My heart is for you

Love travels easy and may disappear     

Who knows the road it has taken?
But I will be yours every day of the year
‘cause this love is never shaken.

My heart is for you
Your heart is mine too
from this love I know we'll be reaping
My joy is for you
Your joy is mine too
Your sorrow is mine when you’re weeping.

Love is a rosebud and proud it may stand
Can there be strength in a flower?
Love is a rose from our Father’s own hand
So love is divine in power.

Svensk tekst: Nils Ferlin

English version: Jostein Nielsen

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Orginalversjonen:

Mitt hjerte er ditt

D G Am/C H7 Gm/Bb A7
Kjærlighet kommer og kjærlighet går, ingen vet vægen vi vandre

Em A A/C# H/D# Em E7 Bb A
Men din vil je' vara i dager og år, je' vil itte sjå på andre

D G

Mitt hjerte er ditt, ditt hjerte er mitt

Gm/Bb D/A Em A

og visa med seljelyd låter

D A/C# Am/C H7

Min glede er din, din glede er min

Em E9 Gm/A A D

og sorgen er min når du gråter

D G Am/C H7 Gm/Bb A7
Kjærlighetsrosa er frodig og sterk, den kæin få knopper og blømme

Em A A/C# H/D# Em E7 Bb A
Kjærlighetsrosa er skaperens verk, det ska' vi æiller forglømme

Jesus in our time

When Jesus comes to town and passes down my local street,
Will my neighbours even notice the event?
Yet there's an awesome mystery that all believers meet:
It is me, it is me he has sent!

Our Master has a strategy,

quite radical, by far: 

We are 'Jesus' (3x) 

In our time, Where we are.

When Jesus takes the risk of using me and you today,
I can hardly understand it, but he dares!
Thank God, he's also promised he will guide us on our way,
So I know, so I know that he cares.

When Jesus asks me to reveal his love for all to see,
Will my answer be reliable and true?
'When I walk through your town' he asks 'wherever you may be,
Will they see, will they see me in you?'

• Link to the sheet music
• Link to Dick Krommenhoek's page with Soundstrack finale MP3 + Brass-arrangement

Norwegian version written June 2014

I translated it into an English version the same month, however, it was sent to Jenty Fairbanks for her comments, and she came with some very valuable amendments. 

The story behind the song: 

Three weeks before the start of our annual congress in Norway, Commissioner Dick Krommenhoek came to my office and said: "I think we need a theme-song for the congress!" - I seconded the idea, however, I did remind him that it was only three weeks until the event. "It is not a problem", he replied, "You will write the text and I will write the music, but make it radical!" 

A late evening one week later, I sent him the Norwegian version. After less than one hour, I received  a reply with his sheet-music attached. 

I hans hånd

Det har nok hendt at jeg har vendt ham ryggen
- forlatt en kjærlig favn og valgt min veg.
Langt hjemmefra og gjemt et sted i skyggen
der tenkte jeg: «Vil Herren huske meg?»

:/: I hans hånd :/:
Ja, mitt navn er skrevet i hans hånd
Og han glemmer aldri meg, det vet jeg
For mitt navn er skrevet i hans hånd.

Jeg har nok sviktet Gud ved å stå stille
og takket nei til nåden tilbudt meg
Jeg gjorde ikke godt slik som jeg ville.
Da tenkte jeg: «Vil Herren huske meg?»

Du kan ha levd ditt liv på riktig måte
Men aldri tenkt på Jesus som din vei.
Du ser på korset som en evig gåte,
men det han gjorde, gjorde han for deg!

:/: I hans hånd :/:
Ja, ditt navn er skrevet i hans hånd
Og han glemmer aldri deg, det vet jeg
For ditt navn er skrevet i hans hånd.

Originaltekst: Rob Little

Musikk Gerald Bilsbury

Publisert "Sang og klang" 2013 # 448

(Note med tekst)

Teach me to know

Teach me to know your paths and ways, Lord,
and as I walk them, walk with me!
All things you gave me in my life, Lord
Is but a loan, I clearly see.
But when your hand is close by, aiding
My final goal I will obtain
And when on earth my hopes are fading
New hopes in heaven I will gain.

Teach me to know your thoughts of peace, Lord
Help me to think like you, I pray
When fear attacks my feeble heart, Lord
Grant me new courage for each day.
When I am tired of all my thinking
Please tell me, Lord, what I should do.
And when my doubt makes me start sinking
Pull me on safe ground close to you.

