Live 4 The LORD

​Who Am I

Who Am I

You knew me before the foundation of the earth

You knit me in my mothers womb

You breathed the breath of life in me 

You planned all my days before one came into being

You chose me before the foundation to be Yours Holy in Christ

You planned to adopt me and give me Spiritual Life

I was engraved on your palms at Calvary

You hold all my tears (from birth on)

You watch me as the apple of your eye

You carry me as your lamb 

You guide me as a shepherd 

You want me to be blameless at your coming (death or end of this world)

You put me in Christ ( I am righteous, holy, justified, and safe from wrath)

You know everything about me (thought word and deed) and still you love me and want to cut out the cancer-not harm me)

You know I am weak and tendency to run from you and sin instead of allow you to be my everything  and meet those deeper needs that cause me to want sin (it’s a process) You still never leave me and call me back

You love me so much you stay here in the Eucharist so I can eat your glorified body (nourished like a baby in the womb of the mother-her body feeding the baby), be transformed from within, see you in faith right before me, renew the blood covenant we have, and be touched by you physically every week. 

Identity & Creation

You knew me before the foundation of the earth

Ephesians 1:4 — "Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him."

You knit me in my mother's womb

Psalm 139:13 — "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb."

You breathed the breath of life in me

Genesis 2:7 — "Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being."

You planned all my days before one came into being

Psalm 139:16 — "Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be."

Election & Adoption

You chose me before the foundation to be Yours Holy in Christ

Ephesians 1:4 — "Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him."

2 Thessalonians 2:13 brethren beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.

You planned to adopt me and give me Spiritual Life

Ephesians 1:5 — "In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will."

Ephesians 2:4-5 — "But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions..."

Care & Remembrance

I was engraved on your palms at Calvary

Isaiah 49:16 — "See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me." 

You hold all my tears (from birth on)

Psalm 56:8 — "Record my misery; list my tears on your scroll—are not they in your record?"

You watch me as the apple of your eye

Psalm 17:8 — "Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings."

You carry me as your lamb / You guide me as a shepherd

Isaiah 40:11 — "He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young."

Psalm 23:1-3 — "The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing... He guides me along the right paths for his name's sake."

Security, Transformation & Grace

You want me to be blameless at your coming (death or end of this world)

1 Thessalonians 5:23 — "May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."

You put me in Christ (I am righteous, holy, justified, and safe from wrath)

1 Corinthians 1:30 — "It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption."

Romans 5:9 — "Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him!"

You know everything about me... and still you love me and want to heal (cut out the cancer) not harm me

Psalm 139:1-4 — "You have searched me, Lord, and you know me... You perceive my thoughts from afar."

Jeremiah 29:11 — "'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'"

You know I am weak... [and] still you never leave me and call me back

Hebrews 13:5 — "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."

Romans 8:38-39 — "For I am convinced that neither death nor life... will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

The Eucharist

 Eating His Glorified Body and Drinking His Blood (The Real Presence)

 John 6:53-56 — "Jesus said to them, 'Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.'"

 1 Corinthians 10:16 — "Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?"

Institution at the Last Supper (Renewing the Blood Covenant)

 Matthew 26:26-28 — "While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, 'Take and eat; this is my body.' Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, 'Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.'"

 Luke 22:19-20 — "And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, 'This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.' In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.'"

Transformation from Within and Communion with Him

John 6:57 — "Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me."

 Revelation 3:20 — "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me."

 Physical Proximity and Remembrance

 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 — "For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread... 'Do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.' For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes."