This song should be a soft sell to everyone on the love that won't let go from the patient God Who lavishes grace upon us. Even though I so often bring such tainted love to Christ, He always loves me and forgives me and never lets go of me. Praise God for His love!
"Patient God/Love That Won't Let Go"
(parody of "Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go" by Soft Cell [extended single version]; copyright Nathan Ludwick 6/25/2014)
(Hebrews 13:5, Numbers 14:13-20, Genesis 6:5-8, Jeremiah 31:3, Psalms 139, Habakkuk 2:4, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Philippians 3:7-20, Matthew 11:28-30, Hosea 2, Hosea 11, 1 John 1:9, Psalms 28, Psalms 32, Psalms 38, Psalms 40, Psalms 42, Psalms 51, Psalms 66:16, Psalms 80:1-7, Psalms 103, Psalms 136, Psalms 138, Hebrews 4:14-16, Jude 1:24-25, 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24, Matthew 14:22-33, 2 Peter 3:8-9, John 6:35-40, Romans 6:14-18, Romans 7:14-25)
Sometimes I feel You're going to
Run away- You've got to
Get away
From the pain I drive into the heart of You
Your love and care
Clings and goes nowhere
I'm not lost- (just) defiant
Need to stop and turn- help me, Jesus Christ!
Once I ran to You (I ran)
Now I run from You
This tainted love I've given
You gave me all- Oh, Lord- forgive me
Take my tears and cast my sins all...out!
...Tainted love
Patient God
Now I know I've got to
Just obey- I've got to
Walk by faith
You don't really want sacrifice from me
To make things right
A heart broken- You won't despise
When I read Psalms 138 [one three eight]
Lord, I'm sorry and I pray verse 8
Once I ran from You (I ran)
Now I come to You
Sustaining Love's forgiven
I gave You all my wrongs- You tell me,
"Take My yoke and find rest for your soul!"
Oh....Trust My Love
...Patient God
Just trust Me please
I will not hand you over- see?
I love you though you hurt Me so
I won't come in wrath- My heart recoils
...Thank You, God- Patient God (x2)
Touch me, Savior- Tame my lusts!
Touch me, Savior- Teach me trust!
Teach me Love
Thank You, God
Patient God! (Patient God!)
....................
Baby, baby
Where did your trust go?
Oh, just believe Me
Won't ever leave you alone
Lord God, Your Word encourages, spurs me- (but) feelings entwine me
They mystify me
Then I doubt my Dad
You came into my life
So tenderly
With eternal love
Jer. 31:3
And now Lord, I surrender
I'm helpless, but
You know I believe
Your blood has saved me
Oh, baby, baby
Where did your trust go?
Oh, just believe me
Won't ever leave you alone
Oh, baby, baby
Where did your trust go?
Oh, just believe Me
Won't ever leave you alone
I gave to You my life
Wholeheartedly
(And) like 1:9 1st. John
My sins since that day
I know when I'm surrendered
And confessing
I know You hear me
You then forgive me
Savior, Savior
Why'd I take control?
Oh, Savior, Savior
Won't You lead me once more?
I had this burning, churning, turning feeling inside me
Deep inside me
And it hurt so bad
Savior, Savior, (Savior)
There's where Your love flowed
You forgave me
And You lead me once more
I know Your love's forever- so help me see
In Hebrews 13, You won't ever leave me
Oh, Savior, Savior
There's where Your love flowed
You never let go
Here, there, everywhere-
It's forever!
So help us see
In Hebrews 13, You won't ever leave me
Oh, Savior, Savior
There's where Your love flowed
Here, there, everywhere
Oh, Savior, Savior
You never let go
Oh, Savior- I know You won't leave me
Your love's eternal, eternal, eternal- I feel it inside me
Oh, deep inside me
And it makes me glad
Oh, Savior, Savior...
Sunday, September 14, 2014
Saturday, September 6, 2014
The Meaning of Life
"We want more than this world's got to offer....we want more than this world's got to offer... we want more than the wars of our fathers...And everything inside screams for second life.......We were meant to live for so much more...have we lost ourselves?"- "Meant to Live" by Switchfoot
"You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense." - Rick Warren
As Rick Warren talks about in his best-selling book, "The Purpose Driven Life", we and all those philosophers that have come before us and the ones here now often can't find the purpose for our lives because we start at the wrong place. As human beings we have a natural tendency to focus in ourselves and so we look to defining life and its purpose in terms of how it affects our own lives particularly. But that's the wrong approach. As Rev. Warren's book states in the first line- "It's not about you."
Now that's just an affront to our self-centered fragile egos. It takes some real humbling on our parts to remember that there are many things in the world so much bigger than ourselves and everything does not revolve around us. We are but dust blowing in the wind, as Kansas said. But though we started out as dust, God makes something more of us through Jesus. And here we get to the purpose and meaning of life when we change the focus to the One bigger than us- bigger than everything else in the world. Life starts with God Himself- because He is Life. In fact, as Jesus said in John 14:6, He is The Way, The Truth and The Life. No man comes to the Father except through Him.
