He's the True Bread Who came down from heaven!
Unless you eat His flesh and drink His blood you have no life in you!
Whoever feeds on Him will live forever!
The taste of His mercy and love are out of this world!
He's the Food of foods!
He's the Drink of drinks!
He's the Bread of breads!
He's the Water of waters!
And He's the Wine of wines!
That's my Feast! Do you know Him?!
He's the living water!
If you drink of Him you'll never be thirsty again forever!
He satisfies as with the richest of foods!
He satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness!
He satisfies your mouth with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's!
He's ambrosial!
He's appealing!
He's appetizing!
He's choice!
He's classic!
He's copious!
He's dazzling!
He's delectable!
He's delicious!
He's delightful!
He's flavorful!
He's a generous and all-sufficient portion!
He's gourmet!
He's heart healthy and heart smart!
He's heavenly!
He's lavish!
He's mouth-watering!
He's overpowering, smooth, and just right all at the same time!
He's savory!
He's sweet!
That's my Feast! Have you tasted and seen that He is good today?!
Oh may our souls pant for Him as a deer pants for streams of water!
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Thursday, March 1, 2012
"Siyahamba" To New Words For God's Glory!
The old words and tune . . .
The new words . . .
The Glorious Salvation Of Our Triune God!
Father chose us in His steadfast love,
Father chose us in His steadfast love!
Father chose us in His steadfast love,
Father chose us in His steadfast love!
Father chose us, chose us, Father chose us oh,
Father chose us in His steadfast love!
Father chose us, chose us, Father chose us oh,
Father chose us in His steadfast love!
Jesus saves us from the wrath of God,
Jesus saves us from the wrath of God!
Jesus saves us from the wrath of God,
Jesus saves us from the wrath of God!
Jesus saves us, saves us, Jesus saves us, oh,
Jesus saves us from the wrath of God!
Jesus saves us, saves us, Jesus saves us, oh,
Jesus saves us from the wrath of God!
Spirit caused us to be born again,
Spirit caused us to be born again!
Spirit caused us to be born again,
Spirit caused us to be born again!
Spirit caused us, caused us, Spirit caused us, oh,
Spirit caused us to be born again!
Spirit caused us, caused us, Spirit caused us, oh,
Spirit caused us to be born again!
May all glory be to God alone,
May all glory be to God alone!
May all glory be to God alone,
May all glory be to God alone!
May all glory, glory, may all glory, oh,
May all glory be to God alone!
May all glory, glory, may all glory, oh,
May all glory be to God alone!
The new words . . .
The Glorious Salvation Of Our Triune God!
Father chose us in His steadfast love,
Father chose us in His steadfast love!
Father chose us in His steadfast love,
Father chose us in His steadfast love!
Father chose us, chose us, Father chose us oh,
Father chose us in His steadfast love!
Father chose us, chose us, Father chose us oh,
Father chose us in His steadfast love!
Jesus saves us from the wrath of God,
Jesus saves us from the wrath of God!
Jesus saves us from the wrath of God,
Jesus saves us from the wrath of God!
Jesus saves us, saves us, Jesus saves us, oh,
Jesus saves us from the wrath of God!
Jesus saves us, saves us, Jesus saves us, oh,
Jesus saves us from the wrath of God!
Spirit caused us to be born again,
Spirit caused us to be born again!
Spirit caused us to be born again,
Spirit caused us to be born again!
Spirit caused us, caused us, Spirit caused us, oh,
Spirit caused us to be born again!
Spirit caused us, caused us, Spirit caused us, oh,
Spirit caused us to be born again!
May all glory be to God alone,
May all glory be to God alone!
May all glory be to God alone,
May all glory be to God alone!
May all glory, glory, may all glory, oh,
May all glory be to God alone!
May all glory, glory, may all glory, oh,
May all glory be to God alone!
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Dying To Self So That Christ Is All!
One of my most common prayers these days is simply this: "Oh Father, please help me to die!"
By this, I'm not praying to die physically, but I'm praying for more death to my own selfishness.
Hear these excellent words on death to self:
Michael and Hayley Dimarco write:
By this, I'm not praying to die physically, but I'm praying for more death to my own selfishness.
Hear these excellent words on death to self:
Spurgeon: I have now concentrated all my prayers into one, and that one prayer is this, that I may die to self, and live wholly to Him.It has been reported that some missionaries to Africa in the early 1800's shipped their goods overseas in coffins because most of them knew they would probably be struck down during their first term by disease or unfriendly natives. What a great example of death to self.
