WOW 2014- Songs that defined 2013

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The worship songs that defined 2013. www.wowhits.com

1. Whom Shall I Fear (God of Angel Armies)- Chris Tomlin
It's easy to be afraid at the start of a new journey, but we need to know if God is for us, whom shall we fear. 


2.  Redeemed- Big Daddy Weave
 God you aren't done with me yet. Still a lot of improving to do.



3.  Hello, My Name Is- Matthew West
I have a sunday school kid with a yellow "Hello" t-shirt. She is the brightest most loving person. While there are many labels we can give ourselves, therapist, student, teacher, fat, skinny, pretty, ugly. The one label we don't use enough is, child of the one true king. 


4. You Are I Am- Mercy Me
You are the one who conquers giants, walks through fire, one messiah, you are "I am".


5. One Thing Remains- Kristan Stanfill
Your love never fails, never gives up, never runs out on me.



6. Lord, I Need You- Matt Maher
 Teach my song to rise to you, when temptation comes my way. When I cannot stand, I'll fall on you, Jesus you are my hope and stay.


7. Jesus, Friend of Sinners- Castin Crowns
 The world is on the way to you, but tripping over me. open our eyes to our pointing fingers. Lord, I have really been a problem this year. Thank you for accepting me just as I am.


8. Strangely Dim- Francesca Battistelli
 Somehow the plans that I have, dreams that I hold don't ever turn out how I imagine. But it doesn't matter, because they all grow strangely dim when I fix my eyes on all that you are!


9. Love Take Me Over- Steven Curtis Chapman
 Love take these thoughts I'm thinking, words that I'm speaking, prayer that I'm praying. Love take me over. For 2014- hoping that I'm filled even more with love.


10. Your Grace Finds Me - Matt Redman
From creation to the cross, from the cross until eternity, your grace finds me. It's there on a wedding day, there by the weeping by the graveside. So thankful for the weddings this year, and new births of babies. And for your blessings of peace during times of weeping this year.


11. My God - Jeremy Camp
I'm so proud of the young people at church who have really echoed this song. They openly declare that you are the unchanging love, the great creator, beautiful saviour.


12. Help Me Find It- Sidewalk Prophets
When I was struggling with what I should do with my future. I trusted in God to bring me job offers and to trust in God to reject offers. He gave me peace, even though this road is difficult.


13. Steady My Heart- Kari Jobe
This was on a loop for a while. Kari Jobe is a huge role model for those of us who are still single and waiting for God's will. Enjoying singleness as a phase in God's timing. Even when it hurts, even when it's hard, even when it all just falls apart.


14. Jesus in Disguise- Brandon Heath
To recognize Jesus in Disguise. And to be Jesus in disguise for the people.



15. Don't Try So Hard- Amy Grant
Don't try so hard- because you can't earn grace. you're lovely even with your scars.


16. Starts With Me- Tim Timmons
Thank you God for allowing me to see you. You are my revival song. Thanks God for reviving children's worship and the kids amazing willingness to serve you.



17. Come However You Are- City Harbour
We don't have to wait till we are perfect. Blisters on our feet, hearts shattered, feel unwanted, unneeded ... come however you are, come with all the heartaches, mistakes and lay them down at the cross. 


18. We Won't Be Shaken- Building 429
This is a song I just want to shout out loud. Whatever will come our way, through fire and pouring rain, we won't be shaken. Whatever tomorrow brings, together we will rise and sing, we won't be shaken. When people who claim to be Christians cheat us, and those who claim to be neighbours robbed us. We won't be shaken.


19. Steal My Show- Toby Mac
It's been difficult to stay humble when we achieve. But this song is a great reminder who we really want to steal the show. Let his light shine. And let my light only shine to bring others to His light.


20. Gold- Britt Nicole'
While I gained a lot of weight this year from my illness, medication and inability to exercise, I was reminded that self-image is not the most important thing, but we are worth more than Gold in God's eyes. And hopefully I can propogate this message to my kiddies. 


21. I Need a Miracle- Third Day
Thanks for providing me with friends, family and miraculous support. Because there was no way I could have done it on my own. Losing my stable source of income, health difficulties, and relationship turmoil.


22. the Proof of your love- for King and Country
Thanks God for reminding me to serve with love. To love the children that I serve and the parents. Let my life be proof of your love.

