Lord...
You drain me out, only to give life back.
You empty me, only to fill me with your presence.
You disassemble me, only to rearrange and redeem my broken pieces.
You Lord, are the master recycler.
Recycle me again and again.
Recycle me until I'm who you want me to be.
Amen
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Day 307: 24/01/14
Lord,
And I lay this tired, weary body down.
I rest it in your more than capable hands.
I rest it in your unrelinquishing love.
And I lay this exhausted, over-thinking mind down.
I rest in your truth speaking care.
I surrender all my worries to you.
And I lay this hope-barren heart down.
I rest it in your over-ridding, above and beyond heart.
I rest it in your belief.
And I lay it all down.
All down before you.
You my Lord.
Amen.
And I lay this tired, weary body down.
I rest it in your more than capable hands.
I rest it in your unrelinquishing love.
And I lay this exhausted, over-thinking mind down.
I rest in your truth speaking care.
I surrender all my worries to you.
And I lay this hope-barren heart down.
I rest it in your over-ridding, above and beyond heart.
I rest it in your belief.
And I lay it all down.
All down before you.
You my Lord.
Amen.
Day 306: 23/01/14
Lord,
And I lay it all down... in all its colours colliding.
All the opportunities, all the ignoring.
I lay it all down.
All the drama in my mind.
All the worries at the forefront
I place them in your care.
May the peace of all peace be mine this night.
In the name of the Father,
the Son,
and the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
And I lay it all down... in all its colours colliding.
All the opportunities, all the ignoring.
I lay it all down.
All the drama in my mind.
All the worries at the forefront
I place them in your care.
May the peace of all peace be mine this night.
In the name of the Father,
the Son,
and the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Day 305: 22/01/14
God,
My life might feel chaotic and windy-not the straight and narrow.
It might feel fragile and not concrete. I might feel confused and re-used.
But you're Lord even in this, aren't you?
And I might have the faith to believe for someone else, but the doubts of my own life echo loud into the night.
But you're Lord even in this, aren't you?
I might not understand why you insist on working this way in my life.
And I might be about ready to give up hope of a happy here after.
But you're Lord even in this, aren't you?
I might feel you asking me to jump, to take risks where I'm almost not ready, and my feet feel full of led.
But you're Lord even in this, aren't you?
And sometimes when I stop and reflect, yet again, my whole life might appear meaningless, devoid of grace and adventure.
But you're Lord even in this, aren't you?
I might feel overwhelmed about what I feel you calling me to.
I might even doubt that it came from you at all.
But you're Lord even in this, aren't you?
You're Lord, in this, whatever my "this" may be.
You're Lord.
Aren't you?
My life might feel chaotic and windy-not the straight and narrow.
It might feel fragile and not concrete. I might feel confused and re-used.
But you're Lord even in this, aren't you?
And I might have the faith to believe for someone else, but the doubts of my own life echo loud into the night.
But you're Lord even in this, aren't you?
I might not understand why you insist on working this way in my life.
And I might be about ready to give up hope of a happy here after.
But you're Lord even in this, aren't you?
I might feel you asking me to jump, to take risks where I'm almost not ready, and my feet feel full of led.
But you're Lord even in this, aren't you?
And sometimes when I stop and reflect, yet again, my whole life might appear meaningless, devoid of grace and adventure.
But you're Lord even in this, aren't you?
I might feel overwhelmed about what I feel you calling me to.
I might even doubt that it came from you at all.
But you're Lord even in this, aren't you?
You're Lord, in this, whatever my "this" may be.
You're Lord.
Aren't you?
Day 304: 21/01/14
Lord...
And I surrender to your workings,
I invite your quest.
You surprise me with your kindness,
be my most Holy guest.
You fight against my nightmares,
working tirelessly through the night.
Shine your light in all my darkness,
let it burn and flicker bright.
I love you Lord Jesus!
Live loud in my heart!
Amen.
And I surrender to your workings,
I invite your quest.
You surprise me with your kindness,
be my most Holy guest.
