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1 Long I journeyed restless, homeless;
I knew not my God,
And I sought You not;
“Unless You bless and favor me—
If You care for me—
Then You would be my God!”

But You showed me in a dream
A heav'nly ladder
With angels ascending and descending;
There You promised me:
This Your house will be

From a pillow to a pillar:
God of my fathers,
You've become my joy and rest,
So I in love respond to offer
To live to build Your house,
To give to You my first and best.
The stone on which I lay my head,
The stone I now a pillar set,
The stone which I have poured oil on,
This stone shall be the house of God.

2 Nothing but a stone to lay on,
Lord You gave me rest,
But what of Your rest?
You saved me and brought God to me,
Meaning gave to me;
And now You are my God!

For You showed to me a dream
Of Christ, the ladder,
The center and focus of Your purpose;
And the church I see,
This Your house will be!

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A Pillow to a Pillar

1. Transformation comes along
                  C                      D                         Bm-Em
 when old elements are gone and new are added;
 Am                           D
It's organic, metabolic;
G
When in spirit we are filled
                C                        D              Bm-Em
 and our soul is saturated with divine life
F
We're conformed into
C
His image we express
                D
Like the Firstborn Son of God,
 Bm                                                  Em
We become His duplicates and as His counterpart,
                        C                                 D
But we need to be sanctified, be purified
              Em                         Em/D                         A
All our idols must be torn down, set aside
              C                                  A7                            G
In the church life we should leave the world behind.
 
2. Natural choices He allows
Because of human needs but not in our way and time,
But for His purpose and His own plan.
Yet experience would require
One day you need to choose between "the mother and child",
gain or loss, death or birth?
The loss of heart's desire,
Though you paid such a great price
With her, treasured up your life
Through the years of joy and pride,
Prized the son brought forth by her,
It's a choice that breaks your heart.
But in losing you have gained what He desires;
In the church life, we should lose our natural life.

3. Oh Lord, open up our eyes
to see Your sovereign hand behind our circumstances,
A divine view to look at losses;
From being natural we would cease,
Our situations we would change
From sorrow to praise, to the Christ who is
Exalted to the right hand
of His majesty on high
Who are worthy to be praised
Our victorious, glorious Christ.
Lord, we set our eyes on You,
Gain our hearts,
Grow in us, more of life to us impart.
In Your image we're conformed and with You, Lord,
we would reign in life.

Transformation Comes Along

I. Our God has chosen ere the world began.
Among the countless ones, He saw us there.
Nothing out of works, nor striving's enough -
All by His mercy and everlasting love.                                                            

Chorus:
O what mercy and grace 
to be divinely held by the heart of the Father,
Seeing what He’s done in us -
The pattern of His choice beyond compare.
In His wisdom and plan, secured by loving hand (Hallelujah!),
I know I'm chosen, marked out for His plan.

II. Like Jacob, whom He's called, though weak and frail,
He has foreseen His works from start to end.
From supplanting hand to a blessing hand,
Life’s full of meaning, under His sov'reign hand.
 
III. Predestinating us to be His sons,
We’re blessed to live our lives for His delight.
Lo! We’re caught today, set apart by grace -
Marked by His calling, following all the way.

I Know I'm Chosen

There in Old Chaldea 
(Hymn 1269 New Tune)

1 There in old Chaldea, product of man’s fall,
God appeared to Abram—called him from it all.
“Get thee from thy country, from thy father’s clan,
Get thee from thy kindred to another land.”

2  Through the Lord’s infusion, Abraham became
Father of the faithful—life had changed his name.
Though the Lord’s appearing, brought him to the land,
Still he needed Isaac to fulfill God’s plan.

Chorus:
Our Lord God Jehovah called a corporate man,
One that would express Him and fulfill His plan.

3  Isaac from his father did inherit all:
Sonship’s full enjoyment, blessing of God’s call.
Though all things receiving, incomplete was he;
Lacking transformation and maturity.

4  In his father’s footsteps, Jacob then became
Prince of God, a wrestler, Israel his name;
By the Spirit’s dealing, fully grown, he reigned;
O’er the earth, through Joseph, ruling pow’r obtained.

