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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.

The Mystery Hidden in God’s Heart

Ultimate Manifestation God’s Eternal Purpose

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Job was upright and he was perfect in the eyes of man,
But he suffered loss and affliction according to God’s plan.
Job thought that this was unfair, so he and God had a chat.
What was hidden deep in God’s heart, and why would God let him go through that?
2
The mystery hidden in God’s heart is God’s eternal economy.
His heart’s desire’s to dispense Himself into all of His chosen people
To be our life and nature that we might be the same as He is,
His duplication, an organism, the Body for God’s fullness—His expression.
3
See God has a purpose in bringing His loved ones through suffering;
His goal is that we’d be emptied and our heart would be wide open to gain Him.
So when you’re suffering just seek God to gain in you what He’s after,
Then the life of Christ comes in.

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Joe

United States

Feb 18, 2026

Noah, Daniel, and Job all have their days.

The Lord speaks of Noah's days openly in Matthew 24:36-51 as a follow-up to His speaking about the days of Daniel in 24:3-35.

24:9 confirms the plural "days" of Daniel as the answer to the question of "When?" The caution is that "no one knows the day or hour" so we must always be watchful. However, Ezekiel also mentioned Job in a passage of chapter 14 that discusses the cutting off of bread, the wild beasts roaming, the coming of the sword, and the sending of the plague. The unique New Testament reference to Job is found in James 5:7-11, in his encouragement to endure suffering as we await the Lord's soon arrival. Amen.

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Barbara H

Salem, OR, United States

Dec 27, 2025

See God has a purpose in bringing His loved ones thru sufferings;

His goal is that we’d be emptied and our heart would be wide open to gain Him.

So when you’re suffering, just seek God to gain in you what He’s after.

The n the life of Christ comes in.

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William Jeng

Irvine, CA, United States

May 23, 2021

Our God doesn’t want a good man but a God man - He wants us to minister Christ to people. He doesn’t want Job's being perfect in his natural way. In other words, Job did this APART from God. He didn’t need God... Oh Lord, how I need You! May the Body realize that we must reject even our best qualities, the ones that we hold onto & feel proud of. Instead, we just take Christ!!

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Ann

London, United Kingdom

May 19, 2021

Praise the Lord,

The mystery hidden in God’s heart is God’s eternal economy.

His heart’s desire’s to dispense Himself into all of His chosen people

To be our life and nature that we might be the same as He is,

His duplication, an organism, the Body for God’s fullness—His expression.

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K Norton

Cape Coast, Ghana

May 1, 2021

God be praised

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Joyce Mira

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Apr 29, 2021

Praise You my dear Lord Jesus! You are the means to fulfill God's eternal economy in dispensing Himself into all of us His chosen people to be our life and nature for God's expression.

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