Monthly Archives: February 2019
Your Rapturous Love ~
Thank You Jesus,
for Your rapturous love
to me it’s like . . .
a taste of heaven above.
It anoints me with,
a hopeful tranquility
gives my faith
a buoyant stability.
Thank You Jesus,
for Your gentle ease
to me it’s like . . .
a perfumed breeze.
It refreshes me with,
a jubilant thankfulness
gives my trust
a humble gratefulness.
Thank You Jesus,
for being God’s sweet savour
for without Your sacrifice . . .
I would have no Savior!
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“And walk in love,
as Christ also hath loved us,
and hath given himself for us
an offering and a sacrifice
to God for a
sweetsmelling savour.”
King James Version
Public Domain
Renewed Each Day ~
I would have lost heart,
given up on spiritual things
I would have fainted away
from the troubles life brings.
I would have passed out,
lost my faith and my hope
I would have lost count
just thrown in the rope.
I would have sunk under,
the pressure of my fears
I would have called it quits
amidst all of my tears.
I would have been crushed,
under my heavy load
I would have gotten off
the narrow traveled road.
I would have lost heart,
if each day I wasn’t renewed
I would have given up Lord . . .
if I didn’t keep my eyes on You!
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“Therefore we do not lose heart.
Though outwardly we are
wasting away,yet inwardly
we are being renewed day by day.
For our light affliction,
which is but for a moment, is
working for us a far more exceeding
and eternal weight of glory,
while we do not look
at the things which are seen,
but at the things which are not seen.
For the things which are seen
are temporary,
but the things which are not seen
are eternal.”
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2012 Revised 2019
Deborah Ann Belka
Give Us Peace Lord ~
Give peace, Lord, give us peace,
on our heavy hearts bestow
the peace that surpasses . . .
all the worries that we know.
Give peace, Lord, give us peace,
to our dreary, weary souls
give us idyllic, flawless peace
over things we can’t control.
Give peace, Lord, give us peace,
to our fidgety, fretful minds
give us staying, trusting peace
to leave our troubles behind.
Give peace, Lord, give us peace,
to our worried, wary spirits
give us lulling, calming peace
before we reach our limits.
Give peace, Lord, give us peace,
Your quiet, quelling peace impart
into our flustered, frantic lives . . .
til it saturates our restless heart!
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“The Lord will give strength
unto his people; the Lord will
bless his people with peace.”
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2019
Deborah Ann Belka
Here I am Lord ~
Here I am Lord,
take me as I am
work inside of me
as only You can.
Do what you must,
so in You I’ll trust
do what You’ve got to
to keep me close to You.
Here I am Lord,
here is the all of me
my mind, heart and soul
I’m offering up to Thee.
Do that thing You do,
to make me apart of You
do what You need to
to keep me staying true.
Here I am Lord,
coming to You as I am
for You to make me . . .
just as faithful as a lamb!
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My son, give me thine heart,
and let thine eyes observe
my ways.
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2019
Deborah Ann Belka
Mind Renewing ~
Mind renewing,
is a daily must
if we’re to grow
our faith and trust.
For with it comes,
a heart cleaning
rightness of spirit
and God leaning.
Mind renewing,
is an exercise
so to the world
we won’t compromise.
For it’s transforming,
temptation discerning
keeping our souls
from in hell burning.
Mind renewing,
is a daily must . . .
for it is how God
leads and guide us!
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I beseech you therefore,
brethren, by the mercies of God,
that ye present your bodies
a living sacrifice, holy,
acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable service.
And be not conformed to this world:
but be ye transformed by the
renewing of your mind, that ye may
prove what is that good,
and acceptable, and perfect,
will of God.”
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2019
Deborah Ann Belka