I confess

I confess
You are Lord
You alone are to be adored.

I confess
You are Lord
Through You alone I am restored.

I confess
You are Lord
You alone can make my spirit soar.

I confess
You are Lord
You alone can not be ignored.

I confess
You are Lord
You alone can defeat the sword.

I confess
You are Lord
You alone can grant the eternal reward.

You are Lord
This I know
Help me change my status quo.

I won't look back anymore
I left the people that do
It’s not the chase that I love
It’s me following you. **The Avett Brothers

Salvation Questions

If I am redeemed,
why don’t I follow my dreams?

If I am converted,
why do my goals get perverted?

If I am an adopted son,
why do I act like a lost orphan?

If I am born again,
do I really want to go against the grain?

If I am saved,
why I am so concerned about the grave?

If I am committed,
why do I feel I won’t be acquitted?

Is the definition of Salvation
to invite God to vacation in your soul?
It sounds like a recipe for disaster.
Imagine the servant being driven around by the Master!

Amen.

Atonement

Come home prodigal.
Come home sinner.
Come home for dinner.

Come home brother and sister.
Come home those who are heart sick.
Come home quick.

Refrain:Oh, I am lonesome for my precious children.
They live so far away.
Oh, may they hear my calling, calling
And come back home some day...

Come home to the Father.
Come home all who are lost.
Come home by the way of the cross.

Come home where love lives.
Come home those in pain.
Come home and out of the rain.

Refrain:Oh, I am lonesome for my precious children.
They live so far away.
Oh, may they hear my calling, calling
And come back home some day...

Refrain - Calling My Children Home (Trad.)

Putting new wine in old wineskins

Inside I am like bottled-up wine,
like new wineskins ready to burst. (Job 32:19 (NIV))

Joseph thought
what anguish this voice had brought.
Put the Law of Moses aside
and make Mary my bride.
“Oh Lord, forgive my doubt.
How is this going to turn out?”

Nicodemus thought
what anguish Jesus’ answer brought.
Put the Law of Moses aside
and let the new be born and the old denied
“Oh Lord, how can this be?
I thought only through the Law are we free.”

Peter thought
what anguish His Lord’s statement brought.
Putting Israel’s expectations aside
saying the Messiah will have to suffer and die.
“Oh Lord, You’re describing a pariah
not Israel’s Messiah.”

Thomas thought
what anguish their statements brought.
Putting all known science aside
saying that He is alive.
“Oh Lord, if this is true,
what is the world going to do?”