After spending most all the time and money in the world on women, wine and song, King Solomon concluded that all of life is vanity! " 'Everything is meaningless,' says The Teacher." (see Ecclesiastes 1:1) What a bleak outlook on life! But read the whole book- that is exactly what life is like without God. It's all meaningless without God. Without God, it's nothing but a set amount of time to kill before time kills us. The kicker is there at the end of the book. "The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil." (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14)
Okay then- so if we start this quest for the meaning of life by looking outward to God instead of inward, where does that take us? Well, here are some Bible verses that speak to this point. God Himself tells us plainly our position in the universe and our purpose. While the Psalmist marvels that God should think of us at all- "What is man that You are mindful of us?" (see Psalms 8). Yet God made us "a little lower than the angels." (again, see Psalms 8). And since Genesis 1:26 tells us that God made us, male and female, in His image- we have an infinite booster shot's worth of self-worth right there! Of course, our worth is not in us- it's in Jesus. It's because we are made in His image that we are infinitely important and valuable. And God loves us with an eternal love because we are His creation. (Jeremiah 31:3)
And why were we created? What are we here on earth for? What are we? When are we? Where are we? Who are we? Why are we? Well, we need look no further than God. And He says that He created all things- and they were all created "for His pleasure". (Revelation 4:11) That's it right there. We were created to bring God pleasure. Unfortunately, too often we have brought Him nothing but heartache and grief, as Genesis 6:5-8 attests. Fortunately, that's where Jesus comes in- both figuratively and literally. Though we were created to bring God pleasure- and nothing brings Him more pleasure than our willing obedience to Him and worship of Him- we chose instead our own pleasure and chose to sin against God. And the wages of sin is death- and not just physical death. There is also the spiritual death we dwell in outside of Christ- and the eternal second death in Hell. However, after Adam and Eve's sin brought corruption to the whole earth and tainted the human race's bloodline with a sin nature, God still had a plan in mind to put right what once went wrong. And much like Dr. Sam Beckett quite literally in some ways becomes one with the person he Leaps into (on "Quantum Leap"), God became one of us in the person of Jesus Christ. And Jesus paid the price for us and made the sacrifice of His own life for all the sins of the world. And because He lives again, we have forgiveness from God and a restored relationship, all free for the asking. Romans 10:9 says if we confess Jesus as Lord and believe in our hearts that God raised Him from the dead, we will be saved. And we can know we have an eternity with Him in Heaven instead. Praise God for His love! (see Philippians 2:1-11)
When we are in a right relationship with our Creator, everything falls into place. As we seek more and more to obey God and be more like Christ, we come to fulfill one of God's other purposes for our lives. We are created for His pleasure and one of the ways God gets the most pleasure is when we worship Him as He rightfully deserves and thus bring Him glory. He formed and made us for His glory. (see Isaiah 43:7). And the crazy cool thing is this- when we live in right relationship with God and seek to bring Him glory, we also find ourselves most fulfilled and find purpose in our lives. In becoming more like Christ, we become more ourselves than ever before, as C.S. Lewis once noted. Of course, there is a good reason for this. This is how God designed us to be- this is His original intent. He is a relational God and He desires us all to have a relationship with Him. And only in that relationship with Jesus can we truly find the fulfillment and purpose and meaning we are looking for in life. It just doesn't work any other way. Try to save your life- you'll lose it. Try to get ahead and win in life- ultimately, you'll fail and lose. What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul? If you want to know peace, fulfillment, purpose and meaning in life- they only come in following Jesus. Forget the pursuit of the temporal and rather pursue the eternal. Not only is the eternal all that will last- it's all that really matters in the end. The eternal not only rewards our permanent dwelling in Heaven with Christ- it enriches our time allotted in the land of our sojourn.
We are here for a reason. God has a purpose in mind for each one of us. He loves us with an eternal love and He has placed eternity in our hearts. To live for His glory and bring Him pleasure is built into our DNA- but it's only realized when we make the choice to follow His call and accept Christ as Savior through faith in His death and Resurrection as payment for all our sins and then live in union with Him- the way that He designed all along. To reject Him and His love is truly a living hell on earth that extends for eternity. To accept Him and His love is pure ecstasy- pure rapture for a captured heart that eternally dwells in His presence in His heavenly realms. He is the meaning of Life-He's The Way of enlightenment and understanding and wisdom- He is The Truth- there is no other. We either live with anathema or we can join an anthem of the everlasting Hallelujah chorus! Praise God for His love. :-)
So the call goes out to us all- forget about our own lives and pursuits- deny them all; yes, deny our very selves- take up our own cross and follow Jesus. It's a daily process and thankfully, one that He prearranges and ordains and maintains all the while working through our surrendered will and being. (See Matthew 6:24-28).God is faithful- even when we're not. (1 Corinthians 1:4-9). And what is His command? Love The Lord thy God with all thy heart, soul, mind and strength- and love thy neighbor as thyself. And speak The Truth in Love. (See Matthew 22:34-40 and Ephesians 4:15). Love undergirds everything. So keep walking in fellowship with Jesus and live a life of purpose on purpose- just as He purposed it all along. That's The Way He planned it. There is no other way to truly live. This is The Life! And that's The Truth. :-)
"You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense." - Rick Warren
As Rick Warren talks about in his best-selling book, "The Purpose Driven Life", we and all those philosophers that have come before us and the ones here now often can't find the purpose for our lives because we start at the wrong place. As human beings we have a natural tendency to focus in ourselves and so we look to defining life and its purpose in terms of how it affects our own lives particularly. But that's the wrong approach. As Rev. Warren's book states in the first line- "It's not about you."
Now that's just an affront to our self-centered fragile egos. It takes some real humbling on our parts to remember that there are many things in the world so much bigger than ourselves and everything does not revolve around us. We are but dust blowing in the wind, as Kansas said. But though we started out as dust, God makes something more of us through Jesus. And here we get to the purpose and meaning of life when we change the focus to the One bigger than us- bigger than everything else in the world. Life starts with God Himself- because He is Life. In fact, as Jesus said in John 14:6, He is The Way, The Truth and The Life. No man comes to the Father except through Him.
