Father, Spirit, Jesus – Casting Crowns

Love this version of this song!

Lord, the worship we bring
Is more than songs that we sing
It’s a reflection of our ever-changing lives
The best we have to offer

We don’t just lift up our hands
Lord, we lift up our lives
For we know that You are worthy of our praise
To You our lifesongs raise

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Will blog soon. Feel like I’m going through something of an emotional burnout. God has also really been dealing with me and my fear of unleashing myself and BEING amazing. There’s been lots of stuff that God has been showing me and talking to me about but I don’t really know how to put them into words yet.

As always, am grateful that God has placed people around me who are going through the same thing. It gives me a different perspective on things, especially since these people aren’t really the people I normally hang out with or talk to [like my cell leader's HUSBAND]! I guess this is why every time I pick up my copy of “Creative Ministry” by Henri J. Nouwen [I GOT IT FOR ONLY S$2! I was so proud of myself coz I had just gone to Tecman minutes before and they were selling it for like S$30! Haha it's about 30 years old though but it's nice enough for me and in a PERFECT size and LIGHT so I can carry it around easily. The contents of it are however, NOT light. When I read this, "Should I remain non-violent at all cost, or is there a time when violence might be the only ethical response?" I was like omga God let me get away from this already! Haha but what's funny is that I feel like all the books I've been reading deals with the same kind of questions I've been thinking about all semester long] I find myself staring at the same quote by Thomas Oden:

Repeatedly I have found, to my astonishment, that the feelings which have seemed to me most private, most personal, and therefore the feelings I least expect to be understood by others, when clearly expressed, resonate deeply and consistently with their own experience. This has led me to believe that what I experience in the most unique and personal way, if brought to clear expression, is precisely what others are most deeply experiencing in analogous ways.

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“There will be lots of laughter in heaven, you can be sure, as well as joy, for our finitude will always remain. Just imagine an eternity in which no one laughs!

And we should note that one of the things that disappear when we are grinding away at others with our condemnations, blamings, and “pearls” is, precisely, laughter. We become insufferably grim. But genuine shared laughter is one of the surest ways for human beings to come together and break the stalemates of life. It is essential to genuine community.

No wonder, then, that laughter is so good for our health. It is even a symbol of redemption, for there is no greater incongruity in all creation than redemption. When deliverance comes, “we are like those who dream: our mouth filled with laughter, our tongue with shouts of joy” (Ps. 126:1-2).” – The Divine Conspiracy, Dallas Willard

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“Someone has said that the only two organisations that are really changing people are twelve-step groups and the church. The common denominator behind the success of both is community. Change happens when we allow others into our lives.

It’s hard to build deep, trustworthy friendships in today’s shallow social climate… But let’s just get over it. You and I desperately need some people in our lives who will attempt to love us unconditionally, who know us well enough to know when we are hiding something, who can get away with confronting us, and who can “spur [us] on toward love and good deeds” (Heb. 10:24).”
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- Go the Distance, Ed Rowell

Lord, help me to love others unconditionally even as I seek to be loved unconditionally.

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“Today, as God’s trusting apprentices in the kingdom of the heavens, we live on the Emmaus road, so to speak, with an intermittently burning heart. His word pours into our heart, energizing and directing our life in a way that cannot be accounted for in natural terms. The presence of the physical is, then, if I will have it so, no longer a barrier between me and God. My visible surroundings become, instead, God’s gift to me, where I am privileged to see the rule of heaven realized through my friendship with Jesus.” – Hearing God, Dallas Willard

Where You Go I’ll Go

Where You go I’ll go
What You say I’ll say
And what You pray I’ll pray
And what You pray I’ll pray

Where You go I’ll go
What You say I’ll say
And what You pray I’ll pray
And what You pray I’ll pray

Where You go I’ll go
What You say I’ll say God
And what You pray I’ll pray

Cause Jesus only did what He saw You do
And He would only say what He heard You speak
And He would only move when He felt You lead
Following Your heart following Your spirit

So How could I expect to walk without You
When every move that Jesus made was in surrender
I will not begin to live without You
For You alone are worthy and You are always good

Where You go I’ll go
What You say I’ll say God
And what You pray I’ll pray
And what You pray I’ll pray

Where You go I’ll go
What You say I’ll say God
And what You pray I’ll pray
And what You pray I’ll pray

So How could I expect to walk without You
When every move that Jesus made was in surrender
I will not begin to live without You
For You alone are worthy and You are always good
You are always good

La, la, la, la
Oh, the beauty of Your name will be seen upon my face, Oh, God
La la la la
Oh, the glory of Your name will be seen upon our face, Oh, God

Though the world sees and soon forgets
We will not forget who You are and what You’ve done for us
And what You’ve done for us
And Though the world sees and soon forgets
We will not forget what You’ve done for us

La la la la
La la la

Where You go I’ll go
What You say I’ll say God
And what You pray I’ll pray
And what You pray I’ll pray

Where You go I’ll go
What You say I’ll say God
And what You pray I’ll pray
And what You pray I’ll pray

Where You go I’ll go
What You say I’ll say God
And what You pray I’ll pray
And what You pray I’ll pray

I will follow You yeah,
In this desert life, I will follow You
Whatever comes my way
Through every situation, I will follow You
To the unknown, to the unsaved
Give me a heart of no compromisell