tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187966322024-03-14T04:11:40.198+00:00Mad Dog LornaSlowly going crazy.....Lorna's Arkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645869414053483768noreply@blogger.comBlogger173125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18796632.post-61473391891549160532012-11-25T14:42:00.001+00:002012-11-25T14:42:09.015+00:00Gone astray....coming home<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;"><div class="ly" id="lyr" style="color: #3c3c3c; display: inline-block; float: left; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 4px; text-align: left; width: 487px;">
<strong>Jesus Hold Me Now lyrics</strong><br /><small><b>Songwriters:</b> Hall, Mark; Herms, Bernie;</small><br /><br />Living on my own, thinking of myself<br />Castles in the sand, temporary wealth<br />Now the walls are falling down<br />Now the storms are closing in<br />And here I am again<br /><br />Jesus, hold me now<br />I need to feel You in this place<br />To know You're by my side<br />And hear Your voice tonight<br /><br />Jesus, hold me now<br />I long for Your embrace<br />I'm beat and broken down<br />I can't find my way out<br />Jesus, hold me now<br />Jesus, hold me now<br /><br />Curse this morning sun<br />Drags me into one more day<br />Of reaping what I've sown<br />Living with my shame<br /><br />So welcome to my world<br />And the life that I have made<br />Well, one day you're a prince<br />And the next day you a slave<br /><br />Jesus, hold me now<br />I need to feel You in this place<br />To know You're by my side<br />And hear Your voice tonight<br /><br />Jesus, hold me now<br />I long for Your embrace<br />I'm beat and broken down<br />I can't find my way out<br />Jesus, hold me now<br /><br />Lord, I just looked up today<br />And realized how far away I am from where You are<br />And I don't know what else to pray<br />Broken at Your feet I lay<br />The life I've torn apart<br /><br />Jesus, hold me now<br />I need to feel You in this place<br />To know You're by my side<br />And hear Your voice tonight<br /><br />Jesus, hold me now<br />I long for Your embrace<br />I'm beat and broken down<br />I can't find my way out<br /><br />Jesus, hold me now<br />I feel You in this place<br />I know You're by my side<br />I hear Your voice tonight<br /><br />Jesus, hold me now<br />I long for Your embrace<br />I'm beat and broken down<br />You are my way out<br />Jesus, hold me now<br /><br />Jesus, hold me now<br />Jesus, hold me now<br />Jesus, hold me now<br />Jesus, hold me now<br /><br /><em style="color: #555555;">these lyrics are submitted by Starr</em><br /><em style="color: #555555;">these lyrics are last corrected by Vanessa Montgomery</em></div>
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Humbled to a sinner's cross you broke my shame and sinfuless you rose again victorious<br />
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Faithfulness none can deny through the strom and through the fire there is truth that sets me free Jesus Christ who lives in me<br />
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Chorus<br />
You are stronger you are stronger<br />
Sin is broken you have saved me it is written Christ is risen Jesus you are Lord of all<br />
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No beginning and no end You're my hope and my defence you came to seek and save the lost you paid it all upon the cross<br />
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So let your name be lifted higher<br />
Be lifted higher be lifted higher<br />
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(Thanks to Minami for these lyrics)<br />
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All about Hillsong: http://www.musictory.com/music/HillsongLorna's Arkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645869414053483768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18796632.post-54224831959318141362011-09-17T09:00:00.004+01:002011-09-17T09:58:40.400+01:00God never losesHave you ever lost a game, race or competition? I have I'm rubbish at sports, Maths and general knowledge. There is always someone faster, better, more knowledgeable than me (which isn't that hard!)<div><br /></div><div>Have you ever sat and planned all the things you want? Like how the kitchen will look, or what your dream job will be or what you would do if you had lots of money? Quite often those dreams don't become reality and those plans never come to fruition.