After spending most all the time and money in the world on women, wine and song, King Solomon concluded that all of life is vanity! " 'Everything is meaningless,' says The Teacher." (see Ecclesiastes 1:1) What a bleak outlook on life! But read the whole book- that is exactly what life is like without God. It's all meaningless without God. Without God, it's nothing but a set amount of time to kill before time kills us. The kicker is there at the end of the book. "The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil." (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14)
Okay then- so if we start this quest for the meaning of life by looking outward to God instead of inward, where does that take us? Well, here are some Bible verses that speak to this point. God Himself tells us plainly our position in the universe and our purpose. While the Psalmist marvels that God should think of us at all- "What is man that You are mindful of us?" (see Psalms 8). Yet God made us "a little lower than the angels." (again, see Psalms 8). And since Genesis 1:26 tells us that God made us, male and female, in His image- we have an infinite booster shot's worth of self-worth right there! Of course, our worth is not in us- it's in Jesus. It's because we are made in His image that we are infinitely important and valuable. And God loves us with an eternal love because we are His creation. (Jeremiah 31:3)
And why were we created? What are we here on earth for? What are we? When are we? Where are we? Who are we? Why are we? Well, we need look no further than God. And He says that He created all things- and they were all created "for His pleasure". (Revelation 4:11) That's it right there. We were created to bring God pleasure. Unfortunately, too often we have brought Him nothing but heartache and grief, as Genesis 6:5-8 attests. Fortunately, that's where Jesus comes in- both figuratively and literally. Though we were created to bring God pleasure- and nothing brings Him more pleasure than our willing obedience to Him and worship of Him- we chose instead our own pleasure and chose to sin against God. And the wages of sin is death- and not just physical death. There is also the spiritual death we dwell in outside of Christ- and the eternal second death in Hell. However, after Adam and Eve's sin brought corruption to the whole earth and tainted the human race's bloodline with a sin nature, God still had a plan in mind to put right what once went wrong. And much like Dr. Sam Beckett quite literally in some ways becomes one with the person he Leaps into (on "Quantum Leap"), God became one of us in the person of Jesus Christ. And Jesus paid the price for us and made the sacrifice of His own life for all the sins of the world. And because He lives again, we have forgiveness from God and a restored relationship, all free for the asking. Romans 10:9 says if we confess Jesus as Lord and believe in our hearts that God raised Him from the dead, we will be saved. And we can know we have an eternity with Him in Heaven instead. Praise God for His love! (see Philippians 2:1-11)
When we are in a right relationship with our Creator, everything falls into place. As we seek more and more to obey God and be more like Christ, we come to fulfill one of God's other purposes for our lives. We are created for His pleasure and one of the ways God gets the most pleasure is when we worship Him as He rightfully deserves and thus bring Him glory. He formed and made us for His glory. (see Isaiah 43:7). And the crazy cool thing is this- when we live in right relationship with God and seek to bring Him glory, we also find ourselves most fulfilled and find purpose in our lives. In becoming more like Christ, we become more ourselves than ever before, as C.S. Lewis once noted. Of course, there is a good reason for this. This is how God designed us to be- this is His original intent. He is a relational God and He desires us all to have a relationship with Him. And only in that relationship with Jesus can we truly find the fulfillment and purpose and meaning we are looking for in life. It just doesn't work any other way. Try to save your life- you'll lose it. Try to get ahead and win in life- ultimately, you'll fail and lose. What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul? If you want to know peace, fulfillment, purpose and meaning in life- they only come in following Jesus. Forget the pursuit of the temporal and rather pursue the eternal. Not only is the eternal all that will last- it's all that really matters in the end. The eternal not only rewards our permanent dwelling in Heaven with Christ- it enriches our time allotted in the land of our sojourn.
