Thursday, March 28th, 2024. 8:08 AM.
Today is the 88th day of this year — 2024.
The Human Heart Is Like A Seed
The human heart may become a spiritual seed . . .
The Godly reason why life is so heart-breaking is because only when the heart breaks open does it begin to sprout and grow up and become something really worth all the suffering it endures all its life in the garden on earth – the heat and the cold the winds and the rain the weeds and the pests and the pesticides and the insects and the mice and the rats and the rabbits — so many things in the worldly garden trying to steal its heart away and possess it for ungodly purposes.
And those hearts that do not break open all their life-long – they remain hardened and dormant and stone-like – and the eyes of their understanding remain closed – and they can only be like a granite monument in the cemetery that has no life . . . It just stands there displaying its solidarity – but what about life and sensitivity and feelings and emotions and faith and hope and love and Spiritual things? It knows nothing about those things; nor does it know about life after death. It has no inner life to speak of. It’s like a mountain, a rocky mountain – just standing there – existing – but not living a life – not fulfilling its potential – never coming to brokenness – and openness – never being born again to everlasting life.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.” -Jesus. John 12: 24. ESV Study Bible.
John 12 NIV
John 12 NIV – Jesus Anointed at Bethany – Six days – Bible Gateway
This Is Complicated
So complicated . . . for crying out loud . . .
So, I’ll try to simplify it, if possible . . .
The Seed of the Human Heart . . .
Planted In the field of the Kingdom of God
By His Grace through faith in the gospel of Jesus Christ . . .
May become born again . . .
Through True Faith in His Only Begotten Son . . .
And this faith comes from Jesus Christ, not our self . . . by believing in the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is the faith of Jesus Christ. It is His faith dwelling in our heart and growing as a seed that sprouts by the will of the Living God — living in our heart – if we choose to believe in His gospel and then choose to believe on His Son – Jesus Christ our Lord and Redeemer and Savior. And then, He sends His Holy Spirit into our heart by Whom we are born again. The Lord is the Spirit — and His Spirit is the Spirit of truth and understanding. “The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.” -Psalm 119: 130. ESV Study Bible.
Psalm 119
Psalm 119 ESV – Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet – Aleph – Bible Gateway
The seed of the human heart in the hand of the Lord may amount to something beyond man; and beyond his imagination and beyond his own will – even beyond himself – unto newness of life – not his own human life – but the life of Christ – “Christ in you, the hope of glory” . . . [Colossians 1:27 ESV Study Bible].
Colossians 1-4
Colossians 1-4 ESV – Greeting – Paul, an apostle of Christ – Bible Gateway
By the grace of True God and the faith of Jesus Christ and the help of The Helper, His Holy Spirit.
“But as it is written, ‘Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.” -1 Corinthians 2: 9, 10. KJV.
1 Corinthians 2 KJV – And I, brethren, when I came to you, – Bible Gateway
May: “Mark! You really should stop such serious thinking. Why don’t you try being like Abbot & Costello ? Be funny.”
Mark: “I actually like Lou Costello. He’s such a funny guy.”
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May: “Try developing a conversation like he and his friend Bud Abbot had – make people laugh.”
Mark: “How could I do that ?”
May: “Use your imagination, Mark.”
Mark: “Maybe if I listen to a song something might awaken inside me – some subject that we could discuss – and that might be funny.”
May: “Okay Mark, play a song for me.”
Charlie Dore 1979 Pilot Of The Airwaves
Charlie Dore 1979 Pilot Of The Airwaves – YouTube
Juice Newton – Angel Of The Morning (Official Music Video)
Juice Newton – Angel Of The Morning (Official Music Video) (youtube.com)
Laura Branigan – Gloria (Official Music Video)
Laura Branigan – Gloria (Official Music Video) – YouTube
Bonnie Tyler – It’s A Heartache (Official HD Video)
Bonnie Tyler – It’s A Heartache (Official HD Video) (youtube.com)
Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse of the Heart (Turn Around) (Official Video)
Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse of the Heart (Turn Around) (Official Video) (youtube.com)
Bright Eyes – Art Garfunkel
Bright Eyes – Art Garfunkel (youtube.com)
Art Garfunkel – Bright Eyes
Art Garfunkel – Bright Eyes (youtube.com)
Bob Dylan – Mr. Tambourine Man (Official Audio)
Bob Dylan – Mr. Tambourine Man (Official Audio) – YouTube
Bob Dylan – Blowin’ in the Wind (Official Audio)
Bob Dylan – Blowin’ in the Wind (Official Audio) (youtube.com)
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May: “Mark! You played many songs for me. Did those songs seem funny to you ?”