</div><div><br /></div><div>Have you ever done just as you pleased? Very often doing what we please ends up in sadness and badness. </div><div>God is not like us. What He wants is always best. He never loses. There is no one better than Him. His plans always happen. No one can stop God. He does what ever He pleases and it is always good. No one is like Him. He is the King.</div><div><br /></div><div>So why do we always think we know best? Why do we try to "fix" ourselves? </div><div><br /></div><div>We are quite deceitful people really, like a magician can trick you into thinking he has made something disappear, we think we can trick people or more stupidly, God, into thinking that we are ok. That, that sin is ok living in my heart, I'll deal with it one day maybe or its ok to be angry about that situation or with that person, after all it affects me. I'm important didn't you know?</div><div>The problem is we try to make sin disappear and hide it from others so they think we are ok people. Our status with man is important to us than what God thinks. God KNOWS your sin is there, and because He is holy and just He always punishes sin and the punishment is death. Only Jesus can make sin disappear! Only by trusting in His death and repenting of your sin can you really and truly cancel the sin on your account and have it paid for by Jesus. That is the gospel not only at conversion but EVERY day!</div><div><br /></div><div>Sin wrecks lives and ruins our relationship with God and so often we just don't care. Our sin is more important to us than our relationship with God. I mean we can't live without coveting or thinking the world owes us, I deserve that thing cause I'm a good person. What happened to sacrificing all to follow Jesus not just the bits we are happy to give up but real costly sacrificial giving of our lives, time, money and giving up of our sin. <i>Why</i> do we think that giving up that sin or not having the latest thing will make our lives worse? How can anything that brings you closer to God be getting a worse deal? God is the best thing you <i>could</i> ever have, He is the only thing that brings real lasting contentment, peace and love.</div><div><br /></div><div>He has a plan and whether you are part of that plan or not it will happen HE IS GOD! He is from everlasting to everlasting. He has always been and will always be. We need to remember Jesus is coming back one day and then everyone will know He is in charge. Sort out your sin today! There may not be a tomorrow! Stop hiding it, confess it and strive with Jesus help to crush it and get rid of it from your life. God is not sitting up there in heaven thinking its ok I'll let them off this once. No! Sin is so serious He sent Jesus to die! Stop playing with sin and do a Joseph, flee from it, get rid of it, its toxic and infects the whole being! A little leaven, leavens the whole lump! Guard your heart. Put on God's armour, fight your sin, be at war with it!!</div><div><br /></div><div>God has promised </div><div><br /></div><div>Hebrews 13 v 5 " I will never leave you nor forsake you"</div><div>Matthew 28 v 20 "I am with you always, to the end of the age."</div><div>Luke 11 v 13 "if you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"</div><div>Ephesians 3 v 12 "because of Christ and our faith in Him, we can now come boldly and confidently into God's presence."</div><div>1 John 1 v 9 "if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."</div><div>James 1 v 5 "if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him."</div><div>James 4 v 7 "submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you."</div><div><br /></div><div>God has given us the tools for the job, in His word. He is the promise keeper. When He promises to keep and change and love all who follow Jesus-He will do it! God always keeps His word. He never forgets, never fails, never lies. God never breaks His promise and He never say "Oops! That wasn't meant to happen!" </div><div>God is faithful, trust Him and you will be a winner!</div>Lorna's Arkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645869414053483768noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18796632.post-84249287017358856762011-09-11T12:00:00.000+01:002011-09-11T12:02:12.273+01:00My JesusNothing compares to the promise I have in you.Lorna's Arkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645869414053483768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18796632.post-20244134941495706202011-09-05T14:17:00.001+01:002011-09-05T14:22:13.780+01:00What a friend! My best friend!What a friend we have in Jesus,<br />All our sins and griefs to bear!<br />What a privilege to carry<br />Everything to God in prayer!