{"id":5769,"date":"2016-05-16T08:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T14:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/?p=5769"},"modified":"2016-05-16T08:00:50","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T14:00:50","slug":"with-all-i-am-monday-musical-musings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/?p=5769","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWith All I Am\u201d \u2013 Monday Musical Musings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We sing songs. We read Scripture. We sometimes don\u2019t even know what we\u2019re singing or reading. We don\u2019t understand the impact the written word\/Word has upon our life.<\/p>\n

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\"0005030206R-849x565\"<\/a>But I\u2019d like to challenge you today to take what you\u2019ve read or sung and put it into practice in your life. Allow God\u2019s Word and His Holy Spirit to change you from the inside out. Allow the words you sing to sink into your soul and to be transformed.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s easy to sing songs like \u201cWith All I Am\u201d in a worship service and to be moved by the emotion of the moment. But if we walk away and never think of these words again or find the desire within ourselves to do what you sang in the song, what have you really gained? Perhaps you meant the words when you sang them. You truly want to give your whole life and being to Jesus. But if you don\u2019t actually do something, what have you really gained?<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ll be the first to admit that I\u2019ve done this. I used to sing a song by Kathy Troccoli called \u201cMy Life is in Your Hands\u201d (You can read my thoughts on this song by clicking here<\/a>). But then I would find myself holding portions of my life back from God. Didn\u2019t I just sing the lyrics stating emphatically that I would give Him every bit of my life? The good and the bad? Yes! So why didn\u2019t I do so?<\/p>\n

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I suspect one reason I didn\u2019t then, and sometimes now, want to commit everything within me to God is because I\u2019m selfish. Or I want to be in control. Or I have sin that is still dominating my thoughts. Or I\u2019m stubborn. Or I just didn\u2019t want to. Now there may be plenty of reasons for not giving God everything, but here\u2019s the thing. God wants it all. He wants all of you. Your heart, mind, soul and strength.<\/p>\n

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So today, let\u2019s look at this song with fresh eyes and a deeper desire to live our lives the way Mr. Morgan expresses in this song.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWith All I Am\u201d[i]<\/a><\/p>\n

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Into Your hand I commit again
\nWith all I am for You Lord
\nYou hold my world in the palm of Your hand
\nAnd I’m Yours forever<\/p>\n

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Chorus:
\nJesus I believe in You
\nJesus I belong to You
\nYou’re the reason that I live
\nThe reason that I sing with all I am<\/p>\n

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I’ll walk with You wherever You go
\nThrough tears and joy I’ll trust in You
\nAnd I will live in all of Your ways
\nYour promises forever<\/p>\n

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Jesus I believe in You
\nJesus I belong to You
\nYou’re the reason that I live
\nThe reason that I sing<\/p>\n

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I will worship, I will worship You
\nI will worship, I will worship You
\nI will worship, I will worship You
\nI will worship, I will worship You<\/p>\n

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Click here <\/a>to have a listen!<\/p>\n

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Grace and peace be yours in abundance,<\/p>\n

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Donna<\/p>\n

[i]<\/a> \u201cWith All I Am,\u201d Words and music by Rueben Morgan, Rueben Morgan Publishing, Hillsong Publishing, 2003<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  We sing songs. We read Scripture. We sometimes don\u2019t even know what we\u2019re singing or reading. We don\u2019t understand the impact the written word\/Word has upon our life.   But I\u2019d like to challenge you today to take what you\u2019ve read or sung and put it into practice in your life. Allow God\u2019s Word […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3762,28,4664,296,17,14],"tags":[5656,5657,2768,5655],"class_list":["post-5769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abide","category-accepting-god","category-choose","category-experiencing-god","category-obeying-god","category-seeking-god","tag-my-life-is-in-your-hands","tag-give-it-to-god","tag-kathy-troccoli","tag-with-all-i-am-monday-musical-musings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5770,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5769\/revisions\/5770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}