Here you will find the Poetry and Prayers that I write, and access links to the traditional Gospel songs and Hymns of the Christian Faith of which I am a member.
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Bless the Lord, Oh, my soul! And all that is within me, bless His Holy Name!
Father, we come before You on another Sabbath Day and thank You for this opportunity to stand before You in quietness, and in peace, and safety.
We thank You, Lord, for the Blessed Assurance that makes us able to stand before You redeemed, justified, and sanctified, all because of Jesus.
Thank You, Lord, for the myriad blessings You have bestowed upon us during the hours of the week now past, and for numerous blessings You will bestow upon us before this Sabbath is over.
Father, we thank You for the gift of Calvary. We thank You for the roofs You caused to be placed over our heads, the food You bountifully placed upon our tables, for good health, for supple strength, for loving friends, and devoted family, and we especially prayer for straights paths for our children,
Have mercy, Lord, on the leaders of our various nations and assemblies, and we ask You to open their eyes so that they may see that You, the Most High God, rules over the affairs of men, and that Your Will is sovereign. Help them, Lord, to return to the old way-marks whereby there is safety.
Father, we pray for Your children around the planet who are facing stiff opposition for their faith in the Lord, Christ, for their standing for truth, for right-living, and for love of the Edenic family. Oh, Lord, have mercy on us.
We pray, Father, for the presence of the Holy Angels to surround and guard, and guide each and every member of the Family of God, and we pray for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in double portion, and for the direction that only the Spirit of God can provide so that we may speak powerfully of the Gospel of Christ to this dying world.
Father, we beseech You to help us to sit still and listen... to the Quiet Voice, and grant us spiritual ears to hear, and the will to obey, and to place our all on the Altar of Sacrifice. Help us to let go of our reigns to the Holy Spirit, and let Him take control of our will, our ways, our days and our years.
We ask You to help us to STOP, as ordained of the Sabbath, and to rest, and find refreshing from the hustle and bustle that marked each weary day of the work-week. Please quiet our minds, our thoughts, and our actions so that we may indeed be filled from the Storehouse of Heaven, and be blessed.
We ask You, Lord, to help us to live as the peacemakers, the hungry and the thirsty after righteousness, the meek, the merciful, the mournful, the pure in heart, the poor in spirit, the persecuted for righteousness sake, the salt of the earth, and as light in and to this dark world, so that we may obtain the blessings of Christ. Help us to rejoice, and to be exceedingly glad for the great reward that awaits us ...in Heaven.
Grant us Your Grace, Lord, to stand firm, to the end of our days, so that we may be counted worthy to be citizens of the Kingdom, and to receive our robes, and our crowns.
Father, please bury Heaven deep within each of our souls until the Day breaks when we shall see King Jesus.
We love You, Lord, and we thank You for hearing and answering the prayers of Your believing children. AMEN.
Because of sin these old bones are a-creaking
Because of sin these eyes just don’t quite see fine
Because of sin I covet, I steal, and cheat the tax collector
And pretend to all that my life here is sublime!
I need a God - the one that can hear me
I need a God that can answer my prayers
I need a God who is always at the ready
The God in whose hands I have been stained!
I’m not into divas for they are just idols
The only goddess I recognize is potty porcelain
The only God I believe in is the Almighty
For everything else is just plainly profane!
I am sick and tired of being sick, and being tired
I am sick and tired of sin’s humongous cost to me
I am sick and tired of this old world and where it’s headed
And can’t wait for Jesus to come and rescue me!
All around me nothing is what it appears to be
All around me is death, dying and decay
All around me there seems to be no hope for
Mouth giants without substance are holding sway!
Oh Lord, You know that this heart is feeble
Oh Lord, You know that my courage is ready to fail
Oh Lord, help me to stand up on Your Word, and
Give me Your strength to help me to hold strain!
Father, I bless You and, yes, I do reverence You!
Father, I bless You for Jesus taking the blame
For, Father, without Him, without His sacrifice, His dying
I would live my life as though sinning is something really game!
But ... because Jesus Christ took on the form of a servant
But ... because Jesus Christ took off His divinity
Because His heart hurt so badly for humanity
Because He suffered, bled, died and resurrected to Glory
Father, I can come freely unto to thee!
Thank God for Jesus!
Father, please keep us faithful, and ever in an attitude of readiness, for The Day is hastening toward us! Amen.
Sarah
and Clita were little girls who lived a simple life, in a simple
village, in a simple house, and were reared by simple parents.
Yup.
Their lives were simple, but oh so amazing, because of the log that
their parents insisted upon them learning about, and making it an
integral part of their lives.
At
first, learning about the log seemed so silly!
“Why
do we need to learn about the log?” asked Clita.
“We
see logs fallen around the house, and in the woods, all the time!”
whined Sarah.
“Now,
children. Listen carefully!” said Papa.
“This
log is not just any old tree, or any piece of old wood! This log is
the Lamb of God!”
“The
Lamb of God?!” exclaimed Sarah and Clita in stereo.
“Yes!”
crowed Papa. “The
log IS the LAMB OF GOD!”
“You
see, a long time ago, before the fall of the human race, Almighty
God, The Word, and The Spirit, agreed that Jesus, the Son of the Father, the Lamb without Blemish, the Pet, if you will, would pay the ultimate price for sin after man
disobeyed the Almighty and sinned.”
