​April 23, 2023
I sure have enjoyed the few beautiful spring days mixed in with the moisture. Gave us a chance to find what was hidden under snow banks since December😊 I opened up windows and doors and let the refreshing, healing sunshine flow through. One morning this week I was even able to sit outside and read His Word. I was wrapped in a blanket but what a joy it was to sit and listen to the birds sing their song, watch the deer in the pasture, drink some coffee and listen to His voice. Many times, I hear Him so much better outside. He’s been talking to us a lot and we’ve been listening. Guess He is always talking to us but we don’t always take time to hear. I have been taking special time to sit and soak and receive healing in my achy body. My pain is so much less when my focus is on Him. He has been dealing with our hearts about many things, the simple things we sometimes get going and ignore. One issue of the week was judgment. That was a real heart issue we didn’t realize how much was in our hearts. He talked to us about what we have been magnifying and focusing on. We had made some mountains out of molehills for sure. Then truth, His Truth, and how easy it is to compromise a bit here and there, even unconsciously. Trust and leaning not on our own understanding came up in a few conversations with our Lord. Repenting followed all these heart issues as we chose to send away the hurts, and issues, change our minds to be according to His Word and turn and go the other way.


The Lord has also been showing us about having His peace that passes all understanding and His joy that lives in us that is unspeakable and full of glory. What He wants me to share with you today is His hope. Hope is the earnest expectation of good. We hope for what is unseen. Once it is seen, we can no longer have to hope in that. I will mostly be sharing His Word on His hope. Take time to hide some of these verses in your heart so you can remember them when things start looking hopeless.
 
“Now faith brings our hopes into reality and becomes the foundation needed to acquire the things we long for. It is all the evidence required to prove what is still unseen.” Hebrews 11:1
 
Whenever we have expectations on people, places, things or positions we have put our hope in what can fail. When people, places, things or positions fail us, which they will, we can lose hope in everything. We can only have our true hope in Jesus. No matter what plans you make, how well they are thought through, without them being the plans of our Father, they will fail to satisfy you. “For I’m releasing these words to you this day, yes, even to you, so that your living hope will be found in God alone, for he is the only one who is always true.” Proverbs 22:19
 
The only truth we can count on without doubt and put all our trust, hope, expectations and anticipation in is our Lord and Savior. Anything you expect, hope or anticipate beyond Him will not satisfy the longing inside you.
 
“Here’s what I’ve learned through it all: Don’t give up; don’t be impatient; be entwined as one with the Lord. Be brave and courageous, and never lose hope. Yes, keep on waiting—for he will never disappoint you!” Psalm 27:14
 
“Human strength and the weapons of man are false hopes for victory; they may seem mighty, but they will always disappoint.” Psalm 33:17
 
“He’s the hope that holds me and the stronghold to shelter me, the only God for me, and my great confidence.” Psalm 91:2
 
“Your future is bright and filled with a living hope that will never fade away.”
Proverbs 23:18
 
“But hold your hope firmly to the end and you will experience life and deliverance.” Matthew 24:13
 
“Glory to God in the highest realms of heaven! For there is peace and a good hope given to the sons of men.” Luke 2:14
 
“God sent his word to the Jewish people first, announcing the wonderful news of hope and peace through Jesus, the Anointed One, the Lord of all.” Acts 10:36
 
“Against all odds, when it looked hopeless, Abraham believed the promise and expected God to fulfill it. He took God at his word, and as a result he became the father of many nations. God’s declaration over him came to pass: “Your descendants will be so many that they will be impossible to count!”
Romans 4:18
 
“Our faith guarantees us permanent access into this marvelous kindness that has given us a perfect relationship with God. What incredible joy bursts forth within us as we keep on celebrating our hope of experiencing God’s glory!” Romans 5:2
 
“And this hope is not a disappointing fantasy, because we can now experience the endless love of God cascading into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who lives in us!” Romans 5:5
 
“For this is the hope of our salvation. But hope means that we must trust and wait for what is still unseen. For why would we need to hope for something we already have?” Romans 8:24
 
“Let this hope burst forth within you, releasing a continual joy. Don’t give up in a time of trouble, but commune with God at all times.” Romans 12:12
 
