HOW RICH I AM

The rush of wind in the trees

the roar of stormy seas

a lightning flash

a rain drop's splash

I gasp for breath in pure delight

for in it all I see His might

And oh that He shares all with me

the wind, and rain, and stormy sea

how rich I am

A new Born's cry, a mother's sigh

for such as I...that life should come

To hold that tiny hand

to feel her at my breast

I can't count the sum

how rich I am

Some day I will behold the One who loves me so

and shares Life's treasured gold

There will be silent praise within my gaze

for words could never say

what fills my heart so full today

How rich I am

A forever sky, and wonders why

such wondrous gifts....and all are free

The morning sun in all it's majesty

How rich I am...How rich I am

Lord, my Lord please let me tell

of all the joys my heart knows well

how Your wind of Spirit set me free

and like the lightning, Word spoke to me

And when the rain began to fall...

that Later Rain, I heard You call

I gasped for breath in pure delight

Oh Lord my God, of Power and Might

So let me share like you my Lord

those wondrous gifts, I couldn't afford

Love and laughter, Life from above

Every blood bought gift of Love

Until I hear a New Born's cry...

Birthed of Spirit...wondering why,

"that Life should come to such as I" ?

How rich I am.

HE LIVES!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oad8ov10AjY

OF THE INCREASE OF HIS GOVERNMENT THERE SHALL BE NO END

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rBX9B4jxEY

BECAUSE OF YOU LORD

IT'S NOT AN OPTION THAT I LIVE UNTO MYSELF

NOW___NOW___NOW

BECAUSE OF YOU I LIVE IN ETERNITY

AND AS THE FULLNESS OF THE GODHEAD DWELLS IN YOU___I AM COMPLETE IN YOU___THE HEAD OF ALL PRINCIPALITY AND POWER

THIS IS THE LIGHT THAT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS OF THIS WORLD.

LORD LET YOUR SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND REVELATION BREAK UPON THIS DYING GENERATION___THAT THEY MIGHT KNOW WHAT IS YOUR WILL AND PURPOSE___EVEN FROM THE VERY BEGINNING___EVEN BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN...

WE GIVE THANKS TO YOU FATHER GOD, FOR FAITH AND LOVE AND HOPE...FOR THE GIFT OF YOUR ONLY BEGOTTEN SON...AND THAT WHICH IS ESTABLISHED IN YOUR KINGDOM FOREVER...ALONG WITH THE FIXED LAWS OF YOUR WORD, WHICH SHALL NEVER PERISH...ETERNAL IN THE HEAVENS.

FILL OUR HEARTS AND MINDS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR WILL IN ALL WISDOM AND SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING...SO THAT WE CAN WALK WORTHY OF YOU LORD...ALL PLEASING UNTO YOU, AND BEING FRUITFUL IN OUR OBEDIENT LIVING...

LORD GIVE US THE EXPERIENTIAL KNOWLEDGE OF OUR DELIVERANCE...AND THE FAITH KNOWLEDGE OF OVERCOMING THE POWERS OF DARKNESS THAT WOULD BLIND US AND DEAFEN US TO YOUR OMNIPOTENT AND OMNISCIENT AUTHORITY...

THE REALIZATION THAT WE HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED INTO THE KINGDOM OF YOUR SON...HEIRS AND JOINT HEIRS WITH HIM...CALLED TO BE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE KING OF KINGS...WHO HOLDS PREEMINENT ASCENDANCY AS ABSOLUTE LORD AND GOD...

WE ARE HID AWAY IN YOU...REDEEMED THROUGH YOUR BLOOD SACRIFICE WHICH IS NOTHING LIKE THAT OF GOATS AND ANIMALS OR EVEN HUMANS...

