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the river
jordan and adversity
REOCCURRING
song 9/11/08: I woke this morning with the
following song going round and round in my mind: Every
time I feel the Spirit, movin’ in my heart, I will pray.
Every Time I
Feel The Spirit
Traditional
Chorus
Every time I feel the Spirit
Movin’ in my heart I will pray
Every time I feel the spirit
Movin’ in my heart I will pray
Verse
Up on the mountains my Lord spoke
Out of His mouth came fire and smoke
Looked all around me, it looked so fine
I asked the Lord could it be mine
Chorus
Every time I feel the Spirit
Movin’ in my heart I will pray
Every time I feel the spirit
Movin’ in my heart I will pray
Verse
The Jordan river is chilly and cold.
It chills the body but not the soul.
There aint but one train upon this track.
It runs to heaven and then right back.
Chorus
Every time I feel the Spirit
Movin’ in my heart I will pray
Every time I feel the spirit
Movin’ in my heart I will pray
Verse
Oh, I have sorrow and I have woe
I have heartaches here below
But while God leads me I’ll never fear
For I know that He is near
Chorus
Every time I feel the Spirit
Movin’ in my heart I will pray
Every time I feel the spirit
Movin’ in my heart I will pray
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EXCERPT FROM 101 WAYS GOD SPEAKS: GOD SPEAKS THROUGH
RECURRING SONGS
Have you ever noticed the song you sing in church will
sometimes go over and over in your mind? Listen to the
message. You may be delighted to discover He is speaking
His response to your worry or question of the moment.
After a time of personal and difficult death to self
will, the Lord brought a melody to mind I hummed for
days. Having forgotten the words, I finally found the
song and listened to the words: “He didn’t bring us this
far to leave us. He didn’t teach us to swim to let us
drown. He didn’t build a home in us to move away. He
didn’t lift us up to let us down.” (By Joni Erickson
Tada) In His wondrous way, He brought me needed
encouragement.
I love to hear the Lord through songs. Sometimes they go
over and over again in my mind, until I finally listen
to the Words and I realize they are the Lord speaking to
my exact need. Sometimes I have heard His still small
voice sing the song to me at night when I am just
waking. His Word is alive and well through song, and He
sings His Words to us all the time!
APPLICATION: The heavens belong to God, but the
earth He has given into our hands. God MOVES when we
pray. Pray about everything, watch God step in where
you give Him permission.
Yes we are going through death to self as we cross that
river Jordan, but He promises that as we humble
ourselves, He lifts us up and we will rise into new
life, new hope, new position, new faith, new
opportunities, just as Jesus rose from His death to
self. Jordan’s current may be going against our flesh,
but adversity is the womb of advancement. How? Every
time you feel the Spirit moving, PRAY.
QUICKENED QUOTES ON ADVERSITY
Billy
Graham
Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as
much as adversity has.
J. C.
Penney
I would never have amounted to anything were it not for
adversity. I was forced to come up the hard way.
Louisa
May Alcott
I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my
ship.
Helen
Keller
The one resolution, which was in my mind long before it
took the form of a resolution, is the key-note of my
life. It is this, always to regard as mere impertinences
of fate the handicaps which were placed upon my life
almost at the beginning. I resolved that they should not
crush or dwarf my soul, but rather be made to blossom,
like Aaron's rod, with flowers.
Zig
Ziglar
If there were no problems, most of us would be
unemployed.
Winston
Churchill
Never, never, never, never give up.
Your most
unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
Bill Gates
In the
middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
Albert
Einstein
“Do not be
overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” Rom
12:21 NKJV
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