You fight against my nightmares,
working tirelessly through the night.
Shine your light in all my darkness,
let it burn and flicker bright.
I love you Lord Jesus!
Live loud in my heart!
Amen.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Day 303: 20/01/14
God...
It's the beauty from the ashes
the trusting amidst the doubting.
the loving in the middle of fearing.
its you.....
the mystery breaking through.
you're my keeper
You're my love song
write me again and again.
It's the beauty from the ashes
the trusting amidst the doubting.
the loving in the middle of fearing.
its you.....
the mystery breaking through.
you're my keeper
You're my love song
write me again and again.
Day 302: 19/01/14
Lord,
Help me to be alive to the moments of my life, no matter how fleeting.
Help me believe that you are, have been, and will be my provider.
Help me to understand the ways your protect and deliver me from my fears.
Your strong arms encompass me....
in your presence is fullness of joy!
Help me to be alive to the moments of my life, no matter how fleeting.
Help me believe that you are, have been, and will be my provider.
Help me to understand the ways your protect and deliver me from my fears.
Your strong arms encompass me....
in your presence is fullness of joy!
Day 301: 18/01/14
Lord,
And this life you've called me to
this place you've called me to root
asks me to die a little, to break a little, to wait a little.
And it feels like nothing but one big catastrophic mess
and so I break a little more, wait a little more, die a little more.
But your hem I touched,
your face I gazed....
And this life you've called me to
this place you've called me to root
asks me to die a little, to break a little, to wait a little.
And it feels like nothing but one big catastrophic mess
and so I break a little more, wait a little more, die a little more.
But your hem I touched,
your face I gazed....
Day 300: 17/01/2014
DAY 300!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (sorry just feeling a little excited for this milestone!)
God...
And you're teaching me humility.
You're teaching me grace.
You're teaching me how to walk in this wide open space.
Our hearts on fire: heaven's glory.
My meager steps, your unfaltering moves.
In the quiet, in this stillness I hear your heart beat pumping.
God...
And you're teaching me humility.
You're teaching me grace.
You're teaching me how to walk in this wide open space.
Our hearts on fire: heaven's glory.
My meager steps, your unfaltering moves.
In the quiet, in this stillness I hear your heart beat pumping.
Day 299: 16/01/14
And I hear you say to me today:
"Good morning sunshine, yes you, when you're pouty with the flu. You are still my beautiful sunshine. And I know you'd have never made it out of bed if the sun wasn't shinning...so it's shinning bright with no clouds in the sky. I know your life feels rotten and wrecked. But I'll catch you in the catastrophic, in this catastrophic. And you will, my little sunshine, see the goodness of the Lord in this land of the living. Say it with me today, over and over: 'I believe I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living, in this land of the living'."
"Good morning sunshine, yes you, when you're pouty with the flu. You are still my beautiful sunshine. And I know you'd have never made it out of bed if the sun wasn't shinning...so it's shinning bright with no clouds in the sky. I know your life feels rotten and wrecked. But I'll catch you in the catastrophic, in this catastrophic. And you will, my little sunshine, see the goodness of the Lord in this land of the living. Say it with me today, over and over: 'I believe I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living, in this land of the living'."
Day 298: 15/01/14
Lord...
In the stilling, in the quieting
I find you.
In the waiting, in the laying
I hear you.
Open in me a place attentive to your voice.
Open in me a space inviting your glory.
Open in me attentiveness to you.
Open in me attentiveness to others.
You are my God, I am your people.
Surrendered.
In the stilling, in the quieting
I find you.
In the waiting, in the laying
I hear you.
Open in me a place attentive to your voice.
Open in me a space inviting your glory.
Open in me attentiveness to you.
Open in me attentiveness to others.
You are my God, I am your people.
Surrendered.
Day 297: 14/01/14
Lord....
And I empty out space,
only to fill it with clutter again.
And I carve room for you,
and fill it with worry.
Breakdown my distracting habits, scatter them.
