Hebrews 12:2 footnote 2: The wonderful Jesus, who is enthroned in heaven and crowned with glory and honor (2:9), is the greatest attraction in the universe. He is like an immense magnet, drawing all His seekers to Him. It is by being attracted by His charming beauty that we look away from all things other than Him. Without such a charming object, how could we look away from so many distracting things on this earth?

The Wonderful Jesus

(Written by Jacob Freeman)

Beside Bethesda, here I lay. 
Upon my mat, a man in sin. 
I cannot move; I watch the pool
And hope to walk again. 
Here, waiting for a miracle, 
For thirty-eight long years I’ve stayed. 
Beside this sometimes-stirring pool,
Lame, impotent, I’ve laid. 

You knew my state. In mercy great,
You came to seek me where I lay. 
A plain and lowly man You were
With such a gentle way. 
“Man, do you wish to be made well?”
You asked me, as I turned around. 
Oh, how I’ve longed to hear those words! 
“I do! No help I’ve found. 

I cannot move although I‘ve tried—
To no avail. And though I’ve seen
The water stir and stir again,
I’ve never active been.”
“Arise, take up your mat and walk”
You speak with such authority!
But even more my legs felt strong:
Your word enlivened me. 

No law and no activity; 
No miracle descending down,
No effort I have made has helped. 
I must be mercy shown. 
Oh, Lord! Your kindness, mercy great,
And richest grace You’ve giv’n to me,
Redeeming me and healing me
By hanging on a tree. 

You made me walk! So now my Lord,
I rise to follow after You. 
I run toward You, my Goal, my Prize—
Your gift of grace in view. 
Now, in Your house, I have a place,
And at Your table I enjoy 
Your All-Inclusive richness, Lord
And rest in Your employ.

Beside Bethesda (Lyrics by Jacob)

Based on Psalm 23
Written by Jacob Freeman

C        Am        F            G
My Lord, I have believed in You,
       C           Am      F        G
And dearest Lord, I still believe. 
      F         G        C  G    Am
Within the valley, on the mount, 
           F          G             C  G   Am
You’re always here, You never leave. 
           F          G                       C-Am-F-G
You’re always here, You never leave. 

For all my darkness, You are light. 
As Seven Lamps, You burn in me. 
My Lord, You know my inward parts,
And care for me still, tenderly. 

Here, whispered in the wilderness,
Your every Word is living bread. 
Your rod and staff are comforting —
You’re saving me, as I am led. 

A High retreat for me to hide, 
My Lord, You’re all I’ll ever need. 
When every earthly joy has died,
You come with bread and wine to feed. 

The way ahead may yet be hard. 
I do not fear it: You are there. 
You spread a table ‘mid the fight.
Within Your house, I’d live fore’er.

Lord I Believe (Lyrics by Jacob)

Enjoyment from the Northwest Summer College Training!

Genesis 6:9
These are the generations of Noah.
Noah was a righteous man, 
Blameless in his generations;
And Noah walked with God.

Matthew 24:27
For just as the days of Noah were,
So will the coming of the Son of Man be.
So will the coming
The coming of the Son of Man be.

Genesis 6:8
But Noah found
Favor in the sight
Found favor in the sight
The sight of Jehovah.

Hebrews 4:16
Let us come, come forward
With boldness to the throne of grace
That we may receive
Mercy and find grace.

NWCT Small Group Song

Singing with the bros!

Song Link: https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/ns/931

Growing Up Together In The Lord

I've Got A River Of Life Flowing Within Me

2 Corinthians 5:14-15, 17

I heard the voice of Jesus say,
"Come unto Me, and rest;
Lay down, thou weary one, lay down
Thy head upon My breast."
I came to Jesus as I was,
Weary, and worn, and sad;
I found in Him a resting-place,
And He has made me glad.

I heard the voice of Jesus say,
"Behold, I freely give
The living water: thirsty one,
Stoop down, and drink, and live."
I came to Jesus, and I drank
Of that life-giving stream;
My thirst was quenched, my soul revived,
And now I live in Him.

