Save me, oh God. The darkness is before me, and I cannot see snh light. Where are you? I need you by my side so I won't stumble and fall. Come to me now and heelp me!!
Comes an answer :My child, I am here. I never left you to walk the path alone. See, here is light to see :]. Take my hand and walk always with me.. Come now, Beloved and do not fear that darkness.
Sing Praises to God,
Sing them loud
And let all around
Hear your voice.
Let all know
That you are happy
And God is near!
Be the best you can be. Don't let any person tell you who you should be, only you can decide who you are and that is on the basis on what you know of yourself.
Ruth 1:16-18
Don't ever ask me
To leave you.
For where you are
Is where
I want to be.
Song of Songs 8:5-7a
I am sealed
To your love
And neither death
Nor any flood
Could ever quench
This love.
Romans 8:37-39
And I know
That there is nothing,
Death or anything else,
That can separate us
From the love
That God gives us.
I John 4:7-8
And if we love
Each other,
God will be with us,
For God is love.
She will be gone soon, sooner than I would like, even though I have had no contact with her the last several months, almost a year. She is my shy girl, not liking to be around a lot of people. But she is also my talker, having much to say, even if I didn't understand. I have missed her already but Tavis took great care of her and she accepted him. Tavis informed me that her health was bad and helped me. My shy Princess, I miss you already and I will meet you again at the Rainbow Bridge - count on that!
My mourning piece
Psalm 62:1-2
My God is my strength,
A place to go
In times of trouble.
In His arms
I find rest
For my troubled soul
And I find
That I need not fear
When God is near.
Matthew 11:28-30
And when I come
Near to God
And lean on Him,
All my weariness
Is taken away.
In those arms
I find the rest
And the peace
That I need.
Philippians 4:12-13
In everything
And in every time,
God is with me
And gives me strength.
Because of that,
I can do all
That I
Am called to do.
God is always with me
At all times!
Sing for Joy For Kathleen Bell
Psalm 34:1-3
Come, praise God.
Together, let us
Raise our voices
In song
That all the world
Might hear us.
Psalm 150
Let all people
Sing and praise God!
Play the instruments
And sing along,
Let all the world
Hear your praise!
Isaiah 49:6-7
All nations will come
And sing their praises
To the Holy One
Of Israel
Who has redeemed
All the people
Of the world.
Isaiah 49:13
Sing out for joy!
God is love
And is here
Among the people.
Sing out
And let all people
Join in the song.
Come, let us praise God!
If you have to go
Awat from here,
Go and be blessed.
You and your brother, Wiggles
Hav brightened my life
Beyond measure,
As have my other cats
That have gone before
And wait at
The Rainbow Bridge.
When you go ffrom me,
Wait for me there,
For one day
I will come there
And we will never
Be parted again.
Also for
Koko, Smokey, and Red
Trust For Judy Dale
Psalm 36:3-5
Look and see.
God is constant,
Always there for us,
Even if we turn away.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in God
And your needs
Will be supplied.
Trust that God
Is always near
To love you
And support you
As you go
Along the road.
John 3:16
Trust that God
Always loves you,
And wherever
You may go,
That love
Jesus showed us
Is always there
For you.
Philippians 1:6
If you turn to see,
God is always there,
Ready to help you
Find your way
Along the road
That will lead you
Onward to home
Where God dwells.
Philippians 3:13b-14
And if you trust God,
You will be shown
The proper road
To walk upon.
And God
Will always be there
To lead you home.
Take Off Your Grave Clothes
Terry Lee Ousley c 1997
Ousley Music/BMI
Jesus had a friend whose name was Lazarus.
This Lazarus was special unto Christ.
While teaching word was sent to Christ from Bethany
That Lazarus was sick and just might die.
Jesus said, "This sickness will not end in death.
It is so that God may be glorified."
Two days later Jesus said, "Lazarus sleeps.
Let us go now so that he will arise."
When Jesus arrived at Bethany
Lazarus had been in the tomb for four long days.
His sisters said to Jesus, "If you'd just been here,
Lazarus would be here - healed and alive today!"
Jesus said, "I am the resurrection and the life -
Will you believe the truth these words afford?"
Then weeping Jesus walked right up to Lazarus' tomb.
