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Series Code: P
Program Code: P000025
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00:20 Hello and welcome back to Praise I'm Kelly Mowrer.
00:23 Thank you for joining with me today. In year 1860, there were 00:27 two sisters named Susan and Anna Warner and they lived on the 00:30 beautiful Hudson River in New York near the United States 00:34 Military Academy at West Point. Both sisters were highly 00:38 educated and also very devoted Christians. Every week they 00:42 would travel to West Point to hold worship services for the 00:45 cadets there. When they died they were buried with full 00:49 military honors in recognition of the spiritual contributions 00:53 they made to the young officers at West Point. In fact, they 00:56 also willed their house to West Point and today it is a national 01:01 shrine. But in 1860 the sisters wrote a book together. In their 01:06 story, which was a best seller, one of the characters recites 01:10 this poem to comfort a little boy who was dying. 01:13 Jesus loves me this I know, For the Bible tells me so. 01:19 Little ones to him belong. They are weak but he is strong. 01:24 Today we're going to meditate on the love of Jesus and the joy 01:29 of living for him always surrounded by his love. 01:41 Yes Jesus loves me, Yes Jesus loves me, 01:54 Yes Jesus loves me For the Bible tells me so. 02:13 ¤ ¤ 02:18 Jesus is the sweetest 02:22 name I know. 02:26 And he's just the same 02:31 as his holy name. 02:35 And that's the reason 02:40 why I love him so, 02:44 for Jesus, he is the sweetest name. 02:51 Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, 02:57 there's just something 03:03 about that name. 03:11 Master, Savior, he's Jesus. 03:18 Like the fragrance 03:24 after the rain. 03:29 Jesus, Jesus, Jesus. 03:36 Let all heaven 03:38 and earth proclaim. 03:44 Kings and kingdoms 03:49 will all pass away, 03:53 but there's something 03:57 about that name. 04:07 ¤ ¤ 04:13 Falling in love with Jesus, 04:24 Falling in love with Jesus 04:36 is the best thing 04:40 I ever, ever done. 04:45 Oh I'm falling in love 04:49 with Jesus. Oh yes. 04:54 I've fallen in love with Jesus 05:02 Falling in love with Jesus 05:10 It is the best thing I've ever, ever done 05:17 Oh yes it is. 05:19 It is the best thing 05:23 I've ever, ever done. 05:27 Oh it is the best thing 05:34 I've ever, I've ever done. 05:42 ¤ ¤ 05:55 The thing about truly falling in love with Jesus is that our 06:00 closeness keeps growing more precious to us. His Spirit 06:04 creates in us new hearts, hearts to know him, to hear his voice, 06:10 to see him working in our circumstances beautiful outcomes 06:14 for his glory. Nothing can separate us from his love. 06:19 No matter how lonely we feel or how hard things are, 06:23 our feelings are no measure of the reality of God's presence 06:27 with us always, his love bringing us safely through 06:32 the storms and his faithfulness to complete the work he's begun 06:36 in each of our hearts. 06:37 He Who Began a Good Work in You Christian Bordahl 06:40 He who began a good work in you 06:52 will be faithful to complete it, 07:02 he'll be faithful to complete it 07:12 He who started the work 07:14 will be faithful to complete it in you 07:19 ¤ ¤ 07:29 If the struggle you're facing is slowly replacing 07:34 your hope with despair. 07:38 All the process is long 07:42 and you're losing your song 07:45 in the night. 07:51 You can be sure that the Lord 07:54 has his hand on you 07:56 safe and secure. 07:58 He will never abandon you. 08:02 You are his treasure and 08:05 he finds his pleasure in you. 08:14 He who began a good work in you, 08:24 He who began a good work in you 08:31 will be faithful to complete it, 08:37 He'll be faithful to complete it 08:43 He who started the work 08:48 will be faithful to complete 08:51 it in you. 08:52 ¤ ¤ 09:03 He who began a good work in you 09:10 will be faithful to complete it, 09:16 He'll be faithful to complete it 09:21 He who started the work 09:26 will be faithful to complete it in you. 09:35 ¤ ¤ 09:49 The work that God wants to complete in us is to make us 09:53 more and more like himself, to draw us into such a close 09:57 connection to him that we become one with him just as 10:01 Jesus and his Father lived in intimate connection with each 10:05 other. Do we make this one of our hearts' desires? Do we 10:10 really ask god to show us the areas where he wants to work 10:14 and change us to be more like him? How much time do we spend 10:19 reading his word and seeking his ways? Is the work that he does 10:23 in our hearts evident to the people around us? Do they see 10:27 Jesus in us? Does every relationship we have give 10:30 evidence who we belong to, who we live for, that his love has 10:35 changed our lives? 10:37 Do They See Jesus in Me Sandra Entermann 10:42 Is the face that I see in the mirror 10:47 one I want others to see? 10:54 Do I show in the way that I walk in my life 11:01 the love that you've given to me? 11:08 My heart's desire is to be like you 11:15 You know that I do, all I am. 11:24 Do they see Jesus in me? 11:30 Do they recognize your face? 11:38 Do I communicate your love 11:45 and your grace? 