YOUR PRECIOUS BLOOD...SHED FROM THE VERY ONE WHO WAS THE IMAGE (FLESH VESSEL) OF THE INVISIBLE GOD, THE FIRST BORN OF EVERY CREATURE:

FOR BY YOU WERE ALL THINGS CREATED, THAT ARE IN HEAVEN, AND EARTH...VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE, WHETHER THEY BE THRONES OR DOMINIONS, PRINCIPALITIES, OR POWERS: ALL THINGS WERE CREATED BY YOU AND FOR YOU:

YOU WERE BEFORE ALL THINGS, AND BY YOU ALL THINGS CONSIST...YOU ARE HEAD OF THE BODY, YOUR CHURCH, WHO IS THE BEGINNING, THE FIRST BORN FROM THE DEAD; THAT IN ALL THINGS YOU MIGHT HAVE THE PREEMINENCE...

IT IS THAT KINGDOM WHICH NOW RULES IN US THROUGH YOUR HOLY SPIRIT, BLESSED CHRIST...YOUR WORD AND FAITH MADE MANIFEST...THAT WE WALK IN THIS WORLD WITHOUT CONDEMNATION AND THE POWER AND AUTHORITY TO BECOME OVERCOMERS, EVEN AS YOU LORD GOD AND KING HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD THROUGH YOUR RESURRECTION POWER...

WE DO NOT NEED TO FEAR IN ANY WAY WHAT MAN CAN DO TO US...FOR OUR KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD...WE WALK IN THE SAFETY OF THE KEEPING OF YOUR PROMISES...WHICH WE ACCEPT BY FAITH...THAT SURE AND CERTAIN WORD...ESTABLISHED IN THE ALPHA OF THE LIVING GOD AND THE OMEGA OF THE LIVING CHRIST WHO RULES IN HEAVEN AND OUR HEARTS AND MINDS FOREVER....

FOR BY YOU, AND FOR YOU, AND THROUGH YOU...YOUR PREEMINENCE IS BEING ESTABLISHED THROUGHOUT ALL ETERNITY...

CHRIST IN ME...CHRIST IN YOU...CHRIST THE PREEMINENT RULER IN HEAVEN...AND ESTABLISHING HIS PREEMINENCE IN THE EARTH...OUR HOPE OF GLORY!

A man walks by debris following a strong earthquake, in the village of Onna, central Italy, Monday, April 6, 2009. A powerful earthquake in mountainous central Italy knocked down whole blocks of buildings early Monday as residents slept, killing at least 50 people and trapping many more, officials said. The earthquake's epicenter was about 70 miles (110 kilometers) northeast of Rome near the medieval city of L'Aquila. It struck at 3:32 a.m. local time (0132 GMT, EDT Sunday) in a quake-prone region that has had at least nine smaller jolts since the beginning of April.

LORD...I'M THANKFUL THIS MORNING FOR YOUR WORD...THAT WORD THAT WE CAN HIDE IN OUR HEARTS AND MINDS AND RESORT TO IN FAITH AND HOPE AND CONSOLATION.

THAT WORD THAT GIVES US PROMISE FOR EACH STEP WE TAKE AND WHAT DIRECTION WE SHOULD GO.

THAT WORD THAT PREPARES US FOR EVERY SITUATION AND CIRCUMSTANCE WE MAY HAVE TO ENCOUNTER EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY DAY.

TODAY AS I AM MADE AWARE OF THE EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY...I JOIN WITH THOSE IN PRAYER FOR THE PEOPLE, THE AUTHORITIES AND POWERS THAT HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL THE MANY DECISIONS AND EMERGENCY NEEDS REQUIRED.

GIVE WISDOM LORD...BUT MOST OF ALL RISE UP AN ARMY OF YOUR PEOPLE TO GLORIFY YOUR NAME IN THIS TRAGEDY....LET YOUR WORD ME MANIFEST IN THEM...TURN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE LORD.

LET THIS BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GOSPEL TO BE PRESENTED IN ALL TRUTH...POWER AND SPIRIT.

LET LOVE BE THE OFFERING UPON THE BROKEN ALTERS OF MEN'S FAITH...LET FAITH RISE FROM THE OFFERING IN TRUE REPENTANCE AND SURRENDER TO THE ONE WHO'S FOOTSTOOL IS THE EARTH THAT QUAKES BENEATH IT...THE ONE WHO REMAINS OUR SURE FOUNDATION WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS.

