Being Grateful

When you look at others and feel that they have more,

And when you compare you sadly think you are poor.

Time to take a walk onto the other side of the street.

Take a look, a good look at everyone that you meet.

“In our daily life we all must see, that it is not happiness

That makes us grateful but gratefulness that makes us happy.”

We need to learn it is the sweet, simple things in life

That are lasting things, not things that cause us strife.

Cosseting our lives, focussing inward will cause a fall.

Living life outside ourselves, giving to God our all.

Gratitude shouting to others a witness loud and clear.

Bold witness that talks to others, faith and not fear.

When we thank God daily for the blessings He gives,

Joy comes back to us proving, that He really lives.

All we have, all we are is due to Him and Him alone,

Being grateful to Christ who did our sins atone.

That is really living as Christ would want us to,

Gratefully submitting to what He would have us do.

Spring

New Life is growing

Bulbs are now showing.

Listen, a robin sings

Oh what joy it brings!

The earth is so alive

Each bud starts to strive

To flaunt its beauty

As if it is its call to duty.

Pussy willows from sleep

For us to cut and keep.

Soon birds will nest

Doing their very best

To create a safe home

`Til its babies are grown.

Soon they will fly away

As adults they never stay.

The frogs now start to sing

They too know it is Spring.

The cycle now anew begins

God`s hand seen in all things.

Creation from large to small

God has designed it all.

How marvellous is His plan

That he created for man.

A world to love and enjoy

Not for us to destroy.

One day Spring will go

The date we will not know.

The signs are all around

Disasters they will abound.

The end times are very near

The earth speaks so severe.

Awake Christians, awake

Do not your faith forsake!

Hold fast to your belief

For rapture comes as a thief.

Until the Sun Turns Red

Tornadoes, Tsunamis, Monsoons and Typhoons.
Earthquakes, Avalanches, Floods and Storms.
Plagues, Famines, and Pestilence.
Strange Diseases as never before.
When will man realize,
These occurrences were prophesied by Thee?

Men in boastful suits, and those in white coats
Peering into microscopes and slides of score.
Learning more, but not enough.
Vague pronouncements of cures.
When will man realize,
These occurrences were prophesied by Thee?

Wars and rumours of wars, armaments abound.
Brothers fight against brothers; killing fields.
Man killing man since time began.
Wars rise up in newest largesse.
When will man realize,
These occurrences were prophesied by Thee?

We have pillaged the lands, destroyed the crops.
Laid waste the oceans and plumaged its depths.
Desecrated our streams and lakes.
Polluted the air that we breath.
When will man realize.
These occurrences were prophesied by Thee?

The clock is ticking down, but we are looking up.
We know not the day nor do we know the hour.
But soon, Lord let it be soon.
We eagerly look for the signs.
When will man realize.
That God is coming back this time to rule as King?

Our Dedication

THIS NEW BUILDING WE DEDICATE TO OUR GOD,
IN THE SAME MANNER AS WHEN WE DUG THE SOD.
COMMITTING ITS SERVICE AND GROWTH TO HIM,
AND NOW TOGETHER WE CAN NOW ALL BEGIN
TO UNITE, MOVING OUT AS A VITAL LIVING FORCE,
ARM IN ARM, HAND IN HAND RUNNING THE COURSE.
UNDER THE BANNER OF THE SON, WE HAVE BEGUN,
IN THE SAME WAY AS WE OURSELVES WERE WON
DRAWN BY THE LOVE OF GOD WE SAW IN OTHERS.

NOW WITH GOD’S GUIDANCE WE WILL ALL GROW,
AND IN OUR LIVES HIS LOVE WE WILL SHOW
WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR US IN THIS PLACE,
AND HOW AMAZINGLY WE HAVE BEEN LED BY GRACE.
“TOGETHER WE CAN” AT THIS BUILDING DEDICATION
RENEW OUR ZEAL, AND UNDER GOD’S DIRECTION
SEEK TO SERVE AND TO SHARE OUR PERCEPTION
OF A HOUSE OF GOD TO BE USED FOR ALL TIME.
THIS VISION TODAY WE NOW SET DOWN AS A SIGN.

The Two Way Street

Prayer is always a two way street.
Interaction that denies distraction.
Urging you to take time to draw aside.
Simply to be quiet and there to abide.
Forget lists of things there are still to do,
Confession is first for it cleanses you.
Removing those walls you feel are there,
Then the peaceful time that is your prayer.

Your praise reaches right to the ear of Him
That takes and washes away all of our sin.
And the more you find to praise God for
Peace will wash over you like never before.
Your focus changes and the Spirit touches you
To pray for others that are in need of healing.
This moving from self into the church body
Is what we call the transition stage of prayer.

For it is no longer “me” but “we” and “others”
And your requests are for sisters and brothers.
This reaching outside of yourself and your needs
These are the meaningful prayers that intercede.
And as they do, they will begin to change you,
For now you are not “one” but you are many too.
Scores of names the Spirit will bring to your mind
And these are the prayers of the “prevailing kind”.

Seeking God, Finding Answers

In seeking God, search like you have lost your wedding rings.
Search like you are trapped beneath a landslide and need air.
Dig into scripture as you would dig into that landslide; dig!

You are unable to swim and suddenly you fall out of the boat.
Think of Jesus being the life ring that God has thrown to you.
The extreme urgency that you feel, the deep need inside yourself,
To strive for that watery surface and obtain air for your lungs.

That is the need you must apply in order to enter the realm of God.
Know that you can find God, and in finding know the power of
His resurrection; that has to be so awesome; so great that it is a
Desert thirst that will only be satisfied by Him and Him alone!

Then you will find the Lord, in every recess of your mind and heart.
Your thought life will be tuned to the dial of a praise station that He
Himself owns, but you can control with the ready turn of a dial.

If you require comfort, He is there, ever ready to give you solace.
If you need reassurance, turn to His Word, it will support you.
He freely gives to all who ask; no need He cannot satisfy, for He
Knows what is best for us, but we have to put our trust in Him.

Everyone that seeketh, He promises they will be found of Him.
He who dares to plunge deep, and in doing so, immerses himself
Hungrily in God’s Word, he eats and is replete; and delves again.

This physical venerate only God Himself can recognize inside you.
He has promised to not only find peace for your soul but rest too!

All the gifts of this universe are ours if we but ask, for our Father
Owns all that we see and that which we cannot see, and His word
Tells us that He can see all our needs before we even ask of Him.
“No good thing will He withhold from him that walks uprightly!
Amen, and Amen!

Love Can

God made everyone so different
Love can bring us all together.
God’s love can change our hearts,
And give us all brand new starts.

God made children of all colours.
Love can see past outside skin.
God’s love surpasses racial barriers
And gives us all brand new hearts.

God gave all of us free choices.
Love can lead us to what is right.
God’s love can keep us on right paths.
And give us all brand new starts.

God made this world so different.
Love can unite all Countries new.
God’s love can help us see with His eyes
And give us all brand new hearts.

God desires us to work together,
Love can help us see another’s view.
God’s love can stop the senseless killing
And give us all brand new starts.

God can bring our world together
Love can cause boundaries to fade.
God’s love can help us to love each other.
And give us all brand new hearts.