START A FIRE

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“Give me the love that leads the way, the faith that nothing can dismay, the hope no disappointments tire, the passion that will burn like fire; Let me not sink to be a clod: Make me Thy fuel, Flame of God.” Amy Carmichael

Scripture

For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. ⁷ For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:6,7 NIV

Song

Start A Fire-Unspoken

http://youtu.be/xrEzr-rWwe8

This world can be cold and bitter
Feels like we're in the dead of winter
Waiting on something better
But am I really gonna hide forever?

Over and over again
I hear Your voice in my head
Let Your light shine, let Your light shine for all to see

[Chorus:]
Start a fire in my soul
Fan the flame and make it grow
So there’s no doubt or denying
Let it burn so brightly
That everyone around can see
That it’s You, that it’s You that we need
Start a fire in me

You only need a spark to start a whole blaze
It only takes a little faith
Let it start right here in this city
So these old walls will never be the same

Over and over again
I hear Your voice in my head
They need to know
I need to go
Spirit won't You fall on my heart now

[Chorus:]
Start a fire in my soul
Fan the flame and make it grow
So there’s no doubt or denying
Let it burn so brightly
That everyone around can see
That it’s You, that it’s You that we need
Start a fire in me

[Bridge:]
You are the fire You are the flame
You are the light on the darkest day
We have the hope we bear Your name
We carry the news that You have come to save
Only You can save

[Chorus:]
Start a fire in my soul
Fan the flame and make it grow
So there’s no doubt or denying
Let it burn so brightly
That everyone around can see
That it’s You, that it’s You that we need
Start a fire in me

Sentence Prayer

Jesus, how I do not know but my love for has become a dying ember.  Holy Spirit blow on the ember and make it a bonfire for Jesus, so others may see the flame.  Amen  R.M.

KEEP MAKING ME

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A selfishly ambitious person wants very much to achieve that which God denies. P. G. Mathew | Sunday, February 1, 1998 Copyright © 1998, P. G. Mathew

Scripture

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will let you hear my words.” 3 So I went down to the potter's house, and there he was working at his wheel. 4 And the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter's hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do.

 Then the word of the Lord came to me: “O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter has done? declares the Lord. Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.  Jeremiah 18:1-5 ESV

Song

Keep Making Me

Sidewalk Prophets

http://youtu.be/AwYv6yMuPaA

Make me broken

So I can be healed

‘Cause I’m so calloused

And now I can’t feel

I want to run to You

With heart wide open

Make me broken

Make me empty

So I can be filled

‘Cause I’m still holding

Onto my will

And I’m completed

When you are with me

Make me empty

[Chorus:]

‘Til You are my one desire

‘Til You are my one true love

‘Til You are my breath, my everything

Lord, please keep making me

Make me lonely

So I can be Yours

‘Til I want no one

More than You, Lord

‘Cause in the darkness

I know You will hold me

Make me lonely

[Chorus]

Sentence Prayer

Father, keep in obscurity so I may be known by you.  Amen R.M.

FAMILY (THURSDAY)

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The family was ordained of God, that children might be trained up for himself.  The family was before the church, or rather, the form of the church.  Pope Leo XIII

Scripture

Children, obey your parents because you belong to the Lord,[a] for this is the right thing to do. 2 “Honor your father and mother.” This is the first commandment with a promise: 3 If you honor your father and mother, “things will go well for you, and you will have a long life on the earth. Ephesians 6:1-3

Song

First Family  Rich Mullins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUqA5aEKTys

My folks they were always the first family to arrive

With seven people jammed into a car that seated five

There was one bathroom to bathe and shave in

Six of us stood in line

And hot water for only three

But we all did just fine

Talk about your miracles

Talk about your faith

My dad he could make things grow

Out of Indiana clay

Mom could make a gourmet meal

Out of just cornbread and beans

And they worked to give faith hands and feet

And somehow gave it wings

I can still hear my dad cussin'

He's working late out in the barn

The spring planting is coming

And the tractors just won't run

Mom she's done the laundry

I can see it waving on the line

Now they've stayed together

Through the pain and the strain of those times

Talk about your miracles

Talk about your faith

My dad he could make things grow

Out of Indiana clay

Mom could make a gourmet meal

Out of just cornbread and beans

And they worked to give faith hands and feet

And somehow gave it wings

And now they've raised five children

One winter they lost a son

But the pain didn't leave them crippled

And the scars have made them strong

Never picture perfect

Just a plain man and his wife

Who somehow knew the value

Of hard work, good love, and real life

Talk about your miracles

Talk about your faith

My dad he could make things grow

Out of Indiana clay

Mom could make a gourmet meal

Out of just cornbread and beans

And they worked to give faith hands and feet

And somehow gave it wings

Sentence Prayer

Holy one, holy and eternal.

