Fighter Verse Songs

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Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it. Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!

Psalm 139:6-8

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God is everywhere. God knows everything.

For the sinner, that is bad news.
For those in Jesus – who want God’s presence and protection – it is wonderful knowledge.

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Song and Sung By Phil Krause and his family

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Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.

Psalm 139:4-5

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Our God, this infinite being who knows every word we say before we say it, He is a protector.

If you are His child, his hand is on you.

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Song and Sung By Phil Krause and his family

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O LORD, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.

Psalm 139:1-3

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We have a God who understands each of us and isn’t surprised by anything that happens to us.
He knows what we are thinking and where we are going.

This could be a frightening thought, if he weren’t a loving God, but we’ll need to wait just a few verses to learn about that.

In the meantime, know this: You are known by God.

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Song and Sung By Phil Krause and his family

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Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

Romans 5:9-10

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At the point that we were enemies – then we were reconciled – justified
By the death of Jesus his son.
By his blood
Now we are reconciled – we will be saved
By the life of Jesus his son.
From the wrath of God

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Song and Sung By Kevin Shull – Guitar by Phil Carlson

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but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 5:8

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We were not good people when Christ reached down to save us. We were not decent. We were not holy or righteous or perfect or blameless.

We were sinners.

But Christ still died for us.

That’s one way we know that God loves us. Feel his love throught that act.

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By Daniel Souza

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Ephesians 2:8-10

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If you ever wanted an anti-works save-yourself passage this is it.

How many different ways could Paul say the same thing?

Hmmmm, someone might think, how will I be saved?

“By grace” – getting a good that I don’t deserve
“And this is not your own doing” – it’s not what you did
“it is the gift of God” – Salvation is given to you, not bought by you.
“not a result of works” – it’s not what you do
“so that no one may boast” – if it was something I did, I could brag, but it’s not.
“For we are his workmanship” – God did the work that created us
“created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them” – all the good that we do, it is because God chose for us to do them.

God made a way for us. We don’t have to do it ourselves. Hallelujah!

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[Just a reminder – many or most of the songs posted on this site or at our channel at Youtube.com are demo or scratch versions (not finalized) of what will be available on the CD or iTunes.]

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-and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 2:6-7

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Do you want to be seated with God in the coming ages?
Do you want to be part of the proof that God’s grace and kindness is immeasurably rich?
Do you want to raised up with Jesus?

You can have this. Choose Christ.

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By Jeff Warren

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But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ-by grace you have been saved

Ephesians 2:4-5

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Here is really good news.

And it’s another reminder of a part in the Gospel.

It was God
(and his Son)
who’s love and mercy and grace
(while we were dead)
Made us alive and saved us

We should remember how little we did to make ourselves right with this loving God.

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By Jeff Warren

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And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience- among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

Ephesians 2:1-3

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This is a dark verse

Dead
Tresspasses and sins
Following the wrong prince
Passions of our flesh
Children of Wrath

So why is it a happy verse for Christians?

Because of one word: “were”

None of these things are true any more.

We are following God.
We are alive.
We are sons of obedience
We are children of God.

Thank God for this.

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By Scott Jamison

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Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

Psalm 100:4-5

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Why should we thank and praise God?

He is good.
His love is steadfast and lasts forever
His faithfulness to all generations lasts forever.

Give thanks and praise our God?

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Performed by Tom Dodds — Song by Scott Jamison