Teach me to know your boundless love, Lord,
and help me generously share.
So that my life brings hope of light, Lord,
to those who heavy burdens bear.
The love that dries the tears of sorrow
and heals the wounds of daily toss
will help me face the new tomorrow.
Love’s gain is more than all my loss. 

Jacob Paulli
Oversettelse: Jostein Nielsen Feb 2010

Biblical reference:

Show me your ways, Lord,
teach me your paths.

Psalms 25:4

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• Sheet-music - pdf
• Sissel Kyrkjebøs tolkning

Jeg siterer første vers av den norske oversettelsen av sangen: 

Lær meg å kjenne dine veie
og gå dem trøstig skritt for skritt!
Jeg vet at hva jeg fikk i eie,
er borget gods, og alt er ditt.
Men vil din sterke hånd meg lede,
jeg aldri feil på målet ser,
og for hvert håp som dør her nede,
får jeg et håp i himlen mer.

I stand on holy ground

I stand on holy ground
when you are here.
God let your holiness
be mine to share!
When I behold your face
I see your plan of grace,
and when I leave this place
I'll know you're near!

I wrote this chorus in Norwegian for a brief reflection I did at an officers' retreat in September 2001. I also used it a couple of times in holiness-meetings in the Temple corps, and I more or less forgot about it when we served in EET for det first periode. Returning in 2007, I discovered that the chorus was still in use - also in other churces.

I believe it was Liv Raegevik-Slinn who asked me to translate it into English.

It was also translated into Italian in 2022. 

Link to sheet-music

The first love

O, Lord, my sole desire

is to live in that first love
'cause there I see your beauty
and your glory from above.
And when your love is in me,
Lord, help me to share thereof
So that the love I share
is always fresh like that first love.

Revelation 2:4

John 15:9

I wrote this chorus for the tent meetings in Lyngdal in the summer of 2005, where first love was the theme of my speeches. The following year I wrote an arrangement for the Divisional Wind-Orchestra of the Salvation Army in Moldova during a rehearsal weekend led by Yngve Slettholm. Thus, the chorus was also translated into Russian. In 2019, the orchestra still had the simple melody in its repertoire. 

Link to sheet-music with English text

NÅR SOM HELST . . .

Å Herre . . .*

Det kan ta hele livet,
men kan skje på et øyeblikk!
Det kan ta en evighet,
men kan fødes i en fei.
For det som er et verk av Ånden,
av den forvandlende Ånden,
kan begynne dette øyeblikk

 - i meg!

Norsk gjendiktning: Jostein Nielsen
Original: John Gowans
* Fra kapittelet: 'Å Herre . . . det er meg!'
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Originalteksten

Any Time

O LORD!*

1999 - page 31

It's the work of a moment,
It's the work of a lifetime!
It is born in an instant,
It may take eternity.
But the work of the Spirit,
Of the transforming Spirit,
Can begin at this moment 

In me!

* From the chapter: 'O Lord . . . it's me!'
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Bibelsk belegg
For eksempel:

You are on your throne

You are on your throne
And from the highest you have shown
Eternal love, here unfurled
May this love now rule – the world

From this earth goes a song of praise
Sung by men out of ev’ry race;
We hear and we share your word
So that love’s pow’r shall overcome in this world

Holy, Holy, Holy is our Lord, King Sebaot
And as a shepherd leads his herd
We are led by God’s own word.

Immanuel – I have heard
Immanuel – You are the Word
- took the blame
And forgave my shame
You’re fore’er the same
Blessed Word.

Swedish text & mel: Ringbäck/Forsberg
Translation: Jostein Nielsen

About the translation: 

Tone Ødegaard needed an English version of this unique song and asked me to have a go at it. In reality, it is four different songs sung by the four voices of a choir. Beautiful!

LINK

I WISH YOU HAD KNOWN

I really want to reach you

with a loving hand
when you're scared, have fallen,
I'll be there help you stand.

Ooh - I wish you had known
my longing pure and clear.
Ooh - I wish you had known,
to me my friend, you're dear.
Ooh - I wish, I wish you had known
the love I want to share.

I really want to reach you
with a friendly word
be there with my comfort
and words you've never heard.

Ooh - I wish you had known....

I really want to reach you
with an open mind
share with you my secrets
and let you look behind.

Ooh - I wish you had known….

Norsk "grunnriss": Jan Aasmann 

Engelsk språkdrakt: Jostein Nielsen

Teksten ble brukt på Templet Ungdomskors LP-plate 'CHOIR IN COULOUR' som ble gitt ut av FA-studio i 1990 (FALP 50)