Psalm 39 Tongue Holding, by DianaDee Osborne

PSALM  39  TONGUE  HOLDING
ALBUM:      Amazing  Psalms 'n' Promises   
Song location:   http://DianaDeeOsborneSongs.com/NEW-Songs.php
Song Story:  THE  MUSIC:   
           One of my 2010 songs was just too slow.  Funeral dirge slow.
           I knew from several years earlier that voices are recorded on WAV files that did not immediately change tempo like instrument MIDI tracks do.  Back then I had to re-sing some songs for a faster tempo.  So I just resigned myself to having to re-sing the song at a much faster tempo.

         So I took my original home studio project for “Grounded for Life,”  added background textures and more bass and violin,  and upped the tempo by about 30 beats per minute.  (That is a MAJOR speed increase!)   I had recorded “Grounded” at Studio 2, so I took my new tracks there, ready to sing.  There I learned something:

         In the past 3 years, the professional recording programs had significantly improved.  I told Claxton the new tempo, he pushed one button,  and absolutely every track immediately was great. 
         BUT -- HAVING DONE  “ALL THIS WORK -- a full day..... I grabbed my Bible, prayed for wisdom, flipped into Psalms,  and this Psalm was the first one I  looked at.   And it easily fits the music.    I deleted  the melody note line for “Grounded”, added a new melody, changed piano to a harpsichord sound, changed some texture and bass notes....  and God showed once again His great answers to prayer!
Another new song within a day.... from The LORD who guided David's prayer words for US in Psalms.
Dedicated to LORD God, 30 September 2012

LYRICS

Part 1
1
I said I shall guard all my ways lest I sin with my tongue.
I shall restrain my mouth as if my mouth were muzzled, LORD.  When
    wicked people are before me,  I SHALL HOLD MY TONGUE.
        Psalm 39,  Verse 1.
2
I held my peace even from good, and sorrow stirred in me.  My
heart was hot, and fire burned while I thought in my mind.  And
     then I prayed aloud to God,  REMIND ME HOW BRIEF  Life is.
        Psalm 39,  Verses 2 and 3.
Part 2
3
LORD, make me know my end, know my frail life shall end.
My age is nothing to you.   You are God, We are vapor.
Humans walk as a shadow.  We do useless things for wealth,
    busy ourselves doing things that don't matter to You, our LORD God.
        Psalm 39,  verses  4  through  six.
4
But I shall Wait on God.  All hope is in You, LORD.
Deliver me from sins.  I truly repent of them.
Do not let others mock me for waiting on You silently.
    Remove punishment I deserve,  
         but I hold my tongue, don't complain at God.
        Psalm 39,  verses  7  through  12.

God's SUPPORTING WORDS:

“LORD, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered—  how fleeting my life is.  ...And so, Lord, where do I put my hope?
My only hope is in you.”   --Psalm 39: 4 and 7  New KJV
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Kneel Down O Church of God, by DianaDee Osborne

KNEEL  DOWN  O  CHURCH  OF  GOD
ALBUM:      Amazing Holy Spirit 'n' Church

Song location:   http://DianaDeeOsborneSongs.com/Songs-2008-2012.php

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Song Story:  
        Inspired by a line in Matthew Hagee’s September 26th sermon on Second Chronicles 7, not just the oft-quoted verse 14-- (God speaking:) "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land... "
but also verses around it.  In context,
    verses 12-13 show God is speaking regarding Church: 

"Then the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him: "I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.  When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people"  

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THEN comes God's firm promise above, verse 14.

 "If my people, which are called by my name,
shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land... "

God's people = God's church.  Christ-ians also.

And then verse 15's and 16's promise from God to HIS CHURCH:
"Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer [made] in this place.
For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, 
that My name may be there forever; and 
My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually." 
    Matthew Hagee observed, “THE OUTCOME IS UP TO US.”  
    John 5:8 -- The man had to listen to Jesus and then ACT,
            to rise up,   to take his bed, and walk. 
          We  God's church  must  ACT !   --  but  
in  GOD's Ephesians 3:20-21 power -- not ours.   

Dedicated to our God,  26 September 2011

LYRICS

1
Rise UP O Church of God!  Have done with lesser things.
Unite in heart and mind and strength to serve our King of Kings!
2
Rise UP O Church of God!  Stop focusing on lesser things.
Unite in love, God's WORD and Truth to  worship our King of Kings!

