Monthly Archives: February 2017
To Keep Pressing On ~
To keep pressing on,
to Jesus we need to press in
to keep on, keeping on
we need to run away from sin.
To reach the high calling,
on God we must keep our eyes
to reach up to heaven
we need to focus on the prize.
To get to the goal,
to our Savior we need to cling
to get to the finish line
we must grow our eagle wings.
To obtain the reward,
on the Holy Spirit we need to rely
to obtain the treasure
our worldly desires we must deny.
To keep pressing on,
to Jesus we must give Him our all
to keep on, keeping on
on God’s power we need to call!
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” Brethren, I count not myself
to have apprehended: but this
one thing I do, forgetting those
things which are behind,
and reaching forth unto
those things which are before,
I press toward the mark for
the prize of the high calling
of God in Christ Jesus.
Let us therefore, as many
as be perfect, be thus minded:
and if in any thing ye be
otherwise minded, God shall
reveal even this unto you.”
King James Version
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Copyright 2017
Deborah Ann Belka
Measurements of Faith ~
If I were to measure my faith,
I would see that every foot
was achieved inch by inch
as my trust in God I put.
If I were to take a yard stick,
I would see that each notch
marked all the times over me
God faithfully has watched.
If I were to take a tape measure,
roll it out as far as it could go
I would see the length of time
for my faith in God to grow.
If I were to take a measuring wheel,
push it around night and day
I would see the path it had to take
for me to find the narrow way.
If I were to measure my faith,
I could calculate just how long
it took for God to work in me . . .
to make my trust in Him this strong!
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“For I say, through the grace
given unto me, to every man
that is among you, not to think
of himself more highly than
he ought to think; but to think
soberly, according as God
hath dealt to every man
the measure of faith.”
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2017
Deborah Ann Belka
To Be An Overcomer ~
To be an overcomer,
we must see sin is the problem
our faith and trust in Jesus
must remain firm and solemn.
To be an overcomer,
we must confront the obstructions
that leads to the wide road
of everlasting destruction.
To be an overcomer,
we must tackle the world head on
we constantly must be
to the Holy Spirit drawn.
To be an overcomer,
we must be willing to defeat
Satan and his armies
so not to fall for his deceit.
To be an overcomer,
we can’t stand in the shadows
we must shed God’s light
so the darkness we can expose!
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“For whatsoever is born of God
overcometh the world: and this
is the victory that overcometh
the world, even our faith.
Who is he that overcometh the
world, but he that believeth
that Jesus is the Son of God?”
King James Version
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Copyright 2017
Deborah Ann Belka
God is Smiling ~
God is smiling,
down on you today
His grace and favor
are for you on display.
He sent you the sun,
shining from above
to remind you of
the warmth of His love.
Each morning He brings,
to you mercies anew
each day He proclaims
your faith He’ll renew.
Beams of everlasting hope,
blissful eternal rays
reflect His future promise
of more peaceful days.
God is smiling,
down on you today
blessings from heaven
He’s sending your way!
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“The Lord make his face
shine upon thee, and be
gracious unto thee:
The Lord lift up his
countenance upon thee,
and give thee peace.”
King James Version
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Copyright 2017
Deborah Ann Belka
Committing To The Narrow Way ~
Having a hard time,
staying on the narrow way
too many obstacles
to get over each day?
Too many trials,
testings and tribulations
keeping you from striving
to your eternal destination?
Feeling you’ll never get,
through the narrow gate
too many challenges keeping
you from going straight?
Too many worries,
troubles and cares
too many burdens
for you to have to bear?
Well don’t get discourage,
to the narrow way commit
and be happy that you . . .
were even able to find it!
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“Because strait is the gate,
and narrow is the way,
which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.”
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2017
Deborah Ann Belka
Slow To Anger ~
Slow to anger,
forgives swiftly
God our Father
loves us fiercely.
Patiently merciful,
favor unending
God’s compassion
for us is unrelenting.
Goodness ample,
grace abounding
God’s love for us
is perfectly astounding.
Peace abundant,
kindness plentiful
God gives hope
to the pitiful.
Slow to anger,
pursues persistently
God loves us . . .
unconditionally!
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“The Lord is merciful
and gracious,
slow to anger,
and plenteous in mercy.”
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2017
Deborah Ann Belka
Motion Sickness ~
Some people suffer,
from motion sickness
some can’t stomach
waiting for God’s stillness.
Some people succumb,
to their fear and doubt
some can’t even begin
to shut the world out.
Some people fold,
under all the tension
some collapse beneath
the gloom of depression.
Some people’s faith,
goes by the wayside
some can’t stand firm
when pressure is applied.
Some people suffer,
from motion sickness
but those who trust in God . . .
calmly drift in His stillness!
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“He maketh the storm a calm,
so that the waves thereof
are still.”
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2017
Deborah Ann Belka
The Power of Sin ~
The power of sin,
is seductive
it’s beguiling
and additive.
The power of sin,
is heady
it’s lethal
and deadly.
The power of sin,
is attractive
it’s evil
and destructive.
The power of sin,
is toxic
it’s noxious
and caustic.
The power of sin,
you can’t control
unless God’s Spirit
is in your soul!
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That the righteousness
of the law might be
fulfilled in us,
who walk not after the flesh,
but after the Spirit.
For they that are after
the flesh do mind the things
of the flesh; but they
that are after the Spirit
the things of the Spirit.”
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2017
Deborah Ann Belka