Chorus:
Our Lord God Jehovah called a corporate man,
One that would express Him and fulfill His plan.

(Stanza 5 same tune as stanzas 2 & 4)
5 Thus do Jacob, Isaac, Abraham portray
Path that we, God’s called ones, must walk in today:
Members of the Body, as a corporate man,
We complete His calling and fulfill His plan.

Chorus:
Our Lord God Jehovah called a corporate man,
One that would express Him and fulfill His plan.

(Stanzas 2, 4, & 5 may be sung together with the Chorus)


There in Old Chaldea (Hymn 1269 New Tune)

Ako ay Pinili (Tagalog version of I Know I’m Chosen)

1. Hinirang ng Ama nung una pa, 
Sa karamihan ay nakita N’ya.
Di gawang kaya, ni pagsisikap
Kundi’y habag Nya’t pag-ibig, walang-hanggan.

Chorus:
O biyaya’t habag
Na mahagkan Niya ang tulad nating salat;
‘Sina-ayos N’ya ang lahat,
Kanyang paghirang ay di-mapantayan.
Sa’ Kanyang dunong at layong walang hanggan. (Aleluyah!)
Ako’y pinili, sa pag-ibig hinirang.

2. Gaya ni Jacob na marupok,
Ngunit batid N’ya ang ating daan.
No’y mandaraya, ngayo’y biyaya
Buhay may saysay, atin nang natunton.

3. Itinakda tayong Kanyang anak,
Pinagpalang maging Kanyang galak. 
Noo’y pinili, ngayon ay binihag—
Siya ay susundan, magpasawalang-hanggan.

Ako ay Pinili (Tagalog version of I know I'm Chosen)

Transformed and Built Up
Capo 2

Intro: D Bm F#m G

Stanza 1:
D A
Jesus, I confess
G A
That I only needed You for blessing.
D A
Now I realize,
G A
All along, You need me for Your dwelling.
D A
From wrestling with You,
Bm A
Now I'm trusting in You,
G A
To make us a mutual abode—
Em A-Asus4
Our dream on that pillow of stone.

Chorus 1:
D A F#m
Lord, at last, I yield;
G
Utterly subdue me.
D A F#m
Never let me win;
G
Gain me now, completely.
D A
I've seen You face to face,
F#m Gm D
How can I remain the same?
A
Transform to stone this man of clay,
G A7 D
Material to build up Your dwelling place

Stanza 2:
Suffering surrounds
And it seems the Lord is doing nothing,
Yet my peace abounds,
For behind what's seen is His dispensing;
Not fate nor by chance,
But His sovereign hand,
Compelling me to let go
Of what occupies my soul.

Chorus 2:
Lord, keep working in me;
Break through all my being.
All the cracks in me,
Are for Your saturating;
So, fill me day by day
As I gaze upon Your face.
Transform me, fully have Your way
G A7 Bm
To gain Your habitation in this age.

Bridge:
F#m G A Bm
Alone—an individual piece at most
F#m G A G
I know I’m just part of a whole so fit me now
A D-D7
With other stones

Chorus 3:
Bb A D
Oh, my destiny—
An eternal mingling!
God and man to be
An eternal building!
My Lord and Shepherd’s grace,
Foll'wing me all of my days.
Transformed and built up with the saints,
The New Jerusalem to consummate.

Outro: D Bm F#m G (x2)

Transformed and Built Up

Being Dealt with

1. All these years I've been struggling in vain;
Bitter trials have long squeezed my soul.
Everything just seems tangled and bleak.
Then at night, when on my knees,
With weary heart I cried aloud,
A comforting whisper I hear so warmly speaks...

"O My child, you're in My loving hand;
My heart is truly good for you.
I've prepared all the best—discipline, dealings too— 
For the one whom I've called and do tenderly love,
That you may be fully transformed for My house
(That you may be fully transformed for My house)."

2. Now I see my dear Lord is with me,
And He's sov'reign over all things;
Hence to Him I surrender my days.
Work on me as You have planned,
So that I may gain You the most!
What sweet compensation God is as He conveys...


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