I love the songs I've heard.

 I love the songs I listen to,

 but what i'm about to say,

 may sound absurd 

 but what about you?

Have you written songs

 by Him or for Him too?

 Have you shouted out loud

 your love for Him of whom you're proud?

Has your pen become

 the tongue of a ready writer?

Have you let Him bear your burdens

and by so doing, make your soul lighter?

Don't just worship to other people's heart cries,

write something unique from your heart life.

We should all be writing our own book of Psalms...

 People flit by at the speed of life -

  some slow dòwn, others go on by...

Some interact briefly 

 a few remain close to me,

but amidst all the busyness

and lives I've met,

You, Lord, haven't left me yet.

You, Lord, have faithfully remained 

with me in Spirit and in Name.

You've stayed 

 when I've strayed

 and i cannot repay

 I cannot give

 anything near what You deserve

 but what i can, i will  -

I give You my heart 

my lips, my hands, to serve

I will no longer waver

I will not swerve

but remain in love with my Savior...

again i moan

from this broken tomb

not my will be done

but thine own.....

 Our primary responsibility as "leadership" is not to be the source of truth in people's lives, but to lead them to the One who is the source of all truth. When people fellowship with us  - they should be in fellowship with Him simultaneously.  We want them to hear Him  - not depend on us to hear Him. We want them to learn what His voice sounds like when they hear our voice.  We want them to know Him - to depend on Him  - not us. Our ministry is to encourage,  edify and nourish,  and yes, rebuke when necessary  - but all done in love for them, not ourselves.  We do not need man-structured Christianity any longer, we need Holy Spirit designed and built Christianity,  where the focus is where it should be  - on Jesus and the Father. We do need one another  - to keep us balanced  - and to help us back up when we fall, to bear our burdens with us and guard each other in prayer from the enemy's attacks and to share revelations we get from Him - both to edify one another and to safeguard each other from false revelation (even the very elect).

 Generally speaking.....the Holy Spirit does not lead us to gather in large buildings ....this started happening several hundred years after Christ rose from the dead, when Christianity became the official "religion" of the land. Satan's strategy was (and is)  - if you can't beat em', join em'. Prior to that time the believers met house to house, where the Holy Spirit was welcomed and where His will was done. Large buildings became an excellent way for Satan (through men) to control and influence large amounts of people. One reason is because people are more comfortable in crowds - they can remain anonymous and they feel if large numbers of people are accepting it - it must be ok. In a house setting,  we are much more likely to be exposed to intimacy  - with God and with each other. And it's harder for a man to replace the Holy Spirit in the lives of the people (Satan's goal) in a house setting.  False doctrines and demonic spirits can be much more easily exposed and confronted....

Having said all this  - God did sanction and call the people to gather together in "solemn assemblies" - feasts  - some somber, others joyous celebrations - so, it would be a good thing for saints to meet together in large numbers seven times a year, in my opinion.

 God's love is so great

  His love is so much

He had to relate

  it with both a

father and a mother's touch.

A father alone

cannot display His love.

He needed a mother

to display His love for us  -

Both of them together

express who our God truly is.

Male and female both

came from Him  - remember this.

So,

         Though we call Him Father,

           though He is our dad,

         All that is a mother,

            that makes our hearts so glad  -

          came from Him too  -

       WHAT A WONDERFUL GOD ARE YOU!