You're the same

Yesterday,today
Forever you're the same
Jesus,your love
Will never ever change

You are here with me
Watching over me
Day after day
You are my hiding place

You calm the storms
You raise the dead
You cause the blind to see
The lame to walk again
Yesterday,today,
Forever,you're the same
You walk with me
You talk with me
You're pleased to hear my voice
Each time I sing your praise
Forever you're the same

Hebrews13:8 'Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.'

What Jesus could do 2000 years ago,what we now read in the bible about what He did,how He healed the sick,restore the poor,accepted the outcasts,everything He did,He can still do it now.He loved you 2000 years ago,He still loves you even now.And He will continue to love you forever.Because 'Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.'

All For Me

Hey.Haven't been blogging in a while because I decided to just seek God about what He wanted for me rather than share here.The 11 days were spent just spending time with God,talking to Him as a friend would to another.God has been so real and faithful.During the 11 days of seeking God with all my heart,God revealed to me the agenda of my life for this year,the season of my life this year.During the 11 days of simply seeking God for who he is,God constantly reminded me of His great love for me,and how He wanted me to have an unconditional love for others.To simply love for them for who they are,children of God.And that condition overrules all other conditions.Whether you are crippled in one leg or two,whether you come from a complete family or a broken one,whether you can feed yourself or not,God truly loves you.And God reminded me of this love that brought Him to take the cross for me.
During these 11 days,many songs were birthed in my heart as well,and this is one of them.It's titled 'All For Me'.It speaks of the simple yet unconditional and unfathomable love of God,which stretches to me no matter where I am,no matter what I've done,no matter my past or my future.


All For Me
Jesus
When you were hanging on that cross
What were you thinking of?
Jesus
When you were hanging on that cross
When the nails they were pushed in
Who were you thinking of?
Jesus
When you allowed them to mock you
When you allowed them to cast lots on your clothes
When the crown of thorns was placved on your head
What were you thinking of?

Jesus
I know that you were thinking of me
I know what you were thinking of
You said
My son,I'm doing this for you
I lived to die for you
My son,these nails mean nothing compared to you

Lord Jesus
How can I express
My love and gratitude
You who took the cross for me
The cross of pain
The cross of shame
Became a cross of hope and restoration
The cross of death
Now the cross of salvation
You took it all for me

The love of God

That day on Calvary,three people died on the cross.Two of them died for their own transgressions,but the one in the middle,his name is Jesus.He died for your transgressions.That's how much God the Father loves you.That man on the cross is the very Son of God!That man,although found sinless in his entire life,had to take the cross.And all for you!This Valentine's Day,maybe you have not received anything from the person you wanted so much to receive a gift from.Maybe you have not even received a gift from anybody.Maybe that desired proposal has not come.And maybe because of that you are beginning to reproach yourself.You're thinking,'Maybe nobody loves me at all.Maybe I'm just not good enough.' But hey,let me tell you one thing.You're definitely not unloved.That's right,you are loved.Very much,in fact.If you're asking for a sign of that love,think back about what happened about 2000 years ago,that day on Calvary.Jesus did an act of love,undisputedly the greatest act of love.And just for you.You're worth that much.God values you,and so He sent His Son to take the cross specially for you.
Maybe this Valentine's Day hasn't been good for you at all.You've lost something.Something dear to you.Maybe a pet,maybe a child,anything.And maybe you're reproaching yourself,maybe you're starting to think twice about whether God understands.About whether God knows.But hey,that day 2000 years ago on Calvary,God lost a child too.Now you tell me,does God understand the pain that you're feeling right now?
John3:16 'For God so loved the world that He gave his one and only Son,that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.'
Friends,do you realize the love God has for you?God loves you so much.So much.


You lavish me with love
As I wait at your feet
Your love like sweet perfume
Washes over me

You comfort me with words
When to you I run
You hold me in your arms
My haven from the storm

I can't help but tell the world of
Your great grace
How you came to love
Crucified,you've saved

I speak of your great love for me
I glorify you,majesty
Your love will never ever change
I see your open hands of grace
Nailed to the cross for me in grace
Your love,you lavish on me
Your love,you lavish on me

