A prayer of guidance

Oh Lord
Dear Lord
I seek guidance for another
Another who knows You
has ventured forth with You,
believing in You,
but has since
drawn away from
what is true,
unsure and afraid.
Another who has fallen backward,
allowing the ‘world’
to step inside his (her) space
and so consume him
there is no power within
to fight back.
He moves about
in darkness
unable to find the
light switch
of eternal hope
he desperately needs.

Oh Lord
I plead
do not hide Your face
from another

Enable him (her), I plead,
to hear Your lovingkindness
in the morning
when he awakes
and in the evening
as his eyes close.

Enable him Lord
to know the way
he should walk -
the path of honesty,
patience, goodness,
faithfulness, self-control,
the path of love.

Deliver him Lord
from his enemies …
the enemies of selfishness,
of anger, impurity,
jealousy, disputing,
envy; the enemies of
physical pain,
mental anguish.

Enable him Lord
to seek You alone
for his shelter
from the storms
that brew

Only You Lord
can be all of what
he needs.
It cannot be found
in confused thinking
that we alone can fix.
We cannot.
We are indeed lost
without the Almighty One
in our lives day by day,
moment by moment.

Teach him (her) Lord
to do Your will
Lead him away from
the land of sin
and to the land of
uprightness,
encouraged daily
by fellow believers.
Hearts one with His
who we commune.

Lead him (her) O Lord
away from the loneliness,
the coldness
and the emptiness
that lurks in the recesses of our mind,
destroying us,
separating us
from You Christ Jesus.

Enable him (her) to desire
spending time reading
Your Holy Book and
meditating on things
important to You.
Enable him to pray O Lord.

Revive him O Lord.
For Your righteousness’ sake,
bring his soul out of trouble,
cut off his enemies,
destroy all that afflicts his (her) soul.

Enable him to remember …
“Jesus loves me”
…for the Bible tells me so

Little ones to Him belong
They are weak, but He is strong
Yes, Jesus loves me
Yes, Jesus loves me
Yes, Jesus loves me
The Bible tells me so.

(c) December 29, 2012 

We have done wrong

We have done wrong

Yet we see it not

A day of judgment
will come

The Lord pleads
with us
and for us

He will execute justice

His will will prevail.

We have done wrong
and continue
a path of
progress
and success
Yet our hoped for victory
is at a
standstill.

We have done wrong

Our hour
is coming

We see our weaknesses

Our lostness

We see our need
for ONE who is
greater
and wiser
and more powerful

We see our need
for God
The Holy One

We have done wrong
We have forgotten much

Yet in that last final breath
of human life
we seek
His forgiveness
His love
His comfort

We grasp
the hand of God
extended

All our wrongs
done
made right

We have found
peace – cool, soothing,

Eternal and Everlasting

Peace
as we enter the gates
of His Heavenly Kingdom.

(c) December 28, 2012

When I sit in darkness ...

“…When I sit in darkness the Lord will be a light to me.” (Micah 7:8)

Not moon bright
Not evening, nor
night of day
I sit in the darkness
of life
It is still and quiet
Yet loud and boisterous
clanging noises
unsettling to my nerves
in disarray
constant turmoil

Questions I have
Answers hidden from me
I am frightened
fearful of outcomes
yet needing to know

Do I?
Need to know I mean

If I listen,
intently listen
I hear
The Lord’s sweet voice
calling
responding
and

The answer
I believe necessary
will come to me

Not found in others
No human has
the answer sought

Only my Lord
can provide –
can and will
He is my Light
He is my Answer

He is my ALL
everywhere I am
everywhere I go
He is my Light
My Salvation
My Strength
My Shield
My Everlasting Glory

In the darkness
of day
and that of night
The Lord is the Light
that directs my steps
in the path I go.

(c) December 27, 2012  

Jesus is The Light of the World

Paint the Light

Love is the greatest Light

Walk in the Light

BE obedient
BE His Hands, His Feet, His Voice

Write of the Light

See the world
See the pain
See the hardships
Consider it all 

But share the Light
through what God has empowered you
His hands – yours
His feet – yours
His voice – yours

Go and do
Go and be

Be the Light
Live the Light
Paint the Light
Share the Light

The Light
Jesus is the Light

As He spoke in John 8:12,
“I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

Let it be so. As He walked, let us walk.
As He is, let us be.

