Stripped Meaning to Be destroyed Removed As in to strip old paint Now old undesirable varnish Remove old tarnish
As I stand still Look around Unwillingly caught In all the world's sounds My spirit feels there is Something amiss Something Imprisoned into A darkened twist It is our sense of reality
There is a loss of authority Not of ours, oh no, no In our own we boast all day Over that we keep a tight grip Over that most will sing All day long Through loose, smiling lips It is of someone else's loss
Into the air madly have We tossed Christ's authority Our Creator's Sovereignty Over everyone, everything From Him His power Have we STRIPPED
Today even inside Large and small churches Pastors just say Jesus loves you Which, of course, is the truth But downplay HIS KINGSHIP Is it ignorance or fear Is it now today They're afraid to say He is also our Righteous Judge Full Authority, Power Only belongs to Him All of life's rules, guidelines Come from Him
In the middle of today's Broken world with pain so rife In its confusion, satan's evil, full of strife We need to return to the truth Of our One true leader's power And to bend the knee And refuse to strip Christ Of His rightful authority HIS OVERWHELMING MAJESTY AND UNENDING GLORY!
You had to reach down So very, very low Because At times life to us can deliver Exceedingly cruel blows AH!! But the joy at seeing your face Come to save(as always) I reach up Your hands full of Your overflowing grace!
So hold your breath Get ready Christ remains always ever steady Dependable, ALMIGHTY Wait and you will see Your Refuge, our Rock Our Creator LORD He will enable all believers In Him once again to soar Above this world's chaos That dark slimy pit Pain, suffering and loss Even though it may come For you at a tremendous cost
But you can rely upon HIM To eternally win Our Immortal souls, Us in His forever love to keep As in His Paradise we all together Dance joyfully in the Light-filled Glory at His Feet!!
May God bless your Sunday morning! I pray He would again pour out His Holy Spirit on His beloved world and once more fill it with the same fire as He did on that long ago Pentecost. May God bless and protect your day!!
Better Than What He Left It!
Be you transformed! Brave even miraculous words You first century apostle! By pagan ignorant ears Were they heard Yet, Even though simple, plain Look how they set a culture On fire!
Jesus loves you just as you are True, true Words from pulpits heard very often today But In a darkened, sin-filled condition Never did He mean to let you stay!!
Always, always better He wants For you To be changed, renewed He wants to leave you better Than what He found you So, go, sin no more Let your eternal spirit soar And Through a Holy Spirit's Pentecostal fire Reach ever so much higher Leave the world a little better Than what you found it!!!
Up close Eyeball to eyeball Face to face Chest to chest Breath to breath Until the second Of your physical death How close your God is
From the moment Of our conception Until at the foot Of His throne Our final destination God wants and is Close So very , very close Do not harden your Heart Like a rebellious Lost world Spiritually almost Comatose
God wants to be Intimate with you Every beat of your Heart is personal To Him Desiring for All eternity Your soul To win So let Him in
Let God the Father Christ the Son God the Holy Spirit Be Personal with you Your heart Your very soul Recreate Refresh and Renew!!
I wonder sometimes Why, Oh Why Why so many lacks Food, clothes, joy But the worst Of all, love Could it be Because we've turned The back?
To Our original purpose Even though bought With a bloody purchase What have I refused you say? To this very hour To this very day Man still turns his back On His Living, Breathing God Of any questions???? Mostly without stopping To even ask
So perverted are we, So rebellious But Fortunately, God for us Is very jealous In His extreme grace Love and mercy Sent His son On a great journey
To die On an agonizing cross Bringing us back home Gave us His Spirit A deep, penetrating loan To achieve His original purpose Never again for us to roam Too far out of His Kingdom's gates So we may receive Forever that first taste Of standing eternally before Our Father's Beautiful, Smiling Face!!!
Hope you enjoy the poem and video! The video is also available on my Youtube channel at: https://youtu.be/5zkHdrgEbok
CHRISTMAS!!!
CHRISTMAS Is about CHRIST And His Birth In spite of His intensely Miraculous Worth He chose To have all of His beauty, Uncontainable Power Heavenly Glory, Light On a rare, never seen before Or ever seen again night Put into a fleshly Child-like shell Who would have thought They would ever have had Such words to tell!
But such did occur Done for the human heart To stir To grab Our attention away From the mundane Of each and every day All of the world's Daily dust In which we seem To mistakenly place So much trust
So let go of all the sparkly lights For a few seconds All the man-made delights Of a secularized season And meditate upon God's Holy Son Leaving all of Heaven's Glories To live in a darkened stall As He willing chose To answer His Father's call To sacrifice His Life's Beauty Knowing the awaiting cruelty Still, He did it solely, Only, Bravely, Gloriously, Eternally To save all of us, The you and me!!
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