Waiting…
“Waiting on God ascribes to God the glory of being all to us.”
Andrew Murray
For centuries, followers of Christ have celebrated Advent, a season to focus the heart on the faithfulness of God. Simply put, advent means “coming” or “arrival,” signaling the confident expectation of things hoped for, yet not fully realized. The birth of Christ crystalizes advent as the promise of God was realized in one miraculous conception, the longing of a weary world suddenly tangible flesh and blood.
Recovering the spirit of Advent can take many forms, but at the core it simply means to make space to be vulnerable with yourself and those in your community about the things you long for which only God can do. And in that space, remember that Christmas is about the miraculous, the supernatural, the “are you kidding me, this can’t be true?,” about the incomprehensible God of Gods with skin, moving into the neighborhood.
So I don’t know what you’re hoping for deep down inside, or what you gave up on long ago, but what we should all hold in our hearts this Christmas is the potential for a God-event [think miracle], because that’s what this season is about and it’s what our God does. He may not do it in our timing or on our schedule [400 long silent years dragged by between His last Old testament words and the announcement of a star that led people to Bethlehem], but He is a promise keeper, holding all things in His hands with plans that cannot be thwarted.
I have always loved the Andrew Murray quote above. A pastor to the people of South Africa at the turn of the last century, his words sink deeper and deeper into the heart with each reading. If God is who He says He is, and who we sing so repetitively He is, then we should be expecting nothing less this year than who He is…Christ come down, living life inside of you and me, miraculous incarnation and transplantation that makes everything a possibility. Advent boldly pushes everything else out of the way, staking our hopes on God alone. We say we want to be a generation that makes Him famous, but how does this desire transcend words and become reality? For one, it happens, when those around us know we are looking to the source of all for all we need, confident that in time, His best will emerge like a radiant sun breaking throgh the clouds.
I have been soaking in this advent hymn for a few weeks now. It’s our rich heritage and as timely as ever.
Come, Thou long expected Jesus
Born to set Thy people free;
From our fears and sins release us,
Let us find our rest in Thee.
Israel’s Strength and Consolation,
Hope of all the earth Thou art;
Dear Desire of every nation,
Joy of every longing heart.
Born Thy people to deliver,
Born a child and yet a King,
Born to reign in us forever,
Now Thy gracious kingdom bring.
By Thine own eternal Spirit
Rule in all our hearts alone;
By Thine all sufficient merit,
Raise us to Thy glorious throne.
Words: Charles Wesley, Hymns for the Nativity of Our Lord (London: William Strahan, 1745), number 10.
I love you Jesus, desire of every nation and the joy of every longing heart!
Louie
December 18th, 2008 at 6:36 PM
Thank you for sharing Louie
December 18th, 2008 at 8:40 PM
Louie, thank you so much for putting words to what is in our hearts. We have been celebrating Christ and His advent this season, as we do every year with our girls. As a family, we are in a waiting season. We are adopting a son with special needs from Thailand! His name is Joel. He is two and is about the cutest thing we’ve ever seen. Adoption has been in our hearts for years but the process for us officially began in May of this year. We are so excited! Kennedy and Sydney talk about him and pray for him daily. But the wait is so hard. Your post today reminds us that God is the orchestrator of not only miracles but of all good things. And He will accomplish all the days necessary for our Joel to come home…just as He did when Jesus came for us. So, thanks for the encouragement and reminder! We love you all and appreciate you so much!
Because He came,
Kam Roberts
December 18th, 2008 at 10:30 PM
Yeap, I’m with you Louie… It’s good that you point it out..truly Let us adore Him, Christ..THE LORD!
I have a friend… living abroad who asked me if my friends have come asking me for what I want. I replied that it’s not a must-do kinda thing between friends here. For non-believers maybe. For believers, I guess our focus on Christmas is more of celebrating Jesus & to share His faithfulness to people around us. So I get more busy inviting ppl to come to church for the performances & message.
Having said that, i still do give out christmas gifts… instead of fulfilling the other person’s wish list, it’s more of a surprise gift to people who has contributed much to my life throughout the year. I like to see their expression when they got something they want as a surprise. HEHE! Basically, I wanna appreciate these gems in my life……
Louie i would give you a gift too if you’re here! I think I’ll probably cook for the entire Passion Team because I’ll go broke by buying everyone a gift!! HEHE!
