“And you did not receive the “spirit of religious duty,” leading you back into the fear of never being good enough. But you have received the “Spirit of full acceptance,” enfolding you into the family of God. And you will never feel orphaned, for as he rises up within us, our spirits join him in saying the words of tender affection, “Beloved Father!” For the Holy Spirit makes God’s fatherhood real to us as he whispers into our innermost being, “You are God’s beloved child!” And since we are his true children, we qualify to share all his treasures, for indeed, we are heirs of God himself. And since we are joined to Christ, we also inherit all that he is and all that he has. We will experience being co-glorified with him provided that we accept his sufferings as our own.”
Romans 8:15-17 TPT
The spirit of religious duty
Has no claim on us
For it cannot make us worthy
To be children of God’s
It can only bind us
To loads we cannot lift
And bury us in graves
For it has no life to give
But now we have received
God’s Spirit of full acceptance
Enfolding each of us
Into the family of God’s essence
We need never feel orphaned
For He rises up within us
With us crying “Beloved Father”
Giving God our true affection
And He whispers night and day
“You are God’s Beloved Child”
There’s nothing you need to earn
Nothing of God’s has He withheld
Jesus has made you righteous
Holy and blameless in His sight
“You are God’s Beloved Child”
“You are God’s Beloved Child”
I can listen to the voices
Of those who would condemn
The Father of Lies
And the messengers he sends
Or I can turn my ears
To God’s enfolding Holy Spirit
To hear His truth whispers
That I am fully accepted
And He whispers night and day
“You are God’s Beloved Child”
There’s nothing you need to earn
Nothing of God’s has He withheld
Jesus has made you righteous
Holy and blameless in His sight
“You are God’s Beloved Child”
“You are God’s Beloved Child”
If I examine my self
Thinking to look for sin
There is nothing left to find
For Jesus took it all on Him
And gave me instead
The righteousness of God
So can fit right in
As God’s Beloved Child
And He whispers night and day
“You are God’s Beloved Child”
There’s nothing you need to earn
Nothing of God’s has He withheld
Jesus has made you righteous
Holy and blameless in His sight
“You are God’s Beloved Child”
“You are God’s Beloved Child”
If I do good works
As a child of God would do
It does not change my position
For no higher can I go
Now I’m a Child of God
Co-heir and one with Christ
Reigning by God’s side
I am with His fullness blessed
And He whispers night and day
“You are God’s Beloved Child”
There’s nothing you need to earn
Nothing of God’s has He withheld
Jesus has made you righteous
Holy and blameless in His sight
“You are God’s Beloved Child”
“You are God’s Beloved Child”
For we have now received
God’s Spirit of full acceptance
Enfolding each of us
Into the family of God’s essence
We need never feel orphaned
For He rises up within us
With us crying “Beloved Father”
Giving God our true affection
And He whispers night and day
“You are God’s Beloved Child”
There’s nothing you need to earn
Nothing of God’s has He withheld
Jesus has made you righteous
Holy and blameless in His sight
“You are God’s Beloved Child”
“You are God’s Beloved Child”
Romans
The Gift
“Our faith in Jesus transfers God’s righteousness to us and he now declares us flawless in his eyes. This means we can now enjoy true and lasting peace with God, all because of what our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One, has done for us. Our faith guarantees us permanent access into this marvelous kindness that has given us a perfect relationship with God. What incredible joy bursts forth within us as we keep on celebrating our hope of experiencing God’s glory!”
Romans 5:1-2 TPT
Jesus death and resurrection
As a human being
Have given us peace with God
Lasting for eternity
Now I can relax
I no longer need to strive
I’m fully acceptable to God
Because of Jesus’ life
God’s righteousness
Jesus transfers to me
So now in God’s eyes
I live flawlessly
Obeying God’s Law
Is now no burden for me
For His Law of Love
Is now the core of my being
Jesus has given to me
His access to God
To live in His marvellous kindness
The generosity of His Love
There is nothing God holds back
From His Beloved Son
All is for His Children too
Now we are all as One
Jesus has given to me
His unity with God
A perfect relationship
Completion for my soul
Intimacy, love and joy
In God’s Personal Presence
Dwelling in His Glory
An eternal resurrection
The Glory of God
God’s fullness in me
Jesus Your Gracious Gift
My joy eternally
The Glory of God
God’s fullness in me
Jesus Your Gracious Gift
My joy eternally
Cascading Righteousness
“But now, independently of the law, the righteousness of God is tangible and brought to light through Jesus, the Anointed One. This is the righteousness that the Scriptures prophesied would come. It is God’s righteousness made visible through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. And now all who believe in him receive that gift. For there is really no difference between us, Yet through his powerful declaration of acquittal, God freely gives away his righteousness. His gift of love and favour now cascades over us, all because Jesus, the Anointed One, has liberated us from the guilt, punishment, and power of sin!”