We are here for a reason. God has a purpose in mind for each one of us. He loves us with an eternal love and He has placed eternity in our hearts. To live for His glory and bring Him pleasure is built into our DNA- but it's only realized when we make the choice to follow His call and accept Christ as Savior through faith in His death and Resurrection as payment for all our sins and then live in union with Him- the way that He designed all along. To reject Him and His love is truly a living hell on earth that extends for eternity. To accept Him and His love is pure ecstasy- pure rapture for a captured heart that eternally dwells in His presence in His heavenly realms. He is the meaning of Life-He's The Way of enlightenment and understanding and wisdom- He is The Truth- there is no other. We either live with anathema or we can join an anthem of the everlasting Hallelujah chorus! Praise God for His love. :-)
So the call goes out to us all- forget about our own lives and pursuits- deny them all; yes, deny our very selves- take up our own cross and follow Jesus. It's a daily process and thankfully, one that He prearranges and ordains and maintains all the while working through our surrendered will and being. (See Matthew 6:24-28).God is faithful- even when we're not. (1 Corinthians 1:4-9). And what is His command? Love The Lord thy God with all thy heart, soul, mind and strength- and love thy neighbor as thyself. And speak The Truth in Love. (See Matthew 22:34-40 and Ephesians 4:15). Love undergirds everything. So keep walking in fellowship with Jesus and live a life of purpose on purpose- just as He purposed it all along. That's The Way He planned it. There is no other way to truly live. This is The Life! And that's The Truth. :-)
Biblical (song)
A lot of devils have gone out into the world-a lot of false prophets are out in the world. And we must always be on our guard. Test the spirits and see whether they're from God or not. In a world of constant communication and instant information to access, there is a lot of misinformation out there as well. And we must be able to tell The Truth from all the lies. The spiritual world that's unseen definitely affects our physical world. And while we're out in it, let's get Biblical and know The Scriptures which are able to make us wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
"Biblical" (parody of "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John; copyright by Nathan Ludwick 6/11/2014)
(Deuteronomy 4:2 and 6:1-25 and 12:32 and 13:1-4 and 18:14-22, Revelation 22:18-19, The book of Jude, Romans 12:1-2, Galatians 1:1-9, Joshua 1:1-9, Romans 16:17-20, 1 John 4:1-6, 2 Corinthians 11:13-15, 1 Peter 5:8-11, Matthew 7:15-20, Matthew 24:4-14 and 24:21-28, Ezekiel 13:6, Ezekiel 22:25-28, Psalms 119:9-11, John 8:32-36, Ephesians 6, 2 Peter 2:1-22, Matthew 13:1-43, Acts 17:10-11, Proverbs 30:5-9, 2 Timothy 1:14 and 2:15)
You're saying all the things that you know I'll like- flattery, smooth conversation
I gotta hang on to Truth of Christ- I know what you seek
You twist grace to mean "sin and just do what you want"- bend Truth to subjective reading
Add something else that "God left out"- 4:2- check in Deuteronomy
Chorus
Let's get Biblical, Biblical- I wanna get Scriptural- Press it in my frontal lobe
Let me hear from God- He talks! So God, please talk! Let me hear Your Word be taught!
(Repeat Chorus)
1[One] in Galatians- read it good! If we preach different- or an angel-
A different Word- they're condemned, man- Proverbs says in 19
The Word sown- understands- grows quite a few- there grows seed on the good soil, see?
You gotta know The Word's teaching- Watch out! The wolves dress as sheep!
Chorus 2
Let's get Biblical, Biblical- I wanna get Scriptural- Press it in my frontal lobe
Let men all have lying talk, but God- He's true. Let me hear His Word be taught.
(Repeat Chorus 2)
So don't get cynical, quizzical- I wanna get spiritual- Let The Holy Spirit show
Let we read 1 John 4:1- 'cause God- He taught- Test spirits- From God or not?
They're heretical animals- roaring, evil lion-o! Read it in Ezekiel!
22- The Word- it talks! Our God's distraught- Let we heed our God- He talks!
Let we hear our God- He talks!
Let we hear Your Word be taught!
"Biblical" (parody of "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John; copyright by Nathan Ludwick 6/11/2014)
(Deuteronomy 4:2 and 6:1-25 and 12:32 and 13:1-4 and 18:14-22, Revelation 22:18-19, The book of Jude, Romans 12:1-2, Galatians 1:1-9, Joshua 1:1-9, Romans 16:17-20, 1 John 4:1-6, 2 Corinthians 11:13-15, 1 Peter 5:8-11, Matthew 7:15-20, Matthew 24:4-14 and 24:21-28, Ezekiel 13:6, Ezekiel 22:25-28, Psalms 119:9-11, John 8:32-36, Ephesians 6, 2 Peter 2:1-22, Matthew 13:1-43, Acts 17:10-11, Proverbs 30:5-9, 2 Timothy 1:14 and 2:15)
You're saying all the things that you know I'll like- flattery, smooth conversation
I gotta hang on to Truth of Christ- I know what you seek
You twist grace to mean "sin and just do what you want"- bend Truth to subjective reading
Add something else that "God left out"- 4:2- check in Deuteronomy
Chorus
Let's get Biblical, Biblical- I wanna get Scriptural- Press it in my frontal lobe
Let me hear from God- He talks! So God, please talk! Let me hear Your Word be taught!
(Repeat Chorus)
1[One] in Galatians- read it good! If we preach different- or an angel-
A different Word- they're condemned, man- Proverbs says in 19
The Word sown- understands- grows quite a few- there grows seed on the good soil, see?
You gotta know The Word's teaching- Watch out! The wolves dress as sheep!
Chorus 2
Let's get Biblical, Biblical- I wanna get Scriptural- Press it in my frontal lobe
Let men all have lying talk, but God- He's true. Let me hear His Word be taught.
(Repeat Chorus 2)
So don't get cynical, quizzical- I wanna get spiritual- Let The Holy Spirit show
Let we read 1 John 4:1- 'cause God- He taught- Test spirits- From God or not?
They're heretical animals- roaring, evil lion-o! Read it in Ezekiel!
22- The Word- it talks! Our God's distraught- Let we heed our God- He talks!
Let we hear our God- He talks!
Let we hear Your Word be taught!