CHORUS
RISING UP in the Name of Christ,
Rising as God's Church, leading the charge of
help for the helpless and preaching God's hope of
salvation through all God's hurting World....
DOES NOT HAPPEN     when the Church
    rises up in its own  power.  Rises up in its people's  skills.
Rises up in weak,     human strength......
                                                [REST - interlude]
 
3
Lift HIGH the Cross of Christ!  The World is watching you.
Reflect Jesus Christ in all you say and pray that God helps you to.    
4
Kneel DOWN O Church of God!  Pray Ephesians 6 fervently.
Unite in your prayers for God's protection   from
temptations to act without Him!                  >> CHORUS (above) 
5           
Kneel DOWN O Church of God!  Pray Ephesians 3 fervently.
Unite in your prayers for God's anointing
for  Church to RISE in God's Power!
CHORUS
RISING UP in the Name of Christ,
Rising as God's Church, leading the charge of
help for the helpless and preaching God's hope of
salvation through all God's hurting World....
DOES NOT HAPPEN     when the Church
    rises up in its own  power.
         Rises up in its   people's  skills.
   Rises up in weak,     human strength......

READING:   Acts 20:28-31a  NKJV 
"Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to 
shepherd the church of God which He purchased 
with His own blood. For I know this, that after my departure 

savage wolves will come in among you, 

not sparing the flock.  Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things.  Therefore watch.”

TAG
    Kneel Down O Church of God!
        ...........    Kneel Down O Church of God!
                ............    (Kneel Down O Church of God!)

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With thanks to BlueLetterBible.org  for providing God's Word in easy-to-research format.

Amazing Grace Open My Eyes, by DianaDee Osborne

AMAZING  GRACE,  OPEN  MY  EYES
ALBUM:      Amazing Grace 'n' Tears

Song location:   http://DianaDeeOsborneSongs.com/Songs-2008-2012.php

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Song Story:  THE  MUSIC:

AMAZING GRACE, OPEN MY EYES.  When I first called the Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI) office in the summer of 2008 to get information on how to share songs with other worship leaders, I commented to the very helpful representative, Giselle,  that I had a Blues arrangement of Amazing Grace, and another song based on the original words by John Newton (Amazing Grace ‘n’ Tears). 

    Giselle  laughed and replied, “There can never be too many songs about God’s amazing grace.”   Several months later as I was completing the songlist for the album AMAZING GRACE ''N TEARS,  I decided to pray to God that I really like patterns, that He apparently does too based on how often for example there are trilogies in His word, and thus I’d love to be gifted with the idea for a third Amazing Grace song. The very next morning, in a motel room in NC, I quickly grabbed my journal and travel guitar and wrote out the first two verses and the melody of this song.

    AT THIS POINT, I HAD NO IDEA WHATSOEVER that  GOD would gift  me with this website music ministry......
I had NO recording studio.  

I had NO webmaster. 

I lived 45 minutes from the closest city.  

I had NO expectation that God would ever use such an average woman in His Kingdom's work...... 

        and yet I excitedly knew He COULD   if that were His choice.   

During the previous 2 years, I had fervently prayed 25 music-related prayers   written in June 2006 including prayers to write music for our Great Lord -- 

and God had guided me to “accidentally” find a church right as it began teaching a 6-week series on the Prayer of  Jabez (1 Chronicles 4:9-10) and learn that this was NOT a “prosperity” teaching, so I'd been praying that prayer since August 2007....two months after God's Holy Spirit gave me my very first original song verse,  

VERSE 3 of   “I Choose Your Choice" -- I prayed to preach to hundreds but the class I teach has few.
                  Rejection slips prove no one wants to read my words of You.
I prayed to write great worship songs, but no one ever hears....
                  I choose to be available, and I choose to do "whatever."
I choose to do “whenever”, Lord. and I choose to do “never”
                  if You want. I choose Your “want.”

And I told God that I meant it --  that I also had NO demand on Him whatsoever to answer  my years of prayers to write songs with a “yes” because my top prayer truly was that   I   yearned for whatever would most give HIM joy.  That's still my prayer.  

        I wrote verses 3 and 4 the next day. And it was at the "accidental church" that God led me to "accidentally" mention to the bass player that I had songs from God to record but no idea where to go.... and Claxton Wilson answered "I have a studio."

