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"Only To Be Yours", song by Meredith Andrew.

This song represents my heart's prayer before the Lord.  Undivided, strip everything else away Burn the idols, the things in my life that have replaced You I lay my life down here on Your altar Empty my hands of all I've been holding back Take everything I have Only to be Yours, Lord, Yours, Lord Take it from my hands Until I'm holding onto only You Captivated, You've stolen my heart away I've been liberated the chains of this world forever broken You laid Your life down, now I surrender Lifting my hands, I'm holding nothing back To take everything I have Only to be Yours, Lord, Yours, Lord Take it from my hands Until I'm holding onto only You For everything I want is found in You Every breath in me, a gift from You I have nothing here apart from You I am Yours, Lord, only Yours Take everything I have Only to be Yours, Lord, Yours, Lord Take it from my hands Until I'm holding onto only You Take everything I have Only to be Yours, Lord, Yours, Lord Take i...

Living the Surrendered Life

This time I want to share this beautiful devotional. It is the content from day 12 of 21 days of this reading plan from Youversion® Enjoy and be blessed! When I was young, I often played the game Mercy. It’s a simple game really. You and your opponent take both of your hands and intertwine them with each other’s. You then proceed to bend them back trying to “win the game”. When it starts to hurt beyond what you can handle, you merely yell, “Mercy!” and your opponent stops. Whoever yells “Mercy!” is the loser. Webster defines mercy as this: compassion shown to an offender; imprisonment rather than death imposed as penalty for first-degree murder In the Christian life, we are far from losers when we are given mercy. Not only was Christ’s sacrifice on the cross full of grace, but also full of mercy! We deserved that cross, not Jesus. We are the offenders, not Him. But God showed us his amazing compassion by not giving us what we...

Have you heard about Jesus?

HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT JESUS? You must know that He is all you need in life. You must know and always remember that He loves you greatly. You are very special to Jesus. He knows you by name and thinks of you always. He wants to have a personal relationship with you. Remember: JESUS LOVES YOU. 1 John 4 (From the Bible) “This is the kind of love we are talking about—not that we once upon a time loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to clear away our sins and the damage they’ve done to our relationship with God. This is how we know we’re living steadily and deeply in him, and he in us: He’s given us life from his life, from his very own Spirit. Also, we’ve seen for ourselves and continue to state openly that the Father sent his Son as Savior of the world. Everyone who confesses that Jesus is God’s Son participates continuously in an intimate relationship with God. We know it so well, we’ve embraced it heart and soul, this love that comes from God. ...

Encourage one another.

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Encourage a weary believer today... go into prayerful battle on his or her behalf... remind your brother or sister in Christ that victory is assured. This tired and worn down friend needs your help; the fight against the devil is dark and dangerous. We Christians may be few, but we are a happy few. We are fellow warriors with each beside the other. And as long as we stand firm and let nothing move us, our Captain shall take us to victory! -Taken from Jony & friends daily devotional Lord, help me to take my friendships to a deeper level in which prayer, study, confession of sin, honesty, transparency and spiritual openness rally us to your side. Make us aware of the spiritual warfare in which we are engaged today.

Por un momento asi. For such a time as this.

Quiero compartir las letras de esta canción en inglés que mucho tiempo atrás ministraronmi vida de una forma especial. El coro de la versión en español dice así:  Por un momento así no hay grande riesgo para mi. No me he lanzado al vacío a volar ni camino sobre aguas. Más si me vuelvo atrás ¿como saber lo que perdí? después de haber esperado hasta aquí, por un momento así.  *la canción entera también está en español! por la misma adoradora, Crystal Lewis.  FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS I built my house here long side this mountain This rugged mountain that stands so tall I've had a good life Above the lowlands It's more than I asked for, but less than I dreamed I've often heard a voice call down to me If you'd climb higher you'd find wondrous things to see But the way is steep And a storm may come... For such a time as this Isn't it much to great a risk I've never flown from the edge of a cliff Never walked on the water But if I turned away How would I know what I...

Great article on relationships from a Jewish point of view.

The theme repeated everywhere in novels and movies is that “I am in love and my love is beyond my control”; “I fell in love”; it was as though someone pushed me off a cliff and it was all accidental and unintentional. The Jewish approach warns us not to “love in spite of yourself”, but to love “because of yourself”. Find out what you’re headed for. Enter into the love relationship with your eyes open, not with your eyes closed. Don’t accept blind dates, unless you know who the potential partner is. If you find that you are “falling”, realize while your eyes are still open, while you can still think clearly and objectively, who this person is for whom you are falling. By whom, I refer to background, commitment, education, character, personality, family, friends, values, concern for others, goals and ideals—the things that really count—not the external, superficial things, some of which may be “put on”. Fall in love with the real person inside the skin. Fall in love deliberately, with co...

Caminos, corazón, pasos, pensamientos.

**Caminos, corazón, pasos, pensamientos.** Esta es una selección de versos relacionados con las palabras caminos, corazón, pasos, y pensamientos.  Del hombre son las disposiciones del corazón; Mas de Jehová es la respuesta de la lengua. Encomienda a Jehová tus obras, Y tus pensamientos serán afirmados. El corazón del hombre piensa su camino; Mas Jehová endereza sus pasos. (Proverbios 16:1, 3, 9 RVR1960) Deléitate asimismo en Jehová, Y él te concederá las peticiones de tu corazón. Encomienda a Jehová tu camino, Y confía en él; y él hará. Por Jehová son ordenados los pasos del hombre, Y él aprueba su camino. Cuando el hombre cayere, no quedará postrado, Porque Jehová sostiene su mano. La ley de su Dios está en su corazón; Por tanto, sus pies no resbalarán. (Salmos 37:4, 5, 23, 24, 31 RVR1960) Muchos pensamientos hay en el corazón del hombre; Mas el consejo de Jehová permanecerá. (Proverbios 19:21 RVR1960) Como aguas profundas es el consejo en el corazón del hombre; Mas el hombre ente...