It hits a chord in the heart to know that we are all accepted and loved as dear children.
Galatians 3:26-4:7 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith,27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free,nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. . . . But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.[b]6 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba,[c] Father.”7 So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir. Be blessed in the love of our Heavenly Father!!!
Here is a great song by the band, Lifehouse: "Everything"
- - - side note: I find nothing that says they are a Christian band. So please don't freak out if you see me using their lyrics and turning it to Jesus and His love for us.
second note: several Christian groups have used this song as the backdrop for Christian skits on Jesus' love for His people and the things of the world that separate us from His love. BUT, His love wins us back! [applause!]
One other note - such "light" and fluffy lyrics do, at times, come from the Christian contemporary scene and I can easily see how many people listen to them and wonder if the band is singing about Jesus or a girl. I am taking these lyrics and adapting them to the love story that the Bible paints about Jesus and His bride (the collection of believers).
God uses that picture, probably one of the most emotionally charged experiences in human life (the love of a man and a woman) to show His intense love for us. The more we understand His love, the more we will love Him and His people, His world.
I've taken several of the lyrics and added Bible passages - I guess it helps the song to be more devotional and meaningful for me personally. Hope you are also blessed by it.
Find me here, And speak to
me.
I want to feel you, I need to hear you. You are the light, That's
leading me,
To the place, Where I find peace again.
Psalm 119:105
Your word is a lamp for my
feet,
a light on my path.
You are the strength,
That keeps me walking.
You are the hope,
That keeps me trusting.
Psalm 28:8-9
The Lord is the
strength of his people,
a fortress of salvation for his anointed one. 9 Save your people and bless your inheritance;
be their shepherd and carry them forever.
You are the light,To my soul.
You are my purpose, You're everything.
John 1:4-5
In him
[Jesus] was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The
light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome[a] it.
the Power of words - what if the words that started your day built you up and prepared you for anything you will face that day? Words from God can do just that.
Consider this: "I am unconditionally loved." "I am a son/daughter of Heaven's King." "God is my Father; Jesus is my brother; the Spirit is my encourager."
try saying those words of truth to yourself in the mirror for the next 30 days. Leading counselors tell us that they will form in the subconscious and change how we view ourselves and in turn relieve us of stresses related to how we feel about ourselves.
OK, so I'm hung up on this Kansas Group - man they put out stirring, sad, powerful music that is coupled with strong lyrics. This one is a prayer (comes in 8 verses)
Oh God, Help me to be
Closer to you so I am farther from me
May your Kingdom be the only one that I seek, Oh God.
if you want more verse (lyrics) just let me know.
Be blessed!
You are Precious in Jesus' sight
You are dearly loved.
By the blood of Jesus you are forgiven
Big Daddy Weave has this great song that points to the real identity that Jesus won for us. So why are we still striving and fighting? the Battle has been won.
According to the riches of His Grace, by the power of His love we are bought back from all that made us slaves.
Jesus says that dying to self brings life. Matthew 16 encapsulates that idea:
Matthew 16:24-27
24 Then Jesus spoke to his disciples. He said, “If anyone wants to follow me, he must say no to himself. He must pick up his cross and follow me.25 If he wants to save his life, he will lose it. But if he loses his life for me, he will find it.
26 “What good is it if someone gains the whole world but loses his soul? Or what can anyone trade for his soul?27 The Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory. His angels will come with him. And he will reward everyone in keeping with what they have done.
enjoy!
Jesus loves you unconditionally!
Jesus died so that you could live.
He gives you reason to live; He secures your worth.
You are extremely precious to Him.
in Jesus, all your guilt and punishment have been removed; believe the good news.
Stunning! you want your hair to stand on end, imagine all that the Heavenly FAther did for you by sending Jesus. Heavenly Father, I offer you grand applause; you deserve the whole earth to rise up and cry "Hallelujah." Thank you for rescuing me. thank you for dying for me. thank you for taking the rugged cross and the bloody nails.
John 14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God. Trust in me also.
2 “There are many rooms in my Father’s house. If this were not true, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you.3 If I go and do that, I will come back. And I will take you to be with me. Then you will also be where I am.
Jesus promises to take us into the Beautiful - forever with Him! John 17:3
“And what is eternallife? It is knowing you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
Yesterday was "one of those days" for me. but the challenge that I have is that grey cloud of disbelief and skepticism that hangs over the Bible's truths. I see that God calls me His loved child - but its clouded in doubt. He calls me precious - and my garbled thoughts find an escape clause. "That can't really be true, can it?"
Every hour I need you - moreso on those days. Help us through the fog of doubts, misbelief, lies that Satan and the World throw at us.
here is a great song that points to my need/ our need:
Jesus, the pain of life and the guilt from mistakes make me very unsteady and somewhat of a wreck at times. Life is messy, pain is always around - i deliver it to my family; others put pain in my day, my neck and shoulders. I'm actually sitting here worried about life breaking me and there is a literal pain in my shoulders between my shoulder blades.
Life hurts and I need to know that Jesus is there when life hurts, when life is hard. I will run to Jesus to steady my heart.
take a listen to this cool song that reflects that idea:
