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I need a song to sing to You
I stand in awe of what You do
I need words to describe
All that You are, what I feel inside
You whisper deep inside my heart
You show my glimpses of who You are
Iris Ministries & Will Reagan {I NEED A SONG}
i need a song. i need a song to communicate to others and TO MYSELF the greatness and goodness of God.
worship REMINDS us who God is, His greatness, His goodness, His power, His grace
it REFOCUSES our attention on Him, His greatness, His goodness, His power, His grace
it REFRESHES our heart and CONNECTS us in RELATIONSHIP
it is an expression of love, adoration, surrender
worship reinforces what matters most, reminds us of truths we forget and renews our desire to live what we believe. Rick Warren
a song comes from within me,
rising up and expresses my feelings towards God.
it rises up and declares faith in His power and majesty.
it rises up and gives Him the honour He is due, as Saviour, Creator, Lord.
a song sings to me, reminding me of His love, power and character.
there have being seasons and times which have had “a soundtrack” – a particular song that expresses how i feel or what God is doing at the moment. there are seasons when a song has resonated so within me that it becomes etched in my heart and allows the truth within the words to write comfort and hope in my mind and soul. these songs are God given, His graceful gift to me. His language to me is in songs.
One of note is COME TO ME by Bethel, that was released, as a pre release, on the day tony’s dad died. i downloaded it for free and had it on repeat for weeks. it was HIS song for me for that moment, His love song that He sung over me. (Zephaniah 3:17)
God is so worthy, there are not enough words in the universe to accurately express the wonder and wonderfulness He is. but i will sing. i will try.
Worship Songs I Love:
Oceans // Hillsong {my fav worship song at the moment}
Anchor // Bethel Church
you are the song I sing, you are the song I sing, Jesus, With every breath I breathe , With every song I sing, I want to shout it out, Lord I am listening Spirit Speaks
you’re the one that paints with light the night, you’re always not wrong, and never not right, there’s not enough words on earth to describe, or to put into song, or compare with the brightness of your majesty // MAJESTY
Psalm 5:11 But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you.
Psalm 7:17 I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the Lord Most High.
Psalm 13:6 I will sing the Lord’s praise, for he has been good to me.
Psalm 57:9 I will praise you, Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples.
Psalm 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.
Psalm 101:1 I will sing of your love and justice; to you, Lord, I will sing praise.
Five Minute Friday is a feature over at Lisa-Jo Bakers TALES FROM A GYPSY MAMA blog. i first read about it on my friend Fee’s blog and thought it sounded fun!
So, let’s do this thing. Let’s write.
Set your timer, clear your head, for five minutes of free writing without worrying about getting it right.
1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking.
2. Link back here and invite others to join in.
God is faithful.
God is true.
God will never let you down.
Take heart today, let faith arise
in every season
in every change
you are near
in every sorrow
in every pain
you are near
a peace in the storm
you are the voice i will follow
"My personal routine looks like this: I cry out to God in private and take risk in public. When the breakthrough I long for isn’t happening, I go back to God in the secret place. It truly is the ongoing encounter with the presence that enables us to live like Jesus did."
~ Bill Johnson.
i will pursue You Lord
Grace you’ve shown me grace You’ve lifted my shame
Drawn me with loving kindness
Washed whiter than snow You have redeemed and made me whole
Jesus, You have won me You have broken every
Chain with love and mercy You have triumphed over
Death and You are worthy of glory and praise
Love, you’ve shown me love By leaving your throne
By bleeding and dying on a cross That wonderful cross
That took all my guilt and sin away
Shout it out and lift up one voice in worship
Sing it out until all the earth can hear it
Jesus is alive and He saves, He rescues and saves (repeat)
something about this song has so being spoken into my spirit at the moment. the last few nights when i have gone to bed it is the first song that comes on my nano. its funny, whenever i am going through something, God gives me a song. i think this is my song for this moment. His invitation to come, draw near, find my place in Him.
Draw near to me for I have drawn near to You
Pull on the strings of my heart for I long to respond to You
All my love is for You, all my love is Yours
I have made a place for You here, So come on, come on
All things are possible here, So come on, come on
a friend lent me this book. i began crying in the DEDICATION. never done that before. i know the story already and am already amazed. (okay that was YESTERDAY. i finished the book last night… had to just keep reading. such a powerful real honest authentic testimony. i think everyone needs to read this book.)
