Monday, December 29, 2008

Gravity pulls us down, always....



hehehe, if you want to post the youtube box directly on to this. copy and paste the "embed" on the right side...if you can find it....

well i think some of you already have seen me put this up in my aim profile, but then again, there might be some who havn't...

but i love love the chorus and every line too!
I don't want to fall away from You
Gravity is pulling me on down
that is the cry of my heart....i really don't want to sin anymore. i Love God and i want to stop hurting Him....but i still sin! my sinful nature still takes control sometimes and i really really want to stop it! sometimes its just so hard! and i know theres a verse in the bible that tells us that we have this internal struggle within us for Satan is trying to mess with us and the Holy Spirit is also trying to win our decisions too..so its like a battlefield in our head. two forces, one head...
yeah...

Sunday, December 28, 2008

obsession

Hehs, so i guess i'll be the first post :].

"Magnificent Obsession" ~Steven Curtis Chapman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PprCvi3fvxs



this song really helps me to refocus my attention back on God. i'm a very...distracted person. i get distracted really easily. even when i'm living knowing about God, i forget during the day that every word, action, thoughts, desires, etc. should all be glorifying to God. i'm praying that God will be my magnificent obsession-- not just a casual interest that so transient like a breath, but an overtaking LOVE for God, not simply an emotion but a lifestyle! hahas, and i know i will fall and mess up every now and then, but i want my life to revolve around Him. wOOt God!

~ tim

Saturday, December 27, 2008

shall we begin/continue?

shall we begin/continue? that is indeed the question. this blog started from an email, and when people actually replying to each other some of the songs that they enjoyed and included some reflection of the song on their part, a lot of really cool insight was shared. SO, we expand, and *ta-da!* here is a blog today. Feel free to keep on sharing your songs, and feel free to be open about how God is really speaking to you through that song. 'kay, thats enough of me, hope we can keep this up and encourage one another with this blog!

~ tim

Orig #11

hiya guys

here is another song that i really like. it is called Audience of One by Big Daddy Weave http://www..youtube.com/watch?v=Gde7isWvoAE&feature=channel_page



again you guys might have heard of this song...but i really enjoy this song. Just on the title "audience of one", whenever i hear this these three words, i can picture myself up on a stage and out there in the crowd, there is only one person that i am focused on....everyone is just blurred out and it is that one person that i want to perform my best. This song is pretty straightforward, basically our focus should be on God and God alone. Everything we do should feel like we are being watched by Him and no one else and that our actions are filled with a passion for Him with "a heart that beats to praise You."

yep yep =)

-michelle

Orig #10

Hey guys!!!! its finally winter break!!!! its great, yet not great....i mean its a nice time to hang out and have a break from school and stuff, but life is moving so fast and now that winter break has started....its going to go by really fast. "sigh" i wish that school will move really fast, but the breaks and weekends go by really slow, but i have to face reality D:


hehe anyways....i really like this song o yeh warning its a contemporary christian song, yeh if you are not really into that kind of type of music.....well too bad, no im just kidding, you can look at the lyrics.....the lyrics are nice....well to me

I have been meaning to send an email about this song, but was very busy with stuff...so heres the link to the song : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjsUie4gToM&feature=channel_page



it is called jesus calling by 33miles..umm you guys mite have heard of it, well to me this song reflects on how i feel a lot. There are times where I get really depressed or sad. I actually feel really guilty that I feel this way because there are people going through experiences that cant be even compared to what I am going through. The lyrics go like this : "you see there's always another story, another side to every coin and how you see your circumstance is all about a choice" Hmm.... well, to me I need to follow this advice everytime I feel down. This experience that seems horrible at the moment may not be as bad as it actually seems. There is another side to the experince, actually theres a lot of perspectives in these kind of situations. I guess I need to make a choice in how i react to it or what I am going to do about it or how it will influence me. I just cant give up and let myself feel down....i have to do something about it." well start by counting your blessings one by one...Oh I'm sure right there, you'll start to see the sun" I am very lucky because God has blessed me a lot in so many ways. I need to find them because that will make me strong, it will show that there is hope and how to get through these experiences. Theres also a part in the song where it basically says that through all the things that are happening and the chaos, do you hear jesus calling out to you? Well, i like this part ( and by the way that wasn't the lyrics) because don't i trust God enough to know that these experiences will help me not hurt me? Am I listening or just piling myself with these situations and not letting that voice get to me? well yea....there is a lot i can say about this song but i actually should sleep now since its two am rite now XD so with that, hope that you will enjoy this song and find your own meaning to the lyrics

