Prayer Challenge for November

I'm issuing a prayer challenge for November. I've compiled a list of churches and pastors in The Dalles. There are 29 on the list below. I would like to see Christians in our community take one church a day and pray for it and its pastor(s). Pray as the Holy Spirit leads you. Sure there are many doctrinal differences in the churches listed and some you probably really don't agree with at some level of doctrine or practice. But can we put all that aside for a month and just ask God to direct and bless? A lot of pastors are struggling for vision. Ask God to make it clear for them. Let me know if you're up to the challenge. If I've missed a church write it in on your list.

Pastor Bob Middleton- Columbia Gorge Christian Fellowship (Calvary Chapel)

Pastor Dan Trautman, Pastor Mike Wilson- First Christian Church

Interim Pastor Rich Zimmerman, Assoc. Tim Vance- Gateway Presbyterian Church

Pastor Josh Smith- Solid Rock Community Church

Pastor David Clear, Assoc. Brent Hartley- Covenant Christian Community Church

Rev. Janet Fullmer, Rector- St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

Pastor Matt Rotter- Harvest Foursquare Church

Pastor Joseph Levine- St. Peter’s Catholic Church

Pastor Nate Warren- Emmanuel Baptist Church

Pastor Jeremiah Porter- Calvary Baptist Church

Pastor Fred Sheldon- Lifeline Baptist Church

Elders Rob Garrett and Jim Monroe- The Dalles Household of Faith

Pastor Drew Frisbie- The Dalles United Methodist Church

New Life Pentecostal Church

Pastor Jerry Brooking- The Dalles Full Gospel Center

Pastor Jesse Jacobsen- Bethany Lutheran Church

Interim Pastor Marguerite Rourk- Zion Lutheran Church

Fr. John- Mark Gilhousen- Augustinian Center of the Columbia Gorge

Pastor J.W. Jepson, Accoc. Wes Jepson-  Life in Christ Center

Pastor Bob Friel- The Dalles Vineyard Christian Fellowship

Pastor John Westhafer- Faith Lutheran Church

Pastor Jim Quaite- Heritage Bible Baptist Church

Pastor Norm Wells- Sovereign Grace Baptist Church

Pastor Giberto Hernandez- Templo Betel Asamblea de Dios

Pastor Andy Anderson- The Dalles Church of the Nazarene

Majors Kevin and Tammy Ray- The Dalles Salvation Army

Pastor Douglas Marquardt- The Dalles Evangelical Church

Pastor Deborah Allen- Church of Christ Congregational 

Pastor Del Griebel- Seventh-day Adventist Church

The Greater Part of Responsibility

According to the dictionary responsibility is “the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one’s power, control, or management.”   That definition immediately brings two questions to my mind. The first is, “What exactly is being responsible, answerable, and accountable?” and the second is, “What is within my power, control, or management?” In trying to answer these questions, I believe we can gain a greater understanding of what should be meant by the term ‘responsible Christian living.’

When you look up the definition for the word responsible, it again brings out the words answerable and accountable, but adds “often followed by to or for.” For the Christian, I believe before we can be fully responsible, answerable, or accountable for something, we have to be totally responsible, answerable, and accountable to something, or more accurately to Someone. Only when we are responsible to God does He give us response-ability, the ability to respond in the right way. So in my opinion the greater part of responsibility is response-ability.  This ability to respond is spelled out in another part of the definition of responsible:  “having a capacity for moral decisions and therefore accountable.” We are accountable to Someone regardless if we accept the fact or not.

The Old Testament is about God’s desire for man to be responsible, answerable, and accountable to Him. It starts in Genesis and runs the full length of the Hebrew Scriptures. Responsibility to God began in the garden where Satan enticed mankind to exercise their will in his own power, control, and management against God. God gave man power, control, and management of his domain. This was good as long as it was carried out with responsibility, answerability, and accountability to God. As long as the responsibility to was directed properly, the responsibility for was productive and life giving. When man redirected their responsibility, answerability, and accountability to another someone, the power, control, and management became corrupted, as well. God’s dealings with man are portrayed with vivid detail in the rest of the Old Testament, with the same outcome. When individuals or nations were responsible, answerable, and accountable to God, they were blessed and prospered. When they responded as Adam and Eve did in the garden, they encountered hardship and loss.