“And when the season of tolerance came to an end, there was only one possible way for God to give away his righteousness and still be true to both his justice and his mercy—to offer up his own Son. So now, because we stand on the faithfulness of Jesus, God declares us righteous in his eyes!” Romans 3:21-22, 24, 26 TPT
Your Righteousness, Your Righteousness
Cascading over, in and through us
Your image in us restored through this gift
Of Your Love and Favour, God Magnificent
You saw we were bound and damaged by our sin
Powerless to change without true healing
You gave us Your Law to reveal the mess we’re in
But we thought we could obey it and missed the mark again
So You sent us Your Son, one with us in human flesh
To reveal Your image, alive as one of us
He loved, forgave and taught and healed as Your true Son
But we failed to understand, let Him on a cross be hung
One with us, Jesus died, and sinful mankind died with Him
As He took the punishment for all of mankind’s sin
But Your Love and Righteousness were too powerful for death
So as One, Your Holy Spirit raised us up again to life
Your Righteousness, Your Righteousness
Cascading over, in and through us
Your image in us restored through this gift
Of Your Love and Favour, God Magnificent
Raised to new life with Christ, to reign at Your Right Hand
We have become full Sons of God and His co-Heirs
The faithfulness of Jesus You have gifted to us
So we can be restored by Your Powerful Righteousness
Your Righteousness, Your Righteousness
Cascading over, in and through us
Your image in us restored through this gift
Of Your Love and Favour, God Magnificent
Now as we rest in the faithfulness of Christ
Your Righteousness becomes ours for life
Empowering us to live as true Sons of God
Healed, restored in Your Image, in Your Faithful Word
Your Righteousness, Your Righteousness
Cascading over, in and through us
Your image in us restored through this gift
Of Your Love and Favour, God Magnificent
Liberating Righteousness
“I refuse to be ashamed of the wonderful message of God’s liberating power unleashed in us through Christ! For I am thrilled to preach that everyone who believes is saved—the Jew first, and then people everywhere! This gospel unveils a continual revelation of God’s righteousness—a perfect righteousness given to us when we believe. And it moves us from receiving life through faith, to the power of living by faith. This is what the Scripture means when it says: “We are right with God through life-giving faith!””
Romans 1:16-17 TPT
The power of Your Righteousness living in me
From sin and works God you have set me free
To be Your beloved child as I was meant to be
Righteous, as Your Image You recreate in me
Once I was a slave to sin
Though I knew it was wrong I so often gave in
I did not have the power to be
A child of God, in righteousness freed
But then You gave Your Son for me
To die my death, bring me to liberty
Raised to live in His resurrection life
I live through Your indwelling righteousness
The power of Your Righteousness living in me
From sin and works God you have set me free
To be Your beloved child as I was meant to be
Righteous, as Your Image You recreate in me
Once I believed that what I did
Would earn my place with You if I was good
Good works became my life and obsession
Till I burnt out from carrying that heavy burden
But then You gave Your Son for me
To die my death, bring me to liberty
Raised to live in His resurrection life
I live through Your indwelling righteousness
The power of Your Righteousness living in me
From sin and works God you have set me free
To be Your beloved child as I was meant to be
Righteous, as Your Image You recreate in me
Now I daily rejoice in Your righteousness
Empowering me to make better choices
I can rest in knowing if I still make mistakes
The power of Your righteousness will all else erase
The power of Your Righteousness living in me
From sin and works God you have set me free
To be Your beloved child as I was meant to be
Righteous, as Your Image You recreate in me
Your righteousness is now my strength and joy
Enabling me Your real Presence to enjoy
We can laugh and talk and chat as One
Because You’ve made me Yours through the life of Your Son
The power of Your Righteousness living in me
From sin and works God you have set me free
To be Your beloved child as I was meant to be
Righteous, as Your Image You recreate in me
Now as the life of Your Son lives in me
I can relax as part of Your Family
I can enjoy all that Sonship entails
What’s Yours is now mine through Jesus Christ
The power of Your Righteousness living in me
From sin and works God you have set me free
To be Your beloved child as I was meant to be
Righteous, as Your Image You recreate in me
God’s True Sons