Merry Blessed Christmas Louie and I’m so excited with my church performance starting tonite! We are screening and in-house movie production about a story of how Jesus changed a life of a boy in children homes! If we have a DVD, I’ll send you a copy!!
Much love,
Celine – KL – Malaysia
December 18th, 2008 at 10:42 PM
“We say we want to be a generation that makes Him famous, but how does this desire transcend words and become reality? For one, it happens, when those around us know we are LOOKING TO THE SOURCE OF ALL FOR ALL WE NEED, confident that in time, His best will emerge like a radiant sun breaking through the clouds.”
Thanks Louie for the message!
Praise Jesus who came to give His life for the world and save us from death!
Amazing grace!
Merry Christmas to the Passion team!
Love and blessings,
Sam
December 18th, 2008 at 11:02 PM
Louie,
I appreciate you, and your words. However, thank you is not enough in my mind. I think it’s best that you know I have praised God on many occasions because of you. Keep up the good work, and I’ll keep up the praise. =]
-i am not
December 18th, 2008 at 11:53 PM
I love knowing that nothing is to hard for God! I have been pondering the cost of Christ’s love everything from Him confining Himself to earth as a baby to what the cross exemplifies. It makes me put my hand over my mouth and be still. I use to want to invest in things people could not take from me and not to waste my life. Now I simply want things that I cannot work for or buy. Things that only God by His grace is willing to give me. I think it was CS Lewis that said our problem is not that we ask to much of God but to little. Why settle when He is willing to give me everything – Himself.
December 19th, 2008 at 12:42 AM
Wow… yes, such a timely, beautifully written reminder and encouragement…
Thankful that He is Emmanuel!
Happy Christmas to all!
Prayers for this generation…
December 19th, 2008 at 3:30 AM
Amen! The last couple of weeks felt like I don’t why all of this is happening, but with the resounding call in my heart to still praise God and cling to Him with all my heart and hope and to stand upon the promises that He makes even if it seems impossible in this world, knowing that in His time in His own way God will fullfill all that He has set out to do. Thanks for the reminder and encouragement Louie.
Keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus we run with hearts aflame for His purpose and His glory!
Blessings.
S
December 19th, 2008 at 9:34 AM
I love the idea of the “and suddenly” (Luke 2:11) God brought after 400 years of waiting. He seems particularly fond of that repetative pattern… “long waits” followed by “suddenlies”. So, if we find ourselves in that season of waiting (hopefully, not a 400 year season), we can be certain that our “suddenly” is coming!
December 19th, 2008 at 10:21 AM
I love this…
“And in that space, remember that Christmas is about the miraculous, the supernatural, the “are you kidding me, this can’t be true?,” about the incomprehensible God of Gods with skin, moving into the neighborhood.”
I keep hearing “Christmas is about family.” or “Christmas is about giving” or “Christmas is about being with loved ones”
While all those things are wonderful, I have a difficult time translating God coming to earth in the form of man to “therefore, let’s bake cookies with our children”
I think you said it best.
I hope I can radiate the true meaning of Christmas this week, even while I’m baking cookies!
Blessings,
Sandy Cooper
http://www.godspeakstoday.blogspot.com
December 19th, 2008 at 11:06 AM
Dear Louie & Shelley-
Thanks for the awesome reminder of God’s presence this Christmas season and not to let go all the things we long for. I hope you have gotten some much needed rest and that Shelley is back to 100% with her back being otu and all. Enjoy yourselves with family and all and have a truly Blessed Christmas!
Kathryn
December 19th, 2008 at 1:16 PM
I just finished listening to the podcast at work…I’m an architectural designer and I sit most of the time in front of my computer designing and just have my ear plugs with me and listen to your Podcasts all the time. That just gives me more inspiration to come up with new designs
Anyway, thank you SO MUCH for the Christmas wishes from all of the singers who are part of this amazing team called Passion.
We love you all so much and I wish you all a Merry Christmas as well. May 2009 bring tons of blessings for all of you as you continue to glorify God and make Him famous all over the world.
Thank you Louie for your commitment to the Kingdom of God, we are all so blessed by your obedience. I can’t wait to hear about the new church, you are going to be an amazing senior pastor!
I hope Shelley’s back is better!
God bless you all and Merry Christmas to all the readers of the blog out there!
With much love,
~Ursula~
December 19th, 2008 at 4:05 PM
Just reminding people of a great christmas gift this year: Fruitcake and ice cream. Got over 10 of them to Stavanger, Norway and are spreading out
December 19th, 2008 at 4:22 PM
Exactly what I needed……. thanks.