<br />Oh, what peace we often forfeit,<br />Oh, what needless pain we bear,<br />All because we do not carry<br />Everything to God in prayer!<br /><br />Have we trials and temptations?<br />Is there trouble anywhere?<br />We should never be discouraged—<br />Take it to the Lord in prayer.<br />Can we find a friend so faithful,<br />Who will all our sorrows share?<br />Jesus knows our every weakness;<br />Take it to the Lord in prayer.<br /><br />Are we weak and heavy-laden,<br />Cumbered with a load of care?<br />Precious Savior, still our refuge—<br />Take it to the Lord in prayer.<br />Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?<br />Take it to the Lord in prayer!<br />In His arms He’ll take and shield thee,<br />Thou wilt find a solace there.<br /><br />Blessed Savior, Thou hast promised<br />Thou wilt all our burdens bear;<br />May we ever, Lord, be bringing<br />All to Thee in earnest prayer.<br />Soon in glory bright, unclouded,<br />There will be no need for prayer—<br />Rapture, praise, and endless worship<br />Will be our sweet portion there.Lorna's Arkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645869414053483768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18796632.post-62280631358799906952011-09-05T14:15:00.002+01:002011-09-05T14:23:08.866+01:00I don't have the words but I do have the willVERSE 1:<br /><br /><div>Jesus, this life is for You<br />Everything Lord that I do<br />Deeds that are pleasing<br />and ways that are pure<br />Lord make my life bear this fruit<br /><br />CHORUS:<br />This means I love You<br />Singing this song<br />Lord I don't have the words<br />But I do have the will<br />This means I love You<br /><b>That I take up my cross<br />I will sing as I walk out this love</b><br /><br />VERSE 2:<br /><br /></div><div>For these are the plans of my heart<br />Yet often I'm missing the mark<br />See my desire to live in Your truth<br />This surely means I love You</div><div><br /></div><div>Matt Redman</div>Lorna's Arkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645869414053483768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18796632.post-46857293627581007932011-09-05T13:41:00.002+01:002011-09-05T14:23:48.088+01:00Who can cheer my soul like Jesus?Who can cheer the heart like Jesus<br />By His presence all divine<br />True and tender, pure and precious<br />O, how blest to call Him mine<br /><br />Chorus<br />All that thrills my soul is Jesus<br />He is more than life to me<br />And the fairest of ten thousand<br />In my blessed Lord I see<br /><br />Love of Christ so freely given<br />Grace of God beyond degree<br />Mercy higher than the heavens<br />Deeper than the deepest sea<br /><br />What a wonderful redemption<br />Never can a mortal know<br />Ho my sin, though red like crimson<br />Can be whiter than the snow<br /><br />Every need His hand supplying<br />Every good in Him I see<br />On His strength divine relying<br />He is all in all to me<br /><br />By the crystal flowing river<br />With the ransomed I will sing<br />And forever and forever<br />Praise and glorify the KingLorna's Arkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645869414053483768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18796632.post-56241267642449814642011-09-05T08:17:00.000+01:002011-09-05T08:19:06.482+01:00Encouragement from a friendWhen you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
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<br />and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
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<br />when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,
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<br />and the flame shall not consume you. (Isaiah 43:2 ESV)Lorna's Arkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645869414053483768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18796632.post-68255891233668854692011-08-29T17:40:00.001+01:002011-08-29T17:40:50.357+01:00Guide meGuide Me O Thou Great Redeemer Hymn
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<br />Guide me, O thou great redeemer,
<br />Pilgrim through this barren land;
<br />I am weak, but thou art mighty,
<br />Hold me with thy powerful hand;
<br />Bread of heaven, bread of heaven
<br />Feed me till I want no more;
<br />Feed me till I want no more.
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<br />Open now the crystal fountain
<br />Whence the healing stream doth flow;
<br />Let the fire and cloudy pillar
<br />Lead me all my journey through:
<br />Strong deliverer, strong deliverer;
<br />Be thou still my strength and shield;
<br />Be thou still my strength and shield.