23. Need you now- Plumb
 How many times have you given me strength to just keep breathing. Indeed, when we are weak, he is strong. I thank you for keeping my clients safe and sound despite serious suicidal ideation and psychoses.


24. You are- Colton Dixon
You are the song, I'm singing, you are the air I'm breathing, the hope I've needed. You have provided for my needs when my hands were truly empty this year. I don't know how I got into so much debt, but God you have sustained me, and I am thankful.


25. Overcomer- Mandisa
It feels good to overcome adversity.I'm not quite there yet, but I'm getting closer each day.





26. Worn- Tenth Avenue North
After 10 years at uni it's tiring, after being rejected and neglected by people who I trust, it's tiring. And God understands that I felt worn. 


27. His Kind of Love- Group 1 Crew
From the same band that bought us "he said". It's so difficult for us to explain His kind of love to others. Reckless, self-less, sacrificial.



28. Kings and Queens- Audio adrenalin
This music video reminds me of my sponsor child in Kenya. He is no different to me, we are all God's children. It's time to treat them equally. Every child has a dream to be loved.



29. Live With Abandon- Newsboys
Chasing after this world makes me tired, I want to live with abandon, give you all that I am.



30. Keep Your Eyes Open- Needtobreath
Sometimes we are so focused on the little details, get lost in problems. But this song is a timely reminder to keep your eyes open. 


31. When mercy found me- Rhett walker band
Victory over worries, sins when mercy found me. His love has rescued me, his love has set me free.



32. Even If- Kutless
In the difficult times, we pray that God will bring us through it quickly. But even if the healing doesn't come, and life falls apart, and dreams are still undone, you are God and you are good. Indeed, it's been a difficult year. But to remember that God is soverign over the good and bad times.



33. Never Beyond Repair- Everfound
No matter how much we failed to do this year, how far away we were from our own standards and God's standards, we are never beyond repair! Hallelujah.




And so that's 2013 summarized by songs. Songs from my favourite bands. All available to download from itunes as part of the WOW2014 package.

New year, new directions

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2013 has been an eventful year, and there has been much that I'm grateful for (http://kikoprincess.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/gratitude-list-2013.html).

Today, the sermon was all about learning from our past and moving towards a path of Grace. I, just like the Israelites of the bible just keep falling into the same traps.

In considering next year's resolutions, I'm taking a page out of my own book. That is, what I tell my clients, in terms of goals.

I wanted to make goals towards valued directions.

And so here is the start of my list

1) To be thankful for something everyday- Review this list NYeve next year.
2) Exercise self-control and discipline- Finish PhD and get down to healthy weight
3) To be more connected- More real time, less screen time
4) Be a wise steward of money- Get out of debt
5) Love others more. WWJD

Merry Christmas~ How many kings

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MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE~



Guitar tabs: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/d/downhere/how_many_kings_crd.htm
How many kings- Downhere

Verse 1:
B                                    E
Follow the star to a place unexpected
E                                
Would you believe after all we’ve projected
F#m
A child in a manger
B                                  E
Lowly and small, the weakest of all
E                                           F#m
Unlikeliness hero, wrapped in his mothers shawl
F#m
Just a child
F#m                         E (ring out)
Is this who we’ve waited for?

Chorus:
B
How many kings, stepped down from their thrones?
E
How many lords have abandoned their homes?
F#m                                          E
How many greats have become the least for me?
B
How many Gods have poured out their hearts
E
To romance a world that has torn all apart?
F#m                                       E
How many fathers gave up their sons for me?

Verse 2:
B                                       E
Bringing our gifts for the newborn savior
E
All that we have whether costly or meek
F#m
Because we believe
B                                                 E
Gold for his honor and frankincense for his pleasure
E
And myrrh for the cross he’ll suffer
F#m                                         E
Do you believe, is this who we’ve waited for?
E (Ring Out)
It’s who we’ve waited for

Chorus

#howmanykings #downhere
http://www.downhere.com/home

All I can do (thank you)- Mikeschair

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It's been a really stressful couple of weeks. And I have felt like I've been hit on all sides, barely standing. Just when I thought things were under control, I would get smashed by another wave of burden. I pray nightly for God to defend me, uphold me. How many times have I been on the phone in tears to my family? X got stolen, I don't have enough x, I made a mistake iwth x.

