RESTLESS

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“Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.”― Augustine of Hippo, The Confessions of Saint Augustine

Scripture

This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it. Isaiah 30:15

Song

Restless by Switchfoot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLD9sL52IQ4

I am the sea on a moonless night,

Calling, falling, slipping tides

I am the leaky, dripping pipes

The endless aching drops of light

I am the raindrop falling down,

Always longing for the deeper ground

I am the broken, breaking seas

Even my blood finds ways to bleed

Even the rivers ways to run

Even the rain to reach the sun

Even my thirsty streams,

Even in my dreams

I am restless, I am restless

I am restless, looking for you

I am restless, I run like the ocean to find your shore

I’m looking for you

I am the thorn stuck in your side,

I am the one that you left behind,

I am the dried up doubting eyes

Looking for the well that won’t run dry

Running hard for the other side

The world that I’ve always been denied

Running hard for the infinite

With the tears of the saints and hypocrites

Oh blood of black and white and gray

Death and life and night and day

One by one by one

We let our rivers run

I am restless, I am restless

I am restless, looking for you

I am restless, I run like the ocean to find your shore

Looking for you

I can hear you breathing,

I can hear you leading

More than just a feeling

More than just a feeling

I can feel you reaching

Pushing through the ceiling

'til the final healing

I'm looking for you

Until the sea of glass we meet

At last completed and complete

The tide of tear and pain subside

Laughter drinks them dry

I’ll be waiting

Anticipating

All that I aim for

What I was made for

With every heartbeat

All of my blood bleeds

Running inside me

Looking for you

I am restless, I am restless

I am restless, looking for you

I am restless, I run like the ocean to find your shore

I'm looking for you

I can feel you breathing

I can feel you leading

More than just a feeling

More than just a feeling

I can feel you reaching

Pushing through the ceiling

'til the final healing

I'm looking for you

I'm looking for you

Sentence Prayer

Jesus;

My burden of sin is too heavy

My pride won’t surrender

My soul knows I must

My being is yours

Let me rest in you.  Amen

TICK TOCK

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At a certain age you realize the greatest loss you can experience is a theft you perpetrated upon yourself; the waste of days given us is there any greater piercing remorse than the realization that a person has thrown away the potential that reside in every sunrise. James Lee Burke Light of the World

Scripture

For he says, “In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation. 2 Corinthians 6:2

Song

One Day too late Skillet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNEC735juI4

Tick tock hear the clock countdown

Wish the minute hand could be rewound

So much to do and so much I need to say

Will tomorrow be too late

Feel the moment slip into the past

Like sand through an hourglass

In the madness I guess I just forget

To do all the things I said

[Pre]

Time passes by

Never thought I'd wind up

One step behind

Now I've made my mind up

[Chorus]

Today I'm gonna try a little harder

Gonna make every minute last longer

Gonna learn to forgive and forget

'Cause we don't have long, gonna make the most of it

Today I'm gonna love my enemies

Reach out to somebody who needs me

Make a change, make the world a better place

'Cause tomorrow could be one day too late

One day too late

One day too late

[V2]

Tick tock hear my life pass by

I can't erase and I can't rewind

Of all the things I regret the most I do...

Wish I'd spent more time with you

Here's my chance for a new beginning

I saved the best for a better ending

And in the end I'll make it up to you, you'll see

You'll get the very best of me

[Bridge]

Your time is running out

You're never gonna get it back

Make the most of every moment

Stop saving the best for last

Sentence Prayer

Father:

Help me to seize each

Day as a gift of your salvation

May I rejoice and be glad

In each sunrise and sunset

Help me to unwrap each day

As a gift.    Amen

NIGHTINGALE

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You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. Chinese Proverb

Scripture

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?  Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?  Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? Matthew 6:25-27

Song

Norah Jones Nightingale

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVkaSYuB9NI

Nightingale

Sing us a song

Of a love that once belonged

Nightingale

Tell me your tale

Was your journey far too long?

Does it seem like I'm looking for an answer

To a question I can't ask

I don't know which way the feather falls

Or if i should blow it to the left

All the voices that are spinnin' around me

Trying to tell me what to say

Can I fly right behind you

And you can take me away

Sentence Prayer

Father;

Angels fly because they take themselves lightly

Humble me that I may fly

Birds fly because they travel lightly

Lighten my burdens that I may fly

Prayers fly to your throne, because of love

Deepen my love so my prayers may be heard

Amen

9/11 NEVER FORGET

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“While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.”― St. Francis of Assisi

Scripture

Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek,

 that I live among the tents of Kedar!

