Tag Archives: Eternal Joy
Abundant Life ~
Abundant life,
Jesus came to give
a life purposeful
for you to now live.
A life filled with hope,
for what He’s prepared
a life with the old one
that can’t be compared.
Abundant life,
one without measure
a life where heaven
is now your treasure.
A life of freedom,
beyond imagination
a life of eternal joy
filled with jubilation.
Abundant life,
Jesus came to provide
a life unfathomable
when in Him you abide!
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The thief cometh not,
but for to steal, and to kill,
and to destroy: I am come
that they might have life,
and that they might have it
more abundantly.
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2023
Deborah Ann Belka
~ to GOD be the GLORY ~
Every Good And Perfect Gift ~
Every good and perfect gift,
is given out of love . . .
creation, salvation, election
comes from God above.
He rewards the faithful,
with the Bread of Life
Jesus, Savior, eternal Friend
the end to all man’s strife.
God gives without condition,
to all those who believe
help, comfort, eternal joy
when Jesus they receive.
He grants to His faithful,
a place of peace and rest
pastures green, living springs
to see how much they’re blessed.
Every good and perfect gift,
comes like manna from above
mercy, grace, forgiveness . . .
and for all His eternal love!
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“Every good gift
and every perfect gift
is from above,
and cometh down from the
Father of lights,
with whom is no variableness,
neither shadow of turning.”
Copyright 2013 Revised 2023
Deborah Ann Belka
~ to GOD be the GLORY ~
Behold, This Is God’s Son ~
Behold, this is the Babe
this is the Boy
this is the Son of God
who brings eternal joy.
This is the Redeemer,
this is the Cornerstone
this is the Deliverer
who sits on the throne.
This is the Way,
this is the Bread of Life
this is the Truth
who died for our strife.
This is the Word,
this is the Lamb
this is the Image of God
who is the great I AM.
Behold, this is my Lord,
this is my Savior . . .
this is the One reason
I have God’s favor!
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While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud
overshadowed them: and behold a voice
out of the cloud, which said,
This is my beloved Son,
in whom I am well pleased;
hear ye him.
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2022
Deborah Ann Belka
~ to GOD be the GLORY ~
Hear My Son ~
This is My Beloved Son,
hear what He has to say
for He is the only Life . . .
to the Truth and the Way.
Open up your ears,
so that you may hear
how He can bring you
eternal joy and cheer.
Listen with your heart,
envision in your mind
how only through Him
true peace will you find.
Take heed to His calling,
to witness for yourself
how your every sin
He took upon Himself.
This is My Beloved Son,
He’s speaking to you today
listen closely to Him . . .
for He’s to Me the only Way!
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And there came a voice
out of the cloud, saying,
This is my beloved Son:
hear him.
Jesus saith unto him,
I am the way,
the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto
the Father, but by me.
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2022
Deborah Ann Belka
~ to GOD be the GLORY ~
Consider It For Joy ~
Consider it for joy,
when things go wrong
consider when they do
it’s to make you strong.
For when you are tested,
endurance it will bring
so that your faith in God
will not lack anything.
Consider it for joy,
when things go amiss
consider to embrace them
not to wearily dismiss.
For when you are tried,
perseverance it will bring
so that your trust in God
will continue to spring.
Consider it all for joy,
perfect, eternal and blissful
consider how it will make . . .
all things seem less dismal!
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My brethren, count it all joy
when ye fall into divers temptations;
Knowing this, that the trying
of your faith worketh patience.
But let patience have her perfect work,
that ye may be perfect and entire,
wanting nothing.
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2021
Deborah Ann Belka
~ to GOD be the GLORY ~
We All Have Enemies ~
We all have enemies,
of different kinds
they all want to mess
with our earthly minds.
But we who love God,
our thoughts control
for we trust Him with
all our heart and soul.
We all know people,
who cause us pain
we all see how hatred
in their hearts reign.
But we who love God,
needn’t be concerned
for their wrath for us
will be returned.
We all have enemies,
who are cruel and merciless
but we who love God . . .
have eternal joyfulness!
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Dearly beloved, avenge not
yourselves, but rather give
place unto wrath: for it is written,
Vengeance is mine;
I will repay, saith the Lord.
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2021
Deborah Ann Belka
~ to GOD be the GLORY ~
To Wonderful For Words ~
To wonderful for words,
to glorious to explain . . .
is what God has in store
for those in Him who remain.
No one has ever seen,
no eyes have been given
a glimpse into paradise
for those who are forgiven.
To wondrous for the heart,
to marvelous for the mind
the glory God will bring
to those no longer blind.
No ear has ever heard,
no listener has received
the tones of pure delight
from those no more deceived.
To wonderful for words,
to glorious to understand . . .
the blissful sights and sounds
awaiting those who withstand!
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But as it is written,
Eye hath not seen,
nor ear heard,
neither have entered
into the heart of man,
the things which God
hath prepared for them
that love him.
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2020
Deborah Ann Belka
~ to GOD be the GLORY ~
Closer Everyday ~
As I witness,
the sun slowly set
I feel so blessed
my Savior to have met.
For, its beauty reveals,
the glory I will see
the day Jesus returns
in the clouds for me.
As the sun unfolds,
its nightly display
the hope I’ve found
its splendor relays.
Though it signals,
the end to another day
eternal joy . . .
it brings closer my way.
As I sit here watching,
the setting of the sun
I feel so blessed
to have found the Son!
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“And then shall appear the sign
of the Son of man in heaven:
and then shall all the tribes
of the earth mourn, and they
shall see the Son of man coming
in the clouds of heaven
with power and great glory.”
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2017
Deborah Ann Belka
My Happy Place ~
Jesus is . .
my happy place
where I soak up
for me His grace.
It is in Him,
I find true rest
where with peace
I am blessed.
Jesus is . . .
my happy place
where God’s love
I embrace.
Because of Jesus,
I’ve joy endless
where no longer
am I friendless.
Jesus is . . .
my happy place
where hope fills
the empty space!
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“Happy is he that hath the God
of Jacob for his help,
whose hope is in the Lord
his God:”
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2017
Deborah Ann Belka