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Make my life a Prayer to You,
I want to do what You want me to.
No empty words and no white lies,
No token Prayers, No Compromise.
 
I want to die, and let you give,
Your life to me, that I might live.
and share the hope You gave to me,
the Love that's set me Free.
I want to tell the world out there,
You're not some fable or fairy tale,
that I've made up, inside my head,
You're God the Son,
You've Risen from the Dead.
 
Well, I want to Thank You Now,
for being patient with me,
Oh it's so hard to see, 
when my eyes are on me.
I guess I'll have to trust 
and just believe what You say...
Oh You're coming again, 
coming to take me away.
 
Make my life a Prayer to You,
I want to do what You want me to.
No empty words and no white lies,
No token Prayers, No Compromise.
I want to shine the light You gave,
through Your Son, You Sent to Save us
from ourselves and our despair.
It comforts me
to know You're really there.
 
 Melody & Keith Green

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- Grace By Which I Stand - -

Lord, the feelings are not the same,
I guess I'm older, I guess I've changed.
And how I wish it had been explained, that as you're growing you must remember,
That nothing lasts, except the grace of God, by which I stand, in Jesus.
I know that I would surely fall away, except for grace, by which I'm saved.

Lord, I remember that special way,
I vowed to serve you, when it was brand new.
But like Peter, I can't even watch and pray, one hour with you,
And I bet, I could deny you too.
But nothing lasts, except the grace of God, by which I stand, in Jesus.
I'm sure that my whole life would waste away, except for grace, by which I'm saved.
But nothing lasts, except the grace of God, by which I stand, in Jesus.

I know that I would surely fall away, except for grace, by which I'm saved.

today starts my 7 day kick off of a review of worship songs that we sing. it's intended to take a deeper look at the words we're praying with these songs.

#1 - Meet with Me

verse:

"I'm here to meet with you

Come and meet with me.

 I'm here to find you

Reveal yourself to me."

Typically this is looked at as a person singing to God, but what if it's God trying to speak to us? Not so much as us being 'here' (spritiually, not physically?) but as to the fact that God is HERE, and we have to make that choice to go and meet with Him. He has constantly been (and IS) looking for us, for the deepest, innermost parts of our lives, the tinniest things for us to surrender, because He's a gentleman, He won't take, we must surrender, "reveal" those spots to Him.

"As I wait you make me strong

As I long, draw me to your arms

As I stand and sing Your praise

Won't You come, won't You come

 and fill this place?"

This is a long one, which, If I understand the trends of Xanga "hippness" (I made that up...) means it wont get read... oh well...

"To obey is better than sacrifice."  (Check out 1 Samuel 15:20mthing)

God once gave Keith Green a song from that line...

"To obey is better than sacrifice
I don't need your money
I want your life
And i hear you say that i'm coming back soon
But you act like i'll never return

Well you speak of grace and my love so sweet
How you thrive on milk, but reject my meat
And i can't help weeping of how it will be
If you keep on ignoring my words
You pray to prosper and succeed
But your flesh is something i just can't feed

To obey is better than sacrifice
I want more than sunday and wednesday nights
Cause if you can't come to me every day
Then don't bother coming at all
La,la,la,La,la,la....

To obey is better than sacrifice
I want hearts of fire
Not your prayers of ice
And i'm coming quickly
To give back to you
According to what you have done
According to what you have done
According to what you have done

But you act like i'll never return -> I think back to the emotions when I think of this. We all have bad days. SOme are the worst days ever imaginable. Sometimes the junk we have to go through is so tough we want to pull a Job's wife (curse God and die). But we forget that even through those times, God is ever constant, He's still there, His pormises will still be kept, He grace and mercy is upon our lives, even as we lay hurting for the world. Emotions are beautiful things created by God (duh) for us to enjoy, to enhance the tinniest details of this world to us that we would missed otherwise. But like everything eles satan will try and find a way to play and prey upon the emotions, the feelings that you have. Many dissentions amongst close ranks have been started because seeds of jelousy, dischord, anger, rebellousness, spite, critisim, petty arguments, distrust, and on and on and on. All played off of what we are choosing to feel.

"Well you speak of grace and my love so sweet
How you thrive on milk, but reject my meat"