       No one would ever be able to convince me that these songs are just words from my subconsciousness, or the way I was able to begin recording was "luck." 

       P.S.: God later gave me the words to UNCHANGING GRACE! I bow in amazed gratitude to our Lord God for allowing me to participate in His creative ministry of music.

Dedicated to our Lord, 8 November 2008

LYRICS

VERSE 1 Amazing Grace, How sweet the sound.
God, I'm so sorry that these words don't astound.
You saved a wretch-- You chose to save me.
        God, I've been so sin-filled—-   
        what worth could You see?
        I once was blind---               
        Even now I don't see
                the pain and the tears that You suffered for me--
Unless You open my eyes....   
    Dear Lord: please open my eyes.      
VERSE  2       
You, Lord, have promised good to me.
But often I won't believe ‘til I can "see."
"Lord, I believe, help Thou my unbelief"—
        Mark 9:  24 shows You answer this plea.
        "The Bible is true" in each church I have heard.
Thank You for still loving those who doubt Your Word,
Until You open our  eyes.....        
       Dear Lord: please open our eyes....  
 
VERSE  3
Through many dangers, toils and snares, You’ve
proven Your promise that You're always there.
You've walked me thru fires and many a storm.
        If I would just let You, You will bring me home.
        You've promised good to me thru wind and flood.
        Like blind men that You healed*,
        I sometimes need mud
Before You can open my eyes.
            Lord, I'll   LET  You open my eyes
            with anything You choose  to  use...... < John 9:6 >
 
VERSE 4
When we've lived with You ten million years,
We've only begun---but will we shed great tears
at missing our loved ones that we never told
         about Your great love, claiming  "I'm just not bold" ----
though You promised wise strength and help You'd give me—
Like James 1:5, Zechariah 4:6,   Proverbs 3.

TAG
Amazing God, open our eyes.        
Amazing Guide, help us  be wise.
Amazing Grace, show us The Way to 
       see Your grace gifted each day
to all who call on Your Name.        
Open us to 
call on Your Name:  "AMAZING GRACE!" 

God's SUPPORTING WORDS:

Zechariah 4:6,  "Then he said to me, "This is what the LORD says to Zerubbabel: It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies."

Proverbs 3: 5-9,  "Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct  your paths. Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and depart from evil. It will be health to your flesh,  And strength  to your bones. Honor the LORD with your possessions, And with the firstfruits of all your increase..."

James 1: 5-8,  "If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; [he is] a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

©2008 DianaDee Osborne (all material), all rights reserved. FREE personal usage; see website.
With thanks to BlueLetterBible.org  for providing God's Word in easy-to-research format.

God's Victory Echo, by DianaDee Osborne

GOD'S  VICTORY  ECHO
ALBUM:      Amazing Joy 'n' Choices

Song location:   http://DianaDeeOsborneSongs.com/Songs-2008-2012.php

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Song Story:  THE  MUSIC:
I was just playing around at the piano after praying for a "praise song".  And God gave this.
With the research for scriptures, the song (including music also) took about 1/2 hour to write.

Dedicated to God,  18 May 2011

LYRICS

1
VERSE 1 READING:    First Corinthians 10:13 (paraphrase):    
    No temptation can overtake you, for God is faithful to provide a way of escape when you ask.    
Leaders:                                                                         Echo:                             
Jesus broke the pow'r of sin.                Jesus broke the pow'r of sin.           
so that I  can  always  win!                so that I  can  always  win!   
First    Corinthians  10: 13.                    First    Corinthians  10: 13.

CHORUS  TOGETHER:
With Jesus, we SHALL win!  With Jesus, we SHALL win!
Though we may lose a few battles, like Paul in Romans 7,
God forgives and then, God will help us Win when we
just ask..... ---- Romans Chapter 8, God promised!   We
cannot be conquered by temptations to hurt our God.
.          

