IT’S NOT ABOUT ME

It’s not about me,
It’s all about God,
Who died to set me free.

It’s all about the Cross,
It’s not about me,
Or what I can do for God.

It’s not about me,
It’s all about grace,
That rescued me from sin.

It’s all about Jesus,
It’s not about me,
Or how I prove my love to Him.

It’s not about me,
It’s all about Christ,
Who rose from the grave so I might live.

J. E. P.

Are You Fresh for Everything?

Jesus answered and said to him, ’Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God’ —John 3:3 Sometimes we are fresh and eager to attend a prayer meeting, but do we feel that same freshness for such mundane tasks as polishing shoes?

Being born again by the Spirit is an unmistakable work of God, as mysterious as the wind, and as surprising as God Himself. We don’t know where it begins— it is hidden away in the depths of our soul. Being born again from above is an enduring, perpetual, and eternal beginning. It provides a freshness all the time in thinking, talking, and living— a continual surprise of the life of God. Staleness is an indication that something in our lives is out of step with God. We say to ourselves, “I have to do this thing or it will never get done.” That is the first sign of staleness. Do we feel fresh this very moment or are we stale, frantically searching our minds for something to do? Freshness is not the result of obedience; it comes from the Holy Spirit. Obedience keeps us “in the light as He is in the light . . .” (1 John 1:7).

Jealously guard your relationship with God. Jesus prayed “that they may be one just as We are one”-with nothing in between (John 17:22). Keep your whole life continually open to Jesus Christ. Don’t pretend to be open with Him. Are you drawing your life from any source other than God Himself? If you are depending on something else as your source of freshness and strength, you will not realize when His power is gone.

Being born of the Spirit means much more than we usually think. It gives us new vision and keeps us absolutely fresh for everything through the never-ending supply of the life of God.

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RE:NEW

Revelation 1:5-6

NEW

Bow your heart to God who loves us
Submit your art to be washed in His blood
Take your place as a servant and a saint,
To God who delights to make all things new.
 Be silent before Him – be still and believe,
Heaven is wide open for eyes that will see.
Surrender your life to God who formed us,
Relinquish your strife to be calmed in His love.
Take your place at the Lord’s Table of Grace,
And worship the One Who made your life new.

J. E. P.
01/5/09

  To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins
in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests
to His God and Father, to Him be glory and
dominion forever and ever. — Revelation 1:5-6
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 Jesus, Lover of My Soul

Jesus, lover of my soul
Let me to Thy bosom fly
While the nearer waters roll
While the tempest still is high
Hide me, O my Savior hide
Till the storm of life is past
Safe into the haven guide
O receive my soul at last

Other refuge have I none
Hangs my helpless soul on Thee
Leave, O leave me not alone
Still support and comfort me
All my trust in Thee is stayed
All my help from Thee I bring
Cover my defenseless head
With the shadow of Thy wing

Thou, O Christ art all I want
More than all in Thee I find
Raise the fallen, cheer the faint
Heal the sick and lead the blind
Just and holy is Thy name
I am all unrighteousness
False and full of sin I am
Thou art full of truth and grace

Plenteous grace with Thee is found
Grace to cover all my sin
Let the healing streams abound
Make and keep me pure within
Thou of life the fountain art
Freely let me drink of Thee
Spring Thou up within my heart
Rise to all eternity

This song can be found
on  Starkindler 1998
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“To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in
His own blood, and has made us kings and priests
to His God and Father, to Him be glory
and dominion forever and ever.”
Revelation 1:5-6
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RENEWED

Bow your heart
To God who loves us,
Submit your art
To be washed in His blood.

Take your place
As a servant and saint,
To God who makes
All things new.

Be silent before Him
Be still and believe,
Heaven is wide open
For heart’s that now see.

Surrender your life
To God who formed you,
Relinquish your storm and strife
To be rescued in His sea of love.

Take your place
At the Master’s table set for you,
Worship the Lord Jesus whose grace
Caused your long lost life to be renewed.

JEFFREE !
January 7

Morning Verse
“For me to live is Christ.” Philippians 1:21

  The believer did not always live to Christ. He began to do so when God the Holy Spirit convinced him of sin, and when by grace he was brought to see the dying Saviour making a propitiation for his guilt. From the moment of the new and celestial birth the man begins to live to Christ. Jesus is to believers the one pearl of great price, for whom we are willing to part with all that we have. He has so completely won our love, that it beats alone for Him; to His glory we would live, and in defence of His gospel we would die; He is the pattern of our life, and the model after which we would sculpture our character. Paul’s words mean more than most men think; they imply that the aim and end of his life was Christ–nay, his life itself was Jesus. In the words of an ancient saint, he did eat, and drink, and sleep eternal life. Jesus was his very breath, the soul of his soul, the heart of his heart, the life of his life. Can you say, as a professing Christian, that you live up to this idea? Can you honestly say that for you to live is Christ? Your business–are you doing it for Christ? Is it not done for self- aggrandizement and for family advantage? Do you ask, “Is that a mean reason?” For the Christian it is. He professes to live for Christ; how can he live for another object without committing a spiritual adultery? Many there are who carry out this principle in some measure; but who is there that dare say that he hath lived wholly for Christ as the apostle did? Yet, this alone is the true life of a Christian–its source, its sustenance, its fashion, its end, all gathered up in one word–Christ Jesus. Lord, accept me; I here present myself, praying to live only in Thee and to Thee. Let me be as the bullock which stands between the plough and the altar, to work or to be sacrificed; and let my motto be, “Ready for either.”
                                                                                        —Morning and Evening

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“To follow the Savior is to participate in salvation,
to follow the light is to perceive the light.”

     — Irenaeus