Monday, December 15, 2008

Oh How He Loves

Have you ever stopped and thought about what life would be like if God were not who He is? What if God's love was not unconditional? What if God only loved the clever, the beautiful, the rich and the famous? What if God was completely indifferent to us and didn't care if we lived or died? What if He didn't care whether we laughed or cried? What if God loved to lie to His people and was ready to pounce on us for all of our wrongs? What if He didn't give second, third, fourth...so on chances? What if He ignored us? What if He mocked us? What if He didn't send His one and only son to this earth to die so that we might live for eternity with Him?

Think about these questions...add some if you would like. I got an e-mail from a friend who is serving in South Asia and she was telling me about how when she went to visit the temples she talked to a woman. She was telling her about how she gives the gods sweets because she wants kindness from them and she gives them money when she has financial problems. When I read that all I could think was WOW. My Jesus sure is a gracious and unconditional God. How lucky I am to serve Him and to be His daughter. I take advantage of His love everyday and every second. He welcomes me into His arms and His church without anything. All He asks is that we worship and praise Him. Love Him and honor Him. I don't have to bake Him cookies for His kindness. I can turn away and He would and will still love me. He is my savior and my Lord. He created us all different and He loves the difference in us all. I could talk on this subject for hours and days but I just wanted to leave you with this to think about. And realize how lucky we truly are to know THE God that loves His children ALWAYS and FOREVER.

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Reign In Me

This past Friday I went to a service at New Spring Church that was 2 hours of just worship and reading of His word. All I have to say is that Jesus is the only one that can truly silence me. Worship to me is my life cup. The past couple of months my cup has been almost empty to about dried out. I have needed to be refreshed with His mercy and His grace. I love to worship with the people that I love and I love to watch them sing and give praises to the mighty one and it was awesome to get to experience and be next to a friend that the Lord has blessed me with. For the first time in I don't even know how long I become completely vulnerable with Him and let Him take control of my body and my soul. He blessed me while I was praising Him. I was at lost for words. The Lord knows the ways of my heart more and deeper than anyone or anything. He is my purpose and my desire. I have been desperate for His touch. I have wanted nothing more than to feel His love and glory around all of me. Jesus rocks my world. He shakes everything inside of me and He fulfills the desires and the wants and needs of my heart. Through out the time of worship there were times of reading in the word and prayer. The Lord brought me to tears and on my knees for the ones in my life that I love and the ones that I want to be next to me in Heaven. He humbled me with His grace. He poured out over me and He showed me His face. I am just in the mood to have an outburst and say that I JUST LOVE JESUS WITH ALL THAT IS IN ME!!! I want nothing but serve His heart and that salvation will flow as His people pray and sing praises to Him. He completely to hold of my whole heart and He covered it with his bandages of grace and then He sealed it back with His love and mercy. I don't even know how to explain how freaking AWESOME that is to me. He is a God who saves and He reigns now and forever. I have been battling with the Lord in ways of just wanting to be in His presence in song again. My soul cries out for and longs for His praises. I have been starving myself for true worship and He fed me. Man did He feed me. I can't even explain the feeling that I had and that I have. He gave me chills, His beauty led me to weep, His glory made me lose control of my body and I jumped for my God. He is the rhythm of my beating heart. My heart beats to the rhythm of His will. I honestly can't remember anything that was going on around me and that is the best thing because I was completely focused on Him. He had my attention. He cleansed my broken heart and He gave me clean and pure hands and washed away all my sins. He renewed my hope. He put His image in my heart. He showed me that I am beautiful because I am made in Him. The lies that I have been wrapping myself with are gone and i am set free. So many times I forget what He did for me. I complain about the problems in my life but I really? I complain when my Savior carried a cross that was so heavy and had all of its weight in our sins and He died so that i could be set free in Him. There is no greater love than in my father. He showed me that no one else has the power in this world to speak louder than Him. And I choose Him and only Him. My desire is to be in love with what He loves and become more than satisfied in Him. Because I want it to be made known right here for everyone to see and read and for anyone who doesn't know Him that He is something greater than what the mind can fathom. He is the ultimate healer and He is the only one who can bring you true loving peace. He died so that you may live. So today I am going to scream out say that that I AM MADLY AND DEEPLY IN LOVE WITH MY LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. He showed me so much within those two hours. When it was over all I could do was sit down in my seat in silence and think its not over because worship with my God will never be over. I will be worshiping Him now and for eternity. That makes my heart jump with so much joy. I get to sing praises to my Lord for the rest of my life and for all eternity with Him.



I want to leave you today with two songs that really just...I can't even explain the greatness that they do to my heart but just remember if you love Him you should sing praises to Him because it says in His words in Zephaniah 3:17 that "He takes great delight in you and He will quiet you with His love, and He will rejoice over you with singing." so bow before His presence and sing to Him. He is high and lifted up. And let your soul sing hallelujah to the lamb of God. Worship Him and adore Him. If you truly desire to know His heart don't let any moment pass you by and just praise Him with song, praise Him with your actions, Praise Him with your words, Praise Him with your prayers, Praise Him through admiring His paintings and creations, Praise Him with your body. JUST PRAISE HIM.



Came to my Rescue: Hillsong United

Falling on my knees in worship

Giving all that I am to seek your face

Lord all I am is yours

My whole life I have placed in your hands

God of mercy humbled I bow down

In your presence at your throne

I call you answered

And you came to RESCUE and i

I want to be where you are

My whole life Ive placed in your hands

God of mercy humbled i bow down

In your presence at your throne

I call you answered

And you came to rescue and I

I want to be where you are

In my life be lifted High

In our world be lifted high

In our love be lifted high

In my life be lifted high

In our world be lifted high

IN MY LOVE BE LIFTED HIGH

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAMbEPZfWCY



Reign in us: Starfield

You thought of us before the world began to breathe

You knew our names before we came to be

You saw the very day we fall away from you

And how desperately we need to be redeemed

Lord Jesus come lead us, we're desperate for your touch

Oh great and mighty one

With one desire we come

That you would reign, that you would reign in us

We're offering up our lives

A living sacrifice

That you would reign in us

Spirit of the living God fall fresh again

Come search our hearts and purify our lives

We need your perfect love we need your discipline

We're lost unless you guide us with your light Lord Jesus come lead us

We're desperate for your touch

Oh great and mighty one with one desire we come

That you would reign that you would reign in us

We're offering up our lives a living sacrifice

That you would reign that you would reign in us

We're offering up our lives a living sacrifice

That you would reign that you would reign in us

We cry out for your life to revive us cry out

For your love defines us

For your mercy to keep us Blameless until you return

Oh great and mighty one with one desire we come

That you would reign in us

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dohj2QAdzs