So Near…So Far (The Inner…or Outer)

The soldiers were gambling
For Jesus’ garments to win
Concerned with the outer
So blind to their sin.

Be Dead to Sin

Our repentance, often shallow
More remorse, and regret
Not turning and fleeing
From pet sins, that beset.

Are You Needing to Change?

Daily follow and abide
Lift to Him, every thought
As I feed on Your Word
Obey all I am taught.

God’s Fountain, or Our Cisterns?

With other cisterns, we still thirst But not the waters, Jesus gives
Becomes a fountain, within us
Springing up, forever lives.

Rivers of Living Waters

And God warns by deserting
We become wayward people
As we drink, from broken cisterns
We commit two great evils.

Lessons from Iran

With a focus on obeying
God’s truths, they go share
More multiplying disciples
Prayerfully go, everywhere.

A Key to Suffering

For our focus is body
But God speaks to the soul
Our faith, His redemption
These make a man whole.

Is Your Heart Circumcised?

Be repentant, not rebellious
Obedient, His Spirit-filled
Submitted, not stubborn
Seek God, not self-willed.

Trials- a Blessing or Curse?

For our Father, the vine-dresser
Is pruning, discarding
As branches, of His vine
For more fruit…keep abiding.

Tools God Uses

And so, despite facing testing
Know ‘tis but for a while
In the end, greater glory
So greet with joy, every trial.