I want to tell You, Lord, how much You mean to me

Pray this prayer as you are enjoying the hymn below:
Lord, direct my heart into the love of God and into the endurance of Christ. (2 Thes. 3:5)
Lord, gain me that I may conduct myself in a manner worthy of Your gospel. (Phil 1:27)
Lord, draw me and grow in me personally that we may run after You corporately. (Song of Songs 1:4)

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1. I want to tell You, Lord, how much You mean to me.
Through years of careful molding, Your plan at last I see.
Though pain I've had and suffering too,
Myself I yield at last, Lord, to You.

2. I want to care for You, the way You've cared for me.
You've been my friend to comfort, received me when I've strayed.
And in return I offer You
My life so small compared, Lord, to You.

3. I'd like for You to fill me with all that You are.
And empty out my heart from everything You're not.
You've blessed me Lord by finding me.
Possess me now eternally.

Raise me higher, mounting as on eagle-wings

EVERY Christian has eagle's wings (Isaiah 40:31, 2 Corinthians 12:9) in him or her. The eagle's wings enable us to enjoy God as grace, strength and power.

The eagle's wings are also the means for the 4-living-creature coordination (Ezekiel 1:11-14). Our coordination is NOT in ourselves, but in God and by the divine grace, strength and power.

However, if we don't use it, we lose it. If we don't apply the eagle's wings practically in our daily walk, we would have no strength and no coordination. Enjoy the following hymn and exercise the eagle's wings given to you. Amen.

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1. Unto him that hath Thou givest
Ever more abundantly;
Lord, I live because Thou livest,
Therefore give more life to me,
Therefore speed me in the race,
Therefore let me grow in grace.

2. Deepen all Thy work, O Master,
Strengthen every downward root;
Only do Thou ripen faster,
More and more Thy pleasant fruit;
Purge me, prune me, self abase;
Only let me grow in grace.

3. Let me grow by sun and shower,
Every moment water me;
Make me really, hour by hour,
More and more conformed to Thee,
That Thy loving eye may trace
Day by day my growth in grace.

4. From Thy fullness grace outpouring,
Show me ever greater things;
Raise me higher, sun-ward soaring,
Mounting as on eagle-wings.
By the brightness of Thy face,
Ever let me grow in grace.

5. Let me, then, be always growing,
Never, never standing still,
Listening, learning, better knowing
Thee and Thy most blessed will.
Till I win the glorious race,
Daily let me grow in grace.

(Repeat the last two lines of each stanza)

Lord, I love You more and more each day

If you visit Tahquamenon Falls in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, you shall see this sign at the entrance of the Lower Falls:

Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints.

Do you realize that our human journey is just a short tour? We should have a sign that reads:
Take nothing but oil for the lamp. (Matthew 25:4)
Leave nothing but the testimony of Jesus. (Revelation 12:11)

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1. Lord, I love You more and more each day.
Lord, I love You more this very day.
I can't live without You anymore.
I can't make it like I did before.

Oh, those years when I was void of You.
Lord, You rescued me when I was through.
When I reminisce those other years,
Emptiness, heartaches, and many tears.

Lord, I do love You more everyday.
Lord, I do love You much more this very day.

2. Oh, that thirst that gnawed me deep within:
Drove me looking for satisfaction.
Oh, the many things that I have tried:
Left me thirsting and dissatisfied.

In this endless search for something new,
All the time this cry was just for You.
I was blind in trying many things
'Til I drank You as my living Spring.

Lord, I do love You more everyday.
Lord, I do love You much more this very day.

3. Lord, You came and filled my inmost being.
You're the sweetest satisfaction.
You're the Spirit as my everything,
Spirit in my spirit bubbling.

Thank You, Lord, for coming into me.
Now You're spreading in me constantly.
Lord, You're making home in all my heart,
As my treasure filling every part.

Dearest of all is He

Nothing is more subjective than eating. Eating is to take something into your being and that something becomes part of you. You are what you eat. Hence, if you take in Jesus as the tree of life (John 6:57), you are...

Sing the short hymn below and enjoy the tree of life in your spirit. As we are receiving Him as life and life supply, may He reduce our old being, replace our old nature, restore our soul, renew our mind, reconstitute us with truth, and recover us back to His eternal purpose.

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Dearest of all is He,
The One I love the best;
'Tis Him we all must seek,
And rely on Him at last.

Supplying all my need,
In weakness He sustains;
Fairest of fair to me
Ever faithful He remains.

He, our joy endlessly,
The same through every test;
Dearest of all is He;
He's the One I love the best.

Another New Day

Enjoy the tree of life (Revelation 2:7), kiss the Son (Song of Songs 1:2, Psalm 2:11-12) and abide in the vine (John 15:5). Make this short hymn your prayer to the Lord, who is merciful and gracious, dear and near:

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Lord, I thank You for another new day to live You;
Another day for me to practice being one spirit with You.
Remind me this whole day to reject my self,
Not to trust myself,
And not to live by myself.
Strengthen me to live by You.
Make this a day for me to live You out.
Taking You as my everything,
Abiding in You as a branch in the vine.

Thou Breath from still eternity

Job 32:8 - But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.
John 6:63b – the words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
Matthew 7:11b – how much more your Father give good things to those who ask Him!
Luke 11:13b – how much more your Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!
Galatians 3:14 – In order that the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

God is Spirit (=Breath), we can enjoy Him and be one with Him in our spirit (John 4:14,24).

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1. Thou Breath from still eternity
Breathe o'er my spirit's barren land—
The pine tree and the myrtle tree
Shall spring amid the desert sand;
And where Thy living water flows
The waste shall blossom as the rose.

2. May I in will and deed and word
Obey Thee as a little child;
And keep me in Thy love, my Lord,
For ever holy, undefiled;
Within me teach, and strive, and pray,
Lest I should choose my own wild way.

3. Thy Spirit, Stream by Thee, the Son,
Is opened to us crystal pure,
Forth flowing from the heavenly throne
To waiting hearts and spirits poor;
Athirst and weary do I sink
Beside Thy waters, there to drink.

4. My spirit turns to Thee and clings,
All else forsaking, unto Thee;
Forgetting all created things,
Remembering only "God in me."
Thy living Stream, Thy gracious Rain,
None wait for these, and wait in vain.

Chinese translation:
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That's why I love Him

The process required to produce the fine flour for the meal offering: being sown, buried to die, growing up, being beaten by the wind/frost/rain/ sun, then being reaped, threshed, sifted, and ground.

He is "a man of sorrow" (Isaiah 53:3). In His human living the Lord Jesus had sorrow upon sorrow. However, in Him there is no bitterness or anxiety. Hence, He is fully qualified to save us, restore us, revive us, and shepherd us onto the unsearchable riches of God. That is why I love Him. Amen.

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What about my sinful past?
And my conscience has no rest.
Deep within I feel the pain.
I'm condemned from all my guilty stains.

O my life of misery,
In the world of vanity,
As I searched for happiness,
My reward I received just emptiness.

God was far away from me,
Great and highest One is He.
Yet You took on humanity.
You came for me,
Hung on a tree,
Bled there to die for me.

That's why I love Him.
That's why I treasure Him.
That's why I give my life and all to Him.
That's why I love Him.
That's why I treasure Him.
That's why I give my life and all to Him.