Conversion is a deep work

Conversion is a deep work - a heart-work. It goes throughout the man, throughout the mind, throughout the members, throughout the entire live.

Joseph Alleine TCGG p.114

Frog Lane

Frog Lane

He Touched Me

He Touched Me (click here to hear on youtube)
Ralph Carmichael By Ernie Haass & Gaither Vocal Band

Shackled by a heavy burden
Neath a load of guilt and shame
Then the hand of jesus touched me
And now I am no longer the same

He touched me, oh he touched me
And oh the joy that floods my soul
Something happened and now I know
He touched me and made me whole

Since I met this blessed savior
Since he cleansed and made me whole
I will never cease to praise him
Ill shout it while eternity rolls

He touched me oh he touched me
And oh the joy that floods my soul
Something happened and now I know
He touched me and made me whole

Regeneration is a single act

Regeneration is a single act, complete in itself, and never repeated; conversion, as the beginning of holy living, is the commencement of a series, constant, endless and progressive.

A. A. Hodge TCGG p.115

Gurken II

Gurken II

El Milagro - Spanish

El Milagro (click here to hear on youtube)
Marcos Vidal

Aún no puedo asimilar lo que me ha sucedido,
el milagro más glorioso que yo he vivido,
que después de malgastar lo que no era mío
no he tenido que pagar ;
traicioné a aquel que me perdonó la vida,
humillé al que curó toda mi herida,
y en mi huida coseché lo que merecía,
y desvanecido en mi dolor
en algún momento Él me encontró,

Y he despertado en el redil, no sé como,
entre algodones y cuidados del Pastor,
y antes de poder hablar de mi pasado,
me atraviesan Sus palabras y Su voz :
Que se alegra tanto de que haya vuelto a casa,
que no piense, que descanse, que no pasa nada,
y dormido en su regazo, lo he sabido,
tengo Vida, tengo Dueño y soy querido.

He aprendido la lección del amor divino,
que me transformó, cruzándose en mi camino,
y que dio a mi vida entera otro sentido,
otra meta y otro fin ;
yo no sé lo que traerá para mi el mañana,
pero sé que nunca se apagará su llama,
salga el sol por donde quiera, Él me ama,
sé lo que es la gracia y el perdón,
su misericordia es mi canción ...

The peace of God

The peace of God will keep us from sinning under our troubles and from sinking under them.

Matthew Henry TCGG p.442

London from the bridge

from the bridge

You Are My Hiding Place

You Are My Hiding Place (click here to hear on youtube)
Michael Ledner

You are my hiding place
You always fill my heart
with songs of deliverence
Whenever I am afraid I will trust in You



I will trust in You
Let the weak say I am strong
In the strength of the Lord
I will trust in You

a gentle dogmatism

Great saints have always been dogmatic. We need a return to a gentle dogmatism that smiles while it stands stubborn and firm on the World of God.

A. W. Tozer TCGG p.119

Colchester

Colchester

The Lord is My Shepherd

The Lord is My Shepherd - Psalm 23 (click here to hear on youtube)
Howard Goodall

The Lord is my shepherd,
I shall not want;
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
He leadeth me beside the still waters.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil:

For you are with me, you will comfort me.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

Of whom shall I be afraid

Only he who can say, 'The Lord is the strength of my life' can say, 'Of whom shall I be afraid?'

Alexander MacLaren TCGG p.119

maybe a boat

maybe a boat

Things We Leave Behind

Things We Leave Behind (click here to hear on youtube)

There sits Simon,
so foolishly wise
proudly he's tending his nets
Then Jesus calls,
and the boats drift away
all that he owns he forgets

More than the nets
he abandoned that day,
he found that his pride was soon drifting away
It's hard to imagine the freedom we find
from the things we leave behind

Matthew was mindful
of taking the tax,
pressing the people to pay
Hearing the call,
he responded in faith
followed the Light and the Way

Leaving the people
so puzzled he found,
the greed in his heart
was no longer around and
it's hard to imagine
the freedom we find
from the things
we leave behind

Every heart needs to be set free,
from posessions
that hold it so tight
'Cause freedom's not found in the things that we own,
It's the power
to do what is right
Jesus, our only posession,
giving becomes our delight
We can't imagine the freedom we find
from the things we leave behind

We show a love for the world in our lives
by worshipping goods we posess
Jesus has laid all our treasures aside
"love God above all the rest"

'Cause when we say 'no'
to the things of the world
we open our hearts
to the love of the Lord and
its hard to imagine
the freedom we find
from the things we leave behind

Oh, and it's hard to imagine
the freedom we find
from the things
we leave behind

No one has that kind of knowledge

There is no way we as human beings can know with absolute certainty that miracles cannot happen. We would have to know everything about the way the universe, reality itself, works. No one has that kind of knowledge.

James W. Sire TCGG p.419

around two

around two

Cry Out To Jesus

Cry Out To Jesus (click here to hear on youtube)
Third Day

To everyone who's lost someone they love
Long before it was their time
You feel like the days you had were not enough
when you said goodbye

And to all of the people with burdens and pains
Keeping you back from your life
You believe that there's nothing and there is no one
Who can make it right

There is hope for the helpless
Rest for the weary
Love for the broken heart
There is grace and forgiveness
Mercy and healing
He'll meet you wherever you are
Cry out to Jesus, Cry out to Jesus

For the marriage that's struggling just to hang on
They’ve lost all of their faith in love
They've done all they can to make it right again
Still it's not enough

For the ones who can't break the addictions and chains
You try to give up but you come back again
Just remember that you're not alone in your shame
And your suffering

When your lonely
And it feels like the whole world is falling on you
You just reach out, you just cry out to Jesus
Cry to Jesus

To the widow who suffers from being alone
Wiping the tears from her eyes
For the children around the world without a home
Say a prayer tonight

regeneration

Regeneration is essentially a changing of the fundamental taste of the soul. By taste we mean the direction of man's love, the bent of his affections, the trend of his will.

Augusts H. Strong TCGG p.523

an old water well

an old wel

Mi Primer Amor - Spanish

Mi Primer Amor (click here to hear on youtube)
Marcos Witt

Oh Jesus,
Mis pasos me han llevado tan lejos de Ti
Mi alma,
Se ha secado en el desierto dentro de mi

Escuchame, mi Jesus
El amor de mi vida
La luz de mi existir
No puedo vivir sin Ti

Mi Primer amor
Te adorare por siempre
Yo quiero estar pegado a Ti
Llevame hoy al Santo Lugar Jesus
Donde te conoci