Mark: “No, they didn’t, May. Sometimes some of them made me feel like crying; but, it seems okay to me to cry. In fact, there is something sweet in the feeling of crying.”
May: “How could crying be sweet, Mark?”
Mark: “Did you ever hear of sweet sorrow, May?”
May: “Why did you play those songs for me, Mark ?”
Mark: “I need to cry my heart out before I can become funny, maybe. You know that saying about “clearing the air”? Well, maybe, hearts need to be cleared sometimes, too; and maybe crying is the way to do it. I don’t know. That’s why I often say, Maybe; because I don’t know.”
May: “Maybe you should have a nickname, Mark.”
Mark: “Like what, for example?”
May: “Oh . . . I don’t know . . . What about Maybe? or Maybe Mark?”
Mark: “Well, maybe it’s something to consider.”
May: “Okay . . . play a song for me that makes your heart cry out.”
Crying Time Victor Wood (lyrics)
Crying Time Victor Wood (lyrics) – YouTube
May: “Do you have another such-like song, Mark, that makes your heart feel sorrow ?”
Just When I Needed You Most – Randy Van Warmer- lyrics
Just When I Needed You Most – Randy Van Warmer- lyrics (youtube.com)
May: “Mark, I don’t know what to say to you – or about you.”
Mark: “It’s okay May. I believe what God has to say now. And all my tears and sorrows are just April’s Light Showers.”
May: “Who is April Light Shower,” Mark ?”
Mark: “She’s the lady of the Lord who makes me cry, who makes me weep, who makes me repent, who makes me sorrowful, who brings me down to lowliness, who humbles me, who prepares me for something new and better than all the enticing things of this world.”
May: “Do you actually find this world enticing ?”
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Mark: “No; but there are things in the world that still seem enticing.”
May: “What things in the world still seem enticing ?”
Mark: “I’d rather just quote a Scripture about that than to be too explicit.”
May: “What Scripture ?”
Mark: “1 John 2: 15-17. ESV Study Bible.
May: “What does the Holy Spirit Who inspired every word of the Scriptures say there in John’s First Epistle ?”
Mark: “Do not love the world or the things of the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world – the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions – is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.”
May: “Why does your Lady of the Lord make you cry, Mark ?”
Mark: “Maybe She’s actually the new Jerusalem that is prophesied in The Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ to come down out of heaven. And maybe my heart is breaking open in its longing for Her to finally come – and replace the kingdom of the world with the kingdom of God, the home of righteousness. And maybe She’s the Bride of Christ [Revelation 21]; so, maybe when the Lord God finally has His Bride, He will be pleased at last; and so happy that His wrath against the world that lies in wickedness will be turned into peace on earth and good will toward men. And then He will gloriously regenerate all things in heaven and on earth; so that His regenerated Creation will no longer be under His curses that were cast upon man and earth at the time of The Fall of Man in the garden of Eden – when Adam and Eve disobeyed God and ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. So, we will no longer be greatly troubled by our sinful nature to do evil things that have made the world and life in the world an exceedingly evil experience. Things such as removing public prayer to True God from the public school system – so the Nation’s children grow up in ignorance of True God and the gospel of Christ and the help of His Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth and understanding – so that the Corporate State may deceive the unbelieving citizens of the Nation – who’s minds are in a state of spiritual darkness — into doing all manner of wickedness and ungodliness and immorality — and become a people devoted to the love of money; and in that idolatrous state of loving money, they write and pass corporate business laws that corrupt the healthcare system; pay laboratories to invent deadly viruses that spread all over the earth; and then have this same healthcare system invent vaccines that sicken and kill more people – and all the while the corrupt corporate state is reeling in their trillions of dollars in profits; and continuing to promote and enhance the imbalance of worldly wealth to the Few and increasing poverty to the Many; and also eliminating more and more jobs by having wage-less robots do the work that humans used to do. Inequity. The country and her government are under the influence of the Corporate State of Babylon the great harlot. And the people have no idea that they have been deceived by the god of this world.”