Oh and I noticed that Uncle Jerry has been added to the list right? or am I wrong?, anyways I just wanna say hi if you are reading this XD

bye bye XD




-michelle

Orig #9

Hi, people,

I have a song to share with you guys: Mariah Carey's "My Saving Grace"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRt9nCALRjA



I love it when singers--especially singers with a voice as incredible as Mariah's--sing songs and glorifies God directly in the mainstream.

I've been thinking a lot recently about what my life would be like had I never known of Jesus. What if Jesus had never been born? What would my life be like? What would the world be like? This line of the song gets me the most: "I still exist because You keep me safe." Seriously, where would any of us be without our Saving Grace? Just thinking about that makes me all the more grateful towards our Lord and Savior. Who are we that we deserve to even be saved from our depravity? We should be "burning in Hell" for turning against God, but instead, we are saved. Really, "Lord, thank You, for delivering me!"

I'm just rambling now, but yeah, I like this song. I'm tired.

-Neilson

Orig #8

mmhms, yet another song xD.. so this one i heard a long time ago and i think i shared with most of you before, but it'd be nice just to share about it =].

"Love is Here" ~Tenth Avenue North



whenever i listen to this song, i feel like its talking directly TO me. it calls out to everyone, offering Jesus's love and grace, which is sufficient for all of us. i know that i feel dry and just simply need God, and this song reminds me of the offer presented that i took already-- and just how God is REALLY awesome =] . the bridge is also really popped out to me. "....by His wounds we drink salvation...". it's actually really dark and almost morbid, but it reminds me of what communion symbolizes. our blood, being blemished and broken, fixed by taking in the blood that was shed by one who is perfect... how God could love us that much, i have no clue, but i just know it's amazing :].

oh, by the way, if any of you don't want these emails and want us to stop spamming you, then email us telling us so so we would stop spamming you xD.. yep yep! but if you enjoy the song-sharing, yay!

~ tim

Orig #7

hii. happy last-week-of-school-until-christmas-break! xD!

i guess it's my turn =].. i've been talking to a bunch of people lately about Christmas.. like what it's about and the feelings attached with this time of year. along with all that christmas stuff, i listened to this song at home on a CD. it's a song through the eyes of Joseph, during that chaotic time.

"Strange Way to Save the World" ~ Jump5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UAFCVpA1WA&feature=related



(chorus)
he must've thought 'why me'...i'm just a simple man of trade.
why him? of all the rulers in the world...
why here? inside this stable filled with hay....
why her? she's just an ordinary girl...
now i'm not one to second guess what angels have to say
but this is such a strange way to save the world

yeah.. i guess like before, this song is really showing me how God is using really ordinary things to do some of the extraordinary... i mean, i think i would've EXPECTed God to have saved the world in some spectacular way, using chariots of fire or great beams of light, but of all things...a regular boy, an regular girl, in a filthy stable, through a fragile and helpless baby... i would've thought "...tHIS is how the world is going to be saved?" and the truth is, God uses what looks so weak and so ordinary to save a broken world... its amazing. and that is a MAJOR piece of christmas. that's how He uses us, too =].

*nod nod*. oh, and btw, i'm thinking of starting a song blog via "blogger.com" or "yahoo.groups", so people who want to see it can go see it and we can stop spamming those who wish not to receive it xD... kay, have a great week!

