UNFINISHED

unfinished

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I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.  Joyce Meyer

Scripture

Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God. 4 Whenever I pray, I make my requests for all of you with joy, 5 for you have been my partners in spreading the Good News about Christ from the time you first heard it until now. 6 And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns. Philippians 1:3-6 Not

Song 

Unfinished Mandissa

http://www.thefishla.com/content/music/mandisa-unfinished-story-behind-the-song

Not scared to say it

I used to be the one 

Preaching it to you 

That you could overcome 

I still believe it

But it ain’t easy 

‘Cause that world I painted

Where things just all work out 

It started changing 

And I started having doubts 

And it got me so down 

But I picked myself back up

And I started telling me

No, my God’s not done

Making me a masterpiece 

He’s still working on me

He started something good

And I’m gonna believe it

He started something good

And He’s gonna complete it

So I’ll celebrate the truth 

His work in me ain’t through 

I’m just unfinished

I know His history

And the kind of God He is

He might make it a mystery

But He’s proving I can trust in Him

And yeah, I believe it

So I can pick myself back up

And keep on telling me

No, my God’s not done

Making me a masterpiece 

No, my God’s not done

He started something good

And I’m gonna believe it

He started something good

And He’s gonna complete it

So I’ll celebrate the truth 

His work in me ain’t through 

I’m just unfinished

So I’ll celebrate the truth 

His work in me ain’t through, no

He’s still working

Still, still working on me

Sentence Prayer

Father; Thank you for the harsh hammer and chisel that is sculpting me into the likeness of Jesus!  Holy Spirit give me a spirit of self-control and courage as sin is chipped away.  Amen REM

DIG DOWN

Dig Down

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The bigness of the world is redemption. Despair compresses you into a small space, and a depression is literally a hollow in the ground. To dig deeper into the self, to go underground, is sometimes necessary, but so is the other route of getting out of yourself, into the larger world, into the openness in which you need not clutch your story and your troubles so tightly to your chest.  Rebecca Solnit

Scripture

What I always feared has happened to me.

    What I dreaded has come true.

I have no peace, no quietness.

    I have no rest; only trouble comes.” Job 2:25,26 NLT

Song

Dig Down Muse

https://youtu.be/V424znK8m48

When hope and love has been lost

And you fall to the ground

You must find a way

When the darkness descends

And you're told it's the end

You must find a way

When God decides to look the other way

And a clown takes the throne

We must find a way

Face the firing squad

Against all the odds

You will find a way

Dig down

Dig down

Dig down

And find faith

When you're close to the edge

With a gun to your head

You must find a way

When friends are thin on the ground

And they try to divide us

We must find a way

We have entered the fray

And we will not obey

We must find a way

Yeah

Dig down

Dig down

Dig down

And find faith

When they've left you for dead

(Dig down)

And you can only see red

(Dig down)

You must find a way

Dig down

Dig down

Dig down

Find faith

We won't let them divide

(Dig down)

We will never abide

(Dig down)

We will find a way

Dig down

Dig down

Dig down

Faith

Dig down

Dig down

Faith

Sentence Prayer

Father

Give me the strength to dig down deep, to discover the steel will

to praise You whether it is sun or rain.  To live fearfully and obediently under Your mighty hand, no matter what may come.  Amen REM

WEEP FOR ME!

WEEP FOR ME!

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“While Christianity was able to agree with pagan writers that inordinate attachment to earthly goods can lead to unnecessary pain and grief, it also taught that the answer to this was not to love things less but to love God more than anything else. Only when our greatest love is God, a love that we cannot lose even in death, can we face all things with peace. Grief was not to be eliminated but seasoned and buoyed up with love and hope.” Tim Keller Walking with God Thru Pain and Suffering

SCRIPTURE

O Lord, come back to us!

    How long will you delay?

    Take pity on your servants!

Satisfy us each morning with your unfailing love,

    so we may sing for joy to the end of our lives.

Give us gladness in proportion to our former misery!

    Replace the evil years with good.

Let us, your servants, see you work again;

    let our children see your glory.

And may the Lord our God show us his approval

    and make our efforts successful.

    Yes, make our efforts successful! Psalms 90:13-17 NLT

SONG

WEEP WITH ME REND COLLECTIVE

https://youtu.be/nfXwzMi1FxA

Weep with me

Lord will you weep with me

I don’t need answers all I need

is to know you care for me

Hear my plea

are you even listening

Lord I will wrestle with your heart

but I won’t let you go

you know I believe

help my unbelief

Yet I will praise you

Yet I will sing of your name

here in the shadows

i’ll light up an offering of praise

what was true in the light is still true in the dark

You’re good and You’re kind and You care for this heart.

Lord I believe You weep with me

Part the seas Lord make a way for me

here in the midst of my lament

I have faith yes I still believe

that You love me

Your plans are to prosper me

You’re working everything for good

even when I can’t see it

You know I believe

help my unbelief

yet I will praise You

Yet I will sing of your name

here in the shadows

i’ll lift up an offering of praise

what was true in the light is still true in the dark

You’re good and You’re kind and You care for this heart.

Lord I believe You weep with me

turn my lament into a love song

transform me and turn my lament into an anthem

I need it now  I need it now

turn my lament into a love song

o raise it up o raise it up

turn my lament into an anthem

yet I will praise You

Yet I will sing of your name

here in the shadows

i’ll light up an offering of praise

what was true in the light is still true in the dark

You’re good and You’re kind and You care for this heart.

Lord I believe You weep with me

SENTENCE PRAYER

Praise to the God who weeps with men

Praise to the God who came to weep

Praise to the God who catches each tear in his infinite hand

Praise be the God, who give and takes away!

I believe free my from my doubt

Amen!  REM