All the world is God’s own field
Fruit unto His praise to yield
Wheat and tares together sown
Unto joy or sorrow grown
First the blade and then the ear
Then the full corn shall appear
Lord of harvest grant that we
Wholesome grain and pure may be

Come, Ye Thankful People Come 1844
By: Henry Alford (1810-1871)

Listen to this modern version of this seasonal hymn as you prepare to ponder the lyrics. Please make certain to enjoy the video below.

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Transcript may be found below, at the end of the blog.

As we continue our journey through this seasonal prepare yourself to come and praise. Prepare yourself but also be ready to issue to eh call to others to join you. What better time than this season of Thanksgiving? Let’s tune our hearts.

Harvest Field

This stanza creates a powerful illustration of spiritual life using the imagery of the harvest. The first part of that illustration is the world which represents the field where the harvest grows. That field encompasses not just part of the world, but all of it.

Everything we see has the potential to be fertile soil where God accomplishes His Divine purposes. At times it may seem as though  God’s purposes are no where to be seen, but truthfully every square inch of the globe has the capacity to be a part of God’s ever growing harvest.

All the world is God’s own field
Fruit unto His praise to yield

And the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land. And they shall know that I am the Lord…Ezekiel 34:27a ESV

Part of how God reveals His glory to us is through the bounty of the earth. That fruit should prompt praise from us as much as it is praise itself. That bounty is at the same time an illustration of God’s work in our spiritual lives as He grows us up for the praise of His grace.

What an amazing thought that God is producing fruit that will bring Him praise across the entire world! You are an example of that and so are millions of others all across the globe. The Lord of the Harvest is busy cultivating His praise in the lives of many. Thank Him for being one of them.

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and think about the world. It can be a very hard and at times hopeless place, but that is not the intent of our God. Ask the Spirit to help you see the potential all around you, then make this your simple prayer today “God, thank You for cultivating the fruit of praise in me.” 

Good and Bad

Having established the setting for our illustration the attention turns to our main characters. Every good story has a protagonist and an antagonist. This is a telling of the best story ever told so it has those key elements of course.

It is not uncommon for good and bad to co-exist, and this illustration is not exception. Actually that co-existence is a crucial element of the story itself and creates an incredible tension that will not be resolved the end. Good and evil, joy and sorrow building to an unmistakable climax at the end of the ages.

The world is the place where this wonderful drama takes place. God is growing a harvest for His glory. That harvest which He will eventually gather to Himself is the sons of the kingdom.

Wheat and tares together sown
Unto joy or sorrow grown

The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, Matthew 13:38 ESV

But we are not the only things growing in this good field. There are bad things growing as well, the sons of the evil one and their deeds. We are grown to inherit the joy of the Lord, they the sorrow of His judgment. In His wisdom God allows both simultaneously in His harvest field.

But not all that is growing is good. God allows weeds to grow among the fruit. Why He allows bad things to grow even among the good is something that is difficult for us to understand. Ask God for the wisdom to tell the difference and the grace to grow toward joy.

RESONATE!

Take a few moments and reflect on the players in this great drama. Realizing what is happening around provides us a context for understanding why there can be so much tension in life. Good and evil are co-existing in this age and being aware of that can help us deal with it much better. Pray a simple prayer like this one, “Spirit, give me wisdom and grace.” 

God, thank You for the illustration of the harvest. It teaches me lessons about spiritual life that help me to make sense of the tensions I feel at times. Help me to keep these truths ever before me. In Jesus’ name. Amen!

Illustrative Tuning!

Keep coming back, and we will work to help you remove the things that may hinder your longing for His return by cultivating an awareness of God’s presence. We will help you tune your heart to live out your worship by providing resources like this to help you acknowledge the greatness of God as you become more Resonant, 7 days a week.

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Video 34.2 Transcript

 Welcome to Tuesday Tunings at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let’s tune our hearts.