Friday, August 22, 2014
RickRoll! :-) (AKA Asaph's Awakening)
Ever feel like Life has played a RickRoll on you? You thought something was going to be so cool and instead it turned out to be so lame and so not what you wanted. And then to add insult to injury, you start shopping around and comparing and suddenly realize- Hey! Why do the wicked people who don't even follow God seem to have it so good? It's then that we learn what Asaph learned in Psalms 73- their end is eternal destruction, but our end in Christ is eternal life. So, in our walk with Christ Jesus, remember 1 Corinthians 15:57-58 - we may walk a path filled with temporary pain, but it's never in vain- and there is joy in the journey (John 10:10) and eternal joy coming at the end. (Romans 8:18)
"Whom have I in Heaven but You? And there is nothing on earth I desire besides You. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." (Psalms 73:25-26) It's so good to know The Lord is good and a refuge for us Who makes a complete end of His adversaries. (Nahum 1:7-8) And as we walk by faith, not sight (Habakkuk 2:4, 2 Corinthians 5:7), we know that the enemy can gloat now if he wants- but we know that when we fall, we rise again through God's help and when we sit in darkness, The Lord is our light. (Micah 7:7-8) We're betrothed unto Him forevermore (Hosea 2:19-20) Because of our faith in Jesus' death and Resurrection, we have a permanent place in God's house as sons and daughters (John 8:31-36, Hebrews 9:11-28) We have a reason to persevere and endure (Philippians 4:13) through it all. It's so good to know The One Who's never gonna give us up (Hosea 11:8-9, John 6:35-40), never gonna let us down (Romans 5:1-5, Psalms 136, 1 Corinthians 13:8, 1 John 4:8), never gonna run around and desert us (Jeremiah 31:3, Isaiah 54:1-8, Isaiah 62:12, Hebrews 13:5-6), never gonna make us cry (Exodus 22:23, Psalms 28:6, Psalms 34:17, Revelation 21:1-5), never gonna say, "Goodbye" (Psalms 136, Revelation 21:1-5, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, 2 Corinthians 5:8, Hebrews 13:5-6), never gonna tell a lie and hurt us. (1 Samuel 15:29, Titus 1:2, John 14:6, 1 John 2:21, Hebrews 6:18, John 17:17). God is forever faithful and we are forever loved- Amen.
"Whom have I in Heaven but You? And there is nothing on earth I desire besides You. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." (Psalms 73:25-26) It's so good to know The Lord is good and a refuge for us Who makes a complete end of His adversaries. (Nahum 1:7-8) And as we walk by faith, not sight (Habakkuk 2:4, 2 Corinthians 5:7), we know that the enemy can gloat now if he wants- but we know that when we fall, we rise again through God's help and when we sit in darkness, The Lord is our light. (Micah 7:7-8) We're betrothed unto Him forevermore (Hosea 2:19-20) Because of our faith in Jesus' death and Resurrection, we have a permanent place in God's house as sons and daughters (John 8:31-36, Hebrews 9:11-28) We have a reason to persevere and endure (Philippians 4:13) through it all. It's so good to know The One Who's never gonna give us up (Hosea 11:8-9, John 6:35-40), never gonna let us down (Romans 5:1-5, Psalms 136, 1 Corinthians 13:8, 1 John 4:8), never gonna run around and desert us (Jeremiah 31:3, Isaiah 54:1-8, Isaiah 62:12, Hebrews 13:5-6), never gonna make us cry (Exodus 22:23, Psalms 28:6, Psalms 34:17, Revelation 21:1-5), never gonna say, "Goodbye" (Psalms 136, Revelation 21:1-5, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, 2 Corinthians 5:8, Hebrews 13:5-6), never gonna tell a lie and hurt us. (1 Samuel 15:29, Titus 1:2, John 14:6, 1 John 2:21, Hebrews 6:18, John 17:17). God is forever faithful and we are forever loved- Amen.
And this post wouldn't be complete if I didn't actually post the song I mentioned here- the classic 1987 hit from Rick Astley- "Never Gonna Give You Up"- a love song that I really think reflects the heart of God in many ways. :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Sunday, August 3, 2014
Scooby (song)
Just for fun because I love Scooby-Doo. :-) Hopefully, this will make you happy for real to enjoy some childhood nostalgia for a while.
Scooby Dooby Doo!!!!!!
"Scooby"
(parody of "Happy" by Pharrell Williams; copyright by Nathan Ludwick 7/19/2014)
Proverbs 15:13
(Verse 1)
Things might seem safe- Guess what?- it's about to change
Moonlight to steer- the van's about to break
There's a haunted old tomb there with a ghost from space
Mist in the air- "Like, Zoinks! I'm scared- let's leave right away!"
(Uh)
(Chorus 1)
Because I'm Shaggy
Come along- ghosts aren't real- I can prove it's all a ruse
Because Velma's brainy!
Come along- you too, Scoob- we'll trap 'em and find the truth
Because he's Freddy
Come along- if you go, Scooby Snacks will be here for you
Because she's Daphne
Come along, Mystery, Inc.- Like, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
(Verse 2)
Here's Scoob's nephew talking ghosts he'll splat, yeah
Says, "Give me all you got and don't hold it back, yeah"
Well, I should probably warn him he'll be reviled, yeah
No offense to you, (but) don't hate this child
Here's why...
(Chorus 2)
Because he's Scrappy
Post a blog if you feel like first movie stank like poop
That wasn't Scrappy!
Scrappy's long been scene-stealing 'cause Scrappy just gets 'em good!
Power of puppy!
Scrappy's on it- he'll go set traps and catch them some crooks
Because he's Scrappy!
Scrappy's got (almost) no fear- rides with Dusty and Yabba-Doo!
(Hey, go, uh)
(Bridge)
(Scooby's)
Been around
Since 19
69!
Sesame Street's time
same time now
Keep going
Bring joy now
I said (let me tell you now)
Scoob's around
Can't nothing
Scare him now
Except some bad guys,
ghostly clowns,
and goblins,
Monsters-yow!
He's scared
(Chorus 3)
Because he's Scooby
Come along- ghosts aren't real- I can prove it's all a ruse
Because Velma's brainy!
