Born Again by Newsboys

Lyrics in black
My comments in blue

I found myself looking into the mirror
Knew I wasn't who I wanted to be
I was living life the way that I wanted
But my eyes reminded me I'm not free [Exactly:  The Servant, Day 1.1, #Bondage: John 8:33-36, D&C 84:49-52]
 
Believed a lie so everything that I know
Says I gotta go, tired of going solo [Serious.  Tired of going Spiritually solo.]
But I'm never gonna go there again [Repentance.  Commitment.]
 
Chorus
This is what it is, this is who I am [! Confidence, not Pride, The Servant, Day 6]
This is where I finally take my stand [! Confidence, not Pride}
I didn't wanna fall but I don't have to crawl [But I have to be on my knees.  Humility/Empathy X Gratitude/Confidence instead of Pride/Envy, Day 6]
I met the one with two scarred hands [I have met him too.  And when each of us meet him, we need to sing the song he gives us, paint the way he wants us to paint.  That may not be as others sing or paint.  Yet we still must sing and paint in that way.  True To Your Heart.]
Giving Him the best of
Everything that's left of
The life inside this man
I've been born again
[When the Lord heals us and then strengthens us, making us something we would never have been without him, he owns us.  I'm thankful for that because I want to be owned by him.] 

I see ya walking like you're living in fear
Having trouble even looking at me
Wishing they would give you more than words
Sick of people telling how it should be
What'd ya download? Where'd ya get your info?
You saw that I'm sure, now you're in the in though
Gonna tell you what I believe
[Everyone's got an opinion, including me.  I am sure about what I'm saying:  Special Ops Moms.  We listen to the Spirit--the General Effects in our heart to discern truth.  So listen.  Don't be afraid. Alma 32:26-43]
 
Chorus
We are the ones they call by name (#Christians, Mosiah 5:4-9)
I'm never gonna look back
Let go, let go, the guilt, the shame (#Humility/Empathy = Repentance/Forgiveness)
Said, I'm never gonna look back (Only to remember what the Lord has done for me in getting me out the bondage I was in. Alma 5:6-7)
This is who I am
Chorus

Thanks to the Newsboys for this song!

 

He Reigns!

"He Reigns" by Newsboys

It's the song of the redeemed
Rising from the African plain
It's the song of the forgiven
Drowning out the Amazon rain
The song of Asian believers [Not just Africans, Asians, or South Americans but everyone whether they know it or not (Mosiah 27:31)]
Filled with God's holy fire [The fire of the Joy in our hearts or the fire of shame and anger.  It's a choice.  Now.  Matthew 5:45 "...for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust."]
It's every tribe, every tongue, every nation
A love song born of a grateful choir

It's all God's children singing
Glory, glory, hallelujah
He reigns, He reigns [!!]
It's all God's children singing
Glory, glory, hallelujah
He reigns, He reigns

Let it rise about the four winds
Caught up in the heavenly sound
Let praises echo from the towers of cathedrals
To the faithful gathered underground
Of all the songs sung from the dawn of creation
Some were meant to persist
Of all the bells rung from a thousand steeples
None rings truer than this

And all the powers of darkness
Tremble at what they've just heard [!!]
'Cause all the powers of darkness
Can't drown out a single word [!!]

When all God's children sing out
Glory, glory, hallelujah
He reigns, He reigns
All God's people singing
Glory, glory, hallelujah
He reigns, He reigns

Here's the thing:  He reigns right now.  I have just had to pay attention.  I have had to put down all the empty distractions and really listen.  He's there.  He guides me.  And from what I hear from others, he's guiding them too.

During the Lord's day many of his people expected a military hero in the Messiah who would come and free them from the Physical Bondage of Rome.  They didn't understand that freedom from any kind of Bondage starts within the soul.  Here is a quote I love by President Ezra Taft Benson that explains this concept better than I can:

So he reigns from the inside out.  His Spiritual Second Coming has already started inside every true believer.  Can you feel it (John 14:27; D&C 34:7)?  And it will culminate in his Physical Second Coming.  Don't miss out!

Newsboys

 When I first heard this song it was after spending a long day studying the Atonement of Jesus Christ.  I was in the car with my kids, running errands or something.  I think I felt the song more than I heard it.  It was so amazingly powerful!  He reigns.  No question about it.

I love the Newsboys for singing this song!  What talent and what a way to use it!  Hats off to them.