VERSE 2    from Romans 8:35 through 39,             LINK
“In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 
Nothing can separate us from the love of God...”   [verse 37]

Leaders:                                                                         Echo:                             
We are more than conquerors!  We are more than conquerors!
Sin cannot reign over us!               Sin cannot reign over us!
Romans 8, verse 37.                        Romans 8, Verse 37.
                                    CHORUS  TOGETHER  (see above)

VERSE 3    Psalm 91:1.  O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvelous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory!
Leaders:                                                                         Echo:                             
Sing to God this new praise song.            Sing to God this new praise song.
He's our Vict'ry our life long,                He's our Vict'ry our life long,
First    Corinthians  _ end of 15.                First    Corinthians  _ end of 15.
                                    CHORUS  TOGETHER  (see above)

God's SUPPORTING WORDS:

First Corinthians 10:13 (paraphrased):    
No temptation can overtake you, for God is faithful to provide a way of escape ... when you ask.
15:57 ”But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

©2011 DianaDee Osborne (all material), all rights reserved. FREE personal usage; see website.
With thanks to BlueLetterBible.org  for providing God's Word in easy-to-research format.

Isaiah 53 Beating (Country song), by DianaDee Osborne

ISAIAH  53  BEATING
ALBUM:      Amazing LORD 'n' Life
Song location:   http://DianaDeeOsborneSongs.com/Songs-2008-2012.php

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Song Story:  
          I realized that there was a “melody in my head” at 4 P.M.  I went down to my home studio to do a quick recording.... and finished all the tracks except vocals and bass within a couple of hours.
         At 2:00 the next morning, I awoke with an idea for a different song -- “God Seems Watching On.”  After I finished that at 4:30 AM, I was preparing to create a practice CD with all God's new song giftings, to practice before my Monday studio session. 

        When I played the music for this song, the words I'd barely drafted in my mind simply feel into place and I started typing the music sheet.  By 5:30 AM, I had finished this second song within 24 hours.   On the second night,  later we recorded the song's final tracks in the studio.
        God's giftings.  God's Holy Spirit Creator-Help, available to ALL who ask,  sent by Jesus Who suffered such beatings from us, suffered death from us,    to                             save us from sins as soon as we humbly pray Romans 10:9 and     choose Him as our LORD and Savior.                              

Dedicated to Jesus Messiah, 17 March 2012 

LYRICS

1
He was bruised, badly beaten for our sins.  Jesus was
bruised, badly beaten for our sins.
Our Messiah was a Man of Sorrows that we
beat............... we deeply grieved   Him.
    Isaiah 53,  God's Word.
2
Surely He bore our griefs upon that Cross.  Jesus
carried all our sins -- with His Love.
Yet we scorn Him and we mock His Love that somehow He still  DEEPLY has for us.
    Isaiah 53,  God's Word.
3
By His bloody stripes from whipping, He heals us.  We are like
sheep gone astray, and God calls us. 
We have ALL sinned and we'll  GO TO HELL  unless we
confess and choose Him   Lord of us.
        First John, Chapter 1,  God's Word.
4
Jesus poured out His soul   unto His death.  Why is it
we simply won't understand this?
God Himself said that His Messiah would die, that He
would    NOT  be   a man of war.  
        Isaiah 53,  God's Word.

READING:   God Describing His Messiah in Isaiah 53,    
New King James Version:
“He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter.... He was taken from prison and from judgment.... And they made His grave with the wicked  [Golgotha]   but with the rich at His death      [“a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph” -- Matthew 27:57]....
    He poured out His soul unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors [the 2 robbers, Matthew 27:38], and made intercession for the transgressors.”   [prayed for those who crucified Him]. 
GOD  HAS  FULFILLED  HIS  OWN  PROPHECIES  
FOR   HIS   MESSIAH.             
SEE GOD'S WORDS,  spoken through Isaiah  42  &  53.

God's SUPPORTING WORDS:

    John 14:15..... “If you love me, keep my commandments.  And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever -- the Spirit of Truth....”

    John 14:26 .... “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in MY name, He will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all things that I have said to you.”

God offers Himself  to come help us.               
We have no excuse.  You have no excuse.         

©2012 DianaDee Osborne (all material), all rights reserved. FREE personal usage; see website.
With thanks to BlueLetterBible.org  for providing God's Word in easy-to-research format.

Bad Days Praise (Romans 8:28), by DianaDee Osborne

BAD  DAYS  PRAISE
ALBUM:      Amazing Peace 'n' Passion

Song location:   http://DianaDeeOsborneSongs.com/Songs-2008-2012.php

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Song Story: 
One of my favorite song gifts from God is   I PRAISE YOU DESPITE.   That's a song that lifts whatever mood we're in, praising God despite whatever.  CHANGING X AND WHY is pretty cool when I'm in a “funk” mood too.  