And what can I do besides Thank Him? Especially in this last week, I didn't deserve all the justice I got, all the help I go, and all the energy that I have received. I received unbelievable news, one after one after one. God never promised that our life on Earth is easy, but sometimes it's just so sweet to be given so many blessings one after one after one.

Thank you.


All I can do (Thank you)- Mikeschair
Guitar tabs: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/m/mikeschair/all_i_can_do_thank_you_crd.htm

The intro progression is basically the entire song, with a small exception during
the bridge when you drop the Em7

Intro

Cadd9 Gadd9 D Em7 x2

V1

Cadd9  Gadd9
                    I could write a love song
D  Em7
             Tell You what I think You wanna hear
Cadd9  Gadd9                            D  Em7        
             But it wouldn't be good enough, no
Cadd9  Gadd9
              Yea I could try so hard
D  Em7
             To give it everything I've got
Cadd9  Gadd9                   D  Em7
But I'm not ever gonna measure up

[Chorus]

          Cadd9
All I can do is thank You
Gadd9          D             Em7
For this life I never deserved
            Cadd9                   Gadd9
Wanna thank You for the grace
               D                  Em7
I know I don't have to earn
Cadd9                 Gadd9
You love me, You love me
         D              Em7
Your mercy is proof
    Cadd9  Gadd9     D     Em7
All I can do is say thank You
All I can do is say thank You

(V2 same as V1)
It would have been easy
But I'm glad You never walked away
Cause Your love runs deep for me
And I see this beautiful world
And it brings tears in my eyes
And I think it's beautiful to be free

[Chorus]

(Thank You)
    Cadd9       Gadd9      D                   
For hope, for love, for all the ways You move
(You)
For everything You do
(You)
What else can I say but thank You
Thank You

I could write a love song
Tell You what I think You wanna hear
But it wouldn't be good enough

[Chorus]

All I can do, all I can do, all I can do
Is say thank You
All I can do, all I can do, all I can do
Is say thank You

500 days of summer

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I was listening to 500 days of summer OST on spotify and the opening track really got to me. Not every boy meets girl story is a love story. And after x seasons of How I met Your Mother, I've also come to realise that not every love story ends in happily ever after. So what makes the difference between any girl-boy story and THE girl-boy story?

Most love stories has it's ups and downs, it's thrilling moments and it's sad moments, it's silent moments and it's moments of great joy. Common to all love stories is the human emotion. i am so blessed to be involved in the wedding preparations of one of my best friends. I've been blessed to have known the couple for the last 7+ years, almost as long as they have been officially a couple. I've seen them laugh, I've seen them cry, I've seen them yell, I've seen them sacrifice for each other. And now is the time in their love story where two become one.

Essentially, it's not found in the sweet moments, but in how the couple stand together in times of trial. It's not in selfishness, but in acceptance. It's not in quick heated arguments but in patience. It's not being resentful but it forgives.

In fact, it's all summarized well in this:

⁴ Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵ It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶ Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
⁸ Love never fails.

Gratitude list 2013

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A gratitude list, what a great idea. http://christianphysicist.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/gratitude-part-16-nov-30-dec-6-2013.html

I'll get a few started here. Have you stopped and counted your blessings this year?

1. Finishing the requirements of Masters of Clinical Psychology despite many set backs administratively
2. Successfully starting a new business venture despite it's trials
3. Called a new part of the world my own
4. A mother who stands by my side even when I'm not a loving preson
5. A brother who is willing to listen to my troubles and forgive my weaknesses
6. A group of supportive friends
7. Family who love me and care for me even if they are on the other side of the world
8. Opportunities to work with clients on their problems
9. Lovely Sunday school kids who have a heart for God
10. Sunshine in the mornings
11. Health enough to do what needs to be done
12. A home that I feel comfortable in
13. A means of transport to get me from A to B
14. The means of transport is green
15. Watching up with friends in my past
16. Opportunities to visit and be with family overseas
17. Opportunities to be a support during despair
18. Learning from the various styles of my various supervisors
19. Nearing the end of my PhD
20. A great group of musical children who are willing to work together in reviving children's worship
21.  Being able to build rapport with young people, and children
22. Learning to forgive
23. Overcoming illness
24. God loving me despite my piorities shifting
25. Recovering from being robbed, regaining the feeling of safety
26. People around me who are in love, married this year or got engaged this year
27. New borns this year who have bought me such joy
28. Friends who keep touch with me even when I'm ...
29. Enjoyment of many stories
30. Ability to see new places, have new experiences
31. Hope for a better 2014

Only name, yours will be- Big daddy weave

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In my busy life, I sometimes forget what matters most. My business. My PhD. TV dramas. Friend's weddings. Fitness. All these things compete with God's place, but this week I got a great wake up call.