Simple Worship

It just pains my heart to see that this generation has lost its heart for worship.Many of us think that worship is simply about coming to church and singing songs,what we call worship songs.Sadly,many of us think that that is what worship is about.Well,to set the record straight,singing worship songs=worship but worship is not equal to singing songs!God does not require us to follow a sequence of rituals to enter His presence.Of course,we are to assemble ourselves together and let all things be done decently and in order,as Heb10:25 and 1Cor14:40 tell us.As long as traditions and rituals in a service invite God's presence,they fulfill the purpose for which they were established.But God does not require a song or a hymn,or a ceremonial offering for us to enter His presence. John4:23-24 'Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth,for they are the kind of worshipers the father seeks.God is spirit,and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.' All God requires is for us to worship in spirit and in truth by coming clean before Him and allowing Him to wash us with the water from the laver of His word.
God is interested in our heart.For God to be able to do everything He wants to do for us and through us,we must have our heart completely open to Him.When our confidence and trust are in Him and we keep ourselves open to Him by admitting any shortcomings that we need His help in handling instead of trying to hide them,we are positioned to hear from Him and obey.
God desires people who are willing to allow themselves to live and move and have their being in Him alone!He does not want hired saints who rush in to get their time in His presence as a necessary deposit to function momentarily.Certainly no one wants a loved one who has to rush to get everything together to prove that they really love you and are willing to fulfill their necessary duties.No,you want their love for you to come from the heart.This is the way our Father feels when we rush around to 'prove' we love Him as part of our preparation to minister for Him.Our love for Him is apparent when we make a point of consistently doing what we know to do to keep ourselves in a place of wanting to be in His presence as much as possible because we enjoy learning from and spending time with Him.
Throughout the Scriptures,Jesus continually shows the eternal connection between the mouth and the heart.Mat15:7-9 'You hypocrites!Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:"These people honor me with their lips,but their hearts are far from me.They worship me in vain;their teachings are but rules taught by men.'" Jesus viewed hypocritical worship as proclaiming worship with our mouth while housing a different attitude within our heart.
Sadly,many of think of 'worship' as the activities in the worship services we attend.We think of worship as the slow songs we sing to usher us into the Lord's presence or the preliminaries before the delivery of the message of God's Word. To us,worship may be singing the songs projected on the screen.Maybe we think of worship as such supernatural manifestation in a service as a 'glory cloud' rolling in,the gifts of the Spirit in operation,people falling under the power of God,intensely dancing in the Spirit as David did,or waiting in silence before the Lord.Whether these activities are actually acts of worship is determined by our heart attitude-whether we are worshipping God in truth in the midst of them.If we are only sacrificing our time and energy to be present and participate physically in the activities while our heart is far from God,we are in the same category as King Saul.1Sam15:22 'But Samuel replied:"Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the Lord?To obey is better than sacrfice,and to heed is better than the fat of the rams."'Saul's kind of worship does not fit into the category of presenting our bodies as "a living scrifice,holy,acceptable to God"!A sacrifice is something that costs you something and is very dear to you.God views a lifestyle of obedience as far more important than a sacrificial temple offering.
God wants to search beneath the surface into the depths of your heart-much deeper into the real you.He is not impressed with the way things appear to be to the naked eye.Luke16:15 'He said to them,"You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men,but God knows your hearts.What is highly valued among men is detestable in God's sight."' Many times in life we tend to seek the approval of men who have rejected God.If there are places in your life where you have departed from your first love(Jesus) and exchanged activity in front of people for true worship and duty for true sacrifices,please acknowledge this to God and ask for His forgiveness.He wants you to grow closer to Him and hear His voice,so that you can move steadily forward on the path He has made ready for you rather than making choices on your own that complicate your life and sidetrack you from completing your destiny.


Light of the world
You stepped down into darkness
Opened my eyes let me see

Beauty that made
This heart adore you
Hope of a life
Spent with you

Here I am to worship
Here I am to bow down
Here I am to say that
You're my God

You're altogether lovely
Altogether worthy
Altogether wonderful
To me

King of all days
Oh so highly exalted
Glorious in heaven above
Humbly you came
To this earth you created
All for love's sake
Became whole

I'll never know how much it cost
To see my sins upon that cross

I Stand In Worship

In Your hand are the depths of the earth
And the heights of the heavens above
I worship and bow down
Kneel before You,my Lord and maker

In Your hand is the breath of my soul
In Your love I stand righteous and bold
To honour you,my king
Glorify you,my Redeemer

With open arms I stand in worship
Feel Your love's embrace
In reverence I enthrone You,Jesus
Lifter of my head
With gratefulness I stand before You
Faithful,loving king
I rest in hope for You are my portion
With thankfulness,I sing