So I'm not really quite sure what inspired this specific song, it came to me so fast.  But I always know the “who” in the question about inspiration:  God's Holy Spirit.  

So the song is shared for uplifting YOUR bad days, 

with my thanks to our great Lord and literal Savior!  

One of my FAVORITE  of all the lyrics lines God has inspired me with is right here in line 2.... 
ALL of us have this choice.                                                      

Dedicated to God Beside Us, Matthew 28:20;  20 May  2011

LYRICS

1
Ev’ry time I feel deep hurt,
it’s my choice:  Crumble, or TURN to
God Who made all skies and Me…. to
God Who saves by parting RED SEAS….
God Whose LOVE a-mazes me!
God Who conquers BAD..days …for me!  my
Father God Who says ---- Just ask Me!   For there’s…

CHORUS
NO   bad days with God by our side!
NOTHING … can separate us from the love of God!  No
Problems…. no sorrows…. no people who hate us!
    Nothing separates us ----  Romans 8:  35.
NO   bad days with God by MY side!
God  always loves me though I do not deserve!…God
promised--- and won’t lie -- Titus 1, verse 2: 
NO BAD DAYS ...stop my praise!  
NO BAD DAYS ...stop my praise!

2
Ev'ry time I feel deep fear…..
when bad news is ALL  I hear…..
when bad days try to drive me to despair…..
I  SHALL rejoice,  knowing Mighty God is there.
Jesus, whose deep LOVE a-mazes me!
Jesus who stilled storms for people, 
QUIETS  storms. for me!        He
says in John 14…… JUST ASK!!!   For there’s…

CHORUS
NO   bad days with God by our side!
NOTHING … can separate us from the love of God! 
    No problems…. no sorrows…. no people who hate us!
    Nothing …. can do that,  Romans 8:  35.
NO   bad days with God by MY side!
God  always loves me though I do not deserve!…God
promised--- and won’t lie -- Titus 1, verse 2: 
    NO BAD DAYS ...stop my praise!  NO BAD DAYS ...stop my praise!
    NO ... BAD...  DAYS CAN STOP MY PRAISE!

God's SUPPORTING WORDS:

Romans 8:  31 to end  (selected verses; click on link for ALL the comforting words!)

"What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? .....  Can anything ever separate us from Christ's love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death?   ..... 

No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, 

who loved us...... No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, 

nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us

 from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Philippians 4   (New KJV)
“ 11 Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content:  12 I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 13  I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. .....       19  And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.  20 Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.” 

JOHN 14   ..... If you are sad, troubled,  you really need to read these comforting words... ALL of them.

"Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me......"  -- Jesus

©2011 DianaDee Osborne (all material), all rights reserved. FREE personal usage; see website.
With thanks to BlueLetterBible.org  for providing God's Word in easy-to-research format.

Always the Sun, by DianaDee Osborne

ALWAYS  THE  SUN
ALBUM:      Amazing LORD 'n' Logic

Song location:   http://DianaDeeOsborneSongs.com/Songs-2008-2012.php

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Song Story:  THE  MUSIC:
         On Dec 1st, I awoke long before the alarm clock rang, with the first lines of this song and the basic melody “in my head.”  The first draft piano and final flute and typed lyrics for verses 1 and 2 were recorded 27 minutes later.  
         Perhaps it may bore some people to repeatedly say things, but I myself think it's exciting that “Always the Son” surprises me with creative music that I never would have dreamed   of.   (Oh, wait ---- I DO dream  of the music!  So, correction -- God The Creator excites me with creative music far beyond my natural skills and my quite average intellect!

         An important P.S:  I completed the tracks preparation on Dec 5th for the next night's recording session in hours of heartbreak and discouragement and feeling unworthy of God's music gifting.  SO many things were not working related to this music ministry.... dial-up internet connections, a website file-load error that's been ongoing for 9 months, a mysterious studio recording program error that keeps recurring....   
       [UPDATE 23 March 2013.... The LORD has worked through many of these; I'm still eagerly praying for God to give us wisdom to 'fix' the main website that Thomas of Leviathan-AVC prepared

full of topic and album indexes... 

someone hacked the host, which then changed to an incompatible coding....  
I'd be delighted if you'd consider praying for these features to again become possible for www.DiDoReflections.com   which currently has a pointer tag to the index website
DianaDeeOsborneSongs.com  which Claxton of Valley Worship & Praise Productions works so hard to keep updated.]

