As I sit in my pew during church,
It's easy to agree with what's said
To repeat "Amen" and "Praise the Lord"
Or simply agree, by a nod of the head.
Yet, leaving the church building,
My resolve just melts away.
What did cause my withdrawing?
Why was I in such a fray?
I thought I had all I needed
To fulfill the great commission,
But instead, working by myself
Was a cause for a great omission.
I was ashamed of my Lord that day -
And, oh, how many times in between -
I have denied the one who bought me,
As I perform my daily routine.
The boldness I needed so badly,
Was surely lacking from my effort.
I hadn't the strength to sustain me;
In my spirit there was no comfort.
As I feasted on God's Word at home,
I read of the Apostles' boldness
And saw God's power, and not their own,
Was the reason for their adeptness.
I saw how spending time with Jesus
Was what wrought such great victory:
Power to boldly speak forth God's Word,
Regardless of government decree.
How I need to get alone with God,
And beseech Him for His power.
Without the strength He alone gives,
I can't live for Him even an hour.
I don't want to be ashamed of Christ -
The one who gave His all for me -
I want to live for Him day by day!
I want that great victory!
Going forth, but not on a whim,
To go out boldly and to proclaim;
Spending my life witnessing for Him,
That eternal life, others may gain.
So day by day, as I seek to please,
The one who died and rose for me,
I must spend time with Christ my Lord
If not ashamed of Him, I am to be.
I met the greatest, outstanding, very talented people in the industry from the hottest parties to the club, from the models to the photograpgers, from the sates to the cities. Got to party with the hottest models like Jeri Lee, Kim Loan, Ashley Vee, Maylea Rafeal, and the list goes on and on. Also I've worked with many photograpgers such as Lane Studios, Micheal Vincent, Kenny Wong and it goes on. Yes, I was seen everywhere from state to state city to city. Yes, I was doing everything go go dancing, modeling, hosting, featured model, magazine spread, all the above. But I learn that all this fame and fortune can only last for so long it wouldn't matter at the end when judgement day comes. Because I want to be where He is. And although I had never let beauty get to my head, modeling was really taking up all my time and distracting me from getting my education as well. So now my lifestyle has flipped around. And I love it. "The Kingdom of God can't be detected by visible signs." -Luke 17:20. "When Jesus returns, it will be like it was in Noah's day. In those days, the people enjoyed banquets and parties and wedding right up to the time Noah entered his boat and the flood came and destroyed them all." -Luke 17:26-27. I love being a Christianity and having my own connection/relationship with the God, my Lord, my Savior.
LECRAE- TAKE ME AS I AM LYRICS
[Talking]
Christ through faith
I talked to a cat the other day
And he was like;
'Man I really wanna come to Christ
But I gotta clean my life up first, get my sins together'
I told em, I used to think that way too
I thought I had to change myself before I could come to Christ
But Christ changed me
Let me tell you my story, it starts like this
[Verse One]
It's 5:46 in the mornin', tossin' and turnin'
Chest burnin', sermons in my head keep reocurrin'
Havin' visions in my head of a kid
Cryin' at the feet of the Father, for all the wrong things that he did
Now I'm sweatin' in my sheets can't sleep
My mind keeps tellin' me I'm six feet deep
Don't remind me, even though I'm still alive I can't tell
The way I'm living my life I feel I'm going to hell
God they telling me I should accept you
That you had to leave the world, cause the world left you
Reason I can't change, like a mystery to me
So I make believe there really is a heaven for a G
Even though they say you loved the world so much, you shed ya blood
God I feel I'm too messed up for love
They tell me come as I am but I smell like smoke
My whole lifes full of sin cause it's all I know
The bible told me that you died for my sins
If I believe in Christ, it'll save me from the end
But I'm scared to ask you, to save me my heart
So evil, I got thoughts, that's full of hatred hurtin' people
I thought at first I had to clean up my life
Now I'm hearin' I just need to cling to the light
I'm ready to do it, but Lord I pray you understand
My life is a mess, will you take me as I am
[Chorus]
Will you take me as I am
I know the way I'm living is wrong
But I can't change on my own, trying to make it alone
I wonder, how could you love me when my life so ugly
But you came down and died for me
Will you take me as I am
I know the way I'm living is wrong
But I can't change on my own, trying to make it alone
I wonder, how could you love me when my life so ugly
But you came down and died for me
Will you take me as I am
[Verse Two]
I'm sick and tired of trying to me the man, my daddy never taught me to be
I'm grown up now, life ain't what I thought it would be
I made many mistakes in my past I can't fix
Now I'm staring at this crusifix tatted on my wrist
Is it true what they telling me, am I just crazy
Did ya bleed on the cross, for my sins to save me
But why would ya die for me
My whole life I've been working for Satan, while He fed lies to me
And now I'm hearing too much, trying to get a true touch
Of a love that can change me, I'm all screwed up
Figure Hell is what I deserve
But your word says we all fall short so I guess we all outta burn
Teach me I wanna learn
How you could save a wretch like me, before death says it's my turn
I think I finally understand
No matter my past, you'll still take me as I am
[Chorus]
[Verse Three]
My father had a few last words to give
I be telling people the reason to live
The reason to die, united with the King in the sky
This life is passing us by, I got no reason to lie
You'll never give the world enough, they'll hunger for more
They figure there ways are nuthin to the wonderous lord
More security than the man that left you
More love than the moms who kept you
He'll always accept you
Be everything your supposed to
Let Christ rule ya heart, mind, body and soul cause He chose you
And if the world don't know you
It don't matter you're Gods child and he'll never disown you
Ya purpose on earth is far from worthless
That's why ya glorified like ya life's been purchased
And it don't matter if the world don't seen us
We still mean the world to Jesus
[Chorus]
[Talking]
Yeah, we're saved by grace through faith
It's not works
Ain't nuthin you can do, ain't nuthin I can do
That could get us this grace salavation that we got man
It's only Christ
So if you feel like you gotta clean yourself up
Before you can come to Him
Forget it
Just come to Him
He'll take you as you are, and he'll change YOU
From the inside, out
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