Our love of God

Our love of God will always e according to our knowledge of him and his perfections.

Daniel Wilson TCGG p.387

dialogue

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"See, What a Morning" (Resurrection Hymn)

"See, What a Morning" (Resurrection Hymn) - click here to hear a sample
Keith Getty and Stuart Townend

See, what a morning, gloriously bright,
With the dawning of hope in Jerusalem;
Folded the grave-clothes, tomb filled with light,
As the angels announce, "Christ is risen!"
See God's salvation plan,
Wrought in love, borne in pain, paid in sacrifice,
Fulfilled in Christ, the Man,
For He lives: Christ is risen from the dead!

See Mary weeping, "Where is He laid?"
As in sorrow she turns from the empty tomb;
Hears a voice speaking, calling her name;
It's the Master, the Lord raised to life again!
The voice that spans the years,
Speaking life, stirring hope, bringing peace to us,
Will sound till He appears,
For He lives: Christ is risen from the dead!

One with the Father, Ancient of Days,
Through the Spirit who clothes faith with certainty.
Honor and blessing, glory and praise
To the King crowned with pow'r and authority!
And we are raised with Him,
Death is dead, love has won, Christ has conquered;
And we shall reign with Him,
For He lives: Christ is risen from the dead!

God is in the facts of history

God is in the facts of history as truly as he is in the march of the seasons, the revolutions of the planets, or the architecture of the worlds.

John Lanahan TCGG p.515

Eiffel Tower

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Hold Me Now

Hold Me Now (click here to hear on youtube)
Kirk Franklin. By Gospel Choir

The spring of April is gone
The leaves have all turned brown
The children have all grown up
And there's no one around
I'm looking over my life and all the mistakes I made
And I'm afraid
Afraid
Somebody told me that You would wash all my sins
And cleanse me from the scars that are so deep within
So I'm calling to You
If you can hear me
I don't know how
I was wondering can you hold me now

You are the only one that's patient when I fall
Your angels come to save me every time I call
You don't laugh at me when I make mistakes and cry
You're not like man
You understand me
See people change one day
They don't like you the next they do
I wish that everyone could love me just like You
So here I am this sinful man peace won't allow
I was wondering can you hold me now
I was wondering can you hold me now
To every broken person that may hear this song
To every boy or girl that feels their smile is gone
I know exactly how it feels to lay in the bed at night
And cry
And cry

Don't you worry God is faithful and He cares
About the tears you drop and the pain you feel He there
When you are weak that's when he's strong
Even though you don't know how
God can and he will hold you now
God can and he will hold you now
God can and he will hold you now
Don't you worry he can hold you now

every life with Christ is a missionary

Every life without Christ is a mission field; every life with Christ is a missionary.

Anon. TCGG p.378

trust

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I could sing of Your Love forever

I could sing of Your Love forever (youtube)
Martin Smith. By Hillsong

Over the mountains and the sea,
Your river runs with love for me,
and I will open up my heart
and let the Healer set me free.

I'm happy to be in the truth,
and I will daily lift my hands:
for I will always sing of when
Your love came down. [Yeah!]

I could sing of Your love forever,
I could sing of Your love forever,
I could sing of Your love forever,
I could sing of Your love forever.


Oh, I feel like dancing -
it's foolishness I know;
but, when the world has seen the light,
they will dance with joy,
like we're dancing now.

humanism is not an ally

Christians need to recognise the solemn fact that humanism is not an ally in making the world a better place in which to live. It is a deadly enemy, for it is a religion without God and without hope in this world or the nest.

L. Nelson Bell TCGG p.317

Aquaduct II, Segovia, Spain

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Breathe

Breathe (click here to hear on youtube)
Rebecca St. James

This is the air I breathe
This is the air I breathe
Your Holy Presence living in me

This is my daily bread
This is my daily bread
Your very Word spoken to me

And I, I'm desperate for You
And I, I'm lost without You
I'm lost without You
I'm lost without You


This is the air I breathe
This is the air I breathe
Your Holy Presence living in me

full of hope

A man full of hope will be full of action.

Thomas Brooks TCGG p.316

once upon the time in Germany

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Pra cima Brasil - Portuguese

Pra cima Brasil (youtube)
João Alexandre

Como será o futuro do nosso país?
Surge a pergunta no olhar e na alma do povo
Cada vez mais cresce a fome nas ruas, nos morros
Cada vez menos dinheiro pra sobreviver

Onde andará a justiça outrora perdida?
Some a resposta na voz e na vez de quem manda
Homens com tanto poder e nenhum coração
Gente que compra e que vende a moral da nação

Brasil olha pra cima
Existe uma chance de ser novamente feliz
Brasil há uma esperança!
Volta teus olhos pra Deus, justo juiz!

prayer requires strength

Do not work so hard for Christ that you have no strength to pray, for prayer requires strength.

J. Hudson Taylor TCGG p.458

from the tunel

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Stand Still

STAND STILL (click here to hear on youtube)
Rebecca amd Sonja Isaac, David Marshall. By The Isaacs

The Father has a plan. Though it's hard to see it now
You feel you're walking all alone. But He is there no doubt
When the storm around you rages, And you're tossed to and fro
When you're faced with life's decisions, Not sure which way to go

Stand still and let God move, Standing still is hard to do
When you feel you have reached the end, He'll make a way for you
Stand still and let God move



When the enemy surrounds you, And the walls are closing in
When the tide is swiftly rising, And you wonder where He's been
Friend, there never was a moment, That His arms weren't reaching out
You can rest assured and be secure, God is moving right now

The answer will come, But only in His time
Stand still and let God move, Stand still and let God move

Box Hill

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the resurrection is an ongoing thing

The same power that brought Christ back from the dead is operative within those who are Christ's. the resurrection is an ongoing thing.

Leon Morris TCGG p.450

Summer

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Blessed Assurance

Blessed Assurance (click here to hear on youtube)
Words by Fanny Crosby, 1873 Music by Phoebe P. Knapp, 1873. By Sandi Patty

Blessèd assurance, Jesus is mine!
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.

This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long;
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long.


Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
Angels descending bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.

Perfect submission, all is at rest
I in my Savior am happy and blest,
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.