Provisions of Grace to Press On
I trust you, Dear Father (your Mercy and Grace)
for shelter and needed supply;
I trust you to safeguard my life and my home,
for Watchcare of all you provide.
I trust you for Blessings (Support), or I die,
(Provisions to meet inborn needs);
I trust you (your Presence), Most Needed Supply,
free flowing for me to receive.
I give you my past and missed leadership needs,
confess broken values and deeds;
I trust you, Dear Healer, to make my life Whole,
for Healing of body and soul.
I trust you (your Timing) to fulfill your Plan
to transform (make Holy) my heart;
I trust you (your Promised Commitment to me)
to finish the Good Work you start.
I trust you (your Rhema, Truth spoken to me)
through Scripture to teach me your Ways;
I trust you, Dear Teacher (Revealer of Truth),
to teach me the Message of Grace.
I trust you (your Wisdom, your Mind given me)
for making Wise Choices that heal;
I trust you (your Temp’rance) for staying the Course
to live out your Calling and Will.
I trust you with matters I don’t understand,
with outcomes I cannot control;
I trust you, Dear Father (your Faithful Right Hand),
to guide and support me to stand.
I trust you to open closed doors to sow Seed
(Redemptive-best Ways to meet needs);
I trust you (your Kindness) through me to give Care
(Support you give me freely share).
Opposed by dark forces, the world, and by self,
I trust you (your Life within me);
expended in Service to go and to give,
I hear your Call, “Come and receive!”
I trust you (your Death and Life’s Blood shed for me)
from Judgment on man sets me free;
(your Life Resurrected and living in me)
renews me to manifest/glorify you.
(The Might of your Power at work within me)
supports me to run well the race;
(your Likeness, the Fruit of your Workmanship Grace)
makes fitting my life for your use.
CHORUS
You give me your Heart so I can Love you,
myself, and a broken, lost world;
you give me Support to make my life Strong,
(Provisions of Grace to press on).
© Don (Carole) Whisnant/2018
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SONGS (LYRICS)
by Don (Carole)
O Christ, Live Your Love Through Me
O Christ, live your Life through me,
your love for others to see:
Coming, receiving,
then going to give,
O Christ, live your Love through me.
O Christ, live your Life through me,
Your love for others to see:
Serving and faith
more than empty display,
O Christ, live your Love through me.
O Christ, live your Life through me,
your love for others to see:
Patient and kind,
without anger or pride,
O Christ, live your Love through me.
O Christ, live your Life through me,
your love for others to see:
Suffering long,
no recording of wrong,
O Christ, live your Love through me.
O Christ, live your Life through me,
your love for others to see:
Grieving for sin,
but rejoicing in Truth,
O Christ, live your Love through me.
O Christ, live your Life through me,
your love for others to see:
Trusting, protecting,
remaining in hope,
O Christ, live your Love through me.
O Christ, live your Life through me,
your love for others to see:
Child’s ways behind,
and increased in your mind,
O Christ, live your Love through me.
© Don (Carole) Whisnant/2014
Provisions of Grace
My Father in Heaven,
I hallow your Name -
who you are, Life and Virtue;
I open my heart again today
to receive your Provisions of Grace.
I welcome your Purpose
for me to know you -
life on Earth, more like Heaven;
I open my heart again today
to receive your Provisions of Grace.
I welcome you daily,
my Life Giving Bread -
Christ in me, Pow’r for living;
I open my heart again today
to receive your Provisions of Grace.
I welcome your Healing
to meet my missed needs -
Christ in me, helping others;
I open my heart again today
to receive your Provisions of Grace.
I welcome your Summons,
you lift above sin -
evil’s call below fading;
I open my heart again today
to receive your Provisions of Grace.
I welcome your Glory,
the Light of Your Life,
in and thru me forever;
I open my heart again today,
to receive your Provisions of Grace.
© Don (Carole) Whisnant/2014
My Life His Likeness on Earth
I kneel before the Father,
deriving Life from him,
to manifest his Glory -
my life his Likeness on Earth.
Out of his Splendid Riches,
his Presence strengthens me,
to manifest his Glory -
my life his Likeness on Earth.
My heart, my inner being,
the home Christ dwells within,
to manifest his Glory,
my life his Likeness on Earth.
God’s Love, how wide and so deep,
his Grace to meet my need,
to manifest his Glory -
my life his Likeness on Earth.
Christ fills me to new measure,
surpassing all I know,
to manifest his Glory -
my life his Likeness on Earth.
His Pow’r for us unmeasured,
his Life at work within,
to manifest his Glory -
my life his Likeness on Earth.
Christ in his Church forever,
to each new Age passed on,
to manifest his Glory -
my life his Likeness on Earth.