Well, how great it is to be reminded that only one name matters.


The only name (Yours will be)

Guitar tabs: http://www.tabsforworship.com/tab/3143.htm

        B                                        E2
Yours will be the only Name that matters to me
                            C#m7
The only One Whose favor I seek
        F#sus                  B
The only Name that matters to me

            B
Yours will be
                                 E2
The friendship and affection I need
                            C#m7
To feel my Father smiling on me
        F#sus                 B
The only Name that matters to me

     G#m7                F#sus
And Yours is the Name the Name that has saved me
B                         G#m7
Mercy and grace the power that forgave me
    E2           F#sus         B
And Your love is all Ive ever needed

B
When I wake up in the Land of Glory
E2
And with the saints I will tell my story
C#m7              F#sus             B/E
There will be one Name that I proclaim

  B          E2  C#m7     F#sus        B/E
Jesus, Jesus, Je   -  sus, just that Name

The Bible's Hope for Singleness, Marriage, and Sexuality- Dennis Brown

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My friend shared with me a series of sermons based on relationships: http://www.friendshiptaipei.com/hope-for-relationships. The bible passage is at: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+6%3A13-20&version=NIV.

This is the version he talks about:

True or false?
A) Two consenting adults can do whatever they want with their body
B) Sex is dirty

What Dennis Brown suggests is:
1) since sex is made by God and used by God, therefore
2) sexuality is a purpose, which is written in our instructional manual- the bible
3) do not pursue sex that avoids commitment and intimacy

Christmas is coming- Jason Gray

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There is a toxic kind of skeptism that grows within adults. But children, those pure of hearts, believe what they are told.

But Christmas brings about a sense of wonder. Even non-believers can't deny the joy of this season.


Christmas Is Coming
Jason Gray
Key: Gb Tempo: 104


Download complete guitar tabs from: http://www.praisecharts.com/detail/arrangement/23365

Christmas is coming, the bells are ringing
Hope comes alive as music fills the air

Some say Christmas is for children and I believe it’s true
Can you hear the season calling to the child inside of you?
Awaken from your slumber come see with younger eyes
And be taken by the wonder that took the whole world by surprise!

Christmas is coming, the bells are ringing
Hope comes alive as music fills the air
I hear the drumming, it won't be long now
Christmas is coming, will you be there?
Christmas is coming, will you be there?

They're dressing up the city in a brightly lighted gown
There’s singing in the streets whenever Christmas comes to town
So let the spirit find you wherever you have been
And bring you to the child who makes us children again

Christmas is coming, the bells are ringing
Hope comes alive as music fills the air
I hear the drumming, it won't be long now
Christmas is coming, will you be there?
Christmas is coming, will you be there?

Prepare ye the way
For God's own baby boy
Born to mend all broken things
And to heal the world with joy
He will heal the world with joy!

I don't want you to miss it, I know I have before
Like the innkeeper who missed the wonder right outside his door
So open up your heart as Christmas passes through
Just in time to wake the child asleep inside of you

Christmas is coming, the bells are ringing
Hope comes alive as music fills the air
I hear the drumming, it won't be long now
Christmas is coming, will you be there?
Christmas is coming, will you be there?
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/jasongray/christmasiscoming.html

#sidewalkprophets - keep making me

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When you strip away everything, then there is space to become someone new.