 Too long have I lived

among those who hate peace.

 I am for peace;

    but when I speak, they are for war.  Psalms 120: 5-7

Song

Keep Hoping St Francis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCoGQCBof-s

There is a love hidden inside your borders

Just waiting to be free, just waiting to be free.

There is a hope hidden inside your borders

Just waiting to be realized, just waiting to be realized.

So keep hoping Saint Francis, you'll be a free man yet,

You'll see the sun shine again over your city streets.

There is a love hidden inside your borders

Just waiting to be free, just waiting to be free.

There is a hope hidden inside your borders

Just waiting to be realized, just waiting to be realized.

So keep hoping Saint Francis, you'll be a free man yet,

You'll see the sun shine again over your city streets.

Keep hoping Saint Francis, you'll be a free man yet.

Though darkness covers your sleeping love, it won't last.

Those who wait upon the Lord will renew their strength,

I know, those who wait upon the Lord will not be put to shame.

Those who wait upon the Lord will renew their strength,

I know, I know, those who wait upon the Lord will not be put to shame.

And so we wait, so we wait for the sun to shine.

And so we wait, so we wait for You to come.

Keep hoping Saint Francis, you'll be a free man yet,

You'll see the sun shine again over your city streets.

Sentence Prayer

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.

Where there is hatred, let me sow love,

Where there is injury, pardon;

Where there is doubt, faith;

Where there is despair, hope;

Where there is darkness, light;

And where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek

to be consoled as to console,

to be understood as to understand,

to be loved, as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive,

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,

and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.”

― St. Francis of Assisi

SAVE A LIFE

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It all began with an honest look and a helping hand.  Could this be God’s strategy for human hurt? First, kind eyes meet desperate ones.  Next, strong hands help weak ones. Then, the miracle of God.  We do our small part, he does the big part, and life at the Beautiful Gate begins to be just that.  Max Lucado Out Live your life 2010 Thomas nelson Pub pg 71

Scripture

If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?  Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.   This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence 1 John 3:17-19 NIV

Song

A Million Lives by Jake Miller

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX-2BNsurZM

the other day I got an email, i almost didnt read it

but something caught my eye right before i could delete it

it was bold and underlined, "Please Read" was the title

followed by "Jake you are my idol"

it said and i quote, my name is Nikki and i used to be dancer

til the day the doctor diagnosed me with cancer

so i said goodbye to all the hair on head

and said hello to my hospital bed

yeah see i was just a normal girl, it happened so fast

there were so many days that i thought would be my last

however the fight was tough, and the battle was long

but i felt strong when i listened to your songs

you were, always there for me, you helped my heart beat

you were my only friend, kept you on repeat

i thank god for you every single night

cause believe or not, you saved my life

Ive met a million people, been a million places

shook a million hands, seen a million faces

ive had a million lows, and a million more highs

no i havent made a million, but ive touched a million lives

Ive met a million people, been a million places

shook a million hands, seen a million faces

ive had a million lows, and a million more highs

no i havent made a million, but ive touched a million lives

yeah the mailman knocked said it was for me

handed me a box, sent from tennessee

written on the top "for jakes eyes only"

inside was a journal and letter that he wrote me

it said my name is dillon im in 7th grade

im ridiculed and picked on almost everyday

yeah they push me in the halls in between my classes

yesterday they took my books then broke my glasses

i got no one to talk to, its like i dont exsist

sometimes i wonder if i was gone, would i be missed?

but lemme tell the real reason for this letter

youve helped me through it all, youve help me feel better

youre words gimme confidence, your messages inspire me

you help me find my inner strength deep inside me

through all the bad times, you helped me find the light

believe or not, you saved my life

i was sittin at my table at dinner the other night

when i noticed a little girl sittin to my right

she was lookin at me like she knew me, i guess she did

cause then she walked right up to, and then she said

my name is sami and i swear that im your biggest fan

i think she even had my name written on her hand

she said me my brother used to listen to you every day

until last year, when he passed away

ill never forget seein my parents cry

when they got a call sayin that your son had died

man i wish that he was here now, you were his favorite

he had your mixtape and never stopped playin it

your music gives me a feelin that i just cant desrcribe

its like i got my brother back, and hes still alive

i pray for both of you, every single night

cause believe or not, you saved my life

now lemme turn the table, and talk to you

i had a dream but your the reason that its comin true

yeah ive had some dark days, when the sun dont shine

but you always reminded me that i would be fine

cause when no else cared, you believed in my vision

and now i got an army comin with me on my mission

i thank god for all you, every single night

cause believe or not, you saved my life

Sentence Prayer

Lord, We know the importance of doing for others.  Teach us the importance of being for others, that we might take time to fast and prayer and dwell with you in order to see more clearly how you light illuminates the faces of those we struggle alongside for justice.  Amen.  

