Mercy

"One thing God has spoken

two things I have heard: 

Power belongs to You, God

and with You, is unfailing love..''

 Psalm 62:11-12

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``..So powerful and yet so patient,

He could be any kind of King he wanted

..He could quell us .. crush us 

but He doesn't, He comes to us in mercy~

He meets us in mercy

He tempers all that might, to meet us in mercy'

Aaron Keyes

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Whisper my Name

Jennifer Napp

 ..So happy to stay, close by your throne

Walking each day, in the glow of your mercy

 So happy to gaze

 upon your face

 for ever more ..

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Beauty for Ashes

Nothing is Wasted

Jason Gray

The hurt that broke your heart

that left you trembling in the dark 

feeling lost and alone - will tell you hope's a lie 

But what if every tear you cry, 

will seed the ground -

where joy will grow?

Nothing is wasted, nothing is wasted

in the hands of our redeemer

nothing is wasted..

It's from the deepest wounds, 

 beauty finds a place to bloom

and you will see 

before the end-

that every broken piece 

is gathered in the heart of Jesus

and what's lost will be found again..

Nothing is wasted, nothing is wasted

in the hands of our redeemer, 

nothing is wasted..

From the ruins,  from the ashes

Beauty will rise

From the wreckage,  from the darkness 

Glory will shine

Glory will shine

Nothing is wasted, nothing is wasted

in the hands of our redeemer

Eternity

Taste of Eternity

Belarive

The taste of Eternity is here, on our lips
with every breath we sing
we sing of your majesty, it's here in our midst
with every breath we sing
We sing for eternity it's here on our lips 
Oh how holy! Oh how worthy!
With every breath we sing.. 
For every breath we sing is yours!!
Is yours!!

**Miracle**

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`She left him and shut the door behind her and her sons.
They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring.
When all the jars were full, she said to her son,
`Bring me another one'

But he replied `There is not a jar left'
Then the oil stopped flowing'

2 Kings 4:5

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Retrospect

So Glad

Bannister/Elliot/Christian/Grant

`I had made some mighty plans

I thought I held them in my hands 

Then my world began to crumble all away

Tried to build it back again 

I couldn't bear to see it end

How it hurt to know, You wanted it that way..

But now, I'm so glad, glad to find the reason 

And I'm happy-sad, that You've torn it all away

Yes I'm so glad ..

..Cos, once I held it in my hand

It was a kingdom made of sand 

and now you've blown it all away

I can't believe that I can say

That I'm glad'

***

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts

neither are your ways my ways"

declares the Lord

"As the heavens are higher than the earth

So are my ways higher than your ways

and my thoughts than your thoughts"

Isaiah 55:8-9

NIV

Refine

Through it all

Shawn McDonald

...My heart still yields

in fire and heat

the rise and fall

somehow You love me through it all

..no deep, no wide, no hurt, no fight

no life, no death, no tears, no pain

could separate me from Your love'

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``... I will refine them like silver and test them like gold

They will call my name;

 and I will answer them

I will say `They are my people' 

and they will say `The Lord is our God'  ``

Zechariah 13:9
NIV

Lifted

Carry You

A Grant

`Lay down your burden 

I will carry you

I will carry you, my child

my child

 `Cause, I can walk on water,

calm a restless sea

I've done a thousand things you've never done

I'm really watching while you struggle on your own

call my name, I'll come

Lay down your burden I will carry you

I will carry you, my child'

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`I will be your God 
through out your life time
Until your hair is white with age.
I made you and I will care for you
I will carry you along and save you'

Isaiah 46:4
NLT

Assured

Abide with me- Henry Francis Lyte

`I wait quietly before God,

for my victory comes from Him.

He alone is my rock and my salvation,

my fortress where I will never be 

shaken'

Psalm 62:1-2

NLT