Another Showbread video. Not as spectacular and strange as the last one I posted but still awesome.
Posts Tagged ‘Hope’
Gone is not the word…
Saturday, January 28th, 2012A Christmas Story – Epilogue…
Thursday, December 29th, 2011A Christmas Story… is a playlist I’ve (re)made from a collection of the best christmas songs and hymns me and my friends could find on Spotify. I arranged the songs to let the lyrics do the telling of the greatest story ever told.
Epilogue – Love Came Down
O Holy Night
Truly He taught us to love one another, His law is love and His gospel is peace. Chains he shall break, for the slave is our brother. And in his name all oppression shall cease. Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we, with all our hearts we praise His holy name.
Love Came Down At Christmas
Love came down at Christmas, Love all lovely, Love divine. Love was born at Christmas, star and angels gave the sign. Love will be our token, Love be yours and love be mine. Love from God to all of us, Love for plea and gift and sign.
He Has Come For Us (God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen)
He has come for us this Jesus, He’s the hope for all mankind. He has come for us the Messiah, Born to give us life.
Go, Tell It On The Mountain
Down in a lowly manger the humble Christ was born. And God sent us salvation that blessèd Christmas morn. Go, tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere. Go, tell it on the mountain, that Jesus Christ is born.
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might. Heaven and earth are full of Your glory. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna, In the highest!
Now that our celebration is over, we might still wonder what it was all about. Christmas gets far more attention than its role in the New Testament warrants, as Professor Wright put it in an article I recently read. But it’s the start of the climax of the greatest story ever told I’d say. A story of a broken, lost world, gone so far from the way its creator had planned for it. But not far from its creator. Because, as Wright writes, He is not a god who watches from the distance, and intervenes from the outside. He is always present and active within His world. He is always trying to bring it back to him. This is why one time, roughly 2000 years ago, the Creator became flesh, became a human, became a child. In the words of St. Augustine.
He wished to become one of our children in order to make us His Children.
For further reading on the subject of Jesus’ birth, I’d recommend the article by N.T. Wright that I mentioned.
A Christmas Story – Act 2…
Sunday, December 25th, 2011A Christmas Story… is a playlist I’ve (re)made from a collection of the best christmas songs and hymns me and my friends could find on Spotify. I arranged the songs to let the lyrics do the telling of the greatest story ever told.
Act 2 – Onwards to Bethlehem
Angels We Have Heard On High
Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? What the gladsome tidings be which inspire your heavenly song?
O Come All Ye Faithful
O sing, choirs of angels, O sing in exultation. O sing all ye bright hosts of heaven above, glory to God, sing. O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord.
Little Drummer Boy
Come they told me, a new born King to see. Our finest gifts we bring, to lay before the King. So to honor Him, when we come. Little Baby, I am a poor boy too. I have no gift to bring, that’s fit to give the King. Shall I play for you on my drum? Mary nodded, the ox and lamb kept time. I played my drum for Him, I played my best for Him! Pa rum pum pum pum!
Away In A Manger
Away in a manger, no crib for His bed. The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head. The stars in the bright sky, looked down where He lay. The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.
Is this the Messiah? In a country, occupied by a tyrannical military nation, a bastard child is born to a young teenage girl. A girl whom most people would call an adulteress (who would buy that conceived by a holy spirit thing anyways?). He is put on some left over hay, in a stable. The first who hears about his birth are the shepherds, some of the lowest ranking members of society, some of the poorest. The only other visitors are three gentile magi, strangers from another country, of another religion. Somehow it all kinda fits nicely with Jesus’ mission statement.
The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because He has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour. – Luke 4:18, 19
He comes for the poor, the oppressed, the sick, the sinners, the uncool, the unwanted, the outcasts, the strangers, the unloved… well, I think you get the idea.
A Christmas Story – Prologue…
Friday, December 9th, 2011A Christmas Story… is a playlist I’ve (re)made from a collection of the best christmas songs and hymns me and my friends could find on Spotify. I arranged the songs to let the lyrics do the telling of the greatest story ever told.
