Hymn 199

1 Thou art the Rock everlasting,
    Spiritual Rock cleft for me;
  Drinking of Thee as the Spirit,
    Thus I become one with Thee.
  Thou art the Rock never shaken,
    ’Tis on this Rock we are built;
  Joined unto Thee thru redemption,
    Nothing can shake us thru guilt.
Chorus  
    Lord, how we treasure Thy value,
      All that Thou art is for us;
    While here in loving remembrance
      We share Thy wealth glorious.
2 Thou art the Stone tried by many,
    Precious to God, dear to us,
  Thou art so sure and trustworthy,
    Thy strength is so marvelous.
  Thou art the Stone that is living,
    Chosen of God, made our own;
  So energetic and pow’rful,
    With endless life to us known.
3 Thou art the Stone of Foundation
    Laid by our God, safe and sure;
  It is by this sure foundation
    Safety fore’er we secure.
  To us no other foundation
    Of any kind man can lay;
  Thou art the only foundation
    Which we have now and for aye.
4 Lord, for God’s spiritual building,
    Thou art the Chief Cornerstone;
  Both of the Jews and the Gentiles
    By Thee are built into one.
  Lord, Thou art also the Topstone,
    Brought forth in measureless grace;
  Thou art our cover and glory,
    Moving our hearts in Thy praise.

If I gained the world, but lost the Savior

This song has really helped me and reminded me how empty the world really is even though SO attractive. The Lord is SO MUCH. More attracting :D enjoy!

If I gained the world, but lost the Savior

If I gained the world, but lost the Savior,
Were my life worth living for a day?
Could my yearning heart find rest and comfort
In the things that soon must pass away?
If I gained the world, but lost the Savior,
Would my gain be worth the lifelong strife?
Are all earthly pleasures worth comparing
For a moment with a Christ-filled life?
Had I wealth and love in fullest measure,
And a name revered both far and near,
Yet no hope beyond, no harbor waiting,
Where my storm-tossed vessel I could steer;
If I gained the world, but lost the Savior,
Who endured the cross and died for me,
Could then all the world afford a refuge,
Whither, in my anguish, I might flee?
O what emptiness!—without the Savior
'Mid the sins and sorrows here below!
And eternity, how dark without Him!
Only night and tears and endless woe!
What, though I might live without the Savior,
When I come to die, how would it be?
O to face the valley's gloom without Him!
And without Him all eternity!
O the joy of having all in Jesus!
What a balm the broken heart to heal!
Ne'er a sin so great, but He'll forgive it,
Nor a sorrow that He does not feel!
If I have but Jesus, only Jesus,
Nothing else in all the world beside—
O then everything is mine in Jesus;
For my needs and more He will provide.

O Love, that wilt not let me go

O Love, that wilt not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in Thee;
I give Thee back the life I owe,
That in Thine ocean depths its flow
May richer, fuller be.
O Light, that followest all my way,
I yield my flickering torch to Thee;
My heart restores its borrowed ray,
That in Thy sunshine's blaze its day
May brighter, fairer be.
O Joy, that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to Thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
And feel the promise is not vain
That morn shall tearless be.
O Cross, that liftest up my head,
I dare not ask to fly from Thee;
I lay in dust life's glory dead,
And from the ground there blossoms red
Life that shall endless be.

://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/nt/432#ixzz1hOeRMoqM

Song of the Month

Coldplay - Violet Hill

Was a long and dark December
From the rooftops I remember
There was snow
White snow

Clearly I remember
From the windows they were watching
While we froze
Down below

When the future's architectured
By a carnival of idiots on show
You'd better lie low

If you love me
Won't you let me know?

Was a long and dark December
When the banks became cathedrals
And the fog
Became God

Priests clutched onto bibles
Hollowed out to fit their rifles
And the cross was held aloft

Bury me in armor
When I'm dead and hit the ground
A love back home unfolds

If you love me
Won't you let me know?

I don't want to be a soldier
Who the captain of some sinking ship
Would stow, far below

So if you love me
Why'd you let me go?

I took my love down to Violet Hill
There we sat in snow
All that time she was silent still

So if you love me
Won't you let me know?

If you love me,
Won't you let me know?

Live Ministry meeting :D

I attended the Live ministry meeting. It was a unexpected trip, but totally worth the 5 torturous hours in the car.

The message was on "In John's Epistles" -the Flow of the Lord Jesus within Us-te Fellowship of the Eternal Life.

