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Tää seuraava Misty Edwardsin laulu on todella koskettava. Ensin ajattelin, että "Oho, 20 minuuttia — en jaksa kuunnella..." Mutta sitten kuuntelinkin tämän kahdesti silmät kyynelissä. Jeesuksen veren voima on käsittämätön! Hän osoittaa rakkautensa ja armonsa just näin. Monesti kun teen väärin, itse asiassa tiedän, että tää, mitä nyt teen, on väärin ja se tulee olemaan väärin senkin jälkeen kun olen sen tehnyt, mutta teen sen silti. Syyllinen, syyllinen. Nuo sanat saavat vaihtua siinä hetkessä kun Jeesus koskettaa. Armahdettu, pelastettu, puhdas.
He was right: I was guilty
Guilty to eternal damnation for my soul
And there was nothing I could, there was nothing I could do
Face down
Face down
Couldn't even open my eyes
The regret was so strong
There's a hand on my shoulder
A hand on my shoulder
And I hear a voice
Like music in my ear
"Dare I look up?"
I couldn't lift my eyes but all I saw
Were those beautiful feet
And I heared that voice like music
Music to my soul
Guilty to eternal damnation for my soul
And there was nothing I could, there was nothing I could do
Face down
Face down
Couldn't even open my eyes
The regret was so strong
There's a hand on my shoulder
A hand on my shoulder
And I hear a voice
Like music in my ear
"Dare I look up?"
I couldn't lift my eyes but all I saw
Were those beautiful feet
And I heared that voice like music
Music to my soul
He said, "Father, I desire that she will be with me where I am.
Show her my glory."
"Father, I desire this one
This one, she is mine
She is mine
She is mine."
He was praying for my soul
he was pleading for my behalf
He was praying for me
I couldn't comprehend it
I couldn't understand what was going on
"Father, I desire that everything that's mine would be hers and everything that's hers would be mine.
"Father, Father, I desire this one, this one,
she is mine"
Show her my glory."
"Father, I desire this one
This one, she is mine
She is mine
She is mine."
He was praying for my soul
he was pleading for my behalf
He was praying for me
I couldn't comprehend it
I couldn't understand what was going on
"Father, I desire that everything that's mine would be hers and everything that's hers would be mine.
"Father, Father, I desire this one, this one,
she is mine"
Jotain juttuja meidän tulee odottaa. Jumalan lahjat ovat upeita! Maailma kehoittaa meitä avaamaan ja käyttämään niitä väärään aikaan, mikä saa suurenkin siunauksen muuttumaan kiroukseksi.
Eräässä toisessa unessa kuulin sanat: "Jesus is calling you. Judas knows it, and he hates it." Kutsuuko Jumala sua tänään? Mistä Pyhä Henki sinua tänään puhuttelee?
Eräs ystäväni, joka tuli uskoon muutama vuosi sitten, sanoi ymmärtäneensä Jumalan kutsuneen häntä monin eri tavoin ennen kääntymistä. Hän kertoi, että suurin kynnys ja ongelma tilanteessa oli ylpeys. On vaikea nöyrtyä. On vaikea tunnustaa syntinsä ja että tarvitsee Pelastajaa.
We don't fall out of love. We fall out of repentance.
Ehkä tuo ajatus puhuttelee teitä yhtä paljon kuin minua. Uskovaisena sitä vasta ymmärtääkin oman vajavaisuutensa. Jeesuksen omana olen kuitenkin löytänyt identiteettini ja rauhan: täydellisesti armahdettu. Rakastan Jumalaa, ja mielestäni on upeaa, että hän rakkaudessaan näyttää mulle juttuja, joissa voin kasvaa. Tuntuu kuin Jeesus kysyisi: "Tahdotko lähemmäs minua?" Se on tarkoittanut omalla kohdallani monesti luopumista jostain muusta. Mutta se on aina ollut sen arvoista. Aina. Siksi tahdon vaeltaa tuolla tiellä, vaikka se tuntuisi välillä olevan kyyneleitä täynnä. "No one in our church stands alone" totesi John Burke Soul Revolution -seminaarissa. Sanon tuohon aamenen.
Seuraava laulu syntyi rukouksessa. Rakkaus, jota sain kokea tätä kirjoittaessa, vetää hiljaiseksi. Sanat kuvaavat sitä, miten Kristus rakastaa seurakuntaansa. Tää olkoon rohkaisuna ja esimerkkinä jokaiselle naiselle ja jokaiselle miehelle. Etsitään Jumalaa ja muututaan! Opetellaan rakastamaan niin kuin Jeesus rakasti: hän antoi itsensä meidän tähtemme.
I protect her, she’s a garden to guard
I protect the gates leading to her heart
I protect her, she’s a garden to guard
I’ve set these walls to protect her heart
(’Cos) It is where the life starts
From the heart, from the heart
Can you see unveiled
The beauty of my beloved?
Can you see? She’s shining like the stars
Can you see unveiled
The beauty of my beloved?
Her heart and my love
I protect her with all that I have
I give myself to know her more
I protect her with all that I have
I won’t let her go, I won't let her go
And she will be safe
In my arms
She will be safe
I will guard her like a solder
And she will be mine
And I will be hers
I protect the gates leading to her heart
I protect her, she’s a garden to guard
I’ve set these walls to protect her heart
(’Cos) It is where the life starts
From the heart, from the heart
Can you see unveiled
The beauty of my beloved?
Can you see? She’s shining like the stars
Can you see unveiled
The beauty of my beloved?
Her heart and my love
I protect her with all that I have
I give myself to know her more
I protect her with all that I have
I won’t let her go, I won't let her go
And she will be safe
In my arms
She will be safe
I will guard her like a solder
And she will be mine
And I will be hers
His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.
For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins.
Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall. For in this way there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1