All I Have Is Christ

Hey everyone!

I just wanted to share a song with you that has grown on me more and more. The words are so true and so humbling, while still giving such a great hope in Christ! The song is called "All I have is Christ" and here are the lyrics:

I once was lost in darkest night
Yet thought I knew the way.
The sin that promised joy and life
Had led me to the grave.
I had no hope that You would own
A rebel to Your will.
And if You had not loved me first
I would refuse You still.

But as I ran my hell-bound race
Indifferent to the cost
You looked upon my helpless state
And led me to the cross.
And I beheld God’s love displayed
You suffered in my place
You bore the wrath reserved for me
Now all I know is grace.

Hallelujah! All I have is Christ
Hallelujah! Jesus is my life

Now, Lord, I would be Yours alone
And live so all might see
The strength to follow Your commands
Could never come from me.
Oh Father, use my ransomed life
In any way You choose.
And let my song forever be
My only boast is You.

© 2008 Sovereign Grace Praise (BMI), by Jordan Kauflin

I hope the video of this song attaches below this so you can hear the song and SING WITH IT! Praise Our God and King and Savior for their work. We once did HATE God and was running from Him and running to Hell, BUT GOD, with His loving grace and mercy, showed us Himself and brought us to the cross! We saw our sins and His holiness and we fell to our knees and wept....and repented and we now live by grace in giving Him Glory in all of our lives!

Ephesians 2:1-10
"And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ— by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them"

Let us praise God and thank Him for His Great Mercy! Sing this song with me, praise our Savior with me and let us go out and tell all of this great mercy that He has shown us so that they too may know Him and praise Him with us!

For His Glory!

Chris

Our Apartment

Hey Everyone-

For those of you who are interested, I just posted pictures of our apartment. To view them, click on the "Photos" tab at the top of this page, then the link that says "Click Here" and then choose the album "Our Texas Apartment". Enjoy!

Happy Labor Day!
Michele

They blood was shed for me

Desiring to be with Jesus!

I was just reading this morning in Mark chapter 5 and I came across the story of the demon possessed man that was living in the tombs. Two things jumped out at me. The first being why I wrote this post.

The first thing I saw was after Jesus had healed the man and cast out the demons, the man wanted to go and leave with Jesus to be with Him. I just struck me so hard. Jesus had healed this man of being demon possessed and given him life! This man did not want for anything but to be with Jesus and go where He goes.

My thought is....... do we live this way? Do we desire to follow Jesus and be with Him daily? Do we take time to be in His Word and grow in knowledge of Him? Do we pray much to commune with our God who saved us and raised us to life from death?

I think of the story of Peter in Matthew 14 where Jesus was walking on the water and Peter asked to go out and be with Him. YES, Peter did not have alot of faith to continue walking.....but he was the only one who wanted to go and be WITH Jesus.

We were just like this man, dead and overcome by the world. Jesus comes to His people and raises them to life from death and shows us Himself. When we truly see Him, do we act like this man and run to Him and live by Him each day? Or do we start to live life and forget of the great work He has done in us?

2 Corinthians 5:17: " Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come"

John 20:31: "But these are written (the book of John) so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have LIFE in His name"

The other thought is looking at what Jesus told him to do. Jesus told the man he could not go with Him but that he should go and tell his friends "how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you". You know what the guy did? HE OBEYED and he did that exact thing! But even more, he went farther then just his home town. The Bible says "he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled". The Decapolis is a big region around his hometown. He went home and did as Jesus had commanded....then because of his joy inexpressible, he went further and kept going out more and more and telling of Jesus and His great works!

Do we find this Joy in Jesus and His great mercy He has shown us in our salvation? Do we go out and tell our family and friends about Jesus and His great mercy? Do we then go further and tell more and more people in our town.....state.....country about His great love, mercy, grace? Even further.......do we give it all up, if God gives us the desire, to go to the Nations, the world, and proclaim of His excellencies to those who don't know about Him?

Psalm 66:16 - "Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for my
soul"

Matthew 28:19-20 - "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age"

Please pray with me that we will grow in knowledge of our Great God and His Great Mercy and what the Gospel and the Cross is all about. Pray that we will be so consumed with His Glory and with joy inexpressible from His mercy in saving us that we GO and tell all around us of Him. Pray for God to send workers into His field and pray that you would be open to BE one of those workers!

Be encourage this wonderful day that the Lord has made! Praise Him and GO and BE a disciple for our great King and God and Lord!

For His Glory!

Chris