~ tim

Orig #6

Hi again,

I was originally going to share a different song, but I was going through my old music and found this song: R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOkkYqF3YPQ



I guess you can tell just from the title what the song is about. The lyrics are actually very straightforward. Basically: you're not alone; everybody hurts. I know, for me at least, sometimes I get so consumed in self-pity--the whole "woe is me" kind of thing--that I lose perspective on things. Yeah, I don't really know what I'm saying right now...it's very cold, and I'm tired. xD You can listen to the song and think whatever you want about it.

I'll go to bed. Bye..

-Neilson

Orig #5

hey neilson! thats a very very coool song! i love it!

theres this reallly really cute song about mario cart!!! its sooooo freakin awesome! hahahahah chris showed it to me....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDBpQVhCMb8



- Stephy

Orig #4

Thanks for sharing, everyone. This is a really awesome thing.

Wow, it's pretty late, but I would like to share something before I go to sleep. There are actually two songs that I would really love to share, but I think I'll only share about one of them, since it's getting late. The song is Goo Goo Doll's "Black Balloon" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTSroAUygiQ



It's a secular song, but that doesn't take away from what God may be telling me. I think this should be a pretty familiar song to a few of you, but the song has greatly impacted me.

The imagery in the lyrics is incredible. The song is about a drug addict, and how it affects her life and her relationship with this boy, from whose perspective this song is sung. I guess you can interpret this song however you want, but I like to see this as sung through the perspective of God--and I am the drug addict.

I believe that the drug in this song is either meth or heroin, but we all have our own "drugs," something bad that we get addicted to and gradually overtakes your life. Sure, the drug may feel awesome in the beginning; I got my initial high--"baby's black balloon makes her fly." What's worse is that I know that my own "drug" is bad for me, and that God can actually save me from myself, but what do I do? I embrace my drug-- "you know the lies they always told you / and the love you never knew / what's the things they never showed you / that swallowed the light from the sun..." In today's sermon, Pastor Sonny explained that, as our bodies--Christ's and mine--are united, so too are my actions with His; when I sin--when I take my drug--I force Jesus to just look on as my sin overtakes me. "A thousand other boys could never reach you / how could I have been the one / I saw the world spin beneath you / and scatter like ice from the spoon..."

Like with most drugs, it's so easy to get hooked after even the faintest initial taste of it. The temptations become so great. The drug eventually does take over. But what I love about this song is the reminder of hope at the end of the song: "And I'll go on to lead you home / all because I'm / and I'll become / what you became to me." Even when our world has been turned over by sin, He's going to lead us home. And He'll become, what I became to Him--someone whom He loved so much that He offered His own life for my depravity. That one line at the end...powerful.

I love this song. Sorry for making this email kind of long. This song is just really powerful to me.

I am very tired. I need to sleep. Bye.

