It is well with my soul / The river's gonna keep on rolling

When peace like a river attendeth my soul
When sorrows like sea billows roll
Whatever my lot thou hast taught me to say

It is well, it is well with my soul

You can tell someone you love'em

From the bottom of your heart

And believe that it's the truest thing you've known

And even if you never break the promises you make

The river's gonna keep on rolling on

ANd if you haven't got a dollar

Not a penny to your name

Somebody's gonna miss you when you're gone

And if even if you never find

Just a little peace of mind

The river's gonna keep on rolling on

Keep on rollin' to the ocean

Keep on rollin' to the sea

Keep on rollin' till the love we need

Washes over you and me

God's love is like a river

At every turn and every bend

And faith in Him will turn your heart around

'Cause even though we sin,

There's forgiveness in the end

And the river's gonna keep on rollin' on

Keep on rollin' to the ocean

Keep on rollin' to the sea

Keep on rollin' till the love we need

Washes over you and me

Keep on rollin' till the love we need

Washes over you and me

It is well with my soul

It is well, it is well, with my soul.

I was at Trumpet Praise the other day and "It is well with my soul" was playing in the shop. So I decided to search for the song on youtube and I found this version by Amy Grant instead. I thought this medley of songs is pretty nice and meaningful =)

Love is not a fight

Love is not a place
To come and go as we please

It's a house we enter in

Then commit to never leave

So lock the door behind you

Throw away the key

We'll work it out together

Let it bring us to our knees

Love is a shelter in a raging storm

Love is peace in the middle of a war

And if we try to leave, may God send angels to guard the door

No, love is not a fight but it's something worth fighting for

Love will come to save us

If we'll only call

He will ask nothing from us

But demand we give our all

Made Me Glad

I will bless the Lord forever

I will trust Him at all times

He has delivered me from all fear

He has set my feet upon the rock

I will not be moved

And I'll say of the Lord

You are my shield, my strength,

My portion, deliverer

My shelter, strong tower

My very present help in time of need

Whom have I in heaven but You

There's none I desire but You

You have made me glad

And I'll say of the Lord

You are my shield, my strength,

My portion, deliverer

My shelter, strong tower

My very present help in time of need

His Glory Appears

You gave me hope

You made me whole

At the cross

you took my place

You showed me grace

At the cross where You died for me

And His glory appears

Like the light from the sun

Age to age He shines

Look to the Skies

Hear the angels cry

Singing Holy is the Lord

By Your Side

Oh dear God we ask for Your favour

Come and sweep through this place

Oh we desire You

I just want to be with You be where You are

Dwell in Your presence oh God

Oh I want to walk with You

And i will climb this mountain

And I'll step off the shore
And I have chosen to follow
And be by Your side forever more

Tell me what You want me to do Lord God
Tell me what You want for my life
Its Your's Oh God it's Yours

Do your will
Have Your way
Be Lord God in this place
Oh I want Your will to be done

You brought me home

Your name oh Lord endures forever

Your fame oh Lord for all time

Your praises Lord will leave me never

Your love oh Lord is all mine

To Him my wisdom made the heaven

And His mercy ever lasting

To the One who gives salvation

I lift my soul to You

Jesus, Saviour, holy Lord

I know that You'll never forsake me or leave me alone

My Redeemer, Jesus Christ

Sacrificed Yourself on the cross to bring me home

Your brought me home

Angels

The holiest place there could ever be

All you can do is bow

Before the one who made heaven and earth

Before the Almighty God

For him alone

Sing with the angels

Sing with the angels

Singing the name of the Lord

Singing the name of the Lord

For every soul

He gave it all

Given for all of mankind

Eternal life is His alone

Given to all who believe

In Him alone

Jesus

=)

You stand alone

I don't know why I can't seem to get myself started with Analytical chem. It's really putting me off quite a bit for some weird reason. Argh... Kinda frustrating when you want to study but nothing goes in.

Anyhows, here's a song that has been stucked in my head for quite sometime...

I will lay me down
At Your feet in worship
And listen to the sweetest sound of all

Oh God You are my God
How my heart it longs for You
I'm thirsty for Your presence in my world
I cry out night and day for more
To hold the majesty of You

My God You stand alone
And I worship at Your throne
I will look to see Your power and glory
Jesus Lord of all

Jesus Lord of all

Turn your eyes upon Jesus

I'm pretty much exhausted after today's not so long run. But all the tiredness led me to wonder what I should be focusing in my life. Lying on the sofa or on the bed, feeling immobilised, even driving back to the chalet from church got me thinking, what comes next?

