I Will Rise by Chris Tomlin

this song touches me in more ways that I or anyone else will ever know. Only God.

"I Will Rise"

There's a peace I've come to know 
Though my heart and flesh may fail 
There's an anchor for my soul 
I can say "It is well" 

Jesus has overcome 
And the grave is overwhelmed 
The victory is won 
He is risen from the dead 

[Chorus:] 
And I will rise when He calls my name 
No more sorrow, no more pain 
I will rise on eagles' wings 
Before my God fall on my knees 
And rise 
I will rise 

There's a day that's drawing near 
When this darkness breaks to light 
And the shadows disappear 
And my faith shall be my eyes 

Jesus has overcome 
And the grave is overwhelmed 
The victory is won 
He is risen from the dead 

[Chorus:] 
And I will rise when He calls my name 
No more sorrow, no more pain 
I will rise on eagles' wings 
Before my God fall on my knees 
And rise 
I will rise 

And I hear the voice of many angels sing, 
"Worthy is the Lamb" 
And I hear the cry of every longing heart, 
"Worthy is the Lamb" 
[x2]

[Chorus:] 
And I will rise when He calls my name 
No more sorrow, no more pain 
I will rise on eagles' wings 
Before my God fall on my knees 
And rise 
I will rise

Psalm 119:28

I am sad and tired. Make me strong again as You have promised.

Having one of those blacker than black days? No one is making sense. Nothing helps. You keep fighting back tears. You are overcome with sorrow and pain. No one could possibly understand. Maybe no one can understand- no one but God. God promises to encourage you in your darkest hour.  If you seek Him with all of your heart, He will come to you. He will show you the path that leads OUT OF your situation.  He will conduct a HOLY PEP RALLY just for you. He will wipe away your tears. He will carry your heavy load. He is much better at all this than you are, so let him take it from here. Climb up into his strong arms, lay your head down. and rest. 

Focus Forward

Not that I have now attained [this ideal], or have already been made perfect, but I press on to lay hold of (grasp) and make my own, that for which Christ Jesus (the Messiah) has laid hold of me and made me His own. I do not consider, brethren, that I have captured and made it my own yet; but one thing I do [is my one aspiration]: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press toward the goal to win the [supreme and heavenly] prize to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us upward.

--Philippians 3:12-14

If you have been miserable because of the things that have happened in your past, I encourage you to do what I did and set your focus in a new direction.  Determine to be what God wants you to be, to have what God wants you to have, and to receive what Jesus died to give you.

When you feel discouraged, say, "I am not going to live in bondage anymore. I cannot do anything about what I have done in the past, but I can do something about my future.  I am going to enjoy my life and have what Jesus died for me to have.  I am going to let go of the past and go on pursuing God from this day forth!"

-Joyce Meyer

Find a Happy Medium

Written by Joyce Meyer

New Day New You 

Daily Devotional

Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring [in fierce hunger], seeking someone to seize upon and devour. 

1 Peter 5:8

I remember sitting in my home looking up the word gentle in Strong's concordance and saying, "Lord, You've got to help me!" I thought I could never be gentle. Finally, the Lord began to do a work in me in the area of gentleness.  The only problem was that, like so many other people in the body of Christ, I was such an extremist that I couldn't "strike a happy medium."  Once I saw that I was overbalanced in one area, I thought I had to go totally in the other direction.  I "adjusted" and "adapted" far too much.  I became so "gentle" and "kind" and "patient" that I wouldn't exercise any discipline over my youngest son, who was born after my other children were grown.  I also went overboard in my relationship with others. I let things get out of hand in my marriage, my home and my ministry.  I learned from my experiences that one extreme is just as bad as the other.  What we must learn in all this is balance.  On one hand, we must not be harsh and hard.  But on the other hand, we must not be weak and excessively soft.  We must not be irritable and impatient, flying off the handle and acting out of emotion.  On the other hand, we must not be so mild mannered that we become doormats and whipping posts for those who will take advantage of us if we give them the chance.  There is a time to be patient and forbearing and there is a time to be firm and decisive.  There is a time to "not be angry" and there is a time to display righteous indignation.  It is wisdom to know when to do which.