Expectations, Preparations for All Believers
May churches multiply, have vision;
Equip and train, mentor God’s people;
Send them forth, to reproduce;
Not merely sat, beneath a steeple.
A Modern Pharisee or Disciple? (Rule-Keepers or Jesus Believers?)
Are using Scripture, not as a mirror;
But as a weapon, to beat others;
And so, break God’s commands;
For they fail, to love another.
My Godly Wife
Her family, above fame;
Godliness, not success;
Let us arise and esteem her;
For this wife, is the best.
A Controlling Spirit
You find a deep need;
To have your own way;
So, the plans of all others;
Must follow your say.
Will We Obey?
Yet many churches, too clergy centered
The ‘Lay-people’, passive spectators
In church activities, weekly rituals
But not discipled, equipped as laborers.
Enter His Rest
Have you entered God’s presence;
Of quiet rest, and peace;
To abide in Christ Jesus;
From ‘self’, be released?
Not Just a Branch
With no beauty in us
But the fruit that we bear
Keep abiding and growing
That God’s glory we share.
Delight Yourself in the LORD
Do we so, desire God;
To awaken, and fill us;
Are we hungry, and thirsty;
To draw nearer, to Jesus?
A Healthy Heart?
A heart in God’s people;
To be discipled, and go;
To make disciples, multiplying;
That all peoples may know.
Don’t Succumb!
So listen not, to your feelings;
No dark thoughts, in your mind;
Set your heart, and call on Jesus;
Claim His Word, in prayer remind.