Come along- you too, Shag- we'll trap 'em and find the truth
Because he's Freddy
Come along- if you go, Scooby Snacks will be here for you
Because she's Daphne
Come along, Mystery, Inc.- Like, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
(x2)
(Hey, Go, Uh)
(Scooby) (Dooby) (Doo) [repeats]
Bad guys now- would've gotten
Away with it now- those meddling kids
Bad guys now- ain't nothing
But masks now, I said (let me tell you now)
(Chorus 4)
Because I'm Shaggy
Come along- ghosts aren't real- I can prove it- Jinkies! Clues!
Because Velma's brainy!
Come along- you too, Scoob- we'll trap 'em and the bait is you!
Takes lead- that's Freddy!
Come along- watch out though- 'cause Daphne's danger-prone too!
"Jeepers!" says Daphne
Come along- Mystery Machine- Like, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
(Chorus 5)
Chow down, Scoob and Shaggy!
Come along- ghosts aren't real- I can prove it's all a ruse
Because Velma's brainy!
Come along- you two guys- we'll trap 'em and find the truth!
Because he's Freddy!
Come along- if you go, Scooby Snacks will be here for you!
Because she's Daphne!
Come along- Mystery, Inc.- Like, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!)
(Hey, C'mon)
Scooby Dooby Doo!!!!!!
"Scooby"
(parody of "Happy" by Pharrell Williams; copyright by Nathan Ludwick 7/19/2014)
Proverbs 15:13
(Verse 1)
Things might seem safe- Guess what?- it's about to change
Moonlight to steer- the van's about to break
There's a haunted old tomb there with a ghost from space
Mist in the air- "Like, Zoinks! I'm scared- let's leave right away!"
(Uh)
(Chorus 1)
Because I'm Shaggy
Come along- ghosts aren't real- I can prove it's all a ruse
Because Velma's brainy!
Come along- you too, Scoob- we'll trap 'em and find the truth
Because he's Freddy
Come along- if you go, Scooby Snacks will be here for you
Because she's Daphne
Come along, Mystery, Inc.- Like, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
(Verse 2)
Here's Scoob's nephew talking ghosts he'll splat, yeah
Says, "Give me all you got and don't hold it back, yeah"
Well, I should probably warn him he'll be reviled, yeah
No offense to you, (but) don't hate this child
Here's why...
(Chorus 2)
Because he's Scrappy
Post a blog if you feel like first movie stank like poop
That wasn't Scrappy!
Scrappy's long been scene-stealing 'cause Scrappy just gets 'em good!
Power of puppy!
Scrappy's on it- he'll go set traps and catch them some crooks
Because he's Scrappy!
Scrappy's got (almost) no fear- rides with Dusty and Yabba-Doo!
(Hey, go, uh)
(Bridge)
(Scooby's)
Been around
Since 19
69!
Sesame Street's time
same time now
Keep going
Bring joy now
I said (let me tell you now)
Scoob's around
Can't nothing
Scare him now
Except some bad guys,
ghostly clowns,
and goblins,
Monsters-yow!
He's scared
(Chorus 3)
Because he's Scooby
Come along- ghosts aren't real- I can prove it's all a ruse
Because Velma's brainy!
Come along- you too, Shag- we'll trap 'em and find the truth
Because he's Freddy
Come along- if you go, Scooby Snacks will be here for you
Because she's Daphne
Come along, Mystery, Inc.- Like, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
(x2)
(Hey, Go, Uh)
(Scooby) (Dooby) (Doo) [repeats]
Bad guys now- would've gotten
Away with it now- those meddling kids
Bad guys now- ain't nothing
But masks now, I said (let me tell you now)
(Chorus 4)
Because I'm Shaggy
Come along- ghosts aren't real- I can prove it- Jinkies! Clues!
Because Velma's brainy!
Come along- you too, Scoob- we'll trap 'em and the bait is you!
Takes lead- that's Freddy!
Come along- watch out though- 'cause Daphne's danger-prone too!
"Jeepers!" says Daphne
Come along- Mystery Machine- Like, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
(Chorus 5)
Chow down, Scoob and Shaggy!
Come along- ghosts aren't real- I can prove it's all a ruse
Because Velma's brainy!
Come along- you two guys- we'll trap 'em and find the truth!
Because he's Freddy!
Come along- if you go, Scooby Snacks will be here for you!
Because she's Daphne!
Come along- Mystery, Inc.- Like, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!)
(Hey, C'mon)
Friday, July 4, 2014
We Built This Country (song)
Yes, the starship has descended once more with yet another parody from yesteryear.
This song is a parody of "We Built This City" by Jefferson Starship. And my parody uses some quotes from guys like Patrick Henry, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson (The Declaration of Independence) and of course, The Bible. Read through the Declaration and the Constitution and you'll see both have clear references to God. Just look at the Preamble to the Constitution.
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
Look at the definition of "blessing" from dictionary.com
1. the act or words of a person who blesses.
2. a special favor, mercy, or benefit: the blessings of liberty.
3. a favor or gift bestowed by God, thereby bringing happiness.
4. the invoking of God's favor upon a person: The son was denied his father's blessing.
5. praise; devotion; worship, esp. grace said before a meal: The children took turns reciting the blessing.
6. approval or good wishes: The proposed law had the blessing of the governor.
Hmm- a blessing is a favor or gift bestowed by God, thereby bringing happiness. Someone has to give the blessing- and only God can give true liberty and freedom!
And it's even more obvious in The Declaration of Independence.
"When in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the Earth, the separate and equal Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the Separation.
We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness......"