I heard the voice of Jesus say,
"I am this dark world's Light;
Look unto Me, thy morn shall rise,
And all thy day be bright."
I looked to Jesus, and I found
In Him my Star, my Sun;
And in that Light of life I'll walk
Till traveling days are done.

I Heard The Voice Of Jesus Say

When I behold the wonders of Your hand,
Your majesty and grandeur breaking through,
I'm humbled by the power of Your work, Lord,
And bow with reverence to You.

When I behold the details of the earth,
The strokes of care that brush through every hue,
Reminded that I am so very small, Lord,
Why do I hold back Lord from You?

Why did You make this vast amazing place?
Why do You send us harvests full and sweet?
Why do You render so much love and care, Lord?
Oh Lord, why do you care for me?

Why did You come to live a life on earth?
Why did You die for me on Calvary?
Why did You seek me out when I was lost, Lord?
Why do You love Lord even me?

For many years I held back Lord from You,
Reserving cherished places in my being.
But now my heart is softened by Your love, Lord,
Come in, oh Lord make home in me.

I’m opening more than one little part.
I’m opening my whole heart up to You.
Do all that’s in Your heart concerning me, Lord,
I’m not afraid, Lord I have You.

Lord gain the worshipers that you desire,
The ones who worship in reality.
Oh work Yourself into my being until, Lord,
True worship Lord is gained for Thee.

When I Behold The Wonders Of Your Hand

Phil. 3:7-9, 12-14

What things were gains to me,
These I now count as loss.
Jesus has set me free
From what I was!
All of the things I had;
Everything, good or bad,
I count as refuse
That I may gain Christ!

	I won't give up! (No!)
	I will keep running until
	I have attained
	The goal of my calling!
	I must press on! (Yes!)
	I must pursue until
	I lay hold of Him
	Who laid hold of me!

Forget the things behind!
Stretch for the things before!
Press onward with this mind—
Always want more!
Seeking in Him to grow,
Increasingly to know
Him that I daily might
Be found in Christ.

What Things Were Gains To Me

Thank You Lord we love the One whom we need…


Oh how I love You, Dear Lord!
Oh how I love You!
Oh how I need You, Dear Lord!
How I need You today!

	Oh Lord!
	How I love You,
	How I need You,
	How I love You!
	Oh Lord!
	I just need You,
	I just love You,
	I just need You!

I love You today Dear Lord!
I just love You!
I need You today Dear Lord!
How I just need You!

Oh How I Love You, Dear Lord

Eph 4:13, Rev. 19:7

Until we all arrive 
At the oneness of the faith
And of the full knowledge
Of the Son of God,
At the oneness of the faith 
At a full-grown man,
At the measure of the stature of the
Fullness of Christ,
Until we all arrive.
 
	Let us rejoice and
	let us give the glory to Him
	For the marriage of the 
	Lamb has come,
	Let us exult and 
	let us give the glory to Him
	For the marriage of the 
	Lamb has come,
	And His wife has 
	made herself ready,
	For the marriage of the 
	Lamb has come.

Until We All Arrive

How I love Your reigning life Lord
How I love abundant grace
How I love to have Your Presence
As I live before Your face

	By Your life Lord I am reigning
	I am over, over everything
	As I'm joyfully confessing
	Jesus! As my Lord and King

Sin you helpless little fellow
Lost your pow'r on Calvary
I have made exchange of masters—
Now it’s Christ who lives in me!

World, with all your little trappings
You oppress with doubts and cares
I have found a new Provider
My anxieties He bears

Self, you cruel manipulator
You are wholly crucified
I have no more need to struggle
In Christ's victory I abide

Lord, when You return in glory
When You then the kingdom bring
By Your life my Lord then make me
Manifested as a king

How I Love Your Reigning Life Lord!

Where Jesus is my joy is there

Seek The Lord (Isaiah 55:6-7)

Fade, Fade Each Earthly Joy (new tune)

We have an inner life; that’s for our daily life;
That’s for the meeting life—just Christ!
We’ll live the inner life; we’ll have the daily life;
We’ll see the meeting life—that’s just the church.

