I Surrender-- Again

Confession Time

I haven't written in days. The mini vacation was nice. Yet, I find myself reluctant to get back into the swing of things. I have used the down time to finish reading a book or two and start a new one.

I spent time with the kids, worked at the church, and found out I have time-management issues. I have heard this before but now I see it in a new way.

Dishes, doctor's appointments, tire buying, clothes washing and many other little chores did not get done in a timely manner. Perhaps it is the time of year. I want to slow down and surrender to the quiet family time this time of year brings.

Perhaps it is more to do with the fact that I am just being lazy.

I used to joke about there being a hidden tattoo on my body that said "Inherently lazy", but I was too apathetic to look for it. Yet, out of the mouth, the heart speaks.

So what am I going to do? I do not know. I do know that I have a song on my heart. Hillsong's new album "Cornerstone" is on my heart, but in particular is this song: "I Surrender".

The old hymn "I Surrender All" played as God dropped the idea of this blog into my heart almost a year ago. It seems appropriate that as the anniversary of this blog's beginning approaches that a similar song is stirring in my heart.

Lord have your way in me.

I just wanted to share this with you today and I hope that it will stir you to surrender to what God has for you and what He wants to do in you.

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Endless Love

There was a time I ran from God. It was a long dark wasted space of my life. Thank God for His faithfulness. He chased me and He is chasing you.

Today I want to share this video. It is of a song called You're Never Giving Up, by Johnathan David Helser. The spontaneous worship is real. This is what God feels for you. He loves you beyond measure. He waits for you. He will never give up on you.

You were made for a purpose. You were made for Him.

Break open your alabaster jar. Pour it out on God right now. Let your worship rise before our Father. Love on Him.

Let the chains fall. Let God's love wash you clean. He will not leave you. He will not forsake you. God is faithful.

Shut off all the other things. Turn your phone off for the next 11 minutes and 45 seconds.

There is no ceiling, no walls no floors on God's love. At the end of the song, enjoy the pure joy of musicians moved by the largeness and perfection of an endless God.

Be blessed.

Intimate Moments with the Lover (of my Soul)

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Worship is an Amazing Thing.

Like a sunflower following the sun as it races across the sky, worship sets God as the focus and allows Him to shine into our hearts.

If you think “I don’t have time” then you may need to change some things. I had to start getting up early to make the time.

Something about setting aside those first morning hours with God has amped up my relationship into a hyper-drive that I never thought I would have.

Worship allows me to get still before God and just bask in His goodness.

It allows God to bring to the surface the stuff I may not have been aware of. Stuff He wants me to give up or give over to Him. It allows me to be like the sunflower and just grow.

Worship is More Than a Song

I am a singer, so I love to sing. You may not be a singer, but I bet, in the safety of your shower or car you have been known to hum a few bars, maybe even break into full scale operatic mode. This means that you have it in yourself to be a worshipper.

Not just a singer.

Worship has less to do with how you sound and more to do with on whom you focus.

When we turn our hearts and affections onto God, we show Him our love, our devotion. He created us for Himself. He wanted us: desired us. Like a lover He waits for us.

Worship is an intimate moment with the One who longs for us. Worship is a way to get into God’s presence and be changed.

The Heart of Worship

Does the tempo matter? Does the timbre of instruments matter?

No. Your heart matters.

Do not let the music become a distraction or your focus. Remember the sunflower. Focus on the Father of Lights.

Be open. Be humble. Be Loving.

Honor God for Who He is, for what He has done, and for what He is yet to do.

Make Love to the Father

Have I shocked you? 

Are you still with me? 

Because that is what I have meant every time I said "intimate". 

Now I say it plainly. Make Love to Him. Love Him with your whole body, your soul and your mind. Love Him with all you are, all you have been and all you will ever be. 

Worship can make us pregnant with purpose.

Out of those intimate moments of worship God will plant in you the seeds you will need to supply your dreams: to reach your purpose. Worship creates clarity of vision and hones us for the race we are running. 

Worship will leave you sated like nothing else. Full to the brim with His love and purpose for you. 

What is your favorite worship song right now?

A Moment of Worship

I wanted to share something with you that I love. This praise and worship is spontaneous and beautiful. Take a moment and worship God.


Break the chains that hold on to your heart. Lift your head and your heart to the One worthy of all praise and honor.


Get out of your comfort zone and get in God's presence. He loves you . He longs to hold you. How will you ever know rest unless you lie back against him and just breathe in His presence and peace?


Worship the Lord and sing a new song to Him.


Be blessed and be a blessing.


What was your favorite moment of these songs? 

Life was Life and Death Had a Price

I don't know about you, but this Praise and Worship is amazing. Listen to the words of this song. It is less than 10 minutes. Let the words and the message in them wash over you.

There is freedom and in Jesus there is life! Celebrate that with some one on one time with God right now. Put aside all the stuff going on and just worship. 

Our God is good, He is faithful. He loves you where you are and wants only the best for you! 

So, turn the volume up, sit up and take notice of what the Spirit is doing and worship! 

What did this song mean to you? 

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