C. fellowship is the imparting of the Triune God-the Father, the Son, and the Spirit- into the believers as their unique portion and blessing for them to enjoy today and for eternity. -1 Cor. 1:9; 2 Cor. 13:14; Num. 6:22-27
F. First John reveals the principles of the divine fellowship, 2 John reveals that we must have no fellowship with those who deny Christ, and 3 John reveals that we should stay in the one fellowship of God's family by sending forward those who travel for the gospel and the ministry of the word in a manner worthy of God and by not loving to be first in the church.
II.A. We enter into the vertical aspect of the divine fellowship by the divine Spirit, the Holy Spirit; this aspect of fellowship refers to our fellowship with the Triune God in our loving Him-2 Cor. 13:14; 1 John 1:3,6; Mark 12:30
B. We enter into the horizontal aspect of the divine fellowship by the human spirit; this aspect of our fellowship refers to our fellowship with one another by the exercise of our spirit in our loving one another-Phil.2:1; Rev. 1:10; 1 John 1:2-3, 7; 1 Cor. 16:18; Mark 12:31; Rom. 13:8-10; Gal. 5:13-15
C. The one divine fellowship is an interwoven fellowship-the horizontal fellowship is interwoven with the vertical fellowship:
2. Our horizontal fellowship with the saints brings us into vertical fellowship with the Lord: then our vertical fellowship with the Lord brings us into horizontal fellowship with the saints.
3. We must maintain both the vertical and horizontal aspects of the divine fellowship in order to be healthy spiritually- cf. 1 John 1:7,9
D. The divine fellowship is everything in the Christian life!
III. 4. The Lord uses our failures to show us how horrible, ugly, and abominable we are, causing us to forsake all that is from the self and to COMPLETELY depend on God.

Read Psalms 103:1-4, 13-14; 32:1-2

5. Taking Christ as our trespass offerin to receive the forgiveness of sins issues in our fearig God and loving God-Psalms 130:4; Luke 7:47-50
IV. As we are enjoying Christ in the divine fellowship, we continually experience a cycle in our spiritual life of four crucial things- the eternal life, the fellowship of the eternal life, the divine light, and the blood of Jesus the Son of God; such a cycle briga us onward in the growth of the divine life until we reach the maturity of life to corporately arrive at a full-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ-1 John 1:1-9; Heb. 6:1; Eph. 4:13

My Prayer "Lord, I love you! Lord, I need You! Lord, I want to COMPLETELY depend on You!"

Song of the Day

I was driving down the street in my car running errands for my Dad today... and this song came on the radio. And it's just everything that I have been feeling ALL day. So it was just PERFECT for my day :) Wow, Gavin. I have always loved your music!

Gavin DeGraw

A day to REST

Today is a good day! Took a half day off work, and drove to Athens to get away and just relax. I'm enjoying a good book, great music, and amazing coffee drink at "two story" coffee house! Today is a day of rest and relaxation for me. And I'm in much need of a destressizing day ;)

My winter break is nothing but interestingly BUSY!

Had a lovely day off yesterday. Went to see my sister Naomi in Asheville, NC. Today: Work and pre packing for Cali (have to, cuz otherwise I WILL NOT have the time), cleaning apartment, WORK WORK WORK... Family dinner with some saints tonight. More packing. Taking a half day tomorrow, and heading to my favorite place on earth, Athens. Gotta see my Athens family before I leave town for three weeks! fri: work. Homemeeting. more packing. THREE WEEKS OFF FOR WINTER BREAK Sat: Crack of dawn, wedding hair for Kristin Lewis, soon to be Mrs. Robert Phillips. Wedding :) YEY!. Hopefully finish packing. Lord's day: Lord's table Meeting in ATL. Lunch. Flight to Cali. Monday: Anaheim, California... Up the mountain to my other home, "Big Bear City, Angeti" a few days to CHILLAX, I'm gonna need it... Next Sat: FTTA graduation. Followed by lunch with the Graduates. Picking up Laura M. from the airport. Back up the mountain.... Major Turkey dinner cooking :D. Lord's Day: Turkey dinner day!! My niece Nora/s very first birhday 25th of Dec. 2011. Monday back down the mountain for a week for the semi annual training in Anaheim, CA. Then back up the mountain to Big Bear for a relaxing week with my parents, New Years spent on the top of a mountain, bringing in 2012 :D!! Hoping to see Hannah, Lord willing, dunno yet. Flight back home January 8th 2012.

