Friday, March 2, 2012

Blosom of Gold

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q3_IsHu-Mg
http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/ns/200
http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/ts/403

Jesus Lord, Jesus Lord.
How we long to touch You,
More and more, more and more,
That You may grow within us.
"Blossom of Gold" may You bloom and grow.
Bloom and grow forever
Then all will see, all will know,
You are the Lord within us.

主耶穌!主耶穌!
我渴慕摸著你!
多又多,多又多,
你長大在我裡。
願你的生命不斷成長,
『榮耀之花』盛放!
叫世人看見你
顯在我的身上。

Thursday, March 1, 2012

God has called us for His purpose



He is the Lion of the tribe of Judah; we are God's lion cubs

(toward sins, death, world, darkness, self, and anxieties)
He is the Lamb of God; we are the flock under Him.
He is the Faithful Witness; we are many witnesses of Jesus.
He is the Holy One; we are being made holy everyday.
He is the Firstborn Son; we are many sons of God.
He is Christ the Head; we are Christ the Body.
He is the Husband; we are His corporate Bride.

Enjoy this hymn and experience His duplicating work in us:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tsKm8r7GX0
http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php?t=ns&n=28
1. God has called us for His purpose,
His economy so glorious,
For which He was fully processed;
Consummated now is He!
As the Spirit, He indwells us;
As our God alloted portion,
Working out His full salvation,
Making us the same as He is.

(Chorus) Oh, may a clear, controlling vision of
The Lord's economy direct my heart,
And burn in me until my spirit's wholly set afire!
With spirit strong and active we'll press on
To consummate God's goal—New Jerusalem, Hallelujah!

2. Jesus lived the God-man pattern,
Set the way for us to follow,
He denied His natural man and
Was obedient unto death,
Once He was the only God-man;
Now we are His duplication.
As the many grains we're blended
As His corporate reproduction.

He is my God

May the Lord visit us like the rising sun and guide our feet into the way of peace. (Luke 1:78-79)

http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php?t=ns&n=53
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn-ZC3310Xw
From the morning to the evening,
His faithfulness I see;
His mercy reaching sinners, reaching even me;
And I know, now I know.
Brighter than the brightest sunlight, all doubts and fears must cease;
Sweeter than the sweetest delight, His living Word in me;
And I know, now I know.
That God is there for me tomorrow,

As He is for me today;
That He'll take my cares and sorrow,
And He'll wipe them all away;
There's no crisis that He can't bear,
There's no storm He can't abate;
He's my God, He's my God.

Day by day His grace grows dearer; His love has conquered me,
Never leaving, never ceasing, His Spirit constantly
Flooding me, rich and free;
Higher than the highest heaven, He lifts me up to see
New Jerusalem descending, His Bride, His love to be
Eternally, it shall be.
That God is there for me tomorrow,
As He is for me today;
That He'll take my cares and sorrow,
And He'll wipe them all away;
There's no crisis that He can't bear,
There's no storm He can't abate;
He's my God, He's my God.

Dearest Lord, You've called us here

Be saved from this crooked generation! (Acts 2:40)

Let's be saved from this crooked generation and live a normal church life in the teaching and the fellowship of the apostles. (cf. Acts 2:40, 42)

"Be" is active, referring to our willingness to cooperate with God. "Saved" is passive, referring to our being replaced by God's life and nature. Be saved! Be willing to receive God's transforming work within us!

Actively enjoy this hymn and be saved into God's will - the ark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHZsqi6KIDE&feature=related
http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php?t=ns&n=97
Dearest Lord, You've called us here,
And opened up Your heart.
O the joy to hear Your call
And enter in the Ark.
Saving us from day to day
O Lord, this is Your way.
In Yourself we stay afloat,
Above this wicked age today.

(Chorus)
Thank You Lord, in Your eyes we find grace,
And with open hearts we come to You.
Regardless what our friends might say to us or do,
O Lord Jesus, we love You.

Seeking of this age to taste,
And of it have a part.
If we only knew, dear Lord,
The ways we grieve Your heart.
We would come and turn to You
With a repenting heart,
And would give ourselves to be
With you, O Lord, inside the Ark.

Praise You Lord, we're safe in You;
Outside death-waters pour.
Many things that I once loved
Are on the ocean floor.
Keep us open to you Lord,
Don't let us miss the mark.
Hallelujah, praise the Lord,
We're here within the church, the Ark.

I live, if you stand firm in the Lord





You live, if I stand firm in the Lord. This is the church life! Everyone is so precious and necessary. Hence, don't be a loner. Be knit together and joined together (Ephesians 4:16).
http://online.recoveryversion.org/FootNotes.asp?FNtsID=6439


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZBDeI4uN4A
http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/ns/117
1. I'm thankful that God has placed me
With you to build up His Body.
Christ in you is the hope for me!
You also need Christ lived in me..

I live, if you stand firm in the Lord.
You live, if I stand firm in the Lord.
My going on is for you,
Your going on is for me,
Not sep'rate entities,
I need you saints desp'rately!

2. Oh, what a sweet church life have we!
Built up in Him, His bride to be!
In Him steadfast, you help me be;
Encouraged by Christ whom I see.

3. Your faith in Christ helps me pursue;
My progress depends upon you!
As I seek Christ, with you in view,
My heart, full of prayers, is for you.

4. God's heart longs, desires that we,
His lovers, seek Him corp'rately.
On each other spent constantly;
My life is for you, yours for me.

5. I want to encourage you all,
Without your supply I would fall.
Never think that your Christ is small.
Christ needs you, and so do we all

my God, my portion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3U8g7R-GPM
http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/nt/600
1. My God, my Portion, and my Love,
My everlasting All,
I've none but Thee in heav'n above,
Or on this earthly ball.
What empty things are all the skies,
And this inferior clod!
There's nothing here deserves my joys,
There's nothing like my God.

2. To Thee I owe my wealth, and friends,
And health, and safe abode;
Thanks to Thy name for meaner things,
But they are not my God.
How vain a toy is glittering wealth,
If once compared to Thee!
Or what's my safety, or my health,
Or all my friends to me.

3. Were I possessor of the earth,
And called the stars my own,
Without Thy graces and Thyself,
I were a wretch undone.
Let others stretch their arms like seas,
And grasp in all the shore;
Grant me the visits of Thy grace,
And I desire no more.