Thank You

To know Your grace at the end of the day
That you forgive me for where I have stumbled
And You Love me just the same

I'm sorry for where I've sinned
Those things I've thought said and done
Thank You for Your Strength to turn around
To get up tommorrow
And live to fight once again

Thank You for the knowledge of Your love
It comforts me when I fear
That You are with me and will not forsake me
Thank You that You care

Thank Your for understanding
You know my thoughts through and through
But could I take Your hand
In Your promises stand
Though I am so confused

for hurting hearts

I don't deserve
to see Your face
to enjoy Your presence
to run this race

However,
You offer love
and forgiveness to my heart
I am nothing
but I accept
and You have poured out Your love again
Thank You so much for Your loving me

You're the best

a prayer

If You Love me, then I can go on
I know You Love me, so I can get up and walk

Thank You my Friend
Thank You
May I live for You
And not for the world
Not for me anymore

...

God,
I'm not very wise
neither tactful
I don't always treat people right
and I'm not that bright
at doing life

But I know You give wisdom
to those who ask
who ask and do not doubt;

That instead of having envy
and selfish ambition
when it comes to doing life,
I would be peaceloving and considerate
submissive,
full of mercy and good fruit
being impartial and sincere

Yor guidance helps me to live
like how I am supposed to
Thank You for being a good teacher

You're Great Lord!!
:)

Dear Lord

Dear Lord,
Help me to see Your Grace
At those times I really need
Help me to trust
And know Your unfailing Love
Every day of the week

[dedicated to Nikki :) ]

honour to God

I should acknowldge You in my life
before men and angels alike
Acknowledge You in my word
Yet in my actions too

For You are my Saviour
My Friend
The Rock of my life...

I should honour You
in the way that I live
and tell my friends of the love that You give
Demonstrating Your work in me
that maybe they might
also see;
how Wonderful You Are

For You took pity
and welcomed me
washed me clean
and made me new
showed me life
and told me the truth
You showed me the way
to live my life
and You are the Way
to my Father in heaven

something about Neil

Neil died round about two weeks ago now.
I wanted to post to tell you about one time when he said something really great to me.
It was at one of the prayer evenings we had for him. At the end I talked with him for a min or two. He asked me how I was doing and showed concern for me even though he was the one so heavily burdened. I remember that as an example of trying to live as God would want us to... looking out for others and loving eachother as Jesus loved us.

Now he's with our Father God in heaven

poem

When I'm depressed
I sit at Your feet
with my head to the ground
Yet You show mercy
to me the undeserivng
and forgive me for my terrible sin

Now I am made clean
by Your Mercy
I look to You
what can I say -
Thank You Jesus
for being who You are

I need You
And I need to live for You
I am free to do so

It's a new year

Hi everyone
I hope you all have had a good Christmas time and new year. Thank You for your comments on my last post. I'm back from skiing (and in one piece), it was very enjoyable and the scenery was great. As I skied, I thought about how amazing it was that I was enjoying skiing on a mountain that God had crafted Himself. I am glad to be back though. I have missed church and hope to be there next Sunday. It has been a really good opportunity over Christmas time to do some Bible reading also. Scripture really helps in making the right choices when it comes to decision making. Hopefuly I'll be consistant in having some good Bible time regularly through the new year and beyond.

Hope to post again soon

Oh Yeah Also!!!
I just wanted to give a shout to Nikki Winnal - if you still read my blog
justed thought I'd tell you I was thinking of you recently and hope you are doing alright
God Bless
:)

Christmas Time

hello fellow bloggers
It's Christmas time again. I broke up from school today and will be glad to not have any pressure to work for a while. Having said that, I have mock exams in February so I do need to do some significant revsion over Christmas. I also have an art project which I seriously need to get on with as well and have been putting off for far too long. Generally I need to apply myself much more than I have been recently.