“Jesus
was His Father's pet, and His was the blameless life to be sacrificed
as a lamb without spot, or blemish, to die, once, for all, so that we
might be redeemed from death!”
“Jesus, also the Author of Life and the Bread of Life, took sin unto Himself, which sin lead unto death, to
give sinful man, like us, new life by His personal sacrifice!”
“The
Pet Lamb, The Favorite, The Blessed Hope, The Hope of Glory, The Way, The Truth, The Life, The Deliverer, Our Friend, gave
his righteous life for our sinful one!”
“The
Best of Heaven took the worst of earth so that men may be
renewed and reformed -in order to conform to The Consolation - so that
our filthy rags may be restored to the newness of life!
“The
LOG. leads to Light, and gives Life!”
“Always
remember the LOG for He IS ... the Lamb of God!”
Sarah
and Clita cheered, and were forever blessed for having learned of The Lamb of God!
They want to know what good for them God has ever
done
And proudly walk away seeking more mischief to run!
Against people they believe defenseless!
And when they've filled their cups to overflowing
Almighty God checks their balances to see their
owings
And when they see the price to be paid
They think that He has some great mistake made!
God doesn't use accountants! God has Recording Angels!
O fickle fate! A fateful fit
Is what they have, when they receive the initial hit
But proudest sinners that they be
See no reason to bow down to the King, whoever he!?
The King of Love!
So, then, for their pride, their intentional arrogance
The humbling hand of God upon them is felt
Until they acknowledge that God Almighty o'er all
rules
The choice is theirs – bow, bend or break – they get to choose!
You love God - Bow before Him!
You know you are a sinner - Bend to His Will!
You are your own god ... Break ... Good night.
Dear Ones:
Let us be careful how we walk about this earth. All of our decisions have consequences - not just for now, but as it pertains to New Earth. So, I beg you, please answer the Savior when He calls you, while His hand of chastening is light, and while you've got an opportunity your life to renew! We are assuredly running out of "play" time!
Luke 21:34-36Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)
34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
I’ve ministered to the miserly, the miserable, the cross
To those that were little children
And to those who suffered loss!
I’ve cared for the contemptuous and
I’ve been a good steward to the “Boss”
Who cheats me of my wages
For worldly work that pays dross!
I gave to the ungrateful and
I blessed the banished thief
I loved and I labored on
Often without relief!
I’ve tried to be a light
To those who could not agree
That Jesus is the answer
The Truth, the Life, the Way
And kept to my position
No matter what they’d say!
And though the road has been long
I’ve held fast to my conviction!
In me is found no dereliction!
I love His people!
I fast!
I pray!
My Jesus is coming and
In my heart is the song:
I’m about to get paid!
Dear Ones:
This is no boast! God’s people are privileged to know what their payment is, and when/where it will be delivered, and to joyfully look forward to that Great Day!
I encourage us all to hold fast to our profession in faith and in faithfulness, and to keep our prize in constant view!
John 14:27 - Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
The Minister of Music
He is a giant of man
He sets the tone for worship
And manipulates us till we can’t stand!
How is this even possible
In the great church of God
For the singing of the gospel
To turn into real bacchanal?
One day I stopped and watched as
The worship tone was set
And without a pause for reflection
It was jump up and wave as you sweat!
It was then that Barry Manilow’s "I write the song that makes the whole world sing"
Stood up in front of me
For those words were the words of Satan
Yukking it up ever so gleefully!
Making Christians rely on their emotions
Will greatly make Satan’s day
When, appearing as an angel of light
He’ll get us not written down to disobey!
It is all a great deception
Priming Christians for the fall
When they shall run into the desert
Looking for the King of All - not Jesus!
The deception is really quite simple
Set your reason aside and just feel
How wonderful it is to bow down
And worship the one who fulfills your felt needs!
Reason, my friend, is the key that
Our God stipulated that we use
When it comes to living in this life
And not trust tingling sensations that confuse!
Yon minister does not work for King Jesus
His boss is Lucifer DeVil
The arch enemy, deceiver, Old Satan
Who wants to see us all dead and in hell
Jump up and wave - feel the spirit
Not the one that Almighty God sends down
But the one being sold by the Devil
To confound, lead astray, and break you down
Fire that Minister of Music
His music comes with hell's strings attached
To the agenda as written down by Satan
To cost you your robe and your gold crown!
Our God is not a god of disorder!
Our God is not a liar nor a thief!
Our God is not willing that any should perish
That’s you and me, friend, let’s seek relief!
Let’s seek relief from our Jesus - He’s faithful
Let’s turn to Jesus - He makes the Way
Let us invite God’s Holy Spirit
To lead us and guide us - lest we stray!
Reject the hot and sweaty emotion!
Reject the need to feel fire when you pray!
Reject the urge to empty yourself with a mantra
By repeating the same phrase ad nauseum every day!
Don’t let that Music Minister fool you
Into emptying yourself so he can prey
Upon the unwitting and the unwary
So keep your head on, watch unto pray!
That fallen angel who ministered in heaven
Hates us and has a despite
Against any that makes a claim upon Jesus
And has pledged to cost us our flight!
Believe the God of the Bible
He will guide you and hallow your prayers
Remember it’s the Almighty you are serving
Reject feeling, walk by faith - not in blind sight nor in fear!
Psalm 100 King James Version (KJV)
100 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
2 Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
3 Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
5 For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.