All the world is God’s own field
Fruit unto His praise to yield
Wheat and tares together sown
Unto joy or sorrow grown
First the blade and then the ear
Then the full corn shall appear
Lord of harvest grant that we
Wholesome grain and pure may be

What an amazing thought that God is producing fruit that will bring Him praise across the entire world! You are an example of that and so are millions of others all across the globe. The Lord of the Harvest is busy cultivating His praise in the lives of many. Thank Him for being one of them.

God, thank You for cultivating the fruit of praise in me.

But not all that is growing is good. God allows weeds to grow among the fruit. Why He allows bad things to grow even among the good is something that is difficult for us to understand. Ask God for the wisdom to tell the difference and the grace to grow toward joy.

Spirit, give me wisdom and grace.

Growth is a gradual process. It happens little by little. Though there are likely some weeds around you, how are you growing to yield the mature fruit God has in mind for you? Ask Him to show you the incremental steps you can take to become that fruit.

Jesus, show me how to grow.

Wholesome and pure grain. That is what the Lord of the Harvest has in mind for each of us to become. Free of spot or blemish. What imperfections in your life do you need the Lord of the Harvest to heal so you can become that grain? Ask for His help in surrendering those?

Lord, help me surrender my imperfections.

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has surfaced in your heart, or just listen to what He is saying to you, then we will sing once more.

Sing

Take the awareness of God’s presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond.  Until next time, Be Resonant.

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Come ye thankful people come
Raise the song of harvest-home
All is safely gathered in
Ere the winter storms begin
God our Maker doth provide
For our wants to be supplied
Come to God’s own temple come
Raise the song of harvest-home

Come, Ye Thankful People Come 1844
By: Henry Alford (1810-1871)

Listen to this modern version of this seasonal hymn as you prepare to ponder the lyrics. Please make certain to enjoy the video below.

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Please enjoy this video and the transcript below.

Transcript may be found below, at the end of the blog.

As we begin our journey through this seasonal prepare yourself to come and praise. Prepare yourself but also be ready to issue to eh call to others to join you. What better time than this season of Thanksgiving? Let’s tune our hearts.

Harvest Home

Redeeming pagan festivals for the glory of God is a common theme in Christendom. Several of the most important holidays in the Christian year are close in proximity on the calendar to such celebrations. Harvest Home is a good example of this, abiet a little lesser known.

Harvest Home was the ancient English harvest feast where they would celebrate the harvest. Participants celebrated the last day of harvest in late September by singing, shouting, and decorating the village with boughs.  It was a cause for rejoicing.

Of course, we celebrate the Creator God who makes the harvest possible by providing all the sustenance we need. We do so by committing to come and raise a song to honor Him.

Come ye thankful people come
Raise the song of harvest-home

Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! Psalm 100:4 ESV

To whom will you direct your thanks? I often find it sad when people realize they should be thankful but are simply not certain where or to whom to direct it. For us as the people of God that is easy. We direct our thanks to God Himself for all of His provision to us everyday, including today.

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and think about harvest time. We celebrate the Lord of the harvest and give Him thanks and praise for his provision through it. Ask the Spirit to help you do that, then make this your simple prayer today “Father, I raise my song to You.” 

Ingathering

Harvest time is an essential time in the cycle of all things. There is a time to plant and a time to reap. There is a time to labor and a time to rest.

Winter tends to be the time of year that is less active. We can not be outside as much and so our activities change. It is more of a time to rest, for our lives and for the land.

There are cycles and rhythms in our spiritual lives as well. Times when we plant and other times when we sow. Times when we are active and other times when we are dormant.

What season are you in?

All is safely gathered in
Ere the winter storms begin

You shall observe the Feast of Weeks, the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year’s end. Exodus 34:22 ESV

As long as there have been seasons there have been times of harvest marking some of them. Like the people of old we should be willing to observe special times of God’s provision for us. This verse marks the ingathering of the harvest, and we acknowledge the same in our lives.

Seasons change. With winter coming, it was essential for the harvest to be brought in so it would not be ruined. What harvest is waiting for you to bring it in so that it can be preserved? What is the winter coming for you that could ruin your harvest if you do not prepare?

RESONATE!

Take a few moments and reflect on the ingathering. We must bring in the harvest God has provided for us, not leaving it out in the field to spoil. Pray a simple prayer like this one, “Jesus, help me gather in my harvest.” 