So what happened when Jesus came? Did His coming to earth change God’s mind on the issues of responsibility, answerability, and accountability? In Luke, chapter 2, we see a story that establishes early on in Jesus’ own life His responsibility, answerability, and accountability to God.

40 The Child continued to grow and become strong, increasing in wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.
41 Now His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. 42 And when He became twelve, they went up there according to the custom of the Feast; 43 and as they were returning, after spending the full number of days, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. But His parents were unaware of it, 44 but supposed Him to be in the caravan, and went a day’s journey; and they began looking for Him among their relatives and acquaintances. 45 When they did not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem looking for Him. 46 Then, after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions. 47 And all who heard Him were amazed at His understanding and His answers. 48 When they saw Him, they were astonished; and His mother said to Him, “Son, why have You treated us this way? Behold, Your father and I have been anxiously looking for You.” 49 And He said to them, “Why is it that you were looking for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?” 50 But they did not understand the statement which He had made to them. 51 And He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and He continued in subjection to them; and His mother treasured all these things in her heart.
    52 And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men (Luke 2:40-52 NASB).

This pattern, early established produced favor with God and men in Jesus’ life.

 Let’s next look at what Jesus dealt with directly after His baptism by John.  Matthew 4:1-11 tells the story.

4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And after He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry. 3 And the tempter came and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” 4 But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.’”
5 Then the devil took Him into the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, 6 and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written,

‘HE WILL COMMAND HIS ANGELS CONCERNING YOU’;

and

‘ON their HANDS THEY WILL BEAR YOU UP,

SO THAT YOU WILL NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.’”

7 Jesus said to him, “On the other hand, it is written, ‘YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.’”
8 Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory; 9 and he said to Him, “All these things I will give You, if You fall down and worship me.” 10 Then Jesus said to him, “Go, Satan! For it is written, ‘YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND SERVE HIM ONLY.’” 11 Then the devil left Him; and behold, angels came and began to minister to Him (Matthew 4:1-11).

We see here that Jesus was responsible, answerable, and accountable to God for those things He had power, control, and management over. Here we see the divine pattern set in the life of the second Adam as Jesus exercised His will and responded in God’s response-ability to the same temptations Satan used in the garden.

During His ministry we see time and again a Jesus responsible to the Father. His own words to this effect are recorded in the Gospel of John 5:19: Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner.” One has only to look at the gospels and examine the ministry of Jesus to come to the same conclusion. His greatest example of this was in another garden, the garden of Gethsemane.  Matthew 26:36-50 again shows Jesus’ responsibility, answerability, and accountability to God. Without response-ability at Gethsemane there would have been no crucifixion.

36 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to His disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” 37And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and distressed. 38 Then He said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death; remain here and keep watch with Me.”  39 And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.” 40 And He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “So, you men could not keep watch with Me for one hour? 41 Keep watching and praying that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
42 He went away again a second time and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, Your will be done.” 43 Again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. 44 And He left them again, and went away and prayed a third time, saying the same thing once more. 45 Then He came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46 Get up, let us be going; behold, the one who betrays Me is at hand!” 47 While He was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came up accompanied by a large crowd with swords and clubs, who came from the chief priests and elders of the people. 48 Now he who was betraying Him gave them a sign, saying, “Whomever I kiss, He is the one; seize Him.”  49 Immediately Judas went to Jesus and said, “Hail, Rabbi!” and kissed Him. 50 And Jesus said to him, “Friend, do what you have come for.” Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and seized Him.