Christ is our inner life; He’s in our spirit now;
Not far away from us—He’s right inside!
And as we turn to Him and take Him as our all
He will become in us our inner life.

Out from our inner life will come our daily life,
And all our living be filled up with Christ.
Then as we live by Him, He lives His life in us,
And He becomes to us our daily life.

The real experience of Christ in daily life,
Will fill the meeting life with Christ Himself.
Not empty forms and such, but Christ will be so much;
And we will see Him here as the meeting life.

Without the inner life there is no daily life,
There is no meeting life, there is no church!
Christ as our inner life, Christ in our daily life
Will make the meeting life new and glorious!

We Have An Inner Life

Hallelujah! Praise the name of Jehovah!
Hallelujah! Praise the name of Jehovah!

Praise Him, you servants of the Lord!
Praise Him, you servants of the Lord!

Who stand in the house of God,
In the courts of His house.
Oh, praise Him! Praise Jehovah!
Sing psalms to His name, Oh how pleasant!

For Jehovah is good!
For Jehovah is good!
For Jehovah is good, Oh how good!

Psalms 135:1-3

According to John 4:14

But whoever drinks of the water
That I will give him
Shall by no means thirst forever;
But the water that I will give him
Will become in him
A fountain of water
Springing up into eternal life;
Will become in him
A fountain of water
Springing up into eternal life,
Eternal life.

But Whoever Drinks

According to Revelation 1:14-18

               G                C                G            D         Em
Chorus: And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead
            C                                       D
And He placed His right hand on me
             C         G-C
Saying, Do not fear;
              D                  G
I am the First and the Last.


                                 Em-C                  G           D    C              G      -D
1) And His head and hair, were white as white wool, white as snow
             Em           C          D          G
And His eyes were, like a flame of fire.

2) And His feet shined bright, as having been fired, in a furnace,
And His voice was, the sound of many waters.

3) And the seven stars, were in His right hand, and out of His mouth,
Proceeded, a sharp two-edged sword.

4) And the Living One; and I became dead, and behold,
I am living! I am living fore’er.

5) And I have the keys, of death and of Hades, and behold,
Death was offset, and I destroyed the devil.

I Am The First And The Last

Galatians 2:20
It's no longer I that liveth
But Christ that liveth in me,
It's no longer I that liveth
But Christ that liveth in me.

He lives, He lives!
Jesus is alive in me!

It's no longer I that liveth
But Christ but liveth in me.

John 14:6
Jesus said to Him,
I am the way, and the reality,
And the life.
No one comes to the Father
Except through me,
No one comes to the Father
Except through me.

Galatians 2:20 And John 14:6

(Written by Jacob Freeman)

How good to sing You love songs, Lord
To call Your name throughout my day.                   
To love and walk within Your light
And praise You, Lord, in every way.

How good to give myself to You
And lay down everything I do
For You to use howe'er You chose                              
To fix my eyes on You alone.

How good to say I love You, Lord.
To be nourished by Your holy word.                         
To partake, ingest Yourself divine
To abide fore'er in Christ, The Vine.

How good to simply love You, Lord
To care for naught except Yourself                            
To know You better day by day        
And listen to the things You say.

How Good! (Lyrics by Jacob)

Hymn#717

O let us rejoice in the Lord evermore,
Though all things around us be trying,
Though floods of affliction like sea billows roar,
It is better to sing than be sighing.

Then rejoice evermore, rejoice evermore,
It is better to sing than be sighing:
It is better to live than be dying;
So let us rejoice evermore.

O let us rejoice in the Lord evermore,
When the darts of the tempter are flying,
For Satan still dreads, as he oft did of yore,
Our singing much more than our sighing.

O let us rejoice in the Lord evermore,
When sickness upon us is stealing,
No cordial like gladness our strength can restore,
For joy is the fountain of healing.

Oh, Let Us Rejoice In The Lord Evermore!

Enjoyment from the Winter Semi-Annual on Numbers (2018)
According to Psalm 68

Let our God arise
And let all evil things,
His enemies, be scattered now,
Let them flee away.

