Susan Boyle - Singer - Britains Got Talent 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung, no wine untasted
But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
And they turn your dream to shame
And still I dream he'll come to me
That we will live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather
I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Be still
Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; Psalm 37:7
"Wait for it patiently" Rom. 8:25
Patience eliminates worry.
The Lord said He would come, and His promise is equal to His presence.
Patience eliminates weeping.
Why feel sad and discouraged? He knows your needs better than you do, and His purpose in waiting is to receive more glory through it.
Patience eliminates self-works.
"The work of God is this: to believe" John 6:29, and once you believe, you may know all is well.
Patience eliminates want.
Perhaps your desire to receive what you want is stronger than your desire for the will of God to be fulfilled.
Patience eliminates all weakness.
Instead of thinking of waiting as being wasted time, realize that God is preparing His resources and strengthening you as well.
Patience eliminates all wobbling.
"He touched me and raised me to my feet" Dan. 8:18. God's foundations are steady, and when we have His patience within, we are steady while we wait.
Patience yields worship.
Sometimes the best part of praiseful waiting is experiencing "great endurance and patience ... joyfully" Col. 1:11.
While you wait, "let patience have her perfect work" James 1:4, and you will be greatly enriched. C.H.P.
February 21 Streams in the Desert
"Wait for it patiently" Rom. 8:25
Patience eliminates worry.
The Lord said He would come, and His promise is equal to His presence.
Patience eliminates weeping.
Why feel sad and discouraged? He knows your needs better than you do, and His purpose in waiting is to receive more glory through it.
Patience eliminates self-works.
"The work of God is this: to believe" John 6:29, and once you believe, you may know all is well.
Patience eliminates want.
Perhaps your desire to receive what you want is stronger than your desire for the will of God to be fulfilled.
Patience eliminates all weakness.
Instead of thinking of waiting as being wasted time, realize that God is preparing His resources and strengthening you as well.
Patience eliminates all wobbling.
"He touched me and raised me to my feet" Dan. 8:18. God's foundations are steady, and when we have His patience within, we are steady while we wait.
Patience yields worship.
Sometimes the best part of praiseful waiting is experiencing "great endurance and patience ... joyfully" Col. 1:11.
While you wait, "let patience have her perfect work" James 1:4, and you will be greatly enriched. C.H.P.
February 21 Streams in the Desert
Sunday, April 19, 2009
How do you know it is really God speaking?
Remember that any impression can come from one of only four sources: your own mind, the mind of others, the mind of God, and the mind of Satan. It's simple to silence any impressions coming from the devil: command him to be silent in Jesus' name. As it says in James 4:7, resisit him and he will run away from you.
And what of your own imagination? Is God telling you to do something, or do you want it so badly that you think it's God but it's really you? In order to hear God, ask Him to help you take every thought captive to obey Christ (2 Cor 10:5). He can cause your tumult of ideas - including those of other people, past and present - to gradually fade and be silent, and His own voice to be heard clearly in your mind. If you are committed to obeying Him, He will make it clear what you are to do.
Taken from
Daring to live on the edge The adventure of Faith and Finances by Loren Cunningham
ISBN 981-05-5878-3
And what of your own imagination? Is God telling you to do something, or do you want it so badly that you think it's God but it's really you? In order to hear God, ask Him to help you take every thought captive to obey Christ (2 Cor 10:5). He can cause your tumult of ideas - including those of other people, past and present - to gradually fade and be silent, and His own voice to be heard clearly in your mind. If you are committed to obeying Him, He will make it clear what you are to do.
Taken from
Daring to live on the edge The adventure of Faith and Finances by Loren Cunningham
ISBN 981-05-5878-3
Friday, April 17, 2009
faith again
Loyalty to Jesus means I have to step out where I do not see anything (cf. Matt. 14:29); loyalty to my notions means that I clear the ground first by my intelligence. Faith is not intelligent understanding, faith is deliberate commitment to a Person where I see no way.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
How Can I Keep From Singing
Verse 1:
There is an endless song,
echoes in my soul
I hear the music ring
And though the storms may come,
I am holding on,
and to the rock I cling.
Chorus:
How can I keep from singing Your praise?
How can I ever say enough?
how amazing is Your love?
How can I keep from shouting Your name?
I know I am loved by the King
and it makes my heart want to sing
Verse 2:
I will lift my eyes
in the darkest night
for I know my Savior lives
and I will walk with You
knowing You see me through
and sing the songs You give
Bridge:
I can sing in the troubled times,
sing when I win.
I can sing when I lose my step,
and I fall down again.