“Now may God, the fountain of hope, fill you to overflowing with uncontainable joy and perfect peace as you trust in him. And may the power of the Holy Spirit continually surround your life with his super-abundance until you radiate with hope!” Romans 15:13
 
“Living within you is the Christ who floods you with the expectation of glory! This mystery of Christ, embedded within us, becomes a heavenly treasure chest of hope filled with the riches of glory for his people, and God wants everyone to know it!” Colossians 1:27
 
Keep your mind and heart focused on the only true Hope. He is the only hope that is beyond a shadow of doubt. If you find yourself doubting Him and His love, then take extra time to get into the Word and know His love is true and never fails. Expect ONLY good from Him. Let all your hope and earnest expectations of good be in Him alone and watch how He will minister to your heart.
 
Everything else in this world will disappoint and fail you. No matter what efforts you put forth in anything you do, it will never satisfy or fulfill the deep longing in your heart that only He can fill. Give Him a chance to be your All in all. “So now wrap your heart tightly around the hope that lives within us, knowing that God always keeps his promises!”
Hebrews 10:23
 
 

​April 16, 2023     HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO US!!!
Yesterday marked 45 years of marriage for Ed and I. This past week so many memories have been flooding my heart. Like most people that have been married for many years, the adventures were many. I wasn’t sure what I was going to write today but I am going to share how a very dysfunctional couple of kids made it to this point. Many of you know our story and many don’t. It’s a story of unconditional love, trusting the Lord and miracles. Mixed in there were many hard times. Not just a hard time here or there but years upon years of struggles and hurt. We are so thankful for the unconditional love of our Lord Jesus and His faithfulness to always be with us. One of my favorite verses then and to this day is Proverbs 3:4-5, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths.”
 
We were married on April 15, 1978. I wanted to get married outside and we did even though it was a bit cold. I was a 24-year-old widow with 3 little ones, ages 18 months, 3 and 4 years old. Ed was a 23-year-old business owner that was very independent and loved to drink at the bars. I knew the Lord and had prayed for the right husband and father for my children. Ed knew the Lord but didn’t walk with the Lord but heard Him speak to his heart the day of the wedding. We were not prime candidates for a perfect marriage. There were bets made the day of our wedding on how long it would last. Most didn’t give us a year. I understand the reasons and yet no one came to us with advice or hope for our new family. We were on our own and it was a rough start. I trusted the Lord to guide us in everything. Ed and I knew each other for years, my brother and Ed were best friends and our parents were best friends so that helped a little. Ed hadn’t drank the whole 4 months we went together and for 3 weeks afterwards! Then at my brother’s wedding the drinking began. I won’t go into details on that. Our last 45 years could be a book. I had to trust in the Lord and not try to understand any of it.
 
We were blessed to welcome our first child together, Adam, a year and a half after we were married. At Adam’s one year old check up the doctor heard a heart murmur which ended up being a hole in Adam’s heart. At 16 months old Adam had open heart surgery. We had lost our insurance because of the drinking. We wanted him to have the surgery at Children’s Hospital and through a series of miracles and God’s favor he was able to without insurance. As we sat by Adam’s bedside in ICU the Lord spoke to Ed and he dedicated his life back to the Lord. The whole thing from Adam being admitted to Children’s Hospital - to his successful surgery - to Ed’s life change was a miracle. We had trusted the Lord with all our hearts.
 
Then a couple months later as I was sitting back at Children’s hospital with Adam in a body cast from a broken femur bone (a table that had been leaned up against the wall here at church fell on him), I realized I was going to have another baby. This was not good news to anyone but us. People thought we were crazy, irresponsible, foolish, and they let us know their thoughts. We were struggling and still paying for Adam’s heart surgery but all I knew to do was trust the Lord with this new little one coming. It wasn’t planned but a gift from the Lord. Tim was born a few months later. By now we were going to church, Ed was not drinking and the day after Tim was born Ed went into ministry. He started working as a drug and alcohol counselor at a local rehab home for boys. There was not much pay, $400/month, but I was so blessed to have Ed growing in the things of the Lord that I did all I could to make the best of all we had. He worked there for 18 months. I had trusted the Lord with all my heart.
 