Carve out space in my heart that craves the rejuvenation of your spirit,
that expects the heart beat of your son.
As deep cries out to deep
So your spirit cries to my spirit.
In the name of the Father,
Son,
and Holy Spirit.
Amen.
And I empty out space,
only to fill it with clutter again.
And I carve room for you,
and fill it with worry.
Breakdown my distracting habits, scatter them.
Carve out space in my heart that craves the rejuvenation of your spirit,
that expects the heart beat of your son.
As deep cries out to deep
So your spirit cries to my spirit.
In the name of the Father,
Son,
and Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Day 296: 13/01/14
Grow in us Lord,
Grow in us a desire to love you and to love our neighbour.
Carve out time,
Create space in this heart, in this schedule.
Break down dividing walls.
cultivate a willing heart, an open heart.
Yours is the kingdom
Yours is the glory
Yours is the power
Forever, and now, even this very moment.
Amen
Grow in us a desire to love you and to love our neighbour.
Carve out time,
Create space in this heart, in this schedule.
Break down dividing walls.
cultivate a willing heart, an open heart.
Yours is the kingdom
Yours is the glory
Yours is the power
Forever, and now, even this very moment.
Amen
Day 295: 12/01/14
God,
And you said it was "gate day" and I didn't know what on God's green earth you meant by that.
So I mustered my little seed-faith, with all my insecurities screaming loud and wobbling inside, and I walked through it.
I marched right through that gate and into you.
This day is a marker with you.
A "gate day", whatever that means.
Lord,
Help me to walk fearlessly through the gates you've put before me.
Let your light lead me home. Send out your light and truth and let them lead me.
"I will enter your gates with thanksgiving in my heart, I will enter your courts with praise"
And you said it was "gate day" and I didn't know what on God's green earth you meant by that.
So I mustered my little seed-faith, with all my insecurities screaming loud and wobbling inside, and I walked through it.
I marched right through that gate and into you.
This day is a marker with you.
A "gate day", whatever that means.
Lord,
Help me to walk fearlessly through the gates you've put before me.
Let your light lead me home. Send out your light and truth and let them lead me.
"I will enter your gates with thanksgiving in my heart, I will enter your courts with praise"
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Day 294: 11/01/14
Christ,
Be the magnate to this force field.
Chase me! Hunt me down! attach yourself to me like magnates that refuse to be separated.
Soak me! Drench me! Let your love drip down my face like pouring rain. Soak your love through all of my clothes, get right down into my skin. Make me awake to your presence, alive in your care.
I love you Lord Jesus,
my other, my holy,
Live loud in my heart!
Be the magnate to this force field.
Chase me! Hunt me down! attach yourself to me like magnates that refuse to be separated.
Soak me! Drench me! Let your love drip down my face like pouring rain. Soak your love through all of my clothes, get right down into my skin. Make me awake to your presence, alive in your care.
I love you Lord Jesus,
my other, my holy,
Live loud in my heart!
Day 293: 10/01/14
Lord...
And you Lord, are my guiding post and my sanctuary.
My teacher and my rest.
In your presence is fullness of joy.
Wake up our hearts to smell your glory.
Wake up our hearts to behold your greatness.
Wake up our hearts as we seek your face.
Wake up in us Lord.
Wake up and come alive.
We love you Lord Jesus,
Live loud in our hearts!
And you Lord, are my guiding post and my sanctuary.
My teacher and my rest.
In your presence is fullness of joy.
Wake up our hearts to smell your glory.
Wake up our hearts to behold your greatness.
Wake up our hearts as we seek your face.
Wake up in us Lord.
Wake up and come alive.
We love you Lord Jesus,
Live loud in our hearts!
Day 292: 09/01/14
Lord,
In the morning I come to you for strength and light,
Shine on my night-weary wings.
Let your love charge them to fly.
Your light and truth are with me
Fill up my mind with such things.
Open in me a well that cannot be quenched by anything but you.
Rotate my orbit to receive the best sun rays.
reorientation my daily routine around you.
