(Note: Kanazawa means ‘marsh of gold’ and it is a beautiful city)
12/11/2018 Amanda Wilson
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Abraham and Sarah
Said we’re old and barren
We have no child
And we will never have one
But God said, “That’s not true
Now You are My Children!”
And they had a son Isaac
Who fathered many nations
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Identity, it matters
And We are God’s Sons
Made in Jesus’ image
For with Jesus we are One!
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The Jews enslaved by Egypt
Thought by God they’d been abandoned
Slavery was their norm
They could see no other future
But God said, “That’s not true
For You are My Children!”
He sent Moses to lead them
To His Promised land’s freedom
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Identity, it matters
And We are God’s Sons
Made in Jesus’ image
For with Jesus we are One!
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David was a shepherd
The youngest of eight sons
Considered insignificant
By all human standards
But God said, “That’s not true
For he is My Child!”
God made David king
Over all Israel.
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Identity, it matters
And We are God’s Sons
Made in Jesus’ image
For with Jesus we are One!
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When Jesus was beginning
His ministry time
He was baptised by John
At the riverside
And God said, “I’m well pleased,
This is my Beloved Son!”
And those words kept Jesus safe
Through His time of temptation
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Identity, it matters
And We are God’s Sons
Made in Jesus’ image
For with Jesus we are One!
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The Samaritan woman
Lived from her shame
She would only get water
At midday far from home
But Jesus called her out as His
Gave her His living water
She became an evangelist
Brought her whole town to her Saviour.
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Identity, it matters
And We are God’s Sons
Made in Jesus’ image
For with Jesus we are One!
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A madman in a graveyard
Worshipped Jesus one day
Though exiled by his village
For his madness and rage
But Jesus actions said, “Your mine!”
Sending the man’s demons away
And he became an evangelist
The whole town he saved.
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Identity, it matters
And We are God’s Sons
Made in Jesus’ image
For with Jesus we are One!
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Saul was a zealot
Fighting for God’s Law
Killing Christians was his aim
For he thought they were evil
But Jesus said to him
“Why do you persecute Me?”
And Saul became Paul
Taking Christ to the world
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Identity, it matters
And We are God’s Sons
Made in Jesus’ image
For with Jesus we are One!
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When Peter and John
Were approached by a lame beggar
They had no money
To give to help his hunger
But they knew they were God’s Sons
For Jesus was their Saviour
So they healed his crippled legs
Released God’s Kingdom favour
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Identity, it matters
And We are God’s Sons
Made in Jesus’ image
For with Jesus we are One!
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We live in a war zone
Though the battle’s already won
We must decide who we believe
Whose side we are on
Jesus says, “I have saved you
With myself I’ve made you One!
The old you died on the cross
Now you’re God’s Sons in my Kingdom!”
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Identity, it matters
And We are God’s Sons
Made in Jesus’ image
For with Jesus we are One!
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We can live from the old man
With all his sins and failures
Live in hopelessness
Where fear and shame stalk us
Or live from God’s Word
Who says “You are God’s Sons!
Love, joy, peace and righteousness
Will fill all your days!”
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Identity, it matters
And We are God’s Sons
Made in Jesus’ image
For with Jesus we are One!