        Yet with God's help, I continued despite the anguish.  I am absolutely convinced that the prayers of my many prayer partners support God's work despite all my faults and technological glitches. Thanking God...Because even when God seems hidden... He's here.
Dedicated to our Ever-Present Lord, 1 December 2011

LYRICS

1a
Always the sun…. always the sun…..
Always the sun is shining BRILLIANTLY !
Sometimes the clouds, even the earth, is
hiding the sun, yet the
sun’s there brilliantly!…. sun’s there brilliantly!….
though we don’t see its light. 
1b
No matter what our view, facts do not change with our view.
No matter what we believe or feel,
we’re sometimes wrong -- deceived ---
for often we don’t see all parts -- see First Corinthians 13: 12.
Though hidden, the sun’s always there!
Always the sun is TRUE! Always the sun is TRUE!

 2a
Sometimes the sun… sometimes the sun…..
Sometimes the sun seems hidden from us.
Sometimes the storms, always the night
hides from me the sun’s reality….. sun’s reality….
whether I believe or not.
 2b
No matter what we feel, facts do not change with me -- or you --
No matter what people say is true,
Truth does not change with views.
for often we don’t see all parts -- see First Corinthians 13: 12.
Though hidden,    the sun’s always there!
Always the sun is TRUE!   Always the sun is TRUE! 

3a
Sometimes God’s Son…. sometimes Jesus…..
often God’s Son seems hidden --- far from me.
Sometimes Life’s storms, heartache and nights
   hides from me God’s Son’s reality….. 
     Jesus reality…
               whether I believe or not. 

3b
No matter what we feel, facts do not change with me -- or you.
No matter what people say is true,
Truth does not change with views.
for often we don’t see all parts -- see First Corinthians 13:12.
Though hidden, the Son’s always there!
Always the JESUS is TRUE!                             
             Always Jesus is TRUE.                          
                          Always God's SON is TRUE!

God's SUPPORTING WORDS:

“Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a      mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity.   All   that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.”  
 --  First Corinthians 13:12  New Living Translation

©2011 DianaDee Osborne (all material), all rights reserved. FREE personal usage; see website.
With thanks to BlueLetterBible.org  for providing God's Word in easy-to-research format.

Broken and Healed Prayer (with The Old Rugged Cross), by DianaDee Osborne

BROKEN & HEALED PRAYER 
with The Old Rugged Cross 
ALBUM:      Amazing Power 'n' Prayers
Song location:   http://DianaDeeOsborneSongs.com/Songs-2008-2012.php

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Dedicated 29 May 2010 to our Healing God Who healed my heart.
 
Song Story:  THE  MUSIC:
An actual prayer at the altar,  which came to mind after I'd been kneeling in silence a very, very, very.... long time, listening,  and then my mind wandering into wondering if all my tears there over the last two years had soaked through and caused the  Church  carpet to mildew.   A weird wondering  that I share with you only  in order to share this prayer for YOU:  

God answered me with this song, and He WILL answer you if you humbly ask...
JESUS SAID (and Jesus/God cannot lie - Titus 1:2):
"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
--Matthew 28:20.
May not  this song but     THIS  * OUR * LOVING * GOD * 
also  comfort YOU.

LYRICS

1
I've spent much time on this floor _ my
heart's too broken to speak anymore.            [interlude]
YOU, great God, have always come through.  Help
me remember You will this time, too.             [interlude] 
2
On my knees, I cry to You!
In my mind, I have faith in You!
I trust Your Love that died for me   
           on that cross so long ago.

Jesus broke Himself for me ----    First  Corinthians 11: 24.
Logic trusts God's Love broken for
us so long ago so we can be    healed.
Jesus came to    heal.           
God's Word proclaims this Truth: GOD LOVES YOU!    
-- Isaiah 61, verse 1. 
  
3  Based on George Bennard's Old Rugged Cross,”   Public Domain CCLI #19722 
On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross, 

the emblem of suffering and shame.
Matthew 28:20, Jesus NOW beside me....... 

LOVE  to soothe ALL of my pain.

God's SUPPORTING WORDS:

First Corinthians 11:24:  and when He had given thanks, He broke [it] and said, "Take, eat;  this is My body which is broken  for you; do this in remembrance of Me." .......
 