God, thank You for the season and the way they mark the cycles of life. Help me to identify what I need to be gathering in during my harvest cycles.  In Jesus’ name. Amen!

Harvest Tuning!

Keep coming back, and we will work to help you remove the things that may hinder your longing for His return by cultivating an awareness of God’s presence. We will help you tune your heart to live out your worship by providing resources like this to help you acknowledge the greatness of God as you become more Resonant, 7 days a week.

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Video 34.1 Transcript

Welcome to Tuesday Tunings at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let’s tune our hearts.

Come ye thankful people come
Raise the song of harvest-home
All is safely gathered in
Ere the winter storms begin
God our Maker doth provide
For our wants to be supplied
Come to God’s own temple come
Raise the song of harvest-home

Harvest Home was the ancient English harvest feast where they would celebrate the harvest. Of course, we celebrate the Creator God who makes the harvest possible by providing all the sustenance we need. We do so by committing to come and raise a song to honor Him.

Father, I raise my song to You.

Seasons change. With winter coming, it was essential for the harvest to be brought in so it would not be ruined. What harvest is waiting for you to bring it in so that it can be preserved? What is the winter coming for you that could ruin your harvest if you do not prepare?

Jesus, help me gather in my harvest.

God provides everything we need, but He does expect that we will do our part to bring the harvest in. There is some labor involved but even that is dependent on God’s provision for the energy and stamina to do it. He is our Maker and the Provider of everything we need. 

God, thank You for the energy to harvest.

We should come to God to offer Him the praise that is due His matchless name for the way He provides. We are the temple of God and can offer Him the song He deserves only as the Spirit enables us to do so. Ask the Spirit to help you come and offer your song of praise.

Spirit, help me raise my song of praise.

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has surfaced in your heart, or just listen to what He is saying to you, then we will sing once more.

Sing

Take the awareness of God’s presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond.  Until next time, Be Resonant.

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Just as I am poor wretched blind
Sight riches healing of the mind
Yea all I need in Thee to find
O Lamb of God I come I come

Just As I Am 1835
By: Charlotte Eliott (1789-1871)

Listen to this simple version of this popular hymn as you prepare to ponder the lyrics. Please make certain to enjoy the video below.

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Please enjoy this video and the transcript below.

Transcript may be found below, at the end of the blog.

As we conclude our journey through this beloved hymn come one las time with fresh ears. Sometimes a song can be so familiar some of the meaning can get lost. Try to reclaim a bit of this one as we look deeply at these words. Let’s tune our hearts.

Self-Assessment

When was the last time you did any kind of self-assessment? These can be uncomfortable but the person who wants to grow must be willing to occasionally take a close look at the person they are. This includes what they used to be, and what they are becoming.

While this can be difficult for the average person, for the Christ-follower it should be a little easier because following Jesus begins with a humble admission that we need a Savior. Having acknowledged our past, and confessing our hope of a bright future in His glory, creates a much better scenario for us to honestly consider where we are today.

But that does not mean it is easy.

Just as I am poor wretched blind

For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. Revelation 3:17 ESV

It is hard for us to admit our humble condition. But that humility is the beginning of an incredible journey with Jesus. The Scripture here paints a very poignant picture of the condition of our souls apart from Jesus. Will you admit those things to Him today? 

That is a humbling admission to make. On my own, by my own merits, I am poor, wretched and blind. Without resources, sight or hope. That is our condition apart from Jesus and it is essential we remember that so we are not tempted to become spiritually complacent.

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and acknowledge the reality of Your hopeless estate apart from Christ. Own it as your spiritual condition without Him. Ask the Spirit to help you do that, then make this your simple prayer today “Jesus, help me stay humble before You.” 

God Endowment

We could never have merited the things that God brings into our lives. It is true of the simplest as well as the most profound. The most basic and the extravagant.

Some might consider sight for instance to be a very fundamental thing, while others view it a much more lofty treasure. Whether speaking of physical or spiritual sight, God is the only one who can give it, or restore it.

