Basically this site is about encouragement and edification, how that is accomplished varies from time to time though. This week’s post is a example of trying to do something different to accomplish our same normal site goals.
Instead of sharing thoughts from our own mind about God, the things of God, the Christian life, etc we decided to share lyrics from one of our favorite songs - Heads I Win, Tails You Lose - by my favorite band - Tourniquet. Hopefully as you read these lyrics they will work on your heart like they work on mine every time I hear the song.
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There's a place in the human soul
Where we want to be in charge of everything
Take control
It's not easy to lose the reigns
When we feel that we're responsible for all our gains.But the fact of the matter is
That the credit is only His
And the reason you take a breath
Is the one who has conquered death
Is a God of amazing grace
Who is willing to plead your case.Do you remember there was a day
When you gave your life, your all to Him in every way
But you love for Him soon grew cold
And you found yourself conforming to the world's
mold.But the fact of the matter is
That the credit is only His
And the reason you take a breath
Is the one who has conquered death
Is a God of amazing grace
Who is willing to plead your case.When you think that you know best
And you think that you can ride
The wave out on the crest
Then the things that He said are mute
And the promises He made to you
You give the boot.By the time you think it over now
Things have gotten worse somehow
If you'd only given Him your all
He'd have caught you long before the fall
And you're looking at what could've been
It's tails you lose and heads I win.And you're looking at what might have been
It's tails you lose and heads I win!
words and music by Ted Kirkpatrick / Tourniquet
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There really are few songs that drive me to think about my relationship with God more then that one. It reminds me to never forsake God, cling to Him in the tough times, remember that He is the one doing the work, He is the source of all that I am, all that I have, and all that I can become. Those are humbling thoughts, but ones that are needed many times in all our lives. Those are also the core things required to maintaining a proper relationship with God, i.e. that it is about Him, for Him and through Him that I live. Simple, He is my sustainer, He is my hope, but most of all He is my redeemer.
We get so caught up in what WE are doing, who WE are, what WE have, where WE go, where WE have been, etc. In doing that we are lying to ourselves about the entire thing. The real truth of it is that everything is from God and only possible due to and through God. Without Him we are nothing, and with Him we are capable of all things that are within His will.
The blood of Christ redeems all that it touches. I pray today that the blood of Christ has cleansed your sins and that you are spending eternity in Heaven. If you have questions about here to do that go here.
I know this has been a different type of post, but in the end I hope it challenges your heart to give up more of yourself and get more of God. He is truly there no matter what and He has never lost a one that came to Him. As Darrel Evens put it in his song - Trading My Sorrows
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I am pressed but not crushed
Persecuted not abandoned
Struck down but not destroyed
I am blessed beyond the curse
For His promise will endure
That His joy's gonna be my strength
Though the sorrow may last for the night
His joy comes with the morningWe say yes Lord yes Lord yes yes Lord
We say yes Lord yes Lord yes yes Lord
We say yes Lord yes Lord yes yes Lord
Amen
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Have a great day, stay strong, be courageous, and serve God in all things.