(And check out how we're gonna pull this Revolutionary War thing off)-
"And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm Reliance on the Protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor."
Thomas Jefferson acknowledged the sovereignity of God three times here. One of the first things the Pilgrims did when they landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620 was to erect a cross and have a minister say a prayer to God for them. In 1954, by an act of the Supreme Court, the phrase "under God" was added to the Pledge of Allegiance- what we all grew up saying most every day in elementary school. In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower had the phrase "In God We Trust" printed on all American currency- check your money- it's still there!
Check out the full lyrics to "The Star-Spangled Banner", our country's National Anthem. Especially look at the last verse! http://hjem.get2net.dk/niels_quist/usa.htm
"Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust'. And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave."
I love this last verse!!! It's even better than the first (and most familiar) one. That verse just asks the question, "Does the Star-Spangled Banner still wave over America- the land of the free and the home of the brave?" The last verse emphatically answers- "YES, IT DOES!!!!" (Forever may she wave!)
But we must still remember God's Word- "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord." (Psalms 33:12)
So here you go........
"We Built This Country"
(parody of "We Built This City" by Jefferson Starship;
copyright Nathan Ludwick 08/15/2007)
Psalms 33:12
Psalms 46:1
Psalms 55:22
Psalms 111:10
Psalms 146
Proverbs 3:33
Proverbs 14:34
Chorus 1: We built this country, we built this country on God alone; Built this country, we built this country on God alone!
Verse 1: Say you don't know me or recognize my face
Say you don't care or know from whence came this place
Knee-deep in brouhaha, "Have not begun to fight"
Through Washington's armies, securing us our rights
Pre-Chorus 1: Monroe, he gave the Doctrine- listen to the men of old
Don't you remember? We built this country, we built this country on God alone!
Chorus 2: We built this country, it's on the money- in God alone! Built this country, we built this country on God alone!
Verse 2: Someone always playing revisionistic games
Truth scares- they're always changing historic claims of faith
Are we just going to stand here? Someone stole God's place
They call us all intolerable, write us off the page
Pre-Chorus 2: John Jay, he says November, Christians are the way to vote
Don't you remember? We built this country, we built this country on God alone!
(Repeat Chorus 2)
Verse 3: I'm just another Fundie in a tired old suit
Atheists got the choke hold (Ohhh!) But we've just got to speak!
We count our money and our sacred honor
Our lives all resting on the God of our fathers
Declaring dependence, 'cause we're of Plymouth roots
Looking for America- Creator gives these truths
(Spoken): "I am sure there never was a people who had more reason to acknowledge a Divine Interposition in their affairs than those of the United States"
Don't you remember? (Remember)
(Spoken): I should be pained to believe they've forgotten the omnipotence of that God who is alone able to protect them...."Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord"
Pre-Chorus 3: Proverbs 33 in 3rd. chapter, Listen to God's Holy Word
Don't you remember? We built this country, we built this country on God alone!
(Repeat Chorus 2)
Built this country, (Ohhh!) We built this country on God alone!
Built this country, we built this country on God alone!
(We built, we built this country)
Built this country (we built, we built this country)
(Repeat until fade) x7
[Interchange with "Rebuild, Rebuild this country"]
(Fade on- "Rebuild this country on God alone!")
.........................................................................
Okay- there you go. And here's the cool music video to watch and sync up with on Youtube- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFtW0WKT0Tw
And here's the cool midi to sing along with!!! http://www.midmninfo.com/mobile/midikaraoke/builtthiscity.mid
This song is a parody of "We Built This City" by Jefferson Starship. And my parody uses some quotes from guys like Patrick Henry, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson (The Declaration of Independence) and of course, The Bible. Read through the Declaration and the Constitution and you'll see both have clear references to God. Just look at the Preamble to the Constitution.
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
Look at the definition of "blessing" from dictionary.com
1. the act or words of a person who blesses.
2. a special favor, mercy, or benefit: the blessings of liberty.
3. a favor or gift bestowed by God, thereby bringing happiness.
4. the invoking of God's favor upon a person: The son was denied his father's blessing.
5. praise; devotion; worship, esp. grace said before a meal: The children took turns reciting the blessing.
6. approval or good wishes: The proposed law had the blessing of the governor.
Hmm- a blessing is a favor or gift bestowed by God, thereby bringing happiness. Someone has to give the blessing- and only God can give true liberty and freedom!
And it's even more obvious in The Declaration of Independence.
"When in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the Earth, the separate and equal Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the Separation.
We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness......"
(And check out how we're gonna pull this Revolutionary War thing off)-
"And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm Reliance on the Protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor."
Thomas Jefferson acknowledged the sovereignity of God three times here. One of the first things the Pilgrims did when they landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620 was to erect a cross and have a minister say a prayer to God for them. In 1954, by an act of the Supreme Court, the phrase "under God" was added to the Pledge of Allegiance- what we all grew up saying most every day in elementary school. In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower had the phrase "In God We Trust" printed on all American currency- check your money- it's still there!
Check out the full lyrics to "The Star-Spangled Banner", our country's National Anthem. Especially look at the last verse! http://hjem.get2net.dk/niels_quist/usa.htm
"Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust'. And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave."
I love this last verse!!! It's even better than the first (and most familiar) one. That verse just asks the question, "Does the Star-Spangled Banner still wave over America- the land of the free and the home of the brave?" The last verse emphatically answers- "YES, IT DOES!!!!" (Forever may she wave!)
But we must still remember God's Word- "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord." (Psalms 33:12)
So here you go........
