LOVE song for God

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"A Love Song"

You are Lord, Lord of my life. Every day I lift you up high. I praise to you Lord. My God and my
King. You reign in me for eternity. This is a love song to you. A song of praise to you lord. I kneel
before your glorious throne. To show that I am yours alone. You are Lord, Lord of my life.

Every day I lift you up high. I praise to you Lord. My God and my King. You reign in me for eternity.

This is a love song to you. A song of praise to you lord. I kneel before your glorious throne. To show that I am
yours alone. Hallelujah, I love you. Hallelujah, I love you. Hallelujah, I love you. Hallelujah, I
love you. This is a love song to you. A song of praise to you lord. I kneel before your glorious
throne. This is a love song to you. A song of praise to you lord. I kneel before your glorious throne.
To show that I am yours alone.

ETC

I am a writer. And I never knew I can be a public speaker. It even feels perfect when you become God’s spokesperson even in just a day.

Sunday, July 6, 2008, I was tasked to deliver God’s word in our Adult ministry service. At first, I was anxious about the topic that I am going to share. But then, I remember, it will be God who’s gonna talk not me.

As I browse through the bible and other reading materials, God revealed me the topic about evangelism. Almost all verses and subjects that I look through tell me that evangelism is the right topic. WOuld you belive that even when i browse through my friends' blogs, GOd revealed signs? So I obeyed.

Later on, I have come up with ETC…. the memory abbreviation that I used. These letters stand for Evangelism Through Christ. These also stand for the checklist that I have shared with my brothers and sisters who attended the service.

The word of God during the service: Romans 1:16-17

I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the
salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. For
in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by
faith from first to last,[a]
just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith."

Indeed, we have nothing to be ashamed of when talking about the glory of our Father. Nonetheless, there are times that we tend to disobey the holy spirit. Like when we are trapped in a situation with a friend or a stranger. Many times, a conversation with someone brings us to a panic when the holy spirit asks us to introduce Jesus. We tend to struggle with the mind battle about where and how to start.

The main thing that God has brought up during that talk was about the success of evangelism. We must have a checklist called ETC.

3 relevant questions to answer:
E – are you EFFECTIVE?
T – are you TRUTHFUL?
C – are you COMPASSIONATE?

EFFECTIVE evangelism
Do you listen to the holy spirit? Do you know your audience or carefully build up good relationship with him/her/them? Do you know the purpose of sharing the gospel to him/her/them?

TRUTHFUL evangelism
Do you share biblical truths? How often do you browse the bible? How well do you know GOD? How big is your authority to talk about the gospel? Do you just invent responses to your friends’ queries?

COMPASSIONATE evangelism
Are you also in the pursuit for Christ-likeness? Are you as patient and considerate as Christ? Do you just choose whom to evangelize?

Glory to God for the teachings that he has again revealed to us. We are praying that we will achieve ETC to attain God’s righteousness. Indeed, it takes a lot of discipline to be a perfect God’s general. It is tough but we can do it anyway.

My dad’s ringtone is HOLD ON

Most of my friends know that my favorite song is HOLD ON. This is from a Christian Contemporary music band called 33 miles. The lyrics is perfectly catchy because it strikingly influences everyone’s heart- it's as if Jesus is talking through that song. So everytime someone listens to this song for the first time, I know, he/she considers it LSS. I bet, even my dad.

I never thought that my dad will appreciate such kind of music. I remember some months ago when he asked me to download some songs in his cp. I don’t have a huge collection of worldy songs but I do have countless mp3s of CCMs and PWs. Some of the tracks that I have shared with him were one way, tell the world, Lord I give you my heart, shout for joy, and HOLD on.

My friends know how I like HOLD ON, and you guess how my heart jumped when I heard my dad’s phone rang. I smiled and look up, “Lord thank you for the gentle heart of my dad, who appreciates songs from me.” I believe, my dad is also proud of my compositions as he tells stories about these to his friends.

Music has always been part of my life. And I thank God for the father that he has given me, for he has never become a hindrance to any of my pursuits. He is supportive and kind to me. I know he is imperfect but God knows how I love him. Thank you Lord for the gift. Thank you for my dad’s life.

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HOLD ON

by 33Miles
Ive been there a thousand times

Felt the rain like a thousand knives and it hurts

I know it hurtsIve been there like a fighter plane

Trying to fly my way through a hurricane and its hard

I know its hardDont be afraid

Youll make it through

Just call out to me

And Ill come running to you

Hold onHold on

When the current pulls you under

And your heart beats like thunder

Just give me your hand

And hold on

Hold onuntil the storm is over

And Ill be fighting for you

Just give me your hand

And hold on

Ill give you hope Ill give you faith

And if its dark Ill light the way for you

For youBy your side until the end

Until youre standing tall again

Iâm here

Ill always be here

Always be here

and if the tide sweeps you out to sea

When your strength is gone and its hard to believe

Hold on

Hold on

When the current pulls you under

And your heart beats like thunder

Just give me your hand

And hold on

Hold onuntil the storm is over

And Ill be fighting for you

Just give me your hand

And hold on