In the morning I come to you for strength and light,
Shine on my night-weary wings.
Let your love charge them to fly.
Your light and truth are with me
Fill up my mind with such things.
Open in me a well that cannot be quenched by anything but you.
Rotate my orbit to receive the best sun rays.
reorientation my daily routine around you.
Day 291: 08/01/14
God
Lord,
Your guiding hand faithfully leading.
Your patient arm constant, not fleeting.
Your reassuring words not empty, but breathing.
Your life giving strength gentle and pleading.
Enter Lord Jesus
In the dark of the night.
Enter Lord Jesus
In the rain-dreary days
Enter Lord Jesus
Live loud in my heart!
Lord,
Your guiding hand faithfully leading.
Your patient arm constant, not fleeting.
Your reassuring words not empty, but breathing.
Your life giving strength gentle and pleading.
Enter Lord Jesus
In the dark of the night.
Enter Lord Jesus
In the rain-dreary days
Enter Lord Jesus
Live loud in my heart!
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Day 290: 07/01/14
Lord,
You are the vine
I come alive when I abide in you.
Your breathe your life into me
and these dry bones begin to rattle and connect.
Come alive in our hearts Lord.
Wake up the sleeping and lost places.
Speak life to the dry and weary parts.
Shout your truth into the cave of my mind,
Fill it with light, everlasting light.
You are the light of the world.
Shine it bright
from dim to divine
from darkness to brightness.
Heal Lord,
Heal your hurting weary earth
heal the places people had given up hope on.
Redeem Christ.
Redeem all the backwards, broken, and "unfixable" areas of your creations.
Absorb our doubts and shatter them.
Let your actions in our lives only increase our faith and dispel another's doubts.
Your kingdom Lord:
show us how it works.
Your power Lord:
Infuse us with your strength.
Your glory Lord:
move us out of the way.
Amen.
You are the vine
I come alive when I abide in you.
Your breathe your life into me
and these dry bones begin to rattle and connect.
Come alive in our hearts Lord.
Wake up the sleeping and lost places.
Speak life to the dry and weary parts.
Shout your truth into the cave of my mind,
Fill it with light, everlasting light.
You are the light of the world.
Shine it bright
from dim to divine
from darkness to brightness.
Heal Lord,
Heal your hurting weary earth
heal the places people had given up hope on.
Redeem Christ.
Redeem all the backwards, broken, and "unfixable" areas of your creations.
Absorb our doubts and shatter them.
Let your actions in our lives only increase our faith and dispel another's doubts.
Your kingdom Lord:
show us how it works.
Your power Lord:
Infuse us with your strength.
Your glory Lord:
move us out of the way.
Amen.
Day 289: 06/01/14
Holy One,
And you, you are the builder of all things.
You have placed nothing outside of your control.
You are the Lord and there is none besides you.
Holy are you.
Holy is your name.
Above all honour
Above all glory
Above all power
Overriding, superseding, holy Lord of Grace.
Come fill my heart.
Come fill this space.
Amen.
And you, you are the builder of all things.
You have placed nothing outside of your control.
You are the Lord and there is none besides you.
Holy are you.
Holy is your name.
Above all honour
Above all glory
Above all power
Overriding, superseding, holy Lord of Grace.
Come fill my heart.
Come fill this space.
Amen.
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Day 287: 05/01/14
Lord,
We're tired.
We're worn out.
We're a war field on the inside,
exploding grenades and all.
You're energy
You're exaustless
You're life in the dead of night,
shooting stars and all.
I'm all human.
You're human holy.
You're inside of me
rub off on me like unwashed dark jeans.
Refining. Redefining.
We're tired.
We're worn out.
We're a war field on the inside,
exploding grenades and all.
You're energy
You're exaustless
You're life in the dead of night,
shooting stars and all.
I'm all human.
You're human holy.
You're inside of me
rub off on me like unwashed dark jeans.
Refining. Redefining.
Day 286: 04/01/14
God,
Unquenchable your majesty.