The same could be said of healing of the mind. Certainly others can aid a process which restores health to a troubled, beleaguered mind, but God is the only one who can bring the healing.

But do we play any part in the restoration of sight, mental health, or even riches for that matter? Yes. We must play an active part in the restorative process, welcoming it and nurturing it. But it is a small part compared to what God does.

Sight riches healing of the mind

I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see. Revelation 3:18 ESV

If we will humble ourselves, admit our helpless state, and receive His counsel of love He will transform our condition from awful to wonderful. None of that is based on any merit of our own but is simply the grace of God. He gives us what we do not deserve. Everything we need.

Sight, and more importantly to see myself clearly. Resources for all my needs, and the needs of others. A healthy mind, clearly discerning things. I can not acquire or maintain these on my own. They are all gifts from God, and I must be willing to receive them. Are you willing?

RESONATE!

Take a few moments and reflect on the luxurious endowments of God. Things you could have never earned on your own He graciously gives to you. Pray a simple prayer like this one, “Lord, help me to humbly accept Your gifts.” 

God, thank You for the many things you endow my life with every day. Help me accept them and then live in grateful adoration of Your unmerited kindness to me. In Jesus’ name. Amen!

Honest, Humble Tuning!

Keep coming back, and we will work to help you remove the things that may hinder your longing for His return by cultivating an awareness of God’s presence. We will help you tune your heart to live out your worship by providing resources like this to help you acknowledge the greatness of God as you become more Resonant, 7 days a week.

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Video 33.6 Transcript

Welcome to Tuesday Tunings at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let’s tune our hearts.

Just as I am poor wretched blind
Sight riches healing of the mind
Yea all I need in Thee to find
O Lamb of God I come I come

That is a humbling admission to make. On my own, by my own merits, I am poor, wretched and blind. Without resources, sight or hope. That is our condition apart from Jesus and it is essential we remember that so we are not tempted to become spiritually complacent.

Jesus, help me stay humble before You.

Sight, and more importantly to see myself clearly. Resources for all my needs, and the needs of others. A healthy mind, clearly discerning things. I can not acquire or maintain these on my own. They are all gifts from God, and I must be willing to receive them. Are you willing?

Lord, help me to humbly accept Your gifts.

They are gifts from God, not wages I have earned. He possesses everything I need and willingly gives it to me when I position myself humbly before Him. Are you sometimes tempted to think you have earned His gifts? That is dangerous thinking. Ask Him to search your mind.

Spirit, search my mind for pride.

Jesus takes the initiative by coming to the door of your heart and knocking. Have you seen that depiction of the door with no doorknob. He will not burst in, you must welcome Him. He is knocking again today. Will you come open yourself to the love of Your Savior just as you are?

Jesus, I open myself to Your love again today.

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has surfaced in your heart, or just listen to what He is saying to you, then we will sing once more.

Sing

Take the awareness of God’s presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond.  Until next time, Be Resonant.

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Just as I am though tossed about
With many a conflict many a doubt
Fightings and fears within without
O Lamb of God I come I come

Just As I Am 1835
By: Charlotte Eliott (1789-1871)

Listen to this simple version of this popular hymn as you prepare to ponder the lyrics. Please make certain to enjoy the video below.

Below is video content always available as part of an extensive archive of resources. We have lots of tools and options designed to help you be Resonant!  Check them out today and please consider becoming a Subscriber to support our mission of providing these tools to everyone with access to the internet!!

Please enjoy this video and the transcript below.

Transcript may be found below, at the end of the blog.

As we continue our journey through this beloved hymn come with fresh ears. Sometimes a song can be so familiar some of the meaning can get lost. Try to reclaim a bit of this one as we look deeply at these words. Let’s tune our hearts.

What’s Causing Your Waves?

We all face them. Even people of faith. Things come which make waves, disrupting our peaceful journey.

What circumstances in your life are causing your waves? Maybe you do not even realize them. Maybe you are surprised you have lasted this long without capsizing, so great is the tossing. Acknowledging they are there is the beginning of getting mastery over them. Are you ready to do that?