Bonhoeffer: When Christ calls a man, He bids him come and die.
Thomas A Kempis: Realize that you must lead a dying life; the more a man dies to himself, the more he begins to live unto God.
Jesus: Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
Michael and Hayley Dimarco write:
To die young is to live for Christ and nothing else, to be set free from the bondage of sin and self, and to live a new kind of life. Those who die young are emotionally bulletproof (or close to it), because they have already died to everything in them that another person could damage or break. In the 1800s, missionary James Calvert left for the Fiji Islands to share Jesus with the cannibals living there. The captain of the ship that brought him tried to dissuade his going by saying,Michael and Hayley Dimarco, Die Young, Burying Your Self In Christ (Wheaton: Crossway, 2012), 17-18.
You will lose your life and the lives of those withJim Calvert knew what it was to die young, and because of that he could do what other men were too afraid to do. His confidence was built on the fact that he had already given his life away, so no one else could harm him. His life, and the lives of those like him, are a shining example of the beauty of the death and burial of self.
you if you go among such savages.” To which
Calvert replied, "We died before we came here!"
When you die young, you give all of your needs, fears, worries, wants, hopes, dreams, and failures over to the One who can handle them. And you learn now, while your youth is fresh and your days are bright (if you’ve got any days left at all), to start living like you mean it - to live out of the center of your faith, giving up your rights and your demands so that His will is all you see. When you live a life bent on dying to yourself and living for the Father, you live a life of purpose and passion, a life of hope and peace, and nothing can ever shake you or break you that isn’t the very hand of God Himself molding you and shaping you into His own precious image.
When you die young you bury yourself fully in Christ.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
"That's My King!" The Bridegroom Of Bridegrooms!
Minister Edwards said God created the world to get a bride for His Son!
And His Son is my King – the Bridegroom of bridegrooms!
He's the main character in the romance of romances that guides all of time and eternity!
He came to His bride, but she utterly rejected Him and had Him nailed to a tree!
He's the great pursing Lover of lovers Who will not take no for an answer!
He's the sovereign, all-glorious, eternal, Bridegroom Who humbled Himself, even to the point of death on the cross, so that He might save and sanctify His blood-bought bride and make her gloriously beautiful and faithful forever!
Death couldn't hold His loving heart in the tomb, He rose up from the grave, and conquered sin, death, and Satan once and for all!
That's my King! Do you know Him?!
He's the mighty, unconquerable Warrior-Husband Who defeated all of His and our enemies to bring as back to God!
He's bringing to pass the great profound mystery as He seeks to become one flesh with His people!
He's the treasure house of the Church!
He's the only one you can't live without!
When He's around you cannot fast because the party is always too hot and happy!
He's radically, single-heartedly, and intimately committed to His people!
He's our Maker and Redeemer – the Holy One of Israel Who came in the flesh!
He's the Husband of husbands Who brought about the everlasting marriage between God and His people!
Even though His bride has committed adultery against Him over and over again, He remains faithful to her no matter what!
When we marry Him by faith, our ugly past, no matter what it includes, is totally washed clean, and we get to start over as if nothing had ever gone wrong!
One day very soon He will be joined together with His bride in wedded bliss where there will be no more pain, no more death, no more sin, and no more tears!
On that day, everything sad will become untrue, joy will increase forever, and we will commune with Him in everlasting bliss and unimaginable ecstasy for all eternity!
That's my King! Come Lord Jesus!
And His Son is my King – the Bridegroom of bridegrooms!
He's the main character in the romance of romances that guides all of time and eternity!
He came to His bride, but she utterly rejected Him and had Him nailed to a tree!
He's the great pursing Lover of lovers Who will not take no for an answer!
He's the sovereign, all-glorious, eternal, Bridegroom Who humbled Himself, even to the point of death on the cross, so that He might save and sanctify His blood-bought bride and make her gloriously beautiful and faithful forever!
Death couldn't hold His loving heart in the tomb, He rose up from the grave, and conquered sin, death, and Satan once and for all!
That's my King! Do you know Him?!
He's the mighty, unconquerable Warrior-Husband Who defeated all of His and our enemies to bring as back to God!
He's bringing to pass the great profound mystery as He seeks to become one flesh with His people!
He's the treasure house of the Church!
He's the only one you can't live without!
When He's around you cannot fast because the party is always too hot and happy!
He's radically, single-heartedly, and intimately committed to His people!
He's our Maker and Redeemer – the Holy One of Israel Who came in the flesh!
He's the Husband of husbands Who brought about the everlasting marriage between God and His people!
