Reading this quote from The Critical Journey posed another question:

Usually people at this stage have been given a personal creed from God that guides their lives…a daily empowerment at a practical spiritual level…simple, intimate, and can extend to all people. Examples include: All will be well; God is enough; Love the Lord your God with all your heart and soul and mind; Be still and know that I am God; All is gift. (p. 210)

The question to me then was, what is my personal creed? My answer came quickly. My creed is an adaptation to the end of the Lord’s Prayer that I gleaned from reading a book on prayer. The creed is “Your will be done in my life as it is in heaven.”

Reading this quote again and writing down my creed, another thought occurred to me. Creeds certainly can come from Scripture, but it seems they could also come from songs that are scripture based. Lyrics are powerful and certainly can carry a person through a stage of life. So to further exemplify creeds, here are some of my “lyric creeds”:

• “I want no regrets when the horses come for me.” -Margaret Becker
  
• “Me without You is a lie.” -Avalon
  
• “It’s your breath in my lungs…great are you, Lord.” -All Sons and Daughters
  
• “I’m in awe of you…I owe all to you.” -Chris Tomlin
  
• “You’re my hope.” -Danny Gokey
  
• “My soul will sing your praise unending.” -Matt Redman
  
• “Here I am, knees to the earth, here I am.” -Watermark
  
• “I am a child of God.” -Bethel Music
  
• “Be my heart’s obsession, first and only in my life. In your love alone my soul is satisfied.” -Elevation Worship

What are your scripture and/or lyric creeds?