What a song of PRAISE this is! 

I sometimes forget what once was. What once held my hope. I sometimes forget how hard I tried to handle my own life. How it felt carrying the burdens of the entire world on my shoulders.

Who wouldn't rather forget those days! But I have come to realize in my own life that only when we remember back to the pit we were in, can we be truly grateful for the Grace Jesus brought to us!  

Jesus brought HOPE. FREEDOM from the shackles and chains. PEACE replaced turmoil. 

Most of all...Jesus paid for me to have a clean slate!
Salvation took every stupid mistake and rebellious attitude and threw it away, promising to never remember or bring it up again!! (thank you Jesus!!)

Today, as the song plays, let's choose to remember where we were when Jesus found us. Do you remember drowning in the quicksand of the mess? I do....

Give Jesus PRAISE today for HIS BLOOD that saves us and brands us for eternity!

ENJOY & Share with a friend who needs to reminded that if Jesus was big enough for salvation, He is big enough to handle anything the world throws at us! :)t

"All My Hope is in Jesus" Lyrics

I've been held by the Savior
I've felt fire from above 
I've been down to the river
I ain't the same, a prodigal returned 

All my hope is in Jesus
Thank God that yesterday's gone 
All my sins are forgiven
I've been washed by the blood 

I'm no stranger to prison
I've worn shackles and chains 
But I've been freed and forgiven 
And I'm not going back, I'll never be the same 
That's why I sing

All my hope is in Jesus
Thank God that yesterday's gone 
All my sins are forgiven
I've been washed by the blood 

There's a kind of thing that just breaks a man
Break him down to his knees 
God, I've been broken more than a time or two
Yes, Lord then He picked me up and showed me 
What it means to be a man come on and sing

All my hope is in Jesus
Thank God that yesterday's gone 
All my sins are forgiven
I've been washed by the blood 

Oh 
I've, I've been 
washed by the 
blood

COME AS YOU ARE. YES...come just as you are. Right now at this very moment. Jesus has no prerequisites. No list of 'get it together' issues.
​That is not how Jesus is. Not at all how He works or loves!

You see, Jesus not only loves us, He IS love! LOVE is Jesus. This is still a hard concept for the logical, analytical nature in me. I ask constantly, "but WHY would you love us when we reject you, scoff & run the other way? Why?"

The answer I get each time is this..."I AM GOD, not human. I AM LOVE, it is not just a conditional emotion I feel." Wow. I guess that explains it. I will still never be able to understand a love that deep and unconditional. But I'm glad that Love is for me!

So, don't try to rationalize it. You will never understand. Just accept it! This love is always for us, but we have to ask and receive it. He won't force Himself on us. He only wants love from us that is true, deep & realized.

I have no idea what lies your past has convinced you of. We live in a hurting, sinful world and some of you experienced that as far back as you can remember. BUT, God promises to use what was meant for harm & turn it to good if we allow Him to.

At times, we choose pleasure & happiness in everything except Jesus. This will last for a moment or many, but it always dries up and leaves us parched for fulfillment.

That 'satisfying & fulfilling' hole will only be filled when Jesus comes in and mends the shattered cracks of the heart. Ask around & you will find many who thought they were beyond repair. Some thought they had gone waaayyy to far over the line. Bottom of the pit, as they say. BUT GOD always had His eyes on them, sending people, songs and words at the exact time, maybe even for years before they realized it.

GOD ALWAYS LOVES YOU, but
 God can only save us if we allow Him to come in & take us over. Inside & Out! Only then can His love, mercy, kindness, peace and all the other flow thru us!

So today, COME AS YOU ARE! Give up trying to be good enough or perfect on your own. It just can't happen.
Only Jesus can make us Righteous
(perfect in God's sight)

Y'ALL!! THIS SONG!
This words of this song are so powerful. A sermon in itself!

​I have no idea what you are dealing with right now, but I know Someone who does!
THIS song is for someone today....is it for you? Take a few minutes and let God speak to your heart as you listen.​

This song, as most by Casting Crowns, is a sermon in 4 minutes! I am praying today as you take a break and watch the video for God to speak the words you need to hear today.
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‘Sermon’ from this Song:
God created us with a Spirit nature, unlike any other animal or creature! This spiritual nature was to enable us to be in relationship with Him. This spirit nature will crave Jesus and this relationship with the Father until we find and accept Him. 

We think we know what will fill our void and make us happy. We all try to fill that void within us in a few different ways: 

• Others- saying “if I can only find that soul-mate, that perfect one who completes me…” They are human with faults like everyone else. Humans disappoint. God doesn’t!
• Ourselves- “I know what’s best for ME!” We all like to think that, but can any of us say we are the BEST we will ever be right now? Did you think you would be farther along and more successful than you are by this age? SEE…we only see what is right in front of us, but God sees the before, present & future and will work all things together for good for His children….IF WE LET HIM!
• ​Material Stuff- "The newest & best of things bring me happiness!" Yes, they will....FOR A TIME! All the toys and finest house and clothes will be awesome until the new wears off or until someone else gets something newer and nicer! If  'things' are what you depend on for your joy and peace, you will never be content in this life. There will ALWAYS be something bigger & better right after you get what you think will make you happy forever. THINGS are temporary. God is Eternal!
• Religion- “If I do all the right things, God will bless me and I will go to Heaven” DOING the right things has nothing to do with peace and joy! You may get some happiness from others patting you on the back, but God probably isn’t one of those hands. Salvation brings real peace & joy, the gift of grace from Jesus! All the good deeds in the world will never earn salvation, but so many burn themselves out thinking if they keep the scales of good & bad tipped in the right direction then they will get Heaven. Such a scary & sad lie that will keep so many from the amazing life God has for them here & in Heaven.

JESUS is the ONLY one that can fill us! Our Soul-“WELL” needs to be filled constantly. We can work in vain to fill it with non-spiritual things, but it will never, ever satisfy!
Some spend a lifetime trying only to end up dry.

JESUS is the LIVING WATER! The ever-bubbling spring of water to keep "THE WELL” full and overflowing. We don’t have to understand it all. We don’t have to explain how He does it.
HE JUST DOES!

“When you come to the well,
​all who thirst will thirst no more, all who search will find what their souls long for,
​the world will try, but it can never fill,
so leave it all behind, and come to The Well!”

Come today asking for Jesus to begin to fill your “Soul-Well”! ​