Month: September 2024

Will We?

September 20, 2024
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When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow. It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it. Do not let your mouth lead you into sin. And do not protest to the temple messenger, “My vow was a mistake.” Why should God be angry at what you say and destroy the work of your hands? Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore fear God. Ecclesiastes 5:4-7

It’s a poem day! I felt inspired to jot down these words in response to our pastor’s sermon about fearing God, as in respecting God and taking our commitment to Him seriously. I took it to heart…because Jesus took US to heart!

Another influencer of this poem is a study of the book of Amos in my Sunday morning class. It has impressed me how easy it is to take for granted what God has done for us. He deserves all respect and praise! Will we continually give it to Him? Will we honor our commitment to Him because we fear and respect and appreciate HIm?

Will We?

God planned a way, our souls to save. He vowed it from the start

To sacrifice His only Son to clean our sinful hearts

In order for His plan to work, obedience was due

The Lord and Son gave up His life to rescue me and you

He could have come down from the cross, to live without the pain

Instead He let Himself be used, to give all for our gain

What’s our commitment to the Lord? What promise we will make?

Do we avow all praise to Him for our souls needy sake?

And will we every day, anew, desire to serve Him well?

Appreciate the cleansing that we got from Mercy’s well?

Will we chase His will for us or strike out on our own?

Will we fear Him, King of Kings, our Savior on the throne?

Confident we tend to be of all that we’ve achieved

But only God deserves that praise. We must not be deceived.

A question lurks. An answer’s due, to keep us in the Way.

Will we submit our selfish will for fear of Him each day?

Will We?

God is so good, y’all! I am “preaching to myself” in this poem and praising God at the same time. He deserves the very best commitment I/we can give, which means we fear Him, desire Him more each day. Taking Him for granted at times is human. We like to think we are in control, but God allows what He allows for His purposes. We serve a great God!

With love from the Father to you, have a great day! He loves you so much!

Tina

We Are Followers

September 14, 2024
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Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord. Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart—they do no wrong but follow his ways. You have laid down precepts that are to be fully obeyed. Psalm 119:1-4

I usually post in the mornings, but I felt so strongly that God had something I needed to learn that I just had to read His Word tonight. He showed me tonight, that following Him is easy, in that all we have to do is follow His Word. He will never steer us wrong:) We have the perfect resource for following Him!

I realized, while reading Psalm 119 that if we love Him, we will automatically follow Him. We will be seekers of Him, keepers of His Word, talkers about Him, walkers with Him, obeyers of His will, surveyors of all He has done for us, and learners of many lessons He teaches. Best of all, our honor is to call ourselves a sojourner of another place, heaven! Psalm 119’s focus on our desire to faithfully follow our Lord got me excited about knowing Him better and being known by Him. What a privilege!

So, as we start another week, let’s be Seekers, Keepers, Talkers, Walkers, Obeyers, Surveyors, Learners and Sojourners! Let’s follow Him with all of ourselves, so we have no time to follow the world. (but let’s do pray for them!)

Dear Father, Thank You for loving us so much. We love You and desire to do Your will always, but You know we fail at times. Refresh our desire to know You more and better so we can be better servants of Yours. Guide our speech, actions and thoughts to glorify You and love others deeply. Amen

With love from the Father to you, have a wonderful day or evening!

Tina

Rolling River

September 9, 2024

Good morning! In God’s Word, the book of Amos has been surprising me with fresh insights into what the Lord desires from His children. He longs for our love and obedience and warns us of the imminent dangers of not realizing how much He does for us.

Through Amos, He tells us not only what He expects of Israel (and us) but also what we can expect from Him. Aren’t you glad we serve a God who makes it plain and simple?

Amos 5:14 says, “Seek good and not evil, that you may live and so the Lord, the God of hosts will be with you as you have said.”

The poem below is inspired by the above verse, but also Amos 5:24…”But let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.”

Our world may be a little crazy, but God is the same as He’s always been. He’s in control, ruling with justice, love, grace and compassion:) He’s like a rolling river.

Our desire, as Christ followers, is to be a river too…righteous, rolling through life gratefully glorifying Him, no matter the trials. His living water cleanses and refreshes us constantly, to be a better servant for Him.

A Rolling River

A rolling river, let me be…a moving source of good for Thee

Awash in Spirit, let me flow…how living streams are meant to go

Awake and moving, let me bend…my purpose to your will depend

I pray, dear Father, feed my soul…buoy me over rocks, to roll

With grace and wisdom, help me see…the servant You would have me be

No other pleasure will I ask…but glory in Your name and task.

I pray you have a blessed and close week with Jesus. Let’s be rolling rivers that move for Him, to Him, because of Him!

Love and prayers,

Tina