My eyes have seen and my ears have heard That you are faithful Faithful in all things So, my heart cries out and my Spirit shouts That you are worthy Worthy of all my praise Blessing and glory, honor and power be unto Jesus, Lamb on the throne Blessing and glory, honor and power be unto you
Even when it's cloudy, the sun always abides
Even when it's raining, the rainbow will shine
When the thunder roars, the lightning will flash
Winds may fiercely blow, but the storm will surely pass.
There's not a single moment my God is not with me
Giving me the strength to face the storms with peace
I have this great assurance the He will give me grace
And guide me through the trials that I will surely face
That's why I live each day with optimism grand
I know that I am settled in His almighty plan
And when my time is over and heaven is my home
I'll praise His name forever and dance around His throne
When I consider all that He has done for me When I consider all the love that came from Calvary When I consider that he died so I could be set free I can't help but praise His name When I look up to the heavens and see His majesty When I see the trees to colors and the wind blow mightily When I hear the bird sing sweetly as the sun dawns in the East I can't help but praise His name He is always there to guide me Always right beside me Always there to pick me up if I should start to fall He is there to hear my prayers He is there to dry my tears That is why I praise His name When I lie my body down, and try to go to sleep I can hear His voice speak softly as the day fades quietly He whispers in my ear "My Son I love you, Oh so dear I can’t help but praise His name.
I pray a blessing on you today May all your desires come your way May you hear the sound of your spirit say It is well with my soul I pray that mercy will fill your heart That grace may be what you always impart That your song of life will always start It is well with my soul I pray that life brings you joy today And that peace will follow you all the way I pray that His love will cause you to say It is well with my soul Let your heart rejoice Let your praise be heard Lift your loudest voice To our awesome Lord Bringing honor and glory to God above He’s the Savior of your soul He will be with you each and every day He will guide your life and show you the way He died on a cross just to hear you say It is well with my soul
Alive! Breathing!! Viewing His beautiful creation. Smelling His glorious scents. Hearing the wonder of nature. Feeling the wind in my face. Alive! Breathing! My mind is full of His word My thoughts ever honor His name My heart desires to praise Him My soul longs to hear Him again Alive! Breathing! What a joy that he gives me this day To bask in the life He has blessed To take in the whole of creation To know I can lean on His breast He gives me breath He gives me sight He gives me hearing He gives me smell He gives me touch He gives me life To enjoy His creation To lift up His name In praise. Alive! Breathing! What a glorious day this will be!
I've never felt so much loneliness When peace and joy seemed so far away My heart is restless sitting in this place I am broken and afraid I’ve lost my way I try to stand but feel the weight of fear I fall down on my knees in deep disgrace I feel the tears well up in my eyes My words come slowly as I start to pray CHORUS Lord I need you. Lord I’m desperate Lord come quickly and mend my heart Lord I need you more than ever Come Lord Jesus. Please come now I hear Him whisper gently in my ear My child I have always been right here Just call my name and I will come to you In times of desperation I am yours CHORUS BRIDGE He is always near. He is always near. He is always near. Right by my side CHORUS
God's desire is always my freedom, my deliverance, my salvation from the pitfalls of this world. He wants me to walk in health and in blessing. I am the one who does not listen. He always listens to me. I am the one who doesn't spend time with Him. He always wants to spend time with me. I am the one who does not follow His word. He always honors His word. I am the one who walks away from His leading. He is always walking beside me. This sin that constantly invades my thoughts is not His fault, it is mine because I do not let His thoughts invade my mind. He wants me to think on those things in His word, on blessing not just ordinary living, on victory not defeat, on health not sickness, on joy not sorrow, on peace not turmoil, on faith not doubt. It's time to harken to Him!
Honestly
I must admit that I fail woefully
But you still show me that your mercy’s free
Honestly
Honestly
I don’t deserve the grace you give to me
All around are blessings I can see
Honestly
Nothing before me. Nothing behind me
Nothing below or from above
No other power, strength or dominion
Can ever separate your love (from me)
I am so good at deceiving myself into thinking God doesn’t know that I am doing this thing or that. Or that He doesn’t care if I am disobeying one of those little Old Testament commands. After all,. Jesus paid for my sins when He died on the cross. I’m covered by grace, after all, and the Old testament law has been abolished. I’m under the New Covenant now, which means I am saved by grace and God has forgiven all my sins. Doesn’t that mean I can go about my own business and not worry about following ever command He gives? Doesn’t that mean if I do sin, He will forgive me readily and apply His grace once again?