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December 19th, 2008 at 4:26 PM
By the way…Awesome singing in the podcast! Thanks!
December 19th, 2008 at 9:35 PM
Louie thank you! That hymn was sung during a chapel service at the boarding school that I teach at in the UK just a few weeks ago and has been on my mind too eversince. Hardly anyone in chapel joined in – those words of great hope and truth just passed the children by. To them the compulsory chapel service was just another part of their daily routine, just something that has to be fitted into their busy lives. I wanted to cry out “don’t you get it!” but thought better of it. I know that God has great plans for all the young people in that chapel and I will continue to live my life for His renown and pray that miracles will happen in their hearts!
Thanks for the encouragement!
Rach
December 19th, 2008 at 11:01 PM
Hi Louie,
That’s really a wonderful blog post.
Love that hymn, we’re going to learn it as part of our caroling this year, hopefully we can touch some lives with this blessed story of hope and love
Thank you.
December 20th, 2008 at 2:50 AM
At a time when medically I am not doing well, and the weight of the emotion of feeling helpless sets in— i must be honest and admit that it is so hard to trust God when things do not happen on my time.
My prayer tonight is that I can reach the point where I am content and trust in the sovereignty of my Father.
Thank you Louie for sharing the wisdom God has given you.
December 20th, 2008 at 2:56 PM
Love your blog and all your hard work! Been a fan of passsion music for a long time, but never got to any events. I have watched some of your videos from the confrences online and was deeply moved. God had been working on my heart allot this past year and it has been becomming more like Christ’s heart. I am starting to desire the needs of others outsdie of my relm of influence, and am starting to desire giving away the amazing love of God to others who He calls me to reach. Please keep in your prayes as I seek God’s leading in reaching others in other nations and areas of the world; whether it is giving of time, reasources, or anything else God leads me to. May I be His hands and feet for our broken world. God Bless you and I have you on my blog roll
May you have a Christlike Christmas!
December 20th, 2008 at 5:03 PM
“Wait for the LORD;
Be strong, take heart,
and wait for the LORD” – Psalm 27
Thank you Louie, for the beautiful reminder of what it means to wait on God, and for the encouragement. The quote from Andrew Murray says it all. All praise and glory to Jesus Christ- the Promise fulfilled! You are all in my thoughts and prayers through this season; Merry Christmas in HIS Love!
December 20th, 2008 at 9:20 PM
Hey Louie (and Shellie)!
Thanks for ALL you do for us! A definite trickle down from your extravagant worship of the Worthy One.
If you can, could you check out the “Listen to Louie” thing. Since November it has not been normal. Thanks!
Love you guys!
December 21st, 2008 at 1:25 AM
As the year draws to a close, it always offers time to reflect. I have only been aware of Passion ministry for a few short months, and have found it incredible that it is the same word I have been using for the last year to describe my own quest for truth. Unquenchable and all-encompassing. I am truly thankful that God wants us all to be passionate, (not just the 20-something generation). He’s calling us to lives of holiness, giving glory to Him alone.
Thanks Louie. Keeping my perspective of who He truly is, has offered hope and healing of past tragedies, and given me a heightened sense of anticipation of what is still to come.
December 21st, 2008 at 11:58 AM
I just finished watching your DVD on “How Great is Our God”. Throughout the talk you show pictures that are in the shape of the cross. I find that extremely interesting (ie. laminin, the black hole, etc.). I never did hear you suggest that we are shaped like the cross when we hold our arms out. Just picture it now. Stand with your arms held out and what shape are you in? The shape of the cross. When we put our arms down and fall back into our old ways, with all our troubles and trials, we lose the shape of the cross and sometimes our relationship with Jesus. But when we stretch out our arms and cry to God for help, we once again embrace the shape of the cross. We are fearfully and wonderfully made!
December 21st, 2008 at 3:51 PM
Hi Louie, all the Passion crew and al the Passion gang around the world!
I hope you’re all doing great!
Thank you for the post, Louie!
I would like to share Isaiah 50:7:
Because the Sovereign LORD helps me,
I will not be disgraced.
Therefore have I set my face like flint,
and I know I will not be put to shame.
In one of the Portuguese translations of the Bible, the final portion of this verse goes like: “and I know I will not be disappointed”.