"We Built This Country"
(parody of "We Built This City" by Jefferson Starship;
copyright Nathan Ludwick 08/15/2007)
Psalms 33:12
Psalms 46:1
Psalms 55:22
Psalms 111:10
Psalms 146
Proverbs 3:33
Proverbs 14:34
Chorus 1: We built this country, we built this country on God alone; Built this country, we built this country on God alone!
Verse 1: Say you don't know me or recognize my face
Say you don't care or know from whence came this place
Knee-deep in brouhaha, "Have not begun to fight"
Through Washington's armies, securing us our rights
Pre-Chorus 1: Monroe, he gave the Doctrine- listen to the men of old
Don't you remember? We built this country, we built this country on God alone!
Chorus 2: We built this country, it's on the money- in God alone! Built this country, we built this country on God alone!
Verse 2: Someone always playing revisionistic games
Truth scares- they're always changing historic claims of faith
Are we just going to stand here? Someone stole God's place
They call us all intolerable, write us off the page
Pre-Chorus 2: John Jay, he says November, Christians are the way to vote
Don't you remember? We built this country, we built this country on God alone!
(Repeat Chorus 2)
Verse 3: I'm just another Fundie in a tired old suit
Atheists got the choke hold (Ohhh!) But we've just got to speak!
We count our money and our sacred honor
Our lives all resting on the God of our fathers
Declaring dependence, 'cause we're of Plymouth roots
Looking for America- Creator gives these truths
(Spoken): "I am sure there never was a people who had more reason to acknowledge a Divine Interposition in their affairs than those of the United States"
Don't you remember? (Remember)
(Spoken): I should be pained to believe they've forgotten the omnipotence of that God who is alone able to protect them...."Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord"
Pre-Chorus 3: Proverbs 33 in 3rd. chapter, Listen to God's Holy Word
Don't you remember? We built this country, we built this country on God alone!
(Repeat Chorus 2)
Built this country, (Ohhh!) We built this country on God alone!
Built this country, we built this country on God alone!
(We built, we built this country)
Built this country (we built, we built this country)
(Repeat until fade) x7
[Interchange with "Rebuild, Rebuild this country"]
(Fade on- "Rebuild this country on God alone!")
.........................................................................
Okay- there you go. And here's the cool music video to watch and sync up with on Youtube- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFtW0WKT0Tw
And here's the cool midi to sing along with!!! http://www.midmninfo.com/mobile/midikaraoke/builtthiscity.mid
Red, White and True Blue
Happy Independence Day!!! J
A few Muppet tributes to a great country- America!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BqqYaEM2mA
(“America The Beautiful” by Fozzie Bear J)
and
A few Muppet tributes to a great country- America!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BqqYaEM2mA
(“America The Beautiful” by Fozzie Bear J)
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDA9NbPAK8o
(“Stars and Stripes Forever” by Animal, Swedish Chef, Beaker, chickens, a penguin, Bobo the Bear- and of course, Sam the American Eagle!)
and
(“Stars and Stripes Forever” by Animal, Swedish Chef, Beaker, chickens, a penguin, Bobo the Bear- and of course, Sam the American Eagle!)
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAVpj_Vo7zk
(The Muppets re-enact the Continental Congress- with some Sesame Street Muppets too! J)
As William Bradford said in “Of Plymouth Plantation”-
The one side [the Reformers] laboured to have ye right worship of God & discipline of Christ established in ye church, according to ye simplicitie of ye gospell, without the mixture of mens inventions, and to have & to be ruled by ye laws of Gods word, dispensed in those offices, & by those officers of Pastors, Teachers, & Elders, &c. according to ye Scripturs.
All great & honourable actions are accompanied with great difficulties, and must be both enterprised and overcome with answerable courages. It was granted ye dangers were great, but not desperate; the difficulties were many, but not invincible. For though there were many of them likely, yet they were not cartaine; it might be sundrie of ye things feared might never befale; others by providente care & ye use of good means, might in a great measure be prevented; and all of them, through ye help of God, by fortitude and patience, might either be borne, or overcome.
………………………………………….And as our founding fathers said 238 years ago today-
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
(The Muppets re-enact the Continental Congress- with some Sesame Street Muppets too! J)
As William Bradford said in “Of Plymouth Plantation”-
The one side [the Reformers] laboured to have ye right worship of God & discipline of Christ established in ye church, according to ye simplicitie of ye gospell, without the mixture of mens inventions, and to have & to be ruled by ye laws of Gods word, dispensed in those offices, & by those officers of Pastors, Teachers, & Elders, &c. according to ye Scripturs.
All great & honourable actions are accompanied with great difficulties, and must be both enterprised and overcome with answerable courages. It was granted ye dangers were great, but not desperate; the difficulties were many, but not invincible. For though there were many of them likely, yet they were not cartaine; it might be sundrie of ye things feared might never befale; others by providente care & ye use of good means, might in a great measure be prevented; and all of them, through ye help of God, by fortitude and patience, might either be borne, or overcome.
………………………………………….And as our founding fathers said 238 years ago today-
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
………………….We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
And as we said 227 years ago-
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
And as we said 227 years ago-
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
And as The Lord inspired David and Solomon to write in ancient days (somewhere from 1000 to 900 something BC):
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance. (Psalms 33:12)
The curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked,
But He blesses the dwelling of the righteous. (Proverbs 3:33)
Amen. May America be such a nation.
God bless you in your celebrations on the 4th. of July and God bless America! J
(And God bless all the world too. :-))
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