Posted in Worship on Jun 13th, 2008
One of my current favorite worship songs:
“Everyone needs compassion
Love that’s never failing
Let mercy fall on me
Everyone needs forgiveness
The kindness of a Saviour
The hope of nations
Saviour
He can move the mountains
For my God is mighty to save
He is mighty to save
Forever
Author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave
So take me as You find me
All […]
I can’t not post this link.
Really good stuff.
HT: Rick Frueh & CRN
Last night, about a half dozen toddlers began dancing in the front of the church when the band started playing Phil Wickham’s song “Divine Romance.” It was great. One of them can’t even walk yet. But she is able to stand on her own. So she stood in one place and moved her torso and arms […]
Grace without measure,
Mercy ever-flowing,
Love beyond pleasure,
Rising up and growing,
Neither ceasing nor slowing.
Peace deep in my soul,
Beyond comprehension,
Rest when I lose control,
When I sense life’s tension
Breeding apprehension.
When caught in this strife,
I have a thread of hope,
The promise of eternal life,
That goes beyond the scope
Of this life’s slippery slope.
Jesus, you alone
Meet me where I am,
You redeem and […]
Man of sorrows, enduring Savior,
Object of God’s wrath and favor,
Anguish and joy, distinctive savor,
The paradox of the cross.
What a range of emotion you feel,
In the garden, a final appeal
As the moment itself becomes real,
Faced with the depth of loss.
When your closest friends forsake you,
And the indifferent soldiers take you
To the Romans who try […]
“And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward” (Isaiah 37.21 ESV)
. …take root downward…bear fruit upward. This is the secret of a healthy spiritual life.
The fruit of the Spirit is not a checklist of things I should be doing, or how I should be trying to […]
Many people give something up for lent. Here is the discipline that I will be engaged in for the next forty days. Scot McKnight, author, teacher and prolific blogger, has given us this challenge from his blog, Jesus Creed:
I am asking my blog’s readers to consider a challenge for Lent. No, it is not giving […]
Who am I?
That you would extend such love?
Redemption I’m not worthy of?
Who am I?
I repay your mercy
With needing more.
I repay with cursing
Blessings outpoured.
Who am I?
That you would extend such love?
Redemption I’m not worthy of?
Who am I?
I repay your grace
With squandering.
I repay your embrace
With wandering.
Who am I?
That you would extend such love?
Redemption I’m not worthy of?
Who […]
Posted in Poetry, Faith, Missional, Worship on Dec 25th, 2007
“She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
(Matthew 1:21)
“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
(Luke 19:10)
You came as a babe
To seek and to save,
The leper, the lame, the lost.
You lived to die
So you could buy
Our […]
Your love poured out
From hate-inflicted wounds
New life burst forth
From that borrowed tomb
Your heart of love
Birthed love as from a womb,
Your songs of hope
Drown out all other tunes.
Your peace overtakes
My turmoil like a flood,
Your grace-opened gates
Release sin-cleansing blood,
Your joy opens hearts
Like spring-time opens buds,
Your love compels
To love as we are loved.
Your love compels us to love […]
