Category Archives: Poetry

Your Child

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Jesus you’re my all in all
You’re everything to me
Through all my days
In all my ways
Your child I’ll always be

You fill me with your spirit
You captivate my mind
My sin is gone
By your sweet love
Freedom in you I find

And when the storms come my way
I merely call your name
You calm the sea
Your arms hold me
I’m safe in your embrace

I’ll lift my praises to you
I’ll lift your precious name
I love you so
Jesus my Lord
In you I will remain

 

In response to the daily prompt https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2018/09/05/your-daily-word-prompt-captivate-september-5th-2018/

Not A Fairy Tale

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Three little pigs
Hansel & Gretel
Jack and the beanstalk too
Little Jack Horner
Red Riding Hood
The elves and the man who made shoes

All of these stories and so many more
Have been shared by folk down through the years
By consensus they are what we call fairy tales
Just to bring us both laughter and tears

But the story of Jesus is real my friend
He came down from heaven for you
He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords
He came to tell us the truth

God loved us so much he gave us His Son
Jesus died on the cross for me
Then He rose again to give us new life
Forever we are set free

If you’ve not accepted this gift today
The gift of His mercy and grace
Then confess your sin
Ask Him to come in
Then you will be saved today

In response to the daily prompt https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2018/09/04/your-daily-word-prompt-consensus-september-4th-2018/

Draw Me

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Draw me nearer
Nearer and nearer
Walk with me in the way

Draw me higher
Higher and higher
Lift me to heaven’s gates

Jesus you’re all I need
Jesus you’re all my heart desires
Jesus you are my Lord and King
Keep me close by your side

Draw me closer
Closer and closer
Into your warm embrace

Draw me farther
Farther and farther
Along the path of grace

As I lift my hands in worship
As I lift my voice in praise
Teach me all your wondrous statutes
Help me learn to know your ways

Jesus you’re all I need
Jesus you’re all my heart desires
Jesus you are my Lord and King
Keep me close by your side

Our Salvation

I Had Been Good

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I wandered aimlessly about
Not knowing I was wrong
Thinking all the while
That God would go along

He didn’t mind my sin
He really understood
After all most of my life
I really had been good

Then i heard that Jesus
Was God’s only true Son
I learned He died for me
So my sins would be gone

He took all my transgression
He nailed it to that cross
‘Twas then I realized
What my sin truly cost

I asked Him to forgive me
To wash my sins away
I told Him I would make Him Lord
I’d serve Him every fay

Now I am bound for heaven
I pray that you are too
Make Jesus Christ your Lord today
His love will pardon you

 

In response to the daily prompt https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2018/09/03/your-daily-word-prompt-transgression-september-3rd-2018/

I Want to Thank You Lord

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In appreciation of all the psalms, poems, songs and worship choruses the Lord has given me over the past 8 years, I am posting my favorite one for the daily prompt this morning.  My singing is not the best, but the message is from my heart.  Even through my battle with cancer, I never stopped thanking Him for His mercy.  We serve an awesome God.

I want to thank you Lord for your mercy in my life
I want to thank you Lord for your great sacrifice
You have given me your all
Help me give my all to you
I want to thank you Lord

You deserve the highest praise
You deserve the highest praise
You deserve the hghest praise
My heart can give

Be Blessed!

In response to the daily prompt https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2018/09/02/your-daily-word-prompt-Appreciation-september-2nd-2018/

To Preserve

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I think we all should be aware
That we all touch the lives
Of people all around us
In ways that might surprise

Some might be like pepper
Hot and full of zip
Others more like lemon
Sour words that nip

Some might burn like cinnamon
Some garnish like parsley
Some are sweet like sugar
Some are like rosemary

As a Christian I am called
To be salt of the earth
This spice has many uses
But one is to preserve

I am called to help you through
The roughest hours and days
To keep you through the storms
By building up your faith

Salt does not tear down or hurt
It only helps survive
May all who say they follow Christ
Be salt to others lives

In response to the daily prompt https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2018/09/01/your-daily-word-prompt-spice-september-1st-2018/

No One Knows

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No one knows the depth of sin that once ruled in my heart
No one knows the damage that this sin to me imparts
No one knows the chains that bound my mind to think I’m smart
No one knows but Jesus

No one knows the depth of love that God showed me that day
No one knows the cost He bore to give His Son away
No one knows how much it took to change my sinful ways
No one knows but Jesus

He knows my every sorrow
He knows my every care
He knows when I am hurting
His love is always there
He knows my inner struggles
He knows my wandering heart
He knows deep down I love Him
His love never departs

No one knows how much I want to serve Him with my all
No one knows exactly what will be my lifelong call
No one knows how often I still stumble and then fall
No one knows but Jesus

He gave His all for me
That day on Calgary
He died to take my sin and set me free
He knew what it would take
This was no mistake
He bled and died
Then rose on high
To bring me victory

He knows my every sorrow
He knows my every care
He knows when I am hurting
His love is always there
He knows my inner struggles
He knows my wandering heart
He knows deep down I love Him
His love never departs

 

The Believers Walk

What is Life?

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What is life
Why are we here on this earth
An earth filled with strife
An earth filled with fear

What should we do
With this life we’ve been given
With all we’ve been through
While we’ve been living

I cannot answer for you my friend
But I know the answer I found
The definition of why I am here
Is to tell of my Saviors love

When I was lost He called to me
He loved me even in my lost estate
He died on a cross a long time ago
That from my despair I could escape

My life is now centered on Him
I must tell you all that He died for you
There’s no one that He cannot save from their sin
Won’t you accept His great love for you

Cry out to Jesus forgive me my Lord
I give you my sin please save me today
He’ll gather you up in His loving arms
You’ll be His child for all of your days

In response to the daily prompt https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2018/08/31/your-daily-word-prompt-definition-august-31st-2018/

A Blessing

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Be blessed this day my friend
From dawn until the night
May God define your path
May love bring you delight
May joy be yours abundant
May peace make all things bright
Be blessed this day my friend
May Jesus be your light

Be blessed this day my friend
With every step you take
Find mercy all around you
Give mercy that’s not fake
Walk closely with your brother
Fill up their life with grace
Be blessed this day my friend
Show others Jesus’s face

Be blessed this day my friend
May hope be yours today
A hope that’s everlasting
A hope that will not fade
May every moment highlight
The depth of your true faith
Be blessed this day my friend
Walk in God’s holy way

Be blessed this day my friend
Fill up your heart with praise
Sing glory hallelujah
To Jesus’s precious name
Lift up your hands in worship
Let your voice be upraised
Be blessed this day my friend
This blessing’s yours today..

Transformation

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I’ve had a change of lifestyle

Through the last 40 years
I’ve walked through hills and valleys

I’ve shed a lot of tears

My life before was earthly
Filled with drugs and drink
My mind was in the gutter
My tongue spewed only stink
But then I met my Savior
He washed my sins away
He’s changed my life completely
Now mercy fills my days
There’s still vestigial sins
That haunt my tongue and mind
Every day I ask the Lord
To free me from my pride
For pride us what will keep me
From giving all to Him
When I control this heart of mine