Monthly Archives: March 2019
Get Unpacking ~
When old baggage,
drags you down
you needn’t keep
carrying it around.
Pack it all up,
right away
give it to Jesus
without delay.
When feeling heavy,
from burden’s laden
and your backĀ . . .
you can’t straighten.
Unpack your load,
into Jesus’s hand
and you will again
unladen stand.
When old baggage,
has you feeling tired and beat
get unpacking now . . .
and leave all at Jesus’ feet!
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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.
Copyright 2019
Deborah Ann Belka
Embracing The New ~
Embracing the new,
getting rid of the old
is freeing and liberating
makes us for Jesus bold.
Itās saying goodbye,
to former desires
it’s letting the Holy Spirit
ignite in our souls a fire.
Taking off the weight,
of spiritual depression
allows Jesus to make
a lasting impression.
It’s doing away with self,
and letting Jesus in
it’s going out everyday
not falling back into sin.
Doing away with the old,
for what is new . . .
is letting Jesus become
a part of you!
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Therefore if any man be in Christ,
he is a new creature: old things
are passed away; behold,
all things are become new.
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2019
Deborah Ann Belka
~ to GOD be the GLORY ~
God, My Refuge ~
God is my refuge,
a retreat for my soul
where life’s pressures
cannot take their toll.
His wings protect me,
a shelter they provide
whenever I am weary
a perfect place to hide.
God is my refuge,
a harbor to where I flee
whenever I’m tossed
upon life’s stormy sea.
When I need strength,
for the troubles I get in
I just turn to the Lord
my refuge from within.
God is my refuge,
a stronghold He is to me
an always present help . . .
I’ve found Him to be!
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“God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.”
āWhoever dwells in the shelter
of the Most High will rest in
the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the LORD,
āHe is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.’ā
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2011 Revised 2019
Deborah Ann Belka
Let Jesus Fight For You ~
Jesus will fight for you,
just give Him your battle
He knows without Him
youāre weak and fragile.
All you have to do,
is pass your cares along
then wait and be still
till He makes you strong.
Jesus will fight for you,
all you have to do is ask
then all of your troubles
onto Him you must cast.
Soon you will have,
peace filling your heart
keeping your mind
from unraveling apart.
Jesus will fight for you,
on this you can be sure
for the battle is His . . .
not yours alone to endure!
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“The Lord shall fight for you,
and ye shall hold your peace.”
“Casting all your care upon him;
for he careth for you.”
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2019
Deborah Ann Belka
Called To Freedom ~
Called to freedom,
not worldly bondage
called to understanding
wisdom and knowledge.
Called to liberation,
not worldly dependence
called into holy living
moral transcendence.
Called to empowerment,
not worldly subjection
called to be the Light
of Jesus’ reflection.
Called to separation,
not worldly servitude
called to be discerning
with minds daily renewed.
Called to freedom,
not worldly conformation
called into a new life
a holy transformation!
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Stand fast therefore in
the liberty wherewith Christ
hath made us free,
and be not entangled again
with the yoke of bondage.
“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