Tag: god
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Deep Haiku Poem About the Spiritual Journey and Fire 5 7 5
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Are you keeping the divine fire burning? A deep haiku poem about the spiritual journey and our responsibility in keeping the passionate fire with God burning.
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Drinks From The Source Of Wisdom
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Who was your most influential teacher? Why? While there have no doubt been some great people that have taught me in my life, I’d still say that my greatest lessons haven’t been received from people (at least directly). My greatest teacher is more of a source that has appeared throughout multiple areas of my life.…
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Mountains and Valleys – A Poetic Autobiography
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What is the opening sentence of my autobiography? … well, I’ve climbed to the top of life’s mountain and fallen into the muck of the valley. Pain, failure, and redemption are the main characters of my story.
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How Do We Know What God’s Will Is For Our Life?
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We can never know what God’s will is with absolute certainty, but we can be absolutely certain that it includes seeking and listening to the Spirit. Silence is an endangered species in our world. How can we do the will of God without it? For it’s in the wilderness that Christ spent 40 days wandering.…
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The Tragedy of The Parable of the Prodigal Son
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No single sin disqualifies you from the love of God, but your pride disqualifies God from your love. It is the deadliest and most serious of all sins. Yes, even worse than murder. Maybe not in the eyes of the law but in the eyes of God.
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Contemplating and Discerning God’s Will
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We can never know with absolute certainty what God’s will is; we can only do our best to keep an open place in our mind and heart for the Spirit to speak to us, constantly revising where we’re headed based upon His promptings.
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Letting Go Poem About Trusting in God
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Letting Go Poem about Trusting in God Troubles slip through my fingers like sand as long as I cling to your commands, letting your Word direct my way – floodgates to block and keep me at bay. But it’s never easy to deny yourself entry, shackling your will under lock and key of the sentry.…
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Christian Poetry Chapbook Ebook Temporarily Free
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Hello, everyone! I have recently published my first chapbook of Christian poems titled “A Voice in the Wilderness – A Chapbook of Poems about God”. This has been developed and polished over the past six months or so. I am happy with the final product and hope you find encouragement in the poems but also…
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Fasting in the Desert A Godly Poem About Contemplation and Selfishness
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Fasting in the Desert Strip yourself naked, unclothed of selfish desire. For it requires fuel to burn just as a raging fire. If all thoughts revolve around me and mine, how am I to hear the voice of God, how am I to feel the presence of the Divine? It’s by starving addictions that we…
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Ashes Devotional Poem For Lent Ash Wednesday
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Ashes The fire blazed and in the flames I gazed upon the fuel – the false self feeding this renewal. It is awareness that strikes the match and dispatches the light roaring into the darkness. Though this heat is intense, it only speaks of how immense your glory and goodness truly are. I fed myself…
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Poem About Bravery and Courage
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Bravery There’s no one braver to be in a world increasingly defined by a litany of achievements than the way God crafted me. Our contributions can’t be measured solely in dollars and money signs. For God’s work isn’t treasured by the market of mankind. Our souls become rich and our hearts light when we reject…
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Living in Love Poem About Loving Yourself and Others
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Living in Love To live in Love we must first accept the imperfection within ourselves before we can accept the imperfection in others. To live in Love we must first bandage our own wounds before we treat the wounds of the world. I grant grace to you in your weakness to the extent that I…
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Planting – A Poem About Using Your Talents and Gifts For God
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Planting These seeds I sow, I know not whether they’ll grow or remain dormant without ever seeing the light of day. Whether they’ll wither and die or if they’ll take root and thrive matters little; I am a planter – I leave the harvesting to You. I keep my heart open to the wind on…
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Poem About Being Unique and Special
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Alphabet Soup God’s assigned each one of us a letter of His being – a unique quality that sets us apart from each and every human to ever exist. Though we are not God, God is a part of us. Our letter reveals something about Him. It is why we are all connected. It is…
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How To Pray to God For Help and Healing
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Recently, I’ve seen major spiritual growth and recovery in multiple “problem areas” of my life that I’ve tried time and time again to change for years. I haven’t tried harder – in fact I’ve probably never tried less. I have simply changed the way I pray for aid and guidance. My prayers would often begin,…
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Poem About Gratitude, Having a Positive Attitude and Blessings
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No Quarter If I look, I’ll find 1000 complaints, but I’ve resolved to give no quarter to protest when I’ve been so blessed with gifts raining down from Heaven like manna. If I find my vision dull, dark, and gray it’s because I’ve chosen to stay blind to how lucky I truly am. Of course…
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The Cloud of Unknowing A Poem on the Dark Night
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The Cloud of UnknowingTo be free from the desires of the mindstep out into the night,outside of space and time.Wear the darkness, clothed like a dress.In your unknowing,you’re truly blessed.What you seek lies farther than eyes can see – step after stepfaith must lead.Like a flower, like a seed,in the darknessis where roots feed.We need…
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Poem About Nature, Creation, and God
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The Wonder of Creation—A Deep Nature Poem About God The Wonder of Creation I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m in love with creation – not for its own sake but for what it tells me about you. The mountains may move me, my spirit may rest in the river’s bed, and the birds of…
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