The God who created The heavens and the earth Has joined us to Christ Filled us with Himself Through His Spirit in us Made us His true Sons Just as God created This universe amazing We too can create Things of glory astounding Endless variety Through His creativity Through the powerful flow Of His life in you and me The God who created The heavens and the earth Has joined us to Christ Filled us with Himself Through His Spirit in us Made us His true Sons Just as God said, “Let there be light” And light appeared To light up the dark night We can speak light in too This world’s darkness undo Wisdom into blindness Love into fearfulness The God who created The heavens and the earth Has joined us to Christ Filled us with Himself Through His Spirit in us Made us His true Sons Just as God separated Light from darkness demarcated Keeping light pure and holy Him revealed in full Glory We have His indwelling wisdom His power filling our actions To live life in His Glory light Jesus’ righteousness enacting The God who created The heavens and the earth Has joined us to Christ Filled us with Himself Through His Spirit in us Made us His true Sons Just as God created Earth’s atmosphere and seas Separating, waters retracting Revealing rugged land beauties We too can speak out Words of power to re-create And by our words and actions Heal again this planet The God who created The heavens and the earth Has joined us to Christ Filled us with Himself Through His Spirit in us Made us His true Sons Just as God’s words Made plants flourish and grow In their bounty and beauty Feeding spirit and body With our deeds and words We can create by His Spirit Environments that bless and feed All that live on this planet The God who created The heavens and the earth Has joined us to Christ Filled us with Himself Through His Spirit in us Made us His true Sons Just as God’s words Created time and seasons Suns and moons in our skies Galaxies of planets We too have His great power Well beyond our comprehension When faced with darkness and chaos To bring order, beauty and redemption The God who created The heavens and the earth Has joined us to Christ Filled us with Himself Through His Spirit in us Made us His true Sons Just as God created The life we find in the sea Birds that grace our skies Animals of all varieties Through God we have the power To give animals a safe place Reverse decline and extinction And heal our broken creation The God who created The heavens and the earth Has joined us to Christ Filled us with Himself Through His Spirit in us Made us His true Sons Just as God’s words Brought us into this life With earth as our home To rule in His Name We can speak the words That bring New Life to others To live as God’s beloved In His Kingdom, as one The God who created The heavens and the earth Has joined us to Christ Filled us with Himself Through His Spirit in us Made us His true Sons Genesis 1:1-25 and “And since we are his true children, we qualify to share all his treasures, for indeed, we are heirs of God himself. And since we are joined to Christ, we also inherit all that he is and all that he has.” Romans 8:17a TPT “And he chose us to be his very own, joining us to himself even before he laid the foundation of the universe! Ephesians 1:4a TPT “Have you forgotten that your body is now the sacred temple of the Spirit of Holiness, who lives in you? You don’t belong to yourself any longer, for the gift of God, the Holy Spirit, lives inside your sanctuary.” 1 Corinthians 6:19 TPT
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
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
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
Show me please Lord
Give me Your vision
Transform me please Lord
To Your way of living
When we can know
That we were God’s planning
That He chose us personally
To be one of His family
It breaks all the lies
That tell us we’re unworthy
And restores us to wholeness
Living in God’s Glory
Show me please Lord
Give me Your vision
Transform me please Lord
To Your way of living
When we experience
The fullness of God’s forgiveness
Wiping out all our sin
So all is forgotten
It frees us to live
Each moment anew
To explore the freedom
Of living His Holy Glory
Show me please Lord
Give me Your vision
Transform me please Lord
To Your way of living
When we learn to live in
God as our main resource
A river of His life
Becomes our life’s essence
His love and forgiveness
His joy, peace and hope
Become ours to live in
And share with this world
Show me please Lord
Give me Your vision
Transform me please Lord
To Your way of living
When we learn to rely on
God’s Spirit for our thinking
Soak in His Presence
Ask questions, receive answers
The Wisdom of God
Becomes our guiding light
Transforms our hearts and minds
Renews all our thinking
Show me please Lord
Give me Your vision
Transform me please Lord
To Your way of living
When we experience
God’s power to restore us
To His loving image
Filling us with His Glory
We know there’s no limit
To what He can do through us
And we want to be active
To restore this world’s goodness
Show me please Lord
Give me Your vision
Transform me please Lord
To Your way of living
There is nothing God has
That He withholds from us
All Jesus inherits
Is through Him made ours
Forgiveness, healing
Love, joy and peace
The power to restore
To live holy, complete
Show me please Lord
Give me Your vision
Transform me please Lord
To Your way of living
So when this life
Throws it’s curveballs at us
And what’s bad looks good
Or our heart is breaking
When sickness or loss
Seem to be our portion
Turn to God in faith
With these as your questions
Is there another way to think
A point of view I am not seeing?
Show me please Lord
Give me Your vision
Is there another way to respond
A way of being I could be living?
