Faithful Expressions

My Strength

I Can Do All Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me

I Believe This Because Every Day I See The Changes He's Made In Me

I've Made Great Changes Since I Turned To Jesus With My Hearts Plea

He Has Lifted Me Up And Taken Away My Hearts Negativity

I Sat In Church Today And Listened To My Pastor Talk About Our Churches Goal

How He Didn't Know How We Were Gonna Get It Done, But We All Play A Role

As I Sat There I Thought About How Empty I Had Once Been And How These People,

This Church, My Lord , Has Soothed My Weary Soul

I Have A Feeling Of Peace Inside Me Now, That I Have Never Before Known

I Am Overcome With Such Great Feelings Of Emotion Inside Whenever I Try To Describe

Tides Of Tears Rise And Overflow Whenever The Words I Try To Find

I Know Just To Look At Me , The Brokeness Inside Of Me One Would Never See

I Have Had So Much Healing Since I Asked Our Lord To Lead Me

I Had Thought About Attending Church For A While, But Had No One To Go With Me

I Was Raised To Hide In Shame And Never Seek

So I Called My Aunt Marcia To See If She Was Still Attending And She Said Yes And She

Would Let Me Know The Place To Meet

And I Prayed To The Lord To Guide Me, Some Where I Would Feel Safe, Where I Could Be

Accepted For Me

And This Is The Place He Led Her To Show Me, With All Of You Is Where I Begin My Journey

I Knew The First Time I Came Here This Would Be My Spiritual Home

Every One Told Me, Try A Few Others, And I Thought About It A Bit, But In The End I Said,

In My Heart I Just Know

The Minute I Walked In And Everyone Was So Open And Friendly, Not Flashy And Cold

So Pleasant And Relaxed, People Made It A Point To Just Come Up And Say Hello

Such A Simple Thing You'd Think, Just A Friendly Hello, But It Means The World To

Someone Lost, Hurting, And Alone

I've Spent My Whole Life It Seems Looking Through The Window From The Outside In

Now Here With You, Finally I Am On The Inside Looking Out, This Is Where I Begin

I Recently Went To My Very First Community Sing, And I Did The Bravest Thing

I Stood Up In Front Of Everyone And I Read My Writing

I Was So Scared, Even Though I Wanted To Do It So Bad

And I Prayed For Strength And I Promised To Give It Everything I Had

I Prayed They Wouldn't Think I Was Bad, This Was Just The Kind Of Life I Ended Up In

When I Finished They Clapped And Began To Sing And My Soul Lit Up From Within

I Thought To Myself, I Did It!!!! And I Can't Wait To Do It Again!

I Said All Of That To Say This, The United Brethren Church Of Alvordton, Ohio Is Definately

Achieving It's Goals Pastor Dan