Thank you dear Father for finding me over and over again each time I get lost. Thank you for your patience to me. Thank you for not giving up on me. Thank your for the promise of forever with you in paradise. I want to cling to it, Lord. I am clinging to it so desperately. I am clinging on to your words. I am clinging on to your promises. I am scared. I have messed up so greatly. Please never give up on me, I beg you, have mercy on me, have pity on me. I know that I am not a hopeless case. I know that my life is not the worst of all. I know that the evil I have done is not the most evil of all. I know that the enemy is just trying to make me feel condemned and hopeless. I know he is trying to rob me of hope. I will not let him, Lord. I will not allow him to ruin me. By your grace my life will be restored. Everything will be restored. By your grace I will be saved. My loved ones will be saved. We have hope. In you. Excited ko Lord sa mga ehatag mo sa akon. Excited ko sa mga changes nga ma abot. Excited ko nga mag bag-o ang tanan. Excited ko nga liwaton mo ko, ang akon pagka tawo para mag hatag pa gid pagdayaw sa imo. I have been so lost, but you will find me, as you have promised.
Gospel for December 10, 2013, Tuesday
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Posted at 12/10/2013 5:09 AM | Updated as of 12/10/2013 5:10 AM
2nd Week of Advent
Psalter: Week 2
Ps 96:1-2, 3 and 10ac, 11-12, 13
The Lord our God comes with power.
1st Reading: Is 40:1–11
Be comforted, my people, be strengthened, says your God. Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, proclaim to her that her time of bondage is at an end, that her guilt has been paid for, that from the hand of Yahweh she has received double punishment for all her iniquity.
A voice cries, “In the wilderness prepare the way for Yahweh. Make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley will be raised up; every mountain and hill will be laid low. The stumbling blocks shall become level and the rugged places smooth. The glory of Yahweh will be revealed, and all mortals together will see it; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken.”
A voice says, “Cry.” and I say, “What shall I cry?” “All flesh is grass, and all its beauty as the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower wilts, when the breath of Yahweh blows upon it. The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will forever stand.” Go up onto the high mountain, messenger of Zion, lift up your voice with strength, fear not to cry aloud when you tell Jerusalem and announce to the cities of Judah: Here is your God!
Here comes your God with might; his strong arm rules for him; his reward is with him, and here before him is his booty. Like a shepherd he tends his flock: he gathers the lambs in his arms, he carries them in his bosom, gently leading those that are with young.
Gospel: Mt 18:12–14
Jesus said to his disciples, “What do you think of this? If someone has a hundred sheep and one of them strays, won’t he leave the ninety-nine on the hillside, and go to look for the stray one? And I tell you: when he finally finds it, he is more pleased about it than about the ninety-nine that did not get lost. It is the same with your Father in heaven: there they don’t want even one of these little ones to be lost.
This is one of the songs that I always like to sing whenever I sing praises to God. I am pasting the lyrics below for reference. I wish I can find a simpler guitar chords.
Prepare The Way
by Darrell Evans, Eric Nuzum
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He has come
To bring light into the darkness
He has come
To bring freedom to the captives
He has come
To restore the broken-hearted
It's time to proclaim
The year of the Lord
Prepare the way
Prepare the way for our Redeemer
Prepare the way
Prepare the way for our Restorer
Make ready your heart
Make ready your home
Make ready the people of God
Prepare the way
He has come
To bring hope to the hopeless
He has come
To comfort all who mourn
He has come
To heal our every sickness
It's time to proclaim
The year of the Lord
Prepare
The way of the Lord
Prepare prepare
Preparing the way of the Lord
Prepare
Prepare
Prepare
Prepare the way for our Redeemer
Prepare the way
Prepare the way for our Restorer
Make ready your heart
Make ready your home
Make ready the people of God
Prepare the way
Prepare the way
Prepare the way
© 1999 Integrity's Hosanna! Music
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