As life went on we focused on raising our children in the Lord. We always went to church, Mountain High Chapel😊. Our kids learned to work hard as we raised lots of animals, milked goats, canned our food, and did our best to bring them each up in the way they should go. Ed fell off the wagon and started drinking again for a few months and that was tough but he came to an end of himself and totally surrendered his life. He was always self-employed and sometimes things were good and sometimes they were tough. We put our trust in the Lord. Our marriage was ok. We knew we needed to learn more. We were so busy raising the kids and trying to make ends meet that we didn’t focus on us. Then one day we received a call from my sister-in-law that they had had a car accident and our 10-year niece was killed and 8-year-old nephew was on life support. Wow. I believed with everything in me that Matthew would live but he was taken off life support. About now I wasn’t sure how to trust in the Lord. The next year was so hard for me. I couldn’t imagine the pain my brother and family were going through. I knew the pain of a car accident and I got so deep into grief that I got depressed and just went through the motions of life. It wasn’t a good thing. I didn’t want to praise the Lord at church. I didn’t want to do anything but cry. This was hard on our marriage, and I knew it. It was tough to come out of but I knew I had to for my family. When my Grandpa died a year later it’s like my grief for the kids was released and I began to heal. Didn’t make sense but I walked through healing for the grief. I had to trust in the Lord again.
 
About then we met some awesome new friends who had a marriage ministry. We became very involved in it and watched our marriage grow and heal. We taught marriage classes for years with so much fruit. We didn’t have help when we were young and wanted every marriage to have all the tools they needed for a healthy relationship. We started to do weddings which included pre and post counseling. Our heart was for marriages. We were so thankful ours was healing that we wanted that for everyone. And we still do. After we were married 16 years, we began to pastor Mountain High Chapel full time. It was very challenging. One of our focuses, even then, was marriages and family because the enemy is out to destroy every Christian marriage and family. By then our children were going out into the world. Our daughter traveled to India at 18 and stayed there by herself after the team returned. TRUSTING IN THE LORD! Two of our sons were riding the rodeo circuit. Our kids were in different parts of the country and world. All I knew to do was trust the Lord with all my heart and lean not on my understanding.
 
We began to travel to other countries. We were already traveling to many states sharing the unconditional love of the Lord and marriage tools. Our 1st mission trip was with our youth group to Russia and Ukraine. While we were in the Ukraine we found out our daughter was seriously ill in a hospital in Uganda with malaria. We had to trust the Lord with her. Then we started building orphanages in other countries. We went to Venezuela for about 10 years, then Kenya, Peru and India building orphanages. So many times, there was no money to go but we knew we were called to go so we made plans and went forward. Our 1st mission trip to Russia Ed would say we would not go if we didn’t have money for this or that and the enemy made sure we didn’t have money. We decided to speak we would go no matter what, trust the Lord and we’ve gone everywhere He has told us to go. We went to India, Peru and Kenya in 2018. In 2019 we were in Peru and Israel. We are believing to go to Kenya this November. So amazing as we trust Him.
 
Throughout the years we have lost family and friends, had heartaches, church splits, financial hardships, family divorces, broke friendships, a fire took our barn, my Dad passed away, Ed’s parents passed away, we lost a grandson but we had to keep going and trust the Lord. When we were in Afghanistan visiting our daughter and family a few years ago, our son, Tim, had compartment syndrome in his leg from being kicked by a bucking horse. He drove home alone from a rodeo in California, and we couldn’t even help him. But we trusted the Lord with him and he didn’t lose his leg. Tim had a stroke 8 years ago and they said he would not live. We stood together in our marriage and rebuked that lie. Tim was in rehab in Colorado Springs for 3 months and we drove there every day. We did this together. We stayed strong in our marriage no matter what and believed together for his healing. Just a couple weeks ago when Josh was in the hospital, and we were headed to Tucson we wanted so badly to turn around and come home. The Lord had told us a week before that something was going to try and keep us from going. We didn’t understand that and knew we had heard to go to Tucson now. He told us mile after mile as we drove the wrong direction of our child in the hospital to trust Him. To this day we don’t know what was so important in AZ that we had to go then but we listened and went. It was hard but we trusted Him. We enjoyed our time and the sun and can’t lean on our own understanding. Through all the struggles and difficulties, we are still so blessed. Our kids all know Jesus and are serving Him in various ways. They are all teaching their children about Jesus and have strong Christian homes. Our kids are married to wonderful spouses, we have 25 grandchildren, 1 great grandchild born (2 more on the way😊), prosperity, health, a wonderful growing church, lasting friendships, love, joy, and opportunity to bless my Mom and we still focus on the Lord with all our heart, leaning not on our own understanding. We acknowledge Him and let Him direct our paths.
 
