Untitled Hymn by Chris Rice
Weak and wounded sinner
Lost and left to die
O, raise your head, for love is passing by
Come to Jesus
Come to Jesus
Come to Jesus and live!
Now your burden's lifted
And carried far away
And precious blood has washed away the stain, so
Sing to Jesus
Sing to Jesus
Sing to Jesus and live!
And like a newborn baby
Don't be afraid to crawl
And remember when you walk
Sometimes we fall...so
Fall on Jesus
Fall on Jesus
Fall on Jesus and live!
Sometimes the way is lonely
And steep and filled with pain
So if your sky is dark and pours the rain, then
Cry to Jesus
Cry to Jesus
Cry to Jesus and live!
O, and when the love spills over
And music fills the night
And when you can't contain your joy inside, then
Dance for Jesus
Dance for Jesus
Dance for Jesus and live!
And with your final heartbeat
Kiss the world goodbye
Then go in peace, and laugh on Glory's side, and
Fly to Jesus
Fly to Jesus
Fly to Jesus and live!
Monday, October 29, 2007
Saturday, October 27, 2007
The Question Now
To find God's will for the rest of your life is to do God's will for the next 15 minutes.
-Adrian Rodgers
and Oswald Chambers said "Trust God, and do the next thing."
These last three months (yep, 3 months today) I've had so much to learn. So much learning to trust the Father when I can't see Him. And soo much prayer. Often asking the Lord what His will is for my life. But it really hasn't been something I can put into words clearly.
But you know how sometimes someone says something and you go "that's it, that's what I've been trying to put into words. That brings it all full circle" Well. . . that happened this week when I heard a sermon.
A few things that really stuck out to me:
God desires for me to follow His will so much that He lives in me to accomplish it.
My whole identity changed when Christ came into my life-my will is now lost in His. I have sacrificed the right to determine what is best for my life. (And with a Father who's so faithful I'm not sure why this thought scares us so much?)
New Testament Believers aren't seen trying to determine God's will after the Holy Spirit arrived. (No burning bush, no voice in the wind.)
He has the power to tell me exactly what to do, but maybe He's using the journey to teach me to trust the Christ in me.
Finding His will is secondary to what I've learned along the way.
When we are united with Him we have His desires and we are free to trust our passions. Trust Christ in me and then do what I know to do.
The Christian life is not trying to figure out what God's will is and then going to do it for Him. The Christian life is about trusting Christ to live for me.
The question now: "God what is your will for human history and how can I align myself w/ your will?"
The goal: to be so much in contact with God that I no longer need to ask His will. . . I am His will (Oswald Chambers)
-Adrian Rodgers
and Oswald Chambers said "Trust God, and do the next thing."
These last three months (yep, 3 months today) I've had so much to learn. So much learning to trust the Father when I can't see Him. And soo much prayer. Often asking the Lord what His will is for my life. But it really hasn't been something I can put into words clearly.
But you know how sometimes someone says something and you go "that's it, that's what I've been trying to put into words. That brings it all full circle" Well. . . that happened this week when I heard a sermon.
A few things that really stuck out to me:
God desires for me to follow His will so much that He lives in me to accomplish it.
My whole identity changed when Christ came into my life-my will is now lost in His. I have sacrificed the right to determine what is best for my life. (And with a Father who's so faithful I'm not sure why this thought scares us so much?)
New Testament Believers aren't seen trying to determine God's will after the Holy Spirit arrived. (No burning bush, no voice in the wind.)
He has the power to tell me exactly what to do, but maybe He's using the journey to teach me to trust the Christ in me.
Finding His will is secondary to what I've learned along the way.
When we are united with Him we have His desires and we are free to trust our passions. Trust Christ in me and then do what I know to do.
The Christian life is not trying to figure out what God's will is and then going to do it for Him. The Christian life is about trusting Christ to live for me.
The question now: "God what is your will for human history and how can I align myself w/ your will?"
The goal: to be so much in contact with God that I no longer need to ask His will. . . I am His will (Oswald Chambers)
Saturday, October 06, 2007
Two Weeks in Africa
Caedmon's Call
Johannesburg to Capetown
The plane had barely touched down
She was taking photos for the friends back home
This was always where she felt her heart belonged
And she was finally here
The sky was bright and clear
Two weeks....
And we all can feel the calling
Two weeks...
To make the world a little smaller
And so a girl got on a plane
For two weeks in Africa
Johannesburg to Houston
She came home on a mountain
But school was starting, things kept moving on
Before you knew it, seven years had gone
She found a picture of her
Standing, smiling
Arms around the starving kids
She swore to not forget
She swore to not forget
And if we follow our dear sun
To where the stars are not familiar…
Faces turn to numbers
Numbers fall like manna from the sky
Why, oh why?
Oh Father, why?
One village in Malawi now has water running pure and clean
One church alive in Kenya’s full of truth and love and medicine
We put the walls up, but Jesus keeps them standing
He doesn’t need us, but He lets us put our hands in
So we can see
His love is bigger than you and me
Johannesburg to Capetown
The plane had barely touched down
She was taking photos for the friends back home
This was always where she felt her heart belonged
And she was finally here
The sky was bright and clear
Two weeks....
And we all can feel the calling
Two weeks...
To make the world a little smaller
And so a girl got on a plane
For two weeks in Africa
Johannesburg to Houston
She came home on a mountain
But school was starting, things kept moving on
Before you knew it, seven years had gone
She found a picture of her
Standing, smiling
Arms around the starving kids
She swore to not forget
She swore to not forget
And if we follow our dear sun
To where the stars are not familiar…
Faces turn to numbers
Numbers fall like manna from the sky
Why, oh why?
Oh Father, why?
One village in Malawi now has water running pure and clean
One church alive in Kenya’s full of truth and love and medicine
We put the walls up, but Jesus keeps them standing
He doesn’t need us, but He lets us put our hands in
So we can see
His love is bigger than you and me
Friday, October 05, 2007
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
When I Fell in Love with You
by Dennis Jernigan
When I fell in love with You
I fell hard, what else could I do
You took the old and left me new
Then I fell in love with You
My heart broken, all hope lost
Cold and hard, ravaged, wounded, tossed
Heard Your love song from the cross
And then I fell in love with You
When I fell in love with You
You swept me off my feet
Washed me clean and made me new
In You I was made complete
When I fell in love with You
My heart embraced what You already knew
When I fell in love with You
Sin had bound me through and through
With every failure the darkness grew
Your love fell down with crimson hue
And then I gave my heart to You
You were waiting, Your love true
Me, debating just what to do
My heart was healed when You broke through
And then I fell in love with You
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