Author - Clay Corvin

Father God you rule my life
I’ve put you at the helm
Looking in your Word
My life is yours

Every moment You love me
I want that love to show
I bend my knee to You
Because You love me so

And in this time well spent
I sense the growing peace
Rule me with your Word
Equip my life with good sense

I don’t know tomorrow
But I know You
Tomorrow is Your chattel
Help me be like You

Working in the things I do
I give my life to You
Every moment You are true
Jesus I love You

My actions show my love
Your love is filling me
Rule my heart today
Help me live Your way

CC 12/24/04

Days pass like moments
Quickly becoming a year
The people we meet each moment
Is the blessing for our year

Along the way
Special friends
Change our ways
Affect our days

Jesus loves people
He’s not into wealth
Not the way man counts
People represent our wealth

You are a blessing
So many things you’ve done
My life is much better
Knowing you as one

Thank you for your friendship
You’ve been so kind to me
This Christmas treasure
The friendship offered me

Grace and peace from Jesus
Have a blessed New Year
People make the difference
As Christ equips our heart

CC 12/23/04

Works hard
Lives right
Serving God
Seeking Christ’s delight
Reaching out to folks
To help them know the Lord

Building man
Wise and strong
Generous life
Helping others belong
Able to help those who hurt

Brilliant mind
Humble man
Grace for others
A helping hand

Active parent
Loves his kids
A wife he adores
His life he gives
Joy he instills

Delightful
Insightful
A giant today
In all he does
Each action he takes
Serves the Christ he loves

CC 11/16/04

On the plane to Israel, thinking of one who makes this trip possible.

A babe was born
On a lonely night
Like someone scorned
Yet He came for me

I wasn’t there
I was full of despair
Finding my way
Using each day

He knew my pain
He shared my name
Poverty and desperation
Called out for me

A cave and rags
His mother afraid
Joseph stood strong
He knew God was home

Then shepherds came
With marvelous joy
God had come
What wonderful news

In Jerusalem they said
Redemption is here
They didn’t know
His death would make it so

Shiloh had come
Herod was gone
The king was here
God was near

The magi worshipped
Praising the king
They were pagans
God made them sing

His life began
As any man
Perfection His road
Death foretold

He died for me
He set me free
Praise this Babe
His life God gave

CC 12/19/04

Angels we have seen a few
Coming in all sizes
Always sent from God to you
To bless the life you view

Lifting up the heart within
Reaching into our core
Letting us begin again
The Lord is at the door

Reminding us that the Father
Values the things we do
Angels bring the Father’s heart
Very near to you

Sometimes Angels visit
Their mission unknown
But those that are recipients
Experence God on His throne

We each can be a blessing
A respite in the work
When we give out kindness
We’re doing Angels work

CC 12/12/04

The Word arrived in the flesh
God had come to man
Seeking out the hurting
Giving each a hand

God is forever
Always was the Word
Creating all before us
Hearing before we’ve heard

Reaches out for seekers
While they are sought
The choice for the people
Christ the Word of God

Stepping into this chaos
He knows how things are
Knowing all our secrets
And yet still loving our hearts

Giving us the power
To partner in this life
The Creator gives us business
His business is life

Every time we surrender
Every time we choose
The Word of God is with us
In Jesus we will never lose.

Clay Corvin 12/12/04

Faith is an oft used phrase
What does it mean to me?
That I can change the live I’ve lived
Freely give what I couldn’t be
The Lord lives in me

Alive and strong to face my day
Knowing all I do and say
Faith is well by itself
I can’t stop the world
Only myself

Faith is full and reaching out
Letting me know I’m not without clout
To change my heart
And grab my peace
The world is not my home
The future belongs to me

Faith reminds a saddened heart
There is joy alive even in the dark
And I belong to Jesus Christ
Walking victory
Living life
The world is not my home
The future belongs to me

All around are hurting lives
People hating and fully despised
Faith has come to live in me
Giving me eyes of love that see
The value of those despised
The impotence of sin in Jesus eyes

I belong to Christ
By faith I am able to survive
Spending time in Jesus school
Learning about the heavenly rules
Letting His heart guide mine
People count with God
The world is not my home
The future belongs to me
CC 12/12/04

Salvation walking
Looking at me
Reaching out a hand
To rescue me
Bound in sin
Sad each day
Wishing I had a way
Suddenly a new day

Salvation coming
From the heart of God
Knowing my pain
And the road I’ve trod
Helping my heart
Recover from abuse
Giving me understanding
I am of use
God is proud of me
He has come
To set me free

Salvation present
He lives in me
Guiding my life
So that I will be
A valuable person
Worthy and free
Able to deal with my hypocrisy
Knowing today is my day
I live in a world of joy and life
The Father desires my good
Christ walks with me
The Lord is alive in me.

CC 12/12/04

Nazareth to Bethlehem
A long lonely walk
Especially for Joseph
Who walked and thought
Thought of the future
How things would be tough
About the angel
Who changed all this stuff

Finally arrived to a cold review
Got no rooms
A stable must do
Amid the muck of the barnyard flock
Mary gave birth to a beautiful child
Joseph was warmed by his view

A baby wrapped in swaddling cloth
Mother and child and dad in a stable
Suddenly shepherds arrived on the scene
Telling them all they had heard and seen
The Savior had come to earth
It was this child of lowly birth

CC 12/11/04

Love is God
And God is love
He came to man
From heaven above
To break the reign of sin
Equipping the weakling to win

Filling each and everyone
By grace the strength of God’s Son
Filled with peace and joy for life
Giving man His best advice
In Jesus the victory is won
He breaks the chains of sin
Letting man see God again

No longer must we cringe
The future doesn’t hinge
On how hard we work
Or how much we have
Jesus is God’s gift
Making us rich in Him
Able to face the fight
That life brings left and right

Every day is new
Every battle we face
God will fight for you
No longer will you be disgraced
What you are is what He gave
Your value in life
Is because you are saved
And soon one day
You will stand with Him
Then you will know
What by faith He bestowed
Victory in the face of sin

CC 12/11/04