Category: life

Your Kingdom

Ruth Kirk
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May your kingdom come soon (Luke 11:2; NLT).

Lord,

1. Forgive and heal
My sinful life –

2. All my resentment,
Pain, and inner strife.

3. Help me to live at peace
With everyone,

4. For then, at last, I’ll see
Your Kingdom come.

References

1. He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases (Psalm 103:3; NLT).

2. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows (John 16:33; NLT).

3. Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone (Romans 12:18; NLT).

4. I tell you the truth, some standing here right now will not die before they see the Kingdom of God (Luke 9:27; NLT).

The Kingdom of God is within you (Luke 17:21; NKJV).

 

It’s not just that you make us

Ruth Kirk
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Lord,

1. It’s not just that you make us:
You’re creation.

2. It’s not just that you’re timeless:
You are time.

3. It’s not just that you’re living:
You are life, Lord.

4. It’s not just that you light our way:
You shine.

5. It’s not just that you feed us:
You are bread, Lord.

6. It’s not just that you give us drink:
You’re wine.

7. It’s not just that you care for us:
You’re love, Lord.

8. It’s not just that I’m yours, Lord:
You are mine.

References

1. The Word gave life to everything that was created (John 1:1; NLT).

2. For you, a thousand years are as a passing day, as brief as a few night hours (Psalm 90:4; NLT).

3. I am the way the truth and the life (John 14:6; NIV).

4. God is more glorious than the moon; he shines brighter than the stars (Job 25:5; NLT).

5. I am the living bread the came down from heaven (John 6:51; NLT).

6. He took a cup of wine […] and he said to them, “This is my blood” (Mark 14:23-4; NLT).

7. God is love (1 John 4:16; NLT).

8. I am yours (Psalm 119:94; NLT).

Lord, you are mine! (Psalm 119:57; NLT).

You pour out light

Ruth Kirk

Each day the Lord pours out his unfailing love upon me
(Psalm 42:8; NLT).

1. Lord,
You pour out light each day,
Yet you still have more to send.

2. Lord,
You pour out fire each day,
Yet your strength will never end.

3. Lord,
You pour out truth each day,
Yet your words are never stale.

4. Lord,
You pour out peace each day,
Yet its source will never fail.

5. Lord,
You pour out life each day,
Yet your well is never dry.

6. Lord,
You pour out love each day,
Yet your heart will never die.

References

1. God is light (1 John 1:5; NLT).

2. God is a consuming fire (Deuteronomy 4:24; NIV).

3. The Spirit is truth (1 John 5:6; NKJV).

4. The Lord is peace (Judges 6:24; NLT).

5. I am the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6; NLT).

6. God is love (1 John 4:16; NLT).

Love never ends (1 Corinthians 13:8; CSB).

We look for you

Ruth Kirk

God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.
(1 John 4:16; NLT).

1. Lord,
We look for you
Beyond ourselves:

2. Searching,
Longing,

3. Thirsting
Day by day;

4. When all the time
You dwell, Lord God,
Within us:

5. For you are
Our soul,

6. Our life, our truth,
Our way.

References

1. God looks down from heaven on all mankind (Psalm 53:2; NIV).

2. All night long I search for you; in the morning I earnestly seek for God (Isaiah 26:9; NLT).

I long for you, O God (Psalm Psalm 42:1; NLT).

3. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God (Psalm 42:2; NKJV).

Every day I call to you, my God, but you do not answer (Psalm 22;2; NLT).

4. You are the temple of the living God (Luke 17:21; NKJV).

The kingdom of God is within you (Luke 17:21; NKJV).

5. There is a spirit within people, the breath of the Almighty within them (Job 32:8; NLT).

You have received the Holy Spirit, and he lives within you (1 John 2:27; NLT).

Christ lives within you (Romans 8:10; NLT).

6. I am the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6; NLT).

You are my soul

Ruth Kirk

I am the vine; you are the branches.
Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit.
(John 15:5; NLT).

I have given them the glory you gave me, so they may be one as we are one.
(John 17:22; NLT).

1. You are my soul,
Lord God,
We are one breath.

2. One flesh, one mind,
One heart, Lord,
To the core.

3. One birth, one path,
One truth, one life,
One death.

4. One faith, one hope,
One love –
For evermore.

References

1. You are the temple of the living God (2 Corinthians 6:16; NLT).

There is […] one God and Father, who is over all and in all and living through all (Ephesians 4:5-6; NLT).

There is a spirit within people, the breath of the Almighty within them (Job 32:8; NLT).

2. They will be my people, and I will be their God. And I will give them one heart and one purpose: to worship me forever (Jeremiah 32:38-9; NLT).

3. I am the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6; NLT).

The dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it (Ecclesiastes 12:7; NIV).

4. Three things will last forever – faith, hope, and love – and the greatest of these is love (1 Corinthians 13:13; NLT).

The way, the truth, and the life

Ruth Kirk


Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6; NLT).

1. I love you,
And you love me –
You are the way
I want to go.

2. I love you,
And you love me –
You are the truth
I want to know.

3. I love you,
And you love me –
You are the life
I want to lead.

4. I love you,
And you love me –
You are the Lord,
That’s all I need.

References

1. I love you, Lord (Psalm 18:1; NLT).

He loves us with unfailing love (Psalm 117:2; NLT).

God’s way is perfect (Psalm 18:30; NLT).

2. You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free (John 8:32; NLT).

3. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly (John 10:10; NRSV).

4. He is the Lord our God (Psalm 105:7; NLT).

The Lord is my shepherd; I have all that I need (Psalm 23:1; NLT).