Awesome, exciting and delightful in your holiness;

Make us pure in heart to see you;

Make us merciful to receive your kindness,

And to share our love with all your human family;

Then will you name be hallowed on earth as in heaven.  Amen (New Zealand Prayer Book Pg 111)

DANDELIONS

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Dandelions some see a weed, some see a wish Unknown

Scripture

‘Message of God, the Master: On the day I scrub you clean from all your filthy living, I’ll also make your cities livable. The ruins will be rebuilt. The neglected land will be worked again, no longer overgrown with weeds and thistles, worthless in the eyes of passersby. People will exclaim, “Why, this weed patch has been turned into a Garden of Eden! And the ruined cities, smashed into oblivion, are now thriving!” The nations around you that are still in existence will realize that I, God, rebuild ruins and replant empty waste places. I, God, said so, and I’ll do it. Ezekiel 36:32-34 Message

Song

Dandelions Five Iron Frenzy

http://youtu.be/T1g38nMr9qc

In a field of yellow flowers

underneath the sun

Bluest eyes that spark with Lightning

Boy with shoes undone

He is so young,

so full of hope,

Reveling in tiny dreams

filling up,his arms with flowers

right for giving any queen,

running to her,beaming bright

While cradling his prize

A flickering of yellow light,

Within his mothers eyes,

She holds him to her heart,

keeping them where they'll be safe,

Clasped within her very marrow,

Dandelions in a vase,

Chorus

She sees love where anyone else would see weeds.

All hope is found.

Here is everything he needs

Fathomless your endless mercy,

Weight I could not lift,

Where do I fit in this puzzle,

What good are these gifts?

Not a martyr or a saint

Scarcely can I struggle through

All that I have ever wanted,

Was to give my best to you

CHORUS

Lord, search my heart,

Create in me something clean.

Dandelions-

You see flowers in these weeds.

Bridge

Gently lifting hands to heaven,

Softened by the sweetest hush,

A father sings over his children,

Loving them so very much

More than words could warrant

Deeper than the darkest Blue

More than sacrifice could merit

Lord,I give my heart to you,

Sentence Prayer

Father: take the weeds of my life and make them into flowers. Amen

GRACE

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God doesn't owe us anything-yet in His grace, He still gives us good things.- Billy Graham

Scripture

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. Psalm 103:13 KJV

Song

How Sweet the Sound

 Citizen’s Way

http://youtu.be/G_3bEERZ3a0

Yea though I walk through the valley

I know that You are always right beside me

And I will fear no evil

You're my rock and my strength

You comfort me

Amazing grace how sweet the sound

I hear You singing over me

I once was lost but now I'm found

And it's beautiful

Amazing grace how sweet the sound

It covers every part of me

My soul is silent, I am found

And it's a beautiful sound

It's a beautiful, beautiful sound

Carry me through the waters

Where Your peace clears away all my sorrow

And nothing can separate us from Your love

Oh Your love it will always be

Amazing grace how sweet the sound

I hear You singing over me

I once was lost but now I'm found

And it's beautiful

Amazing grace how sweet the sound

It covers every part of me

My soul is silent, I am found

And it's a beautiful sound

It's a beautiful, beautiful sound

You were healing in the pain

You were shelter in the storm

Hallelujah You restore my soul

[x2]

Amazing grace how sweet the sound

I hear You singing over me

I once was lost but now I'm found

Amazing grace how sweet the sound

It covers every part of me

My soul is silent, I am found

And it's a beautiful sound

A beautiful, beautiful sound

A beautiful, beautiful sound

A beautiful, beautiful sound

Sentence Prayer

Heavenly Father, Thank you for adopting me!  Thank you for making me a part of your forever family in your forever home.  Without you I was hopeless and helpless.  Without you I was lost.  But with you as my Father, I am found, rescued, forgiven and loved.  I am your child because you wan’t to be my Father.  Accept my deepest praise!  I pray this in the name of your son, Jesus.  Amen (Grace 2012 Max Lucado pg 198)

SOUL

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You are in danger of desiring the blessing more than you desire God, and when that happens you may be easy prey for Satan to offer you a shortcut. Iain Duguid

Living in the Grip of Relentless Grace, P&R Publishing, 2002, p. 13. 

Scripture

For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever

loses their life for me will find it.  What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or 

what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? For the Son

of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, 

and then he will reward each person according to what they 

have done. Matthew 16:25-27 NIV

Song

Toby Mac Lose My Soul

http://youtu.be/coHKdhAZ9hU

Man I wanna tell you all something, Man.

Man I'm not gonna let these material thing's,

get in my way, you all.

I'm trying to get somewhere.

I'm trying to get somewhere,

Thats real and pure and true and eternal.

Father God, I am clay in your hands,

Help me to stay that way through all life's demands,

'Cause they chip and they nag and they pull at me,

And every little thing I make up my mind to be,

Like I'm gonna be a daddy whose in the mix,

And I'm gonna be a husband who stays legit,

And I pray that I'm an artist who rises above,

The road that is wide and filled with self love,

Everything that I see draws me,

Though it's only in You that I can truly see that its a feast

for the eyes- a low blow to purpose.

