Awakening Friends by DianaDee Osborne

AWAKENING  FRIENDS 
ALBUM:      Amazing Power 'n' Prayers
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Song Story:  
These lyrics were written in six... 6... minutes, as an actual prayer closet prayer.  Remember:  I mention that not to brag on 'me' but as an EXCITING  example of Jesus's words in Matthew 6:6, of the ADVENTURE and joy of spending time with our God.     
    The original inspiration for the song concept was a Calvin & Hobbes cartoon strip I had read the day before.  Hobbes awakens Calvin early in the morning.  At first Calvin is grumpy until he realizes Hobbes is excitedly speaking of all that they can do together now that Calvin is getting up.  Calvin jumps up with excitement, and he comments,  “It's hard to be mad  at someone who misses you while you're asleep.”    Dedicated to our Friend, our Trinity God, 16 June 2011.
    May our Lord Jesus find JOY in our Awakening each morning! 
Dedicated to our Friend, our Trinity God, 16 June 2011.

LYRICS
VERSE  1
JESUS, I yearn to be such a good friend to
     You        that    when    You watch me sleep,
            You look forward to  when I'll awaken   and
look forward to when I first speak to you,
        Jesus,  for You're my dear Friend.
        Jesus,  HELP me be Your friend.
SPOKEN:   Jesus said, “Greater love has NO one than this, than to
      lay down one's life for His friends.”   John 15, verse 13

VERSE  2
Awaken my love for You more and more
so I won't cause You more hurt, my dear Friend.
I look forward to when I'll  awaken and
once again praise and worship Your name.
        Jesus,  for You're my dear Friend.  
        Jesus,  HELP me be Your friend.     
SPOKEN:   Jesus said, “You ARE My friends, if you do whatever
      I command you.”  John 15, verse 14.

VERSE  3
Help me to NOT love You   JUST  for Your blessings,
though they all amaze me, as does Your Love!
Help me be YOUR friend, that when I awake,
my first thought is of You,
eager to be with You, Jesus....
        Jesus,  for You're my dear Friend.  
        Jesus,  HELP me be Your friend.          
SPOKEN:  Jesus said, “No longer do I call you servants, for a servant
     does not know what his master is doing;   but I have called you
     FRIENDS, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made
     known to you.”  ---Jesus in John 15, verse 15.  [all in New King James Version]

Idea source:  Bill Watterson,  IT'S A MAGICAL WORLD, Andrews and McNeel, ©1996, pg 37

God's SUPPORTING WORDS:

James 2: 23   "And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." And he was called the friend of God."
James 4:4    "Whoever wants to be a friend of the World makes himself an enemy of God" 
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