praise the Lord in good & bad times

Blessed Be Your Name
by Matt Redman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkkjC13PHs8

Blessed Be Your Name
In the land that is plentiful
Where Your streams of abundance flow
Blessed be Your name

Blessed Be Your name
When I'm found in the desert place
Though I walk through the wilderness
Blessed Be Your name

Every blessing You pour out
I'll turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in, Lord
Still I will say

Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name

Blessed be Your name
When the sun's shining down on me
When the world's 'all as it should be'
Blessed be Your name

Blessed be Your name
On the road marked with suffering
Though there's pain in the offering
Blessed be Your name

Every blessing You pour out
I'll turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in, Lord
Still I will say

Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name

Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name

You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say
Lord, blessed be Your name

"Naked I came from my mother's womb,
and naked I will depart.
The Lord gave & the Lord has taken away;
may the name of the Lord be praised." (Job 1:20)

hope in the midst of suffering

source : Daily Wisdom
poem contributed by : John Knighton
date : 15 Apr 2009

Jesus is alive!

I can’t tell you how to act
I can’t tell you how to be,
All I can tell you, is what
God has done for me.

I can’t tell you how to feel,
I can’t tell you how to talk,
All I can tell you, is how
God has changed my walk.

I can’t tell you how to think,
I can’t tell you how to pray,
All I can tell you, is that
God is there every single day.

I can’t tell you there’s no hurt,
I can’t tell you there’s no pain,
All I can tell you, is that
God remembers and knows your name.

Through all the hardships we endure,
Through all the joy and sorrow we survive,
All I can tell you, is this,
that Jesus is Alive !