-Neilson

Orig #3

hmm yeh this is actually a great idea XD well after reading tim's email, I stumbled upon this song. I was watching tv and i have this channel where its all about contemporary christian songs. Soooo yeh...umm well theres this song called "we need each other" by sanctus real.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwNsn46-_cs
when i heard this song, it just reminded me of the fellowship and everyone else at church. I mean we do need each other because we grow through each other.. It is like a plant, it needs sunlight, water, and soil. it cant grow by itself alone, it needs other parts. its like us, we build up from each other because learn from each other, share laughs, and have good times. It contributes to the people we are today. God brought us all together under one roof forming one body. We can't function with missing parts. Plus, my faith grows stronger because of you guys. I watch and learn from example. I need guidance because im still learning. I always want to learn more, i hunger for curiousity. It is like a crush, all you want to do is know more about the other person. Well, right now all i want to do is know more about God. I cant do this alone, i simply cant....you guys feel the same way right? =]
theres a part of the song with the lyrics:
It's just a part of being a family, Taking the good with the bad and the ugly, If we could only learn to love...this part makes me think of how we need to ask each other the question of how we are really feeling sometimes. We are not always happy, even though sometimes it seems like we are. We need to open up to each other and go deep down under. If we really care for each other, then there shouldn't be a problem. Yeh there is the excuse of being scared and all, but we trust each other right? I know that I learn somethings that I never knew and could never imagine because of just talking. Its not halloween anymore, its time to take off that mask. Before i was a closed book, but now im trying to open up myself to people. Im even able to get closer to my friends at school because my group of friends mission is to get deep with each other. I know that it will take time especially me, but its just a thought. we are a family, just like the lyrics....we have to go through the bad, good, and the ugly together...because that is what families do. ive been recently picturing what will happen in the future, like what will happen after the seniors graduate. It will be totally different because we will be missing a lot of people especially people who contributed so much. It will be sad because like before i said that each of us contribute a part, we can't function with missing parts. I guess for me i just need to learn how to accept these things and have trust that God knows what He is doing. It is hard because I'm getting clingy. *sigh* I guess all i can do now is spend as much time as i can with everyone because time flies when you are having fun. so...check this song out if u guys want..i like it so yea XP sorry for my grammar and the structure of this email and longness..im just writing out how i feel...theres more but right now i cant get my thoughts straight cause im suppose to do hw rite now hehe yea XD toodalooo and see u whenever XD
ahh i think i wrote too much...sorry guys

Orig #2

oh MAN! this song is so awesome!!! thanks tim for sending the song!
the part where
i wonder what would life be like if you let Jesus live through you and me.....
really speaks to me, that would be a miracle if christians were to realize that they need to trust in God more, that if they let Jesus love them and God love them with the unconditional love HE has for us, we would want to do ANYTHING for Him! we would WANT to go to church ever Sunday and we would want to help those in need, we would want to include God in everything we DO because without Him, all our efforts are in vain and it amounts to zero....=]...some people take following Jesus too lightly...If only somehow, some way...for us to really take our relationship with Jesus and God more seriously, we would have a radical world where people are fired up for Jesus! my mind's all a jumble...lots more of what I'm thinking but anyways, thats what I'm getting from this song...hehehe

yess i just looove how we all interpret it our own way and let the words speak to us in our own unique way yet it is the same words we all hear and listen to....


so i was thinking of a song to share and i dunno if you know this song but its called Don't Get Comfortable by Brandon Heath....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpOBt4vfBwI



i love love....how we always....ALWAYS want to stay in our comfort zone, we think we know what God wants us to do, we settle for less than what God has for us!

and the part where it goes "You were looking for a sign all this time, you'll find me everytime..."
we are constantly asking God for signs if something is His will, even after He does gives us a sign, we continue to ask for reconfirming signs, its like...one sign is ENOUGH, what are we waiting for! God told us, take the risk and go do it! Faith comes with risks....
yups that's my share for NOW....hehehe

see you all 2m!



- Stephy

Orig #1

random email, yah? haha, okay, so i told steph, neilson, & franklin about this and i thought, "you know it'd be cool if we emailed each other some of the REALLY cool songs we stumble upon and enjoy, and talk about how it speaks to us (or how God is speaking to us through this song ;] )." and then i remembered this song! yay! haha, so this is my own starting-trial-run-thing of the infamous song-email-thing...

xD. this song is called "What Would Life Be Like" by Big Daddy Weave
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvKdSMRUOMw



woo hoo, there are lyrics to this vid. i was listening to k-love (the christian radio station, 88.9), and i heard this song. the 1st verse and the 2nd verse really felt like what i was feeling that day, about the times i feel like i wish i could be someone else because the person i am isn't good enough or feel like something's wrong with me. God is amazing and is constantly reminding me that, though WE are weak, He made the lame walk, the dumb talk, the sight to return to blind people...that "the sun rises" on His time, yet He knows our deepest desperate need... our God is awesome.

and i recognize that this emailing suggestion might/will deteriorate real quick, but hey, if anything you just got a new cool song to listen to ! haha, hope God will speak to you through this song somehow too, and if not, thats kay cuz it did for me =]. take care, ya'll!

~ tim