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Margaret Becker (born July 17, 1959) is an American Christian rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter. She has had twenty-one No. 1 Christian radio hits, won four Dove Awards, and been nominated for four Grammy Awards.
Becker was born in Bay Shore, New York, raised in East Islip, New York, and began playing in coffeehouses while teaching music and taking opera lessons. Having graduated from James Madison University with a degree in communication, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1985, and signed to Sparrow Records as a songwriter; soon after she toured with Rick Cua as a backup singer and sang on Steve Camp's 1986 album One on One. The next year she landed a contract as a solo artist, and released her debut album, Never for Nothing. The single "Fight for God" was her first hit, and her second LP, The Reckoning, followed with two more hits, "Light in the Darkness" and "Find Me".
Becker began working with producer Charlie Peacock starting with 1989's Immigrant's Daughter, and a string of successful albums followed, including a Spanish language LP. She won two Dove Awards in 1992, for Rock Album (Simple House) and Rock Song ("Simple House"). However, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Becker occasionally encountered controversy in the world of Contemporary Christian music because she is a Roman Catholic; some Christian stores refused to carry her album, and her concert appearances were sometimes picketed. Although she was raised in Catholicism, Margaret currently attends a non-denominational church in Nashville, TN. After 1995's Grace, Becker decided to take a sabbatical from the music industry; during this time she wrote a book entitled With New Eyes and wrote editorials for Campus Life magazine.
Jesus you are all the world to me
Without your love I wouldn't want to be
You gave me Your life so I can live
And now my life to You I give
Jesus you are all the world to me
Your goodness is a treasure
I am so unworthy of
And I commit my fragile heart
To the mercy of your love
Your truth and your forgiveness
My soul can not resist
And all I've said and done
Comes down to this
Jesus you are all the world to me
Without your love I wouldn't want to be
You gave me Your life so I can live
And now my life to You I give
Jesus you are all the world to me
Of all in life that matters
And all that I hold close
Just to know you Jesus
Is the thing that matters most
Cause when I did not know you
You made the cross your choice
So with every breath I take
I'll lift my voice
Jesus you are all the world to me
Without your love I wouldn't want to be
You gave me Your life so I can live
And now my life to You I give
Jesus you are all the world to me