Jesus Paid It All

I hear the Savior say,
“Thy strength indeed is small;
Child of weakness, watch and pray,
Find in Me thine all in all.”

Jesus paid it all,
All to Him I owe;
Sin had left a crimson stain
He washed it white as snow

Lord now indeed I find
Thy power and Thine alone
Can change the lepers spots
And melt the heart of stone

Jesus paid it all
All to Him I owe;
My sin had left this crimson stain
He washed it white as snow

It’s washed away
All my sin
And all my shame

And when before the throne
I stand in Him complete,
"Jesus died my soul to save,"
My lips shall still repeat

Jesus paid it all,
All to Him I owe;
Sin had left a crimson stain,
He washed it white as snow.

Sin had left a crimson stain
He washed it white as snow

O praise the One who paid my debt
And raised this life up from the dead

We’ll praise the One who paid my debt
And raised this life up from the dead

some thoughts for today.. from an email...

Awesome day with the sun shining and the glory of God on display.

I want to share a verse from the Psalms with you today from which we can all profit. It is:

Psalms 51 verse 10 first section: “Create in me a clean heart, O God.”

This is a powerful concept. We all struggle with keeping our hearts clean and pure. To ask God to create a clean and pure heart in us as individuals is to risk letting God work in our lives. If we do so, and invite God to create the clean heart that we need and that He would love us to have, we will be the kind of person that can change the world for Him. Are you ready for that journey and experiences that come with it? Let’s do it together

Blessings to you.

Dr. Smith

Stand In the Rain

So stand in the rain
Stand your ground
Stand up when it’s all crashing down
You stand through the pain
You won’t drown
And one day what’s lost can be found
You stand in the rain

Psalm 40

Psalm 40

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

1 I waited patiently for the LORD;
And He inclined to me,
And heard my cry.
2 He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,
Out of the miry clay,
And set my feet upon a rock,
And established my steps.
3 He has put a new song in my mouth—
Praise to our God;
Many will see it and fear,
And will trust in the LORD.

4 Blessed is that man who makes the LORD his trust,
And does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
5 Many, O LORD my God, are Your wonderful works
Which You have done;
And Your thoughts toward us
Cannot be recounted to You in order;
If I would declare and speak of them,
They are more than can be numbered.

6 Sacrifice and offering You did not desire;
My ears You have opened.
Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.
7 Then I said, “Behold, I come;
In the scroll of the book it is written of me.
8 I delight to do Your will, O my God,
And Your law is within my heart.”

9 I have proclaimed the good news of righteousness
In the great assembly;
Indeed, I do not restrain my lips,
O LORD, You Yourself know.
10 I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart;
I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth
From the great assembly.

11 Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O LORD;
Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me.
12 For innumerable evils have surrounded me;
My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up;
They are more than the hairs of my head;
Therefore my heart fails me.

13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me;
O LORD, make haste to help me!
14 Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion
Who seek to destroy my life;
Let them be driven backward and brought to dishonor
Who wish me evil.
15 Let them be confounded because of their shame,
Who say to me, “Aha, aha!”

16 Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
Let such as love Your salvation say continually,
“The LORD be magnified!”
17 But I am poor and needy;
Yet the LORD thinks upon me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
Do not delay, O my God.

Lord Guide Me

here is a poem of sorts i wrote myself awhile ago....

Lord Guide Me
my whole life is ahead of me
where will i go?
who will I be?
how will i know
what you have in store
college, career, family and more?

my whole future is ahead
its time to get out of bed
my feet hit the floor
I get ready for more
the first day of the rest of my life
filled with happy, sad, joy and strife
I cry to God and pray
Oh Lord direct me! which way?

All At Once

"All At Once"

There are certain people you just keep coming back to
She is right in front of you
You begin to wonder could you find a better one
Compared to her now she's in question

And all at once the crowd begins to sing
Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same

Maybe you want her, maybe you need her
Maybe you started to compare to someone not there

Looking for the right one you line up the world to find
Where no questions cross your mind
But she won't keep on waiting for you without a doubt
Much longer for you to sort it out

And all at once the crowd begins to sing
Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same

Maybe you want her, maybe you need her
Maybe you started to compare to someone not there
Maybe you want it, maybe you need it
Maybe it's all you're running from
Perfection will not come

And all at once the crowd begins to sing
Sometimes
We'd never know what's wrong without the pain
Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same

Maybe you want her, maybe you need her
Maybe you've started to compare to someone not there
Maybe you want it, maybe you need it
Maybe it's all you're running from
Perfection will not come

Maybe you want her, maybe you need her
Maybe you had her, maybe you lost her to another
To another

is this what i get when i let my heart win?

why do i fall for guys so easily? all i ever end up with is an enemy and a broken heart. when will i ever learn not to get so attached and just leave it all up to Jesus to bring me the right one? why do i have such a problem with giving it up to Him? if id just learn to give it over to God and let him keep it i think id be ok... its just so hard for me for some reason... its like i get all wrapped up in trying to get someone to like me that i loose my focus on God and just take matters into my own hands and just slip further away from God and get more and more frustrated. im starting to realize that i give my trust and my heart away way too easily. i tell myself every time i like someone and i end up getting hurt... "im gonna guard my heart next time, im not gonna let anyone else hurt me." that never happens, because the very next time i like someone i end up getting hurt cuz i took matters into my own hands and put my heart out there...

all that i need to realize is that once i stop looking God will bring me the right guy, the one ill spend forever with...once i go looking is where i get hurt ....im 18 years old and ive never ever had a boyfriend... ive had crushes sure, who hasn't, but no one has ever liked me back..... i want my first boyfriend to be my last...i want to marry my first love.... i don't want anymore pain and broken hearts...

