When My Life Began Again

When My Life Began Again (link to audio)


When my life began again in You Jesus
My old self died with You on the cross
And You gave me a brand new, loving life
Filled me with everything that You are
Renewed each day in Your Resurrection Life

When my life began again in You Jesus
You took my sins, the wrongs I’ve done
And replaced them with Your Righteousness
Filled me with everything that You are
Renewed each day in Your Resurrection Life

When my life began again in You Jesus
You took my broken and sinful self
And replaced it with a whole and Holy One
Filled me with everything that You are
Renewed each day in Your Resurrection Life

When my life began again in You Jesus
You took my broken and hardened heart
And replaced it with a whole and loving one
Filled me with everything that You are
Renewed each day in Your Resurrection Life

When my life began again in You Jesus
You took my broken and wayward spirit
And replaced it with a whole and loving one
Filled with everything that You are
Renewed each day in Your Resurrection Life

When my life began again in You Jesus
You took my brand new living spirit
And joined it to Your Holy Spirit of life
Filled with everything that You are
Renewed each day in Your Resurrection Life

Now it’s not just me who lives
But the Trinity in me too
Together as One for all time
Embraced in Your Love for eternity

My life began again in You Jesus
I live through Your indwelling power
As water overflows and fills a fountain
I’m filled with everything that You are
Renewed each day in Your Resurrection Life

““Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols. And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart. And I will put my Spirit in you so that you will follow my decrees and be careful to obey my regulations.” Ezekiel 36:25-27 NLT
“For he [Jesus] is the complete fullness of deity living in human form. And our own completeness is now found in him. We are completely filled with God as Christ’s fullness overflows within us. He is the Head of every kingdom and authority in the universe! Through our union with him we have experienced circumcision of heart. All of the guilt and power of sin has been cut away and is now extinct because of what Christ, the Anointed One, has accomplished for us. For we’ve been buried with him into his death. Our “baptism into death” also means we were raised with him when we believed in God’s resurrection power, the power that raised him from death’s realm. This “realm of death” describes our former state, for we were held in sin’s grasp. But now, we’ve been resurrected out of that “realm of death” never to return, for we are forever alive and forgiven of all our sins!
...we receive directly from him, and his life supplies vitality into every part of his body through the joining ligaments connecting us all as one. He is the divine Head who guides his body and causes it to grow by the supernatural power of God.” Colossians 2:9-13, 19b TPT

The Fullness of Your Presence

“For he [Jesus] is the complete fullness of deity living in human form. And our own completeness is now found in him. We are completely filled with God as Christ’s fullness overflows within us.” Colossians 2:9-10a TPT
“Since we first heard about you, we’ve kept you always in our prayers that you would receive the perfect knowledge of God’s pleasure over your lives, making you reservoirs of every kind of wisdom and spiritual understanding. We pray that you would walk in the ways of true righteousness, pleasing God in every good thing you do. Then you’ll become fruit-bearing branches, yielding to his life, and maturing in the rich experience of knowing God in his fullness! And we pray that you would be energized with all his explosive power from the realm of his magnificent glory, filling you with great hope. Your hearts can soar with joyful gratitude when you think of how God made you worthy to receive the glorious inheritance freely given to us by living in the light.”
Colossians 1:9-12 TPT


Lord I receive the fullness of Your Presence
So that every moment You are part of My essence
To feel Your Glory fill every part of my body
To know my heart, mind and spirit are one with You in unity


Nothing in this world is more precious than Your Presence
And the awareness that You bring of God’s pleasure in us
I am embraced in God’s eternal love for You
An equal in God’s heart because You paid my dues


Lord I receive the fullness of Your Presence
So that every moment You are part of My essence
To feel Your Glory fill every part of my body
To know my heart, mind and spirit are one with You in unity


There is nothing more valuable than Your wisdom and insight
To guide my thoughts, direction and actions
To live Your love and grace is my desire
To bring glory to You in all my interactions 


Lord I receive the fullness of Your Presence
So that every moment You are part of My essence
To feel Your Glory fill every part of my body
To know my heart, mind and spirit are one with You in unity


As You clothe me with Your righteousness 
Cleansing me from all my sin’s mess
I want to live Your holiness 
Be part of Your growing fruitfulness


Lord I receive the fullness of Your Presence
So that every moment You are part of My essence
To feel Your Glory fill every part of my body
To know my heart, mind and spirit are one with You in unity


Mature me in the rich experience 
Of knowing God in all his fullness
His wisdom and insight becoming mine too
His love, joy and peace, filling me now


Lord I receive the fullness of Your Presence
So that every moment You are part of My essence
To feel Your Glory fill every part of my body
To know my heart, mind and spirit are one with You in unity