I can sing ’cause You pick me up,
sing ’cause You’re there
I can sing ’cause You hear me Lord,
when I call to You in prayer
I can sing with my last breath
sing for I know
that I’ll sing with the angels,
and the saints around the throne.
There is an endless song,
echoes in my soul
I hear the music ring
And though the storms may come,
I am holding on,
and to the rock I cling.
Chorus:
How can I keep from singing Your praise?
How can I ever say enough?
how amazing is Your love?
How can I keep from shouting Your name?
I know I am loved by the King
and it makes my heart want to sing
Verse 2:
I will lift my eyes
in the darkest night
for I know my Savior lives
and I will walk with You
knowing You see me through
and sing the songs You give
Bridge:
I can sing in the troubled times,
sing when I win.
I can sing when I lose my step,
and I fall down again.
I can sing ’cause You pick me up,
sing ’cause You’re there
I can sing ’cause You hear me Lord,
when I call to You in prayer
I can sing with my last breath
sing for I know
that I’ll sing with the angels,
and the saints around the throne.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
"when will this end?"
Although I have afflicted you, ... I will afflict you no more. Nahum 1:12
Christ would not test us if He did not see the precious metal of faith mingled with the rocky core of our nature, and it is to refine us into purity and beauty that He forces us through the fiery ordeal.
February 16 Streams in the Desert
Christ would not test us if He did not see the precious metal of faith mingled with the rocky core of our nature, and it is to refine us into purity and beauty that He forces us through the fiery ordeal.
February 16 Streams in the Desert
Thursday, April 09, 2009
for the glory of Your Name
Your heavenly Father knows. Matthew 6:32
Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure. Matthew 11:26
Chance has not brought this ill to me;
It's God's own hand, so let it be,
For He sees what I cannot see.
There is a purpose for each pain,
And He one day will make it pain
That earthly loss is heavenly gain.
Like as as piece of tapestry
Viewed from the back appears to be
Only threads tangled hopelessly;
But in the front a picture fair
Rewards the worker for his care,
Proving his skill and patience rare.
You are the Workman, I the frame.
Lord, for the glory of Your Name,
Perfect Your image on the same.
February 12 Streams in the Desert
Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure. Matthew 11:26
Chance has not brought this ill to me;
It's God's own hand, so let it be,
For He sees what I cannot see.
There is a purpose for each pain,
And He one day will make it pain
That earthly loss is heavenly gain.
Like as as piece of tapestry
Viewed from the back appears to be
Only threads tangled hopelessly;
But in the front a picture fair
Rewards the worker for his care,
Proving his skill and patience rare.
You are the Workman, I the frame.
Lord, for the glory of Your Name,
Perfect Your image on the same.
February 12 Streams in the Desert
Sunday, April 05, 2009
faith
He went out, not knowing whither he went. Hebrews 11:8
Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves and knows the One Who is leading. It is a life of Faith, not of intellect and reason, but a life of knowing Who makes us "go."
http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/my_utmost/utm.cgi?0319
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As soon as the priests ... set foot in the Jordan, its waters ... will be cut off. Joshua 3:13
Faith that goes forward triumphs.
February 11 Streams in the Desert
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But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 2 Corinthians 12:9
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I have been crucified with Christ. Galatians 2:20
"And the life which I now live in the flesh . . . ," not the life which I long to live and pray to live, but the life I now live in my mortal flesh, the life which men can see, "I live by the faith of the Son of God." This faith is not Paul's faith in Jesus Christ, but the faith that the Son of God has imparted to him - "the faith of the Son of God." It is no longer faith in faith, but faith which has overleapt all conscious bounds, the identical faith of the Son of God.
http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/my_utmost/utm.cgi?0321
Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves and knows the One Who is leading. It is a life of Faith, not of intellect and reason, but a life of knowing Who makes us "go."
http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/my_utmost/utm.cgi?0319
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As soon as the priests ... set foot in the Jordan, its waters ... will be cut off. Joshua 3:13
Faith that goes forward triumphs.
February 11 Streams in the Desert
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But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 2 Corinthians 12:9
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I have been crucified with Christ. Galatians 2:20
"And the life which I now live in the flesh . . . ," not the life which I long to live and pray to live, but the life I now live in my mortal flesh, the life which men can see, "I live by the faith of the Son of God." This faith is not Paul's faith in Jesus Christ, but the faith that the Son of God has imparted to him - "the faith of the Son of God." It is no longer faith in faith, but faith which has overleapt all conscious bounds, the identical faith of the Son of God.
http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/my_utmost/utm.cgi?0321
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