Yeshua - Will Reagan and United Pursuit Band

Praise the One who has saved me from death

He is God, He is good, He is Jesus

Praise the One who has saved me from death

He is God, He is good, He is Jesus

Yeshua I love You

You are God, You are good, You are Jesus

Tonight while sitting out on the porch listening to the rain I came to the realization that I did not love Christ. I was thankful for his sacrifice because it made the way for me to have a relationship with my Creator and Father. But thankful is not the response or relationship I am to have with Christ. I am suppose to and on my own will Love my Messiah for his sacrifice. Death on the Cross is a though that has become dullen'd by my time in Church and around Christians during my life. Dead on the Cross was the biggest act of Love that this world have ever seen and ever will see and how could I not love the person who Died for Me. HOW COULD I NOT LOVE CHRIST!! After doing some writing and reflecting on John 13:34-35 I just started listening to this song over and over again. My prayer for this world is that we could have our minds blown by the Love of our Messiah and run to him and commit our lives to Loving him. When we Love him with our entire being than we are going to Love one another because his Love will overwhelm us and compel us to Love those we don't want to Love. In my case, over and over again, I find myself not being able to Love homosexuals. For some reason I just don't! But if I let the Love of Christ wash me of my sin than I am sure to have a heart that Loves Homosexuals deeply. This Love should break political boundaries, religious boundaries, social conceptions and cause me to Love people that I would never have Loved before knowing Christ. If we know Christ than Love should being flowing from every pore in my body. I want for when people see followers of Christ to say, "The people who Love are coming"!

All is Great in the Lavished Love of Christ

Paul Shackelford

Rise Again - Needtobreathe

I have been reading a book about the arts and Christians role in creating culture. Steve Turner, the author, asserts a major critique that modern Christian art does not speak about real life. The art created does not sound genuine or have any ties to real life that people outside the faith can connect with. While reading the book I listened through this album and I think that this song does a great job of breaking the mold. The members of Needtobreathe are all outspoken followers of Jesus but very little of the art that they produce mentions Jesus or Christianity at all. Instead they craft creative music, written from places of pain and joy. "Rise Again" steps through pain that occurs in life as we see relationships stretched and torn. The bitterness of broken hearts and friendships is then contrasted with the truth that we will get up from this pain and rise again. "I can see us moving on, I can feel that coming on strong", the joy that comes after the

Twenty-Four - Jess Ray

Lately I have been listening to lots of music and podcasts while working and biking to work. I was feeling a need for some new music so I turned to NoiseTrade to check out some new artists. My favorite thus far is Jess Ray because of the honest lyrics, tastefully simple musicality and overall enjoyable listening environment. While on my flight back to Atlanta I was struck by this song at first because of the drums that propel this song behind the walking guitar. If I were to add drums to a track like this it would have been done in a very similar manner. Once I got past the drums I was awe struck by the simple power of these lyrics, take a read below and follow the link to her blog to listen. To me it was not written for an outward expression of hope or encouragement but rather as a inward proclamation to the soul. As the psalmist often choose to sing, this song speaks inward in a call to stand up and be reminded of truth all to often forgotten. As I gear up for the star

You Will Be My Ain True Love - Alison Kraus

This song has so much power, even if you remove the lyrics. I just decided to take in the full potential of the song by turning the stereo all the way up and playing the song a few times. Before even looking for a video of this song I knew it was related to the Civil War and the separation that occurred between loved ones. This song starts out explaining the battle field and how the soldier has survived the terrors of war. As the song continues to build you can tell that the soldier wants to be with his love. They have been separated by this war and now he wants to be back with her. The last few lines portray his death and how he has been reunited with his "True Love". I believe that this song describes his "True Love" as God, our eternal True Love. He has returned to his maker after being killed in Battle and this song paints that picture so well. This song has tons of power in the music behind the lyrics, it adds so much to the meaning of this song!

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