(c) December 25, 2012 

On this Christmas morn - December 25

On this December day … Christmas
The birth of God
in human flesh
Christians come together
and celebrate

He
who is The Christ
Jesus Christ
Son of God
Emmanuel

He came
He lived
He died
He came again
He lives

His reign
continuous

Almighty God
our Lord Jesus
the eternal Holy Spirit
within our hearts

He
the great I AM
is the Promise foretold
The Promise
of Light
and Gladness
of Liberty
and Peace
of Extraordinary King
and Everlasting Reign

He is
Our deliverer
Our preserver
Our strength
Our sustainer
Our healer
Our disciplinarian
Our guide
along paths wide and narrow

He is
Our Savior … My Savior
Our Redeemer … Mine
Our hearer
of many prayers given
questions asked
concerns voiced

He is All Powerful
He has All Authority
He is Creator

He is My Rock
My fortress
My guard
My shelter
from storms within and without

He is
Loving
and Kind
He is Good

He carries
our brokenness
He weeps
when we
He gives comfort

He is sufficient

He is gracious
He is righteous
He rightfully judges

He comes to us
waits for us
still

He is my shield
My stronghold
He holds us,
enfolds us
within His wings

He empowers us
with all He has for us
to do
in the midst of
our enemies … what ere they be

He is the lifter of our souls
from the depths of
deep despair

He is waiting
for us to seek
for us to find
for us to believe. 

He is merciful
He is holy

He is faithful

He is our Salvation … mine

He is worthy
Worthy of praise
Worthy of honor
Worthy of worship

Worthy of unending, unfailing love

Oh yes,
on this coming Christmas day
we celebrate the birth
of He
who was and is

and is to come …

Jesus Christ

Merry Christmas! 

(c) December 24, 2012

Go To ... The Child in the Manger

Go ….
Go to
Go where?
To what?

Go
To
The child in the manger
The babe born of the Virgin Mary
and God Himself
Believe Him to be
the Son of God
Find in Him
wonders to behold
He is Wonderful
Our Counselor
Almighty God
Everlasting Father
Prince of Peace
and so much more

Go To Him
The child in the manger
full of grace
Believe Him to be
ALL He says He is
All He does
past, present and
time yet to come
He is The One
for whom you seek

Go To Him
Seek His forgiveness
for He came
to take your place
ALL your sins
carried upon
His shoulder
Your burdens are His

Go To
The child in the manger
Believe Him to be
The Son of God
The shepherds came

The astrologers came
to worship Him,
bearing gifts of
gold, frankincense and myrrh
The little drummer boy
came too
worshiping through his gift
of music

Go To
The child in the manger
The only begotten Son of God
sent to be
our Savior
Believe in Him
Find in Him
ALL you seek

Go
To
Him
Believe
In
Him

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)

(c) December 20, 2012

A just reward

Based on Psalm 11

The wickedness
and evilness
prevails
in the land
If destruction of the
righteous
is complete
where is their God --
He who they cling?

God is on His throne
His eyes see all
His ears hear all
Every good
Every bad
He tests
the righteous
But the
wicked
and evil-minded
He loathes
The Almighty God
will give them their portion
Their reward
of fire and brimstone
will come.

(c) December 5, 2012

What is there to doubt? ... God came

What is there to doubt
He came
God came
as  the Christ child
He who walked on water
and commanded demons to be gone
He who made the blind see
and the crippled to walk
He who made the sick well
God came
as a servant to the masses
The One who knew no sin
took the sins of all mankind
upon Himself
He was rejected,
despised,
judged
condemned
He took our guilt
to the cross
at Calvary
He bore the shame
that was ours alone
God came
to live and walk
in the world
as we,
yes,
but never of the world,
for He was not.
God came
as Jesus
the baby born to the Virgin Mary
the man destined to die
to save the human race …
from death
… the death of selfishness
of idolatry
of witchcraft
of hatred
of jealousy
of anger
of lies
of adultery
of uncleanness
of murder
of envy
of drunkenness
and countless more
to save us from ourselves
and bring us
to a new life
in Him,
The One who came
who lived
who died
who was buried
who rose again
who lives.
God alone
came.

(c) December 2, 2012 

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.”  John 3:16-17 NKJV