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Zoe: my spiritual life

ζωή — zoë — The divine life; the life that enlivens the human spirit; the spiritual life. This is about God’s search for man, and man’s search for God.

Oh, what kind of man is Jesus

Posted by on Aug 31, 2010 in Christian songs | Comments Off on Oh, what kind of man is Jesus

Oh, what kind of man is Jesus!
Word of God from ageless past
God eternal and unchanging
One day into time was cast
Fullness of the triune Godhead
Tiny child he came to be
Son of God and seed of woman
This man’s Spirit lives in me

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Under the sun

Posted by on Aug 31, 2010 in Christian songs | Comments Off on Under the sun

Tune: House of the Rising Sun, plus bridge. For the tune, e-mail me and I will send it to you. Vanity, futility, absurdity, Under the sun’s cruel rays; Meaningless, emptiness, pointlessness, Is the sum of all our days. The sun will rise, the sun will set; Each day goes up and down. To the south, then turning to the north, The wind goes round and round. No matter what you see, no matter what you hear, What’s new today has long before been done. Yesterday’s accomplishments and monuments Will be forgotten always. There’s a time that is set for...

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My sheep hear my voice

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John 10:27-30 Tune: I will post the tune later My sheep hear my voice I know who they are and they follow me My sheep hear my voice I know who they are and they follow me I give them my eternal life And they will never, ever perish No one will snatch them out from my hand I and the Father are one My sheep hear my voice I know who they are and they follow me My sheep hear my voice I know who they are and they follow me My Father who has given them to me Is greater than all, greater than all No one can snatch them from my Father’s hand I and...

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Till I’m filled with you

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Tune: I want to praise you, Lord, much more than I do by Randy Thomas and Sam Scott I want to eat you, Lord, till I’m filled with you I take you into me, as on your word I chew Each word out from your heart will full grace and strength impart You are my real food Chorus You are to me all my supply Over and o’er you truly satisfy I need you, Lord, I cannot live without you, Lord I want to drink you, Lord, till I’m filled with you You are a spring within that waters me anew Dear Love who loved me first, how you satisfy my thirst You are my real...

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Psalm 42

Posted by on Aug 31, 2010 in Christian songs | Comments Off on Psalm 42

0 To the director. A contemplative song of the sons of Korach.
   
1 As a deer pants for the waters,
  So my soul pants for you, God.
2 My soul thirsts and longs within me,
  Thirsts for God, the living God.
  When will I come before God’s face,
  When before God to appear?
3 Where’s your God? all day they ask me;
  Day and night my food is tears.
 

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The Jerusalem that is above

Posted by on Aug 31, 2010 in Christian songs | Comments Off on The Jerusalem that is above

(Tune: What made you, Lord, to die for me? You died for me, your enemy. Tune is © Living Stream Ministry) A stream out from the tree of life Flows, searching for a city-wife. Along the banks are onyx stone, Gold and bdellium—good for building, but scattered alone. With such approbation, behold Your creation, But there You find no counterpart. Jerusalem alone, built from Your flesh and bone, Can ever satisfy Your heart. While Abraham, Isaac, Jacob Sojourned by faith, no map but God, Living in tents in strangers’ lands, They were longing for a...

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If I gained the world but lost the kingdom

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Tune: If I gained the world but lost the Savior; LSM Hymns, #1079, new tune If I gained the world but lost the kingdom What a double loser I would be, Gaining this world’s riches and men’s honour, But with it this world’s anxiety. Then the age will turn to the millennium, Though my heart had wished for its delay; I would weep with deep regret so bitter, Until I in Christ my treasure lay. If I gained a family so perfect, Caring only for my kids and spouse, Happy married life as my own cottage, Then I’d dwell outside my Father’s house. I might...

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I might fail, but I will never be forsaken

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Download MP3 (Licensed CC-BY-SA) Here’s a video performance by a sister on YouTube: Lyrics I can’t believe it, that I could fall so low In spite of all I know, despite how much I’ve grown My Lord, I have not one excuse to give Dare I ever look You in the face again? Softly You whisper, “Why are you so amazed To now discover what I always knew of you?” I thank You, Lord, for bringing me to know That I’m truly nothing, Lord, apart from You Chorus I might fail … I will surely fail As my self is exposed and stripped away But never will I be...

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The fragrance of Christ

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Tune: Hymns 437: Hast thou heard Him, seen Him, known Him? (Tune 2) 2Co 2:14-17; Mt 26:6-16; Mk 14:1-11; Lk 7:36-50; Jn 12:1-8; 1Pe 2:6-8 Captives led off in Christ’s triumph Manifest His pure fragrance: Death to dying, life to living, They spread Him in every place. Mary, one who thus was captured, Brought her heart stored in a jar; She poured out her all on Jesus Till His fragrance filled the air. “Does he not know she’s a sinner?” Thought self-righteous Pharisee. He, forgiven only little, Could but love little only. Thus the fragrance of...

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Recovery Version Bible Review

Posted by on Aug 27, 2010 in Gospel and Truth | 4 comments

The Recovery Version (RcV) is usually published as a composition of four distinct items: the RcV Bible translation; the RcV Bible footnotes; RcV Bible outlines; and RcV Bible cross-references. Different editions of the RcV include various combos of each of these items, sometimes New Testament only, and sometimes the whole Bible. I will comment separately on each of these components, referring mainly to the New Testament editions.

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