My heart desires

God set me free,

To desire to do His will,

For His law is within my heart. (Psalm 40:8)

God set me free,

To proclaim righteousness in the great assembly,

So I speak of your faithfulness, salvation, love and truth.

May all who seek you,

Rejoice in their spirit and be glad in their soul,

For God is always our help and deliverer.

God set me free,

To feel His love,

My mind will never forget,

His saving me from dark, 

Healing me from depression, 

Leading me to the Light,

And maturing me to hope.

 

 Live

I am joyful before I see my hope fulfilled,

For I know when I ask God and I shall receive it.

No need of finding any excuse in case of failing to succeed,

For I respond to His mercy in prayer,

Surrender to His sovereignty in humility,

Praise His glory in worship.

Then I am bold to thankfully proclaim His promise:

God has given me the spirit of power, love and self-discipline with sound mind,

So I may renew my thoughts and enslave my body.

I shall live my life with His wisdom, beauty and wellness.

Hallelujah!!!

Hope

Hopeless in despair,

Sparks a desire of searching for the hope of remedy.

The Hope is not flimsy wishful thoughts,

But assurance of God’s faithful promise.

Hope is as necessary to life as the air we breathe.

Hope is not just something we do,

But a joyful expectation we have,

Through Jesus Christ,

The foundation of Hope.

Hope is courageous. (2 Corinthians 3:12)

Hope is expectant. (Titus 2:13-14)

Hope is a source of stability. (Hebrews 6:19)

Hope has purifying effect. (1 John 3:3)

My relationship with God generates hope of eternity.

An initial hope in Jesus Christ spurs me up,

So I am motivated to persevere,

By Hope of God,

To realize a worthy goal,

To find joy and fulfillment,

To be assured to keep pressing on in the godly direction.

Best of all, I experience in perseverance: Grace, Protection, Provision.

Hope can be active or waiting,

Just like faith can be bold or quiet,

Just like love can be gentle or tough.

Let the catalyst of time do its amazing work,

Mature my life to sweet wine,

To bring a flavor of joy to my Father God.

I am born again to be the living hope,

Through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

Who conquer the enemy of death on my behalf. (1 Peter 1:3)

Sin causes the pain and fear of death,

Law bonds the sinners under its power.

But Jesus Christ came to give us victory over law and death. (1 Corinthians 15:26, 57)

Hope gives me future heavenly perspective,

To shape my approach to life on earth,

And this hope shall lead me to His glory as His coheir. (Titus 3:4-7)

(adapted from Hope by Bill Crowder)

God plays His beautiful melody through me

When I call You, 

You come near me and say to me:

Do not fear. (Lamentations 3:57)

God gives me the spirit of power, love and self-discipline,

So my heart can have a single focus on pursuing Him.

Once a sacrifice of the flesh in the world,

Now turn to feeling a privilege;

Once a duty to the law,

Now become a delight in eternal joy.

Like the strings on a violin,

I discipline self to let God’s hand,

Play His beautiful melody of life through me,

And release His amazing wisdom and power,

In response to my prayers. (Daniel 2:21-23)

Pray for myself

Prepare my heart for welcoming my King.

Be content.

Be thankful.

Be joyful.

When my Bridegroom comes,

I ask Him for His heart,

Humble and compassionate,

So I can love Him and people He loves.

Then I ask His Holy Spirit,

To anoint my lips to speak

His loving truth only.

Never flatter self so much,

To not detect or hate my sin.

Then I ask His strength,

To walk and do good in His name,

Not by my zealous flesh,

But only surrender to His truth and do His will.

Again, I ask Him to renew my mind,

To give cheerfully and lend freely.

Also, I ask Him for His truth like treasure,

To store in my heart so I can give generously. (Psalm 36:2)

 Look to God and be radiant

Look to God,

Be radiant,

Without shame,

And receive the honor restored by Jesus Christ,

For Father God of grace smiles at me to help.

Fear God,

Lack nothing good,

I am redeemed and no condemnation at all,

Even in many troubles,

For God of protection delivers me from them all.

(Psalm 34:5,9)

God is both kind and severe

In the day of God’s anger,

No one escaped or survived,

God is both kind and severe.

He is severe toward the disobedient.

He is kind to help those who continue to trust in His kindness.

Through Jesus Christ,

Who has given you grace to remain faithful to Him alone.

God imprisons the going astray sheep by law,

So they won’t be killed by the devil who is misleading them to jump off the cliff.

When God’s mercy release them,

They run in freedom,

And willfully follow the Master.

All creation exists by His power, 

For displaying His glorious loving wisdom.

(Romans 11:22, 5,32)

晴れ女

Arise, cry out in prayer,

Overflow the living water of the Holy Spirit.

Like a faithful watcher at night,

Guard the people of the world.

Lift up my hands to God,

For bringing down His word,

To empower my children and the saints,

To wait in hope of God,

For giving food to the lost and faint,

To come back to Jesus for salvation.

“Be you”, is a command God gives

To establish me to be 晴れ女,

to speak HIs word to drive away

Dark clouds and stop evil attacks,

So His will shall come to be,

Through my prayer and plead.

Arise, cry out in the night,
    as the watches of the night begin;
pour out your heart like water
    in the presence of the Lord.
Lift up your hands to him
    for the lives of your children,
who faint from hunger
    at every street corner. (Lamentations 2:19)

Interview God

Come to God in personal meeting,

Interview Him for knowing His mind.

Then He reveals His heart of love,

Instructs and teaches me,

Counsels and watches over me,

So I don’t need to be controlled

By the law like bit and bridle on a horse,

But understand His unfailing love

And all His wonderful attributes.

When I trust in Him with all my heart,

My spirit rejoice, my mind is glad,

My body sings and dances all days long.

(Psalm 32, Daniel 2:20)

I walk with freedom

How great is God’s goodness,

Stored up for me, who fear God.

Bestowed on me and shelter me,

From all the enemies’ accusing lies.

Free me and guide me to the spacious land,

Your dwelling is my safe harbor. (Psalm 31)

 

My spirit-led life (Romans 8:6)

Is alive and peaceful,

Thinking about the things of heaven,

Not the things of earth.

Hide my real life in Christ (Colossians 3:2-3)

Be free, walking as His light,

To bless the earthly world as His gracious conduit.