Category Archives: Living for Jesus

More Than Candy

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I have a Savior He loves me
More than I love candy 
I know my Savior cares for me
More than anything

Guides me through His loving plan
Holds me with His outstretched hand
Trials and tests may come my way 
Always for my good

Sickness or pain may enter in
I'll never doubt His mercy wins
He'll give me strength until the day
Healing is in His plan

Sorrows may bring a teary eye
There may be days I question why
He'll answer me in His good time
Spirit will comfort me 

I have a Savior He loves me
More than I love candy 
I know my Savior cares for me
More than anything

Not only trouble comes my way 
His blessings fill my every day
I can't escape His loving grace 
More than I deserve

Breath fills my lungs with precious air
Sight helps me get from here to there
All functions working, I'm so blessed 
Mercy all over me

Family and friends do pray for me
Precious the wife He gave to me
Such great support from all around 
Strengthens me every day

I have a Savior He loves me
More than I love candy 
I know my Savior cares for me
More than anything

I lift His name in wondrous praise 
I shout aloud His worthy name
Lifting my hands for His embrace
Will lift me up to Him

The Answer

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Hold me, Lord.
Hold me close
In your everlastings arms
Let me feel
Your tender love
As you keep me from all harm

Teach me Lord
Of your ways
Help me walk where your light leads
Keep me always
On the pathway
To the plans you have for me

You’re my ever loving Father
My Lord and King of Kings
You’re the answer to my questions
You’re my everything
So I will lift my voice up high
And with it praises sing
To my Savior and my healer
Jesus Christ my King

Have mercy, Lord
On my poor soul
For I am still a sinner on my own
I’m so glad
For your grace
Which has washed me white as snow

Cleanse my mind
Cleanse my heart
From the things I sometimes think
Give me new
Thoughts so pure
Transform and renew again

You’re my ever loving Father
My Lord and King of Kings
You’re the answer to my questions
You’re my everything
So I will lift my voice up high
And with it praises sing
To my Savior and my healer
Jesus Christ my King

Praise, glory and honor
To you my precious Lord
Hallelujah in the heavens
It is Jesus we adore
Praise, glory and honor
To you my precious Lord
Hallelujah in the heavens
It is Jesus we adore





Life Renewed

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I can see it in your eyes
I can hear it in your voice
You have heard the Savors call
You have finally made the choice

There are so many things
That will now come about
Your life will be different
There is not any doubt

He’ll first give you peace
More than you’ve ever known
It will fill up your soul
And then it will grow

Next is the awesome joy
That comes up out of your heart
It is so much more than the happiness
This world can barely impart

Then there’s the hope of tomorrow
Knowing His plans are all good
And our heavenly home awaits us
That is clearly understood

You then start to see His mercy
Intervening in trials and tests
You realize He’s there with you
And He never, ever rests

Then His grace becomes part of us
And we gain the desire to forgive
And our heart reaches out to the lost
As we beg them to be saved and live

Finally His love rises deep from within
A love greater than man ever knew
It compels us to reach out to all that we know
And try to give them life renewed

The radical change that takes place
When we make Jesus our Lord
Is only a starting point in our lives
A time to give others that choice.


Silent Stillness

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 I often sit in the silence of my mind
   wondering in which direction it will wander next.

Will I find myself drifting toward the dark recesses from my sinful nature?
Or will I take the higher road and find myself in the plan God has laid out for me

Unusual things may arise, and have arisen along the way
I have been stilled by broken bones, blinded eyes, diseased blood and worn-out joints
I have been ripped apart by the person I thought was my best friend and then spurned when I tried to    
  reconcile

Easily could my thoughts have gone to my former comfort, to the depths of depravity I once turned to 
  for fulfillment, my mind wandering in the abyss of carnality

I found myself starting to sink into that dungeon once again and summoned up the strength to cry out

Cry out to the one who knows what lurks in the silence of my mind, my hidden thoughts, hidden loves, 
  hidden intentions

He alone can save me from myself

He alone gives strength to oppose the horrible, the terrible, the horrendous thoughts that creep in.

He can replace the horrible with the wonderful, the terrible with the merciful, and the horrendous with the righteous.
 
Why would I tend toward evil when He will guide me toward the good?
Why would I ignore His urging to meditate on good when He searches my heart all the time?