With authority said, "Lazarus come forth!"
Chorus:
Rise up from the tomb, roll the stone away!
Move towards the blessed light, in Jesus' presence stay!
Come forth from the tomb, leave behind the gloom -
Take off your grave clothes and be free!
Still today we let sin's sicknss kill our souls
When we should live a life of liberty
But you can win the vict'ry Jesus won for you
if you'll open up your heart and believe!
Like Lazarus you must come forth from sin's tomb -
Just step into God's light and be free!
Then shed those grave clothes made of doubt and misery,
Put on garments of praise and victory!
Chorus: repeat twice
Love for Joel Maderer
Ruth 1:16-17
There is love
Between us.
Don't ask me
To leave this place,
For where you are
Is where
I want to be.
I Corinthians 13
Come in love,
Come and see
What love is.
Let us all learn
About love
And learn to share
That love abroad.
I Corinthians 13:1-3
I am a person,
A child of God,
But even if
I can speak
Many languages
Or become
The best preacher,
And there is no love,
It is all for nothing.
I Corinthians 13:4-7
If I have love,
I have learned
To be patient
With those around me.
Kindness and gentleness
Are a part of my life,
And I treat other people
With such care
That they know
That God is
Always with me.
I Corinthians 13:8-10
Love is always
A part of my life.
All other gifts
Such as speaking
Or knowledge
Are temporary,
And will pass away,
But love is
Always there for me.
I Corinthians 13:11-12
I once was a child,
And had childish ways,
But now I have
Given that up.
I see now
As through a mirror,
But one day
I will meet God,
And see completely
All that is,
And know completely
What love is.
I Corinthians 13:13
Faith is here with me,
And I do believe.
I hope for all
That is to come,
A better life for all.
But Love abides forever
And is the greatest of all.
Walk with God
Is 2:2-3
God walks with us
And leads us all
Along the paths
That will lead us
To the house of God.
Let us walk in faith,
Knowing that God
Is always there.
Is 40:31
When God walks with us,
Our strength will be
All that we ever need,
And there will be
No weariness
If we stay in faith
On the paths
Where God leads us.
John 8:12
If we walk with God,
Jesus will always
Be with us.
And there will be
No darkness,
For there is light
Wherever Jesus is.
2 Cor 5:7
When we walk
In faith with God,
We will know
That there is always
Someone with us,
Even if we do not see.
Walk always in faith,
Knowing that God
Is always near,
Loving us all.
Are we really following Jesus? Do we really know what was in His mind through all the layers of history? Do we know who Jesus was in that time? Questions with no real answers. Yet how can we know much about the real Jesus after all this time? And would Jesus accept the religion that has grown up in His name? What would He say about all of us? Would He accept the religion and worship that has grown up around His name?
I am not trying to be a rebel or a heretic here, these are just questions that have occurred to me recently. What I am doing is seeking a deeper understanding of and relationship with God and the man we know as Jesus. What did He really know and think about Himself? I wonder what He would think of our priests and preachers and our tendency to be follow those people who preach division instead of unity. What would He think of all our religions? And would He even approve of what we do in His name? It strikes me that there is too little love in some of the denominations of what we call Christianity. Are we really following Jesus if we do not love all people? And what does the personality we call God have to say about the way we treat others in our world? I find myself wondering about such things.
Where do we go from here? Can anyone find the answers to these and other questions people have about religion and Christianity? I wait and wonder if our questions will ever be answered. And yet these questions need an answer. The problem is, where do we find those answers? Can any answers even be found? It has been too many years since Jesus lived, so any answers will be suspect.
Yet we live in faith, trusting that what we have been told over the years is the truth. Faith is the only thing we have to rely on. What else is there when we can't question the source, Jesus? We can never be sure if we rely on our own thoughts, even if we say the idea is an answer to a prayer. There have been too many cults set up because someone said they had the answers are to everything. Too many people believe what the person says without thinking it over and doing a lot of research. So where do we go from here? How do we find the answers to our questions? If we really want to follow Jesus, how do we get to know the man and what He believed? Are we ready for the answers to our questions?