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“Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.” -Proverbs 22: 16 ESV Study Bible.
Proverbs 22
Proverbs 22 ESV – A good name is to be chosen rather than – Bible Gateway
Oh, how the corrupt corporate state loves artificiality. Corporations are “artificial persons” – it says so in Barrons Dictionary of Business Terms [1987].” Artificial intelligence is by definition artificial – and, of course, that which is artificial is not true; so, we should not expect this artificial intelligence to be truly intelligent – and hence it will be untruthful, unreliable – and will lead both people and nations and their governments astray from what is truly right and just and equitable. The antichrists and the Anti-Christ are counterfeit and pretentious – maybe that’s related to artificiality, too. And thus, we can see by the light of Christ – if we have become born again — that the world really does lie in wickedness; however, the children of the evil one do not want to see by the light of Christ. They prefer to stay in the spiritual darkness – deceived and being deceived by their father the devil, “the father of lies and a murderer from the beginning.” He is “the god of this age” – but not true God.
“And Congress is responsible for the fiscal management of the National Treasury – which is 34 trillion dollars in Deep Debt; while the Corporate State is awash in multi-billions of dollars of monetary wealth. Maybe there is a connection between and among these words that have a similar sound: idolatry and dollars and dolls. And many of the wealthiest are allowed to pay little-to-no taxes on their exorbitant wealth while the National Government suffers in debt. God’s word tells us “From those who have more, more is expected.” But the rulers and lawmakers ignore God’s Word and allow the wealthy to give back very little.” They prefer to shrink government – which is instituted by God – and expand the powers of Politics and the corrupt corporate state – which are instituted by man.”
May: “Mark, why do the people vote for those “foxes in the hen house” who are taking advantage of them and impoverishing them; and polluting and destroying the earth ?”
Mark: “Unbelievers are in spiritual darkness. They can see with the eyes in their head; but the eyes of their understanding are blind to the things of the Spirit of True God.”
May: “And why is that ?”
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Mark: “They refuse to read and believe the Scriptures and become believers in the Son of God. “And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.” -Jesus Christ. [John 3: 19-21 ESV Study Bible].
John 3-4
John 3-4 ESV – You Must Be Born Again – Now there was – Bible Gateway
May: “Why does the Creator put our hearts through such a hard life-experience ? Is this the only way that our hearts might break open and sprout ? Is this the only way to come to repentance and faith in the gospel; and turn to Christ and ask for salvation; and be willing and able to endure unto the end and be saved from damnation – by the grace of God – and not by our own works ? Is it absolutely necessary to completely give up on ourselves – and turn to Him — in full recognition of our own helplessness apart from Him ? And if we don’t understand our own unworthiness and continue to believe in self rather than in God – then are we merely living in the sin of being proud of our self – and self-deceived ?
Romans 4-5
Romans 4-5 ESV – Abraham Justified by Faith – What then – Bible Gateway
John 12
John 12 ESV – Mary Anoints Jesus at Bethany – Six – Bible Gateway
“Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.” -Hebrews 10: 19-23 ESV Study Bible.
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Hebrews 8-13
Hebrews 8-13 ESV – Jesus, High Priest of a Better Covenant – Bible Gateway
Romans 6-10
Romans 6-10 ESV – Dead to Sin, Alive to God – What shall – Bible Gateway
Romans 11-16
Romans 11-16 ESV – The Remnant of Israel – I ask, then, – Bible Gateway
John 3-6
John 3-6 ESV – You Must Be Born Again – Now there was – Bible Gateway
Psalms 24-28
Psalms 24-28 ESV – The King of Glory – A Psalm of David. – Bible Gateway
Psalms 29-33
Psalms 29-33 ESV – Ascribe to the LORD Glory – A Psalm of – Bible Gateway
Psalms 34-38
Psalms 34-38 ESV – Taste and See That the LORD Is Good – Bible Gateway
Psalms 119-140 . . . + + + . . .