Energise me with all God’s explosive power 
From the realm of his magnificent glory
Fill me with great hope in Your victory
Help to make many part of Your family


Lord I receive the fullness of Your Presence
So that every moment You are part of My essence
To feel Your Glory fill every part of my body
To know my heart, mind and spirit are one with You in unity


In You my heart soars with joyful gratitude 
When I think of how God has made me worthy 
To freely receive Your glorious inheritance 
Living in the light of Your magnificent Glory


Lord I receive the fullness of Your Presence
So that every moment You are part of My essence
To feel Your Glory fill every part of my body
To know my heart, mind and spirit are one with You in unity

We Were Designed

Ephesians 1:4-6; Genesis 1:26-27; 3; Exodus 20:18-21; Exodus 32; Psalm 106


We were designed to live as one with God
From the very beginning when we were imagined in His heart
He wanted us to be members of his family
To be united with Him, Father, Spirit and Son


When Adam and Eve were born into this world
They were free to choose if they would follow  God
When they chose independence of God for their direction
This damaged who they were, broke their heart, mind and spirit


Shame about their actions now became their driving force
In fear they hid their brokenness from God and others
Blame shifting and lies became their solutions
Faith and trust was broken, in God, self and others


The result of this brokenness is detailed in the Bible
As people hurt each other and many rejected God
God’s judgment and destruction and confusion of their language
Reduced the damage they did but was not the solution


We were designed to live as one with God
From the very beginning when we were imagined in His heart
He wanted us to be members of his family
To be united with Him, Father, Spirit and Son


God chose Israel as His nation and His people
Freeing them from slavery with the wealth of their captors
God’s mighty miracles to rescue and sustain them
Did not stop them from worshiping manmade idols


When God invited Israel to be his special people
To be in His Presence, to speak to them in person
In fear and shame Israel refused this invitation
Asking  for His instructions which from a distance they’d obey


Armed with God’s Law Israel though they had the answer
To pleasing God from a distance which they thought safe
But laws do not make a broken people whole
As people and a nation God they rarely obeyed


We were designed to live as one with God
From the very beginning when we were imagined in His heart
He wanted us to be members of his family
To be united with Him, Father, Spirit and Son


But God had a solution for our brokenness
To make all our sins, over us, powerless
He had a way for our broken self to die
And be reborn in Him, in the twinkling of an eye


God sent Jesus to show us the life
We could live if we were truly God’s child
And to take our brokenness into Him
And die for us, with us and our sin


Then God gave us Jesus powerful resurrection 
As our new life and our new direction
A new heart and spirit, made in His image
United with His Spirit to complete our family lineage


We were designed to live as one with God
From the very beginning when we were imagined in His heart
He wanted us to be members of his family
To be united with Him, Father, Spirit and Son


Now we can rejoice as part of God’s family
Living in and from His Kingdom, now, daily
His love and peace, righteousness and joy
Is our dwelling place once we are re-born


So when you see the troubles in this world
People behaving badly, people being hurt
Know that the solution is not found in man and law
Only re-birth in Jesus has the power to heal us all


We were designed to live as one with God
From the very beginning when we were imagined in His heart
He wanted us to be members of his family
To be united with Him, Father, Spirit and Son

Huggs

“I am contending for you that your hearts will be wrapped in the comfort of heaven and woven together into love’s fabric. This will give you access to all the riches of God as you experience the revelation of God’s great mystery—Christ. For our spiritual wealth is in him, like hidden treasure waiting to be discovered—heaven’s wisdom and endless riches of revelation knowledge.
In the same way you received Jesus our Lord and Messiah by faith, continue your journey of faith, progressing further into your union with him! Your spiritual roots go deeply into his life as you are continually infused with strength, encouraged in every way. For you are established in the faith you have absorbed and enriched by your devotion to him!
For he is the complete fullness of deity living in human form. And our own completeness is now found in him. We are completely filled with God as Christ’s fullness overflows within us. He is the Head of every kingdom and authority in the universe!” Colossians 2:2-3, 6-7, 9-10 TPT
Ephesians 6:10-11, 14-18 TPT

Huggs meditation

Note: actions help us to confirm these truths so please do the hugging action

As I rise in the morning and get out of bed 
It is not just me moving but Jesus as well
His fullness fills me from toe to head
His presence fills me with heavenly bread


[while hugging yourself]
Jesus, my Jesus I welcome Your Presence 
Into my body, becoming my very essence
As I hug me, I hug You too
Your resurrection power I experience


I look in the mirror to do my hair
And it is not just my face,  but I see You there
Loves fire in the eyes of Your smiling face
I’m struck with wonder at Your embrace


