Chords for Rich Mullins - Creed (with introduction)

_ _ _ I hope I would leave a legacy of joy, a legacy of _ real compassion.
_ _ Because I think there is a great joy in real compassion.
I don't think that you can know joy apart from caring deeply about people,
caring enough about people that you actually do something.
_ _ _ But I have a feeling like _ _ _ if my life is _ _ motivated by my _ _ ambition to leave a legacy,
_ what I'll probably leave as a legacy is ambition.
_ But if my life is motivated by the power of the Spirit in me,
_ if I live in the awareness of the indwelling Christ,
if I allow His presence to guide my actions, to guide my motives, those sorts of things,
that's the only time I think that we really leave a great legacy.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
My ambition to be a good guy is a fleshly ambition.
_ And when Christ calls us to take up our cross and follow Him,
a lot of us think that what that means is we're supposed to lay down our vices
and we're supposed to cling to virtues.
But I think that unless Christ is Lord of our virtues,
our virtues become dangerous to us and dangerous to the people around us.
I think that when Christ calls us to take up our cross,
what He means is you must die not only to whatever vices are in your life,
which He will eventually kill out,
you must also die to whatever virtues are in your life.
Your life is not valuable because you're an articulate speaker.
Your life is not valuable because you're a generous person.
Your life is not valuable because of any of that.
_ If we empty ourselves of everything and allow God to be present,
_ _ then it's no longer us, it's Him.
Then it becomes a spiritual thing.
And that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
_ _ And that's when I think Christianity really begins to make sense. _ _ _
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Almighty Maker of Heaven, Maker of Earth,
And in Jesus Christ His only _ begotten Son, _ our [Bb] Lord. _ _ _
He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, _ _
[F] born of Virgin Mary, _ _ _
Suffered under Pontius Pilate, _ He was crucified and dead and [Dm] buried.
And I believe what I believe _ _ [C] is what makes me what I am.
_ _ [F] I did not make it, no it is making me.
It is the very truth of God, not the invention of any man. _ _ _
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I believe that He who suffered _ was crucified, buried, and dead. _ _ _
He ascended into hell and _ on the third day rose again. _ _ _ _
He ascended into heaven where He sits in God's mighty right hand. _ _
I believe that He's returning _ to judge the quick and the dead and the sons of [Dm] men.
And I believe what I believe _ _ [C] is what makes me what I am.
I _ [Bb] did not make it, [F] no it is making me.
It is the very truth of God, not the invention of any [Dm] _ _ _ _
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man.
I believe it, I [D] believe it, _ _ _
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I believe in God the Father, _ _ Almighty Maker of Heaven, Maker of Earth, _ _
Jesus Christ is only _ begotten _ Son of the Lord.
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[F] I believe [Dm] in the Holy [F] Spirit, one holy church, the communion [Dm] of saints, [C] the forgiveness of sin.
[F] I believe in the [Bb] resurrection, _ _ [F]
I believe in a life that never [Dm] ends.
And I believe what I believe _ [C] is what makes me what I am.
_ _ [F] I did not make it, no it is [Bb] making me.
I did not make it, no it is making me.
I said I did not make it, no it is making me.
It is the very truth of God, not the invention of any [F] man.
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