His response is this:

Turn your eyes upon Jesus

Look full in His wonderful face

And the things of earth will grow strangely dim

In the light of His glory and grace

All I can do is smile and rest in His presence =)

Life Lessons =)

I’ve realised that in life, not everything will move towards the way we want it to go. No matter how much we want to do well in our studies, or how much we want things to be better than what they are, it is never in our control. All we can do is to just give our best and pray that God will do the rest. Ultimately, we have to recognize that we should let His will be done and not ours, that we should be content with whatever circumstances we are placed it. Because, He knows what’s best for us and what is required for us to grow. I’ve learnt to surrender all things to Him and commit all things into His hands. Something which is very difficult and requires a lot of patience and trust. But I’ve come to realized that as we begin trusting in Him, seeking Him and believing in Him, no matter what happens, His peace and joy never fails to reach us because as we live in Him and Him in us, we will experience His faithfulness. We will finally experience how God never fails to honor His promises, that He has never left us nor forsake us, that He is constantly by our side to raise us up and grant us the strength to rise up above our circumstances. I believe that He will make all things beautiful in His time for I’ve truly experienced the meaning of “Ask and you will receive, Seek and you will find, knock and the door will be open up to you.” He is our faithful and loving Father. That’s why I choose to love and believe in Him and worship Him as much as I can. I’m not saying that I am a master at surrendering things to Him. But I’m still learning from the Teacher, the Teacher who has shown me new mercies each morning. Each day has become a lesson where the Teacher places you in real life situations to help you understand the importance of leaning towards His understanding and not ours. This journey and lesson has not been an easy one, but not once did He allow me to crumble and fall into that deep hole I dug for myself. Truly, His grace still amazes me and I feel very blessed to have come to know Him. I hope and pray that others will come to experience His grace, His mercy, His love and most of all, how awesome this mighty God of ours is.

Prayer for a Friend

Lord I lift my friend to You.

I've done all that I know to do.

I lift my friend, to You.

Complicated circumstances

have clouded his view

Lord I lift my friend up to You.

I fear that I won't have the words

that he needs to hear

I pray for Your wisdom, oh God.

And a heat that's sincere.

And Lord I lift my friend up

to You

Lord I lift my friend to You.

My best friend in the world,

I know he means much more to You.

I want so much to help him,

but this is something he has to do.

Lord I lift my friend up to You.

There's a way that seems so right to him.

But You know where that leads.

He's becoming a puppet of the world.

Too blind to see the strings.

And Lord I lift my friend up to You.

Lord I lift my friend to You.

I've done all that I know to do.

I lift my friend, to You.

Watching How to train a dragon reminds me of this song somehow. =)

One Thing (Psalm 27)

One thing I desire

One thing I seek

To gaze upon Your beauty

Your Majesty

In the day of trouble

You cover me

In the secret place of refuge

Lord I will sing

So I pray to You

So I pray to You

Lord Your name is higher than the heavens

Lord Your Name is higher than all created things

Higher than hope

Higher than dreams

The Name of the Lord

I will seek Your face

Call upon Your name, Jesus

All I want is You

Jesus

"One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.

For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in His dwelling; He will hide me in the shelter of His tabernacle and set me high upon a rock.

Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his tabernacle will I sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the Lord

Hear my voice when I call, O Lord; be merciful to me and answer me.

My heart says of you, "Seek his face!" Your face, Lord, I will seek."

Psalm 27:4-8

I don't think it is coincidental for someone to listen to a song and at the same time, chance upon the verses that inspired the song. What a nice reminder You have for me, Lord! =)

My God and King

My God and King

To You alone I sing

You're the face I seek

For all eternity

You'd be my dream come true

Just to be with You

How I'd see brand new

With eyes for only You

My God and King

Through the storm I sing

Covered by Your wing

This song of love I bring

You are my dream come true

Just to be with You

Now I see brand new

With eyes for only You

One Way

I lay my life down as Your feet

You're the only one I need

I turn to You and You are always there

In troubled times it's You I seek

I put You first that's all I need

I humble all I am, all to You

One way, Jesus

You're the only one that I could live for!

One way, Jesus

You're the only one that I could live for!

