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This is a song i started writing while dealing with somethings, i decided to try and finish it in a way that glorified God and not my problems..

Wave a magic wand
and wish it all away
It ain't working now
and it didn't yesterday

Try to wash my hands
but it's all stains
i deny my guilt
but my conscience remains

only you have the power to wash my stains
only you have the mercy to ease my pains

You oh God, You alone, have the power to fix this broken dream

You oh God, will come to my aid, when to your glory i scream

And so i try my life
on the narrow trail
because it is right
to the name i hail

And when take a fall
because of my pride
to you i confess
and in you confide

only you have the power to wash my stains
only you have the mercy to ease my pains

You oh God, You alone, have the power to fix this broken dream

You oh God, will come to my aid, when to your glory i scream
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that's rough and incomplete i'm still working on the glue to get it togother just right musically, but tell me what you think

Lord, my god, in the morning
Show me how I can serve you today

Lord, my god, in the evening
Let my song rise up to you.

I know that you are holy,
I know that I’m unclean
And I’m afraid to come into your presence.
I know that I’m unworthy,
To call upon your name
From all the way down here.

So I say
Lift me up
From my lowly estate
Lift me up
Where I can see you clothed in majesty and light
(repeat)

If you’d saved even one man
Surely this is undeserved
But the saints by your mercy
Stand with you uncountable
Is this not amazing
Isn’t your name grace
Aren’t you the sovereign God of justice
Haven’t we offended
Did we not crucify
Guess that we can only wonder why

So I say
Lift me up
From my lowly estate
Lift me up
Where I can see you clothed in majesty and light

Any of you who frequent my blog know that I've been writing about free will and submission to the will of God...I'm also reading a book called "Every young man's battle" it's about finding sexual purity in this modern world and it is completely amazing and in two weeks it has changed me tremendously, but this scripture is my new line of thought on free will and submission

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20you were bought at a price.

I am not my own.

I have no rights

to anything unholy

PERIOD!!!!!!!!

I am Christ's now. i have been for many years, but i now understand what that actually means...

Galatians 5:24 (New International Version)

24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.

2 Corinthians 10:5 (New International Version)

5We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

Part of me has been crucified along with Christ, he bore the pain of my sins, in order to forgive me....Now i must start to live like it, and try my best to make every thought obedient to the master.

So let's review....

I am not my own...

Christ is my Master....

I have no rights....

To anything unholy....

I don't have the right to..

Sin...

Lies..

Lust..

Greed...

Hatred...

Love of Money....

Jealousy...

Inappropriate thoughts....

False Witness..

the list goes on....

It's hard to rip all of that out of a human brain, a human heart, it's down right painful sometimes, when you look back and finally see the trail of damage you left, but it is so worth it, worth it to be a man, for the first time in my life to be a man, i finally feel like one. sure i still screw up. alot. but the will to be God's is what's important, the will to fight for the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. and to desire and actively pursue being all that God's wants me to be. and to get on my hands and knees and be humbles when i admit my faults and failures, to forsake my pride in return for true Glory, that is man hood...

goodnight

When i say the word slavery what comes to mind? Is it the ugly that disgraced our nation for over a century?Then the ,bitterness, and shame that often follows those thoughts?

Or is your take on slavery different?Maybe when i say "slavery" you think freedom. Then the joy, , and love that often follows these thoughts?

Today i discovered the second view, the joy of slavery....

Let me quote ya some verses......

Ephesians 6:6 (New International Version)

Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but like slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.

huh slaves of Christ......

1 Corinthians 7:22 (New International Version)

For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord's freedman; similarly, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ's slave.

well i was never a slave to a man, and i have been called to salvation by the lord so i am now Christ's Slave

Romans 7:25 (New International Version)

25Thanks be to Godâ€"through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.

ok so a slave to God's law....that is my mission in order to be Christ's slave, i must deny my self and my sinful nature, and follow Christ instead of my flesh...

For Christ said

Matthew 16:24 (New International Version)

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

Now this self denial and cross carrying must be important because Christ said it not once, not twice, but at least three times that i Know of at the moment (Matthew 16:24,Mark 8:34,Luke 9:23)

So what are the rewards of Slavery in the name of Jesus?

1.Eternal life in beautiful downtown Heaven

2.Riches, Rewards (Hebrews 11:6, God will reward those who earnestly seek him)

3.C'mon can ya Guess?????............are ya thinking?????..............FREEDOM...Don't think that our loving master Christ will not set us free in reward for our faithful servitude,John 8:36"So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed." Following Christ daily and whole heartedly has the power to set us free from the bonds of this world. To be Sanctified.

