Friday, December 15, 2006 2:36 PM
Lord keep my focus on You
sometimes i live my life just as You've planned
other times i struggle to obey your commands.
choices i make each day determine if i'll obey
and follow You, trusting You, guide me i pray
Lord keep my focus on You each day,
though i am tempted to go my own way.
help me to trust in You, to live my life to honour You.
Lord, keep my focus on You.
trials surround me Lord, i cry in despair
though i know You're with me and You hear ev'ry prayer
open my eyes to see that You know what's best for me
You're ever near, calm my fear, this is my plea.
Lord keep my focus on You each day,
though i am tempted to go my own way.
help me to trust in You, to live my life to honour You.
Lord, keep my focus on You.
humbly i follow You, sharing Your word,
praising You, Lord Jesus for Your love unreserved
guide me to do Your will, to reach those in darkness still
a shining light, burning bright, Your plan fulfill
Lord keep my focus on You each day,
though i am tempted to go my own way.
help me to trust in You, to live my life to honour You.
Lord, keep my focus on You.
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a resting place
my faith has found a resting place -
not in device or creed:
i trust the Ever Living One
His wounds for me shall plead.
i need no other argument,
i need no other plea:
it is enough that Jesus died,
and that He died for me.
a resting place, i put my faith in God,
a resting place, i put my faith in God,
and when trials and temptations come,
i run to the Almighty One,
a resting place, i put my faith in God.
my faith looks up to Thee,
Thou Lamb of Calvary,
Saviour divine!
now hear me while i pray,
take all my guilt away,
o let me from this day be wholly Thine!
may Thy rich grace impart
strength to my fainting heart,
my zeal inspire,
as Thou hast died for me,
o may my love to Thee
pure, warm, and changeless be, a living fire.
a resting place, i put my faith in God,
a resting place, i put my faith in God,
and when trials and temptations come,
i run to the Almighty One,
a resting place, i put my faith in God,
a resting place, i put my faith in God, in God.
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once again, i'm back to from the annual youth camp, all fired up and for the Lord, ready to do His will, recommitted to Him. but will this last? or will i be like this year, and lose my focus on Him and fall back into my worldly ways within a few months? coming back to Him only during personal trials and ignoring Him whilst He showers me with blessings. i hope not. i sincerely hope not. for it's tiring being a lukewarm christian and it's also dangerous being one. for i'm not only a stumbling block to others in Christ, i would not be a good testimony either.
talking about being a good testimony for Him, sis wendy talked to me on wednesday about how much she admired my testimony despite my personal trials this year. but was it really this way? i really felt very guilty when i heard her say that for it wasn't exactly what she made it out to be. sure, i did lean wholly and entirely on Him during that period, but it wasn't very long before i was back to my worldly self again - while still pretending to be a good testimony in church. what a pretentious person i can be! how terrible. sigh.
hope that the Lord shall preserve my heart for Him throughout this year and stop this rollercoaster of spiritual highs and lows. instead, let me continually have a passion for Him, to get to know Him, and serve Him.
Lord, keep my focus on You(:
