The gift of righteousness

Enjoy the following hymn and experience our dear God as the blowing wind, covering cloud, purifying fire, and glowing electrum (Ezekiel 1:4). He causes all things to work together so that His seekers may grow and glow (Romans 8:29). Amen.

http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php?t=ns&n=102
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKUwFwDnBkg&feature=related
1. The gift of righteousness is measured in abundance,
The depth of His love I'll never understand.
His love reaches me and you;
His mercy goes farther too.
The One on the throne of God is called the Lamb.

So, why not open up and call His name, "Oh Lord!"
Find your spirit where His grace has been outpoured.
Call His name, taste His grace, exercise before His face
He's longing and yearning.
He's hoping and waiting.
He's ever desiring for you...To turn to Him.

2. He knows your deepest thought,
Your every situation.
He understands your heart,
He knows your history.
There's nothing in His way,
He's just waiting for you to say
"Lord Jesus, my wandering heart
I give to Thee."

I am a God-man!

Do you realize that we have two natures within us? We are created men with God's uncreated life in our spirit. Everyday, God's life is spreading into our soul - mind, will and emotion. Let's learn to reject our natural life (with its likes and dislikes) and let God's life grow. May the seed of life sprout and blossom. Amen!

http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php?t=ns&n=293

(chorus) Did you know that I'm a God-man?
A three-part man mingled with the Triune God,
And I have a spirit
Where the enemy has no way, no hope, no ground...
I am a God-man![I am a God-man] (spoken)

1. The Lord lives inside of Me,
And He's using my spirit as a beachhead
To spread Himself into every part
Of my mind, emotion, and will.
He sowed Himself as the seed
Into my innermost part—
And the kingdom is here,
Today, now, inside of me
And my heart is now His home!

2. Every time I say "Amen" to His Spirit
And walk by my spirit,
The kingdom seed grows and develops
Deep inside of me.
On the outside, it may seem that there's
No change in me—
But I'm not the same,
'Cause as the seed grows in me,
Inside I'm becoming God!

Jesus, oh living Word of God

http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php?t=ns&n=74
1. Jesus, oh living Word of God,
Wash me and cleanse me with Your blood
So You can speak to me.
Just let me hear Your words of grace,
Just let me see Your radiant face,
Beholding constantly.
Jesus, living Word,
My heart thirsts for Thee;
Of Thee I'd eat and drink,
Enjoy Thee thoroughly.

2. Jesus, most precious One to me,
I want to seek You constantly
So you can spread through me.
I would just call upon Your name,
Open to you; I have no shame
Loving You, Jesus Lord.
Jesus, precious One,
Be so real to me.
You are all I want;
I open wide to Thee.

3. Jesus, Oh living One in me,
Open my eyes that I might see
All that You are to me.
Just let me enter in Your heart,
Never from You would I depart,
Loving You constantly.
Jesus, living One,
Flood me thoroughly;
Take my willing heart
And overcome in me.

4. Lord I want You to have Your way,
Save me from being Satan's prey,
I am believing You.
All I can give to You, my Lord,
Is my whole being, love outpoured;
Lord, I belong to You.
Jesus, faithful God,
Gain us through and through;
Use us thoroughly
To see Your purpose through.

Now Christ is the life-giving Spirit

the mind set on the spirit is ... (Romans 8:6)
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are ... (Romans 8:14)

http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php?t=ns&n=103
Now Christ is the life-giving Spirit;
Now Christ is the Spirit today.
Now Christ is the life-giving Spirit;
So turn to your spirit and say—
O Lord, Amen,
O Lord, Amen, Hallelujah!
O Lord, Amen,
O Lord, Amen, Hallelujah!

Now Christ is the life-giving Spirit;
Now Christ is the living Word too.
The Spirit will flow in our spirit,
The Word will be life to us through—
Praying, reading, praising and
Calling upon His name;
raying, reading, praising and
Calling upon His name;

2 Corinthians 13:14

Enjoy singing 2 Corinthian 13:14 & Revelation 22:1 and abide in the vine!

http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php?t=lb&n=42
The love of God and the grace of Christ
And fellowship of the Holy Spirit
Be with you, be with you all,
Be with you all, be with you all.
From the throne of our God and the Lamb
Flows a river of water of life,
Bright as crystal, reaching man.

God the Father is the source (like a power plant);
Christ the Son is the course (like a cable connecting the plant and the homes);
The Holy Spirit is the flow (like the electricity flowing within the cable).

When we turn our hearts to Him, His riches with His life and nature come right in. (When a switch is on, the electricity comes right in.) May the Lord soften our hearts, open our mouths, and strengthen our spirit. Amen.

symphony vs. cacophony

... if two of you are in harmony on earth concerning any matter for which they ask, it will be done for them from My Father who is in the heavens. (Matthew 18:19)

The word "harmony (or accord)" in Matthew 18:19 means "symphony". The opposite of a symphony is a cacophony, meaning a harsh, meaningless discordance of sound. This is what we find before a symphony is played, when the musicians are warming up. Each musician is playing a different piece, a different key. But when the concertmaster stands and gives them the E to tune to, the cacophony disappears. This, however, is not yet the "one accord" or "symphony." The conductor must come out, the musicians must watch the conductor intently to play in the intended tempo and dynamic, and they must listen to each other to blend together. They all must also look at the same music, the same page, and play in the same key.

The tuning to E is for us a tuning to the same mind and opinion according to Christ through the unique teaching of the apostles. The music we are playing is God's eternal economy. The requirement of playing a symphony properly is to have unbroken vertical fellowship with the conductor (Christ, the Head), but at the same time, also be attuned to the fellow musicians in sweet horizontal fellowship. Though the musicians may play different instruments (which are the allotted portions given to us), through the vertical and horizontal fellowship, their different allotted portions are not used individualistically, but for the one accord in the Body.

No soloist. No loners in the Body of Christ.

This heavenly symphony is music to our Father's ear. He will be so pleased that our requests will be answered by Him. In fact, our requests are what are on His mind as well.
( a little overflow from the 2008 winter training)

God has a dream

What did Paul see in Acts 9:1-19? What was this heavenly vision (Acts 22:6-16; 26:13-19)? Why did this vision totally change Paul? Why did this vision keep him going and going, even risking his life? Do you know that you are part of this heavenly vision?

May the same vision capture us, change our entire being, re-constitute us, uphold us, carry us, direct us, govern us, give us endurance, preserve us, keep us in oneness and bring us into God's up-to-date move. (cf. 2008 winter training)

http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php?t=ns&n=3
God has a dream, this is what He's wanting.
God has a dream, and we are part of it.
God has a dream...that we may be one with Him.
God has a dream...realized in you and me!
God, you and me...a dwelling place to be.
God in man, and man in God: one entity.
Now, it's my dream...my vision and life to be!
God has a dream...realized in you and me!