Christy Moore:Lyrics:Bright Blue Rose
Christy Moore:Lyrics:Bright Blue Rose – YouTube
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“One thing have I asked of the LORD, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to inquire in his temple.” -Psalm 27: 4. ESV.
“You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” -Psalm 16: 11. ESV.
I’d rather have Jesus by Jim Reeves with Lyrics
I’d rather have Jesus by Jim Reeves with Lyrics – YouTube
Mark 4-8
Mark 4-8 ESV – The Parable of the Sower – Again he – Bible Gateway
1 Peter 1-5
1 Peter 1-5 ESV – Greeting – Peter, an apostle of Jesus – Bible Gateway
2 Peter 1-3
2 Peter 1-3 ESV – Greeting – Simeon Peter, a servant and – Bible Gateway
Second Coming of Jesus Christ – Polar Shift & Global Earthquake (NOT THE ONE ON JULY 29th)
Babylon the Great & The Caliph Antichrist – Armageddon News
Babylon the Great & The Caliph Antichrist – Armageddon News (youtube.com)
Image of the Beast Islamic Connection – Armageddon NewsImage of the Beast Islamic Connection – Armageddon News (youtube.com)
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John 14-17
John 14-17 ESV – I Am the Way, and the Truth, and the – Bible Gateway
Robin Mark – Days of Elijah (Official Lyric Video)
Robin Mark – Days of Elijah (Official Lyric Video) (youtube.com)
EL SHADDAI BY AMY GRANT
EL SHADDAI BY AMY GRANT (youtube.com)
Agnus Dei by michael w. smith.wmv/video transition editing with lyrics on que created by keyedlife
May: “What are you going to do now, Mark?”
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Mark: “I’m going to sleep.”
May: “Why, Mark?”
Mark: “I really like and need the peace and quiet of resting in the stillness . . . ”
Still | Hillsong Worship Lyrics
Still | Hillsong Worship Lyrics – YouTube
“We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.”
“For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. For one who has died has been set free from sin. Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.”
“Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.” -Romans 6: 4-14. ESV Study Bible.
Mark 4
Mark 4 ESV – The Parable of the Sower – Again he – Bible Gateway
Matthew 13
Matthew 13 ESV – The Parable of the Sower – That same – Bible Gateway
God Moves in A Mysterious Way with Lyrics
God Moves in A Mysterious Way with Lyrics – YouTube
Page Eleven
3 Hours of Beautiful Hymns for Relaxing (Hymn Compilation)
3 Hours of Beautiful Hymns for Relaxing (Hymn Compilation) (youtube.com)
Isaiah 11
Isaiah 11 ESV – The Righteous Reign of the Branch – Bible Gateway
“Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.’” -Jesus. John 3: 7, 8. ESV Study Bible.
“Then those who feared the LORD spoke with one another. The LORD paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the LORD and esteemed his name. ‘They shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.’” -Malachi. 3: 16-18. ESV Study Bible.
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Malachi 1-4
Malachi 1-4 ESV – The oracle of the word of the LORD to – Bible Gateway
Galatians 1-6
Galatians 1-6 ESV – Greeting – Paul, an apostle—not from – Bible Gateway
HE LIVES
Gospel Tract – He Lives – Moments With The Book (mwtb.org)
Mark: “May, I’ve been wondering something about you.”
May: “What is it, Mark?”
Mark: “Does your name have a middle initial ?”
May: “Yes, Mark. I have a middle initial in my name.”
Mark: “May I ask what that middle initial is?”
May: “Yes, you may, Mark.”
Mark: “Okay, here goes. What is your middle initial, May ?”
May: “My middle initial is B.”
Mark: “I like that, May. May I occasionally call you, May B ?”
May: “Yes, you may, Mark.”
Mark: “Thank you, May.
May: “You’re welcome, Mark.”
Mark: “I have another question, May.”
May: “What is your question, Mark?”
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Mark: “Well, it isn’t a question mark, May. It’s only a question.”
May: “Ask me your question, Mark.”
Mark: “What is your last name, May?”
May: “My last name is Day, Mark.”
May: “And what is your last name, Mark?”
Mark: “My last name is Knight.”