Our 45 years have been amazing. We started out as friends, and we are still best friends. We have love, honor and respect for one another. We seldom take each other for granted because we have learned to value our relationship and the time we have together. Ed is so good to me and helps me beyond what I ever thought. We get cranky once in a while, but we get over it. We learned to really know one another. We take time to know what makes the other feel loved and valued and then we honor that. We know each other’s gifts and callings and do all we can to help and support one another in ministry. We pray together every day. We share His Word together every day. We are thankful every day. We help each other every day. We rejoice together and Ed is so good to listen to me when I am in tears. We love unconditionally. We trust Him to guide us in all we do, every dream, vision, and situation. He is the cord that binds our lives together and we cherish that every day. 

April 9, 2023
RESURRECTION SUNDAY!!!
What a glorious day it is!! Each year I ask the Lord to give me a deeper revelation of the cross and His resurrection. I know what I have been told since I was a little girl and it was a truth and part of the death, burial and resurrection. I also know it is so much deeper than any of us can really imagine. I’ve been on a journey of really knowing His love. KNOWING. To know in an intimate way. I didn’t grow up with the concept of a Daddy’s love so this has been a journey to get to experience with my heavenly Father because I cannot even perceive it from natural experience.
 
God’s love for us was the reason He sent His Son to die on the cross. To understand the depth and evilness of sin helps us to grasp the truth that something had to be done if man was to have a deep and intimate relationship with the Father. That is what we were created for – communion, relationship, fellowship, a friend with God, the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. I am going to share tidbit of what I have been putting in my heart. Jesus didn’t just die to forgive us of our sins so we can escape hell. That is a very valuable benefit of the cross. For years that is all I knew. I did not realize the deepest desire of our Father’s heart was a relationship with Him. His love is truly beyond what I can image but it is my desire to know. Philippians 3:10 in the Amplified Bible is one of my greatest desires. “For my determined purpose is that I may know Him that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly, and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection which it exerts over believers, and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed in spirit into His likeness even to His death, in the hope”
 
No amount of torture could kill Jesus. Only the soul that sins dies. Jesus knew no sin so death could not overpower Him. He submitted to death, not the events of the cross, but Jesus consciencely yielded His spirit, gave Himself over to death and into His Father’s hands. He could have stopped at anytime and called a legion of angels.
“Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father.”
John 10:17-18
 
The Father wasn’t at a distance letting Jesus go through this on his own. “Namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their wrongdoings against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.” 2 Corinthians 5:19 NASB God wasn’t a distant observer but a part of the crucifixion. God didn’t send His Son to do what He would not do but He acted through Jesus to bring our redemption. The Godhead was still the Godhead even on the cross and it is sometimes hard to perceive with our limited minds. It’s important to see them working together doing what was necessary to destroy sin and set free those they loved. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit had a made a plan in the beginning and paid the price together because their desire was a relationship with man – with us- and it was lost to the choice Adam and Eve made. “For God made the only one who did not know sin to become sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God through out union with him.” 2 Corinthians 5:21 TPT
 
“In this act we see what real love is: it is not our love for God but his love for us when he sent his Son to satisfy God’s anger against our sins.” 1 John 4:10 TLB
 
“For God achieved what the law was unable to accomplish, because the law was limited by the weakness of human nature.” Romans 8:3 TPT
Our Father’s perspective does not focus on our personal sins but He focuses on the power of sin itself. It is not sinful people who were condemned but the entity of sin. Condemnation could not win over the Father’s power. In the physical body of Jesus, sin came face to face with the power of God and through His power, God has won over sin completely. He sees the evil that destroys His creation, the people He loves. “But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness.” Romans 1:18 TLB
 
God is about destroying sin that destroys His people. When Jesus became sin for us, he entered into the full shame, darkness, and bondage of that sin. What if Jesus couldn’t see the Father when He on the cross and God’s wrath was consuming the sin he had become? Could that sin have blinded him and he felt forsaken by the Father? “For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:7-8 NKJV
 
“For God so loved the world He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16
 
“And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” John 17:3  God, the Father, loved so much He gave His Son so that we may know Him, the Father, the only true God and Jesus Christ whom He sent to die for us.
 