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<br />When I tread the verge of Jordan,
<br />Bid my anxious fears subside;
<br />Death of death, and hell's destruction
<br />Land me safe on Canaan's side:
<br />Songs of praises, songs of praises,
<br />I will ever give to thee;
<br />I will ever give to thee.Lorna's Arkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645869414053483768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18796632.post-26999421407685040592011-08-29T08:42:00.002+01:002011-08-29T08:46:00.609+01:00PatienceTune your anxious heart to patience,
<br />Walk by faith where sight is dim;
<br />Loving God, be calm and trustful
<br />And leave everything to Him. (Chambers)
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<br />Patience means awaiting God's time without doubting God's love.
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<br />[God] Himself has said "I will never leave you nor forsake you."Lorna's Arkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645869414053483768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18796632.post-27823873444310958762011-08-28T09:14:00.001+01:002011-08-28T09:14:26.245+01:00Trust
<br />Isaiah 26:4 NLT
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<br />Trust in the Lord always, for the Lord God is the eternal Rock.
<br />Lorna's Arkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645869414053483768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18796632.post-26766070638134482672011-08-26T15:45:00.001+01:002011-08-26T15:47:01.808+01:00Bid my anguish fears, goodbyeLand me safe on Cannan's side, bid my anguish fears, bid my anguish fears, goodbye.
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<br />Guide me o thou great Jehovah.Lorna's Arkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645869414053483768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18796632.post-72389052747118514232011-08-25T19:08:00.000+01:002011-08-25T19:09:24.574+01:00Dear refuge of my weary soul.1. Dear refuge of my weary soul,
<br />On Thee, when sorrows rise
<br />On Thee, when waves of trouble roll,
<br />My fainting hope relies
<br />To Thee I tell each rising grief,
<br />For Thou alone canst heal
<br />Thy Word can bring a sweet relief,
<br />For every pain I feel
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<br />2. But oh! When gloomy doubts prevail,
<br />I fear to call Thee mine
<br />The springs of comfort seem to fail,
<br />And all my hopes decline
<br />Yet gracious God, where shall I flee?
<br />Thou art my only trust
<br />And still my soul would cleave to Thee
<br />Though prostrate in the dust
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<br />3. Hast Thou not bid me seek Thy face,
<br />And shall I seek in vain?
<br />And can the ear of sovereign grace,
<br />Be deaf when I complain?
<br />No still the ear of sovereign grace,
<br />Attends the mourner's prayer
<br />Oh may I ever find access,
<br />To breathe my sorrows there
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<br />4. Thy mercy seat is open still,
<br />Here let my soul retreat
<br />With humble hope attend Thy will,
<br />And wait beneath Thy feet,
<br />Thy mercy seat is open still,
<br />Here let my soul retreat
<br />With humble hope attend Thy will,
<br />And wait beneath Thy feet.Lorna's Arkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645869414053483768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18796632.post-88832926674989815772011-08-25T10:06:00.002+01:002011-08-25T10:15:21.255+01:001 John lessonsBelieve-Jesus is God, came to die for our sins.
<br />Repent-turn from your sin and say sorry.
<br />Follow-live a life of obedience born out off love for what Christ has done.
<br />Love others-out of love for God, love His people and strive to be sacrificial in your love towards them.
<br />Be assured that Jesus has overcome the world and that you have the power to overcome whatever you are facing.Lorna's Arkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645869414053483768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18796632.post-88329186711192749172011-08-23T08:17:00.001+01:002011-08-23T08:20:06.026+01:00Trust & Pray"Faith looks across the storm-it does not doubt
<br />Or stop to look at clouds and things without.
