I'd rather have Jesus than anything this world affords today
God visited me and rescued me when I was 20. How one-sided and amazing love toward me in Jesus Christ he poured upon me! I remember my heart was burning for loving him and serving him. I made many and many decisions to love him and follow him.
Going through settling down in this new land, raising my children, surviving in this new land, and tightly-controlled church experiences -- going through ups and downs of life, my heart has been drifted from loving him. My heart has been cold and my service to God was nominal.
I don't know how patiently God watched over me and sustained me so far. Praise his goodness and kindness to this poor soul.
Oh, Father in heaven, rekindle the fire in me that once burned my heart when I was young. Please burn and burn any love for the world in me and empty my heart.
Burn, burn, O love, within my heart,
Burn fiercely night and day,
Till all the dross of earthly loves
Is burned, and burned away.
(Frederick W. Faber)
I'd rather have Jesus than silver or gold;
I'd rather be His than have riches untold;
I'd rather have Jesus than houses or land;
I'd rather be led by His nail-pierced hand:
Than to be the king of a vast domain or
be held in sin's dread sway!
I'd rather have Jesus than anything
this world affords today.
I'd rather have Jesus than men's applause;
I'd rather be faithful to His dear cause;
I'd rather have Jesus than world-wide fame;
I'd rather be true to His holy name:
Than to be the king of a vast domain or
be held in sin's dread sway!
I'd rather have Jesus than anything
this world affords today.
"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." (Galatians 2:20)
"I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain." (Philippians 1:20, 21)
What is life? What is the Christian life? It is to receive Jesus' love and, in return, to love him as your Lord, as the center of your life. How come I completely have forgotten this basic truth of faith. Father, restore my love toward Jesus!
Going through settling down in this new land, raising my children, surviving in this new land, and tightly-controlled church experiences -- going through ups and downs of life, my heart has been drifted from loving him. My heart has been cold and my service to God was nominal.
I don't know how patiently God watched over me and sustained me so far. Praise his goodness and kindness to this poor soul.
Oh, Father in heaven, rekindle the fire in me that once burned my heart when I was young. Please burn and burn any love for the world in me and empty my heart.
Burn, burn, O love, within my heart,
Burn fiercely night and day,
Till all the dross of earthly loves
Is burned, and burned away.
(Frederick W. Faber)
I'd rather have Jesus than silver or gold;
I'd rather be His than have riches untold;
I'd rather have Jesus than houses or land;
I'd rather be led by His nail-pierced hand:
Than to be the king of a vast domain or
be held in sin's dread sway!
I'd rather have Jesus than anything
this world affords today.
I'd rather have Jesus than men's applause;
I'd rather be faithful to His dear cause;
I'd rather have Jesus than world-wide fame;
I'd rather be true to His holy name:
Than to be the king of a vast domain or
be held in sin's dread sway!
I'd rather have Jesus than anything
this world affords today.
"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." (Galatians 2:20)
"I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain." (Philippians 1:20, 21)
What is life? What is the Christian life? It is to receive Jesus' love and, in return, to love him as your Lord, as the center of your life. How come I completely have forgotten this basic truth of faith. Father, restore my love toward Jesus!
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