“He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds.”    
-- Psalm 147: 3 NKJV.  NOTE:  The next verse IS related:  God knows the name of each and every star in the entire universe.

He knows YOUR name.  

See the DianaDee song "Stars Names Love".  
 (website =   http://dianadeeosbornesongs.com/Songs-2008-2012.php )

DiDo yearning-to-serve goal:
“The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, Because the LORD has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to [those who are] bound;.”  -- Isaiah 61: 1 NKJV

©2010 DianaDee Osborne (all material), all rights reserved. FREE personal usage; see website.
With thanks to BlueLetterBible.org  for providing God's Word in easy-to-research format.

Playing Church (song), by DianaDee Osborne

PLAYING  CHURCH
ALBUM:      Amazing Holy Spirit 'n' Church

Song location:   http://DianaDeeOsborneSongs.com/Songs-2008-2012.php

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Song Story:  THE  MUSIC:

This was sadly written as I looked around at all the churches "being nice" but 

not really  praying...... 

Doing good works, but barely praying to our LORD.  Unaware that we're really

in a spiritual war, just like Jesus said.  (John 8:44, for example).  

I began with a little poem I remembered as a preschooler, making up a melody for it.

My studio producer added some silly light touches for the sound.  

I thought of another old saying from years ago, talking about working "for all we're worth."

 And, with God's guiding,

We simply began building up the music more and more until it reached a

"Desperation Level"  with the main question:

Why aren't we praying to God for all we're worth?

I MYSELF did NOT plan the sudden final ending to the song.... it "just happened" by God's leading:  "All we're worth"  was,  to God,  the death of His Son on that bloody cross.
Dedicated to our HOLY God, 4 January 2011

LYRICS

1    INTRODUCTION
Here's the church and here's the steeple.
Open the doors and out come the people.
Jesus gave His life for the Church.      
Are we praying or SLEEPING at church?

SPOKEN 1
    Ephesians 5:25b King James Version, “Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself for it.”  Ephesians 5:25 New Living Translation, “...you husbands must love your wives with the same love Christ showed the Church.
He gave up his life for her.”

CHORUS 1 
So why are we churches just PLAYING at church?!
Jesus Himself said to PRAY!
Not just five minutes before meetings in church,
Not just _ praying some bulletin words!
Satan is a lion __ seeking us as his prey! ....
BUT
here we are just PLAYING AT CHURCH.
We should be praying for ALL we're worth...
 Jesus said HIS DEATH ON A CROSS   was what    our church is worth.....
    [SPOKEN 2:   Ephesians 5:25]
Why are we NOT   praying   to God   for all we're worth?CHORUS 2 
So why are we Christians  just PLAYING at church?!
Jesus Himself said to PRAY!
Not running church like a model business, 
NOT depending on _ people for _ finances, but
Using God's _ Gifts _ in His pow'r and  NOT   our  skills. CHORUS 3
So why are we Christians just PLAYING at church?!
Jesus Himself said to PRAY!
NOT making church just a social club,
not making good _ deeds our focus over God,
Luke _ 22:46, Jesus warned us to pray! ...
BUT
here we are just PLAYING AT CHURCH.  We should be praying for ALL we're worth...

CHORUS 4
Christ loved the Church -- GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HER!
Why __ don't we obey Him and PRAY??
Not just five minutes before meetings in church,
Not just _ praying some bulletin words!
  Satan is a lion __ seeking us as his prey! .... BUT
here we are just PLAYING AT CHURCH.  We should be praying for ALL we're worth...

Also on recording:   Song Story
Most churches begin with the wonderful goal of worshiping and serving our Great Lord... but it's SO easy to drift into focusing on efficiency above prayer.  It's so easy to forget that Jesus Himself said that Satan is real, seeking people to tear apart, seeking churches to tear apart.
  This song was built around Luke 22:46.  Just listen to the sorrow in Jesus's voice as He asks  the future leaders of His Church, “WHY DO YOU SLEEP?”  As He tells them to “RISE and PRAY against temptation.”  We cannot truly worship and serve God and share His Good News without  the power of His Holy Spirit.  And we have His Holy Spirit's help ONLY  to the extent that we PRAY and  ASK Him to help.  From God through   Ephesians 3:20 and 21,
    “Now to [GOD] who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we  ASK  or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the Church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever.  Amen.” 
        Ephesians 3:20 and 21 --  “all that we ASK”..... = all that we pray. 