© Don (Carole) Whisnant/2014
God’s Grace Abundant Flow
Up from deep within me,
God’s Life from Heaven flows
into my heart, my soul,
fills me increasingly.
The Life Christ came to give,
now lives within my heart,
provides abundantly
Support to strengthen me.
O Glory in my soul,
God’s Grace Abundant Flow
secures Eternal Life,
failed, erring ways makes right.
Once labored to be best,
for favor I performed;
then, heavy-laden worn,
found Christ for needed Rest.
Once fought until I’d won,
sought praise for work well done;
once driven to succeed,
now trust God’s Plan for me.
Once needed to be first,
no thought if some were hurt;
God’s Love for them in me
prevailed to set me free.
Once sought significance,
had thoughts of prominence;
In Christ (his Life in me)
I’m now content, set free.
Christ’s Life in me, embraced,
makes Heaven real to me -
while here, on bended knee,
when there, full face to face.
The world about me fails
to win or interest me;
past worldly values paled,
now Heaven long to see.
On board the Gospel Ship,
by death or Raptured Glee,
I make my destined trip
to where I long to be.
© Don (Carole) Whisnant/2018
A Vessel Ruined, Made Whole Again
A vessel ruined by Adam’s sin,
by Christ restored, made whole again,
renewed each day to run the race,
supported by Abundant Grace.
The vessel lost, in Christ now found,
by Grace through faith, now Heaven bound;
A broken life made whole again
by Christ received, living within.
God watches me, his Eyes behold,
I’m in his Sight, kept by his Might;
he knows my needs, by Grace bestows,
needs met by him are met indeed.
Christ is my Strength, Support, and Friend,
he hears my cry, he holds my hand;
God will not leave nor throw away,
his Life within has Pow’r to save.
Filled to the measure of his Life,
my values changed, my heart made right;
to be a Bea-con in the night
is now my hope, my heart’s delight.
The vessel ruined, by sin once bound,
is now restored, in Christ now found;
I’m born again, he lives within,
fills with his Light, sets free from sin.
© Don (Carole) Whisnant/2019
A Light to Fallen Man
I seek you, Lord, today again -
your Love for mankind ruined by sin;
receive your Life to live within,
to be your Light to fallen man.
According to my heart's desire,
my earnest hope, most fervent prayer,
renew my life, Dear Lord, within,
to be your Light to fallen man.
Each morning this first thing I do,
receive in worship Life from you
into my heart for Strength within,
to be your Light to fallen man.
My life I now consider waste,
but to by Grace complete the race -
fulfill the task, your Call within,
to be your Light to fallen man.
Whatever goals I may attain
is loss to me save I may gain,
by Resurrection Pow’r within,
to be your Light to fallen man.
To be with Christ, I long to go,
the half not told, more fully know;
‘til then made pure, holy within,
to be his Light to fallen man.
CHORUS
Renew me, Lord, with Love again
for darkened hearts deceived by sin;
increase me by your Life within,
to be your Light to fallen man.
© Don (Carole) Whisnant/2019
Now In Christ, Justified, Christ in Me, Sanctified
I’m IN CHRIST, Justified,
judgment due, satisfied;
by his Death, he full paid,
Adam’s sin, in my place.
I’m IN CHRIST, Reconciled,
once astray, now God’s Child;
far away, lost in sin,
now IN CHRIST, Born Again.
Once in sin, dead within,
now IN CHRIST, Born Again;
by self ruled, by sin fooled,
now IN CHRIST, I have Life.
CHRIST IN ME, Sanctified;
set apart, purified;
troubled soul, broken mind,
by his Life, I’m made whole.
In my heart, Christ abides,
by his Life, Sanctifies,
broken, worn, by Grace called,
now equipped for his Cause.
Jesus Lord, Breath and Light,
Source of Strength, Bread of Life,
fills me with Love and Truth,
fits my life for his use.
© Don (Carole) Whisnant/2020-22
The Father of Compassion
The Father of Compassion,
the Source of our Support,
received in our troubles
for others who need his Care.
For just as Jesus suffered,
his pain we suffer too;
but Christ also helps us
with Support we give to you.
So when we are so broken,
God gives to us Support;
and when we are supported,
we’re increased in Care for you.
We have this Hope so firmly,
because we know you share,
not only our suff’ring,
but also his Faithful Care.
Although our hearts were dying,
we learned to Trust in him,
who, Greater than ourselves,
has Power to raise the dead.
The Father of Compassion
delivered us from death;
and he will be Faithful,
on his Care our hope is set.
© Don (Carole) Whisnant/2014
For Them I Give Myself to You
Because of their Faith and Call to serve,
I am your vessel, Dear Lord, to use;
Support so
they grow,
your Life
better know -
for them I give myself to you.
