Sharing The Love: From God To A Stranger

In The Sweet By and By - The Cluster Pluckers 
God is preparing a place for us in Heaven. Have you ever considered that it doesn't matter what we have done, God still believes that we should have a place in His kingdom? It isn't as important to think about where you have been, but to consider where you are going.

Majestic - Lincoln Brewster
I will worship You. One of the most powerful statements that someone can make. They are declaring that they will worship God. This song paints a beautiful picture of the whole world worshiping God, from the rocks to the mountains to the oceans. We are literally joining with everything on earth to worship our Creator.

How Deep The Father's Love For Us - Selah 
Is it not amazing that God loves us despite ourselves? He sacrificed His Son so that we could be free to exercise our own will. But Jesus' effort on the cross paid the price so that when our free will lands us in trouble, we can still come back to our Heavenly Father.

Get Back Up - TobyMac
We may be battered and bruised by this world, but God can and will give you the strength to get back up and face the world again. When He called us to follow Him, we were not guaranteed an easy time. We were, however, guaranteed a life everlasting. What kind of life are you living? One where you are laying there defeated or one where you are fighting your way to your feet again?


Softly and Tenderly - Alan Jackson
God is a gentleman. He does not force His way into your life before you are ready to reach for Him. He always has an open invitation for you to come and meet with Him though. He wants you to come to Him, no matter what you have done. Matthew 11:28-30  ²⁸ “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ³⁰ For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”


Open The Eyes Of My Heart - Phillips, Craig, and Dean
As we pursue Christ, our eyes are opened to see what God is doing and how He is moving in the world. How awesome is it to stand and see the glory of God (as much as we are able this side of Heaven?) How powerful is it to sing of God's holiness? How much more should we seek to see Him in our daily lives?


Across the Earth - Hillsong United
As the people of the world, we praise God for who He is and what He does. But what did He do? He allowed Himself to be placed on a cross, so that our sins didn't place us there. He made the ultimate sacrifice to save our lives. 

Until The Whole World Hears - Casting Crowns
No man is an island. We are all connected parts of the body of Christ. But can we be a complete body without each part? Is a body complete if it is missing an arm? a hand? even a finger? The body requires every part to be complete. We are called to serve God so that we may reach those who have not heard the Good News. When we reach out, we help to complete the body.

Give Me Your Eyes - Brandon Heath
While we can try to reach others with our own power, it is not until we have the power of God in us that we can reach those we are intended to. To do this, we have to see individuals through God's eyes, not our own. We are naturally inclined to reach out to those who are similar to ourselves, when God is trying to take us outside of our comfort zone so that we can show Him in an even more powerful way.

Broken and Empty

She sits there watching
Waiting for a sign
A hand to guide
A direction to climb.

She sits there crying,
Not sure what to feel.
It's been so long
No desire to heal.

She sits there empty
Her life is void.
There is nothing
Just an empty shell.

Is there a God?
Where is He now?
Why has He abandoned her?
There is no reason to grow.

She is broken,
Hurt and abandoned,
Lost and drifting,
No desire to grow.

She is sitting there
No one around
No place to call home.
No reason to go on.

But it is He
Who reaches out
Through the others
Who surround.

They do not know
Who she is
What she has done
Anything about her.

But they extend their hand,
They share a prayer,
Paint an image of hope,
A gift from God.

She sees a light -
Faint and distant.
She fears the light.
She fears the hope.

But she reaches beyond,
Beyond that wall of fear.
Into their offering of hope
Into his offering of love.

She doesn't know what to do,
She doesn't know what to say,
She knows she needs something
She needs something today.

Reach out your hand.
Show her your God.
Show His love and grace.
Share His healing.

She reaches for this love,
She reaches for this grace,
She wants so desperately
To earn this healing.

She does not realize
Healing is not earned.
Healing is restoration
Into His presence.

Slowly she embraces healing
The empty feeling
Is still there;
But God is also there.

She is reaching out to God.
She feels so empty
She feels so broken
But she feels calm.

The torment is ending.
The hurt is healing.
The fear is ceasing.
The saints are interceding.

He is filling her.
She feels different.
Not sure what to do,
This is a different ache.

But He knows all
She has found God.
What once was broken
Now is made whole.