#sidewalkprophets - keep making me
Guitar tabs from: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/s/sidewalk_prophets/keep_making_me_crd.htm



F#
Make me broken
So I can be healed
                            Ebm
‘Cause I’m so calloused
And now I can’t feel
                          C#   
I want to run to You
                            B
With heart wide open
                      F#
Make me broken
             F#
Make empty
So I can be filled
                           Ebm
‘Cause I’m still holding
Onto my will
                         C#
And I’m completed
                            B
When you are with me
                  F#
Make me empty

[Chorus:]
              F#      B     F# C#
‘Til You are my one desire
               F#       B          C#
‘Til You are my one true love
               F#         B             Ebm  C#
‘Til You are my breath, my everything
B                               C#    F#
Lord, please keep making me

                    F#
Make me lonely
So I can be Yours
                       Ebm
‘Til I want no one
More than You, Lord
                           C#
‘Cause in the darkness
                             B
I know You will hold me
                   F#     
Make me lonely

It's a beautiful day- Jamie Grace

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Woke up this morning, and found out some fantastic news. Can't tell you what it is, but I can share this song.


Jamie Grace- Beautiful Day
guitar tabs: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/j/jamie_grace/beautiful_day_crd.htm

Beautiful Day (Single) - Jamie Grace

D                 A
Wake up and smile cause it's been awhile
Em                                 G
It's been like a whole day since I stopped so You could hold me
D                  A
This child awaits, strong in the faith
Em                      G
Lord you are the refuge that I can't wait to get to
D
'Cause I can't let a day go
A                  Em
Can't let a day go by
                                 G
Without thanking you for the joy that you bring to my life


D                     A                       Em
And ooh there's something 'bout the way Your sun shines on my face
        G                                        D
It's a love so true, I could never get enough of You
       A                                  Em
This feeling can't be wrong, I'm about to get my worship on
         G
Take me away, It's a beautiful day


D-A-Em-G

D                  A
When trouble seems to rain on my dreams
Em                                 G
It's not a big, not a big deal, Let it wash all the bugs off my windshield
       D                 A
'Cause You're showing me in You I'm free
Em                                 G
And You're still the refuge that I've just got to get to
D
So I won't let a day go
A                   Em
Won't let a day go by
                                  G
So put the drop-top down, turn it up, I'm ready to fly


D                     A                       Em
And ooh there's something 'bout the way Your sun shines on my face
        G                                        D
It's a love so true, I could never get enough of You
       A                                  Em
This feeling can't be wrong, I'm about to get my worship on
         G
Take me away, It's a beautiful day


D-A-Em-G

D                          A
I've got no need to worry, I've got no room for doubt
Em                              G
No matter what's coming at me, You'll always be the beautiful I sing about
D                             A
There ain't no limitations to Your amazing grace
Em                     G
Your amazing grace
A                                      Em                        G
And there's something 'bout the way Your love shines on my face
                                  D
Oh no I could never get enough of You
   A                                       Em
This feeling can't be wrong, I'm about to get my worship on
           G                                       Em
I'm gonna sing a brand new song, Yeah I'm about to get my worship on
         G
Take me away on this beautiful day

Grown up Christmas List- Amy Grant

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If this Grown up Christmas list came true, then I would need to change careers- and I don't think I'd mind.

No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
That time would heal all hearts
And every one would have a friend
And right would always win
And love would never end





http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/a/amy_grant/grown_up_christmas_list_crd.htm

Grown up Christmas List- Amy Grant

Do you (Em) remember (D) me ( C )?
I sat (Em) upon (D) your ( C ) knee?
I wrote ( C ) to you (G) with childhood (Am) fantasies. (A7) (D)

Well, I'm (Em) all grown-up (D) now ( C )
And still (Em) need help (D) somehow. ( C )
I'm not a ( C ) child (G) but my heart still (Am) can dream (A7) (D)

So here's (Em) my lifelong (D) wish ( C )
My grown-up (Em) Christmas (D) list ( C )
Not for myself ( Am ) but for a world (G) in need (D)


(G) No more (A) lives torn ( C) apart
That (Am) wars would never (D) start
That (G) time would heal all ( C) hearts
And (G) every (A) one would have a ( C) friend
And (Am) right would always (D) win
And love (A7) would never ( C) end

(G) This is my (Am) grown-up Christmas (G) list.

As children (Em) we (D) believed ( C)
The grandest (Em) sight (D) to see ( C)
Was something ( C) lovely (G) wrapped (Am) beneath the tree (A7) (D)

Well (Em) heaven (D) surely ( C) knows
That (Em) packages (D) and bows ( C)
Can ( C) never heal (G) A (Am) hurting human (D) soul

(G) No more (A) lives torn ( C) apart
That (Am) wars would never (D) start
That (G) time would heal all ( C) hearts
And (G) every (A) one would have a ( C) friend
And (Am) right would always (D) win
And love (A7) would never ( C) end

(G) This is my (Am) grown-up Christmas (G) list.