Even though His bride has committed adultery against Him over and over again, He remains faithful to her no matter what!
When we marry Him by faith, our ugly past, no matter what it includes, is totally washed clean, and we get to start over as if nothing had ever gone wrong!
One day very soon He will be joined together with His bride in wedded bliss where there will be no more pain, no more death, no more sin, and no more tears!
On that day, everything sad will become untrue, joy will increase forever, and we will commune with Him in everlasting bliss and unimaginable ecstasy for all eternity!
That's my King! Come Lord Jesus!
Friday, February 24, 2012
"That's My King!" In The Philly Hood!
Some new words I've learned . . .
My King is the dopest of the dopest!
He made the chain, sustains the chain, and He's totally off the chain like no other!
His own Father snapped on Him on that cross and raised Him up from the dead so that all who repent and believe in Him will be taken back into the Father's everlasting crib!
That's my King! Do you know Him?!
My King is the dopest of the dopest!
He made the chain, sustains the chain, and He's totally off the chain like no other!
His own Father snapped on Him on that cross and raised Him up from the dead so that all who repent and believe in Him will be taken back into the Father's everlasting crib!
That's my King! Do you know Him?!
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Jesus: The Friend Of Friends Of The Sinner Of Sinners!
Excerpts from a Spurgeon sermon . . .
He draws all manner of sinners to Himself by the magnetic force of His almighty love!
He taught greater wisdom than all the sages put together!
He knew better philosophy than all the wise men of Greece!
But He was still familiar with the common people – tender-hearted, mild, and gentle of spirit!
Ignorant and illiterate men can find in Him their best friend!
He bowed Himself down from the heaven of heavens that He might bring bounteous blessings to the most barbarian, brute sinners!
He's the gentle lover of our souls!
He's the Good Shepherd Who came forth not so much to slay the wolf as to save the sheep!
As a father pities his children, so He pities sinful men and women!
That's my Friend of sinners! Do you know Him?!
He's the Savior Who took us just as we were – all tarnished, and defiled, and loathsome – and He made us clean!
He's done ten thousand times more for poor lost souls than mere philanthropy ever even suggested!
While we condemn the outcasts, He comes forth to save them!
While we try to keep sinners away from us, He goes to them and heals them!
While we hope the best concerning them, He goes to them and restores them!
He takes into His arms those whom we would not touch with a ten foot pole!
He receives into His very heart some whose names we would hardly venture to mention!
He uplifts the beggar from the trash dumpster!
He raises the depressed from the pit of despair!
He takes the vilest of the vile and transforms them by His grace and makes them fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light!
He's the most approachable Savior!
And He's more than that, He's waiting eagerly to be gracious!
He stands with arms outstretched, longing to clasp poor sinners to His heart!
To become the Friend of friends of the sinner of sinners, though He never sinned, He had to be made the sinner of sinners on that cross and condemned by His heavenly Father!
That's my Friend of friends Who gave His life for me! Oh may you know Him!
He draws all manner of sinners to Himself by the magnetic force of His almighty love!
He taught greater wisdom than all the sages put together!
He knew better philosophy than all the wise men of Greece!
But He was still familiar with the common people – tender-hearted, mild, and gentle of spirit!
Ignorant and illiterate men can find in Him their best friend!
He bowed Himself down from the heaven of heavens that He might bring bounteous blessings to the most barbarian, brute sinners!
He's the gentle lover of our souls!
He's the Good Shepherd Who came forth not so much to slay the wolf as to save the sheep!
As a father pities his children, so He pities sinful men and women!
That's my Friend of sinners! Do you know Him?!
He's the Savior Who took us just as we were – all tarnished, and defiled, and loathsome – and He made us clean!
He's done ten thousand times more for poor lost souls than mere philanthropy ever even suggested!
While we condemn the outcasts, He comes forth to save them!
While we try to keep sinners away from us, He goes to them and heals them!
While we hope the best concerning them, He goes to them and restores them!
He takes into His arms those whom we would not touch with a ten foot pole!
He receives into His very heart some whose names we would hardly venture to mention!
He uplifts the beggar from the trash dumpster!
He raises the depressed from the pit of despair!
He takes the vilest of the vile and transforms them by His grace and makes them fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light!
He's the most approachable Savior!
And He's more than that, He's waiting eagerly to be gracious!
He stands with arms outstretched, longing to clasp poor sinners to His heart!
To become the Friend of friends of the sinner of sinners, though He never sinned, He had to be made the sinner of sinners on that cross and condemned by His heavenly Father!