Bless us, keep us, too
And make Your face to shine.
Lift up your countenance on us—
Our blessing, only You.

Lord make us Your captives!
Never let us win— defeat us all the time.
Load us with good!
You are the only good thing Lord!
Christ You are the meaning of our life!

We love our Triune God
We face His dwelling place
His presence is our everything
As we run this race.

Form Your people, Lord,
An army’s ranks to fill—
A group on earth to follow You,
Fighting for Your will.

Lord make us Your army!
The Body of Christ— a corporate warrior.
Come into us!
Spread all You are into every part!
Christ You are the meaning of our life!

Fill us, Lord, with faith
To rise and take the land
We are well able now to fight,
Walking in the light.

God return to us,
As we return to You;
In sweetest love and richest grace,
Give ourselves to You.

Lord make us Your bride!
You are the Captain— The Land we will enter.
What a romance!
Love strong as death has captured us Lord!
Christ You are the meaning of our life!

Christ You Are (J.F. and Z.V.)

Cross over to grace and leave the law,
Cross over to grace and leave the law,
Cross over to grace and leave the law,
Open up, enjoy and call;
God of glory appear to me!
Cross over to grace!

Cross over to the new and leave the old,
Cross over to the new and leave the old,
Cross over to the new and leave the old,
God imparts life and God we know;
God of glory appear to me!
Cross over to the new!

Cross over to the church, leave religion behind,
Cross over to the church, leave religion behind,
Cross over to the church, leave religion behind,
Be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
God of glory appear to me!
Cross over to the church!

Cross over to the truth, leave vanity alone,
Cross over to the truth, leave vanity alone,
Cross over to the truth, leave vanity alone,
When Christ appears all the rituals are gone!
God of glory appear to me!
Cross over to the truth!

Cross over to the spirit, and deny the soul,
Cross over to the spirit, and deny the soul,
Cross over to the spirit, and deny the soul,
Holy of Holies becomes your home.
God of glory appear to me!
Cross over the the spirit!

Cross over to life, leave death in the grave,
Cross over to life, leave death in the grave,
Cross over to life, leave death in the grave,
Be transfused, infused and saved!
God of glory appear to me!
Cross over to life!

Cross over to Christ, again and again,
Cross over to Christ, again and again,
Cross over to Christ, again and again,
We are through with the devil and sin!
God of glory appear to me!
Cross over to Christ!

Cross Over

And the God of peace Himself
sanctify you wholly,
and may your spirit and soul and body be
preserved complete,
without blame,
at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Faithful is He who calls you, who also will do it.      
Faithful is He who calls you, who also will do it.

1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

(Written by Jacob Freeman)

Oh Lord, Your Name is Sweet! And from it flows
A river full of peace and light and life,
As on it, I cast all my anxious woes. 
I need not think! I only need to call.
In this way, I am less, and You are all. 

It is so rich to call and to receive—
To soak Your Spirit into all my being. 
As I absorb Your riches, I believe
And You are real to me. Oh, but to know
You, dearest Lord, and have a deeper flow!

You are a treasury of endless wealth,
So readily accessible to me!
How great! These riches constitute my health,
My great supply, my strength, my life, my all—
So effortless! I only need to call.

Continually soften all my heart
To cling to You and to receive Your Word.
Lord, make Your home in every inward part,
And, as I call, make deeper every root
That I might grow and bear You richest fruit.

I Only Need To Call (Lyrics by Jacob)

For just as the lightning comes forth from the east
and shines to the west
For just as the lightning comes forth from the east
and shines to the west
So will the coming of the Son of Man be
As the lightning comes forth from the east.

Come, Lord Jesus!
Grow in us!
Make us ready for Your coming!
Gain our hearts, our love, gain Your bride!
Make us those who bring You back!