[while hugging yourself]
Jesus, my Jesus I welcome Your Presence 
Into my body, becoming my very essence
As I hug me, I hug You too
Your resurrection power I experience


As I clothe myself for the day ahead
I wrap myself in Your holiness and faith
You light my vision so I can see truth 
Your peace fills me - alert to share You


[while hugging yourself]
Jesus, my Jesus I welcome Your Presence 
Into my body, becoming my very essence
As I hug me, I hug You too
Your resurrection power I experience


As I break my fast with Your provision of food
You whisper to me from Your precious Word
Of how Your Presence now fills me too
And I feast upon Your eternal life’s bread


[while hugging yourself]
Jesus, my Jesus I welcome Your Presence 
Into my body, becoming my very essence
As I hug me, I hug You too
Your resurrection power I experience


As I go about my day to day doings
Thinking, planning, speaking to others
Your Spirit highlights what I need to know
And empowers the wisdom of love to sow


[while hugging yourself]
Jesus, my Jesus I welcome Your Presence 
Into my body, becoming my very essence
As I hug me, I hug You too
Your resurrection power I experience


And if I come across some trouble
I lean in to You and Your power to enable
Forgiveness, wisdom, love and healing
Your life for our death, salvation sharing


[while hugging yourself]
Jesus, my Jesus I welcome Your Presence 
Into my body, becoming my very essence
As I hug me, I hug You too
Your resurrection power I experience


And when I lay my head to rest
I know I lie down in Your embrace
The power of Your Presence fills me with light
I need fear nothing, day or night


[while hugging yourself]
Jesus, my Jesus I welcome Your Presence 
Into my body, becoming my very essence
As I hug me, I hug you too
Your resurrection power I experience


And when at last my earthly time
Comes to it’s end and my body dies
I know that I will still have my home
With You in eternity on Your throne


[while hugging yourself]
Jesus, my Jesus I welcome Your Presence 
Into my body, becoming my very essence
As I hug me, I hug you too
Your resurrection power I experience

Resurrection

John 11:11-44 and Matthew 28:1-10

Jesus had a friend named Lazarus
Who died young of an unnamed sickness
Though his sisters had sent for Jesus
Jesus delayed in coming to cure the illness
By the time he arrived at Lazarus’ home
Everyone knew that Lazarus was gone
Into the grave covered by a large stone
Dead until God called all the dead home

Lazarus’ sisters, Martha and Mary
Were very upset as anyone would be
In their grief they cried out to Jesus
If You’d been here You could’ve healed Lazarus
They though Jesus had waited to long
And now that Lazarus was 4 days in the tomb
It was too late for a miracle resurrection
They would have to wait till all dead were risen

Jesus said,
“You don’t have to wait [for the future]
I am the Resurrection, and Eternal Life [now]
Anyone who clings to me in faith
Any one who lives by believing in Me
Even though he dies, he will live forever
As I use the power God has given Me”

No one believed that Jesus could give
Life to someone who was so long dead
Yet at Jesus command they opened the grave
To see what Jesus would do that day
Jesus commanded that Lazarus come out
And much to the shock and surprise of the crowd
Out of the grave dead Lazarus walked
Alive once more as a man in this world

When Jesus died on the cross sometime later
And He was buried by Joseph of Arimathea
A stone was rolled over the entrance to the grave
And guards stationed there to make sure that’s how it stayed
Yet three days later as they came to the grave
The two Marys saw an angel roll the stone away
Power shook the earth and made the guards faint
The angel told them Jesus was alive again

In Jesus we see that God has the power
To give life to the dead no matter the hour
God can raise the dead to new life again
Here in this world where death seems to reign
In these events Jesus demonstrated
God’s power for us unto salvation
Though death is our sins penalty
God can overcome death for our resurrection

So when we see that we’re bound by sin
And death it seems is our only end
Jesus offers us His Resurrection Life
Eternal, holy, and powerful, as ours
And a heart that loves like only God can
A new spirit to make us a new woman or man
United as One with the Holy Trinity
Through Jesus’ sacrifice, a new life for us today

Jesus says,
“You don’t have to wait [for the future]
I am the Resurrection, and Eternal Life [now]
Anyone who clings to me in faith
Any one who lives by believing in Me
Even though he dies, he will live forever
As I use the power God has given Me”

So anytime things are not as they should be
As health, provisions or relationships can seem
When the world around us seems only broken
Or our inner world has begun to darken
We can turn to Jesus and cling to Him and His promise
To exchange life for death, light for all our darkness
And ask Him to reveal His resurrection life
Powerfully in us now to overcome all strife

