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Weekend Words & Sunday Stanzas – 12/08/2013

Stand tall in wisdom through some words from Proverbial Thought!

It is the holiday season. There are many things coming up and happening all around us.

It can be easy to get frustrated with so many things happening at once.

It can be easy to grow discouraged with so many people acting crazy.

It can be easy to become bitter in this season of joy with so many acts of selfishness committed to “get that perfect gift”.

This poem was not written because of the Christmas season, but it certainly applies!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   stand firm

how many times do we run away
from a place or situation
that is uncomfortable or hard
when we could have led someone to salvation
Jesus never said life would be easy
but that it would be difficult
and our running from everything
leaves the spiritually dead  in their rut
we must stake out our God given ground
and stand firm in the power of Christ
live out our lives in love and grace
to invite others to know what true life is like
we must stand firm in our faith
acknowledging that we are weak
but persevering for their sake
so that all may hear God speak

2013
12/08
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Weekend Words & Sunday Stanzas – 12/01/2013

Repent of foolishness and find some wisdom from Proverbial Thought!

The poem today was written in a moment when I was being tempted to fall back into old sinful patterns. I recalled times when God had helped me overcome temptations and sins, and I remembered many of things found in the Bible about faith, temptation, and obedience to God.

i keep on doing what i want
instead of seeking out Your Heart
why do i do what i hate
knowing that You are the only way
i pray for my heart to mend
but do i truly repent
i need You to help me learn
to show my heart to be sure
of Your reigning Lordship
help me to believe it
fill me with Your Spirit and love
to feel that of You i never have enough
guide my every step and thought
teach my heart to bow in awe
thank You for Your holy grace
for forgiving me every day
thank You for loving this wayward son
and showing me Your matchless love

2013
12/01
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Weekend Words & Sunday Stanzas – 11/24/2013

Heed the call of Wisdom through Proverbial Thought!

Every single person on Earth has been issued the same calling in this life by God. Most people will not heed this call.

This calling is simultaneously simple and the most difficult to accept on many levels.

This calling is only found through faith in the life and work of Jesus of Nazareth.

This calling is to believe and follow Jesus Christ, the living Son of God.

This week is Thanksgiving. May those of us who have been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb be thankful for this calling and freedom!

Your death on the cross is an invitation
Your resurrection is a call
You invite us into love and forgiveness
You call us into life and repentance
i accept that this is all true
i accept that You have done and do these
my response is to come to You
my response is to turn from my old life

2013
11/24
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Weekend Words & Sunday Stanzas – 11/17/2013

Choose to find some wisdom over at Proverbial Thought!

Run-on sentences are pretty cool. Paul pretty much perfected the art in his writings to the churches in the First Century. The poem today is a lot like that!

One of the greatest and most wonderful mysteries in our world is how God accomplishes His will in our world. He likes to use people, those things He created that are you and me, to effect change and win souls for His glory!

Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.
Romans 6:13, ESV

the will of the Father
to be accomplished
works most efficiently
with acts of service
by His holy saints
redeemed by Christ
choosing Him over self
and living humble lives

2013
11/17
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Weekend Words & Sunday Stanzas – 11/10/2013

Stumble over to Proverbial Thought for some wisdom commentary!

A danger in the life of the Christian is that we still live within our sinful flesh. This means we will have those times when we succumb to our sinful nature.

When we sin, as believers, where do we turn?

The poem today is about that very thing. We must always remember to turn to our Lord in repentance, seek His grace anew, and continue in His holiness.

Praise His name for that grace and holiness!

they call it stumbling
slipping in our faith
but it feels like failing
falling out of grace

we do not want to stray
to break this covenant
we struggle every day
trying hard to repent

we have heard Your words
Be holy as I am Holy
which makes it really hurt
when we act ungodly

yet there is a Way
a Man that offers help
His Spirit helps sway
our minds out of hell

we need assistance
that comes when we pray
finding repentance
by seeking His face

stumbling will happen
our flesh will betray
but by the power of the Son
we have victory

2013
11/10
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Weekend Words & Sunday Stanzas – 11/03/2013

 

Fall in love with some wisdom with the words over at Proverbial Thought!

As a friend of mine likes to point out, the term “falling in love with Jesus” is not found in the Bible. It is more of an inference from Scripture with a mix of our own reading.

The point is that He needs to become our “all in all,” our everything, just like when we fall in love with someone.

 

falling in love

    with the ultimate lover

  falling in love

      with the God and Savior

leaving behind

    a past wrought with trouble

  leaving behind

      a life without a soul

giving up lies

    that real love does not exist

  giving up lies

      that this is all there is

finding a God

    who sought me when i was far

  finding a God

      who shakes me to the core

falling in love

    with the Creator of me

  falling in love

      with the One who died on a tree

            to ransom me

            and arose again

who showed His love

by becoming a man

i have fallen

for my Savior

who came with life

and real love offered

2013
11/03
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Weekend Words & Sunday Stanzas – 10/27/2013

Get your daily dose of wisdom from Proverbial Thought!

Just read it. It says it all about how important our relationship with God should be.

 

You are able to see

into my inmost being

You know what i cling to

what i harbor inside

be my Lord and Savior

the thing i keep inside

be the first thought

be the final thought

be everything i think of

ever present in my life

my God

      my Friend

my Lord

2013
10/27
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Weekend Words & Sunday Stanzas – 10/20/2013

Remember to get some wisdom from Proverbial Thought!

 

God really, really, really loves us. Did you know that?

We should thank Him for that on a regular basis.

Please enjoy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

thank You for Your love

for giving me meaning

     thank You for compassion

     for wanting me as i was

   thank You for Life

   for sending down Your Son

        thank You for loving me

        for loving the unlovable

              the unloved

                    me

thank You for Your love

2013
10/20
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Weekend Words & Sunday Stanzas – 10/13/2013

Here is your reminder to get on over to Proverbial Thought for some daily wisdom!

Perhaps you have heard that time happens in cycles. Everyone goes through cycles. The earth goes through cycles. Our lives go through cycles. The writer of Ecclesiastes pointed this out 3000 years ago (and chapter 3 was made into a song by “The Byrds” in 1965!)

One of the cycles that is evident throughout history is God doing something amazing, people glorifying Him, and then people falling away from God. This happens in many ways, and the most prevalent in the past 2000 years is focusing too much on rules and regulations within the Church/Judaism.

Therefore, we must always go back to the beginning: GOD. In Jesus Christ, the firstfruits of the new righteousness (1 Corinthians 15), we always have a fresh start. May we seek Him first and always.

 

there is a new thing

God is doing something new

He is going back to the beginning

starting with what looks old

God is sick of the religion

that proliferates His Body

the new thing now needs to come

to bring us back to God

it is time to abandon

everything that gets in the way

it is time to turn to the Son

and His grace and peace

2013
10/13
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Weekend Words & Sunday Stanzas – 10/06/2013

Love God with your mind, and find wisdom at Proverbial Thought!

God loves us in amazing ways. That is the entire point of this poem. It is a brief look at how much God loves us.

how much does God love us

just how much does the One True God love us

He created not just a plant

or solar system

or galaxy

but a universe

how much does He love His prized creation

He never gave up

sent messengers

forgot our sins

sacrificed His Son

how deep does His love truly extend

He left paradise

became one of us

redeemed us

made us His holy children

2013
10/06
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