That's my Friend of friends Who gave His life for me! Oh may you know Him!
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
"That's My King!" On Valentine's Day!
My King is the Lover of all lovers of all time!
He's the Valentine of Valentine's!
His love far surpasses your ability to even understand or comprehend how much He loves!
His love surpasses knowledge!
His love is the only love that satisfies the deepest longings of the human heart!
His love was enough to satisfy the infinite, everlasting Father for all eternity – so how much more must it satisfy your finite, frail human heart?!
He's enough for God! Oh how much more than enough is He for you!
He loved so much
that He took on human flesh;
lived a perfect life;
died the most horrifying death this universe has ever seen;
suffered the pains of hell in place of sinners;
rose up from the grave triumphant over sin, death, and Satan;
and ever lives to plead mercy for His beautiful, blood-bought bride!
That's my all satisfying King!
My King is more precious than more than 999 trillion universes of gold!
And every other good gift in this life compared to Him is worth less than a penny!
He commands me to hate everything else in comparison to the love I must have for Him!
And He's worthy of all that kind of love and all that kind of hate!
He's more valuable than the most precious gold and the most priceless diamond!
His value far exceeds ten trillion worlds with all their riches and pleasures!
Whatever you love and value most in this life – Jesus exceeds that value in ways that are incomparable!
That's my King! Do you know Him?!
He's the King of all beauty!
He's the Beauty of beauties!
He's more beautiful than the most beautiful sunset because He made the sunset!
He's more beautiful than the most breathtaking scenery in the universe because He made the universe and upholds it by the Word of His power!
He's more beautiful than the most stunning flower of the field because He made them and sustains them all!
He's more beautiful than all the starry hosts and the most amazing phenomenon in the galaxy because the heavens are telling His glory, and He placed all the stars in the heavens to magnify His own beauty!
He's more beautiful than the most gorgeous woman who has ever crossed the horizon of this world because
she is created, but He created her;
she is sinful, but He is perfect;
she is finite, but He is infinite;
she is the image, but He is the real thing!
If the art work of woman is so amazingly, breathtakingly, gloriously, speechlessly beautiful (and she is!), oh how much more amazingly, breathtakingly, gloriously, speechlessly beautiful must my King the Artist be! And He is so beautiful! More beautiful than we could ever dream or imagine!
That's my King! That's my Lover! Do you know Him?!
He's the Valentine of Valentine's!
His love far surpasses your ability to even understand or comprehend how much He loves!
His love surpasses knowledge!
His love is the only love that satisfies the deepest longings of the human heart!
His love was enough to satisfy the infinite, everlasting Father for all eternity – so how much more must it satisfy your finite, frail human heart?!
He's enough for God! Oh how much more than enough is He for you!
He loved so much
that He took on human flesh;
lived a perfect life;
died the most horrifying death this universe has ever seen;
suffered the pains of hell in place of sinners;
rose up from the grave triumphant over sin, death, and Satan;
and ever lives to plead mercy for His beautiful, blood-bought bride!
That's my all satisfying King!
My King is more precious than more than 999 trillion universes of gold!
And every other good gift in this life compared to Him is worth less than a penny!
He commands me to hate everything else in comparison to the love I must have for Him!
And He's worthy of all that kind of love and all that kind of hate!
He's more valuable than the most precious gold and the most priceless diamond!
His value far exceeds ten trillion worlds with all their riches and pleasures!
Whatever you love and value most in this life – Jesus exceeds that value in ways that are incomparable!
That's my King! Do you know Him?!
He's the King of all beauty!
He's the Beauty of beauties!
He's more beautiful than the most beautiful sunset because He made the sunset!
He's more beautiful than the most breathtaking scenery in the universe because He made the universe and upholds it by the Word of His power!
He's more beautiful than the most stunning flower of the field because He made them and sustains them all!
He's more beautiful than all the starry hosts and the most amazing phenomenon in the galaxy because the heavens are telling His glory, and He placed all the stars in the heavens to magnify His own beauty!
He's more beautiful than the most gorgeous woman who has ever crossed the horizon of this world because
she is created, but He created her;
she is sinful, but He is perfect;
she is finite, but He is infinite;
she is the image, but He is the real thing!
If the art work of woman is so amazingly, breathtakingly, gloriously, speechlessly beautiful (and she is!), oh how much more amazingly, breathtakingly, gloriously, speechlessly beautiful must my King the Artist be! And He is so beautiful! More beautiful than we could ever dream or imagine!
That's my King! That's my Lover! Do you know Him?!
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