THURSDAY May 13, 2010

WE CRY OUT (Gateway Worship)

Father of life seated on Your throne of grace

It’s only by Your mercy we are saved

Lord, You have said if we call upon Your name

We and our families will be saved

So we cry out Your name, El Shaddai, God of Grace

Lord most High, Jesus Christ

We rely on Your grace, Adonai, crowned in Praise

Lord most High, Jesus Christ

Jesus, Jesus

Father of love never failing to forgive

This moment is a gift for today

We’re only here to tell the world about Your Grace

Until the day You take us all away.

Lord, this wonderful exciting day that You have prepared for me is here and I look forward to it.  I rely on Your Grace, I appreciate Your forgiveness and love extended toward me.  I will lift my heart unto the hills today from where my help comes from.  Psalm 118:  “In my anguish I cried to the Lord and he answered by setting me free.  The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid.  The Lord is with me, He is my helper.  I was pushed back and about to fall, but the Lord helped me.  The Lord is my strength and my song.” Sounds like my brother David had some of the some things in his life that I do.  Holy, Holy Lord God Almighty.  You are Holy.  God chose me, me, AMAZING!!!

“Thus the work on the house of God in Jerusalem came to a standstill until…..” Ezra 4:24.  What stopped them?  Who cut in on them?  God had a plan to rebuild the temple, what made them come to a standstill?  According to scriptures before this one, satan and his folks came against them.  They told lies, they connived against the plans of God for His Children. 

Until????  The Until was coming, God had a plan and He did accomplish His Plan.  I don’t completely understand the “standstill” part.  I have been in the “standstill” part in different degrees of my life at different times. 

But….I know God has a plan.  From the moment He called me, He had a plan.  He has fulfilled many of His plans in my life.  I have a wonderful family, I am blessed way, way beyond words.  My cup overflows with His goodness and kindness in my life.  When I deserved nothing, He has given me so much. I have given up all hope of pleasing God by any effort of the flesh.  I am learning that the only way to please God is by loving and surrendering everything to Jesus.  He is the only good thing in me. I believe the Word of God.  I am learning how to live my life by listening and observing others that have gone before me. I will not give up, The Lord has a plan and He will accomplish what He has started in me.  Today

Who Can Imagine,

Mary Ann