“And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, “Father, ‘into Your hands I commit My spirit.’ ” Having said this, He breathed His last.” Luke 23:46 NKJV
Jesus committed his entire being into the Father’s hands and breathed his last breath. The horror of the cross had ended. Sin had been consumed. He trusted his father and committed himself to Him. In Paul’s writings in the Bible he tells us over and over that God’s work at the cross is the undeniable truth of how much He loves us. God loves us so much He gave His Son to devour the sin Adam and Eve’s choice brought into the world - the sin that separates us from our Father’s love and having a relationship. God went to great lengths to rescue us from our own, misdirected, self-absorbed and untrusting ways, so that we could be so close to Him that He would call us friend. “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.” John 15:13 NKJV
 
He wants us to trust Him, to trust His love. When we really grasp in our hearts the reality of the cross, the wedge of the enemy will be gone. When we truly KNOW in our hearts what our heavenly Father did for us we will trust Him and know deep within that His intentions are always love and relationship. Can we trust Him enough to say, “Into Your hands I commit my spirit?”
 
“I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” Galatians 2:20 NKJV Paul, who wrote the book of Galatians, saw his life had ended when Jesus’ ended at the cross. He lived off Jesus’ faith, not his own faith. He let Jesus live in him and let Jesus’ trust in the Father stand for his. That is for us too!
 
On this Resurrection Day may we see His love is such a passionate way that we can say, “Into your hands I commit my spirit”. Can we know that sin was destroyed and we can now live our lives knowing how much He loves us and He lives in us? He died and rose again so we could fasten our faith and hope in Him alone. May we have a revelation from this day we celebrate His resurrection and learn to live loved.

​April 2, 2023
This is the time of year we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord Jesus. It’s such a hope filled season of new life! When we see new life, we are filled with the glorious hope Jesus brings that He is alive and always with us!
 
Wherever we go it seems like the topic of the condition of the world and our country come up. This is still a time like none of us have ever experienced. We talk, we pray and always concluded that even though everything around us has changed, our heavenly Father hasn’t changed! His promises haven’t changed! His blessings haven’t changed! The Fruit of the Spirit hasn’t changed! His love hasn’t changed and never will! Just let that soak in because it’s the only way we can get through this life victoriously and be a witness to the world for Him.
 
I heard this the other day, “There is no danger of My purposes being lost to the powers of the world. I am victorious!!” He reminded me of His Word. From Genesis to Revelation His promises are true. His mercy is ALWAYS new every morning! His joy – His peace that is in me and you all the time because He is in us. His love never fails.  “Love is a safe place of shelter, for it never stops believing the best for others. Love never takes failure as defeat, for it never gives up.” 1 Corinthians 13: 7 So what I am saying is, no matter what is going on in the world around us we still and always will have Him and we live as victorious as He does!
 
I have been reading through the Gospels about Jesus’s last days on earth. “After they brought the colt to Jesus, they placed their prayer shawls on its back, and Jesus rode it as he descended the Mount of Olives toward Jerusalem. As he rode toward the city, people spontaneously threw their prayer shawls like a carpet on the path in front of him. As soon as he got to the bottom of the Mount of Olives, the crowd of his followers shouted with a loud outburst of ecstatic joy over all the mighty wonders of power they had witnessed. They shouted over and over, “Highest praises to God for the one who comes as King in the name of the Lord! Heaven’s peace and glory from the highest realm now comes to us!” Luke 19:35-38
Imagine how the disciples must have felt. We are perplexed and wonder what is next these days. The disciples were with Jesus watching all the events that must take place for the prophecies to be fulfilled. They were stunned, in unbelief and even denied Him. “Along the way Jesus said to them, “Before the night is over, you will all desert me. This will fulfill the prophecy of the Scripture that says: I will strike down the shepherd and all the sheep will scatter far and wide!  “But after I am risen, I will go ahead of you to Galilee and will meet you there.” Then Peter spoke up and said, “Even if all the rest lose courage and fall away, I will still be beside you, Jesus!”  Are you sure, Peter?” Jesus said. “In fact, before the rooster crows a few hours from now, you will have denied me three times.” Peter replied, “I absolutely will never deny you, even if I have to die with you!” And all the others said the same thing.” Matthew 26:31-35
 