Tennessee Trip Dec. 2011

I had a really amazing weekend with one of my favorite families other then my own.

My Mom, Lizzy and I traveled up to Murfreesboro, TN this past weekend to visit and blend with the saints. We stayed with the Sandlin family there. They are a amazing family from my church life. Sarah, Joey, and Ben were all delightful!!

Mrs. Sandlin had a birthday last weekend. So like I do for my own Mom, I made her a birthday dinner of Home made Fried Chicken, Mashed potatoes, sauteed green beans and mushrooms with onions, Spinach Salad with strawberries, and Ben and I made home made pretzel m&m's for dessert. everything came out perfectly and I successfully had the Sandlin family in a food coma Sat pm :). Lord's day we had the same for leftovers, and I made a Home made Chocolate cake with a strawberry middle glaze, with Cream cheese frosting, and sliced almonds on top to top it all off. Joey: "this cake is the opposite of terrible" haha, silly man! Joey tried to raid the pretzels from the night before and my mom said "save some for your brother's who are coming next weekend" Joey: "oh, is that why they are in the freezer?"

Ben and I made UGA representing posters. Ben wanted me to play paper football with him, which I have not played since I was his age, and he successfully beat me at. I believe it's because I'm out of practice, but he really is a great player. The little man is very Talented!!

Sarah and I had a blast with eachother, and she made me miss my own little sister Hannah SO MUCH!! We went shopping a little. stayed up talking later then we should have, and did eachothers hair, she played the guitar, paino, madlin and the flute all for me at some point during the weekend. She is SO very talented. She also pulled out family photo albums for Lizzy and I to glance at, all so addorible!!

Joey is one smart man!! He is going to end up being one smart talented college man in the next year. I tried to encourage the summer trip he is wanting to take to the YP Conference in Male Ciche, Poland this summer. It would be so wonderful if he actually got to go. It's a life experience I will always treasure and remember! I showed him pictures from the past years that have accured and told him the schedule, tried to encourage him through stories of when I had attended. I think that he was already set on going, and just praying that it will all work out so that he gets to :). http://www.ageturners.com/ is where you can listen to past messages from this particular conference in Poland.

Janis is oh so sweet, and just kept reminding me of my own mom. I really enjoyed the time I was so fortunate to have spent with her this weekend.

I really enjoyed Mr. Sandlin's sharing in the meeting, as he was very busy working all weekend.

Praise the Lord for the Blending :) I thank the Lord I got this time with the saints in Murfreesboro. Here are some pictures :)

Well back to work :)

Lord, Grant Me Today’s Supply of Grace

Lord, Grant Me Today’s Supply of Grace



    Chorus 1:

 C       F      G     C
 Lord, grant me today’s supply of grace;
 C F   G C
 May Your divine life grow apace;
 C F G     Am
 Little by little, day by day, to grow 
       F  G
 More and more, into You.



        F      Em
1.  Day by day, bit by bit, life will grow as is fit,
     Dm     F    G
    Increasing gradually until,
    F  Em    Dm  F    G
    However imperceptibly, Your life matures within me.




2.  I would be desperately, constantly, patiently,
    Drawing each breath of life from You, Lord;
    Knowing that every day while I breathe,
    Your life will permeate me.



3.  Every day, may I rest, knowing that each bequest,
    Matches my daily need exactly;
    Jesus Christ intercedes for me, a member of His body.


    Chorus 2:
 Lord, grant me a heavenly, corporate view;
 That all of my growth and prayers to You,
 Little by little, day by day, would cause building up into You.



4.  We would be corporately, growing up steadily
    Till we reach the stature of Your fullness;
    Transforming and conforming us, Your
    Manifested people.


 (Chorus 1)    


 (Chorus 2)
 Lord, grant me a heavenly, corporate view;
 That all of my growth and prayers to You,
 Little by little, day by day, would cause building up into the New Jerusalem.

My Wheels!

Bought a car yesterday, it's been about a year and a half since I've had wheels. My great friend Mark S. sold it to me. It's a Volvo 740, 1991, white, 4 door sedan. It's the exact same car as the first car I had ever owned..... Which my brother Mark had fun giving it too much body damage to be drivable, or I'd still have it!! needless to say he wont be driving this one ;)!

I'll try and update later. Still gotta write about how my "Post Thanks" went :)