward You,) Dans la faiblesse comme dans la foi. (In weakness as in faith.) Je ne demande pas la fin du chemin, (I do not ask for the end of the road,) Seulement Ta main dans ma main. (Only Your hand in my hand.) 🎶 (Strings swell gently, like sealing quiet.) ⸻ [Verse 3 – Spoken prayer, no beat] Father… Thank You for patience. Thank You for waiting while I learned to turn. I don’t promise perfection. I promise presence. I don’t promise speed. I promise direction. If tomorrow brings strength—thank You. If it brings weakness—stay with me. I will keep my face toward Your Son. That is my offering. That is my covenant. Amen. ⸻ [Final Hook – Choir + piano, fading] 🎶 My face set toward Christ, till the end, Through every beginning again and again. However long this road may last— My face set toward Christ. 🎶 French Tenor (held, fading): 🎶 Toujours vers Lui. (Always toward Him.) 🎶 ⸻ [Outro – Piano fades into silence] Yeah… I’m not finished. But I’m facing Him. And that’s enough to keep movin’.

FACE SET TOWARD CHRIST (FINAL PRAYER)