Open Arms – Yolanda Adams (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVVqPE70YH4)
Scriptures:
Acts 3:18-20 (New International Version)
18But this is how God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, saying that his Christ would suffer. 19Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, 20and that he may send the Christ, who has been appointed for you—even Jesus.
Acts 3:25-26 (New International Version)
25And you are heirs of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers. He said to Abraham, 'Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.' 26When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways."
Romans 5 (New International Version)
6You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. 8But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! 10For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! 11Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
1 John 1:1-9 (New International Version)
The Word of Life
1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. 2The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. 3We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4We write this to make our joy complete.
Walking in the light
5This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. 7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
8If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
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I am so grateful for the way that God does such different, better things for me through the things I think I’m choosing to do.
I was thinking about this year’s season of the show “Sunday Best” on BET (which I’ve watched on the internet since I don’t have cable.) I was on the computer, typing up some thoughts I had for a blog entry (another one, that I’ll have to finish another day), and I thought about and wanted to hear the “original song” that was sung on the last show by the winner, Leandria Johnson, after the results were announced. I went to youtube instead of the BET website so I could more easily hear just that one song. Not seeing it listed, I just intended to play another video first while I typed, where Leandria sang the Commissioned song, Running Back To You…and I’m playing it still, and writing this for the blog.
The first time I heard this song was when a young man sang it a few years ago at the church I was attending during an “illustrated sermon.” Having some idea of a few of the things going on with this young man at the time, I was moved by the song, praying that the words were real for him, that he was indeed "running back" to God.
Now, God, through this song, is drawing me so much closer to Himself, creating more of a desire in me for Him, to be closer and closer. I must admit that the anointing that is on the young woman who is singing the song, and on the song itself really connects with my spirit…
"You love me still, and I know this is real"
Thank You, God, for Your love, Your mercy that draws us, draws me, then accepts us, accepts me. Thank You for Your sacrifice that makes us, makes me personally accepted into the Beloved. Thank You, Lord, for allowing me to receive such love from You, that I would even want to give it back to You, to share it with You. Thank You … thank You…thank You…
Ephesians 3 (New International Version)
14For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
20Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
... and my journey with Him continues ...
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