Despair

 

God so Loves you
that He will ruthlessly garden
in the depths of
of your heart
and it will cause you to despair
it will cause you to doubt
salvation
but it is evidence that He
most definitely Loves you
Though it might be easier for you
if He just pruned away
at the fruit of sin,
to have the fruit removed
but the root remain
is no good to you
and brings no glory to God
in this moment of hardness
the Holy Spirit of God 
with hands around
the base of guilt and shame, fear and anxiety
with all the power that exists,
is uprooting all the things
that derail and 
destroy you

Matt Chandler

Gifts!

Attractive?  His Gift - His Purpose
Clever?  His Gift - His Purpose
Brave?  His Gift - His Purpose
Wealthy?  His Gift - His Purpose
Beautiful?  His Gift - His Purpose
Talented?  His Gift - His Purpose
Intelligent?  His Gift - His Purpose
Wise?  His Gift - His Purpose
Strong?  His Gift - His Purpose
Life?  His Gift - His Purpose

Christian?

18 "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. 20 Remember the words I spoke to you: 'No servant is greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. 21 They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the One who sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin. 23 He who hates me hates my Father as well. 24 If I had not done among them what no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen these miracles, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. 25But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: 'They hated me without reason.'

Jesus

We will sing, sing, sing
And make music with the Heavens
We will sing, sing, sing
Grateful that You hear us
When we shout Your Praise
Lift High the Name of Jesus

We will sing, sing, sing
And make music with the Heavens
We will sing, sing, sing
Grateful that You hear us
When we shout Your Praise
Lift High the Name of Jesus

What's not to Love about You
Heaven and Earth adore You
kings and kingdoms bow down
Son of God, You are the One
You are the One, we're living for

You are the Love that frees us
You are the Light that leads us
like a fire burning
Son of God, You are the One
You are the One, we're living for

We will sing, sing, sing
And make music with the Heavens
We will sing, sing, sing
Grateful that You hear us
When we shout Your Praise
Lift High the Name of Jesus

Sing, sing, sing
And make music with the Heavens
We will sing, sing, sing
Grateful that You hear us
When we shout Your Praise
Lift High the Name of Jesus

Sing, sing, sing
And make music with the Heavens
We will sing, sing, sing
Grateful that You hear us
When we shout Your Praise
Lift High the Name of Jesus

What's not to Love about You
Heaven and Earth adore You
kings and kingdoms bow down
Son of God, You are the One
You are the One, we're living for

You are the Love that frees us
You are the Light that leads us
like a fire burning
Son of God, You are the One
You are the One, we're living for

Sing, sing, sing
And make music with the Heavens
We will sing, sing, sing
Grateful that You hear us
When we shout Your Praise
Lift High the Name of Jesus



Chris Tomlin

Mess?

God is at work in the mess
In ways that we cannot fathom

sinners

it is not the sins that we do

that makes us sinners

it is because we are sinners

that we sin

He is Sovereign

the plans that Satan has are only as affective as the Lord allows him to do.

the Lord is Sovereign 

even over your enemy

the Lord works even the works of the devil

to accomplish His purposes

The Answer

Pray

Keep praying

Don't give up praying

Pray

Keep praying

Keep going before Him

Keep praying for them

Don't give up

Don't give in

Don't hesitate

Don't be anxious

Pray

Keep praying

And when He answers you

Pray

Keep praying

Don't ever stop praying

For the moment that you do

The devil has an opportunity to make you doubt Him

Keep praying

Keep trusting Him

Keep reaching out to Him

Keep your heart set on Him

Keep your mind set on Him

He will make a way

He is the answer

Pray

It is His will

that NONE 

shall perish!

PRAY

His Will!

Pray

HIS kingdom Come

on earth

as it is in Heaven!

Pray

Don't go to others

Don't avenge yourself

Pray

Don't talk about it

Don't ponder on it

Pray

Take all of your fears

and pray

Lay them before HIM

Let Him be glorified

And you shall receive His peace

Not as the world gives you

but Peace that surpasses all understanding

Peace that is over and above your circumstances

He is the Lord

His name is ABOVE any name

ANY and EVERY name

but you MUST pray

until He reveals to you

that your only delight

is found in Him

And when you get that

you will PRAISE HIM

you will know that He is God

you will know that He

works ALL things 

for the good of those who Love Him

But you MUST pray

even when that last thing you can do is pray

that is the time that you call out to Him

Lord - help me to pray!

Lord - help my unbelief

if the only thing you can pray is 

Jesus Christ, name above all names

Son of David

Have mercy on me

you have prayed

The Answer

is prayer

The Answer

is Him

Pray

I have everything

Oh Lord, I pray for the day

when I will say

I have everything

I have You.

What a day

It is quite a beautiful day

the day

you truelly understand

that 

you are evil

but

the Lord is Good.

                                                 

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