I Simply Live
Hillsong
AND I WILL SING FOR YOU
OVER OCEANS DEEP I WILL FOLLOW
IF EACH STAR WAS A SONG
EVERY BREATH OF WIND PRAISE
IT WILL STILL FAIL BY FAR TO SAY
ALL MY HEART CONTAINS
I SIMPLY LIVE
I SIMPLY LIVE FOR YOU
AS THE GLORY OF YOUR PRESENCE NOW
FILLS THIS PLACE
IN WORSHIP WE WILL MEET YOU FACE TO FACE
THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS WORLD
TO WHICH YOU CAN BE COMPARED
GLORY AND GLORY
PRAISE UPON PRAISE
YOU BIND THE BROKEN-HEARTED AND
SAVE ALL MY TEARS
BY YOUR WORD YOU SET THE CAPTIVES FREE
THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS WORLD
THAT YOU CANNOT DO
I SIMPLY LIVE
Praise God. The morning prayer meetings last week has been awesome. I have really been spending more time worshiping God. The part that always touch my heart in this song is the line:
Recently God also have been speaking alot about having faith in Him in finances.
In 1Kings 17, Elijah prayed that famous prayer that stopped rain for 3 years. And there was a huge drought and famine across the entire land, but in 1 kings 18, after 3 years, Elijah went and challenged Baal's prophets. 1 vs 450. And when it was Elijah's turn. This is what he did:
Then Elijah said to all the people, "Come here to me." They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD, which was in ruins. Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, "Your name shall be Israel." With the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD, and he dug a trench around it large enough to hold two seahs of seed. He arranged the wood, cut the bull into pieces and laid it on the wood. Then he said to them, "Fill four large jars with water and pour it on the offering and on the wood."
"Do it again," he said, and they did it again.
"Do it a third time," he ordered, and they did it the third time. The water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.
At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: "O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. Answer me, O LORD, answer me, so these people will know that you, O LORD, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again."
Then the fire of the LORD fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench.
When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, "The LORD -He is God! The LORD - He is God!"
This is an amazing story. There was drought in the land and the most precious thing on planet earth was not Gold or Diamonds or precious stones. It was water!!! But when Elijah build the altar of God, he build it with not just wood and stones. He added water into the trench. The Bible says a hole big enough to hold 2 seahs of seed.
1 seah = 2 Gallons. 4 Gallons = 18 Lt of water. Thats four bottles of these:
Can u imagine pouring that much water into a trough and asking God to burn up the bull? Siao right? Impossible, Literally soaking wet leh... But then God came through and the people saw the reality of God and turned to Him.
And Elijah said to Ahab, "Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain." So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees.
"Go and look toward the sea," he told his servant. And he went up and looked.
"There is nothing there," he said.
Seven times Elijah said, "Go back."
The seventh time the servant reported, "A cloud as small as a man's hand is rising from the sea." So Elijah said, "Go and tell Ahab, 'Hitch up your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.'
45 Meanwhile, the sky grew black with clouds, the wind rose, a heavy rain came on and Ahab rode off to Jezreel.After that it begin to rain and prosperity begin to pour down. This story really inspired me to give my precious to God.
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