Wednesday, August 26, 2015

This flesh is but a passing fancy,
a lark, a bad habit, a fantasy,
trying to draw me away
from You O Lord.

I tried the lust
of the flesh,
of the eyes
and I've found
to no one's surprise -
Your ways are for more
wonderful, far higher,
far sweeter
than any fleshly desire,
so now I choose not to hide.
I choose rather to backslide
right back to You,
if You'll have me.
Let me become
the man You desire
on Holy fire, not of hell,
let my heart turn once again
to You, my only hope,
my deliverance,
my happy end.....

Friday, August 21, 2015

I'm like a seed pushing it's way up through the soil
The seed is my soul, the soil is my flesh (ly ways)
I'm fighting, I'm pushing, I'm the struggling one
trying to reach the Son.

And I won't quit, I won't be foiled
till I've broken through this stubborn soil
Till I breathe the air of freedom
till I feel the Son's light
I'll never cease to fight.

But without the water of your Word
I can't keep growing, I can't mature
I can't win this battle fierce
my topsoil I cannot pierce
Except with the sword of the Spirit.

Yet once I've broken through
I must keep reaching towards You
High
so high,
yet visible to every human eye
I must go on
to become strong
And when I've become attuned
to your voice, your will
I must be pruned,           still

Sunday, August 16, 2015

My beloved is mine and I am his
and I have kept myself for a time such as this
His coming is near as the dawn to my eyes
this longing of mine is soon satisfied
Come quickly Lord Jesus! Says the Spirit, says the Bride
I'll not arise complete till you draw me to your side

My God in my heart is an all consuming fire
Come quickly my Lord for now I so desire
Come quickly my Lord and heed my heart's choir

Until then My Lord I will prepare for you this goal -
My spirit without spot, no blemish in my soul
my flesh will not my life control
Come quickly my Lord, your return I await my sire
for you are, my Lord, my heart's sole desire
I thirst for you, I long for you
no other love will ever do
Come quickly I am faint with desire,
come quickly.....

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Here, Holy Spirit, You can do anything that pleases You
We’ll not lean on our own understanding
but trust ourselves completely to Your handling
For Holy Spirit – Your ways are not our ways
Your thoughts are not our thoughts
You are higher than us
So the desire in us
is for You to rule within us
You are our best friend – it’s You we trust
Holy Spirit, please teach us to do anything pleasing to Father
No matter how strange
Rearrange our carnal minds
Realign them with Yours
Restore them to that place renewed
That forever they are one with You

Here Holy Spirit, You may do
Anything that pleases You
Completely have Your way with us today
Wash us anew, bring us to our Father
May all Truth permeate us through and through

Monday, August 3, 2015

In the darkest night 
the Gospel's light 
will shine so bright

So you - carrier of the Gospel's seed,
do not avoid darkness and grief.
Do not avoid hardships and suffering
for it is in the midst of these very things
that the Gospel is most noticed, most living,
shines the brightest.
In the midst of every test
is where you'll be most blessed.
So if you find yourself in deep darkness,
lovely one, it's there the Gospel becomes most real -
not just words written or said
but actual power to raise the dead,
heal the sick, prophecy and overcome the darkness,
all of it, with Holy zeal -
In darkness, light has the highest impact.
Satan's kingdom cannot be beaten back
unless we confront it, go on the attack,
go to the strongholds,
pull down the tent poles.
Like with Samson, just when the enemy thinks he's won -
is the very moment when his kingdom will come undone....
We'll snatch victory from the jaws of defeat
and Satan's shame will be complete....

In the darkest hour
the Gospel's mighty power
will devour
all Satan's schemes and plans.
The victory will be God's not man's.....



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