Common Prayer a  Liturgy for ordinary radicals pg 434

OUTLAW

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The difference between a criminal and an outlaw is that while criminals frequently are victims, outlaws never are. Indeed, the first step toward becoming a true outlaw is the refusal to be victimized. All people who live subject to other people's laws are victims. People who break laws out of greed, frustration, or vengeance are victims. People who overturn laws in order to replace them with their own laws are victims. ( I am speaking here of revolutionaries.) We outlaws, however, live beyond the law. We don't merely live beyond the letter of the law-many businessmen, most politicians, and all cops do that-we live beyond the spirit of the law. In a sense, then, we live beyond society. Have we a common goal, that goal is to turn the tables on the 'nature' of society. When we succeed, we raise the exhilaration content of the universe. We even raise it a little bit when we fail.  Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker

Scripture

Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. 33 When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”

 But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? 41 We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”  Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” Luke 23:32,40-42 NIV

Song

Poncho and Left Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxzJAF1BxP4

Livin on the road my friend, is gonna keep you free and clean

Now you wear your skin like iron

Your breath as hard as kerosene

You weren't your momma's only boy, but her favorite one it seems

She began to cry when you said goodbye

And sank into your dreams

Pancho was a bandit boy, his horse was fast as polished steel

He wore his gun outside his pants

For all the honest world to feel

Pancho met his match you know on the deserts down in Mexico

Nobody heard his dyin words, ah but that's the way it goes

All the Federales say, they could've had him any day

They only let him slip away, out of kindness I suppose

Lefty he can't sing the blues all night long like he used to

The dust that Pancho bit down south ended up in Lefty's mouth

The day they laid poor Pancho low, Lefty split for Ohio

Where he got the bread to go, there ain't nobody knows

All the Federales say, they could've had him any day

They only let him slip away out of kindness I suppose

The boys tell how old Pancho fell, and Lefty's livin in cheap hotels

The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold

And so the story ends we're told

Pancho needs your prayers it's true, but save a few for Lefty too

He only did what he had to do, and now he's growing old

All the Federales say, they could've had him any day

They only let him go so long, out of kindness I suppose

A few gray Federales say, they could've had him any day

They only let him go so long, out of kindness I suppose

Sentence Prayer

Jesus, have mercy on me a sinner

SURRENDER

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If you are a Christian, your life is not your own, rather than dying, however, God asks you to live for him as a living sacrifice.  Every day, you are to offer your life to Him for His service.  Henry T. Blackaby

Scripture

My heart is not proud, Lord,

    my eyes are not haughty;

I do not concern myself with great matters

    or things too wonderful for me.

 But I have calmed and quieted myself,

    I am like a weaned child with its mother;

    like a weaned child I am content.

 Israel, put your hope in the Lord

    both now and forevermore. Psalms 131

Song

Surrender by Kim Walker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSgn-nmBpNY

Verse 1:

There is no love, sweeter than the love You pour on me.

There is no song, sweeter than the song You sing to me.

There is no place, that I would rather be,

Than here at Your feet, laying down everything.

Chorus:

All to You, I surrender,

Everything, every part of me.

All to You, I surrender,

All of my dreams, all of me.

Verse 2:

If worship's like perfume, I'll pour mine out on You.

For there is none as deserving of my love like You.

So take my hand and draw me into You,

I want to be swept away, lost in love for You.

Bridge 1:

I surrender...

Bridge 2:

No turning back, I've made up my mind,

I'm giving all of my life this time.

Bridge 3:

Your love makes it worth it,

Your love makes it worth it all,

Your love makes it worth it all.

Sentence Prayer

Jesus

All to You I surrender;

All to You I freely give;

I will ever love and trust You,

In His presence daily live.

I surrender all,

I surrender all;

All to Thee, my blessed Savior,

I surrender all. Amen

(Based on Old Hymn I Surrender all Judson W. Van DeVenter)