Are we following Jesus when we don't stop to help those we meet along the way? What about not helping those who are different? Do we know what Jesus wants of each of us? Do we even follow the right path? Does love rule our lives or are we selective about who we love? Could any of us leave everything behind if that was our call? Everything means family, friends and material goods. Would we even hear that kind of call or would we think it a false call? Following Jesus does cost, especially if the people we know and trust believe a different way and tell us we are crazy and will go to hell because we have come to believe different than they do.
Come and learn with me who this Jesus is. Let us study what we have and see if we can find the truth about Him. For example did Jesus intend to start another religion? Or did He just intend to reform the religion He knew? By the time Jesus was born, there was much wrong with Judaism, and the religious leaders of that time didn't seem to be going the way their own books taught. Or at least that's what I read in our part of the Bible.
Something else that has occurred to me, what if we are all worshipping the same God in different ways, ways that go with our culture? After all, the basic principles of each of the major religions are very similar. We are not as different from each other as we might think. God is the creator of all, why can't God be revealed to different people in different ways? And if this is true, we shouldn't be fighting each other. Instead, we should be gathering together, learning who each person is and how to live together in peace and love.
Fv
Free, I am free!
Iam free to be
Who I am,
Free to be
Who God made
Me to really be!
And it is God's love
That has set me
Free!
Psalm 106:1-3
Come, praise God,
And give thanks
For love is always there
For all people.
Proclaim
What God has done
For all the people
That they might
Know justice
And that love
Is theirs.
Psalm 107:1-3
Come and know
That you are
Redeemed
By God,
And are called
From all people
Of the world.
Love is ours
Forever.
And no person
Can take that
Away from us.
God has promised
That this is true.
Easter is coming,
Let us prepare
For our God
To come to us.
Love is here,
Among us,
Can we learn
To love our neighbors
The way God does,
Without caring
Who the person is?
Easter is coming,
Are we ready
For the joy
That comes
After the sorrow?
If Jesus Comes Tonight
© 2004 Danny Riddle / Ousley Music / BMI
Verse One:
If The Lord Jesus Christ Were Standing Here Tonight
What Would He Say To You?
If He Shined Through The Night With His Glorious Light What
He Find?
Chorus:
If Your Heart Were Made To Look Like An Open Story Book
What Would The Ending Be?
If Jesus Comes Tonight Are You In The Book Life
Verse Two:
Do You Bicker And Fight, Always Thinking That Your Right Or
Turn The Other Cheek? If Jesus Heard You Now, Would You Be
Very Proud Of What You Say?
Chorus:
Verse Three:
If The Lord Jesus Christ Were Standing Here Tonight
What Would He Say To You?
Would You Be Heaven Poor Cause The Treasures You Have Stored
Are Here On Earth?
Chorus 2x:
Ending:
If Jesus Comes Tonight Are You In The Book Life
If Jesus Comes Tonight Are You In The Book Life
Saved
John 3:16-17
We are all loved
By our God.
We are whosoevers,
And salvation
Belongs to us all.
Romans 8:31-39
There is no one
Who can take
The love God gives
Away from us.
Whoever we are,
Wherever we are,
Always God
Loves us all.
I John 4:7-12
Because God
Has saved us all,
We are called to love.
We have been called
Children of God,
And in that call,
We must learn to love
All people we meet.
I John 4:13-16
If we are God's
Then hate cannot
Be within us.
Christ came
To us all in love,
And that love
Should be passed on
To all we meet.
Come, salvation
And God's love
Are ours to have!
Reach out
And take hold,
For all people
Are God's!
A Musician
Yes, I met Jesus. I had become crippled and could
not play any of my instruemnts. I had heard about
the healing powers that Jesus had and thought that
it was worth tyring to see ifI could be healed. I
wanted to get back to playing my music. I didn't even
have to ask. I was there in the crowd listening to
Him teaching. Quite a fellow, I'll tell you! I like
the way He teaches! But then Jesus stopped teaching,
and went through the crowd, touching people and healing
them. Of course, I watched where He was going and
put myself near where He was. He stopped and talked
to some folks nearby, then looked at me. And before
I could ask Him - "Please heal me," He reached out
and touched my shoulder. I could feel the warmth
coursing through my body. And then all my brokeness
was gone, healed. Both inside and out! Of course,
since then, I have been a follower, a disciple. And
I find that I am now composing my own music, in praise
of God, who sent Jesus to us. It's so easy, especially
when you know that God loves you!
