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About Numbered Notation

Numbered Notation (also called Jianpu, 简谱) writes each melody note as a number from 1 to 7 instead of a note on a staff. The number shows the note's position in the song's scale -- not its exact pitch -- so the same tune looks identical no matter what key it's sung in.

Within one octave, the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 correspond to the familiar do re mi fa sol la ti. A dot above a number raises it an octave higher; a dot below lowers it an octave lower -- no dot means the middle, as-written octave.

A plain number lasts one beat. A dash (-) right after a number holds that same note for one more beat. A line underneath a number shortens it instead -- one line is half a beat, two lines a quarter of a beat. A 0 is a rest: silence for one beat.

The label at the top of the sheet, like "1=C" or "1=Ab", shows which pitch scale degree 1 ("do") is tuned to. A song in a minor key is labeled "6=X" instead -- scale degree 6 ("la") is the true tonic. Chord names printed above the notes (like "C" or "G7") always use their familiar letter names, never numbers.

For example, under a "1=C" heading, the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 sound as C D E F G A B. Under a "1=G" heading, those very same numbers sound as G A B C D E F# instead -- same shape, different key.

God wants someone to love Him

Experience of Christ Loving Him

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God wants someone to love Him,
Not just someone to serve Him;
He wants someone to love Him
As His bride.
God wants someone to match Him,
Not just to imitate Him;
He wants a counterpart,
One from His side.
 
For this He came down to us,
He came to court, to woo us,
Away from everything, and unto Him.
Now we’re espoused unto Him,
Pledged and betrothed unto Him;
Yes, we are bound unto Him by His love.
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God wants someone to love Him,
Not just someone to fear Him;
He wants a sweetheart who will
Be His bride.
God wants someone to know Him,
Not just to know about Him,
He wants someone who’ll look Him
In the eye.

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Avram

Dublin, Ireland

Oct 15, 2026

Lord, I just love You and Your Word.

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Oluwarotimi Johnson

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Apr 22, 2026

God wants us to love him just as he loves us. Thank you Lord for your pure love!

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Ray Stump

Waco, TX, United States

Oct 8, 2025

That He might present the church to Himself glorious…. Eph. 5:27

Let us rejoice and exult, and let us give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready. And it was given to her that she should be clothed in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteousnesses of the saints. And he said to me, write, Blessed are they who are called to the marriage dinner of the Lamb. And he said to me, These are the true words of God. Rev. 19:7-9

Thus the King will desire your beauty….

The King’s daughter is all glorious within the royal abode; her garment is a woven work I wrought with gold. She will be led to the King in embroidered clothing…. Psa. 45:11a, 13-14a.

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Jessica Bussell

Denton, TX, United States

Dec 4, 2023

It's not merely enough to know about Him or know Him, God wants someone to love Him!

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Maurice Ward

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Feb 1, 2022

We can look our God in the eye, because He is our Husband! Our position is as His bride, His counterpart.

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Carolina Merchant

Dallas, TX, United States

Nov 16, 2021

Gracias Señor Jesús, el misterio nos ha sido revelado Cristo y la iglesia Él quiere una novia, qué no solo le conozca sino que le Amé y le iguale

Que El Señor nos llévanos a ser esa novia que sea Su contraparte, Su deseo Su expresión

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Rocío Saucedo Madera

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Sep 5, 2021

Thank you Lord for coming down to court us. Lord take us away from everything that distances us from you. Become our first and best love! ❤️

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Diane Torres

West Palm Beach, FL, United States

May 17, 2020

This is so beautiful. Amen. ❤

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Jason

Wellington, Florida, United States

May 17, 2020

Amen! We love You, Lord!

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Cody Enderli

San Marcos, Texas, United States

Mar 30, 2019

He wants someone to who'll look HIM in the eye.

Lord, we just love to look You in the eye!

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