(Gm) What is this illusion called (A) the innocence of youth
Maybe (G) only in our blind belief can we (A) ever find the truth

(G) No more (A) lives torn ( C) apart
That (Am) wars would never (D) start
That (G) time would heal all ( C) hearts
And (G) every (A) one would have a ( C) friend
And (Am) right would always (D) win
And love (A7) would never ( C) end

(G) This is my (Am) grown-up Christmas (G) list.
This is my (Am) only life-long wish (G)
This is my (C ) grown-up Christmas (G) list.

For the first time- Jason Bare

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Firsts are always memorable. Do you remember your first kiss, your first love, the first steps of your baby, the first day at school, first job?

There have been so many births this year, and the simple joy that parents describe their little bundles of joy.

Can you imagine when Mary and Joseph sees their baby for the first time? Not only are they beholding their baby for the first time. But they are also beholding the saviour for the first time.






http://www.klove.com/music/artists/jason-bare/songs/for-the-first-time-lyrics.aspx

For The First Time

Jason Bare

from the album For The First Time Any moment it could happen
He knew it was time by the look in her eyes
There was Joseph Holding Mary In this stable they wait
For this babe to arrive In a world so dark
Heaven and Earth would collide And would change who they are
As she laid him in a manger
Creation was hushed by the sound of His cry
And their eyes were filled with wonder
Could this be the same voice that brought us to life
Unbelievable The promise is this little child What a miracle (Chorus) This was the first time
Mortal eyes would see the Savior The first night
Heaven sings a song with nature
Alleluia Alleluia The world has seen the light For the first time As she rocks Him on her shoulder
Did she know it was only a matter of time
That one day when He is older
He will open His arms and give up His life
But tonight He sleeps As angels sing through the night
Of His majesty
(Chorus)
Glory to God in the highest Peace on earth
Glory to God in the highest Peace on earth
Alleluia
This was the first time This was the first night
(Chorus)

A month till Christmas- Happy birthday Jesus

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It's a month till Christmas, and the Christmas carols are already ringing in. I've already had my first Christmas party, my first Christmas card, first Christmas present, and first Christmas cookies.

Here's a little Christmas carol to start off...



Happy Birthday To You
happy Birthday To You
happy Birthday Dear Jesus
happy Birthday To You.

happy Birthday Jesus
i'm So Glad Its Christmas
all The Tinsel And Lights
and The Presents Are Nice
but The Real Gift Is You.

happy Birthday Jesus
i'm So Glad Its Christmas
all The Carols And Bells
make The Holiday Swell
and it's All About You
happy Birthday Jesus
jesus I Love You!

It's Just a Girl, Just a boy.

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The story is simple. And it's very unlikely that you haven't heard it. But it's simple. God became a baby, born in a manger. And it was a simple girl who gave birth to the savior of the world. And the message is so simple- repent, believe and be saved.

You maybe just a girl, or just a boy. But if you let God use you, God may just have you change the world.



Just a girl- Brandon Heath

I wonder if you've heard the story
Of little fame and lesser glory
The night the keeper of the innkeeper
The little town of Bethlehem
Encountered Joseph and his Mary
About to birth the Savior of the world

His wife said go and see who's knocking
He ran down to the gate unlocked it
The moment he heard Mary's cry
He couldn't look them in the eye
Denied them and went back to bed
When his wife asked who was there
He said I don't know

Just a girl
Just a couple gypsies begging at the door
Told them we don't have room for anymore
And closed the door
It was just a girl

He tried to sleep and wasn't able
He snuck out to the dirty stable
The two had found for covering
And later in her suffering
The keeper knelt outside the barn
And in the light of that great star
He prayed what have I done

He's just a babe
Just minutes old there trembling in the hay
I could have found a room for them to stay
I'm so ashamed
He's just a babe

There was no robe
There was no crown
The shepherds stood
On royal ground
The keeper wept
For what he'd done
He turned away
God's own Son

Just a King
Just a million angels crowding in to see
Jesus there among humanity

Just a babe
Just minutes old there trembling in the hay
Staring at his mother in the face
She's just a girl

Just a girl
Does she even know that she just changed the world
Does she even know that He will save the world
Does Mary know that He will save the world
She's just a girl
Just a girl
Just a girl

Wiser

21:49:00 Kikoprincess 0 Comments

A page from my diary:
As I sit on the other side of the therapy chair, I seem wiser for the experiences that have happened. Wiser for the hurt overcome and challenges faced. Wiser for the battles lost and the victories won. Wiser for the words said and those left unsaid. Wiser for holding on to who I am and letting go of who I wanted to be.

