Sin bad. Jesus good. Details inside.
From 1 John 1:9: “ If we confess our sins, He who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
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Lifting Us Up
From Psalm 37:5: “Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him, and He will act.”
Life’s stumbles and missteps
Seeing failure once more
Judging ourselves harshly
Father brings us ashore
Agony breathes again
Grabbing mercy’s lifeline
Lifting us up with grace
Anchored to Father’s vine
Evil tells us, stay down
Pushing through, comes His love
Pulling always forward
Father’s glory above
Faith feeds on righteousness
Taking up Savior’s cross
Believing in His Word
Father’s love comes across
Justice removes darkness
Marching to heaven’s beat
Singing hymns of praises
Joy sails with Father’s fleet
From Psalm 37:23-24: “Our steps are made firm by the Lord when He delights in our way; though we stumble, we shall not fall headlong, for the Lord holds us by the hand.”
Divine and Perfect
From 2 Corinthians 3:18: “And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.”
Mankind’s shifting tides
Sin ravages each heart
Imperfect love breathes
Searching for fresh start
Love shared from above
God cherishes Son
Holy and flawless
Endless, rising sun
Loving Spirit’s grace
Evil pushed aside
Mercy overflows
Sin can never hide
Today’s faithful steps
Inherit Christ’s peace
Salvation calling
Redemption, life’s lease
Soul’s new creation
Forgiving love flows
Crowned with humbleness
Faith’s lasting primrose
Father, Son, Spirit
Eternity’s love
Divine and perfect
Glory from above
Divine and perfect, all love radiates from the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Fill our fragile hearts with redemption, so that our hope breathes, freed from sin’s chains. Amen.
Franklin Graham Quote
Guilt is a gift that leads us to grace.
From Colossians 3:1-2: “So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth.”
Hungry and Thirsty
From the words of American pastor and Christian teacher, Charles Stanley: “Only a believer of God can experience full satisfaction and a yearning love for Him.”
Wilderness in one’s heart
Seeking mankind’s rewards
Shivering emptiness
Chasing promised awards
Dry, desolate landscape
Running this futile race
Clinging to sinful ways
Chasing hollow, false grace
Life comes to its crossroads
Starving for daily bread
Craving living water
Searching highway ahead
God intercedes with love
Filling body and soul
Sharing mercy and grace
Believing, life made whole
From Psalm 63:5: “My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast, and my mouth praises you with joyful lips.”
Caring from Above
This poem is designed with every three verses using a modified Haiku format (with the first and third verses rhyming). The verses alternate between God’s exhortations (the odd verses) and our responses (the even verses).
From the words of American pastor and Christian teacher, Charles Stanley: “We can trust God because He works all things together for His good and just purpose.”
Sharing grace-filled love
Crafting His divine message
Caring from above
Sowing lasting seeds
Trusting Father’s sacred Word
Following His creeds
Blessing through faith’s way
Teaching us His righteousness
Molding lives each day
Accepting God’s grace
Believing His Holy way
Living in His space
Freeing from sin’s net
Writing life’s newest chapter
Changing heart’s mindset
Walking in new light
Stepping onto hope’s worn path
Feeling life take flight
From Proverbs 3:5-6: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.”
Salvation (Elfchen Series #103)
True Freedom
Dishonored
Broken heart
Sin’s inner chains
Saved by mercy’s key
Forgiven
Messiah’s Calling
Discouraged
Overwhelming darkness
Sin’s high tide
Grace saves with love
Jesus
Ultimate Grace
Holy
High priest
His precious blood
Pays our sinful debts
Redemption
Saint Francis of Assisi Quote
A man sins who wishes to receive more from his neighbor than he is himself willing to give to the Lord God.
From Matthew 7:12: “In everything do to others as you would have them do to you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.”
Stand Firm
From 1 Peter 1:3-4: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.”
Evil’s darkness surrounds
Encroaching with its sin
Life looks to turn around
Wolf hiding in sheepskin
Fraud’s light leads some astray
Moving away from God
Grace opens its doorway
Christ shatters hell’s facade
Resurrection’s new hope
Building faith’s foundation
Salvation, Christ’s tow rope
Father’s promised station
Word speaks of Lord’s power
Calling all to stand firm
Each and every hour
Holy Spirit confirms
Faith anchored in His care
Wearing God’s armored vest
All times, kneeling in prayer
Mercy braves each test
From Ephesians 6:13: “Therefore take up the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand on the evil day and, having prevailed against everything, to stand firm.”
Saving Grace
From Romans 5:1-2: “Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God.”
From ancient garden, crying out
Man’s sinful seeds scatter and sprout
Father’s wrath consumes with His fire
Suffering journey to hellfire
Spiritually dead from God
Lives walk in darkness, always flawed
Holy tablets proclaim God’s law
Sin’s frozen nature never thaws
Judgement follows life’s trespasses
Sticking like thickest molasses
Lord’s saving grace seeks better way
Messiah opens new causeway
Jesus steps into this abyss
Unselfish love shall never miss
Hopeless man’s eyes can’t turn away
Drawn to grim, cruel cross, Christ pays
Jesus offers Himself instead
Faith follows this new Living Bread
Father’s amazing grace enters
Salvation breathes life’s new center
From Romans 5:18-19: “Therefore just as one man’s trespass led to condemnation for all, so one man’s act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all. For just as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so through the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.”
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