1st Heartbeat

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1st Heartbeat


It's like I was supposed
To be Yours
From the first heartbeat
Created by You, for You
And through You
To share in the Glory
The Life, the Energy
That flows from You!

Praise You, Lord God

So lift up holy hands
Join in His flow alone
That guards our hearts,
Our homes, our land
Because
Only upon Christ's cross
Can anyone ever begin to take
A firm, Eternity’s Stand!!

You Dare

You Dare

You Dare
Above my head you fly
Chariot wheels to rip apart the sky
To bless my life so much
As I approach Glory’s Throne
Seeking Your love to trust
But you do 
Daring the impossibles to do
My imagination’s limits you refuse
And Morning’s promise of new Mercies
Every day to endlessly, infinitely renew

Second Death

Second Death

What is this I hear about 
A second death?
I thought death occurred
When I take my last breath
And that is it, the end.
But now God 
You say no.

For us You say
You have another goal
After all,
We are eternal living souls
Never ceasing to exist
What a wonderful surprise!
To live with You forever
In Your celestial skies

But wait, You say
I have a free will
For yourself you must choose
Follow my Son's path
His obedience until the last
For once your heart stops
& the divide between 
heaven & earth you move across
There awaits a reckoning

So,
As God now stands beckoning
Choose obedience's eternal 
Paradise
Because
For your rebellion's disobedience
For your second death,
Nothing but an endless Dark Abyss
Will be left

Huddling?

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Huddling

We huddle in buildings
On one particular day
To throw a few coins 
up onto a stage
Mumbling,
Sing just one more song
Hoping it won't last
Too long

Is that really 
The picture
We want to paint
Of today's struggling
Church
Do we go just in case
We might need God to 
Help us out of
A sudden lurch?

What's happened
To the passion,
Devotion
Of a first century
It grew rapidly,
Even exponentially
Ah, to see
That increase today!!

But 
It takes courage
Putting God first
Before everyone,
Everything
So
Let our songs ring
Out loud the words sing
Into our daily actions
Out onto 
The busy, chaotic streets
As other souls we meet
In our hearts
Do not let Christ's examples
Abate
As more & more
His Holy Spirit
We come to live out
& to joyfully imitate!!

All My Life

All My Life

It seemed
It felt like
I was
Waiting for a Messiah
All my life
Waiting for Perfection
To end all this
earthly strife
Always I looked
Until I picked up 
One small book

And I read of Your story
All that heavenly glory
Come down to earth
In a very humble birth
Born into a world
So dark
You came to re-start
Heaven in man's own heart
Praise You, Lord Jesus
Praise You

Now we have much to
Look forward to,
As we wait for You 
To return, renew
Remake our broken earth
& we will be given, share in
Your immeasurable worth
And for those that do listen
With new names 
Will they be christened
As all of heaven rejoices!!

Bustin’

Bustin’

Massive, unstoppable
Almighty, 
Owner of an 
Entire universe,
Our home,
This earth
Powerful enough
To stop the dirth
Of Your own Spirit
Inside Your beloved church

You come
In all Your glory
All Your power
Double edged sword
In Your mouth
Let there be absolutely
No doubt
You will be 
Bustin' down 
The very gates of hell
So in this rhyme
I will say,
Let me tell
No one, nothing
In all Christ's creation
Will stop Him
Or Heaven's celebration!