jeff hsiang

jesus wants the rose.

Jeff Hsiang — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:03:25 +0000

watch it. it explains the grace, mercy, love of jesus has for us.

rest for the weary…

Jeff Hsiang — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:58:11 +0000

Hey, it’s me
I’m sorry it’s so late
I can’t sleep I knew you’d be awake
You’re always home
Waiting by the phone
For nights like these When I’m feeling all alone

I wish it didn’t always have to be this way
I wish that I could talk to you face to face
But nothing compares to the way You always listen
and know just what to say
Hold my hand
I can’t stand alone
Here I am waiting for you to take me home

Oh, I just want to sing
I wish that there were just a word
For what you mean to me
I would only say it once
In hushed tones so it would not grow old
But all I have Is, “I love you”

You’re my Jesus, You’re my hero
Everything I wish that I could be

You’re the one who comforts me
When everyone has gone away

I can’t stand alone
Here I am waiting for you to take me home
I will keep on singing becaue you hear me
And I will keep on smiling because you’re near me
I’ll sleep well in a promise tonight

beautiful things… out of brokenness…

Jeff Hsiang — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:49:26 +0000

All this pain
I wonder if I’ll even find my way
I wonder if my life could really change at all
All this earth
Could all that is lost ever be found
Could a garden come up from this ground at all

You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us

All around
Hope is springing up from this old ground
Out of chaos life is being found in You

You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us

You make me new, You are making me new
You make me new, You are making me new

You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us

true love…

Jeff Hsiang — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:11:26 +0000

Come close listen to the story
about a love more faithful than the morning
The Father gave his only Son just to save us

The earth was shaking in the dark
All creation felt the Fathers broken heart
tears were filling heaven’s eyes
The day that true love died, the day that true love died
When blood and water hit the ground
Walls we couldn’t move came crashing down
We were free and made alive
The day that true love died, The day that true love died

Search your heart you know you can’t deny it
Come on, lose your life just so you can find it
The Father gave his only son just to save us

Now, Jesus is alive

Jesus is alive
Oh, He is alive
He rose again

When blood and water hit the ground
Walls we couldn’t move came crashing down
We were free and made alive
The day that true love died, The day that true love died

Come close listen to the story

what have we done?

Jeff Hsiang — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:43:30 +0000

oh my soul

oh my jesus

judas sold you for thirty

i’d done it for less

oh my soul

oh my savior

peter denied you three times

i have denied you more

as the nails went in

i was standing right there

and you breathed your last

i shook head and i cried

oh my god

what have we done?

we have destroyed your son

oh my god

what have we done?

we have destroyed your son

and the blood ran down

i was standing right there

and the water pour

i shook my head and i cried

oh my god

what have we done?

we have destroyed your son

oh my god

what have we done?

we have destroyed your son…

embrace.

Jeff Hsiang — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:48:07 +0000

i think this video can do a 100 times better than anything i can write to communicate what god has been rocking me to the core lately.

please watch it.

the lyrics are as follow:

father of lies
coming to steal kill and destroy
all my hopes
of being good enough
i hear him saying “cursed are the ones
who can’t abide”

he’s right
halleluiah
he’s right
the devil
is preaching
the song of the redeemed
that i am cursed and gone astray
i cannot gain salvation

embracing accusation

could the father of lies
be telling the truth
of god to me tonight?
that if the penalty of sin is death
the death is mine
i hear him saying
“cursed are the ones
who can’t abide”

he’s right
halleluiah
he’s right
the devil
is preaching
the song of the redeemed
that i am
cursed and gone astray
i cannot gain salvation

the devil’s singing over me
an age old song
that i am cursed and gone astray
sing the first verse so conveniently
over me
he’s forgotten the refrain…

JESUS SAVES

10All who rely on observing the law are under a curse, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.” 11Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.” 12The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.” 13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.” 14He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

Galatians 3:10-14

at the end we all embrace one or the other: accusations of our sins or the grace that redeems anything and everything.

salt and light.

Jeff Hsiang — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:03:22 +0000

this is something i have been wrestling with recently… jesus teaches us

to be salt and light (matthew 5:13)

not to judge those outside of the church but only those within(1 cor. 5:12)

to love one another (john 13:34)

but what does this look like on a day to day basis. how do i show those who are not in love with jesus what is right and what is wrong without being judgmental? how do i live and breath out the gospel without compromising the message of jesus for the fear of condemning others, whom i have no business condemning? i am really curious as to what you guys think. comment away.

he is worth it.

Jeff Hsiang — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:56:17 +0000

it’s been a while i feel i have something worthy of sharing with you guys, but after what i saw jesus did/is doing in our family from last night, it makes me excited to be part of his mission here in columbia. we are currently in the middle of a series called |giv| at midtown. we are taking time to examine what scripture teaches us about what it means to give thanks, to give to others who are in need, and the reasons why we give. last night dustin challenged and reminded us of how blessed we are, how much we have, and how much stuff we don’t need. he then challenged us to give away our shoes for those who are in need of it in columbia. i saw people wrestled with the idea of giving up their shoes in the middle of a winter night, and then a light goes off in their heads – that jesus is worth it, that he is worth so much more than these pair of shoes. i witnessed girls who gave away their expensive boots in tears – not tears of sorrow, but tears of joy because they remembered how amazing is our savior. i witnessed moms who walked their child down the aisle to give their shoes away, teaching them early on that jesus is worth more than anything in this world. i witnessed the beauty of the heart brokeness when we forgot how good is our savior, i witnessed the joy of founding that goodness once again.

jesus is a friend of mine.

Jeff Hsiang — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:41:45 +0000

click on the title of this post to watch it. it will probably change your life.

or maybe hate life. i dunno.

and its legit… even crowder has his own version…

im back… its been a while.

Jeff Hsiang — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:14:51 +0000

You stood before creation
Eternity within Your hand
You spoke the earth into motion
My soul now to stand

You stood before my failure
Carried the Cross for my shame
My sin weighed upon Your shoulders
My soul now to stand

So what can I say
What can I do
But offer this heart O God
Completely to You

So I'll walk upon salvation
Your Spirit alive in me
This life to declare Your promise
My soul now to stand

So what can I say
What can I do
But offer this heart O God
Completely to You

So I’ll stand
With arms high and heart abandoned
In awe of the One who gave it all

So I’ll stand
My soul Lord to You surrendered
All I am is Yours
the stand. hillsong.

this is probably the closest thing to what my soul is crying out right now. 

one love, 
jeff