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i can do all things
through Christ
who gives me strength
who empowers me
who leads me
who connects me with people and circumstances
who directs me into lives
it is His wisdom
and His words
and His heart and His perspective i need
i feel so inadequate in the face of what i know and what i see
but i know that He sees the unseen and the invisible
and that He speaks the truth that brings freedom
and He has the power that brings life
so i lean on Him
i lean into Him
i trust
i keep my eyes fixed on Him and take confidence in the glimpses where i know He is at work in and through me
where tears fall and where hearts soften and mend
let the weak say, i am strong
from the inside out
Jesus changes us
Heals us
Restores us
He is all we need, the One who satisfies the hunger in our souls
Freed from shame and guilt, grief and pain
He transforms
Alive, Innocent, Righteous, Accepted, Beloved
He calls me by a new name
No longer ashamed
But now His Daughter
from the inside out
He makes me new
I will live in the freedom He has given me
I will live in the newness He has won for me
I will live alive and loved
I open my arms wide, to embrace and choose His ways and His love and His grace
No longer far away but brought near
No longer weighed by my past
But now set free to be all He has dreamed me to be
from the inside out
never the same
you have won
victory is all yours
and though here on earth
day by day
i walk
i fight
i stand
i rest secure
not dismayed
not overcome
not defeated
because you have won
victory is all yours
chains are broken
weight is gone
darkness lightened
i walk it out
i fight from victory
i stand in the midst of the storm
i rest secure in the knowledge i am yours, that you love me, that you rule and reign
breakthrough is near
victory is all yours
i am your daughter
i am your heir
i walk in all you have purchased for me
God is my healer
He is my strength
lord
king
righteous one
saviour
here
what do you live for?
if we’re christians we live to know God and make Him known
and wrapped up in that is to be conformed to the character and heart of Jesus
to be like the Son
to demonstrate His love and grace on earth
witnesses
ambassadors
transformed
changed
growing
we sometimes focus so much on wanting to know “what we’re going to do when we grow up”
that we can forget the BE part
who will be BE
not just when we’re grown up
but right now
we live not for ourselves
but the glory of our God
who has ransomed and rescued us
redeemed us and recruited us
if you dont know the DOING part of what you’re called
then dont worry, you know the BEING part
Be like Jesus
love like Jesus
serve like Jesus
be transformed and conformed into the image of the Son
and from there you will flow
live for His fame
live for His name
never be ashamed
of who God is and what He is doing
never be ashamed of His Kingdom and His righteousness
and the plans and purposes He has for us
never bow to the lower standard
but continue to rise and stand for Jesus and holiness
you are a child of the King
a son or daughter of the most High God
chosen
purchased
redeemed
loved
God is gracious and compassionate
know that and live that
for faith and righteousness please God
live with an eternal perspective
and trust in Him and His love
you are a child of God
called
saved
forgiven
loved
you are a light
and the darkness tries to diss the light and diminish the light
let God’s voice be loudest
let His love be strongest
stand strong and firm for Jesus knowing that He is your sure reward
Your Word
is a love letter
of hope and grace
love and power
written to me and everyone else
Your love never fails
its so much higher, wider, deeper and fuller than i can imagine or dream
You are always with me
and will never leave me
loving me first
even in my brokenness and rebellion
You made the way
love expressed on the cross
salvation purchased, freedom wrought
loving me, calling me, drawing me, compelling me, saving me
Your Word is truth
when i doubt, or fear
when i would hold myself back
you pull me closer
never forsaking me, even in my brokenness and rebellion
Your love covers me
it sets the captives free
everlasting
You love
You love me.
this morning in worship as we were singing LET IT RAIN by Michael w Smith and Jesus Culture… such a “for such a time as this” song in our church – i was so moved to be calling out and praying for God to move and pour out His Spirit that this “saying” or “cry” resonated in my heart… only by Your Spirit…
only by Your Spirit can revival happen
can the lost be found
can the sick be healed
the captives set free
only by Your Spirit
can blind eyes be opened
physically and spiritually
can lives be changed
fires lit
people restored
only by Your Spirit can we see what we dream of, can we built Your church and see Your Kingdom come
only by Your Spirit can a nation change, can i change
Come Holy Spirit
come Holy Spirit
come Holy Spirit
let it rain on me
i am calling out to You
my Lord, my God, my strength, my Rock
in You i put all my hope
i call out to You with need
knowing You are always with me
always there
always for me
My Father, my refuge, my Saviour
i know You see
i know You hear
i know You are here
i am calling out to You
ever knowing Your love and kindness
ever seeking to know You more
my God, my shelter, my Shepherd, my King
i will call
i will see
i will hear
i will know
You are here
from the inside out
let me be all you dream me to be
let me be full of You
and Your ways
let my heart be soft towards You
let my life be fruitful for You
God, You’re after my heart, not just my behaviour
but let my life shine for You
a demonstration of love and grace
inside out
all the way through
my life a testimony
for Your glory
in my weariness i seek you
in my weariness i find you
in my weariness i am loved by you
in my weariness i rest in you
in my weariness i am healed by you
in my weariness i am comforted by you
in my weariness i find grace in you
thankful
grace filled
found
curled up in bed sick, but resting in your lovingkindness
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