Friday, December 30, 2011

True Brokenness Hymn

     God uplifts us more when we show how humbled we are by His mercy and holiness. To kneel before God and present our unadulteratedly contrite and submissive heart is the most glorious act a worshiper can do as sacrifice. Mary Magdalene only did a very extravagant act of surrender that amazes all of us. The way she broke the bottle of perfume shows something behind it: the breaking of oneself. All the time we have to break ourselves before the Lord in order to pour out what is inside us. There must be no reservation. We have to break our closed hearts as acclamation to His authority entering us. From our Lord who gave His dear precious life, would we ever dare withhold anything we have?

At Your holiness I humbly bow down
Broken and surrendered to You alone.
I shall decrease and pour all my tears
To prepare You as You take Your throne.

To empty myself is never enough
To equal the price You've paid for me.
Oh, what love that made grace abound,
saved my soul, and set me free.

The nails that held your dearly hands
Showed love, mercy, and grace eternal.
I break myself to be spilled before You
and present my heart for a renewal.

No gold, no pearl cost greater than love
That brought salvation none can buy.
How precious is that blood of the Lamb
That cleansed me from every lust and lie!

In total truth I kneel to wash Your feet
Unworthy as I am, I surrender to Your will
I solely long to serve You faithfully
With love and brokenness so real.

I spill my all to release my aromatic worship
For a Savior who'd lay down His life for man.
To kiss Your purity, I shall not cease
To exalt and praise You as long as I can.

As I'm emptied I desire to be filled afresh
With Your Holy Spirit saturating my heart.
By Your grace I'll live and to myself I'll die.
No longer will You, Jesus, and I be apart.

Songs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig6_qFr4tOo
(Alabaster Jar)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3Jv1Hf2oCw
(Beautiful)

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Jesus, My Loving Lord

     It is such an overwhelming moment when we remember with thanksgiving the amazing grace that our Lord Jesus generously gave us. We are never worth dying for because we are all sinful and rebellious, yet who would have thought that a righteous and holy God would descend to earth and leave His throne of grace just to carry the weight of our sins. He didn't do that just to show off but just to save us from the punishment we were doomed to undergo. It is my greatest pleasure to have known Jesus, for I have found love and forgiveness in Him.

You spent Your life on earth for me
And Your real, pure love You made me see.
You embraced me despite my filthiness.
O Lord, I know You are my rest!

No matter how distant I had been,
You watched me as I turned back from sin.
My shame You wiped that I've been released,
and showed me how far west is from east

With countless times I sinned to You.
To my many promises I'd been untrue,
But still Your blood gave the way to love
That like a rain falls from above.

You extended the love I ne'er deserved,
Descended from Heaven and here You served.
You are my Lord, but You still humbled;
For my salvation, You were trampled.

No word should define the love of Yours;
You straightened then my sinful course.
I was lost and wrecked but now am saved.
O Lord, thank You for the way You paved!

Could I ever fathom Your deep romance?
I was so hopeless until You gave me chance.
To my surprise, You've just held me dear
And promised me You will ever be near.

Yes, You are my hope, my life, my peace,
My joy, my love, my strength, my ease.
I'm no longer the person that I was.
It's only because of the love of Jesus.

Songs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR4CCLnmf1Q
(Worthy is the Lamb)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RDcPNjE1kQ
(Thank You for the Cross)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COQ6cni_TG8
(Lord I Lift Your Name on High)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga6Qtxzd6vk
(Power of Your Love)

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-4NFvI5U9w&ob=av2e
(Amazing Grace , My Chains Are Gone)