Philemon 1: 1 Commentary

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All I wanna do
All I wanna do

I’m Your prisoner by choice
I will rest at Your feet
And I’ll only lift my voice
When You want me to sing
It’s the beauty of Your covering that’s stealing my heart
And it’s the mystery of You that tears me apart

If I should die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to take
And if I should get a peaceful sleep
I wanna wake at my Father’s feet

All I wanna do is get into You
You got me captured
By Your love
All I wanna do is stay here with You
You got me raptured
Can’t get enough

Let’s go
The sun’s on the rise
The sleep’s in my eyes
The dew’s on the ground
The night is disguised
There’s hope in the air
I’m fresh off a prayer
The blue mountain bean is clearin’ my stare
I make recompense
It’s all makin’ sense
Like blood in my veins
You’re my sustenance
A moment of trust
The ‘me’ becomes ‘us’
The ‘we’ become ‘one’
Your gift is my gust of wind
‘Til we meet again

So faith, don’t fail me now
If you touch my heart
You can feel it pound
So faith, don’t fail me now

So faith, don’t fail me now
If you touch my heart
You can feel it poundin’
So faith, don’t fail me now

So faith, don’t fail me now
When I touch my heart
I can feel it pound
Gotta get myself up off this ground
Faith, don’t fail me now

You got me, and You won’t let go

By TIUCHE (wrote 2744 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 8/31/2011 16:32 pm

This was explained and I understood this to be that Paul was letting it be known that his imprisonment was allowed by God and God’s will because God was going to use him. He lead a slave to Christ and probably would have not have met him if not imprisoned. I understood it as this imprisonment was ordained by God. By saying Jesus allowed the imprisonment, it diminishes Rome’s power to imprison Paul without God’s approval.

By Rhonda Jones (wrote 2 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 1/29/2010 03:28 am

This verse is an unusual verse. First, Paul wrote this letter, while in prison. He starts off saying-Paul a Prisoner of the Lord Jesus Christ. Why? I believe it was to show us not to look at our natural circumstances. Yes, he was, probably, under House arrest in Rome(Acts 28),had certain liberties, especially in his sharing of the word, but he was a prisoner of Jesus Christ. He, in the spiritual, saw this as a higher calling.
How about you, friend? Are you a prisoner of the Lord Jesus Christ? I Corinthians 16:15 mentions the house of Stephanas, who have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints. We hear the word addict and we cringe. We look at it as a dirty word, but in I Cor 16:15, it is a positive word. They are addicted to the ministry or work of the saints. My friends, there is such a thing as being addicted to the church and part of the fruit of being a prisoner of the Lord is to become addicted. Get addicted to Jesus today and the Lord will give you a different outlook on life.

By Pastor Angel Santos (wrote 1 Bible Commentary - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 10/26/2008 03:41 am