1 Corinthians 6:10-12 (New International Version)


10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

oh i could go on and on, on this subject but the hour is late ,so i'll leave you with a song, and a request for prayer, I'm leaving on a service/missions trip tomorrow and i like prayer for our crew going, we'll be working in Tennessee where it's 2 billion degrees in the shade right now. so please pray for health and spiritual growth this week, i'd appreciate it

and now the song

Free Will by Tait (you've got to read this one all the way through to understand)

Free Will
To the maker of this house
The holder of the key
I gave You my heart
But held some back for me
Someday I would give You
Everything I am
But I stole my road to freedom
I took the key and ran

Disconnected
With my hands over my ears
You said You would meet me
If I'd reach out

I got a free will
I'm gonna use it
I got a free will
Yes, I do

Thank You for this gift
It's still a mystery
My freedom in Your hands
Is how it's meant to be
It's only when I give You
Everything I am
Bittersweet surrender
Take me

I got a free will
I'm gonna use it
I got a free will
Yes, I do

Something ain't right
You gotta let it go
Something ain't right
You gotta let it go
I'm gonna make it right
I'm letting go

And it's up to me
I got a free will
I got a free will
I'm gonna use it
I got a free will
Yes, I do

I got a free will
And I've got to lose it
So I give my free will
Back to You
Yes, I do

The son has set me free
And I am free indeed

Hebrews 11:6

And without faith it is impossible to please God

OUCH!!

I know that i often displease God

So the initial response to this is,"Do i not have faith?", and so i question who i am, what i do, and how do i fix this.

But today in a study i'm doing, i found the relief to this uncertainty, in the rest of this verse that i've rarely heard

Hebrews 11:6
. And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

WOW!!!

This verse doesn't say that when i screw up i don't have faith, i've thought that for years. This verse says that i can't please God if i don't believe in him and seek him. I sure as heck believe in him, I wouldn't be here now if i didn't, and i am seeking God like never before now.An understanding of this one verse was such a relief to me today...God blessed my heart imensly
with one sentence from his word and i am greatful beyond comprehension...

Hebrews 11:1

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.

Who's da man as far as the bible goes? I know there are several canidates, but my choice for da man has got to be.........drum roll......JOB!!!!!!

Just look at the opening verse of Job

In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.

BLAMELESS?!?!? and UPRIGHT!?!?!?! HOLY COW!!!!

do you know hard that is to pull off? in any time era?

in Job 1:18-19 all of Job's children are killed,his livestock stolen, and almost all his servants are killed and read how he reacts?!?!

20 At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship 21 and said:
"Naked I came from my mother's womb,
and I will depart. [c]
The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away;
may the name of the LORD be praised."

HE PRAISED THE LORD

wowzers

all through that book job is a remarkable being but as man i find one verse especially amazing

Job 31:9-10
"If my heart has been enticed by a woman,
or if I have lurked at my neighbor's door,

10 then may my wife grind another man's grain,
and may other men sleep with her.
WOAH HOA!!

That's a biggun, do you know why Job said that? because he knew he had nothing to fear,that he had kept his heart pure,he said that to GOD

I find a huge encouragement in job, know why?

He was just a man, an average joe(well job) and he did this, that means God willing one day i can live as job did, blameless and bold, guilt free

What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?”

I love this verse

it explains so much of the world today, so many problems and so much pain..

to me our lives are like dams.Dams take alot stress from the pressure of holding back so much water, and through the natural course of time they wear out and need repair, sometimes they break and cause a flood

our lives are the same. when we look to fill the holes in our lives we often turn to several options that we're ordered by our lord not to take, worldy things such as, drinking(eph 5:18),pointless sex(eph 5:3), and the love of money(mat 6:24)...

Ephesians 5:3 But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people.

Ephesians 5:18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit

Matthew 6:24 "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.

do you ever wonder why celebrities tend to have horrible lives?(here's your cue---- . because they don't use the right stuff to fix there dam, they use sex,drugs and money, when Jesus is the only fix. I pray more every day for God to help me fix my dam with the right stuff from now on..

so i leave with an appropriate song, Empty by Tait

If I play the game
And I win the fame
Will I be the man I dreamed of
And if I woo the crowd
And their screams are loud
Is it really me that they love

What does it profit
What does it profit me

If I gain the whole world
And lose my own soul
What would be said of me

Or my vanity, vanities
Chasin’ the wind
I’m feelin’ empty again, yeah
I’m feelin’ empty again

If I gain the whole world
And lose my own soul
What would be said of me
Or my vanity vanities
Chasin’ the wind
And I’m feelin’ empty again

If I gain the whole world
And lose my own soul, ooh
What would be said
Tell me what would be said
Or my vanity, vanities
Chasin’ the wind
I’m feelin’ empty again, yeah
I’m feelin’ empty again, yeah yeah

Jesus come fill me again

I'm here cause God's been showing me things and i'm not sure i can keep a myspace anymore with a clean conscience, so as soon as i find other ways to keep in touch with some contacts then i'll be done with that.
God has been showing me light after light, and i'm recieving change after change, and blessing after blessing.

Ephesians 2:22-24
22You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness

next week i'm going to project serve from campus life, and I hoping and accepting that God will do something big in me and others next...

Shalom