Going deeper with Jesus
I’m so in awe of Your graceI don’t understand it completely.Your unfailing, extended hand,The way You protect me and guide me and forgive me without measure.Let me not take that for granted,lest I fall out of Your protection as I wallow in my own goodness and self-righteousness.It is You who can cleanse in an instant.It […]
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Your words are few.When You speak, it’s importantMost marvelous, and stunning, and strong, Lord Jesus. Your word is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword and pierces and divides the soul and spirit and discerns the thoughts and intents of my heart.What is on Your heart, dear God?You say in Isaiah You look
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The skies are grey right nowAnd beyond the grey is blueWith puffy white cloudsThat look like heavenas the sun is shiningthe clouds are reflecting its lightA picture of heavenWe imagine your throne up there sitting on one of the stronger cloudsAnd gates that open wide to those of us who have chosen your waysWhen will
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“And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.” Isaiah 22:22 “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that
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Here we are againMorningThe sun is shiningWhat will be in store?Let me listenLet me hearLet me follow hard after YouTo be openTo speak Your wordTo say a needed prayer for anotherTo not be focused on myselfAnd my wantsAnd my needsYou know my needs before I askSo let me not be consumed with my fleshly desiresLet
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Prayer continued… “To the chief Musician upon Neginah, A Psalm of David. Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.” Psalm 61:1 How do we know God hears our prayers? Let’s take a look at a few reasons He might not: “Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the
An offenseA hurtA deep woundTaking holdWrenching turmoil because of what another has doneForgiveness is sometimes so hard to findThe sooner, the better, it seemsThe less time to take rootThe less time to let the wounds fester and gain infectionYes, the soonest I can hand an offense to You is bestYou see every intricate detail in
My failings are too numerous to mentionIf only I could see myself as You see meYou catch me before I fallIf I look to you and even if I don’tThere is no end to your forgivenessYou keep loving and extending Your hand to meI try to walk in kindness and mercyTry to be like Yousometimes
How can Gods love be described?This is only a glimpse. I suspect we will be learning of His love for all eternity. It’s so large and strongSo individual So encompassing So grand So meaningfulWhen you look away, it’s still thereWaiting for youLonging for youCaring for your every need and thought and hearing your every prayerLooking
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The longing The yearning The desire How have I done? What will You say? How will my judgment go? Long awaited, anticipated Bringing up past deeds Some covered, some exposed The need to please not always present in my life The hurts, the wrongs, long forgotten by me disdain or unforgiveness I have cast on