As Jesus shared with the disciples and others what the end times would be like, He gave them a warning. “Be careful that you never allow your hearts to grow cold. Be careful that you are not caught off guard, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and the worries of this life, and that day will come upon you suddenly like a trap. Don’t let me come and find you drunk or living carelessly like everyone else. For that day will come as a shocking surprise to all. Keep a constant watch over your soul, and pray for the courage and grace to prevail over these things that are destined to occur and that you will stand before the presence of the Son of Man.”
Luke 21:34-36 He tells us to be careful that the day will come  and catch us off guard or be as a shocking surprise to all. Keep constant watch over heart and pray for courage and grace. If our hearts are not guarded and our focus is not on Him, we can become deceived and disillusioned just like the disciples.
 
It was a dark and confusing week. Jesus warned His disciples just as He has warned us. He told them of areas that are going to be tempting just as He has spoken to each of us. He gave them the answers. He has given us the answers! We have even more than the disciples. He lives inside of us. Jesus had taught, warned, shared and prepared for what was coming. He even told them the end of the story, the Resurrection. But when they were in the middle of the reality that Jesus was crucified, killed, they didn’t remember what He had said. They had lost hope. 
 
Sometimes we wonder how could they have missed what Jesus was telling them. How did they not know what He was talking about? Even though the disciples walked with Jesus personally and had every opportunity to know what was coming we have even more. We have Him living in us and we know the VICTORY of that week yet we doubt His words at times, we let the things of this world weight us down. Be careful that you are not caught off guard, or your hearts will be weighed down with the worries of this life. As we are walking through some disillusioning times, we MUST keep our hearts and minds focused on Him and His love. There will NEVER come a day that His love, joy, peace and hope are not ours. “Then he walked a short distance away, and overcome with grief, he threw himself face down on the ground and prayed, “My Father, if there is any way you can deliver me from this suffering, please take it from me. Yet what I want is not important, for I only desire to fulfill your plan for me.” Then an angel from heaven appeared to strengthen him.” Matthew 26:29 An angel was sent to strengthen Jesus. I love this. He is always here to strengthen us and even through angels “So now wrap your heart tightly around the hope that lives within us, knowing that God always keeps his promises!” Hebrews 10:23
“Against all odds, when it looked hopeless, Abraham believed the promise and expected God to fulfill it.” Romans 4:18
 
Right now, things are crazy in our world but nothing compared to many times in the past. This is one of the greatest times ever to be alive. It’s a time to be a part of the miracles He is doing. It’s not happening one of these days down the road, it’s happening now, today. His purposes are not lost to the powers of this world. He is alive and working all around us. The heavenlies are full and overflowing with His glory. As we celebrate His Resurrection this week ask Him to show you things He is doing. Then praise Him and raise a hallelujah for He is RISEN AND ALIVE!!!
 
I raise a hallelujah, in the presence of my enemies
I raise a hallelujah, louder than the unbelief
I raise a hallelujah, my weapon is a melody
I raise a hallelujah, heaven comes to fight for me
I'm gonna sing, in the middle of the storm
Louder and louder, you're gonna hear my praises roar
Up from the ashes, hope will arise
Death is defeated, the King is alive!
I raise a hallelujah, with everything inside of me
I raise a hallelujah, I will watch the darkness flee
I raise a hallelujah, in the middle of the mystery
I raise a hallelujah, fear you lost your hold on me!
I'm gonna sing, in the middle of the storm
Louder and louder, you're gonna hear my praises roar
Up from the ashes, hope will arise
Death is defeated, the King is alive!