Holy One
Category: Writing and Poetry

Spirit of God
Come dwell in our hearts
And lead us in all your ways
Guide me
Strengthen me
To do your will until Your Kingdom Come

Holy One
Holy One
God of all creation
We bow before Your Throne

[repeat first verse]
[repeat first chorus]
[repeat first verse]
[repeat first chorus]

[bridge (short instrumental)]

Holy One
Holy One
Sent Your Son
To deliver us from our Sin
We Glorify
And Honor Your Name

We lift our hearts in praise to You
Glory and honour, We lift Your Name
And Let your presence fall in this place
And overcome, Yes overcome
Yes overcome!

[insert guitar solo here]

Sprit of God
Dwell in our hearts
Ignite a consuming flame
Help us live with the passion
Of Your Will
Of Your Love Eternal

[second chorus, softly. Repeat as needed]

[coda]

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A Light into the Dark
Category: Writing and Poetry

Just got a picture of clarity
Looks rather like insanity
Just what is, the meaning of it all?
Just what do, you find out when you stall?

When everything seems fallen,
There's a place to turn,.
When everything is broken,
There's a chance to start anew

His Light
Shining
Into darkness
Onto stone
Making the unseen, the seen
Making the unclean, clean again

Love and joy renew
But fear and hate destroy
Why is it, so often we turn
To the very thing that's worst for us
Could it be, insanity is incorrectly defined?

One Lord and Savior,
One unfailing Love,
Nothing else redeems
Nothing else redeems

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Fighting the Inner Fight (lyrics).
Category: Writing and Poetry

It's kindof rough, but here goes anyway. I dunno, I just had that part of Hebrews 13:5 on my heart (it came up in a forum post on CW and that part just kept repeating in my head and oither words sorta linked into it, and it turned into this:

(and I realise that fear and consternation are synonyms, it just helped the flow.).
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Dwelling on things long and passsed
Dreams seemingly shattered, fallen, broken
Burning the candle at both ends...
And the little voice inside says
"Child, don't hide,
Don't let fear and consternation take a hold
Stand up, be bold
And close to you please hold these words I speak so tenderly

I will never leave, nor forsake you
I will never leave, nor forsake you
Beloved child please don't hide
The light you hold inside
I will never leave you alone again

Selfishness and hate,
Greed and envy
Try to take their fight straight to the heart
Why does this world forget constantly
That alone it shall all fall, and it will all be...
Taken apart by ourselves if we don't turn away
From selfishness and hate...

The little voice inside says "Child don't hide...

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A Wise Man’s Tale (working title)
Category: Writing and Poetry

Here resolving conflicts and the time is running down
Memories are staying clear
Light and life, forgiveness being central to the plan
Central to the plan

Pre-Chorus:
If anybody told me that the here and the now
Would be this way
I'd have never thought it could be true...

Chorus:
Here we go...
Lights dimmed down
Curtains low
The story's told
All we need's love and forgivness in a Saviour's arms

Time can be so cruel - Here lies another year
My timing's gone and I've lost track
But a melody is strumming
And a rhythm is a drumming
Somewhere deep inside
No need to hide

And if all I ever had was You
I'd quite freely give away
All that I have
Just for this moment
For the second, for the instant
Where everything is meaningless

Bridge:
All these walls that we've been proud of,
They need to fall
After all they're so intrusive
And they're blocking out the view
And the connection between us and You...
Us and You...

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Hearing the Small Voice.
Current mood: inspired
Category: inspired Writing and Poetry

Well I've failed for the ten thousand and first time
Slammin' my head into the wall again
Telephone ringin' to death and my head pounding inside
 Askin' myself "Why oh why?
Do I let myself follow paths away from Your Grace..."

And somewhere deep inside a small voice says
"Don't hide
Don't run away from Me
For you are Mine
My blood was shed for you"

So enchanted
By a melody and memories so intricately placed in sequence
I'm sickened by
Just how temporary our surroundings are
Nothin's built to last

But then I realise
That there's nowhere to hide
So just step into the light
Let my flaws be revealed...