<br />Faith does not question why when all His ways
<br />Are hard to understand, but trusts and prays." anon.Lorna's Arkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645869414053483768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18796632.post-21279171740928160852011-08-06T09:25:00.005+01:002011-09-05T14:25:20.922+01:00The perfect wisdom of our GodWhy? Is the question I've been asking God a lot recently. For many different things that have been going on. I have been feeling blind and helpless and that my prayers are hitting the ceiling and bouncing back, unheard, unanswered. Life is hard at the moment with personal issues, Samuel being out of routine, the lost of more church family members and the churches future uncertain. I love God, I trust God but that does not stop the pain and sorrow that I'm experiencing at the moment. I see my Christian brothers and sisters struggling to deal with some of the same issues I am, I look to them for strength and they have none to give, they are in the same boat as me! Struggling to stay a float with their own pain and problems. I struggled with this for a while, then realised what the Bible's been telling me all along only Christ is my strength when I have none, He is the Rock. I know that! I've believed it, sung it for years, but to actually HAVE to depend on it in a way I never have had to before is quite amazing!<br />"When life is good we will believe-even praise- God, but when trouble comes we may struggle dreadfully..... You don't love God simply because all your prayers are answered and all your dreams are fulfilled. You love Him anyway!" "Though the fig-tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vine, though the olive crops fail and the fields produce no food... Yet I will rejoice in the Lord" I know to love God like that is hard, and I have doubts and fears, and sometimes worry my love isn't strong enough. But do you see how precious love like that is to Him? One powerful example in Daniel is the verses "if we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve IS ABLE to save us from it.... But even if He does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods!" Their faith in God was not based on always getting what they wanted; they had learned to trust "if not".<br /><br />God is awesome and can do anything! But not all illnesses are healed, all hurts mended, all prayers answered they way we wanted. For even Jesus had His prayer in the garden unanswered "Father... take this cup from me"<br /><br />Hebrew 11 filled with great heros, Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham " but others trusted God and were tortured, some mocked, others chained in dungeons.." The stories of the "if nots"<br /><br />We have to stop thinking God doesn't love me cause x, y, z is happening or a,b,c wasn't answered or so and so has what I wanted! Love God anyway! He sent His own son that's how much He loves you! Look at the cross and you cannot think of anything else but Gods love for His children. Believe it! Live it!<br /><br /><br />The perfect wisdom of our God<br />Revealed in all the universe:<br />All things created by His hand,<br />And held together at His command.<br />He knows the mysteries of the seas,<br />The secrets of the stars are His;<br />He guides the planets on their way,<br />And turns the earth through another day.<br /><br />The matchless wisdom of His ways<br />That mark the path of righteousness<br />His word a lamp unto my feet<br />His Spirit teaching and guiding me<br />And O the mystery of the cross<br />That God should suffer for the lost<br />So that the fool might shame the wise<br />And all the glory might go to Christ!<br /><br />"O grant me wisdom from above,<br />To pray for peace and cling to love,<br />And teach me humbly to receive<br />The sun and rain of Your sovereignty.<br />Each strand of sorrow has a place<br />Within this tapestry of grace;<br />So through the trials I choose to say:<br />“Your perfect will in Your perfect way.”Lorna's Arkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645869414053483768noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18796632.post-51562383131556280692011-07-19T11:28:00.001+01:002011-07-19T11:33:25.333+01:00Move Mercy Me<object height="255" width="400" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://media.salemwebnetwork.com/godtube/resource/mediaplayer/5.6/player.swf"><param name="movie" value="http://media.salemwebnetwork.com/godtube/resource/mediaplayer/5.6/player.swf"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="opaque"><param name="flashvars" value="file=http://www.godtube.com/resource/mediaplayer/FJJEJCNU.file&image=http://www.godtube.com/resource/mediaplayer/FJJEJCNU.jpg&screencolor=000000&type=video&autostart=true&playonce=true&skin=http://media.salemwebnetwork.com/godtube/resource/mediaplayer/skin/default/videoskin.swf&logo.file=undefinedtheme/default/media/embed-logo.png&logo.link=http://www.godtube.com/watch/%3Fv%3DFJJEJCNU&logo.position=top-left&logo.hide=false&controlbar.position=over"></object><br /><br />I'm not about to give up<br />Because I heard you say<br />There's gonna be brighter days<br />There's gonna be brighter days<br /><br />I wont stop, Ill keep my head up<br />No, I'm not here to stay<br />There's gonna be brighter days<br />There's gonna be brighter days<br /><br /><b>I just might bend but wont break<br />As long as I can see your face<br /></b><br />(Chorus)<br />When life wont play along<br />And right keeps going wrong<br />And I cant seem to find my way<br />I know where I am found<br />So I wont let it drag me down<br />Oh, I'll keep dancing anyway<br /><br />I'm gonna move (move)<br />I'm gonna move (move)<br />I'm gonna move (I'm gonna move)<br /><br />Ive got to hold 'er steady<br />Keep my head in the game<br />Everything is about to change<br />Everything is about to change<br /><br />This hurt is getting heavy<br />But I'm not about to cave<br />Everything is about to change<br />There's gonna be brighter days<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">I just might bend but wont break<br />As long as I can see your face </span><br /><br />(Chorus)<br /><br />No matter what may come<br />Gotta move to a different drum<br />No matter what life brings<br />Gotta move gotta move to a different beat (x2)<br /><br /><b>I just might bend but wont break<br />As long as I can see your face<br /></b><br />(Chorus) x2Lorna's Arkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645869414053483768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18796632.post-57820802834846353052011-07-05T14:00:00.002+01:002011-07-05T14:07:46.088+01:00Christ in me<div>Jesus, Youʼre the hope I cling to</div><div>Tower that I run to</div><div>Saviour ever near</div><div>Radiant, light within my darkness</div><div><b>Faithful in my weakness</b></div><div><b>God who strengthens me</b></div><div>Lead me, take me ever deeper</div><div>Show me all the riches of this mystery</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Christ in me </i></div><div><i>My hope and my glory</i></div><div><i><b>My certainty</b></i></div><div><i>My heart bows down</i></div><div><i>Surrendered in worship</i></div><div><i>To my God and King</i></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Jesus, Youʼre the holy promise</b></div><div><b>Poured your blood out for us </b></div><div><b>Rose again to life</b></div><div><b><i>All my sins are now forgiven</i></b></div><div><b><i>And my life is hidden</i></b></div><div><b><i>Saved through Jesus Christ</i></b></div><div><div><br /></div><div><b>Jesus when I stand in glory</b></div><div><b>With your throne before me</b></div><div><b>Iʼll be found in You</b></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Christ in me </i></div><div><i>My hope and my glory</i></div><div><i><b>My certainty</b></i></div><div><i>My heart bows down</i></div><div><i>Surrendered in worship</i></div><div><i>To my God and King</i></div></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >My hope is built, On nothing less</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >Than Jesus blood and righteousness</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >I dare not trust my feeble frame</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >But wholly lean on Jesusʼ name</span></b></div><div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Christ in me </i></div><div><i>My hope and my glory</i></div><div><i><b>My certainty</b></i></div><div><i>My heart bows down</i></div><div><i>Surrendered in worship</i></div><div><i>To my God and King</i></div></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >My hope is built, On nothing less</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >Than Jesus blood and righteousness</span></b></div></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Lou and Nathan Fellingham and Gary Sadler </div><div>Copyright © 2009 Thankyou Music & Paintbrush Music/</div>Lorna's Arkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645869414053483768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18796632.post-14548770316284358632011-07-05T13:57:00.000+01:002011-07-05T13:58:16.310+01:00My God cares!<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZgWJs1ESSdo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>Lorna's Arkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645869414053483768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18796632.post-57749968050301065062011-05-12T14:04:00.000+01:002011-05-13T21:42:14.510+01:00The pain is real but my God cares!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, lucida, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "><p>LIFE'S NOT ALWAYS AS IT SEEMS<br />A different route from A to B<br />And the plans you’ve made come tumbling down<br />When you’re questioning the why<br />And it’s hard to see the light<br />And you’re praying for the wind to change<br /><br /><em>And though the pain is strong<br />And it’s hard to carry on<br />I know that this is true<br />My God cares for you<br />All hope has disappeared<br />And you’re running out of tears<br />I can tell you He is near<br />For my God cares for you<br />Yes He cares for you</em><br /><br />When no answers can be found<br />As the waves come crashing round<br />And you find you’re driven to your knees<br />When you’re overwhelmed with fear<br />And it feels like it’s been years<br />You’ve been asking God please rescue me<br /><br />Don’t you know that His arms are strong enough to carry you<br />Lift you up, in the safety of His love<br />Just hold on, He will come, The Lord our God will comfort you<br />Give you strength enough to see you through the storm<br /><br /><br />Lou & Nathan Fellingham and Gary Sadler<br />Copyright © 2009 Thankyou Music & Paintbrush Music</p></span>Lorna's Arkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645869414053483768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18796632.post-10938635281237026902011-04-07T07:16:00.003+01:002011-04-07T07:49:30.797+01:00FamilyTo many people Church is a building where you go to worship God, at certain times of the year, to do your bit, so you can tick the I've been good today box. <div><br /></div><div>To me Church is something very different. Although I strongly believe that Church on a Sunday is a good place to go praise and worship the living God. I take that part very seriously. I truly believe Church is about so much more.