Transform me please Lord
To Your way of living
Trusting In God
“That’s what the Scripture means when it says: “I have made you the father of many nations.” He [Abraham] is our example and father, for in God’s presence he believed that God can raise the dead and call into being things that don’t even exist yet.” Romans 4:17 TPT
Abraham left his home
To follow God’s calling
Left friends and family
To trust in God’s promises
Though he was childless
For very many years
He trusted in God
And his faith was rewarded
In God’s Presence
Abraham’s faith was grounded
God had promised Abraham
He would father many nations
Though for many many years
His wife remained barren
But when Abraham was 100
His first heir and son was born
He trusted in God
And his faith was rewarded
In God’s Presence
Abraham’s faith was grounded
When Isaac Abraham’s son
His one and only heir
Was still a young man
The pride and joy of his father
God asked Abraham
To sacrifice his son
But He trusted in God
And his faith was rewarded
In God’s Presence
Abraham’s faith was grounded
Abraham knew by then
God could be trusted
To call into being
That which eyes had not seen
And raise from the dead
Those untimely in the grave
So he trusted in God
And his faith was rewarded
In God’s Presence
Abraham’s faith was grounded
In Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice
His beloved, only son
We see a picture of the terrible price
God would pay one day for us
Abraham’s faith God would provide
The lamb in Jesus would be realised
Because he trusted in God
And his faith was rewarded
In God’s Presence
Abraham’s faith was grounded
With all that he was and had
Even his one precious son
Abraham trusted in God
To be faithful to His word
To be kind and forgiving
Loving and providing
Because he trusted in God
And his faith was rewarded
In God’s Presence
Abraham’s faith was grounded
Now through Jesus sacrifice
We have God’s Presence in us
For God was faithful to His Word
From death to life, raising us
Re-creating us as He promised
One with Him we are united
As we trust in God
Our faith is rewarded
In God’s Presence in us
Our faith is grounded
Justice and Mercy
“Jesus’ God-given destiny was to be the sacrifice to take away sins, and now he is our mercy seat because of his death on the cross. We come to him for mercy, for God has made a provision for us to be forgiven by faith in the sacred blood of Jesus. This is the perfect demonstration of God’s justice, because until now, he had been so patient—holding back his justice out of his tolerance for us. So he covered over the sins of those who lived prior to Jesus’ sacrifice. And when the season of tolerance came to an end, there was only one possible way for God to give away his righteousness and still be true to both his justice and his mercy—to offer up his own Son. So now, because we stand on the faithfulness of Jesus, God declares us righteous in his eyes!” Romans 3:25-26 TPT
Before this earth was made
God new we would reject Him
Knew we would go our own way
End up in bondage to sin
So He planned our salvation
Gave His Son our destiny
To die for our sin
And set us all free
All of God’s judgement
For all of our sin
Was taken by Jesus
Into death with Him
Now that He has risen
To God’s right hand
We can rest in His mercy
Cleansed and forgiven through His blood
God’s perfect justice
Can be seen in Jesus’ actions
Paying the price for our sin
For every infraction
No further penance or price
Needs to be paid
For in Jesus our perfect lamb
All sinful man went to the grave
God’s love and mercy
Can be seen in Jesus risen
To God’s right hand
In the throne room of heaven
Where He grants us the mercy
To sit with Him
As sons of God eternal
Fully righteous in Him
In the faithfulness of Jesus
We can take our stand
On Him we can depend
To release in us His kingdom
For as He is God’s Beloved
Holy, pure and righteous
So He gifts all that to us
As One with Him He makes us
Your Complete Wholeness
“Even King David himself speaks to us regarding the complete wholeness that comes inside a person when God’s powerful declaration of righteousness is heard over our life. Apart from our works, God’s work is enough. Here’s what David says: What happy fulfillment is ahead for those whose rebellion has been forgiven and whose sins are covered by blood. What happy progress comes to them when they hear the Lord speak over them, “I will never hold your sins against you!”” Romans 4:6-8 TPT
God it’s Your complete wholeness
That comes to me
As You declare me to be righteous
For eternity
One my heart was broken
From living without Your love
Once my mind was darkened
From living without Your light
But now Your light and love
Daily fill my life
God it’s Your complete wholeness
That comes to me
As You declare me to be righteous
For eternity
One my heart was broken
From rejecting Your ways
Once my mind was darkened
From pride lead astray
But now Your loving voice
Daily directs my ways
God it’s Your complete wholeness
That comes to me
As You declare me to be righteous
For eternity
One my heart was broken
Hurt by others’ sin
And my mind was darkened
As false beliefs set in
But now Your loving voice
Daily brings me freedom
God it’s Your complete wholeness
That comes to me
As You declare me to be righteous
For eternity
One my heart was broken
By lies that satan whispered
Once my mind was darkened
By satan’s accusations
But now Your loving voice
Is my daily re-creation
God it’s Your complete wholeness
That comes to me
As You declare me to be righteous
For eternity
It is a gift
Of love divine
That heals me
And makes me One
With You God
The Perfect One
God it’s Your complete wholeness
That comes to me
As You declare me to be righteous
For eternity
The Amazing Exchange 