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Unimportant things etc.

Well, I decided my 22nd birthday was as good a time as any to change my layout. I've had that layout for at least 6 months now, it was getting old.

You'll notice I culled the map, also. I may replace that later, but don't think it's needed for now.

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Set Apart for Life
Current mood: cheerful

There was a time
When I was afraid
To walk in the light
But the sight, You've given me
Has provided
All the strength I need
To walk on into the night
Unafraid, and unashamed
Of Your Light...

[Pre-Chorus?]
Here in the night
Where I face my fears...
You're my Light
And You are, my inspiration
Through my days...
All my days...

Because of You...
I'm free and alive
In You, set apart
For life, for life...

And You, are my lungs
My air, My strength...
Where else can I find
Such love, like Yours?
Yet who am I?
But Yours, only Yours...

[Bridge kindof thingy]
How is there hope, but by You?
All I need established by Your Word
And in You
I find that I'm full,
I'm true to who I am to be

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Again, kindof rough, and slightly different to my usual. It's definitely growing on me, and I've actually got a bit of a tune to this one, which is a good thing.

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In You Alone
Current mood: bouncy
Category: Writing and Poetry

Cruisin' round through switchbacks
Drivin' round on back roads
In search of just that one, scarlet rose

Well is there any meaning to it all?
Was there any reason?
You say there is.

Using up your time to reason with the reasons
Starin' at the clock in wait of change of seasons

Well is there any meaning to it all?
Was there any reason?
You say there is.

Stop wasting time watching time fly
And realign, find your purpose
All it takes is four simple words...
I believe in You.

In You Jesus...

In You alone
Will I be found
Built upon
The solid ground
You Lord, are, The Rock unmoving...

[to be completed]

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I'm really unsure about posting this one... but...

Tear down these walls in me... in me...
Break down these empty facades
They serve no purpose in me...
Burn them now, take them away...
This is the time for me to be made new... made new...

I place my confidence in You
All my trust... in You

Take away any word I've said against You...
I rebuke it
Take me to a place where I live for... live for You
This sandpaper facade was not me... it was not your plan for me
Everything You are, Lord
You are for me.... You will not walk away

And though nights and raging storms come my way
I know You will stand here with me
And guide me through all my days...

Help my weakness turn into strength... in You... in You
Any deception, any false pretense I lay it down...
On the altar
Of your salvation
Transform me by renewing of mind...

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So it's kind of rough, a bit raw and probably needs refining... I guess it's about laying down the lies and deceptions that the enemy has foisted on me or indeed anyone for so many years...

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For once something that isn't a song.

I don't post a blog on my life much, but for a change, I felt it might be good to do something different for a change.

I'm in what I feel is a very significant season of my life... I guess I'd call it a season of sowing and refinement. Not so much sowing finance, because that, I have little of, but more sowing of what I have plenty of right now - time. I have, for example, been at church pretty much the whole weekend encountering and esperiencing the loving grace of our merciful God, to whom I right here and now will give thanks.

Thanks.

I have a few goals for this year now (didn't take me long, lol), but by the end of this year, I'm aiming to:
- be closer to cell leadership than now,
- be actively serving in the Church (I'm doing this now, but the areas I'll be serving will change I feel before the year's out).
- Understand more of what love truly means.

I'm not talking the easy, mushy, love that you see in the movies. No, no, no! Heaven forbid! I'm talking of the hard, sacrificial love, that takes time and effort, that is true love. the love that will sacrfice itself for another. The love that is as described in 1 Cor 13 (great chapter, btw)...

I've decided basically, that if I'm going to live the way that Christ wishes me to live, love has to be at the core of the way I live my life. Christ's life exemplified the ultimate standard of love - sacrificing Himself so that we might have life, and in that, life more abundant.

Further to that, I want to get the right view of love, not the distorted view that is so often presented to us by the media.

This, I think, is going to be one of the most challenging, yet most fulfilling seasons in my life so far. It's going to require me to step up, stand sure of where I am, and press forward. Fear is not an option, and will rip me off if I allow it to creep in. So it's not an option.

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