As we ask for His will to be done in our lives and in our world and as we beg Him His grace to always choose His fame and renown over all the things this world has to offer, I believe this verse is a powerful reminder that it’s all about God and His power through us. Our part is to set ourselves like flint and wait upon the Lord.
I have put my trust in the Lord and have set my face like flint – I know I will not be disappointed.
Merry Christmas to all of you!!
Rodrigo – Sao Paulo, Brazil
December 21st, 2008 at 3:59 PM
thank you for this, it’s beautiful.
December 21st, 2008 at 10:47 PM
i want to thankfully thank louie for writing that piece….its somethng ive been thinking about this christmas season. Christmas is a time for everyone. Christ came for all. Pure and Perfect.
Merry Christmas Everyone on the blog and have a great new year.
December 21st, 2008 at 11:35 PM
Louie,
I am older than you and have never done a blog in my life, but after watching the “Fruitcake and Ice Cream” video, I had to get in touch with you. Let me explain. I have been to several Passion events, even the 1st One Day outside of Memphis. I am a good friend of Billy B in Texas, so I helped with that event as well as a few others. I was at the Nokia in Grand Prairie, Texas event, and heard this story 1st hand, but as I heard you and saw you on this DVD, and saw your passion and love for others, especially young people. I had to let you know that I share the same passion. I was in tears again listening to Ashley’s story. Many college students need to hear this story, as I spent a day last month on a Texas campus with 2 evangelists and saw 1st hand the persecution and anger toward our Lord Jesus Christ. My heart was broken as it was for Ashley before she met “Fruitcake”. Maybe we need to start “Fruitcake” parties on college campus’s with Christian Students! I Just really want to encourage you to never,never give up on these precious souls as we the parents of this older generation have failed them spirituallly. The divorce rate in Texas alone is over 50%, so you can see why the dropout rate in the 3 major cities in Texas is over 50%! Makes you wonder what the spiritual dropout rate is, right? I want you to know Louie, that you rock and I love you brother! My heart and soul are right with you and please continue to follow Jesus in this great work for the kingdom!!! “Passion” a great name for you, Chris, David, Matt, Frances, and the entire gang! Well done God’s faithful servant!
In Christ,
Gary Reston
December 21st, 2008 at 11:48 PM
Louie, I thank God so much for your expectant heart – that you not only wait on the Lord but that you share your excitement and anticipation with others. A recent graduate of Ohio State, I heard you last spring in DC and have not been able to get out of my mind the idea that God is painting a bigger picture. I feel like the theme of my life has been learning to trust God. God has brought me through many trials and has been good to me. Through the dirt of life God has taught me to trust him with my life, later to trust him with my present, last year to trust him with my past as well as my future – to allow him to openly use the shame and darkness in my past for his good and to take leaps of faith with my future. I write this to you because what God is weighing on my heart now is to trust him with my family and those I love, specifically my father. In truth, I know part of the reason that I weep so much for him is because I don’t believe that he will ever come to know God. I know God brings people to him every day, I see it in my work in Venezuela literally every day, but I don’t trust that God will break my father’s rock-solid heart. As a step of faith I was online ordering one of your DVDs to send him, along with a letter I wrote, for Christmas. I have such fear. My father is a judge and has seen many horrific things in his life; many of them weigh heavily on his heart and conscience. He has always gone to church, but I don’t believe that he ever trusted God with his life or heart. Two years ago my mother died of a rare form of breast cancer, inflammatory breast cancer. Right now my father believes that there is no justice in this life or the next, that if God is real he is not good but cynical, a sick and twisted being who allows his creation to suffer for no apparent reason. Anyway… (sorry I am so slow in getting to my point)… As I got sidetracked, as I often do when I go online with a specific purpose, I came across this entry, and I was filled with the hope of knowing that my God is a god, the God, of miracles… to hope for that which seems hopeless… to trust God with my dad… to believe that God really does want to be the Daddy of my daddy… to allow my self to hope and believe and trust that even if my dad does not accept God, that God is still good (the doubt at the heart of my fear)… and to believe and hope and trust that he can know God. That is what I want for this season and this new year! So often I think of the father who talks to Jesus – “Lord I do believe; help my unbelief.” How frequently that is me and the cry of MY heart! Sorry to have taken up so much space on your blog.
PS if you could pray for my dad at all, I would be ever so grateful. His name is Fred.
Grace and peace to you this holiday season and always. Merry Christmas!