We see here both the weakness of men and the strength of a Man. His inner circle went to sleep on Him, but Jesus persevered in giving His will over to the will of the Father. And in doing so gave up power, control, and management to those who seized Him in order to fulfill the Father’s purpose.  After what Jesus suffered, His dying words asking the Father to forgive were a response-ability only God could give.

We see not only in Jesus’ life but also in His teachings this mandate of responsible Christian living. In Jesus’ life we see Him fulfill the law. In His sermon on the mount, we see Him set forth a raising of the bar for those called disciples.  As we read and re-read Matthew chapters 5-7, we come to a better understanding of what response God wants to give us ability for. Jesus spoke above the letter of the law, calling for a Spirit birthed response to God and to our fellow man. Our ability to respond comes by the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives. He spoke of behavior and thinking far above what man can do in the natural.

34 But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together. 35 One of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And He said to him, “ ‘YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.’ 38 This is the great and foremost commandment. 39 The second is like it, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’ 40 On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.”

In condensing the law and prophets to two commands, one would think the responsibility would be less. But it actually raised the level of responsibility. and along with greater responsibility the Holy Spirit gives greater response-ability. 

Exploring the Posture, Purpose, and Results of Church Ministry

Exploring the posture, purpose, and results of church ministry must be centered around the One to whom the church belongs: Jesus Christ. It is only as we take a Christ-centered approach that we give heed to Jesus’ declaration in Mark 16:18 that He would build His church and the gates of hell would not prevail against it.

            As Jesus came in humility to serve fallen humanity, the posture of church ministry must likewise be that of humble service. Service is rooted in humility and manifests itself in three primary ways. Foremost, there is service directly to God. Paul exhorts us in Romans 12:1 to present ourselves a living sacrifice to God, which is our reasonable or spiritual service. This is a mandate to all believers, but especially to be exemplified in those in the fivefold ministry; those appointed by Jesus as gifts to the church to share in her temporal teaching, training, and leadership (Eph 4:6-11).

Secondly is service to our fellow believers. The gospel of Christ is a gospel of service. Paul shows us an example of his service to God through service to His church in praying for them.

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
(Rom 1:9 KJV)

Paul directs his son in the faith, Timothy, in his duties as a minister of the church.

Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

(2Ti 4:2-5 KJV)

But we also note the instruction of Paul to Timothy on how to exercise his authority.

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

(2Ti 2:22-26 KJV)

Notice gentleness, patience, and meekness associated with the ministry of the servant of the Lord.  

The willingness to serve in prayer, exhortation, teaching, and other forms of service is not only noted in the writings of Paul, but of the other New Testament writers, as well. A thorough reading of the New Testament shows countless examples of the underlying theme of humility and service as it applies to church ministry. This posture is the one that Jesus exemplified and taught to His disciples to model in their own ministries. Jesus made a point of this theme of humility and service and also the rewards of such a posture when speaking to His disciples in Luke 22:24-30:

And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth. Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

(Luk 22:24-30 KJV)

            Thirdly, this posture of humility and service extends beyond service to God and His church as it reaches out to a hungry, hurting world. The great commission gives us direction from Jesus as to a wider focus of ministry outside the local assembly of believers.

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

(Mat 28:18-20 KJV)

In Ephesians 4:11-16, the apostle Paul tells us of five ministry gifts that Jesus gave to His church to help fulfill His intentions for her. Within this giving is the purpose of church ministry.

And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

(Eph 4:11-16 KJV)

If humility in service is the posture of church ministry, then the perfecting, or maturing of the saints so they can minister in building each other up is the purpose of church ministry. This equipping, or perfecting speaks in the Greek of fitting a ship for the waters it will sail in, making the saints ready for whatever storms they may find themselves. Perfecting also speaks of the setting of a bone, being put in the proper place in the body, being placed for optimal service. The building up is the outcome of the proper equipping and placement. Peter tells us how this building up looks in 1 Peter, chapter 2.

Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

(1Pe 2:5 KJV)

Isaiah tells us Jesus is the chief corner stone of this spiritual house, rejected by man but accepted by God.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

(Isa 28:16 KJV)

Looking back to 2 Timothy 4 as an example, we see the fitting together sometimes calls for reproving, rebuking, and exhorting with all longsuffering and doctrine. But even the chiseling away of the rough edges to produce a proper fit in the building is to be done in the Spirit in love with the structural integrity of the building in mind.  Building with living stones is a more delicate task than building with dead materials and therefore calls for the gentle, patient, and meek posture of humility to accomplish what the Great Architect desires in His purpose.

            According to Ephesians 6 the result of church ministry, when a posture of humility and a purpose of edification are employed, is that we grow up into Him in all things, which is the head, even Christ.  This is not only the result of church ministry but a signpost of the duration of the fivefold ministry: “Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.” The goal of the fivefold ministry in reaching the purpose of church ministry should be to work itself out of a job. That can only be done with humility and edification in mind, as Peter gives instruction to elders in his first epistle.

The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

(1Pe 5:1-6 KJV)

So, we have seen that humble service, edification, and true spiritual growth in the body is the culmination of a proper manifestation of the posture, purpose, and result of church ministry. The effectual outworking of church ministry will bring much clearer focus to the other side of this ministry question, the effectual outworking of the ministry of the church.     

What Will Achieve God's Goal: Movement of the Spirit or Charismatic Movement?

Although my last post “Why I Consider Myself Post-Charismatic” was a bit tongue in cheek, it did express my heart’s concern.  I hope to clarify further in this post what I am feeling and probably did not communicate as well as I could have previously.  Let’s look at the two word label “Charismatic Movement.”

The word charismatic is actually a combination of charis (grace), ma (the result of), and ic, from the Greek ikos, meaning “being like” or “having characteristics of.” A t is added before the ic if the base word ends in a vowel (asthma t ic for another example). So charismatic can be rendered being like or having characteristics of one embodying the results of grace. That is a good thing. I'm all in on that.

One definition of the word movement is “a group of people who share the same goal and work together to achieve it.”  So we might say the peace movement is a group of people who share the goal of peace and work together to achieve it. We could say the pro-life movement is a group of people who share the goal of defending and honoring life and work together to achieve it. The problem here is not in the definition or the goal, but how individuals or sub-groups within the movement choose to act out the definition and achieve the goal. Do differing methods of achieving a goal cause a movement to become differing movements with the same name or goal? Do those committed to non-violent protest outside an abortion clinic and those who vandalize or bomb the abortion clinic consider they are working together to achieve their common goal of defending and honoring life?  Did MLK, Jr. and Malcolm X, working toward the same goal in the Civil Rights Movement, use the same methods?

In Chapter 25 of The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, King says of Malcolm X, “He was an eloquent spokesman for his point of view and no one can honestly doubt that Malcolm had a great concern for the problems that we face as a race. While we did not always see eye to eye on methods to solve the race problems, I always had a deep affection for Malcolm and felt that he had the great ability to put his finger on the existence and root of the problem. He is very articulate, but I totally disagree with many of his political and philosophical views-at least insofar as I understand where he now stands. I don't want to sound self-righteous, or absolutist, or that I think I have the only truth, the only way. Maybe he does have some of the answers. I know that I have often wished that he would talk less of violence, because violence is not going to solve our problem. And, in his litany of articulating the despair of the Negro without offering any positive, creative alternative, I feel that Malcolm has done himself and our people a great disservice. Fiery, demagogic oratory in the black ghettos, urging Negroes to arm themselves and prepare to engage in violence, as he has done, can reap nothing but grief.”

So I guess my observation when it comes to movements is that when men get involved it is easy for the original goal to become muddied in the midst of working it out. Sometimes just labeling something puts it in a box never intended for it. When man tries to institutionalize what was never intended to be institutionalized, what happens over time?  What does Jesus think of the institutionalizing of His original goal and vision for His followers?  Remember it was the movement of the Spirit on the day of Pentecost that brought life to the church, not a man labeled or institutionalized Charismatic Movement. This movement of the Holy Spirit in the heart of the believer is the only movement we should be concerned with. 