Mark: “I wonder what married life would be like if May B. Day married Mark D. Knight?”
May: “Do you have a song in mind about such an eventuality, Mark?”
Mark: “Maybe, I do.”
May: “And what might that song be, Mark D. Knight?”
If you could read my mind by Gordon Lightfoot w/ lyrics
If you could read my mind by Gordon Lightfoot w/ lyrics – YouTube
May: “May I ask, Mark, if the middle initial in your name has a name?”
Mark: “Yes, you may, May.”
May: “Okay Mark. What is your middle name?”
Mark: “My middle name is Day.”
May: “How do you reconcile having both Day and Knight in your name, Mark?”
Mark: “Maybe only by dying to self will there ever be a reconciliation.”
May: “And how could you ever die to self, Mark?”
Mark: “May be only by getting married to the Day shall my Knight ever die.”
The impossible dream – Man of La Mancha – Brian Stokes Mitchell – 2003
The impossible dream – Man of La Mancha – Brian Stokes Mitchell – 2003 (youtube.com)
May: “Could you ever do that, Mark – be married to the Day? And what if it is required that April Light Shower must first have her way with you?”
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Mark: “Well, what is April Light Shower’s way, May?”
May: “Let’s just wait and see what April brings into your life, Mark; and how well you endure her way with you.”
Mark: “Springtime is my favorite season of the year. I wish it was always Springtime. And I like the name April. It reminds me of lemon meringue pie and the colors white and yellow. And I like Simon & Garfunkel’s song, “April.”
Simon & Garfunkel – April Come She Will (Lyrics)
Simon & Garfunkel – April Come She Will (Lyrics) (youtube.com)
The Impossible Dream-Man of La Mancha
The Impossible Dream-Man of La Mancha (youtube.com)
Revelation 21-22 NIV
Revelation 21-22 NIV – A New Heaven and a New Earth – Then I – Bible Gateway
Vinesong – Jesus Your Love & Worship the Lord (Lyric Video)
Vinesong – Jesus Your Love & Worship the Lord (Lyric Video) (youtube.com)
2 Hours Nonstop Worship -Be Still and Know God- (with Lyrics)
2 Hours Nonstop Worship -Be Still and Know God- (with Lyrics) – YouTube
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“And Mary said to the angel, ‘How will this be, since I am a virgin?’ And the angel answered her, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy – the Son of God. And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For nothing will be impossible with God.’ And Mary said, ‘Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.’ And the angel departed from her.” -Luke 1: 34-38. ESV Study Bible.
In a vision it has been shown that in the coming kingdom of God His Word will become actively true; for as it is written: “As you sow so shall you reap.” And thus in God’s Kingdom, the home of righteousness, men will have written in their hearts the understanding that, if they aim a gun at their neighbor and shoot, the bullet will be turned around and enter their own body exactly where they intended that bullet to enter the other; and if they raise their fist and attempt to punch another, their own fist will be made to come around and hit them exactly where they intended to punch the other.
“They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.” -Isaiah 11: 9. ESV Study Bible.
“Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers who keep writing oppression, to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey! What will you do on the day of punishment, in the ruin that will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth? Nothing remains but to crouch among the prisoners or fall among the slain. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.” -Isaiah 10: 1-4. ESV Study Bible.
Isaiah 10-14
Isaiah 10-14 ESV – Woe to those who decree iniquitous – Bible Gateway
THE RAPTURE
Gospel Tract – The Rapture – Moments With The Book (mwtb.org)
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WHAT IS MEANT BY THE RAPTURE?
Tract For Believers – What is Meant by the Rapture? – Moments With The Book (mwtb.org)
TIME FOR A CHANGE?
Gospel Tract – Time For a Change? – Moments With The Book (mwtb.org)
GOD’S WAY OF SALVATION (JOHN 3:16)
Gospel Tract – God’s Way of Salvation (John 3:16) – Moments With The Book (mwtb.org)
This Kingdom | Hillsong (feat. Darlene Zschech)
This Kingdom | Hillsong (feat. Darlene Zschech) – YouTube
2 hours nonstop worship songs with lyrics 2020 | 2 hours of Christian songs with lyrics 2020
Mark's Imaginings 