Elvis
Presley
Songwriters: Johnny Lange, Hy Heath, Sonny Burke
from Peace In the Valley
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Who made the mountains, Who made the trees
Who made the rivers flow to the sea
And Who sends the rain when the earth is dry
Somebody bigger than you and I
Who made the rivers flow to the sea
And Who sends the rain when the earth is dry
Somebody bigger than you and I
Who made the flowers to bloom in the spring
Who made the song for the robins to sing
And Who hung the moon and the stars in the sky
Somebody bigger than you and I
Who made the song for the robins to sing
And Who hung the moon and the stars in the sky
Somebody bigger than you and I
He lights the way when the road is long
He keeps you company
And with His love to guide you
He walks beside you
Just like He walks with me
He keeps you company
And with His love to guide you
He walks beside you
Just like He walks with me
When we're filled with despair
Who gives me courage to go on from there
And who gives me faith that will never die
Somebody bigger than you and I
Who gives me courage to go on from there
And who gives me faith that will never die
Somebody bigger than you and I
This King Knew Who The REAL King Was. So THESE
Struggles He Shared Really Hit Me Hard!
Elvis searched for meaning.
Have you ever felt as if you’re wearing a mask to hide the
‘real’ you? Hoping no one will ever notice how scared you are or uncomfortable
you are in your own skin? Well, you’re not alone.
As a matter of fact, The
King of Rock-n-Roll, Elvis
Presley himself struggled
tremendously with his identity, his role, his purpose and his beliefs.
The only child in a loving family and a frequent churchgoer,
Elvis was searching. Searching for meaning.
He knew he was meant for more, but his fame became bigger
than himself. This soulful singer/songwriter loved his family, God and others.
“I never expected to be anybody important.
Maybe I’m not now, but whatever I am, whatever I will become will be what God
has chosen for me,” Elvis once said.
Following an Easter service in 1958 at the First Assembly of God, Elvis
told the Rev. James Hamill, “Pastor, I’m the most miserable young man
you’ve ever seen. I’ve got all the money I’ll ever need to spend. I’ve got
millions of fans. I’ve got friends. But I’m doing what you taught me not to do,
and I’m not doing the things you taught me to do.”
This struggle followed Elvis his entire
life. “For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I
do not want to do-this I keep doing.” (Romans 7:19)
Elvis told his friend Pat Boone, “I wish
I could go to church like you.”
After Boone told him he could, Elvis
replied, “No, they
wouldn’t leave me alone. I would distract the minister.”
Boone assured Elvis that “if they see that you are coming
for the same reason that they are, all of that would ease away and you could
actually worship freely like everybody else. And it would do you a world of
good, Elvis.”
According to Boone, Elvis “felt like he couldn’t go anywhere
in public. So he was sort-of imprisoned. I felt like he lived like Public Enemy
#1 instead of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. It stunted his social and spiritual
growth.”
Elvis hungered and thirst for more out of life; He became
determined to discover his destiny and purpose.
Gospel singer J.D. Sumner recalls a woman approaching
the stage in Vegas with a crown sitting atop a pillow and Elvis asking her what
it was. She answered, “It’s for you. You’re the King.”
Elvis took her hand, smiled, and told her, “No honey, I’m not the King.
Christ is the King. I’m just a singer.”
Elvis stated, “All I want is to know the truth,
to know and experience God. I’m a searcher, that’s what I’m all about.”
In December 1976, Elvis requested that television
evangelist Rex Humbard and his wife Maude Aimee meet with him backstage in
Las Vegas in between sets. “Jesus
is coming back really soon, isn’t he, Rex?”
Elvis said as he began quoting all kinds of Scriptures
about the Second Coming. “It
really shocked me that Elvis knew all of those Scriptures from the Old and New
Testaments about the Lord’s return,” Humbard
told me in an interview.
Elvis, Maude Aimee, Rex and J.D. Sumner
were sequestered into a large closet in order to have some privacy and speak
about spiritual matters. “I
could see he was reaching back to his childhood when he used to play his guitar
and go to church and sing church songs,” recalled
Humbard.
“And I could see he was reaching back to
the past–that spirituality, that feeling that he had years and years before
that had been planted in his heart.”
What really shook Elvis up during their time together was
when Maude Aimee told Elvis about her prayer that he would become a “bell
sheep” for God.
As Elvis asked her about what that meant,
she explained: “In the Holy
Land, they put a bell on one sheep and when it moves all the rest of the flock
moves with him. I have been praying for years for you, Elvis, that you would
become a bell sheep.
If you fully dedicated your life to God
you could lead millions of people into the kingdom of the Lord.” According to Humbard, “Elvis went all to pieces. He started crying. She really shook him up
by that statement.”
As the four of them held hands and prayed,
“he rededicated his heart to the Lord,”
recalled Humbard. “I asked God to bless
him and to send His spirit into his heart and meet his every need.”
Right after their prayer time, Maude Aimee went to the
hotel gift shop and purchased a symbolic bell with a little diamond in it.
During the evening’s second show, Elvis
held up the small bell and smiled to Maude Aimee and then dedicated “How
Great Thou Art” to the Humbards.
I’d seen Elvis singing “How Great Thou Art” before. But I’d
never seen this video. Grab tissues for the heartfelt message from Elvis’
dad, Vernon, at 3:45.
There is no doubt
that Elvis was a troubled soul. But he always kept his faith and professed it
often, inspiring millions with his Gospel songs.
We never know what
struggles someone may be going through in their lives!
Stop and say a prayer
for someone you know who may be struggling that they find peace and the
strength to make the right decisions.
http://www.godupdates.com/elvis-shares-his-struggles-with-faith/
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