Category: Poems About Faith and Trust

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  He Must Increase I Must Decrease Lent Reflection Devotional

  Feb 18, 2015

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  Justin Farley

  The more we take our eyes off our own will, the clearer we’re able to see God’s will.

• Pondering At Sunrise – A Christian Poem On the Beauty of Nature

  Feb 16, 2015

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  Justin Farley

  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 for ages keep rolling through my head: Why can’t I accept grace as a gift And not as a reward…

• A Fire In Winter – A Christian Poem About Receiving Jesus

  Jan 30, 2015

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  Justin Farley

  Often, we have a misunderstanding about accepting Jesus into our lives. We believe that we are not able to come to him until we have cleaned up our act. Maybe we’re not completely wanting to clean up our act; maybe we want to clean it up, but are scared; and maybe we just don’t know how…

• God’s Promises – A Christian Poem

  Jan 22, 2015

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  Justin Farley

  God’s Promises It is said faith can move mountains,So why are you still looking for a way around?In the desert the Lord will raise fountains,So why are you still worried water won’t be found? It is said “a faintly burning wick he will not quench”*A weak heart he will not break.So why are you shielding…

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  Follow Me – A Christian Poem About Following Jesus

  Jan 6, 2015

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  Justin Farley

  The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him,“Follow me.” 44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of…

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  Prayer For Dealing With Feelings of Doubt

  Nov 4, 2014

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  Justin Farley

  My Lord, why have you not heard my crying?Is my voice not loud enough to reach your ears?I sit in the pool of my own tear drops,drowning in the loneliness of my fears.I yearn for you. I yearn for freedom-caged like some wild beast no matter where I go.But your enemies…they’re free to roam.They walk…

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  Getting Rid of Me

  Oct 24, 2014

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  Justin Farley

  I called out to you, “LORD, heal me” And got no response, almost dismissing you Until I realized it wasn’t you I wanted, But the power to heal myself. I cried out to you, “LORD, save me” And yet I remained thrashing in the waters drowning, Until I realized I didn’t want to be saved-…

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