Do-over

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Everyday, I see people struggle with regrets. A new taiwanese TV series follows the consequences of someone who has the chance to have a "do-over" in this particular "do-over", the person has the choice to (1) die, since loved one had already died in a traffic accident, (2) go back to the moment when they met that loved one, and to decide to not fall in love in the first place.

What would you decide? Is it better to have loved and lost, than to have never to have loved at all? What if, what if, what if?

The question that plagues us, only occurs because we have the benefit of hindsight. Do you think adam and eve would have eaten the fruit had they known it would lead to death? Would pharoah have sent all his men into the red sea knowing that the sea would swallow them up? Would Judas have betrayed Jesus if he had known that Jesus would die from a kiss? Would you have accepted someone's love knowing that you will both hurt in the future?

Given a do-over, what moment in time would you go back to?

Personally, I wouldn't go back in time to change any personal relationships that I have had in the past, because I believe that they have shaped the way I see relationships today. I do sometimes regret getting into arguments in the past. But by making so many mistakes in the past I have come to appreciate the love of Christ and the sinfulness of my past.

Would I change anything? Probably not.

Whether good, whether bad, whether important or not, all experiences are permitted by God. We may not understand - but he has his reasons. 

Help me find my way.

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It's this time of year when high school students are ensuring that their University preferences are in, and university students are contemplating their life after graduation. Spring is also a time for huge changes in the property market with people contemplating new homes before Christmas.

For me, it's also a time of change. Starting a new job, wrapping up my PhD. I seem, once again, lost. I don't know what I am doing and what direction I am going in.


Sidewalk prophets- Help me find it

Guitar tabs: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/s/sidewalk_prophets/help_me_find_it_ver2_crd.htm

CAPO 1st Fret
BPM 160

D A Bm G

D                             A
I don't know where to go from here
                       Bm
It all used to seem so clear
                    G
I'm finding I can’t do this on my own

D                             A
I don't know where to go from here
                               Bm
As long as I know that You are near
                       G
I'm done fighting, I’m finally letting go

A      Bm       G
I will trust in You
                    A
You've never failed before
       Bm       G
I will trust in You

[Chorus]
             G             D
If there's a road I should walk
        Bm   A
Help me find it
     G          D
If I need to be still
        Bm            A
Give me peace for the moment
G             A
Whatever Your will
Bm            A
Whatever Your will
G                    A
Can you help me find it
Bm                   A
Can you help me find it

D

D                                A
I'm giving You fear and You give faith
                                Bm                     
I giving you doubt, You give me grace
                    G
For every step I've never been alone

D                                    A
Even when it hurts, You'll have Your way
                          Bm
Even in the valley I will say
                          G
With every breath, You've never let me go

A      Bm       G
I will wait for You
                    A
You've never failed before
A      Bm       G
I will wait for You

[Chorus]

A         Bm    G
I lift my empty hands (come fill me up again)
A             Bm G
Have Your way my King (I give my all to You)
A         Bm   G
I lift my eyes again (Was blind but now I see)
A              Bm    G
'Cause You are all I need

[Chorus]

Worship should be EPIC- Build your kingdom here

17:58:00 Kikoprincess 0 Comments

I just love this type of worship, the music just vibrates through your body, and you can't help but to get up and get into some heel thumping action.

Church is for everyone. 



This is the first song I have heard from Rend Collective. I hope it revives the way you worship too!