Unfathomable your mercy and grace.
Transparent before us.
Hidden in mystery.
Found in the finding
Announced in the waiting
Your surprises delight me
Your graces beckon to me.
Captivating
Unquenchable your majesty.
Unfathomable your mercy and grace.
Transparent before us.
Hidden in mystery.
Found in the finding
Announced in the waiting
Your surprises delight me
Your graces beckon to me.
Captivating
Day 285: 03/01/14
Lord, Christ, healer,
As we enter this New Year, this new season
Remind us that you are the vine,
Apart from you we cannot bear fruit.
Apart from you there is no life.
Graft us
deeper into your kingdom
Deeper into
your blood stream.
And as we seek to make you known
Sow in us the seeds of your kingdom.
Sow in us
love.
Invite us deeper into your unquenchable love
That pushes past all our doubts and fears.
Sow in us
joy.
Your river of life extends through my broken
battered heart.
May our lives this year, be fountains of
unbridled joy.
Sow in us
peace.
Not man made, bought, or earthly peace.
But peace that opens its arms through the
most difficult and threatening situations.
Sow in us
patience.
Not a forced level of tolerance,
But a merging of our rhythm to your cadence
Our agendas to your compassion.
Sow in us
kindness.
That others will taste and see that we
operate from a different paradigm.
A paradigm of grace, freely offered, freely
given.
Sow in us
goodness.
Refine our motives and make them pure.
Sync our souls to the wholeness that you
offer.
Sow in us
faithfulness.
That in this New Year, we wouldn’t be a
people tossed to and fro by the latest trends,
But that we would be steadfast, like barnacles
rooted on a rock.
Sow in us
gentleness.
Infuse our hearts with your grace.
Disarm us with your tenderness.
Quiet us in your care.
Sow in us
self-control.
Let your Spirit be our guide post.
Let Christ be our teacher.
Sow in us
Lord.
Till and toss the soil of our hearts,
That we may be a prepared ground
For planting.
Sow in our
church.
Sow in your
kingdom.
Sow in your
earth.
Friday, January 3, 2014
Day 284: 02/01/2014
Lord,
And its always surprising what breaks you and what makes you.
What binds you and what sets you free.
What heals you and what harms you.
Free us Lord.
Heal us Lord.
And its always surprising what breaks you and what makes you.
What binds you and what sets you free.
What heals you and what harms you.
Free us Lord.
Heal us Lord.
Day 283: 01/01/14
God..
The plague of worry arrives
The fears and inadequacies scream
but your love shouts louder
your hand of provision reaches further.
I tremble in fear
I can't help but feel overwhelmed by how much work still needs to happen here.
Here in this heart.
I love you Jesus! Live loud in my heart!
The plague of worry arrives
The fears and inadequacies scream
but your love shouts louder
your hand of provision reaches further.
I tremble in fear
I can't help but feel overwhelmed by how much work still needs to happen here.
Here in this heart.
I love you Jesus! Live loud in my heart!
Day 283: 31/12/13
And we leave you 2013.
we say goodbye and we give our thanks.
For you went before us and beside us every moment that has passed.
Some moments you felt far, others skin prickling close.
Regardless... we give you thanks for the blessings of another full year.
Be heavy with us
Be ever increasingly more with us, as we plunge into this new year.
we say goodbye and we give our thanks.
For you went before us and beside us every moment that has passed.
Some moments you felt far, others skin prickling close.
Regardless... we give you thanks for the blessings of another full year.
Be heavy with us
Be ever increasingly more with us, as we plunge into this new year.
Day 282: 30/12/13
God..
You've blessed us with your honour
with your peace
and with your grace.
It your face and your face only that we seek.
Its you we worship.
You we adore.
Heal our hearts
Heal our hurts
Prove you're Lord evermore.
We love you
You've blessed us with your honour
with your peace
and with your grace.
It your face and your face only that we seek.
Its you we worship.
You we adore.
Heal our hearts
Heal our hurts
Prove you're Lord evermore.
We love you
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