Lovely Hyms

A new season

C -----------------------Am
How can a flower know
F--------------------------G
The ways of life within?
C-----------------------------Am
When life will blossom forth?
F-------------------------------G
When things will dost appear?

Why pressured am I so?
To know the 'whys' of life?
When life within just flows.
why grieved or striving be?

These things I wish to know,
won't help me thus to grow.
This guilt and shame and sin,
Is not what He sees now.

'How', 'What', 'when', 'where', and 'why'
Are empty before your sight.
" Dear One, just trust in me."
"I promised I'll be your all, your all."

How can a flower know?

Thousands Of Conversations

(Capo 4 G)
(G, Em, C, D
G,Em, C, D
Em, G, D)

(G, Em, C, D X2
G, Em, C, D, G)

I lived by methods and by tendencies.
For a while, I touched my God.
The blessings came as boundless riches,
And I blessed and thanked my God.
But down poured many situations,
And I'm still a losing cause.

And I confess, you're more important,
Important than all else.
And I confess, I'm not that able,
But I love you, nonetheless.
And I confess, I'm not the person,
So I give myself to you and die in you.




I lived by methods and by tendencies

Capo 2 (G)
https://songbase.life/4446

Lord, I've missed you very very much.
I just long to meet You once again.
Will tomorrow's dawning be the one new chance
I could meet and see You once again?

From the bottom of my very heart,
I'm just desperate longing in my heart.
Please assure, please come to be my all in all.
This whole world's still darkness unto me. 

Though my heart has been given You whole,
Lord, I still don't know where to go!
This tent and altar living,
Lord, by faith still keep me moving on!

Though no strength of mine to run this course,
this far road ahead a simple choice.
If this road is one that lets me meet my Lord,
Though I'm crippled, I still would carry on. 


Let my riches become, oh, so old.
I just want to be hot and not be cold.
Dearest Lord, I'm willing to be none again, 
So, dear Lord, You could be more and more. 

Tis, this is the precious kingdom life.
I will pay the price beyond my strife.
Jesus Christ is both my price and my reward,
That I'll spend, but still gain more and more.

Oh! This One I love is my all!
Drawing me, I follow, that's all.
I am lost in love; I hear His calling!
He will be the One who rivals all!

So, dear Lord, keep flooding my poor soul;
Add Yourself and end all my woes!
You are mine and my one satisfaction.
Oh, I want to gain You more and more. 

Tune:
Modified version of "Since I've met the Lord" (https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/6751)

Lord, I've missed you very very much

All along:

C..............................G....................Am
All along God was searching for man.
C............G............Am
"Where are you, man?"
C.............................................G
Not rebuking, but love, to the sinning one,
Am.........................................C
Waiting for the sentence of death.
F.........................G
But the gospel came,
...C..............Am
The gospel came,
........F.........................................G
The seed of the woman shall reign!

All along God was sweeping in man,
"Where are you, man?"
In rebellion and sin, corruption heap,
Entrenched in the mire so deep.
But the Spirit came,
The Spirit came,
To shine in the depths within. 

All along God was waiting for man,
"Where are you, man?"
To turn from the self and all that he felt
To see the Son of Man,
As the Son of Man,
As the Son of Man,
Enthroned within the heart.

All along God was running to man,
"Where are you, man?"
From eternity far to man's deepest part;
Made life! The spirit of man!
And the garment laid,
The calf was slayed,
All things were for him paid!

All along God was yearning for man,
"Where are you, man?"
For a counterpart sweet, built up, complete, 
Transformed, conformed to Him. 
New Jerusalem, 
New Jerusalem, 
Descending out from heav'n.

All Along

https://songbase.life/7326
The Waters Reached the Ankles:

G-----------------Em
The waters reached the ankles and the knees
C----------------G-----------D
and a thousand cubits flowed the water to my loins.
G-------------Em
Another thousand, it became a river
C--------------G-------D
So high I cannot go against the flow.

(Chorus)
Em------------G
So measure me and possess me!
G------------Em------D
Oh do not let me stay unjudged.
G----------Em
I want the flow, not what I know.
G----------D-----G
Lord, lay this self aside.

Lord, I confess, I'm always compensating
The lack of grace with all my efforts vain.
I should have turned to find the grace for timely
Help by the infusing of Your eyes.

Toward the east, this flow is toward the glory,
Preeminent within our lives.
Out of the op'ning and the consecration
Shall flow a stream to irrigate the land.

A golden girdle is upon His breast and
It means His judgment is in love.
It's not for me, it is all for the Body,
This river flows back to the house.

The Waters Reached the Ankles (Ezekiel 47)

www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/ns/982

1
I’m learning how to spend time with the Lord.
Beginning to believe not how I feel.
But trusting in the Lord’s accomplishments,
  His sovereignty. (Proclaim: “Yes, Lord, I see“)
Why are you still defeated, little one?
As if I’m not the all-inclusive One.
Believing that I am, just look away,
  Away to Me.
2
We certainly will fail time after time.
At times we’re too ashamed to turn again,
Just stop and breathe yourself out on the Lord,
  And breathe Him in. (Proclaim: “Oh, Lord!“)
When there’s no rest in me, He is my rest.
When there’s no peace around, His peace is best.
We know Him through His word, the Spirit brings
  Reality.
3
Present your body, in His presence stay.
He’s faithful and adept all to arrange.
He’s writing His own history today,
  Give Him the way. (Proclaim: “Lord, today!“)
He’s always there to give us what we need.
Our oldness turns to newness—He’s the Spring!
He turns our deadness to enlivening
  By dispensing.
4
So put your introspective mind at ease,
He calls us, “Look away and feast with Me!”
Don’t try to analyze so many things.
  Love and believe. (Proclaim: “Yes, we believe!“)
So call on Him, your open spirit bring,
Not busy with so many outward deeds.
His Body’s rich supply and covering
  Will guard our being.
5
Don’t be afraid to give yourself to Him.
Remaining whole and guarded, we miss Him.
The Body’s life supply the members bring,
  While opening. (Proclaim: “We open, Lord!“)
I need the other members; they need me.
We take the loving way excellingly.
His love is the unique enduring thing
  To make us Him.

I'm learning how to spend time with the Lord

https://songbase.life/11228
Capo 2

C...................................................F
There are these gentle struggles day by day
...............C...........................G
With the shepherd of our souls. 
C......................................................F....................................C
Throughout the day, He's trying to make a way for Him to gain 
...................D.....................G
permission in our heart to stay. 

G..................C.......................Em
All these limitations and insulations, 
.....................G............................C
He chose to deal with His pure love:
F......................................G
Walking seven miles the wrong way, 
F................................................G
Waiting on the shoreline at the dawn of the day; 
F...............G.............C
Here to restore my soul. 

And many times we simply lose our way
In our mind, emotion, will. 
In every failure, there's a way for Him to 
Saturate until we are a stone for Him. 

There is a shepherd of our inner being, 
An overseer of our real person.
And as a shepherd He will come along
to meet us when our faith in Him is not so strong. 


I lived by methods and by tendencies

Rnbw.