December 22nd, 2008 at 5:38 PM
Thanks again Louie for words straight from your heart – planted there by the heart of the Father. I am glad God has designed that we must wait sometimes – and am coming to know that His purposes are always perfect and never out of time. As you said, 400 years between the last Old Testament writing and the first New Testament ones – I haven’t been waiting that long!
Glad to hear your heart is still beating with passion and gratefullness to the One who makes it beat at all. Reading through some of the replies here – Nick, I will be adding my prayers to yours, that you will be able to fully trust God for all He is doing in your life, medically and otherwise. He loves you with such unrelenting passion Nick, and He has your best in mind, that I know.
Knowing you and Shelley will enjoy Christmas – and your Mum, who I often thank God for, after all, she must have sown lots of love into you Louie for you to love God and others as you do, and I look forward to hugging her in glory one day. May you sing loud this Christmas the praises of our King, and continue to be in awe of His great, great, great big love for you!!
Thanks again for coming to Australia!! Barbie.
December 22nd, 2008 at 9:23 PM
Thanks man, what a good perspective and encouragement. We are trying so hard to look at this season differently than ever before, it has been amazing. God certainly is so faithful and so worthy of our waiting hearts. Sometimes it can seem so impossible to wait on Him, and yet we are called to it, and really have no other option if we want to experience the full leaning on Him that we need. I am praying for you guys right now in all that God is placing before you. I cannot express enough how deep in my core I believe in what passion is about. Be blessed.
C.J.
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:24 AM
Hey Louie and Team, thank you for all the hard work over the past year. I remember sitting in that huge stadium in ATL two years ago when it was announced that there would be some kind of world tour thing. It just happened! Great is our God!!!
Anyway, have a peacful and restful Christmas from all the Northern Irish Passion’ites!
ROLL ON 2009!
In Him
December 24th, 2008 at 4:52 PM
MERRY CHRISTMAS LOUIE!
December 24th, 2008 at 5:31 PM
To everyone on the Passion team……have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
December 25th, 2008 at 1:39 AM
“Oh . come let us adore HIM,
CHRIST the LORD!!! ”
Happy Christmas to all at Passion and every good wish for 2009.
December 25th, 2008 at 10:52 AM
Dear LG & Shelley,
I’m thinking that Christmas Rocks! God executing His rescue plan when we were totally helpless.
I gave several people Passion Talk Series and some 2 Words for Christmas. I heard from two recipients yesterday – God used them powerfully!
One guy is a grad student in my College-Age group. He’s from India, and I don’t know his story yet. He was “Awestruck” by the How Great is Our God DVD. Another guy is a Catholic CPA friend, who loves Jesus. 2 Words blew him away, giving him a fresh and Biblical perspective of our relationship with God.
Go Passion Team.
Moreover: Go Jesus!
paul
December 25th, 2008 at 11:13 PM
Ok, this is my second reply to this post, but I’ve just listened to the Christmas edition of the Passion podcast. That was so very cool! It was a lot of fun.
Thanks for all the hard work, Louie and all the Passion team.
Feliz Natal!!!
Merry Christmas everyone! And a very special 2009 for His renown!
Rodrigo – Sao Paulo, Brazil
January 4th, 2009 at 1:59 PM
Hi everyone!!!
Louie, thanks for the post!!!
With all shure, to participate the Passion this year here in Brazil, was one of the bets ones that I live!! I’m so grateful to God and all of the Passion team to come here in São Paulo! Thanks so much!!!
Well, 2008 it’s over but 2009 comes full of more of God in our lives… I believe that this year will be GREAT… and I hope the visit of Passion again hehehe…
Happy New Year – Feliz Ano Novo!
deeper and deeper in the presence of the Famous One!
GBY
with love, Rosana Laus – SP/Brazil
January 6th, 2009 at 4:44 AM
Hi Louie,
I hope and pray that “2009″ will be an awesome year for you, as you continue to preach the message of Truth through Jesus Christ.
Anyway. Our church Hope Chapel Kaneohe Bay (in Hawaii) just showed us your latest DVD, HOPE- When life hurts most. Great message”Amen”Thank you so much. I pray that it will touch peoples heart, that they may know, it’s not about “Me”. it’s about “Him”.
I wish you can make it subtitled in japanese, so, I can share it to my friends and people in Japan. I am waiting for my missionary visa to Japan, God put the desire in my heart to reach out to people there. Japan needs the Lord Jesus our Saviour King. Your DVD’s will be a great help. Thank you again. May God continue to use you as His hand extended reaching out to the oppressed.