Build Your Kingdom Here—Rend Collective Experiment

Capo 2

Verse 1:

     F                 C
Come set your rule and reign
   F          C
In our hearts again
  F               C
Increase in us we pray
  G
Unveil why were made


     F                        C
Come set our hearts ablaze in full
     F                C
Like wild fire in our very soul
F           C              G
Holy Spirit come invade us now
F  C       G
We are the church
F  C         G
We need your power
   C
In us

Verse 2:
We seek Your kingdom first
We hunger and we thirst
Refuse to waste our lives
For You're our joy and prize
To see the captive hearts released
The hurt; the sick; the poor at peace
We lay down our lives for Heaven's cause

Pre-Chorus:
F  C       G
We are the church
F  C         G
We need your power
     C
This Earth

Chorus:
           G       Am
Build your kingdom here
        F        C
Let the darkness fear
          G      Am
Show your mighty hand
         F           G
Heal our streets and land
         G         Am
Set your church on fire
         F      C
Win this nation back
           G   Am
Change the atmosphere
           F       G
Build your kingdom here
G  C
We pray

Verse 3:
Unleash Your kingdom's power
Reaching the near and far
No force of hell can stop
Your beauty changing hearts
You made us for much more than this
Awake the kingdom seed in us
Fill us with the strength and love of Christ


Song Order:
Verse 1,Verse 2,Pre-Chorus,Chorus,Verse 3,Pre-Chorus,Chorus, Instrumental,Chorus,END

obsessions?

23:03:00 Kikoprincess 0 Comments

I was struck by the lesson God taught me this morning. I had been obsessing about something for the last couple of days. Not even a little, not a lot, but way too much.

And this morning, God, in his word, gave me the lesson I needed to hear.

Indeed, if God wills it, then let it be so. But let us not go on obsessing about plans we have in our own heads, to satisfy wants our minds believe we need.

alone on mid autumn festival

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This time last year I was in Canada/USA. We celebrated Mid Autumn Festival with my family who flew to the states to visit me. The 'togetherness' of mid autumn festival is something I love. This year, I sit in an empty house alone while my brother is interstate working, my mother is out with her fellowship.
For those of you alone on mid autumn festival this year, chin up- you are loved.

267 things in a soul mate

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I recently reviewed the 20th anniversary edition of "Chicken Soup for the Soul".
original book review: couragepsyc.blogspot.com.au

Happy birthday YY

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My friend's favorite hymn is Come Thou Fount, and every time I heard this hymn, I think of them.
I love how music can trigger memories, experiences, sensations.

But it is the same old song you say, well, I agree with the artists, it just doesn't grow old, because the message is still as relevant today as it was yesterday.

Happy Birthday YY. You can join us in worshiping together, by downloading the hymn from Noisetrade.com. @resonate_church You can grab all the chords here.

Come Thou Fount , resonate church.
guitar tabs: http://media.wix.com/ugd/37bace_c483f26b57d7517e0fcc87664689cc4c.pdf

INTRO/TURN:.G#m....F#....C#m....G#m
..........G#m............F#
Come.thou.fount.of.every.blessing
........C#m...............G#m
Tune.my.heart.to.sing.Thy.praise
...........G#m.........F#
Streams.of.mercy.never.ceasing
.........C#m..............G#m
Call.for.songs.of.loudest.praise
.........E..............F#
Teach.me.some.melodious.sonnet
........C#m..............G#m
Sung.by.flaming.tongues.above
...........G#m..............F#
Praise.the.mount.I’m.fixed.upon.it
.........C#m...........G#m
Mount.of.Thy.redeeming.love
Here.I.raise.my.Ebenezer
Here.by.Thy.great.help.I've.come
And.I.hope.by.thy.good.pleasure
Safely.to.arrive.at.home
Jesus.sought.me.when.a.stranger
Wand'ring.from.the.folds.of.God
He.to.rescue.me.from.danger
Interposed.his.precious.blood
Oh.to.grace.how.great.a.debtor
Daily.I’m.constrained.to.be
Let.Thy.goodness.like.a.fetter
Bind.my.wandering.heart.to.Thee
.........G#m
Prone.to.wander,.Lord.I.feel.it
Prone.to.leave.the.God.I.love
.........G#m
Prone.to.wander,.Lord.I.feel.it
Prone.to.leave.the.God.I.love
.........B
Prone.to.wander,.Lord.I.feel.it
Prone.to.leave.the.God.I.love
..........B....................F#m
Here’s.my.heart.Lord,.take.and.seal.it
........E...............B
Seal.it.for.Thy.courts.above