Matthew 24:27 (EYPC 2019)

Hymn #593

1	All I have in Adam is but sin and death,
 	I in Christ inherit life and righteousness;
 	When in flesh abiding, Adam I express,
 	But when in the spirit Christ is manifest.
2	When I am in Adam, though I may not sin,
 	Unto death, a sinner, sentenced I have been;
 	When in Christ I need not righteously to act,
 	I’m already righteous, justified in fact.
3	In the flesh I need no effort to express
 	Marks of Adam’s nature and its sinfulness;
 	In the spirit I need not to strive or strain,
 	I can live as He is and in spirit reign.
4	Thru my death with Christ, from Adam I am free,
 	Thru my life with Christ, new life is giv'n to me!
 	Minding not the flesh, old Adam cannot move,
 	Minding just the spirit, life divine I prove.
5	Minding just the spirit is God’s saving way,
 	Minding just the spirit, Christ we will display;
 	Minding just the spirit, we can overcome,
 	Minding just the spirit, we the race may run.
6	Minding just the spirit, we the cross will know,
 	And His resurrection pow’r thru us will flow;
 	Minding just the spirit, Christ will live thru me,
 	And His life within will reach maturity.
7	In the spirit Christ is life and all to me,
 	Strengthening and blessing all-inclusively;
 	Living in the spirit, holiness I prove,
 	And the triune God within my heart doth move.

All I Have In Adam Is But Sin And Death

(Written by Jacob Freeman)

1
He bears the whole universe;
He can bear my little heart;
The image of the Invisible,
Revealing all God’s heart.
All things cohere, subsist in Him,
The Holding Center, Keeper strong.
The universe His worth proclaims:
Christ as reality, its song.

2
Through His Word, all things have life;
Everything, of Him, to Him;
And in the heavens now, He stands
Lord of Lords, King of Kings.
In Him we live, in Him we move;
In Him we are, have life and breath.
In wisdom great He metes the earth,
Apportions each their hill and heath.

3
This One and I—unified,
Mingled and incorporate—
He bears me in His mighty hand—
On Him my hope is set.
The universe in which I live
Is sometimes turbulent with storm,
But all I wish to see therein—
His mighty, lovely, lordly form.

The Holding Center (Lyrics by Jacob)

Enjoyment from the 2020 Online NACT!
Written by Jacob Freeman

1
A separated one I long to be 
A freewill offering to You 
A volunteer to serve You faithfully, 
To linger in Your presence, Lord 
And feed upon Your living Word
     
Chorus
My Lord, You are the richest grace
     The sweetest love,
     My strength and song. 
     I long to live before Your face—
     A life above—All my life long. 
 
2
Lord, separate me now from everything
Related to the world’s joy. 
I would abstain from every earthly joy
Not sourced in You. You are my joy!
Cleanse now my heart from all alloy. 
 
3
You are the Head with all authority  
I’d follow You and serve You too,
Obeying and awaiting Your commands,
Submitting to Your word, all still. 
Subdue me now, make Yours my will. 
 
4
I long for life to flow within my being,
So I would separate from death
And its contamination all around.
I would be swallowed up by life,
Preserved and free from deathly strife. 
 
5
I take this vow: I give myself to You. 
I volunteer myself for You
To use—How great Your need!—I offer all,
And offer to You solemnly. 
I count the cost—paid willingly.

A Separated One (Lyrics by Jacob)

Song by Matt Davis and Isaac Estrada :

For the mind set on the flesh is death, is death
But the mind set on the spirit is life and peace
For the mind set on the flesh is death, to us,
But the mind set on the spirit is life and peace.

Chorus:
Lord we set our mind on the Spirit,
To enjoy a fresh supply of life.
No more in turmoil because of our flesh,
But an inward sense of life and peace.

1) Praise You, Lord we’re freed from sin to 
be sanctified by God.
We give You the ground to move in us
Which results in the spreading;
As You spread in us You saturate 
Your life throughout our being.
Lord, we thank You for this gift of life
That’s Yours, as ours, forever!

2) When we feel far away from Him
Then we must be reminded
That if God is for us, 
Then who can against us?
If the Maker of the universe
Is interceding for us
We can forward come with boldness, 
Find grace for timely help.

The Verns

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