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During my morning study, I read through David’s Song of Deliverance in 2 Samuel 22. I have been making my way through the Bible, determined to read it from start to finish this year. King…
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True Love Defined – A Poem True love doesn’t live in fairy tale castles Or dwell among happily ever afters, But breathes between two pairs of eyes, Acknowledging the wreckage that resides between them, Vowing…
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I AM – A Christian Poem About God I have painted a masterpiece for you And inscribed my name upon every branch, Every blade of grass, Every rising sun, Each shimmering star, Each full moon,…
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The Roadblock to Faith – A Christian Lent Poem What Am I searching for, Riding on this merry-go-round, Spinning past the same old places And making the same old mistakes Over…. And Over… And Over……
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Most of the time, it isn’t our circumstances that define us, but our perspective on those circumstances. Every day we each go through numerous experiences that are opportunities to embrace the positive or dwell on the…
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The Journey – A Christian Poem for the Lenten Season Give my heart feetSo that it may walk towards you.Give me the motivation to arise,And the drive to see your will through. When I am…
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The more we take our eyes off our own will, the clearer we’re able to see God’s will.
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Pondering At Sunrise – A Christian Poem on the Beauty of Nature I look out into the morning sky, Waiting for the curtain of night to lift, And the same questions I’ve sought answers To…
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As Christians, we are not only called to follow Christ, but also to lead others to him. Evangelism is a good thing, but all too often it seems the Great Commission is used as simply…
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“For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.” (Romans 7:15) I think just about everyone can relate to this…
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My God – A Christian Poem About Jesus and Salvation My God has hoisted up the worldAnd bore its weight upon his shouldersWhile it was spitting in his faceAnd driving nails through his limbs like…
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Into the Wild Blue Yonder – A Love Poem Just as the earth and trees long for the warmth of spring in winter, I long for you. I await the days when this thick, solid…
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“Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking…
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This is a continuation of my post yesterday about dealing with the topic of doubt. It is a common misconception that there is something wrong with doubts, that if you doubt you don’t really believe.…
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Faith As An Emotion Sometimes I think we put way too much weight on faith. When I say “faith” I am defining it by the way the majority of Christians use the term – as…
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Let’s face it. Sometimes it’s difficult in our world of skeptics, cynics, and pessimists to keep our faith strong. Everywhere you turn there are articles, people, and influences steering you away from a belief in…
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Guidance Pave paths of love and humility That lead to your feet – Through scorching deserts and bitter winters That I may become patient and meek. May my woes and tears Not be shed in…
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Why is it that we have such a hard time letting go of physical wants and desires? Humans have been searching for happiness in all the wrong places for thousands of years and probably will…
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