Aawitan Kita Magpakailanpaman

Just wanted to share this Filipino/Tagalog translation of Martin Smith's I Could Sing of Your Love Forever. Feel free to use this for personal or church use. However, I reserve all rights to the commercial use of this translation. Why? Because I don't believe in selling what has been given to me freely. "Freely you have received. Freely give." Songs used to worship our generous God should be used freely without restriction. Songs inspired by the Holy Spirit should not be sold but should be given away freely. Let the worship of our loving God spread freely like a wildfire across the globe.

Aawitan Kita Magpakailanpaman

Sa bundok at karagatan
Ang ilog Mo ng pag-ibig
Sa puso ko'y umaagos
Pinalalaya ng lubos

Ang puso ko'y nagagalak
Mga kamay itataas
At aawitin ko
Na ang pag-ibig Mo ay narito

Aawitan Kita habambuhay
Aawitan Kita magpakailanpaman
Aawitan Kita habambuhay
Aawitan Kita magpakailanpaman

Sabi ng marami
Ito'y kabaliwan
Kapag naliwanagan
Sasayaw ng lubos
Ang buong sanlibutan

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Sinalin ni Ruel Guerrero

Is one man a church?

Is one man a church? That's what a friend asked by sms this morning as I woke up. "No. Church is a collective noun." Then the Lord reminded me how when He created Adam, He said, "It is not good for man to be alone." From creation and on to the New Testament, the pattern had been community. Jesus sent the disciples two by two. Then they looked for a "man of peace" to stay with. Together they formed a new and slightly bigger community.

Then this afternoon at our house church gathering, one of the sisters shared how she felt tired and was not eager to come to the gathering. But they prayed and the Lord prompted them to "share." So they came to the gathering and shared. Another sister shared also how she skipped the gatherings for a couple of months thinking that she was still okay in her relationship with the Lord, just that the gathering was a little too far for her. (She had recently moved to another community.) But later the Lord made her realize how she still needed to community for encouragement and spiritual strength. She began attending again last Thursday.

"Do not forsake the assembly," we are reminded in Hebrews. Church is about relationship, about coming together for the Lord and to share life with each other. Man was not meant to be alone. No man is an island. We were created to share life with each other. A person who thinks Christianity is a private religion is mistaken. Christianity is LIFE together with the Master and His Body.