Two weeks ago, God gave me my final and most difficult assignment, to post a song based on John 3:16 on this site, with a deadline of today! The Holy Spirit gave me the words and told me to base the music on "Gabriel's Oboe" by Ennio Morricone and "Ave Maria" by Franz Biebl. On Monday of this week, I still didn't have a recording, so on Tuesday at 3:16 am God awakened me and asked me to finish the task. He told me that it will be sung by choirs of angels at the Heavenly Banquet, the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, which is very, very, very close at hand. You may hear it sung by my wife (who has the voice of an angel) at http://cottingham.us/GodSoLoved.

God So Loved the World (based on John 3:16)

God so loved the world,
He sent to us His one and only Son
That whoever believes in Him shall never die.

For God so loved the world,
He gave His only Son
So that we might live abundantly,
For God is love.

Jesus died for us.
He died upon a cross on Calvary.
He saved us from our sins for all eternity.

No greater love was this,
To give His life for us and humanity,
To save us from our sins.

He died for us,
And He lives in us,
For God so loved the world.

Amen.

Stephen,

Thank-you for letting our Lord use you for this task.

I don't even know what to say. I am overwhelmed by the beautiful song and your encouraging message.

Almost in tears, feeling the love of our Abba Father and the closeness of the time of our departure

Southpaw

Hey sister in Christ outside of London, wearing a pink crown! I will tell you what works for me. I do not stop waiting and wishing, however, I do not live in or for the future. I am aware of future dates, like Purim, but I do not concentrate on the Rapture HURRING UP. God's ways are not our ways, it will get here when He wants it to. I take it one day at a time. Each day is WITHOUT A DOUBT one day closer to that day when we will see our Father - no missed days there, each IS closer.

Each day is one more day we can praise, talk with, and worship Jesus. Being with Jesus is not only some future day - in the twinkling of an eye, but is in the here and now, each and every day. Use these days of waiting to grow in your relationship with Him, if you keep your focus on Jesus and not some "date" then you will feel His presence, not letdown about some date not working out. KEEP LOOKING UP! ybiC Caleb

"..my final and most difficult assignment"...

"based on John 3:16 on this site," RitaN.

"With the deadline of today"; 3/8/12.

"to be sung at the wedding supper of the Lamb by choirs of angels"

"which is very, very, very close at hand"

With attention to great detail in specified requirements.

Wow! What an honor for you, your wife, and us. Proof God is working through the Holy Spirit right here in our midst. Not there's been any doubt mind you, but what a blessing to all from our Heavenly Father with Him saying it. Our God is a detailed God in His blessings.

What an encouragement to keep us all on track. Steady is the course. Keep on watching and be ready. This connects His Children on earth to the Heavenly Banquet like a bridge. Imagine hearing this sung by choirs of angels then and us remembering when Cotts Valley posted this here for the first time as his last task as his wife introduces this specially requested song to us giving us a preview of the banquet music.

Pass the kleenex box please!

Many, many thanks to all of you for your support and encouragement for teenqueen. We know the Rapture is so close, yet the waiting and watching can be very trying and discouraging. I am grateful for all the many Believers on this site who provide scripture and uplifting words for those who need our help.

I need all of you to PLEASE pray for me, as I have been shunned and rejected by several pastor "friends", who don't believe that the Rapture is imminent or even that the End Times are fast approaching. They won't even listen to the songs I wrote, even though they contain only messages of God's Truth and Love, as provided to me by the Holy Spirit!

Stephen,

I can so relate to what you are feeling. Very sorry this has happened to you. I will certainly be praying for you.

This picture made me think of you and how you have used your gifts for God's glory. May He bless and comfort you and your family.

On the same website as this song (http://cottingham.us/GodSoLoved), I have placed playable links to the other three songs that I have recorded in 2012. Over the 40 day period from the end of January 2012 through the beginning of March, God tasked and assisted me with writing a total of 4 new songs about His love for us.

The Holy Spirit provided me with the words, and separately -- amazingly -- a year or more earlier!! -- He inspired a professional composer friend of mine from Florida (Wayne Gratz) to create the music for the first 3 songs! I am so very happy to obey and serve my Lord and Master. God's love for us is incredible!!

Thank you, Donna. To God be the Glory!

I am so looking forward to that day to arrive when we'll meet Jesus in the sky -- and I'll get to meet all of you! That day is very near!!

I have neglected to tell all of you about the wonderful immediate rewards that God gave me on the morning of March 8 after posting this song from home. It was completely overcast on my commute to work. All of a sudden a single shaft of light came through the clouds. Then in the distance there was a "rain of light" -- a most wonderful, astounding light show. I have attached a photo that I found on the Internet that resembles a portion of what I saw.

Also, when I arrived at work (a refrigerator factory that makes about 3000 appliances per day), in a parking lot of almost 1000 spaces, where I'm usually happy to get Number 500, someone pulled out of space Number 8 just as I entered the lot!!! A real blessing indeed! God is so good!!

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TX Thom, I never replied to your question "Whatcha gonna do?". Very soon you'll find out my "real" final task, for which you will be pleasantly surprised. I'm sorry I can't disclose more now.

(God did have a task for me back in July: making an audio version of Ronnie & Helen Posey's book. http://www.34days.us)