11:51 Do I reflect who you are 11:57 in the way I choose to be? 12:04 Do they see Jesus, Jesus in me? 12:17 ¤ ¤ 12:27 It's amazing that you'd 12:30 ever use me. 12:35 But use me the way you will. 12:40 Help me to hold out 12:42 a heart of compassion and grace, 12:48 a heart that your Spirit fills. 12:53 May I show forgiveness and mercy 13:01 the same way you've shown it to me. 13:09 Do they see Jesus in me? 13:16 Do they recognize your face? 13:22 Do I communicate your love and your grace? 13:34 Do I reflect who you are in the way I choose to be? 13:45 Do they Jesus, Jesus in me? 14:00 Now I want to show all the world 14:04 that you are the reason I live and breathe. 14:13 So you'll be the one that they see when they see me. 14:24 Do they see Jesus in me? 14:31 Do they recognize your face? 14:37 Do I communicate your love and your grace? 14:46 Do I reflect who you are 14:55 in the way I choose to be? 15:05 Do they see Jesus, Jesus in me? 15:24 ¤ ¤ 15:48 You are my sister, even when I do not know you. 16:00 You are my brother, even when I do not show you. 16:13 You're in my family, in Christ you're kin to me. 16:26 Now you are one with me. 16:35 Shall we learn to be friends? 16:39 ¤ ¤ 16:49 You are my mother 16:55 when I fall and when I'm hurting 17:01 You are my father 17:07 please forgive me my deserting. 17:13 You're in my family, In Christ you're kin to me. 17:25 Now you are one with me. Shall we learn to be friends? 17:40 ¤ ¤ 17:49 I need you near me when my hope is gone. 18:00 Come lift me up and help me carry on. 18:10 Then when you're weak you'll find me by your side 18:20 To comfort you and see you through. 18:34 You are my daughter, it matters not your race or nation. 18:46 You are my son, my own. 18:52 May we embrace in celebration. You are in my family 19:06 in Christ your kin to me. Now you are one with me. 19:21 Shall we learn to be friends? 19:46 For those of us who long to live more and more committed to Jesus 19:51 he gives us some clear and simple guidelines. When we want 19:55 to ask the Holy Spirit to open our eyes to the ways we can live 19:58 closer to him, live more for him, we can turn to his own 20:03 words for the standards that he has already set. 20:06 In John 13:34-35, Jesus says: A new commandment I give unto you 20:11 that ye love one another. As I have loved you that ye also 20:16 love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my 20:21 disciples if ye have love one to another. We have all been saved 20:28 by his grace, set free, and given a place at the table of 20:32 the marriage supper of the lamb, not because we deserved it, but 20:36 because he gave us something we could never have had any other 20:40 way. And he ways to each one of us, If you are really thankful 20:44 for this gift I have given you, if you really want to live for 20:48 me then you will treat others with the same generosity, the 20:52 same compassion, the same love that I have shown to you in 20:56 bringing you out of darkness into everlasting light. Listen 21:00 as my friend Rudy sings and make his song your prayer of 21:04 commitment to God. 21:09 I was lost in darkness never knowing where to turn. 21:16 I thought I had all the answers but I had so much to learn. 21:26 Like a child I had gone astray 21:31 trying to make it on my own. 21:37 Like a father you embraced me 21:42 and you showed 21:44 the way back home. 21:46 And now that I know the truth that you proclaim 21:53 I will keep trusting you to fill me up till only you remain. 22:05 And I will not rest 22:08 until my every word 22:11 brings glory to your name. 22:14 In all that I am, 22:16 In all that I do, 22:21 I live for you. 22:26 ¤ ¤ 22:40 Only you could save me 22:44 from the debt I had to pay. 22:48 And now I want to tell the world 22:53 the difference you have made. 22:59 You have changed the way 23:01 I live and love. 23:03 And made my heart brand new 23:08 Now that we are joined together 23:12 I know I'm nothing without you. 23:17 Now that I know the truth that you proclaim, 23:24 I will keep trusting you to fill me up till only you remain. 23:36 And I will not rest until my every word 23:41 brings glory to your name. 23:45 In all that I am, In all that I do 23:50 I live for you. 23:55 Now that I know the truth that you proclaim 24:02 Lord I will keep trusting you 24:08 to fill me up 24:11 till only you remain. 24:14 And I will not rest 24:18 until my every word 24:21 brings glory to your name. 24:24 In all that I am, In all that I do 24:29 I live for you. 24:34 In all that I am, In all that I do 24:41 I live for you. 24:49 ¤ ¤ 25:00 Here I am, I live for you. 25:17 As we once again have told God how much we love him and want 25:21 to live for him, let's close our time together by listening as 25:26 Klara and Eva play the prayer that Jesus taught us to 25:29 pray to our Father for to him is the kingdom, the power and the 25:33 glory forever. 25:47 ¤ ¤ |
Revised 2014-12-17