“Martha said to Jesus, “My Lord, if only you had come sooner, my brother wouldn’t have died. But I know that if you were to ask God for anything, he would do it for you.” Jesus told her, “Your brother will rise and live.” She replied, “Yes, I know he will rise with everyone else on resurrection day.” “Martha,” Jesus said, “ You don’t have to wait until then. I am the Resurrection, and I am Life Eternal. Anyone who clings to me in faith, even though he dies, will live forever. And the one who lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”” John 11:21-26 TPT

Light Undiminished

“The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.” John 1:4-5 NLT

“And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart. And I will put my Spirit in you so that you will follow my decrees and be careful to obey my regulations.” Ezekiel 36:26-27 NLT

“All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.” Ephesians 1:3-5 NLT

“This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all. So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth. But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.” 1 John 1:5-7 NLT

Light Undiminished meditation

There was a time I did not know God personally
I knew his rules and commands but knew they were not for me
I could not love Him or others as he commanded
The deceptiveness of sin had my heart by stone surrounded

But Jesus came into my life to show his love for me
Offered me His love to live in and to give away for free
Offered me a new heart that was living and loving
Offered me a new spirit with His Holy Spirit united

Jesus Your Glory light reigns undiminished
No darkness has the power to ever overcome it
United with You, You from ALL sin cleanse us
You purify all darkness from within us
Making us pure and holy by Your Own Presence

Now I live with Jesus, united as one
His powerful light cleansing me even when I stumble
When I take the wrong direction He turns me around
Shows me the path where His life can be found

I need never fear my sin can taint or damage Jesus
For in His death and resurrection is the power to redeem us
To exchange our death for His eternal life
He has overcome all to give us his Glory light

All of sins damage can be taken to the cross
And left there to die, now powerless
Be left in exchange for Jesus resurrection life
We have this privilege every day of our life

Now I can, without any hesitation
Stay in the Presence of God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit
Now nothing can separate me from God’s love
For Jesus’ holiness and righteousness, He has made mine

Jesus Your Glory light reigns undiminished
No darkness has the power to ever overcome it
United with You, You from ALL sin cleanse us
Re-making us in Your Holy Image
Filling us with Your Glory light and essence
Making us pure by Your Own Presence

Inestimable Value

“For God has proved his love by giving us his greatest treasure, the gift of his Son. And since God freely offered him up as the sacrifice for us all, he certainly won’t withhold from us anything else he has to give.” Romans 8:32 TPT

Inestimable Value Meditation

God had one Beloved Son
The core of His own heart
A pure and Holy Glorious One
The image of God incarnate
Yet God let Him be sacrificed
Scoured and for us crucified
So He could raise us from the dead
As God’s Sons, with Him united

You are of inestimable value
Just in who you are
For Jesus was the price God paid
To demonstrate your value today
And bring you home to Him again

People think that once they’ve sinned
God has no time for them
Like Adam and Eve they hide away
Try to cover the brokenness and pain
But God comes looking for each of us
To tell us His good news is for us
Because of the work that Jesus has done
We can be pure and holy, God’s beloved sons

You are of incalculable value
Just in who you are
For Jesus was the price God paid
To demonstrate your value today
And bring you home to Him again

When Jesus was judged it was as us
For He had never sinned
When He was whipped and beaten
It was our sins that punished Him
When God’s Presence left Him
It was our old self He was in
And when the cross finally killed Him
It was our death that took Him

You are of eternal value
Just in who you are
For Jesus was the price God paid
To demonstrate your value today
And bring you home to Him again

But death it could not hold him
For Jesus had never sinned
And the power of His righteousness
Overcame death, giving New Life to us
Raised by God’s Holy Spirit’s power
Him and us at God side, now forever
Reborn into His Holy Glory
One with God now and for eternity

You are of infinite value
Just in who you are
For Jesus was the price God paid
To demonstrate your value today
And bring you home to Him again

Now the full Glory of God is yours
You live in Jesus righteousness
Forgiven, cleansed and holy once more
Completely released from the power of sin
Beloved of God just as Jesus is
At God’s right hand, in His Personal Presence
And together you can heal this world
United with God, loving all with His essence

You are of unfathomable value
Just in who you are
For Jesus was the price God paid
To demonstrate your value today
And bring you home to Him again

Through all the work that Jesus has done
And God’s willing sacrifice of His Beloved Son
There is nothing you could do or say
That could make your more loved by God in any way
Today, tomorrow, your value remains
As high as Jesus, for His blood’s in your veins
You are a full member of God’s family
So take your place now, with Him eternally

You are of inestimable value
Just in who you are
For Jesus was the price God paid
To demonstrate your value today
And bring you home to Him again

Change

“But if we keep living in the pure light that surrounds him, we share unbroken fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, continually cleanses us from all sin.”