Prologue – Advent
O come, O come Emmanuel
O come, Thou Day-spring, come and cheer our spirits by Thine advent here; disperse the gloomy clouds of night, and death’s dark shadows put to flight. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, o Israel.
Bereden Väg för Herran (Prepare the way, O Zion!)
O Zion, He approaches, Your Lord and King for you. Strew palms where He advances, spread garments in His way. God’s promise never fails, Hosanna sound forever!
Breath of Heaven (Mary’s Song)
I have traveled many moonless nights, cold and weary with a babe inside. I wonder what I’ve done? Holy Father, You have come and chosen me now to carry Your son.
Gläns Över Sjö och Strand (Shine over lakes and land)
Night over our land, night over Zion. In the western sky Orion fades. The tired shepard sleeps, the child in his sweet dreams, awakened by the wonderful chorus of voices. Shine with wonderous light, star in the east.
We Three Kings Of Orient Are
We three kings of Orient are bearing gifts we travel afar. Field and fountain, moor and mountain, following yonder star.
Det Är En Ros Utsprungen (Instrumental version of Lo! How A Rose E’er Blooming)
Advent is the coming of the Messiah, the Lord. “A time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the nativity of Jesus at Christmas.” according to Wikipedia. “The season of Advent serves as a reminder both of the original waiting that was done by the Hebrews for the birth of their Messiah as well as the waiting of Christians”… for the Parousia, the second coming of Christ. Then as we wait for Christmas, to celebrate the promises that were fullfilled when Christ was born, we know that He will return again, as was promised, because “God’s promise never fails”.
“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.” - Acts 1:11
One day this all will change…
Monday, July 25th, 2011This is my hope.
Sometimes I lay under the moon
I thank God I’m breathing
Then I pray, don’t take me soon
Because I’m here for a reason
It’s not about win or lose
Because we all lose
When they feed on the souls of the innocent
Blood drenched pavement
Keep on moving though the waters stay raging
In this maze you can lose your way
It might drive you crazy but don’t let it faze you, no way
Sometimes in my tears I drown
But I never let it get me down
So when negativity surrounds
I know some day it’ll all turn around
Because
All my live I’ve been waiting for
I’ve been praying for
For the people to say
That we don’t wanna fight no more
They’ll be no more wars
And our children will play
One day
One day this all will change
Treat people the same
Stop with the violence
Down the the hate
One day we’ll all be free
And proud to be under the same sun
Singing songs of freedom like
One day…
“Amen. Come! Lord Jesus.”
Rip a hole in the ceiling…
Friday, March 11th, 2011Been listening alot to Matisyahu recently. Found out about him through listening to P.O.D. They did a song together on the Testify record. Anyways, been pestering my friends about him awhile now, and thought I’d share his awesome music on my blog aswell.
A Hasidic jew that blasts out reggae like the best of them. Can it get any better? I doubt it. Here are the lyrics, as it can be rather difficult to follow his fast mouth.
You’re all that I have and You’re all that I need
Each and every day I pray to get to know You please
Wanna be close to You, yes I’m so hungry
You’re like water for my soul when it gets thirsty
Without You there’s no me, You’re the air that I breathe
Sometimes the world is dark and I just can’t see
With these demons surround all around to bring me down to negativity
But I believe, yes I believe, I said I believe
I’ll stand on my own two feet, won’t be brought down on one knee
I’ll fight with all of my might and get these demons to flee
Hashem’s rays fire blaze burn bright and I believe
Out of darkness comes light, twilight unto the heights
Crown Heights burning up all through the twilight
Said, thank you to my God, now I finally got it right
I’ll fight with all of my heart, and all of my soul, and all of my might
Striping away the layers and reveal your soul
You gotta to give yourself up and then you become whole
You’re a slave to yourself and you don’t even know
You want to live the fast life but your brain moves slow
If you’re trying to stay high, you’re bound to stay low
You want God but you can’t deflate your ego
You’re already there, then there’s nowhere to go
Your cup’s already full, then it’s bound to overflow
If you’re drowning in the waters and you can’t stay afloat
Ask Hashem for mercy, he’ll throw you a rope
You’re looking for help from God, say he couldn’t be found
Searching up to the sky, looking beneath the ground
Like a king without his crown you keep falling down
You really want to live but can’t get rid of your frown
You’re trying to reach unto the heights and wound bound down on the ground
Given up your pride then you heard a sound
Out of night comes day, out of day comes light
Nullified to the One like sunlight in a ray
Making room for His love and a fire gone blaze
What’s this feeling?
My love will rip a hole in the ceiling
I give myself to You from the essence of my being
I sing to my God, songs of love and healing
I want Moshiach now, it’s time we start revealing
Peace on earth…
Sunday, November 28th, 2010Today we begin the new year, according to the church calendar. It is Advent, as we wait for the King of Peace. Here is one of my favorite Christmas-hymns.
I heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet the words repeat
Of peace on earth, good will to men.
And thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along the unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good will to men.
Till ringing, singing on its way
The world revolved from night to day,
A voice, a chime, a chant sublime
Of peace on earth, good will to men.
Then from each black, accursed mouth
The cannon thundered in the South,
And with the sound the carols drowned
Of peace on earth, good will to men.
It was as if an earthquake rent
The hearth-stones of a continent,
And made forlorn, the households born
Of peace on earth, good will to men.
And in despair I bowed my head
“There is no peace on earth,” I said,
“For hate is strong and mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good will to men.”
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
“God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail
With peace on earth, good will to men.”
Here’s Jars of Clay’s version on youtube. With alot of… pictures of Jesus. Only version there was, and the album isn’t on Spotify. Just listen.
You are my rock…
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010Moving through the shadows of uncertainty
Clinging to the words You said
Through my loneliness and fear I long to feel You near
But I hear another voice inside my head
But then the darkness is broken into
By inescapable light from You
I’m never standing alone
Through the desperate night my soul cries out to You
Longing just to hear Your voice
In the quiet solitude, I sense Your magnitude
I feel the strength that makes my heart rejoice
You are the anchor securing me
I’ll never drift on the shifting sea
You are the eye of the storm
Through all the loneliness this world can ever bring
I’ll take my refuge in the shadow of Your wing
You are my rock, my fortress, my shield
You are my rock, let Your strength be revealed
My rock, my comfort, my peace
My salvation, my refuge, my God
You are my Rock
Petra, You are my rock, from This Means War! Spotify-link.
I don’t know…
Sunday, November 7th, 2010You are the author of knowledge
You can redeem what’s been done
You hold the present and all that’s to come
Until your everlasting kingdom
You are the God of tomorrow
Turning the darkness to dawn
Lifting the hopeless with hope to go on
You are the rock of all salvation
Lord, I don’t know where all this is going
Or how it all works out
Lead me to peace that is past understanding
A peace beyond all doubt
Lord, you are the author
Redeeming what’s been done
You hold us in the present
And all that is to come
Lord (I don’t know) by Newsboys. Spotify it here. I like the remix.
Live again…
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010Well, I was there when you were torn apart
Now a piece of you is gone
Somehow you wish that you could only find
A little strength to carry on
You’ve tried so hard to make it on your own
That your heart has come undone
So I am here to prove that I alone
Have the power to overcome
I didn’t want you to feel this way
It’s not what life was meant to be
And so for you, my friend, I’ll take your shame
You can give it all to me
Because you’ve wrestled demons every day
And they’ve dragged you to your knees
But in your weakness you will learn to find
That I will always be your strength
Don’t let your heart be troubled
This world will never keep you down
It will never keep you down
So rise up, my friend
No, this will never be the end
So rise up, my friend
And live again
In life or in death
Through joy or regret
And all of the secret things you have done
No matter what comes, my friend
Nothing can keep you from the love of God
Last track on Third Day’s “Wherever you are” album. Here is the Spotify link.