You can’t buy good health at the doctor’s office–you’ve got to earn it for yourself.
From Psalm 62:5-6: “For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from Him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken.”
The cause of disillusionment is putting one’s complete hope and trust in people. What’s the cure? Putting our complete hope and trust in the living Lord.
From Psalm 71:5: “For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O Lord, from my youth.”
In midst of life’s storms
Lord’s encouragement builds hope—
Blessed hand of grace
Led by the Spirit
Born into new life through Christ—
Righteousness brings hope
Growing in our love
Finding hope’s meaning of life—
Believing in Christ
Relationship
With Father
Through timeless prayer
Grace connects us together
Hope
Guidance
Holy Spirit
Empowering our obedience
Following God’s sacred will
Faith
Revelation
God’s Word
Strengthens our character
Transforming life’s imbalanced alignment
Believe
From Psalm 27:1: “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?”
Father walking nearby
Hearing heartfelt prayers
Healing life’s brokenness
Always present, God cares
Dark fears and emotions
Steps stumble, almost fall
Slowly confidence grows
Feeding faith from God’s call
Recalling faithfulness
God’s hope covers this place
Healing former despairs
Love shining through His grace
During days of trouble
Stirring praises of joy
Father’s shelter protects
Grace’s refuge deploys
Once withdrawn in darkness
His light calling lives out
Always present, God cares
Love covering throughout
From Psalm 27:13-14: “I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!”
From Romans 8:38-39: “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Burdened with sin-filling guilt
Questions about salvation
Worn down, feeling overwhelmed
Life struggling with temptation
Surrounded by sin’s gloom and doom
Meager actions not enough
Salvation ignores life’s works
Grace shining through evil’s bluff
Remember God’s faithful truths
Choosing us, always with us
Spirit marks each with new life
His love, hope’s guaranteed plus
Father’s Word holding us fast
Always our righteous anchor
Steadies weary, stumbling steps
Answers doubts, quiets rancor
Jesus pays our debts in full
Forgiven, transformed, renewed
According to His mercy
Taking our place, flesh subdued
From Titus 3:4-5: “But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, He saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to His mercy, through the water of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.”
From Zephaniah 3:17: “The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will renew you in His love; He will exult over you with loud singing.”
Rejoicing!
With fulfilled hearts
Forward life goes
Exulting!
Christ, our Savior
Conquers darkest foe
Celebrating!
Without Christ, defeated
With Jesus, victory
Harvesting!
Sowing faith’s seeds
Reaping eternal hope
Savoring!
God’s cherished love
Heavenly home waits
Blessing!
Empty tomb proclaims
Sharing Easter joy
Believing!
Jesus, Risen Lord
Sins bleached white
Worshipping!
Singing with praise
Blessed and thankful
Glorifying!
Father with Son
And Holy Spirit
Praising!
Witness God’s Word
Breaking bread together
Rejoicing!
Sovereign God empowers
With sustaining love
From Psalm 118:24: “This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.”
The main inspiration for this poem comes from the hymn “On Our Way Rejoicing.” Enjoy singing along!
From Psalm 142:1-2: “With my voice I cry to the Lord; with my voice I make supplication to the Lord. I pour out my complaint before Him; I tell my trouble before Him.”
Roaming life’s wilderness
Old Man Trouble talking
No escape from his voice
Tougher times come knocking
Life’s rivers never rest
Turbulent waters wait
Walking through hottest fire
Faith in God shifts our fate
Bright days turning darkest
Where’s our protection gone?
Father’s love never fails
With us at day’s new dawn
Choosing life’s one clear choice
God’s love sending courage
Tackling intense troubles
Lord’s Word shall encourage
Facing Old Man Trouble
God renewing life’s hope
Eye to eye with our faith
Lord’s unbreakable rope
From Isaiah 43:1-2: “But now thus says the Lord, He who created you, O Jacob, He who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.”
From Psalm 88:1-2: “O Lord, God of my salvation, when, at night, I cry out in your presence, let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry.”
Cold stillness greets early morning air
Dressed in armor’s extra warm layers
Pre-dawn speaks with inviting brightness
Heavenly Father answers prayers
Heart’s emptiness filled with sorrow’s grief
Walking life’s open road with brisk pace
Precious moments with Father’s goodness
He stands ready at this time and place
Frigid frost slaps rosy cheeks and nose
Step after step, life moving along
Chill penetrates through extra clothing
Heart needs comfort, love from Heaven’s song
Absent clouds replaced with brightest sun
God’s advent warms both body and soul
Speaking with loving mercy and grace
Father softens pain from rocky shoal
Walk’s intensity traded for peace
Warmness and hope, alive and feeding
Life’s burdens lightened with God’s blessings
Sharing much more, His presence leading
From Psalm 25:16-17: “Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. Relieve the troubles of my heart, and bring me out of my distress.”
Feeling all alone
Facing dark, uncertain times—
God offers refuge
In life’s stressful times
His promises taking root—
Trusting in the Lord
Christ rises above
Life’s battered, darkest-filled ruins—
Beacon of love’s hope
