From the Inside Out

As my life goes forth day to day there is an overpowering truth that resonates to the depths of my soul and fills this man with a sense of awe that leaves me speechless and amazed.

The Glory of the Lord lasts FOREVER.

One day my life will be drawn to a close. This heart will cease to beat, and my journey will be complete. I will take a stand among the men and women that have traveled before me. There in that place I will witness the presence and majesty of the God that I have yearned to behold all the days of my life. I will finally stand in the midst of the creator; in the courtyard of the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. In that place I will join in the chorus singing "Holy, Holy, Holy Is the Lord God Almighty. "

I cannot begin to understand why the Lord chooses to love us; to continually bestow mercy and love upon the most foolish and stubborn of beings. Oh the treacherous thought of the frequency that this heart has wandered from the truth and commandments of the King of Kings. How foolishly wicked our hearts are apart from the consuming holiness of the great Yahweh. Desperately, and with absolute hopelessness in my own consistency and strength, I hold fast to the promises of God's faithfulness. I know my failures, they are EVER and ALWAYS before me. I have failed innumerable times in living according to the calling which I have recieved; to follow hard after Christ all the days of this life...

One prayer gives me hope. That the faithful and everlasting Lord would consume this man with holiness by the delight of being in the midst of the Almighty. That this man would be consumed from the INSIDE - OUT by the powerful hand of the God who is seated in the heavens. For before I was concieved and after I am gone the Lord has and will always recieve the praise and worship that his Holy name DEMANDS! The Everlasting King and the Light of the Earth will shine when ALL else fades; His Glory and fame will continue throughout eternity.

Let the words of this song be the meditation of our hearts Oh Lord. For YOU are our merciful and loving king, work in our hearts to love you from the inside --> out with every breath that we take until you call us home to behold your awesome and everlasting GLORY.

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A thousand times I've failed
Still your mercy remains
And should I stumble again
Still I'm caught in your grace

Everlasting, Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending, Your glory goes beyond all fame
In my heart, in my soul, Lord I give you control
Consume me from the inside out Lord
Let justice and praise become my embrace
To love You from the inside out

Your will above all else, my purpose remains
The art of losing myself in bringing you praise

Everlasting, Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending, Your glory goes beyond all fame
In my heart, in my soul, Lord I give you control
Consume me from the inside out Lord
Let justice and praise become my embrace
To love You from the inside out

-"From the Inside Out" - Jeff Johnson

He Rose!

A prophesy foretold,
A king born to men,
A love the world had never known
But he was crucified

On the third day he rose again
That’s when the meaning of my life began
Because he rose
Jesus he rose
My life’s been forgiven this world holds no power
He rose
Jesus he rose
My lifes been redeemed this prisoner set free
Death where’s your sting? Cause he rose

Death made into life
Now I have been made new
I’m no longer bound by sin or shame
Cause it was crucified with you

On the third day he rose again
That’s when the meaning of my life began
Because he rose
Jesus he rose
My life’s been forgiven this world holds no power
He rose
Jesus he rose
My life’s been redeemed this prisoner set free
Death where’s your sting? Cause he rose

Scorn and broken he was nailed to a tree
He was crushed to bring God glory and set the sinner free
Death was beaten, Satan seized of all his power
Hallelujah Jesus won the victory

He rose
Jesus he rose
My life’s been forgiven this world holds no power
He rose

Jesus he rose
My life’s been redeemed, this prisoner set free
Death where’s your sting? HE ROSE!

(-Lyrics by Jeff Johnson "He Rose" 2007)

"Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and He said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day, and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them.While He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven. And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple praising God." - Luke 24: 45-47, 50-53

Of Godly Fear

Of godly fear delightful unto thee,
That fear that God himself delights to see

Bear sway in them that love him? then he will
Thy godly mind in this request fulfil.

By giving thee a fear that tremble shall,
At every trip thou takest, lest thou fall,

And him offend, or hurt thyself by sin,
Or cause poor souls that always blind have been

To stumble at thy falls, and harder be
Against their own salvation and thee.

That fear that of itself would rather choose
The rod, than to offend or to abuse

In anything that blessed worthy name,
That hath thee saved from that death and shame;

That sin would soon have brought thee to, if he
Had not imputed righteousness to thee.

I will love them, saith God, and not depart
From them, but put my fear within their heart,

That I to them may always lovely be,
And that they never may depart from me.


-John Bunyan (1628-1688) "Of Godly Fear"