Category - General

JESUS

November 29, 2006

Very God
Very man
Jesus came
So I would know
That God is in control
His grace enough for me
I am not alone
His love abounds for free

So much in life
Confounds my mind
So often I feel pain
But He has walked
The land I walk
Felt the strain on me
Declaring I am free
His blood the payment for me

Little mind
Little man
So hard to comprehend
But when the Lord
Came down to me
His action showing me
How deep and wide
His love was for me

Calling me to service
Calling me to yield
And in this serving
Yielding mode
I find my strength
To tell and show
Abundant life that gives
So everyone will know

Jesus is for each and all
His love so deep and true
In Christ is value
Strength and grace
Guiding all to know
A quality of life like His
People seek to have
And Jesus gives for free

Clay Corvin 11/29/06

JESUS IS LORD OF ME

November 6, 2006

Clay Corvin

General

I look at life
Thru eyes of pain
Bemoaning all my heartache
Why me I complain?

Standing with the Lord of Hosts
I’m reminded of His strength
All the power He will give
If I will ask Him how to live

Turning from the fear and dread
Those evil days condoned
Knowing now I’m not alone
Jesus has made me His own

Let the history fall away
Today begins a brand new way
Drop the thoughts condemning me
Jesus Christ has set me free

Now is when my heart is free
Joy and peace roll over me
Christ is King and Lord of all
Obeying Him is key

To live a life direct from Christ
Giving me eternal advice
So that I can be
The that He created me

Facing days of trouble and strife
I bend my knee to the eternal Christ
Standing up with courage
I can be the one I see

My life is His in me
Freedom reigns and service gains
The world cannot defeat me
Jesus Christ is Lord of me

Clay Corvin

FRAGILE

October 20, 2006

Clay Corvin

General

The frailty of the human race
Causes me to plea
Heal my heart and evil ways
Jesus help me please

Walking thru a life of sin
Striving to do right
Struggling with the things I do
Jesus help me please

Reaching out to do the right
Sin gets in my way
Failing, failing, in God’s sight
Jesus help me please

Forgiving all the past I did
Healing my regrets
Help me walk the Godly path
Jesus help me please

Living now to serve my King
Searching for each right
Righteousness a gift from Christ
Jesus help me please

Face to face beyond this veil
I will stand and see
The glory of the Lord my God
Jesus help me please
10/22/06

CLOSE TO CHRIST

October 20, 2006

Clay Corvin

General

Drawing close to Jesus
Takes time in a busy life
I will give my life today
His presence is my plea

Jesus is the answer
My life was seeking for
Knowing I belong to Him
Guides me through life’s fog

Fighting off the future
As it assails my heart
Knowing it’s a foolish thought
To doubt my Savior’s part

He gives me the wisdom
To be the one He needs
Equipped to act in present time
I am His servant freed

Questions pull to failure
Jesus gives me strength
To be the one who stands and serves
In victory He has won

Tomorrow never comes
Now is all I have
Drawing close to Jesus
Prepares the life displayed

The Lord is my power
His life is my peace
Serving is my purpose
I live at Jesus’ feet
10/20/06

WHAT JESUS MEANS TO ME

October 1, 2006

Clay Corvin

General

Realities come in many shades
Some eternal andmost hand made
Christ is real-not man made
Gives a heart man can’t make

Jesus a friend truer than true
Providing life and fellowship too
Never leaving andalways near
No stampeding andChrist calms fear

Giving power needed to live
Each new day joy He gives
Knowing victory
Christ shares with me

Useful days
Worthy plans
Suited to my DNA
Jesus speaks to me-serve

Changing life inside and out
Every day His grace shows me the way
Guiding me in word and deed
Jesus is king of me

When each day is done
His victory wins in me
Impelling me to pray for you
His peace, His strength, His call