1 John 1:7 TPT

“In the city of Jericho there lived a very wealthy man named Zacchaeus, who was the supervisor over all the tax collectors. As Jesus made his way through the city, Zacchaeus was eager to see Jesus. He kept trying to get a look at him, but the crowd around Jesus was massive. Zacchaeus was a very short man and couldn’t see over the heads of the people.

Jesus said to him, “This shows that today life has come to you and your household, for you are a true son of Abraham. The Son of Man has come to seek out and to give life to those who are lost.” So he ran on ahead of everyone and climbed up a blossoming fig tree so he could get a glimpse of Jesus as he passed by. When Jesus got to that place, he looked up into the tree and said, “Zacchaeus, hurry on down, for I am appointed to stay at your house today!” So he scurried down the tree and came face-to-face with Jesus. As Jesus left to go with Zacchaeus, many in the crowd complained, “Look at this! Of all the people to have dinner with, he’s going to eat in the house of a crook.” Zacchaeus joyously welcomed Jesus and was amazed over his gracious visit to his home. Zacchaeus stood in front of the Lord and said, “Half of all that I own I will give to the poor. And Lord, if I have cheated anyone, I promise to pay back four times as much as I stole.”” Luke 19:1-10 TPT

Zacchaeus was a very wealthy man
A senior tax collector
He had made most of his money
By fraudulent tax collections
The people he had robbed
Hated Zac for his deception
This short but powerful man
Had no one that really loved him

Jesus came to Zac’s hometown
And the crowds they rushed to see Him
For Jesus amazing reputation
It had proceeded Him
They wanted to see miracles
Hear the great man’s teaching
Perhaps receive a blessing themselves
And Zac went eagerly with them

The crowds they were massive
And Zacchaeus could not see
He was to short to see over
So he went and climbed a tree
He wanted to see for himself
If what they said was true
If Jesus was so powerfully loving
Of sinners so forgiving

There was a hope deep in Zac’s heart
Even he was not aware of
A hope that one day he could be
Someone who was loved and cared for
Someone who was generous
Giving and kind
Someone just like Jesus
Loving all of mankind

As Jesus drew nearer
And Zac could see His face
This hope flamed up within him
And in hope he held his breath
Then Jesus looked Zac’s way
Smiled when He saw him
Made His way to Zac’s tree
And spoke straight to him

Much to everyone’s surprise
Jesus spoke lovingly to Zac
Told him to hurry down
So He could Zac’s home visit
Jesus spoke as though he knew
Zacchaeus would be there
Knew who Zacchaeus was
And yet acted like He cared

Zacchaeus hurried down
Meeting Jesus face to face
And the crowd were horrified
As Jesus walked Zac to his place
Did Jesus really not know
What kind of man Zac was?
How could such a godly man
Choose to eat with such a swindler?

But Jesus knew better
He knew what was in Zac’s heart
Knew that money had been
What Zac had though would buy him love
He knew that what Zac needed
Was God’s love and forgiveness
And the power to change
That comes from God’s loving Presence

So ignoring the crowd
Jesus went home with Zacchaeus
And the Presence of God in Jesus
His love and forgiveness
Healed Zac’s heart and mind
As Jesus journeyed with him
A miracle took place in Zac
As he was freed from sin

In the presence of Jesus
And many other people
Zacchaeus stood and repented
Of the fraud he had committed
He promised to repay fourfold
The people he had cheated
Give half his wealth to the poor
An astounding declaration

This is what God’s Presence
His love and forgiveness
Does in a sinners heart
When they experience Him living in it
He makes us holy, just like Jesus
Giving, loving and forgiving
What we receive from God we share
Through His Powerful Holy Spirit

This is why Jesus came
To bring us all back to God
Jesus came to save this world
From our broken and sinful hearts
Without a transformation
God’s healing from within
The power to change to loving
By sin’s deception is hidden

With the light of Jesus Presence
Living in our hearts
Our ears open to His voice
Receiving His love and power
We can see where we go wrong
Choose love instead of sin
We are empowered to change
Till like Jesus we live.

The Mind’s Transformation

“Stop imitating the ideals and opinions of the culture around you, but be inwardly transformed by the Holy Spirit through a total reformation of how you think. This will empower you to discern God’s will as you live a beautiful life, satisfying and perfect in his eyes.” Romans 12:2 TPT

When We can know
That Jesus is real
Alive in people
To give love to this world
It breaks through our defences
To fill us with His love
It transforms our being
To be His Glory