But on May 21, 2008 their world was changed forever. One of their young daughters was hit by a car, driven by their 17-year-old son, in the driveway of their home. In the months that followed, Mary Beth struggled with understanding God’s plan for her life and why their beautiful, full of life girl was taken from them.
In Choosing to SEE: A Journey of Struggle and Hope Mary Beth Chapman shares the story of her life and her struggle to find a new normal following the death of her daughter. This is an open and honest book that is full of laughter, sadness, faithfulness and the promises of God.
i love lost. and love this blog about MY LOST MOMENT. so i had to add my own lost moment to it…
really loving this album by hillsong united, not sure old it is but some of the songs have been popping up around the place at other worship things and i loved them. have ituned just selected songs (take heart, aftermath, bones etc) and they’re JUST RIGHT NOW songs, songs for right now, speaking to my heart, and my heart speaking to God.
last night, or rather this morning at about 5am i woke up. when i wake up in the night i often listen to sermons in attempt to fall asleep, that sounds bad eh, and to keep my mind occupied but resting. this morning i listened to all of the first message in Mars Hill (Mark Driscoll) series called REAL MARRAIGE and it was good. heart stretching. eye opening. real. brutally honest. convicting. encouraging. i think i have a good marriage but i want the best marriage i can. and i know that marriage has pointed out in me lots of flaws. and if we’re not intentional in building then things can come unstuck. this was near the end of the message and sums up what i want. a testimony. for the glory of God.
What’s your testimony right now? Or is your life just a biography? “I did this, they did that, so we’re stuck here.” Or is your story actually God’s story? “I did this, they did that, Jesus died, so we have hope, we have forgiveness, we have life, and we have Christ.” And I’m not just talking in a theoretical, theological way. I’m talking in a day-by-day practical way. I’m talking in the integration of the living, resurrected Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world in the hard stuff of daily life; not just the ethereal, theological, theoretical, but the practical and the painful. That’s a testimony.
Grace and I have a testimony. The biography was not great, but the testimony, though it’s really hard for me, to be honest with you, because I like being a leader. I like being respected. But more than that, I like God to be glorified. And I can’t be of any help to you unless I’m honest with you, and you can’t be of any help to each other unless you’re honest with each other.
And if we say that Jesus died for sin, but we don’t talk about our sin, what we’re saying is we don’t really believe that his death was for us, and we don’t believe that his resurrection is the hope for our new life together. We have a lot of hope for you. We tell you our testimony, not because that in and of itself would make a great book. It wouldn’t. It would make a great horror film. But because you may be in a place that’s not great, and what you don’t need is another preacher and his wife just telling how everything is great, and if you buy their products, yours can be great, too. I think what you need is two repentant sinners to tell you that Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, and together with him, you can have a testimony, and to invite you to him together to have that testimony. If the story of your life and marriage was concluded right now, would it be one you’d be happy to have your great-grandchildren read? If not, then get Jesus involved and keep writing that story, by the grace of God.
We want you to have a testimony. Our testimony is that he’s forgiven us of sin, and he’s allowed us to forgive one another. I can tell you that there is no bitterness in our marriage, but there is Jesus. He’s given us the Holy Spirit to live new lives. We’re not loving one another with the love that we have. We’re not serving one another with the power that we have, that the Holy Spirit really is God. He really is alive and well, and he really is alive and well in us, that Jesus really has been a perfect friend to us both, and so that perfect friendship is taken care of, and he’s helping us to be better friends to one another. Mark Driscoll – New Marriage, Same Spouse
today i downloaded THE LOFT SESSIONS by Bethel worship. its brand new today. not even in america yet. yay for been a kiwi. so far i have loved every song!
Recorded live in a refurbished rustic loft, the Bethel Music team gathered friends and family for several nights of worship that set the stage for this ground-breaking recording. The Loft Sessions explores new territory for Bethel Music, merging an array of acoustic creativity with the modern melodies of original songs by Brian and Jenn Johnson, Jeremy Riddle and emerging artists Steffany Frizzell, Hunter Thompson and Matt Stinton. One of the standout tracks from The Loft Sessions, “Come To Me,” was written by Jenn Johnson. Seeing the news of earthquakes and other natural disasters happening all around the world, she wanted to know what God was saying through all the chaos. Jenn heard the Lord saying, “You don’t have to worry about anything, just come to me.” Prolog Review
and as always. i love Jesus with all i am and all my heart and all my soul and all my days. For His glory and the building of His kingdom and the rescue of the lost.
so what are you totally loving this week?
… check out what other peeps are loving whatever day of the week it is over at Paisley Jade
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