You are always, always there

Every how and every where

Your grace abounds so deeply within me

You will never ever change

Yesterday, today the same

Forever till forever meets no end

You are the Way, the Truth and the Life

We live by faith and not by sight for You

We're living all for You

Thank You Father for all Your blessings! Reallyy really, THANK YOU! =)

Why

We rode into town the other day

Just me and my Daddy

He said I'd finally reached that age

And I could ride next to him on a horse

That of course was not quite as wide

We heard a crowd of people shouting

And so we stopped to find out why

And there was that man

That my dad said he loved

But today there was fear in his eyes

So I said, "Daddy, why are they screaming?

Why are the faces of some of them beaming?

Why is He dressed in that bright purple robe?

I'll bet that crown hurts Him more than He shows

Daddy, please can't you do something?

He looks as though He's gonna cry

you said He was stronger than all of those guys

Daddy, please tell me why

Why does everyone wants Him to die?"

Later that day the sky grew cloudy

And Daddy said I should go inside

Somehow he knew things would get stormy

Boy was he right

But I could not keep from wondering

If there was something he had to hide

So after he left I had to find out

I was not afraid of getting lost

So I followed the crowds

To a hill where I knew men had been killed

And I heard a voice come from the cross

And it said, "Father, why are they screaming?

Why are the faces of some of them beaming?

Why are they casting their lots for My robe?

This crown of thorns hurts Me more than it shows

Father, please can't You do something?

I know that You must hear My cry

I though I could handle the cross of this size

Father, remind Me why

Why does everyone want Me to die?

When will I understand why?"

"My precious Son, I hear them screaming

I'm watching the face of the enemy beaming

But soon I will clothe You in robes of My own

Jesus, this hurts ME much more than You know

But this dark hour I must do nothing

Though I've heard Your unbearable cry

The power in Your blood destroys all of the lies

Soon You'll see past their unmerciful eyes

Look there below, see the child

Trembling by her father's side

Now I can tell You why

She is why You must die"

He chose to die for us even though He knew how painful it would have been. That is how much He loves us =)

Your Grace Still Amaze Me

My faithful Father, enduring Friend

Your tender mercy's like a river with no end

It overwhelms me, covers my sin

Each time I come into Your presence

I stand in wonder once again

Your grace still amazes me

Your love is still a mystery

Each day I fall on my knees

Your grace still amazes me

Cause Your grace still amazes me

Oh, patient Saviour, You make me whole

You are the Author and the Healer of my soul

What can I give You, Lord, what can I say

I know there's no way to repay You

Only to offer You my praise

It's deeper, it's wider

It's stronger, it's higher

It's deeper, it's wider

It's stronger, it's higher

than anything my eyes can see

I've just realised that each day, I'm struck with a song that serves as a reminder of His awesome presence. How great is our God! =)

None But Jesus

In the quiet

In the stillness

I know that You are God

In the secret of Your presence

I know there I am restored

When You call I won't refuse

Each new day again I'll choose

There is no one else for me

None but Jesus

Crucified to set me free

Now I live to bring Him praise

In the chaos in confusion

I know You're sovereign still

In the moment of my weakness

You give me grace to do Your will

When You call I won't delay

This my song through all my days

All my delight is in You Lord

All of my hope

All of my strength

All my delight is in You Lord

Forever more

Before the day

Last night when I was sleeping

You were watching over me

While I dreamt about tomorrow

You knew my every need

Now another day is waiting

For me to make it through

And there's no way that I could face it without You

Before the day slips away

I want to stop and say

I love You, I love You

Before the world rushes in again

I want to stop and say there's none above You

There's none above You

I'll just be still and know You are God

Be still and know You are God

There's something about the morning

The stillness of it all

It calms my heart to hear You

When You gently call

Now another day is waiting

For me to make it through

And there's no way that I could face it without You

Here I am in Your presence
Where I long to be

Alone with You in the silence

Bring down Your love and Your mercy

I've been listening to this song almost every night before I sleep for the past 3 to 4 years and only today did I realise how meaningful and beautiful this song is. And what a great and wonderful reminder it is!! =))

I Long to worship You

I have not come
To ask You for anything
Except for the privilege
to glorify Your name
Let my singing and my prayers to You
Fill You up
Oh God, that You might be satisfied

I long to worship You
I long to worship You
To stand in Your courts and tell how marvellous You are
To You I raise my hands
I want to lift You up
Here in Your presence Lord
I long to worship You