Just as I am though tossed about

But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. James 1:6 ESV

Sometimes we are more affected by things outside of ourselves than inside. Like the waves of the seas that are tossed about so our souls are flung around by the circumstances of our lives. Even still God welcomes us to come just like that to Him and find peace.

Life can be very hard. Things come at us sometimes like the waves in a storm, one after another, relentlessly. We are tossed about like a small boat, helpless to overcome them. Still, God allows us to ride on the tops of those waves if we look to Him. Ask Him to help you.

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and acknowledge the waves in your life. Then consider their source. Can you identify what is causing them. Ask the Spirit to help you do that, then make this your simple prayer today “God, help me ride the tops of the waves.” 

Conflicts and Doubts

As sure as the seasons change, we each battle the two-headed monster of conflict and doubt. Sometimes one causes the other or vice versa. Either way, they are unavoidable.

It is simply not a question of whether you will have conflict or doubt, but when. They make focusing on God difficult as they threaten to pull our minds away from Him. They seem like things we would tend to want to avoid, but they can have a very refining effect on us.

With many a conflict many a doubt

For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. James 1:7-8 ESV

Sometimes we are more affected by things inside of ourselves than outside. Our hearts and our minds struggle to find rest as we waver back and forth from trusting God and His word or not. That causes us to be unstable as it robs us of the stability we could know in Christ.

It is often conflict and doubt that create those waves, the result not of physical storms but mental, emotional and relational ones. What conflicts are you battling? What doubt are you facing? We all have them. The best of us simply learn Who to come to when we do.

RESONATE!

Take a few moments and reflect on the conflicts and doubts in your life. What effect are they having on you?  Are they tempting you to run from God, or to Him? Pray a simple prayer like this one, “Lord, help me bring conflicts and doubts to You.” 

God, thank You for the waves in my life. They encourage me to cling to You when I see them as passing through Your sovereign hands. Help me to always see them this way. In Jesus’ name. Amen!

Single-Minded Tuning!

Keep coming back, and we will work to help you remove the things that may hinder your longing for His return by cultivating an awareness of God’s presence. We will help you tune your heart to live out your worship by providing resources like this to help you acknowledge the greatness of God as you become more Resonant, 7 days a week.

Like what you’re finding here?  Fill out the form to the right to get an email with each fresh post and updates of new tools to help you be Resonant.

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Video 33.5 Transcript

Welcome to Tuesday Tunings at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let’s tune our hearts.

Just as I am though tossed about
With many a conflict many a doubt
Fightings and fears within without
O Lamb of God I come I come

Life can be very hard. Things come at us sometimes like the waves in a storm, one after another, relentlessly. We are tossed about like a small boat, helpless to overcome them. Still, God allows us to ride on the tops of those waves if we look to Him. Ask Him to help you.

God, help me ride the tops of the waves.

It is often conflict and doubt that create those waves, the result not of physical storms but mental, emotional and relational ones. What conflicts are you battling? What doubt are you facing? We all have them. The best of us simply learn who to come to when we do.

Lord, help me bring conflicts and doubts to You.

Sometimes the struggles are spiritual which can be very difficult to discern and even more challenging to master. Are you familiar with those fightings and fears that seem to return with regularity? Ask the Holy Spirit to help you identify them rightly and then bring them to God. 

Spirit, help me discern my fightings and fears.

Whether conflict, doubt, fighting or fears, we must learn to allow them only to drive us to God and never keep us from coming. He only allows them for that purpose yet we often fail to acknowledge this, embrace them and bring them to Jesus. Ask for His help to do that today.

Jesus, help me bring the things that may have kept me from You.

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has surfaced in your heart, or just listen to what He is saying to you, then we will sing once more.

Sing

Take the awareness of God’s presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond.  Until next time, Be Resonant.

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Just as I am Thy Love unknown
Hath broken ev’ry barrier down
Now to be Thine yes Thine alone
O Lamb of God I come I come

Just As I Am 1835
By: Charlotte Eliott (1789-1871)

Listen to this simple version of this popular hymn as you prepare to ponder the lyrics. Please make certain to enjoy the video below.