By Jerry Browning
Following dreams just never led to a place where I could be free
All the desire within my heart didn't do a thing for me
And the void within my soul I filled in the bedrooms and the bars
But the darkened secrets in the night didn't take me very far
Burdened with all the emptyness, I was preparing to seek an end
Suddenly a hand reaced out, it was the beckoning of a friend
He told me he had found a place where the weary could find some peace
Then he took me to a part of town that long ago had been a busy street.
CHORUS :
We sang about the Victory in Jesus and we sang about Amazing Grace
We joined our hands and raised them high and the tears flowed down my face
I've stood in great cathedrals with their ivory and gold
But the little church in the storefront seemed like the throne of God to me.
Something was different in the people there, there was a peace I had never seen
Watching their eyes and smiles and love was a whole new scene for me
I'd grown up in secret world where I always had to hide
But with each smile and with each hug I began to feel that peace inside
There is serenity in my soul now that I I found I am free to be
The little church is a loving home, not some abandoned memory
Anywhere the Spirit lives, where two or more shall pray
The children of a loving God will always find their way to.
CHORUS :
Ecclesiastes 3:1-3
Come walk
With me a while
And let us see
The times
Given to all.
Times to do
The things needed
For a good life.
Ecclesiastes 3:4-6
Come, walk with me
And find the time needed
To experience
All that life has for us.
Ecclesiastes 3:7-8
Come, walk with me
Through the world
And find there are times
To be with each other
And talk together
Of our times
And seasons.
Ecclesiastes 3 :9-13
Come, walk with me
And see the beauty
All around us
That our God has created
For us all
To enjoy and use,
Yet we will never
Understand it all.
Come and see
God's creation
And learn something
Of who our God is.
Follow your call,
Go where God leas
And listen carefully
To find out what
You are to do.
Follow your call,
No matter where
You may be lead.
Let God be in charge
To bless your life.
Love for Joel Maderer
Ruth 1:16-17
There is love
Between us.
Don't ask me
To leave this place,
For where you are
Is where
I want to be.
I Corinthians 13
Come in love,
Come and see
What love is.
Let us all learn
About love
And learn to share
That love abroad.
I Corinthians 13:1-3
I am a person,
A child of God,
But even if
I can speak
Many languages
Or become
The best preacher,
And there is no love,
It is all for nothing.
I Corinthians 13:4-7
If I have love,
I have learned
To be patient
With those around me.
Kindness and gentleness
Are a part of my life,
And I treat other people
With such care
That they know
That God is
Always with me.
I Corinthians 13:8-10
Love is always
A part of my life.
All other gifts
Such as speaking
Or knowledge
Are temporary,
And will pass away,
But love is
Always there for me.
I Corinthians 13:11-12
I once was a child,
And had childish ways,
But now I have
Given that up.
I see now
As through a mirror,
But one day
I will meet God,
And see completely
All that is,
And know completely
What love is.
I Corinthians 13:13
Faith is here with me,
And I do believe.
I hope for all
That is to come,
A better life for all.
But Love abides forever
And is the greatest of all.
I Sing of God for Marsha Stevens
Psalm 28:7
Come, listen to me
As I sing for joy
Of our God,
Who gives strength
To all people.
I am protected,
And help is mine
Because God
Loves me!
Romans 8:1
And I will sing
Of the God
Who does not
Condem me,
But loves me
As I am.
And I am with Jesus,
Who dwells within me.
And love is
Always there.
Romans 8:28,31
I am called to sing,
To tell all people
Of a loving God,
Who dwells within
And wishes good
For all people.
And with God
On our side,
There is no one
Who can keep us
From being free.
Galatians 5:1
And I sing of freedom,
Given to us by God
Through Jesus.
We need not turn
Again to those
Who would enslave us,
Because God is there,
And has set us free.
Philippians 1:6
Some day,
My work will be done,
God will come,
And Jesus will be there.
I will sing praises
Of the God
Who freed me.
Love is always mine
And there is none
Who can take that
Away from me.
I have that promise
From God.