In thar silent stillness, I determine to set sail toward the high ground, away from the whirlpool of the 
  abyss, into the loving arms of my Savior
Into the grace that His mercy alone provides 
Into the refuge for my soul and the fortress for my mind
Where I can sit in silent stillness and rejoice

Go To Church

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We gather together
For strength
For fellowship
For encouragement
For worship
For each other
If I go to church only for myself
Only for my edification
Only because I enjoy it
Only because it's the right thing to do
I go for the wrong reason
If I go to church just to worship God
Just to hear His word
Just to sense His presence
Just to feel His touch
I go for the wrong reason
But If I go to church for others
To give an encouraging word
To shake a hand or hug a neck
To uplift and pray for my fellow saints
I go for the right reason
We gather together
Not for ourselves
But for each other
Not just to be in God's presence
But to be in each other’s presence
Not to be edified
But to edify others
Gather together today
And be a blessing!

Approve Things That Are Excellent

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Approve things that are excellent
I give approval in my life every day
But do I approve excellence
Or do I approve good?
If I approve of what God approves
That's excellence.
Things like love, trust
Peace, joy, patience
Meekness, Humility
Temperance, Faithfulness.
Or do I approve of intolerance,
Hatred, impatience, lack of loyalty,
Gossip, turmoil, lack of trust
Do I approve by my actions
Those things that God does not approve of
Or
Do I love those who hate me
Do I show grace to those who abuse me
Do I show mercy to those who harm me
We must approve things that are excellent.

Make It Today

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When will you make His peace your peace
When will you make His joy yours
When will you make His love your love
Make it today. Please make it today

When will you claim the healing He gives
When will you claim His deliverance
When will you claim the power He gives
Make it today. Please make it today

This world needs to see the works of Jesus
Each and every day
And we are the ones He called to do them
Please won't you make it today

When will you lead your friends to Jesus
When will you pray that they'll be healed
When will you let the Spirit lead you
Make it today. Please make it today

When will revival hit our nation
When will we see immorality die
When will we see that God is moving
Make it today. Please make it today.

This world needs to see the works of Jesus
Each and every day
And we are the ones He called to do them
Please, won't you make it today
Please, won't you make it today
Say "Lord I will make it today!"
The Believers Life

Set On Jesus

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I've set my mind on Jesus
As the storm comes raging in
He'll be there to protect me
He'll bring me peace within

I've set my eyes on Jesus
I walk out on the waves
I'll stay above the storms of life
If only I'll obey

I've set my soul in Jesus
So, when my eyes see storms
He'll reach His hand out to me
And lift me out if harm

I get my strength from Jesus 
To walk back to the boat 
Safe and secure forever 
He keeps my life afloat 

My spirit rests in Jesus
He calms the raging seas
His peace and joy come flooding in
His love has rescued me

The Words of My Praise

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It’s hard for me to put into words what Jesus means to me
Everything that I write seems too small to declare His majesty
I come to Him each morning and I get down on my knees
Seeking to hear what He would say to me

Then one by one He gives me the lines and tells me to write them down
I really don’t know what the next words will be or how the rhyme will sound
I just start to type and it seems that He guides my fingers as words abound
Early in the morning when no one is around

These are His words, these are His story
This is my journal of what the Lord says
Giving Him honor, giving Him glory
These are the words of my praise

When it is finished and the poem is done, I hear Him say thank you to me
I say “Dear Lord, this is not my work.  I don’t deserve credit for these”
He says, “My son, please know how much I appreciate that you listen to me.
For I talk to many who don’t have an ear to hear.”

So, I slowly put down my fingers and I say a little prayer
For all of you who He’s speaking to but really don’t open your ears
It’s time for the children of God to arise and show themselves strong in these years
Make Him the Lord of your life and share what you hear

These are His words, these are His story
This is my journal of what the Lord says
Giving Him honor, giving Him glory
These are the words of my praise

The Giver of Life

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He gives hope to the hopeless
Peace to the restless
Faith for the faithless
Love to the worthless

He gives light in the darkness
Strength for my weakness
Joy for my sadness
Health for my sickness

He’s the giver of life to all who are lost
He paid my price as He hung on the cross
The shame and the pain He bore for me
Taking my sin and setting me free

Oh, what a wonderful Savior
Oh, what mercy divine
Oh, what grace so amazing
Jesus is mine, Jesus is mine
Jesus is mine.  Jesus is mine

So, I will lift up my hands and praise Him
Praise Him, praise Him
I will lift up my heart and worship
Worship Christ the King