Christianity Oasis Forum

[kimberly]

Dear Father....... In Christ alone my hope is found,
He is my light, my strength, my song.
This Cornerstone, this solid ground,
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.



What heights of love, what depths of peace,
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease.
My Comforter, my All in All,
Here in the love of Christ I stand.


In Christ alone, who took on flesh,
Fullness of God in helpless babe.
This gift of love and righteousness,
Scorned by the ones He came to save.

Til on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied.
For every sin on Him was laid,
Here in the death of Christ I live.


There in the ground His body lay,
Light of the world by darkness slain.
Then bursting forth in glorious Day,
Up from the grave He rose again.

And as He stands in victory,
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me.
For I am His and He is mine,
Bought with the precious blood of Christ.


No guilt of life, no fear in death,
This is the power of Christ in me.
From life's first cry to final breath,
Jesus commands my destiny.

No power of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand.
til He returns or calls me home,
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand.....amen. (In Christ alone....as recorded by the Newsboys)

Sometimes a song can be a prayer. This one is my favorite dedication prayer to my Father. For me, it spells out not only what Jesus did for me, but what I will do for Him.

It says I view Jesus as my path, the way I will follow. I see Him as my leader...I draw my strength from Him, He is the words of my mind and mouth.

It states I see Him as my only way to still my fears, leash my wayward feelings, and make peace with my angers and frustrations. It declares He is my only hope of taming my all-over-the-place emotions.

It speaks of victory over anything that could come against me, it tells how I should believe in what He did with my whole heart, and His power in me to conquer all my doubts and fears.

It is my statement of how I love Him, in truth, and in honesty. It is a declaration of my unwavering faith, my promise to Him of my trust and confidence--in His ability, His death-defying power.

It is my commitment to stand with Him, to give Him my life and all it involves. It says to me that He should be in charge of everything....including my emotions. Maybe especially my emotions.

So before I sing it, I tell Him, "I am giving my emotions to You. I know You will do a better job with them than me. I ask You to remind me when I need a little control, and trust you to help me."

It always works. When things threaten to rise up in me that I don't want, a piece of this song will come to me. I hear God say...."easy....remember, I am here to help you. You never have to do it alone. Take a breath..... breathe Me in....."

It's like that thing they taught us as kids. You know, when there's a fire....you Stop-- Drop-- and Roll. Well, with God, you Stop (what you're doing, or about to do)--- Remember Him, (and what you pledged to Him)--- and Run ( To his arms, His rest, His peace.)

It always made me slow down, take a look at the situation, and say to myself..."Wait a minute. What is important here? What I am about to say or do, or what God wants me to say or do?"

Then, a piece of my dedication song would come to me. I would think, and pray "help, Lord", and the situation would shift. Things would cool, or calm. And I could see what was the spirit thing to do.

It radically changed my emotional pattern, or habits. And thats what we get into sometimes with the way we respond to situations. Patterns, or habits. Ruts. Emotional Escalators. Going up....or going down, we have steps we take into patterned rages or depressions.


We have to change our patterns. If a way of dealing is not working, we have to find a new way. The 'Stop...Remember...and Run' way... worked for me. It made me 'slow to anger', and answer, which caused people to sometimes look at me funny, but I also learned to not care about that.

In my walk with Jesus, I have been given many little, seemingly insignificant ways and ideas on dealing with my wildly unpredictable emotions. But I have also learned, that if I am faithful to listen and not dismiss them as silly....they work in ways only God can make them work.

He brings to my mind simple ideas, things learned as a child. He then applies the Word I have read or studied, prayed or sang, to them. Behold, all things are made new.....and the results are amazing.

He leads me and asks me to do things I normally wouldn't do....sing as I pray, or work around the house; call someone with a particular phrase....type something here in the chat that I hadn't planned on saying.

I hear Him say things in my spirit, and I have learned to repeat them out loud. Things happen in my life when I do that. Jesus commands my destiny...... I must say that a few dozen times a day. It is one of the most powerful things I have ever uttered. It has affected most of the things I say and do.

I truly hope and pray each of you finds your pattern with God. He has one available, I assure you. Step off the escalator, 7th floor....Spirit Apparel.


No guilt of life, no fear in death,
This is the power of Christ in me.
From life's first cry to final breath,
Jesus commands my destiny.
No power of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand.
til He returns or calls me home,
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand.....amen

[realtmg]

Amen Kim. We HAVE TO WANT TO CHANGE. Thanks friend. GBU Real.