Below is video content always available as part of an extensive archive of resources. We have lots of tools and options designed to help you be Resonant!  Check them out today and please consider becoming a Subscriber to support our mission of providing these tools to everyone with access to the internet!!

Please enjoy this video and the transcript below.

Transcript may be found below, at the end of the blog.

As we continue our journey through this beloved hymn come with fresh ears. Sometimes a song can be so familiar some of the meaning can get lost. Try to reclaim a bit of this one as we look deeply at these words. Let’s tune our hearts.

Something in the Way

There was a time in each of our lives when we did not know the love of God. It was is if there was a fence there. We may have been able to see God’s love but we did not know it. We had no personal understanding or experience of it because something stood in the way.

What was that something? Our sin, or our trespasses. We were marked by the wrong things we had done and had no way of coming to understand God’s love for us. That is, until He made a way.

Just as I am Thy Love unknown

…God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—Ephesians 2:4-5 ESV

When we were dead in our sins we did not know his love. In his great mercy He made us alive by making His love known to us. We do not resurrect ourselves anymore than we discover his love. All these things demonstrations of his unmerited grace to each of us.

Can you recall what it was like to not know God‘s love for you? If you have known God’s love for some time it can be difficult to remember what it felt like when you did not. Take a few moments right now and ask the Holy Spirit to remind you what it was like to not know His love.

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and try to recall what it was felt like before you knew God’s love for you. Maybe you were miserable. Maybe you were just ignorant. Either way, there was no lasting peace in your life. Make this your simple prayer today “Spirit, remind me what it was like to not know Your love.” 

Removing Barriers

But God tore through that fence created by our sin. Actually, he tore it down entirely. He made us one through His broken body.

But the barrier between us and Him is not the only barrier He has broken down. In tearing down that wall, He has made a way for every wall to be torn down. Walls between us and others. Walls within in our own hearts.

Hath broken ev’ry barrier down

For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility…Ephesians 2:14ESV

His love ushers in His peace. Peace we were missing both with God and with one another. His love breaks down every barrier first between us and God and then between us and everyone else. We must learn to walk in His love so we can live in His peace.

Even before I knew His love, it had already broken every barrier down. What a picture of grace that God would do all that work not only before I would even know of it but also because I could never have come to know it without His help.Thank Him for doing it.

RESONATE!

Take a few moments and reflect on the barriers God has removed. Maybe there are some you feel are still there, but God has already effectively torn down. Pray a simple prayer like this one, “Lord, thank You for breaking every barrier down.” 

God, thank You for tearing down eery dividing wall: between me and you and between me and others. Help me to live like they are down, and not to erect new ones. In Jesus’ name. Amen!

Barrier-Free Tuning!

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Video 33.4 Transcript

Welcome to Tuesday Tunings at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let’s tune our hearts.

Just as I am Thy Love unknown
Hath broken ev’ry barrier down
Now to be Thine yes Thine alone
O Lamb of God I come I come

Can you recall what it was like to not know God‘s love for you? If you have known God’s love for some time it can be difficult to remember what it felt like when you did not. Take a few moments right now and ask the Holy Spirit to remind you what it was like to not know His love. 

Spirit, remind me what it was like to not know Your love.

Even before I knew His love, it had already broken every barrier down. What a picture of grace that God would do all that work not only before I would even know of it but also because I could never have come to know it without his help.Thank Him for doing it. 

Lord, thank You for breaking every barrier down.

My response to all that love? Giving myself to Him entirely, and Him alone. Easier said than done though. There are so many other things that come along that I want to give myself to, but I must remember that I have given myself to Him and must continue to do so. 

God, help me give myself to you and you alone every day.

When I come to Him I am reminded that I need to continue to give myself to him as one part of my continual response to the work of His love breaking down every barrier, most notably the one between me and him. Come to Jesus again today and respond to His love.

Jesus, I come in response to Your great love made known to me.

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has surfaced in your heart, or just listen to what He is saying to you, then we will sing once more.

Sing

Take the awareness of God’s presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond.  Until next time, Be Resonant.

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