Clay Corvin

DEVOTION TO GOD

September 15, 2006

Clay Corvin

General

Devoted
Controlled
Under Christ
Today I serve You

Growing
Changing
Grateful and kind
My heart devoted to You

Willing
Persistent
I’m Yours
Just tell me what to do

Spending time
On my knees
This world is so hard
Gratitude fills my heart

Doing and being
Balanced in Christ
I live today
Your sacrifice

Passing through
This place of tears
Your love is mine
My life I give

Clay Corvin

GIVING GLORY TO GOD

September 4, 2006

Clay Corvin

General

Love an action
On life’s stage
Freely given
To lives unmade

Our example died for us
His life perfect
A guide for all
So we can be like Him

Victory comes
In daily acts
It’s all of life
Our life is a fact

A wisp, a mist
Our time is short
We are passing thru
He is our friend

Everyday we walk His way
The world is dying
We seek to sway
Obedience builds our faith

The Spirit of God
Gives us His fruit
The things we do
To be of use

On that day
We go to Him
We see the glory
We’ve given to Him

Clay Corvin 9/4/06

BILLY HANBERRY

July 28, 2006

Clay Corvin

General

A plain spoken man

Faithful to Christ

Willing to sacrifice

Serving the Lord

Gifted with strength

Wise in life

A generous heart

And forgiving hand

Success marks his walk

Failure unknown

Even the world

Can’t take what he owns

Three gifted children

A Christ like wife

Serving the Lord

Taking Billy’s advice

His journey is swift

He has done God’s work

Many souls

Rejoice at his worth

Billy is true

Always the same

Jesus on his lips

Christ knows Billy’s name

Clay Corvin 7/28/06

A Christ Centered Life

March 17, 2006

Clay Corvin

General, Poetry

COLOSSIANS 2:6-11—A CHRIST CENTERED LIFE
RECEIVING CHRIST-A GIFT FROM GOD
A JOURNEY OF LIFE/AN EXPERIENCE OF HEAVEN
Every detail of your life comes from a God who loves you!
A. PROVISION from the Father, B. PRIORITY of GRATITUDE, C. PASSIONATE faith

I. ACTIVITY (6,7) “..you must continue to follow HIM”
a. GROW-rooted and built up
b. SURRENDER-follow Him
c. APPLY-His activity in you to the world around you
i. Forgiveness
ii. Fellowship
iii. Relationship
II. ARGUMENT (8)
a. WORLD-every day
b. FLESH-every area
c. DEVIL-victory out of life’s defeat
III. ASSOCIATION (9,10)
a. Christ in you-shapes you
b. Christ completes-enables
c. Christ eternal-VICTORY
IV. APPROPRIATION (11)
a. He forgives
b. He cleanses
c. He gives us a new nature
Clay Corvin

GROW
Grow child
Grab the Lord
Let your heart
Grow deep
Entwined in Him
Down and down
HELD from head to feet
By His eternal strength
Reaching to eternity
From this moment in time
Christ is strong and able
He will not forget
Let Him have your fear

Offer Him your thoughts
Focus all you think
Upon His grace and care
Joyous in His love
Jesus is complete
I will bend my knee
Jesus sets me free

Clay Corvin

HURRICANE KATRINA

November 6, 2005

Clay Corvin

General

I was thinking about retirement. I had served for more than twenty-five years at the Brantley Center Homeless Mission in New Orleans. There were many tough years. Lord look how well I had served. My work had become predictable, rewarding and safe. Tomorrow looked like today. Then Hurricane Katrina hit. It will never be the same.

I was stunned, speechless and confused. The future no longer looked bright and shining. Heaven looked much better than it ever had. I really just wanted to sit on the sideline and let the world pass me by. Deep inside was anger, disappointment and hurt. How could this happen to me. Then gradually, slowly the questions stopped. It is what it is. Life is not mine to contain. Life is mine to serve.

A lemon is slowly but surely becoming a sweet lemonade. Miracles are happening all around me on a daily basis. The hand of God is visible in ways that I had never seen. Jesus makes life precious. My prayer is “Lord make my words gentle, gracious and kind for tomorrow I may have to eat them.”

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Clay Corvin