Circle

Circle encircles the earth

Chance and choice break his heart

His innocent arm moves to save me and I am spared

His beautiful arm

Is bloody and cut off

His heart ripped out to show me he loved me

But I would not believe him

He did all that he could

I still would not believe him

I left his arms empty and tied

Outstretched for me until he died

Left his arms empty and tied

Outstretched for me until he died

No man shows greater love

Than when a man

Lays down his life

For his beloved

I left his arms empty and tied

Outstretched for me until he died

Left his arms empty and tied

Outstretched for me until he died

Here I’m alive

And I don’t have the right

He gave me the right

Costing him his life

New mercies in the morning

I believe

What if I believe you now

Could it ever change this heart

Forgive me, believe me

Please come back tonight

I believe

What if I believe you now

Could it ever change this heart

Forgive me, believe me

Please come back tonight

Come back to my life

I believe

What if I believe you now

Forgive me, believe me

Please come back tonight

Yeah, that is how it is. Do you ever have to step outside of yourself to see what you've become? Innocence was poured out for us. I am seeing right now in my life Christ moving all around me and it makes me want to cry in my joy. He is right in front of our faces every minute and in so many situations but we fail to even notice him.

Imagine God as being the most important person you have ever met, your best friend, the most famous guy ever. He's sitting right next to you, just hanging out with you because he wants to. When we go throughout our days without even talking to him, getting to know him, paying attention to him it's like ignoring your best friend, that incredibly important person. I am so guilty of this. I let my wasted time slip through my hands like sand. If Jesus is willing to do what is described in the above song, the least I can do is hang out with Him... just talk and then listen. I tend to do a lot of talking and not too much of the 'paying attention to his opinion' part. So I'm just going to be quiet right now and let God move in me.

My Prayer

In my life, be lifted high

In our love, be lifted high

In our world, be lifted high

God, you are the ultimate healer. You have the capability to mend our hearts. You hold us all in your hands.

Right now I lift up to you those who have been mistreated and abused. Lord you know all of these innocent children who never asked for such horrific things to happen to them. God you've given us free will so that we might choose to live our lives for you but there are those who have abused this privilege and have therefore abused your precious children. My heart breaks for them right now. I am begging you to intervene and to send us out and through us, save these broken people. Make me your hands and feet Jesus. I only ever want to be like you.

I pray for those who have been abandoned, for those who feel like they have no one and no hope. Jesus you are the only hope and I pray that you would shine your light in these dark places of the world and reveal yourself to these in desperate need of a Saviour.

Jesus, I pray for those who cannot let go of guilt... myself included. You know our hearts and you know that we are all humans who are bound to sin. Lord, for those of us who are truly sorry and repentant of our sins, we know that you have already forgiven us and forgotten our iniquities. I ask that you would help us to forgive ourselves and cast away the burden of guilt that weighs us down. You already bore the cross and with that you have already taken all of these faults. Thank you Jesus, thank you. I ask that you would continue to wipe away these images that remain in our minds, that the devil puts into our minds so that we would fall away from you and hate ourselves. You are so much bigger, better, and stronger than any of our pasts and any of those images.

I pray for those struggling with pornography. God this is such a deep issue from within and they cannot escape this alone. Only your mighty hand can pull them out from this pit. Help them to realize the damage that they are doing to their minds, to their loved ones, and to your heart. Help them to realize that your way alone is the way out and that we cannot conform to the pattern of this world any longer in order to follow you.

"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is- his good, pleasing and perfect will."- Romans 12:2

I pray for those who are homeless. God you know each person's story. You know how we get to where we are in life and the decisions we have had to make in order to get here; the circumstances we had to face that we overcame or that overcame us. I pray that no matter what happened in these peoples' lives that have put them on the streets that you would send us out to them. Send us to show them your love, to bless them and show them that they are worth the time of day and that they are worth being prayed for. A person is a person no matter who they are or what they've done... you still died for them. Your demonstration of love did not, and has not, ever discriminated.

Give us compassionate hearts that long to reach out to your sons in daughters who are walking in the darkness.

I thank you for all that you are. I thank you for your compassion and love that you have graciously poured out. I love you God. Thank you for your amazing son Jesus.

Amen

My God

My God grants peace, an overwhelming peace that I couldn't have even imagined. He has stilled my heart to rest assured in him. My God freely gives his grace and love abundantly. There is an infinite list that my words cannot even do you justice but this is just what is on my heart, Oh Great God!

"Only Jesus can be Jesus." I will never reach perfection, never love people enough, never devote my life enough, never truly understand and see others the way he did. I will never be as selfless as He, never have as much grace and mercy.... But I will try and strive for all of my days. I will seek Christ with all of my heart, no matter the cost. I will follow after Jesus no matter how much I stumble. Yes, I will stumble but I will trust in my God to pick me up and guide me to wherever he may lead me next.

When we ask Jesus to be the Lord of our lives, he makes us into a new creation. He completely rocks our world! Flips it upside down and messes every stinkin thing up. Everything we thought was important before now seems so small. Everything we thought was cool proves pointless. He makes us want to be different, He sets us apart. When he comes and fills us up with his Holy Spirit, it does something to us to where we're just set on fire for Him and we can barely contain it. When we diligently seek him with our entire hearts, we will find Him. That's a promise and here it is, "... you will call upon me and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." -Jeremiah 29:12-13

God this is my prayer for my friends right now. You know who they are, who is on my heart, and only you know their hearts. Precious Father, I ask that you would send your Holy Spirit and light their hearts on fire to burn for you and you alone. I ask that they would long to seek you and that they would truly find you and that they would be able to experience this absolutely incredible relationship that you and I have.

You are my Father, my God. You are amazing and beyond all description. Your love is astounding. You never leave my side, never have and never will. You are faithful, my God you are. I feel like I am bursting at the seems with joy just because I long to worship you with my life. God even though I my life isn't going how I have planned, I can still have this incredible joy because you have filled me with it. My plans are nothing compared to what you have in store, it's so much bigger... so much better than I could ever imagine. Only you hold my future in your hands. My God, I thank you and I praise you. My God, I know that I will mess up millions of times each day and for that I am sorry but I praise you for your forgiveness and mercy. My God, I love you and I thank you for loving me.