Why I Consider Myself Post-Charismatic

We all have the tendency to attach labels to ourselves. We call ourselves certain things based on physical attributes, health issues, age, national heritage, marital status, profession, etc. Therefore I might call myself a slightly overweight, diabetic, early senior, Scandinavian, married minister.  Now I will surely modify some of those tags in the future based on changes in me within those categories.  I intend to lose more weight, so at some point I might be able to drop the slightly overweight. I will move from early senior citizen to just plain old-timer soon enough. I’ll always be Scandinavian. You get the picture. Some things are constants and some things change.

The definitions of many things are changing in our culture. Sometimes the meanings of categories change based on certain criteria. What our government considers the poverty level changes as adjustments are made for inflation. The definition of marriage has radically changed and will probably continue to change as new criteria is added to the definition. As long as the union of one man and one woman is still in the mix, I’ll still consider myself married. Sometimes it’s the addition of criteria to the definition and sometimes it’s the subtraction of criteria.

Of course, I always have the option of keeping a tag based on my own criteria for that tag, regardless of how others may change it around me. If the union of one man and one woman is dropped from the definition of marriage, I can still be married by my definition which includes that criterion, although legally it may not be so. But that would require a lot of explanation as the new definition is accepted into common use. Remember gay used to mean happy.

In other cases, although the official definition of a label does not change, the actions of people using that label change to the point that it represents something outside its definition. If the political party you belong to began to support candidates and issues that were way outside the official party platform, and the party was beginning to be known by these extremes, would you want to continue to be associated with that party?  At some point one has to decide whether to keep the label or discard it. The options at that point are go label-less or creation a new label.  

I recently created a new label for myself in the category of Christian practice. I now consider myself post-charismatic.  Why did I ditch the old and adapt the new? For me, it was a combination of me changing internally along with the fact of disliking what the charismatic label has come to represent in the hands of those who have driven it outside its original definition. In case you’re wondering, I have not forsaken the charismata. I believe in the gifts and function in the gifts. It’s the Charismatic Movement, in its current form, that I feel compelled to distance myself from, both in word (label) and deed.  The original charismatic platform has not changed, but extremes in doctrines and practice by some wearing the label has created a new perception of what charismatic is and who charismatics are.

Do I need the label of charismatic to function in the gifts? I do not, although I’m sure there are those that do. Do I need the label post-charismatic to distance myself from false doctrine and extremes of practice? No, I don’t. Of course, what we are talking about here are not actual labels, but ways of thinking. A renewing of the mind, a paradigm shift comes by the Spirit through the word, or is that by the word through the Spirit? Oh my! Something else I will have to unravel. Some days my mind just works too hard. 

Loaves

In reading Francis Frangipane's book, "The Days of His Presence," I was reminded in chapter four (You Give Them Something to Eat) of a poem I wrote back in 2007, titled "Loaves." I hope you enjoy.
Loaves

The Lord had fed the multitude

With His words, as Son of God.

Three days He shared His heart

With all who came.

His compassion was now turned

To their needs, as Son of Man.

“I will feed them bread of life

From my own hands.”

“How can you?” came the cry

From those who could not see,

His intent to be carried out

Through them.

He asked them now to give,

“How many loaves have ye?”

And with just seven, fed four thousand,

met their needs.

And so He comes to us this day

His compassion has not changed

A hungry world awaits

The Savior’s grace.

“How can we?” is our cry

“By My Spirit,” His reply

You are the loaves I’ll use

To feed the world today.

“Because I take, I bless, I break,

I give that all might live,

And taste the goodness of the Lord

In you.

The multitudes are fed,

As your hearts and lives are led,

By My Spirit”, says the Lord

I’m using you.”