Usually when I tell people that they smile and think that I am too hard on myself... but inside I know that that just isn't true. Whilst creating the impression of being a hard working individual, I play host to a seriously lazy attitude which i need to address in a sustained way. On occasion I really deal with it (like when I have exams in a couple of weeks) but afterwards I slip back into a cycle of laziness. That's not the way i should be as a Christian. I should maintain what I have worked towards instead of letting standards slip.

Philippians 3:16 (New International Version)
"Only let us live up to what we have already attained"

So onward I need to go, pressing on towards the goal and not becoming overly discouraged if I do slip up. That's what I really need to work at, being strong in God's grace so I don't give up the minute I step out of line and sin. I need to be persevering in walking with God.

Anyway, I'm off skiing on Friday with my family which should be great, I just need to keep up the revising at the same time.
See you after Christmas everyone

I belong to the LORD

I belong to the LORD
He is my Refuge
I call to Him
In my time of distress
And He Saves me

I say
"I have nothing else to cling on to.
To whom else shall I go?
You Have the Words of Eternal Life
So I will put my trust in You"

You then graciously Save me
In Your great Mercy Welcome me
that I may enter Your rest
And I understand that You Love me

God...
You're an Amazing God
And the Only True God
You Are most Worthy of Praise
Your Love is Unfailing
You're the Rock I can trust in

What will they think

When I'm afraid of standing out and being different
What will they say or think
How will they judge me
Will I fit in

...Do not be afraid of any man, for judgment belongs to God...
Deuteronomy 1:17

It is how God sees me that counts
What HE thinks and says
The judgments HE pronounces
HE Lives
HE sees me
HE is my Refuge
my Friend when I'm laughed at

The Good News

Good News
That’s Your message

You sent Your one and only Son
Who was Holy and blameless
He was the One Truth, and the One Way
He was the Life
And Reconciled us to You

Your Gospel;
A message that we’re forgiven
And our debt has been fully paid
I’m favoured by You
And You’re not angry with me

Now I’m really free
To live that dream
Of walking in Your Ways

I’ll remember Your Promise
And not cling to the past
I’ll pick up my mat and walk
And leap for Joy
“Thanks be to God for what You've Done for me!!!”

When I stumble and the past bars its teeth
I’ll remember I’m free to Live the Dream
And I’ll look to You
And trust in Your Grace
Humbled I move on
holding Your Hand tight

Cos I need You
And You’re coming soon
My life is short
I wanna make it count

I’ll cling Your Words
And try and pray to You all the time
From when I wake to when I sleep
Would You be my only Goal
And my Strength to carry on

Let’s bear Your Fruit
For God is for me and not against me*
You have given me peace
I know I’m Loved by You
I’m Your Child, and I’ll smile up at You My Father

Jesus...

The One I look to

The LORD is Salvation

Romans 8:31 (New International Version)

What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Something

It's not enough
to claim to repent
God wants obediance
not lies

If i was really sorry
I would get my act together

If I'm set free from sin
Then why do I flirt with it
like a wayward wife

I need to take control
of my act and my tongue
be slow to speak
live like Your Son

I need to carry my cross
EACH DAY !!!
and go that extra mile
to live for You and
serve You gladly with a smile

I ought to have more than good intentions
I need to bear fruit
good fruit

...

I have sat here discouraged long enough
I need to get up and walk
and obey Your word

I'll trust in Your Love
that never fails
and clothe myself in Christ's attitude
and refute the accusations brought against me
for forgiven sin

I've been wasshed in Your Blood
Now I live for You
I'll strain on forward
and forget the past
Your Love... Your Grace is enough

Set my eyes on the prize
look into Your eyes
and Live what is my heart's desire
to know You more

hey everyone

hey I haven't posted in a while
I hope in future to be a bit quieter on blogger
I've begun to use/abuse it as a way of attention seeking

On blogger I've been overly talkative which is not how God wants be to be

Proverbs 10:19 (New International Version)
When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise

You enetred in

You entered in
And told me You Loved me
Showed me a different way

I opened up
Like a flower
and You saw me
All my vulnerabilities
All my needs

I'll sit or kneel
And listen for You
I wait
I'm burning for You

Daddy
I'll wonder after You

just something

You came and saved me
Wiping away all the junk
I was changed from that moment
New outlook
and a Friend to be with me always

Laws You wrote
on the tablet of this heart
I'll find my name
on Your hands
I'm humbled
You gave Your Spirit to live inside of me

Your Spirit is my Counselor
Helping me
You made me free
I'm growing to know You
So much to learn

I Hunger for You so bad
I'll stay up all night to be with You
I want to get rid of my idols
So I won't be distracted from You
The Only One I can live for

I ask for Your Joy to come back to me
this heart beats for You
I need Your love
and Your affirmation
I want to hold Your hand
That I might have strength to carry on

I want to smile again
My Faithful Friend
But If I have to cry
Keep me burning inside
Though I want to fly
I'll crawl in the valley

Thank You for giving me discipline
But as for My heart
I depend on You to change me
In everything I look to You

Jesus, Jesus
All I am looks to You
Hopes, dreams
Take care of me

I love You

What God Did to me...

Thank You for Your Promises
You have given me Promises so I can trust in them
So that I may know my standing with You is Secure
My Hopes are set On Your Word
Thank You so much Your Word will never fail

When I was guilty, and unable to have a relationship with You
You Sent Your One and Only Son
to Remove all my guilt and shame
Humbled, I look to You now
You are my Lifeline
You showed me such grace

Your promise tells me that when I confess my sins
That you are faithful
and Forgive me them completely
and then Purify me from all Unrighteousness
I really can trust You in this
Faithful Faithful God

Then You Gave Your Spirit
and Poured Your Love over me
So I knew I was Your child
And I was comforted in You
You Gave me the Faith to Believe You

You Spirit shows me of my sin
And makes me see Your Righteousness
You Provide me with Strength to do Your will
And You make my heart burn for You
This new heart of flesh You Gave me

Teacher

The Lord challenges me on all sides
testing my character
or lack of

My teacher
I couldn't pray
You helped meGiving me a model to pray by
and Giving an example of how to be a holy living sacrifice to God
I need to learn to go that extra mile
and to do so with a smile
to put others first.

i want my heart to be true
my secret motives to Glorify God
but deep inside, i feel like I put myself at the centre
seeking praise and affirmation
but man's praise is so empty
so are his words

I want to be real and honest
a true reflection of God's character
marked with integrity
I want to trash my selish ambition
and rotten attitudes
leaving them forever at the foot of the cross

I want to start now
embarking on eternity
living out the Righteousness
that God gave me
such precious Righteousness
Jesus my precious security

When unsure of my standing
I will take Your hand
and courageously trust in Your Love
And rest in Your Promise

I want to quit winging
about how hard the Christian life seems
But I'll be glad to share in Your suffering
You're the One who died for me

Thank You for sharing
such heartfelt intimacy
that You would be my Friend
My God
You Guide me

I'm so glad You'll never go away
You always Reign
In times of deparation
I realise, You are my Only Hope
"Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.
John 6:68(New International Version)

mountain top view

I used this for something else
but I thought I'd put it on my blog as well

thinking of those times when you reflect on God... and how He has Carried you in life
thinking of standing on the mountain top musing over where God has Taken you...
my heart marvels gently, peaacefully, quietly
and a gentle smiles breaks on my face...
as my heart gives thanks for the intimacy You bless me with

Thank You Lord for such times,
on that mountain top breathing Your fresh air,
and reflecting on the Journey
You have Walked with me on.
I ask for clear vision to see that view,
and Thank You for Your Presence that Guides my thoughts so I can wonder at what You have done and the miracles You are delicately articulating in my life.

You're always so Good... My King
Who Walks with me always

God bless, n' lots of love
: )