</div><div><br /></div><div>Church to me is the people, people I love and care about most in the world, (like an extended biological family) its what I want to spend my time being part of, helping and encouraging others to love God and serve Him with the gifts He has given them.</div><div><br /></div><div>Church to me is not just Sunday, its Monday to Saturday too, which means supporting the Church through the week, spending time with others, going to house group, meeting for coffee, shopping for stuff that is needed, visiting the elderly and sick, the list could go on.</div><div><br /></div><div>My whole life at the moment is devoted to God, my family and His Church. So when I write FB status about people leaving and my friends don't understand why I'm upset, its because the people in my Church are my family, it feels like I'm losing part of me when they go. Its hard to explain. The Bible says that the Church is a body (among other things) so when your arm falls off you miss it right! Not just in a "oh never mind, my arm has gone" way. In a deep passionate real sense of lose. I know they have not gone far, but it still is not the same. People who I love and respect the most have left and are leaving in the future. These People have been and are an inspiration to me and I don't know if my faith is strong enough to stand without their support.</div><div><br /></div><div>I know that Christ is my Rock and if everyone else fails and lets me down, I'm still firm on solid ground, but God designed us to live in community and support and love one and other "it is not good for man to be alone". So when the community is breaking down through disagreements and people leaving it is hard to bear.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now the people leaving are leaving for good reasons, new callings, God choosing them for another part of His plan somewhere else, but it leaves me a little daunted by the change. I fully support them and continue to pray for them in their new adventures.</div><div><br /></div><div>I love my family and I want it to grow and bring God glory.</div><div><br /></div><div>I don't think I have explained this very well and its not meant to make my biological family, think I don't love them because I DO VERY MUCH. That's why I am torn so much between Cambridge and here!</div>Lorna's Arkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645869414053483768noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18796632.post-71874421230060319902011-03-28T13:59:00.002+01:002011-03-28T14:17:17.718+01:00Where your treasure is....Reading John Piper, The Dangerous duty of delight, I can't help but be blown away by his passion for Christ. <div><br /></div><div>He challenges me to "make much" of Christ and to live a life where Christ is prized and treasured as my greatest gain! </div><div>I want to treasure Christ in my heart so that I can say with the apostle Paul "For me, to live is Christ and to die is gain" and to "count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ"</div><div><br /></div><div>I want the all satisfying treasure Christ. Only He can fully satisfy our very lives. He is magnified as a glorious treasure when He becomes our unrivalled pleasure. </div><div>In a world where we seek to fill our lives with meaning and satisfy our desires with stuff, sex, drink, drugs, and anything that is NOT God. (Even as Christians!) We will always fail to fill that longing in our hearts. We will never be completely satisfied, we will always want the next big thing, latest craze, most fashionable items until we make Christ the thing that we long for! Then and only then will we find full and complete satisfaction. If we make Him our treasure, our hearts will find rest from the turmoil that life throws at us and we will be able to say with confidence "For me, to live is Christ and to die is gain!"</div>Lorna's Arkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645869414053483768noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18796632.post-36732606813047745712011-03-28T10:27:00.000+01:002011-03-28T10:28:00.196+01:00Holland<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a AUTISM - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It's like this......<br /><br />When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a fabulous trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum. Michelangelo's David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It's all very exciting.<br /><br />After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, "Welcome to Holland."<br /><br />"Holland?!?" you say. "What do you mean Holland?? I signed up for Italy! I'm supposed to be in Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to Italy."<br /><br />But there's been a change in the flight plan. They've landed in Holland and there you must stay.<br /><br />The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It's just a different place.<br /><br />So you must go out and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met.<br /><br />It's just a different place. It's slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you've been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around.... and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills....and Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts.<br /><br />But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy... and they're all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say "Yes, that's where I was supposed to go. That's what I had planned."<br /><br />And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away... because the loss of that dream is a very very significant loss.<br /><br />But... if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things ... about Holland.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">God made Holland and Italy and He give the gifts to enjoy both.</span></div>Lorna's Arkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645869414053483768noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18796632.post-16254099333189127852011-03-25T12:42:00.002+00:002011-03-25T12:51:15.016+00:00Hard Pressed<span class="Apple-style-span" >I'm going through a Lou Fellingham phase! but this song really just describes my life at the moment! My head is all over the place in regards to many things. But God is good and faithful. He has given me strength, peace and Grace to cope with the stuff going on in my life. He is amazing and most definitely my Rock!</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Couldn't find the video :-(</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b>Hard Pressed</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >I am hard pressed on every side but Iʼm not crushed</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >I feel pulled to pieces but inside I know Iʼm not</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Feels like the worldʼs caving in, find it hard to breathe</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >The water is rising, wonʼt you come and rescue me</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>Iʼm on my knees</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>O God please come to me</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>I fall into Your loving arms</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>You wrap me up, and Iʼm secure </i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>Patiently You whisper to me You have a plan</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>To hold on it wonʼt be long and you understand</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Sick inside again today, Iʼm struggling to pray</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >And my head is spinning, cause I cannot see the way</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Iʼm in need of direction, everything seems so unclear</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >O my God are you out there, or is this falling on deaf ears?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>Iʼm on my knees</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>O God please come to me</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>Miracles You will do, as I come and put my hope in you</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Lou & Nathan Fellingham and busbee</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Copyright © 2005 Thankyou Music/The Livingstone Collective/</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >kingswaysongs.com</span></div></div>Lorna's Arkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645869414053483768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18796632.post-58920616862571651462011-03-17T19:42:00.002+00:002011-03-17T19:48:55.386+00:00Build this house<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ryip0dD1uoo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >All I have and all I am is Yours</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Thereʼs nothing that I have on earth that doesnʼt come from You</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >I lay aside my pride and worldly worth</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >To serve You is the greatest thing that I could ever do</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>For unless You build this house</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>I am building it in vain</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>Unless the work is Yours</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>There is nothing to be gained</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>I want something that will stand</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>When Your Holy fire comes</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>Something that will last</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>And to hear You say “Well done”</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>Giving Glory to You Lord</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>Glory to You Lord</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >So easy to desire what others have</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Instead of seeing all the gifts that you have given me</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >So help me fan the flame, which You began</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >And burn in me a love for You that all will clearly see</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Lou & Nathan Fellingham and busbee</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Copyright © 2005 Thankyou Music/The Livingstone Collective/</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >kingswaysongs.com</span></div></div>Lorna's 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