The answer to the first question is no. Willful sin is not something we, as Christians, ought to be doing. When we accept Christ, we die to sin. In Galatians 2:20, Paul said he was crucified with Christ, and yet He lived. He died to the flesh just as Christ did, and he now lives in the Spirit, just as Christ does. He goes on to say that the life He now lives in the flesh is only by the grace of God. God’s grace keeps us from hell. It makes us a new creation, old things are supposed to be passed away! New things are supposed to come alive in us. When the enemy comes and tries to lure us back into our old ways, we musty stand against Him with the full armor of God! Walking into old sin willfully can be a serious offence, as we are commanded to walk in His word by the Spirit.
The answer to the second question is yes. He will forgive because His love never ends. It never dies. He always loves us and will always forgive us. But we have to come to Him and confess that sin and repent to go the other way. He does not forgive us so we can just go and sin again. he desires that we are clean and spotless, and we should do all we can to stay away from the dirtiness of sin. Nothing can separate us from His love!
Romans 8:38-39 King James Version (KJV)
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
(Here’s How the Chorus goes!
When I was a young lad I fell right through the ice
My friend was there to rescue after I had gone down twice
Today I would not be here if he had not saved my life
I look back and I see His mercy there
In my teens I wandered and I became a hippie child
I live a carefree life and was always much too wild
One time I flipped my car three times but injuries were mild
I look back and I see His mercy there
At a fifth high school reunion my friend was there again
He told me about Jesus but I turned my back on him
He persisted for I year until I gave my heart to Him
I look back and I see His mercy there
Then two years later traveled fifteen hundred miles
I met a gal who won me by her pretty little smile
God told me marry her after just a short while
I look back and I see His mercy there
After having three great children my pride got in the way
I looked to everyone a saint but I had gone astray
Sin had taken hold on me so I had to go away
I look back and I see His mercy there
So many more examples I could give to you today
I picked these five out because I had a lot say
But the point of all these stories is show you every day
If you look back you can see His mercy there
All of our lives we have been surrounded by His mercy. It has never left us just as he has never left us. His mercies are new every morning because He is faithful. He does not have to make the sun rise or bring the cooling breeze. He does not have to make the stars to shine or the moon to glow. He does not have to give us breath, or light, or anything else for that matter. After all, he is all powerful, and we are completely unworthy of anything he supplies. We have not earned any of the riches and blessings He gives us. We are only deserving of death because we all have sinned and come short of His glory. We sin when we disobey His commands. We are field with sin from our mothers womb and it manifests itself as we get older. We make a decision to disobey and sin is at the door. But God, in His great mercy, sent His Son to die for us and take away that sin. He had mercy on us then and he continues to have mercy on us today. What a glorious God we serve!
Lamentations 3:22-23 KJV
It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
I cry out in the desert
I cry out in the valley
I cry out in the darkness
I cry out in the deep
I cry out when I’m lonely
I cry out when I’m sad
I cry out when in sorrow
I cry out when I’m bad
You incline your ear to me
When I’m filled with misery
You pour out your loving grace
When I cry out with my praise
Holy, holy Lord I love you
Holy, holy Lord I praise you
Holy, holy Lord I worship
All my heart I give to you
It may seem sometimes to the reader that I must have it all together. I read your comments on these words and I am humbled and blessed that they touch you the way they do. I give God glory for using me as a fountain to pour out these writings to you. But that is all I am. A vessel that is overflowing with praise so much that these words just spill out as I sit at my computer. When I went through my cancer battle I learned to listen to His voice, and He started giving me these words. They reflect my life though, my thoughts, my desires, my heart. Only God knows my heart. Only he can bring these things out of it. Only he can bring the truth out.
The truth is I am a sinner saved by grace, just like you. I have the same struggles and maybe more. The truth is I am not near as close to God as I would like to be. The truth is I cry out to Him often. Then I remember that the psalmist says God inclines His ear to me. Like a loving Father, He stoops down and outs His ear near my lips to make sure He can hear every syllable I speak. He cares so much for me that He wants me to come running to Him. He wants me to communicate my deepest fears and failures. Then he will lift me out of that place and pout me back on solid ground, back within the walls of His fortress. He loves me so much. He loves you so much!
Psalm 116:2 King James version
Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
The Psalmist 