|
|
Post by foxy on Jul 31, 2014 18:54:33 GMT
|
|
|
|
Post by Les Brewer on Jul 31, 2014 21:52:55 GMT
Thanks foxy for sharing this and also, a very warm welcome to you here on 'Friends of Jesus'........
|
|
|
|
Post by foxy on Aug 2, 2014 1:13:41 GMT
Many of the choir members in this video were part of my Junior class at Bible college. The lead singer, Ricky Birkett, was from the Freshman class. Ricky had a powerful anointing on him and he often came with my group (the nursing home ministry team) to speak and minister in song at the Sunday services we held for the residents in the day room of the nursing home. I remember many times feeling the awesome presence of the Holy Spirit filling the room and I would sob tears of pure joy when Ricky and the choir ministered during our daily chapel time and at Zion Gospel Temple. These kids weren't playing church - they were warriors in training. Sadly, I have learned that brother Ricky had a very rare form of Cancer and went home to be with the Lord a few years ago. I don't pretend to know the mind of God, I would have loved for him to stay. It seemed there was so much for him to do yet and he had a wife and young ones depending upon him. We cannot, however, second guess the Master of the Universe, we can only trust He has a plan, may "His will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven." I'll see my brother again one day, hear his gentle voice and see his sweet smile. Not the best recording, but even so, I can still feel the hair standing up on my arms and the tears welling up in my eyes when I listen to the words of The Midnight Cry...
|
|
|
|
Post by Les Brewer on Aug 2, 2014 14:58:44 GMT
Many of the choir members in this video were part of my Junior class at Bible college. The lead singer, Ricky Birkett, was from the Freshman class. Ricky had a powerful anointing on him and he often came with my group (the nursing home ministry team) to speak and minister in song at the Sunday services we held for the residents in the day room of the nursing home. This video was, I believe, a choir rehearsal recorded in the school auditorium. I remember many times feeling the awesome presence of the Holy Spirit filling the room and I would sob tears of pure joy when Ricky and the choir ministered during our daily chapel time and at Zion Gospel Temple. These kids weren't playing church - they were warriors in training. Sadly, I have learned that brother Ricky had a very rare form of Cancer and went home to be with the Lord a few years ago. I don't pretend to know the mind of God, I would have loved for him to stay. It seemed there was so much for him to do yet and he had a wife and young ones depending upon him. We cannot, however, second guess the Master of the Universe, we can only trust He has a plan, may "His will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven." I'll see my brother again one day, hear his gentle voice and see his sweet smile. Not the best recording, but even so, I can still feel the hair standing up on my arms and the tears welling up in my eyes when I listen to the words of The Midnight Cry...
Amen! That's really lovely! |
|
|
|
Post by foxy on Aug 4, 2014 6:46:47 GMT
Jubilee - Michael Card
The word provided for a time for the slaves to be set free
For the debts to all be cancelled so His chosen one could see
His deep desire was for forgiveness
He longed to see their liberty
And His yearning was embodied in the year of Jubilee
(Chorus)
Jubilee, Jubilee
Jesus is that Jubilee
Debts forgiven, slaves set free
Jesus is our Jubilee
At the Lord’s appointed time His deep desire to give a man
The heart of all true jubilation and with joy we understand
In His voice we hear a trumpet sound that tells us we are free
He is the incarnation of the year of Jubilee
(Chorus)
Jubilee, Jubilee
Jesus is that Jubilee
Debts forgiven, slaves set free
Jesus is our Jubilee
To be so completely guilty, given over to despair
To look into your Judge’s face and see a Savior there.
(Chorus)
Jubilee, Jubilee
Jesus is that Jubilee
Debts forgiven, slaves set free
Jesus is our Jubilee
---
Lyrics submitted by Judith.
---
Lyrics powered by LyricFind
written by Card, Michael / Scruggs, Randy
Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing
*****
BE YE GLAD
Words and Music by M.K.Blanchard
© Gotz Music/Benson
(860) 673-1032
In these days of confused situations.
In these nights of a restless remorse,
When the heart and the soul of the nation,
lay wounded and cold as a corpse.
From the grave of the innocent Adam,
comes a song bringing joy to the sad.
Oh your cry has been heard and the ransom,
has been paid up in full, Be Ye Glad.
(Chorus)
Oh, Be Ye Glad, Be Ye Glad,
Every debt that you ever had
Has been paid up in full by the grace of the Lord,
Be Ye Glad, Be Ye Glad, Be Ye Glad.
From the dungeon a rumor is stirring.
You have heard it again and again.
But this time the cell keys are turning,
and outside there are faces of friends.
And though your body lay weary from wasting,
and your eyes show the sorrow they've had.
Oh the love that your heart is now tasting
has opened the gate, Be Ye Glad.
(Chorus)
So be like lights on the rim of the water,
giving hope in a storm sea of night.
Be a refuge amidst the slaughter,
for these fugitives in their flight.
For you are timeless and part of a puzzle.
You are winsome and young as a lad.
And there is no disease or no struggle,
that can pull you from God, Be Ye Glad.
(Chorus)
Be Ye Glad - Glad
|
|
|
|
Post by Les Brewer on Aug 4, 2014 11:40:40 GMT
Praise God!
|
|
|
|
Post by foxy on Sept 6, 2015 17:50:52 GMT
This anointed song has been sung in so many different tongues, by so many different Christian denominations all over the world, I thought it would be a wonderful thing to have a thread dedicated to just this one hymn. Feel free to add whatever version you come across that lifts your spirit and speaks to your soul.
|
|
|
|
Post by foxy on Sept 6, 2015 18:43:14 GMT
Amazing Grace sung in the Dakota Sioux language
|
|
|
|
Post by foxy on Sept 26, 2015 17:56:10 GMT
Little girl sings Amazing Grace after losing her Mom to Cancer. Her Mother used to sing to her all the time so she said she feels close to her Mom when she sings. The line "when we've been there ten thousand years, bright shining as the sun, we've no less days to sing God's praise than when we'd first begun" really hits home and makes you understand how a believer, such as this precious little child, can sing this hymn with joy in the midst of sorrow...
|
|
|
|
Post by Les Brewer on Sept 26, 2015 18:30:39 GMT
Little girl sings Amazing Grace after losing her Mom to Cancer. Her Mother used to sing to her all the time so she said she feels close to her Mom when she sings. The line "when we've been there ten thousand years, bright shining as the sun, we've no less days to sing God's praise than when we'd first begun" really hits home and makes you understand how a believer, such as this precious little child, can sing this hymn with joy in the midst of sorrow...
|
|
|
|
Post by foxy on Mar 13, 2018 1:45:19 GMT
This was my maternal Grandmother's favorite hymn played on the hammered dulcimer...
|
|
|
|
Post by foxy on May 10, 2018 0:56:49 GMT
This is beautiful...
|
|
|
|
Post by foxy on May 31, 2018 3:53:20 GMT
This really puts things into perspective...
|
|
|
|
Post by southrnbygrace on Jun 4, 2018 2:10:05 GMT
My husband is a huge fan of Phil's. Thanks for sharing this!
|
|
|
|
Post by foxy on Jun 4, 2018 3:52:43 GMT
Glad you both enjoyed it. I've been a Phil Keaggy fan from way back.
|
|