Walk in the Light
I John 1:5-7
Come with me,
Walk with me
In the light
Of God's love.
There is no darkness
When we walk
Always with God.
I John 2:9-11
Come and see,
There is no hate here
And the darkness
Has no place.
Here there is
Only light and love,
And any who hate
Have no place here.
I John 3:1-3
And if we are
Of the light,
We are called
Children of God.
Ah, such love
That is there
For us all
That God should
Come to us
And call us by name
And tell us
That we are
Children of God.
I John 4:11-12
Because we are
Children of God,
We should love
One another.
And in the light
Of that love
We will learn
Who God is,
For God will dwell
Always with us.
Walk with God
Is 2:2-3
God walks with us
And leads us all
Along the paths
That will lead us
To the house of God.
Let us walk in faith,
Knowing that God
Is always there.
Is 40:31
When God walks with us,
Our strength will be
All that we ever need,
And there will be
No weariness
If we stay in faith
On the paths
Where God leads us.
John 8:12
If we walk with God,
Jesus will always
Be with us.
And there will be
No darkness,
For there is light
Wherever Jesus is.
2 Cor 5:7
When we walk
In faith with God,
We will know
That there is always
Someone with us,
Even if we do not see.
Walk always in faith,
Knowing that God
Is always near,
Loving us all.
Let Your Light Shine
Call to worship:
Let your light shine,
Show the world
What God's love
Is all about.
*
Call to prayer:
Come all people
And seek
The Lord of light!
Prayer:
Loving God,
Forgive us
For not letting
Our light shine.
Forgive us
For the darkness
Along the road.
Forgive us
When strangers
Turn away
Because they
Cannot see
To find the way.
Help us to learn
How to let our light
Shine out brightly.
And God is here
With us,
Ready to show us all
How to light up
Our world.
*
Matt 5:13
Be the salt
To your part
Of the earth
And help the people
Find the peace
And love they need.
Matt 5:14-16
Set your light
To glowing bright
And set high
In a lighthouse
So that when
The storms of life
Come along,
Those along the way
Will know
The right way to go.
Charge and benediction:
Come, light up
Your part of the world
So that all people
Will know how to find
The path of life.
Let us be filled
With joy
As we worship God!
Let our songs
Of praise
And thanksgiving
Be hearrd,
So that all will know
Who our God is!!
Come together
And share
The bounty that God
Has given us.
Come, remember
What Jesus did
In God's name for all
And share abroad
Come, know
That Jesus
Is here with us
When we share.
Hope for the Kingdom of love, which shall come.
It is in this kingdom that all shall live in peace,
nor shall any put down any other. No person will be
made to feel that they are less than any other person.
And God's love will be there for all, for all are His
children.
Work for the Kingdom of love and let all people
know that God's love is there for them. This is what
Christmas is all about, God's love made manifest,
walking among the people, showing all how they were
to live in peace.
Live as Christ did, loving all people, sharing
God's love with all, and the kingdom will come sooner.
For the more we live in love and in Christ, the more
the kingdom is present in this world. And let God's
love flow through us all out to the whole world, that
all the world will know God and His love.
Why
Is there trouble
And turmoil
In this world?
People hate and fear
Whatever
Is different,
Can we ever learn
To love at all?
If Jesus Comes Tonight
© 2004 Danny Riddle / Ousley Music / BMI
Verse One:
If The Lord Jesus Christ Were Standing Here Tonight
What Would He Say To You?
If He Shined Through The Night With His Glorious Light What
He Find?
Chorus:
If Your Heart Were Made To Look Like An Open Story Book
What Would The Ending Be?
If Jesus Comes Tonight Are You In The Book Life
Verse Two:
Do You Bicker And Fight, Always Thinking That Your Right Or
Turn The Other Cheek? If Jesus Heard You Now, Would You Be
Very Proud Of What You Say?
Chorus:
Verse Three:
If The Lord Jesus Christ Were Standing Here Tonight
What Would He Say To You?
Would You Be Heaven Poor Cause The Treasures You Have Stored
Are Here On Earth?
Chorus 2x:
Ending:
If Jesus Comes Tonight Are You In The Book Life
If Jesus Comes Tonight Are You In The Book Life