END   (traditional hymn by Samuel Stone (words) and Samuel Wesley (music), 1860s,   public domain
The Church's One Foundation is JESUS CHRIST, HER LORD.
She is His new creation, by Water and THE WORD.
From heaven He came and sought her to be His holy bride.
With Christ's own blood, He bought her, 
and for her life, He died.

God's SUPPORTING WORDS:

“...you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.”   -- First Timothy 3:15  NIV 

©2011 DianaDee Osborne (all material), all rights reserved. FREE personal usage; see website.
With thanks to BlueLetterBible.org  for providing God's Word in easy-to-research format.

God's People Power, by DianaDee Osborne

GOD'S  PEOPLE  POWER 
ALBUM:      Amazing Holy Spirit  'n' Church
Song location:   http://DianaDeeOsborneSongs.com/Songs-2008-2012.php

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Song Story:  THE  MUSIC:

This is another story of the truth-full-ness of  God's Word in Philippians 4:13...
1.    The lyrics to this song were written onto paper on July 14th.
2.    While praying these lyrics like a prayer on July 16th at 7:50 AM,
             the melody came to mind.
3.    After sitting at the piano for ten minutes, the music including chords were
             completed at 8 AM.
4.    The piano track and lyrics vocal track were recorded by 10 AM, still July 16.
5.    The website DiDoReflections.com had a webpage with this lyrics file at 4:30.
6.    The final draft audio file was on the website by 9 PM... still July 16. 

GOD provided His Holy Spirit's empowerment to make this song available to you in
49 hours.   

“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly
above all that we ask or think,
according to the power that works in us,
to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus
to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.”    -- Ephesians 3: 20-21

Song Story:  THE  LYRICS:

Dedicated to Jesus our Church Shepherd, 17 July 2010

LYRICS

1
We're a people of a     HOLY God Who says, “You MUST  be holy.”
... a people of a     HOLY God Who says, “You CAN'T  be holy.”
... a people of a     HOLY God Who says, “I'll make you holy -- IF ...
    ... IF  you cry to me,  'Oh God, make me holy!' ”

2  [ repeats 1 ]
We're a people of a     HOLY God Who says, “You MUST  be holy.”
... a people of a     HOLY God Who says, “You CAN'T  be holy.”
... a people of a     HOLY God Who says, “I'll make you holy -- IF ...
    ... IF  you cry to me,  'Oh God, make me holy!' ”

3
We're a people of a     RIGHTEOUS  God Who says, “You MUST  be righteous.”
... a people of a     RIGHTEOUS God Who says, “You CAN'T  be righteous.”
... a people of a     RIGHTEOUS God Who says, “I'll make you righteous -- IF ...
    ... IF  you cry to me,  'Oh God, make me righteous!' ”

4
We're a people of a     LOVING  God Who says, “You MUST  be loving.”
... a people of a     LOVING God Who says, “You CAN'T  be loving.”
... a people of a     LOVING God Who says, “I'll make you loving -- IF ...
    ... IF  you cry to me,  'Oh God, make me loving!' ”

5
We're a people of a     FORGIVING  God Who says, “You MUST  be forgiving.”
... a people of a     FORGIVING  God Who says, “You CAN'T  be forgiving.”
... a people of a     FORGIVING  God Who says, “I'll make you forgiving -- IF ...
    ... IF  you cry to me,  'Oh God, make me forgiving!' ”

6
Philippians  4:13, __  I can do all things     through Jesus,
Philippians  4:13, __  I can do all things     for   Jesus,
Philippians  4:13, __  I can do all things    with Jesus  --
with the power of Jesus, He will make me holy,
make me righteous
help me forgive ---       with His help.....

God's SUPPORTING WORDS:

“And ye shall be holy men unto Me....”  --  GOD,  Exodus 22:31 KJV
“For I am the LORD... ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.” -- GOD,  Leviticus 11: 45

“But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.”  -- Isaiah 5:16

But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation
 [that is, no gossiping, lying, ....] -- 1 Peter 1: 15
 “But if ye forgive not  men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”  --JESUS,  Matthew 6: 15        KJV for all

©2010 DianaDee Osborne (all material), all rights reserved. FREE personal usage; see website.
With thanks to BlueLetterBible.org  for providing God's Word in easy-to-research format.