
Peace comes not from the absence of trouble, but from the presence of God.
From John 14:27: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.”

Peace comes not from the absence of trouble, but from the presence of God.
From John 14:27: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.”

Broken and waiting
Stumble, now falling
Mankind blind and lost
Grace always calling
Spirit picks us up
Reach for Father’s hand
Love fills empty cup
Vision clears as planned
Ask God our questions
Read Bible’s story
Taste Scripture’s account
Witness His glory
Lift eyes up high
Breathe in heaven’s love
God’s promises fly
Goodness from above
Wait for our Father
Hold tight to faith’s hand
His hope comes on board
Salvation’s steel band


All whom God uses greatly are first hidden in the secret of His presence, away from the pride of man.
From Psalm 27:14: “Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!”

God can no more leave a life unchanged than a mother can leave her child’s tears untouched.
From Ephesians 1:17-18: “I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know Him, so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which He has called you, what are the riches of His glorious inheritance among the saints.”
From 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, 13: “Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.”

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Struggling with life, feeling lost
Dark wilderness all around
Thirsting for someone to come
Waiting, hoping to be found
Love arrives from a white knight
Riding through the timberland
Accepting me as I am
Reaching out, touching my hand
Hearing my cries, God provides
This honorable knight stands
Sealing my heart with his love
Hour glass fills with precious sand
Life can feel like a desert
Leaving only loneliness
Faithful light comes to delight
Shining from God’s holiness
Two lives shall become just one
Uniting through a Holy Lord
Happiness now fills a home
Love singing a blissful chord

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From Psalm 147:3: “He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.”

Challenges overwhelm
Accidents, poor health
Seeking God’s divine grace
His healing power
Come to gracious Father
Binding up these wounds
Through abundant mercy
Life restored again
Road of recovery
God strengthens, blesses
Built upon living Word
Peace offers comfort
Healing brokenhearted
Buoyant life returns
Praise Father’s compassion
Trust His mighty hand
Life filled with confidence
Praying back to God
Thankfulness to Father
His mercies abound

From Psalm 147:7: “Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; make melody to our God on the lyre.”
Facing
Inevitable storms
With patient endurance
God walks with us
Faith

Creator’s
Eternal love
Overcoming any obstacle
Persevering with His truth
Faith

Saved
By grace
Bolstered, renewed hope
Filled with God’s glory
Faith

From Psalm 19:1: “The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims His handiwork.”

Witnessing God’s presence
Singing of His glory
Creation shouts with joy
Reading Bible’s story
Declaring His knowledge
Forming this earthly place
Father’s ageless Word speaks
Filling eternal grace
Blessing heavens above
Seeing Creator’s hand
God’s perfect plan at work
Spanning across this land
Soaring with each sunrise
Praising from empty tomb
Son of God defeats death
Breathing faith, now in bloom
Lasting Word from God’s heart
Covering creation
Blessed rock and refuge
Forming life’s foundation

From Psalm 19:14: “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.”
From 1 Peter 2:2-3: “Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation—if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.”

Believers searching
Seeking Father’s plan
Bible revealing
Spirit touches man
God’s blessed children
Salvation growing
Tasting His goodness
Spirit’s gifts showing
Breathing righteousness
Man’s actions molded
In likeness of Christ
Spirit’s tasks unfolded
Holy and treasured
Chosen cornerstone
Glorifying God
Spirit in Christ sown
Long ago searching
Heeding sovereign will
Now finding God’s plan
Spirit flows downhill

From 1 Peter 2:9-10: “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.”

When we make time to be alone with the Father and quiet in His presence, we experience His peace.
From Psalm 131:1-2: “O Lord, my heart is not lifted up, my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; my soul is like the weaned child that is with me.”