And I'm a little kid at a three ring circus.

I don't want to gain the whole world, and lose my soul,

Don't wanna walk away, let me hear the people say.

I don't want to gain the whole world, and lose my soul,

Don't wanna walk away, let me hear the people say.

(Mr. Franklin, Step up to the mic sir)

The paparazzi flashes, and that they think that it's you,

But they don't know that who you are is not what you do,

True, we get it twisted when we peak at the charts,

Yo before we part from the start,

Where's your heart?

You a pimp, hustler?

Tell me what's your title,

America has no more stars, now we call them idols,

You sit idle, While we teach prosperity,

The first thing to prosper should be inside of me.

We're free...

Not because of 22's on the range,

But Christ came in range, we said yes now we changed,

Not the same, even though I made a fall,

Since I got that call, no more Saul, now I'm Paul.

(YEP!)

I don't want to gain the whole world, and lose my soul,

Don't wanna walk away, let me hear the people say.

I don't want to gain the whole world, and lose my soul,

Don't wanna walk away, let me hear the people say.

Don't wanna walk away,

Don't wanna walk away

How do I sense the tide that's rising?

De-sensitizing me from living in light of eternity,

How do I sense the tide that's rising?

It's hypnotizing me from living in light of eternity,

How do I sense the tide that's rising?

De-sensitizing me from living in light of eternity.

(Lord what we gonna do,We're relying on you,

all eyes are on you Lord,

all eyes are on you, all eyes are on you Jesus.)

I don't want to gain the whole world, and lose my soul,

Don't wanna walk away, let me hear the people say.

(Don't let me lose my soul, my soul.)

I don't want to gain the whole world, and lose my soul,

(This is my honesty, Father, won't you cover me.)

I don't want to gain the whole world, and lose my soul,

(Don't wanna walk away, and all those people say)

I don't want to gain the whole world, and lose my soul,

(Don't wanna lose, I don't wanna lose my soul.)

Lord forgive us when we get consumed by the things of this

world,

That fight for our love, and our passion,

As our eyes are open wide and on you.

Grant us the privilege of your world view,

And may your kingdom be, what wakes us up, and lays us down.

(Hallelujah, Don't wanna lose our soul,

No, Don't wanna lose my soul.)

Hey excuse me,

I'm looking for the after party,

Toby,

Ha ha, yeah, last door on the left, you'll hear it.

Thanks,

No problem.

Don't let me lose my soul, I never wanna walk away,

I don't wanna lose my soul,

No, no, no.

Don't let me, don't let me, lose my soul,

I don't wanna walk away,

Don't let me walk away,

Na na na na no,

Don't let me lose, my soul,

I'm never gonna walk away.

Sentence Prayer

Look kindly on our world, our God,

As we suffer and struggle with one another.

Look kindly on your church,

Driven by the same necessity;

And may the light we have seen in Jesus

Illuminate and brighten all the world.  Amen

(New Zealand Prayer Book Pg 125)

FATHER

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My kids have given me a glimpse of how God must feel. God looks at us, like, ‘Oh, good grief…you’re driving me crazy, but I still love you.' - Jeff Foxworthy, Actor and TV host

Scripture

When the Council saw the boldness of Peter and John and could see that they were obviously uneducated non-professionals, they were amazed and realized what being with Jesus had done for them! Acts 4:13 LB

Song

The One You Need Shane & Shane

http://youtu.be/AaziDJ13jlE

Hey hey sweet daughter

I am so proud to be your father

Each day is like a gift from God

Hey hey sweet daughter

There's no music like your laughter

And your smile is like a rising sun

You know I loved you from the start

So come in close

Take my hand for daddy shares his heart

I wish that I could be your everything

Be the one to give you all the things you need

Sometimes I'm gonna let you down

But there's someone if you just believe

Be your hero like He's always been for me

Darling, Jesus is the one you need

No matter what you walk through

He will always love you just the way you are

For there's nothing in this world

That I'd walk for my baby girl

That she'll be happy ever after

The story of your life is still untold

I pray the King of all the Universe

Would make your heart His own

I wish that I could be your everything

Be the one to give you all the things you need

Sometimes I'm gonna let you down

But there's someone if you just believe

Be your hero like He's always been for me

Darling, Jesus is the one

Who will never leave

He's been there all along

All ready You can find to love

I wish that I could be your everything

Be the one to give you all the things you need

Sometimes I'm gonna let you down

But there's someone if you just believe

Be your hero like He's always been for me

Darling, Jesus is the one you need

Sentence Prayer

Dearest Father in Heaven,

Bless this child and bless this day

Of new beginnings.

Smile upon this child

And surround this child, Lord,

With the soft mantle of your love.

Teach this child to follow in your footsteps,

And to live life in the ways of

Love, faith, hope and charity.

A Gaelic Christening Blessing