Because of their Faith and Call to serve,
I am your vessel, Dear Lord, to use;
Support so
they see,
your Glory
their Hope -
for them I give myself to you.
Because of their Faith and Call to serve,
I am your vessel, Dear Lord, to use;
Support to
believe,
your Power
receive -
for them I give myself to you.
Because of their Faith and Call to serve,
I am your vessel, Dear Lord, to use;
to them your
Right Hand,
Support for
your Plan –
for them I give myself to you.
Because of their Faith and Call to serve,
I am your vessel, Dear Lord, to use;
Support to
know Rule
that raises
to life -
for them I give myself to you.
Because of their Faith and Call to serve,
I am your vessel, Dear Lord, to use;
Support to be
filled,
renewed from
within -
for them I give myself to you.
© Don (Carole) Whisnant/2014
God’s Redemption Plan
I’m going to Heaven,
trusting Christ’s Blood for me -
his Death for Adam’s sin,
from judgment set me free.
I am made Holy,
knowing Christ’s Life in me -
his Resurrection Pow’r,
my sinful heart sets free.
I am Forgiven,
Christ’s Plan for
healing me -
the ruin of sin removed,
my life has been renewed.
I have a Sound Mind,
filled with Christ’s Mind in me -
the Joy and Peace he gives,
my troubled mind sets free.
I am made Useful -
the Work of Grace within
prepares the lowly man
for God’s Redemption Plan.
I am Contented,
Christ’s Care Supporting
me -
Provisions full and free,
I have no unmet need.
© Don (Carole) Whisnant/2014
Lord, Live in Me
In sin once lost,
away from God;
now I’m in him,
and he’s in me.
My spirit dead
is now alive;
God’s Life within,
I’m born again;
By sin still bound,
though I’m in Christ;
no time for him,
though he’s in me.
At my heart’s door,
Christ calls to me;
when I RECEIVE,
he LIVES in me.
The Risen Lord
now LIVES in me;
my heart once bound,
he now sets free.
Not just in him,
or he in me;
not just within,
Christ LIVES in me;
More than belong,
Christ LIVES in me;
more than just his,
Christ LIVES in me.
CHORUS
Live in me,
Lord, live
in me;
the door is
open,
Lord, live
in me.
© Don (Carole) Whisnant/2016
Grace, the Life of Christ in Me
There’s
a
1. Peace within,
2. Joy within,
3. Love within,
4. Faith within,
5. Mind within,
6. Strength within,
7. Call within,
living in my heart:
It’s
the Grace of God,
the Life of Christ in me.
CHORUS
There's a Life within,
living in my heart:
It's the Grace of God,
the Life of Christ in me.
© Don (Carole) Whisnant/2020
O Let’s Be Blessed Today!
God gives his Grace to us,
through faith in Jesus Christ,
to keep us strong,
and for as long,
as we wait on the Lord!
Christ's Life in us confirms
the Pow'r of Grace received,
to keep us strong,
and for as long,
as we wait on the Lord!
We are therefore enriched,
and lack no spiritual gift,
to keep us strong,
and for as long,
as we wait on the Lord!
We wait upon the Lord
to be revealed in us,
to keep us strong,
and for as long,
as we wait on the Lord!
God calls us to know him,
through knowing Christ within,
to keep us strong,
and for as long,
as we wait on the Lord!
CHORUS
O let’s be blessed today!
O let’s be blessed today!
For Christ within
fills us with him!
O let’s be blessed today!
© Don (Carole) Whisnant/2014
Jesus is coming, just as he promised!
I will be caught up, to him be raptured;
On Earth he fills me, within he heals me,
in Heaven makes me more fully like him.
Values are changing, dark days are looming,
man’s heart is failing, in danger, fearing;
Jesus is Coming in times without faith,
of sin and missed needs, pain, anger, and hate.
Jesus is Coming, when least expected -
sinful man chasing sin’s feel-good moments,
the Church performing, seeking acceptance,
giving and serving, like slaves to a king.
Jesus is Coming, Noah points to it -
God’s Spirit pleading, his Call rejected;
Jesus is Coming, he will be faithful,
from endtime trouble to rescue his own.
Born in a manger, as God to save man,
Christ now in Heaven, is again coming;
he sent his Spirit to live within me,
fill with his Presence to manifest him.
Christ died to save me from condemnation -
God’s Wrath on man due Adam’s transgression;
he rose to give me New Life within me,
seal me for Heaven, to fashion like him.
Jesus is Coming, may he come quickly;
but should he tarry - to extend mercy,
he will enable me to be useful,
to preach the Gospel, lead people to him.
CHORUS
Jesus is Coming, just as he promised!
I will be caught up, to him be raptured!
Jesus is Coming! I will behold him,
more fully know him! Most Wonderful Day!
© Don (Carole) Whisnant/2019
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