In His love and Mine,
dei b. – Hawaii
January 6th, 2009 at 9:43 AM
waiting for first Monday…..
January 6th, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Louie,
I’m looking for a way to contact you about Passion Church. I’ve heard really exciting things and I’d love to get involved or talk to you.
Laura
January 7th, 2009 at 2:41 AM
Lifting you all up to our Father daily.
Ephesians 1 :15-23
January 8th, 2009 at 12:59 AM
Louie you make me smile!
<3
Thank you so much for being the amazing man of God that you are!
Don’t know if you’ll read this but know that Ashley’s story is still impacting lives even as I write this! I know it’s sure still impacting mine!
January 8th, 2009 at 9:25 AM
I’d love to hear more news on the upcoming church plant! we’re praying for you down here in south atlanta!
January 9th, 2009 at 12:05 AM
Happy New Year to Passion Team… Me too! waiting for new church planting news
God bless and look forward for another chapter in Passion’s journey…
celine – kl malaysia
January 9th, 2009 at 1:17 PM
i would love to get involved in any way possible with passion city church and i am ecstatic about the registration for passion 2010 beginning soon too
January 11th, 2009 at 2:40 AM
Thanks so much for this blog. I just bought all three talk series from the Passion Tour (Hope, How Great is our God, and Indescribable). To put how i feel in a few words…It has changed my life forever. I have been in tears the past few days because of how overwhelming my God is, He is the love of my life and I will never be the same.
January 13th, 2009 at 1:12 AM
haha, christy…me too!!! i bought all 3 after Passion conferences. i’m waiting for fruitcake dvd to come in
ahh i’m missing LG’s blog entry….
January 14th, 2009 at 5:52 PM
From crosswalk.com:
Pace of Bible Translation Reaches New Highs, Translators Say
Mission News Network reports that Bible translation projects are at an all time high. “We are participating in the greatest acceleration of the pace of Bible translation the church has ever witnessed. We’re actually seeing, in reality, more translation programs being started today than we’ve ever seen in the history of the church,” says President of Wycliffe Bible Translators Bob Creson. He said that Wycliffe is on target to have Bible translation projects underway in every known language that does not yet have the Bible in their native tongue by the year 2025. That means approximately 2,250 projects to go. Yet Creson is optimistic despite the global economic upheaval. “I think the work of Bible translation is one of those things that just transcend all these things that are going on around us,” he said.
Together, we can do more.
January 14th, 2009 at 9:21 PM
Love what you guys are doing! God Bless as you serve Him!
January 16th, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Thank you for writing this. It was so beautiful. I wish that I had read it before Christmas, but I can greatly benefit from your words even after Christmas and into the new year.
March 5th, 2009 at 9:24 AM
just been inspired by your writings,wanna dedicate my poem to all the worshippers out there…
WORSHIP TEAM
In the essence of unity
deliverance would take place no doubt it would be
in every song of freedom Holy Spirit arise in me.
With every beat of the drum the angels join in glorious hum,
as ministers of dancing stretched out as living temple
with visions of river flowing on everyone.
In the tip of pianist’s hand,is the soul of worship
declaring Christ is the center and Lord of all land,
tongues of fire on every singers roar
with breath of a prayer,to live out what God purposely created us for.
Strums on guitar strings
shakes this place out and crushed the enemies schemes
the joy that comes only from serving God,goes beyond our dream.
Appointed to lead, anointed indeed
by God’s grace,the victory He won from cross to the grave
that testimony,into his people He laid
to bring forth the river of His Holy presence,
the ability He gave to those He chose that serve out of reverence
entrusting His church is intent into their essence
to ensure that fire on His people won’t burn out neither weakens.
Worshipers inheritance is assured as the covenant
for this is the great commission
of those who lead the worship upon every land,
to the people who takes command
the God of salvation himself holds His witnesses by hand
He alone is our genuine possession
we truly are no more in condemnation.
March 18th, 2009 at 10:32 AM
Louie,
I spent alot of time in that fuzzy middle of in the world and claiming Christ! I can no longer be in the world living a lie. I have declared my intentions! I am for Christ no matter what that will cost. At work or in the public square. I love Jesus and know that he has been dealing with me and I have been changed forever. He is the Lord and finally in my life I understand that.
Thank you for your messages
Mike Ward
Bellevue, Ne