i believe that when you date someone you are potentially looking to marry that person.. dating is not something to be taken lightly... people shouldn't date unless they are ready for the possibility of marriage sometime down the road possibly in that relationship...

ill think of a reason later

I Heard He Was Gonna Marry Some Girl From Denver
Then My Sister Came Over Had The Sunday Paper With Her
There Was The Girl On The Social Page
Lookin' In Love And All Engaged
We Decided She Don't Take A Very Good PictureIt May Be My Family's Redneck Nature
Rubbin' Off Bringin' Out Unlady Like Behavior
It Sure Ain't Christian To Judge A Stranger
But I Don't Like Her
She May Be A Angel Who Spends All Winter
Bringin' The Homeless Blankets And Dinner
A Regular Nobel Peace Prize Winner
But I Really Hate Her I'll Think Of A Reason LaterI Drew Horns And Blacked Out Her Tooth With A Marker
Childish Yes But She Made Such A Thin Little Target
I Couldn't Be Happier On My Own
But I've Got The Slightest Of A Jealous Bone
And Seein' Her With Him Tends To Enlarge ItIt May Be My Family's Redneck Nature
Rubbin' Off Bringin' Out Unlady Like Behavior
It Sure Ain't Christian To Judge A Stranger
But I Don't Like Her
She May Be A Angel Who Spends All Winter
Bringin' The Homeless Blankets And Dinner
A Regular Nobel Peace Prize Winner
But I Really Hate Her I'll Think Of A Reason LaterInside Her Head May Lay All The Answers
For Curin' Diseases From Baldness To Cancer
Salt Of The Earth And A Real Good Dancer
But I Really Hate Her I'll Think Of A Reason LaterWell It Was Just One Tooth
Did I Mention I Don't Particularly Care For Her
She Makes Me Sick

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A Small Lesson From God

something God has been teaching me through my devos, TRUST ME.. i need to constantly remind myself that God will help me take care of everything if I would just let him.. in psalm's 37 it talks about not being worried about everything and your enemies because God is taking care of you...and that means that He will help you with your problems, you just have to let Him in to take that burden away from you and let Him give you the wisdom to help you deal with it...

Don't worry give God everything you are, and have, and ever hope to be, because He knows whats best for you.

Psalm 37:40
" Though he fall he shall not be utterly cast down. For the Lord upholds him with his hands."

God should be our first resort for getting through a problem. Not the last. Lots of times we think of everything to try and do it ourselves and fix the problem ourselves but we end up making our problems worse instead of better. if we would only go to God first He will give us the wisdom to deal with the problem and make it better. He wants His children to come to Him. He rejoices when we seek out His wisdom.

We dont need to worry either because God is taking care of us. He has our best interests at heart and if we just trust in Him, He will guide us and direct us and we will be so much happier because he will have lifted our burdens away. I need to constantly remind myself also that Gods will is better than my will and many things are out of my control, and i don't need to worry about things so much, thats not to say i shouldn't be concerned and trying to help myself some, because God helps those who helps them selves. But giving my situations over to God is a daily task. If we give it over we will have His peace and feel so much better going through our daily life.

hear my worship

Here, as I worship You
I long to be more honest
Long to be more free

I, long to be more real
Long to be transparent
As you see my true intentions

Beyond this bended Knee
Beyond the words I speak
Beyond the songs I sing
Hear My Worship
All that my heart can bring
This is my offering
Jesus my Holy King
Hear my worship
Hear my worship

I long to have more faith
I long to be more faithful
Here before Your throne

I wait to see Your face
Awaiting in your presence
Waiting just for you to hear me

God in every moment

Happy moments, Praise God
Difficult moments, Seek God
Quiet moments, Worship God
Painful moments, Trust God
Every moment, Thank God

Everything

Everything
~Lifehouse
Find Me Here
Speak To Me
I want to feel you
I need to hear you
You are the light
That's leading me
To the place where I find peace again.

You are the strength, that keeps me walking.
You are the hope, that keeps me trusting.
You are the light to my soul.
You are my purpose...you're everything.

How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

You calm the storms, and you give me rest.
You hold me in your hands, you won't let me fall.
You steal my heart, and you take my breath away.
Would you take me in? Take me deeper now?

How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?
And how can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

Cause you're all I want, You're all I need
You're everything,everything
You're all I want your all I need
You're everything, everything.
You're all I want you're all I need.
You're everything, everything
You're all I want you're all I need, you're everything, everything.

And How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?
How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

so basically these lyrics and this song have meant a lot to me recently with everything I'm going through right now. We get so caught up these days with our busy lives and we never have enough time to stop and think... Wow He did that for me? It makes me realize that no matter how bad we mess up God will alway be there to pick us up, dust us off, and help us on our way... there really isnt anything better than knowing that He'll be there, and He is there even when you are all alone... If you can just stand there and not be moved by him you need to re-evaluate and allow Him to change you..

Ps. 32:10

Many are the woes of the wicked,
but the LORD's unfailing love
surrounds the man who trusts in him.
~Psalm 32:10
basically this verse just really speaks for itself and it just really popped out at me at Bible study tonite... so i just thought I'd post it on here cuz its something to think about.

well you see

have you ever had something you really wanted to say but you just didn't know how to say it or maybe you were too afraid to say it? thats really why i started this blog.. to get out in the open things i really wanted to say either at youth group or maybe to someone in particular. and also to share things the Lord has layed on my heart and has made me think about... i hope this blog leaves you thinking i want what shes got or she really has a point there... or just in general i hope it makes you think.. dont be afraid to stand up for what you believe in... or say what you think... youll regret it later... im not saying my mouth has never gotten me in trouble which it has ... just say what you mean and mean what you say but also use discretion when saying things you dont want to blurt out things that you'll regret later