BE MERCIFUL LORD

LORD; I ASK THAT YOU WILL TEACH ME TO LOVE WITH YOUR HEART...TO FEEL YOUR COMPASSION AND TRUE EMPATHY TOWARD OTHERS.

I ASK THAT YOU WOULD GIVE ME THE GIFT OF INTERCESSORY PRAYER...USE THIS VESSEL TO INTERCEDE IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR HEART...IN ALL WISDOM...BELIEVING...AND OBLIVIOUS TO MY OWN THINKING.

MAY I JOIN WITH THOSE WHO SEEK YOU IN ALL THEIR WAY TO WORSHIP YOU IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH.

MY FLESH IS WEAK LORD...BUT MY SPIRIT IS WILLING.

BE MERCIFUL TO ME A SINNER AS I COME.

A SENSE OF WONDER

LORD...FILL US WITH A SENSE OF WONDER

EXHILARATED WITH LIFE AND THE JOURNEY THAT LIES AHEAD OF US.

FORGIVE US WHEN WE LIMIT YOU AND OURSELVES BY MEASURING EVERYTHING BY EARTH'S VALUES...FORGETTING WHO WE ARE,.

BECAUSE OF YOU...THERE IS THE WAY....YOU'VE BECOME THAT WAY BACK TO EDEN... A WAY FOR US TO CHOOSE TO RETURN IN YOUR STRENGTH AND POWER...BACK...TO THAT PLACE...WHERE LONG AGO YOU HAD TO MAKE US LEAVE....

JUST AS WE CHOSE TO DISOBEY...NOW WE MUST OBEY...AND WILLINGLY CHOOSE TO FOLLOW YOU BACK WHERE WE BELONG.

THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY BACK...AND THAT'S THROUGH THE NEW BIRTH...BECOMING A NEW CREATURE IN CHRIST JESUS

DELIVER US FROM THE FATHER OF LIES...THE DECEIVER OF OUR SOULS (MIND).

HE HOLDS US IN BONDAGE AND FEAR SO THAT HE MIGHT RECEIVE THE HONOR OF KINGS...THINKING HIMSELF TO BE GOD.

HE IS FULL OF DARKNESS...THERE IS NO LIGHT IN HIM...HIS GREATEST TACTIC IS TO APPEAR AS AN ANGEL OF LIGHT...OH BUT THERE IS NO TRUTH IN HIM...HE HAS NO SENSE OF WONDER...HE IS CONSUMED OF HIMSELF...HIS SEED HAS FILLED THE EARTH WITH LIES, WICKEDNESS AND REBELLION.

HE IS LIKE A DOG WHICH CHASES IT'S TAIL...COMING TO NO END BUT HIS OWN...JUST LIKE THOSE WHO SERVE HIM...THOUGH THEY MAY NOT KNOW IT.

HIS ONLY FULFILLMENT IS IN YOUR WILL MY LORD...ALL THAT HE SAYS AND ALL THAT HE DOES IS WORKED OUT FOR GOOD TO THEM WHO LOVE YOU.

AGAIN I ASK...FILL US WITH WONDER...HELP US TO FACE ALL FEARS...FULLY EMBRACE OUR SPIRITS WHEN DOUBTING, BECAUSE OF UNBELIEF...

HELP US LORD TO SEE OURSELVES AS YOU SEE US...FROM ALPHA TO OMEGA...PERFECT...UNLIMITED...STRONG AND FULL OF POTENTIAL.

LET OUR WONDER BE FULL OF FAITH...DESIRING TO KNOW OUR PURPOSE IN YOU...THAT WE MIGHT MANIFEST WITH GODLY EXPRESSION THE NATURE OF YOU...

WHEN I AM WEAK, YOU MAKE ME STRONG...YOU MAKE ME WISE AND THE JOY OF CREATING IS IN MY SPIRITUAL DNA

I LOOK UP FROM THE INSIDE OUT...WILLING AND WAITING...WITH A SENSE OF WONDER