In Isaiah 49 we read a prophecy concerning Jesus Christ, our Lord and Messiah, our Savior. And yet, as his followers, we are his body, and he dwells within us in the person of the Holy Spirit. So, we are to carry on his ministry on this earth, to do the things he did, in … Continue reading Honored You’ll Be
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Confession of Sin
We read in 2 Samuel 11 a story about King David, who was regarded as a man after God’s own heart. One day David lusted after a woman named Bathsheba. From his roof he saw her bathing, and so he inquired about her. He found out who she was, and that she was married to … Continue reading Confession of Sin
He Took Our Pain
An Original Work / March 25, 2018 Based off Isaiah 53 Who has believed our message? To whom has our Lord been revealed? He had no beauty or majesty; His looks, to none did appeal. He was despised, rejected. A man of much suff’ring and pain, From whom people have hid their faces, then looked … Continue reading He Took Our Pain
An Overwhelming Sadness
An Original Work / March 22, 2018 Do you ever feel an overwhelming sadness? All around you seems then to be so much pain. Sin has run amok within the walls of churches. For the gospel truth, there is so much disdain. Men in pulpits hiding sins behind the curtain, Making jokes about the sacred … Continue reading An Overwhelming Sadness
Do We?
An Original Work / March 20, 2018 Based off Job 38-42 When the things of this life Do not go as planned, Do we trust in our Lord? Or trust then in man? Are we tempted to fear How things now will go? Do we question our God On things we should know? Do we … Continue reading Do We?
I Am Yours
An Original Work / March 18, 2018 When I think of You, Lord, In the watches of the night, I am filled with wonder At the power of Your might. All that lies before me, All that You have planned for me, Fills my life with purpose, So my heart now sings with glee. Each … Continue reading I Am Yours
Unrequited Love
When I was in high school, back in the 1960s, I was “in love” with a guy, and we were friends, but he was not in love with me. He was in love with another girl, who was not in love with him. And, I wrote a poem about that, at that time. So, as … Continue reading Unrequited Love
Old Cross, New Cross
Old Cross, New Cross An Original Work / March 3, 2018 The old cross is the cross On which our Savior died. He took our sins upon himself, And he was crucified. He died upon that cross To put our sins to death, That we might die with him to sin And live to righteousness. … Continue reading Old Cross, New Cross
Steadfast is Your Love
Jesus said that if we follow him, that we will be hated as he was hated, and that they will treat us the same way as they treated him. We are taught in scripture that we can expect to be persecuted, too, for righteousness’ sake, and that we are blessed when people revile us and … Continue reading Steadfast is Your Love
Songs in The Night
As I was writing the words to this song, as the Lord Jesus was giving them to me, I was picturing in my mind the persecuted church throughout the world either in prison or in hiding, singing songs of praise to their God for his great salvation. I pictured that the night truly symbolized a … Continue reading Songs in The Night
Run With It 