HE'S ALIVE!!!

Were You There

Were you there when they crucified my Lord
Were you there when they crucified my Lord
Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble
Were you there when they crucified my Lord

And were you there when they laid Him in the tomb
Were you there when they laid His precious body in the tomb
Sometimes it causes me to tremble, I cry and I tremble
Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb

Were you there when He rose from the grave
Were you there when my Jesus rose from the grave
Sometimes it makes me want to shout
And I cry and I begin to tremble, I tremble
Were you there when He rose from the grave

They'll Never Crucify Him Again

I heard this group a good bit growing up and at that time, and for a Southern gospel group, their songs were so relevant and moved me. I still often think of this song at Easter. It gives me chills and makes me cry about what they did to our Lord, but also at the amazing victory that occurred when he conquered the grave!

Glorious Day ~ Casting Crowns

Music speaks to me, so this week while we prepare to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord, I'm going to post some music that reflects His sacrifice.

Casting Crowns ~ Always Enough

Fill Me Up By Jared Anderson

This is what you will hear me singing as I walk around or work at my desk almost constantly lately. I love it, it speaks to me and is my prayer!

Jesus I am thirsty
I am learning
how to hunger for more of You
You are the water
And You offer
life that is making me new
Spirit come

Fill up my lungs with air
My voice with prayer
And my mouth with praise
Fill up my heart with song
For the journey is long
And I need Your strength
Jesus Your love is more than enough
Come and fill me fill me up

Jesus I need mercy
I need cleansing from the burden of so many sins
You are the water
So I offer all of my life into
Your hands
Spirit come

You are water to the desert
You are the rain to the dust
You are healing to the broken
You are life won't You come

I couldn't find a youtube video or put it on my playlist. I did find his myspace page. You can click on he link below, then scroll down to his music player and click on Fill Me Up to play it.

http://www.myspace.com/jaredandersonmusic

Moving Forward

I just posted a new playlist. It has a few worship songs on it, but the first song is one that I think should be our anthem for the beginning of every new year (if not every new day). Over the last few years God has used the song Moving Forward to minister to my heart and propel me forward so many times. Even when I don't feel like I'm making the forward progress that I need to make, just claiming the words to this song can help me begin to take even just baby steps if necessary. While God is the be all end all, the fact is that He gives us free will. We are given the opportunity each and every day to make decisions that help to determine our outcome. Are you wallowing in self-pity or accepting the trials that He has laid befor you, vowing to learn from them, be strengthened by them and rejoicing through them. Would people characterize you as joyful or as whining and complaining. Those attributes are not ones that are at all becoming of a child of the King. If you are His then the joy of the Lord should be upon you. The sister of a couple of Pastors wives at our church recently passed away. This woman loved the Lord and lived for him and the joy of the Lord was so upon her that even people who did not know her personally are speaking of how her presence alone lit up a room. What kind of legacy are we leaving? We are not promised tomorrow, so what are we going to do with today. I encourage you to evaluate this last year and ask yourself what people would say about your countenance this past year and vow to spend this year becoming what you want your legacy to be. I'm declaring that "I am not going back"!

Here are the lyrics, I encourage you to listen!
Free Chapel - Moving Forward lyrics

Chorus:
I'm not going back
I'm moving ahead
I'm here to declare to you
My past is over
In You old things are made new
Surrender my life to Christ
I'm moving moving forward

What a moment
You have brought me to
Such a freedom I have found in You
What a Healer
You make all things new
Yeah Yeah Yeah

You have risen
With all power in Your Hands
You have given me
A second Chance
Hallelujah Hallelujah
Yeah Yeah YeahYeah Yeah Yeah

You maka all things new
You make all things newI will follow You forward

Christmas Music

I just changed my music player to Christmas music. I encourage you to turn up the volume and listen, you might just find one you've never heard or a new favorite.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Do They See Jesus In Me?

I heard this song today. I may have heard it before, but if so I'd forgotten. I love the words and these are questions I ask of Him often. I so want others to see Him in me. I want to exude His presence. Hope you enjoy the music and the lyrics and I pray that they will inspire you as they have me.

(You will need to pause the music player at the bottom of the screen to hear this song.)

Is the face that I see in the mirror
the one I want others to see
Do I show in the way that I walk in my life
The love that You've given to me
My heart's desire is to be like You In all that I do, all I am
Do they see Jesus In Me
Do they recognize Your face
Do I communicate Your love, and Your grace
Do I reflect who You are In the way I choose to be
Do they see Jesus In Me
It's amazing that you'd ever use me
But use me the way You will
Help me to hold out a heart of compassionate grace
A heart that You're spirit fills
May I show forgiveness and mercy
The same way You've shown it to me
Now I want to show all the world who You are
The reason I live and breathe
So You'll be the One that they see When they see me

He's Alive!!!!

Worthy Is The Lamb!

Renewal Music

I was talking with a new friend tonight. Our daughters are in dance together and she and I and one other mother have really been enjoying getting to know each other. It's been lots of fun and I've learned lots from them already. Anyway we were talking about our vow renewal (you can read about our renewal here )and the music we used. I thought I would share it here. Sadly I was not able to find Rita Springer's version of these songs on playlist, so I had to use someone else's. I don't like them near as much as her versions. She's amazing. The songs are playing on my player and here are the lyrics.

You Are Still Holy

Holy, You are still holy

Even when the darkness surrounds my life

Sovereign, You are still sovereign

Even when confusion has blinded my eyes

Lord, I don't deserve Your kind affection

When my unbelief has kept me from Your touch

I want my life to be a pure reflection

Of Your love

And so I come into Your chamber

And I dance at Your feet, Lord

You are my SaviourAnd I'm at Your mercy

All that has been in my lifeUp 'til now

It belongs to You

You are still holy

Holy, You are still holy

Even though I don't understand Your ways

Sovereign, You will be sovereign

Even when my circumstances don't change

Lord, I don't deserve your tender patience

When my unbelief has kept me from Your truth

I want my life to be a sweet devotionTo You

And so I come into Your chamber

And I dance at Your feet, Lord

You are my Saviour

And I'm at Your mercy

All that has been in my lifeUp 'til now

It belongs to You

I belong to You

And You are still holy

When I Think About the Lord

When I Think about the Lord,

How He saved me,

how He raised me,

how He filled me,

with the Holy Ghost.

How He healed me,

to the uttermost.

When I Think about the Lord,

how He picked me up and turned me around,

how He placed my feet on solid ground

It makes me wanna shout,

Halleilujiah,

Thank you JESUS,

LORD, your worthy,

of all the glory,

and all the honor,

and all the praise...

I just love these songs. I feel like they totally capture where we've come from and all the Lord has done for us. If you want to hear the Rita Springer version you can try youtube or select her as a station on http://www.pandora.com/ (internet radio). If you haven't tried pandora yet, I highly recommend it. You put in all your favorite artists and it will play them and artists that it believes are similar. It's really neat.