Every Knee Shall Bow

Ch.

Every knee shall bow,

Every tongue confess

To the glory of our God,

That Jesus Christ is Lord.

Verse 1

I'm not my own, the price was paid

With the blood of Jesus my Saviour.

He's chosen me, and set me free,

Surrounding me with favour.

Verse 2

My Shepherd King, my soul will sing;

He covers me with mercy;

He watches me; my heart is free,

Protected by his glory.

Ch.

Every knee shall bow,

Every tongue confess

To the glory of our God,

That Jesus Christ is Lord.

Verse 3

Greater is he that is in me;

I have the Spirit of God in my heart;

You are my God, I am your child;

No power of hell can tear us apart

Bridge

I'm washed and forgiven,

Saved and delivered,

Declaring that Jesus Christ is Lord.

I'm bought with a price,

His supreme sacrifice;

Believing and trusting in his Word.

Ch.

Every knee shall bow,

Every tongue confess

To the glory of our God,

That Jesus Christ is Lord.

Coda

If the Son therefore has set me free,

I shall be free indeed!

To the glory of our God,

Jesus Christ is Lord.

 

c.2012 M.Scott-Branagan

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The following scriptures inspired the verses in this song:

Ch.

Every knee shall bow,

Every tongue confess

To the glory of our God,

That Jesus Christ is Lord.

Therefore God has exalted him and bestowed on him a name, That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Philippians 2:9-11

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V1

I'm not my own, the price was paid

With the blood of Jesus my Saviour;

He's chosen me, and set me free,

Surrounding me with favour.

"... You are not your own. You have been bought for a price ..."

1 Cor 6:19-20

You did not choose me, but I have chosen you,

& appointed you to be fruitful,

so I can bless you (paraphrased MSB).

John 15:16

But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them; Let those also who love Your name Be joyful in You. [12] For You, O LORD, will bless the righteous; With favor You will surround him as with a shield.

Psalm 5:11-12 (NKJV)

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V2

My Shepherd King, my soul will sing;

He covers me with mercy;

He watches me; my heart is free,

Protected by his glory.

The Lord is my shepherd ...

Psalm 23

Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace,

that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Heb 4:16

For I, says the Lord, shall be to (Zion) a wall of fire all around her,

& I will be the glory in the midst.

Zechariah 2:5

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V3

Greater is he that is in me;

I have the Spirit of God in my heart;

You are my God, I am your child;

No power of hell can tear us apart.

 Little children, you have overcome them (the Antichrist spirits),

for greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

1 John 4:4

...You have received the Spirit of adoption as sons ...

The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God

... If sons then heirs, & co-heirs with Christ.

Rom 8:15-17

... In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us ... NOTHING can separate us from His love!!!

Not Powers, not my past, not my present,

NOTHING!!

Rom 8:37-39

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There are some pretty good assurances here.

I am not my own - I was bought with a price:
 the Blood Price of the Son of God.

He has paid the ransom,
and I have been translated out of the kingdom of darkness
into God's Kingdom.  I am God's responsibility:
I am adopted by God,
sealed with the Holy Spirit as a down-payment on my salvation. 
The devil and his cohorts have NO right of access to my life,
regardless of what is in my past:
because I now belong to God.

 So I can stand on the promises of liberty, peace, and protection. 
As I said, I am now God's responsibility. 
Remember, I am not my own. 
I was bought. 
Purchased.  Redeemed. 
Ransomed. Translated.

So I am standing on the Word, declaring that Jesus Christ is Lord.  The enemy may have known which buttons to push in my life until now, but now I know I have been given the victory.

This is a song of declaration and deliverance,
of "Sowing to the Spirit"
(compare with Galatians chapter 6 -
by consciously sowing to the Spirit,
by choosing to think and speak positively according to the Word.)

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LORD HAVE YOUR WILL

Lord have your will,
Lord have your way,
Your plan fulfill in me I pray;
Take all my heart, and re-aline,
That I may be completely thine.
Your servant, Lord, I long to be,
With heart so strong it yields to Thee.

Jesus, Jesus, keep my gaze on you;
Jesus, Jesus, so in love with you.

Lord have your will,
Lord have your way,
Your plan fulfill in me I pray;
Take all my heart and re-aline,
That I may be completely thine.
My Lord, I pray, please keep me pure,
So I'll remain in love with you.

Jesus, Jesus, keep my gaze on you;
Jesus, Jesus, so in love with you.

c.2003 M.Scott-Branagan

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Written at a time in my life when my world was crashing down around me.  I was desperate to stay afloat, stay faithful, stay fruitful.  It's just a simple song from my heart that still speaks to me.

The secret to successful living is quite simple really.  Give everything to God.  The more I give over to God, the more I give up my own sovereignty, the more I find peace inside myself.  It's about His will, His way, His plans. 

The secret to strength is also simple: surrender, yield, keep my eyes focussed on Him.  When I am looking at God, I can see where the answers are, I can see the source of life, and I can trust again. 

Thinking of the Narnia stories by C.S.Lewis, with Aslan symbolising Jesus, when the children in those stories looked into the deep eyes of the great Lion, their fears were stilled and confidence rekindled.  So can be my relationship with our God.

Focussed, surrendered, gazing - at peace.

I Want To Give It All

I want to give it all,

I want to give it all to you.

Surrender all:

Lord I depend on you;

To lay my burdens at your feet,

Place my life in your hands;

To trust in you completely

As the Law of Faith demands.

You are the Potter, I am the clay;

Fulfill all your will in me.

Open my heart and pour in your light;

Open my eyes to see

That I can trust in the God of my salvation,

Bare all my heart in deep relation;

Jesus you're my sure foundation:

I surrender all to you,

I surrender all to you.

I want to give it all,

I want to give it all to you.

Surrender all:

Lord I depend on you;

To lay my burdens at your feet,

Place my life in your hands;

To trust in you completely

As the Law of Faith demands.

Why do we carry all in our own strength

A cross that we cannot bear?

Why do we stumble and keep holding on,

When Jesus is waiting there?

Let me trust in the God of my salvation,

Bare all my heart in deep relation;

Jesus you're my sure foundation:

I surrender all to you,

I surrender all to you.

I want to give it all.

c.2003 M.Scott-Branagan

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This was written at a time when my life completely fell apart.  My marriage of nearly twenty years had broken up; I was looking after my five beautiful daughters, totally unequipped for the task (though I loved them dearly); and I was struggling to remain standing as a pastor with accusations and condemnation assailing me.  My emotions were all over the place - worse than the proverbial "dog's breakfast". 

The songs that came out of that period of my life reflect the utter helplessness I felt, and my desperate dependence on God.  God calls us to lay it all before him.  Often he is waiting for us to let go, waiting to step in and bring his miraculous answers.  Holding on to anger and resentment, allowing a root of bitterness to grow inside, I was blocking his blessing.  I had to learn to let it go.  I cannot change the past, undo my wrong decisions, unwind bad situations.  All I can do, all I SHOULD do, is to leave the past in the past, refuse to allow even the tiniest morsel of judgment or bitterness to remain, and actively choose to step forward. 

I cannot change my past, but with God I can change my future!  He IS the potter, and I AM the clay.  He can do with me as he chooses, for his own glory.  It is my job to surrender.  Then He has room to make the changes that he wants.  I need him to be my foundation, my Rock, my Saviour.