Category - Poetry

Questions pursue
Answers confuse
Life is real and often abused
What is it I can change?

Will I be this way again?
Or changing what I do
Will it alienate me from You?
Careful with my view

Jesus it’s all about You
How can I see?
When I am blind
And ignorant most of the time

Jesus it’s all about You
Yet I fumble with the divine
Accusing You of my failure time
Grab me in the lurch

Help me be alert
Aware of Your precious touch
And ears that hear You speak
Guide me to Your feet

Emotions so betray
Accusing what I do
Waxing hot and cold
Steady my foolish soul

Who is there to tell
Like a nursery rhyme
With real consequences
When I fail

Jesus it’s all about You
Help me bend my knee
To serve eternity
Usable as Your tool

Stand with me
I can be a fool
While thinking I’m so cool
The only reality –Jesus in me

I want to be
Even when I’m not
Lord touch my heart
I belong to You

CC 3/27/05

Put your eyes on Jesus
Look towards the Son
Focus on the Savior
In Him the victory is won

Here’s some good advice
Don’t forget what I am to say
Put your life with Jesus
Let Him lead you each day

Nothing you or I do
Will ever change a thing
Except those things of service
For Jesus Christ the King

Reach out to those around you
Tell them of your king
Witnessing is simply telling
What Christ has done for you

Serve Him with your talents
Not with all your wants
Give the Lord all you have
Then you will belong

Belong as a valued servant
Belong as a loving child
Belong as one with victory
All you serve will be a blessing to you

Never feel unneeded
Do not fret or fear
The Lord of all is listening
And each of us is dear

CC 3/25/05

How do you do it?
What is the key?
People count
Everyone you see

Set up the playbook
Work hard by the rules
People count with Jesus
They must count with you

You are responsible
For how you respond
And how you treat the people
The Lord sends to you

Your life is a partnership
Christ depends on you
To serve those you contact
And care for them in love

Victory is the Lords
You don’t have to worry
Serve those you live with
And they will love you

Teamwork is what happens
When the servant is in you
People love to be valued
You do too

Christ is leader
Let Him lead through you
Servanthood is His method
Let it be yours too

CC 3/25/05

It’s not about you
Not the things you don’t have
And what you cannot do
Jesus brings the gift of life
It’s not about you

It’s all about Jesus
King of kings and Lord of life
Holy Creator, lover of life
The Lord of all loves you
It’s not about you

He has a plan to save your soul
A plan to bring you life
And fight those evil demons
Claiming they own you
It’s not about you

The Victor over death
The love of man’s soul
Reaching out to you
From an eternity ago
It’s not about you

Jesus loves His children
He’s sent you to care for them
Called you on a mission
To live and love for Him
It’s not about you

All of God’s creation
Is watching your display
Teamwork demands surrender
Serving only Him
It’s not about you

Christ is all of the answer
That satisfies man’s soul
Jesus is the one who cares
And saves us from ourselves
It’s not about you

CC 3/25/05

God has a plan
Made for you
Years before conception
Before you knew you

You were not an accident
Created for real life
Understand God’s interest
Receive His love

Everything you are thinking
All that you can do
Work together making up you
Christ will use you

Everything you do counts
Nothing is ever wasted
The gift of life from Jesus Christ
Equips you to live your life

Don’t focus on your losses
On the things you don’t have
Take a deep breath and claim life
Your life doesn’t have to be sad

It will be what you make it
No one can discredit you
Especial thoughts of evil
Or Satan accusing you

Christ is our redeemer
The victory is won
All those thoughts of joy
Reflect the Father’s Son

Let Him have your efforts
Give Christ your life
Jesus will give you value
And create a consecrated life

CC 3/25/05

You are not a flunky
Life’s not passed you by
The joy is in the journey
Each day we live until we die

Christ has come to save you
Showed you the Father’s love
Don’t let earth destroy you
You are cared for above

Now we know the answer
God has come to us
Divine and eternal
Expressed Himself in love

Let the Spirit control you
The Lord will show the way
Surrender, surrender, surrender
Victory comes that way

Don’t dismiss your value
Your life counts
People are important
Jesus died for you

You were made for giving
There is joy in each gift
The more you give determines
The way you see yourself

When we see God’s grand scheme
And that it includes us
We can be His servant
Rejoicing in His love

CC 3/25/05

–IN LIGHT OF THE VICTORY

I. ATTITUDE
a. Mind of Christ
b. Indwelling of the Holy Spirit
c. Equipped for good works
II. PERFORMANCE
a. God has a plan
b. It includes you
c. What you do counts
III. TEAMWORK
a. People count
b. All people count
c. You are responsible
IV. COMPETITION
a. It’s all about Jesus
b. We are involved in eternal things
c. Only now
V. GOALS
a. The Father glorified
b. Lost saved
c. We serve

This is a man that matters
He loves Jesus too
And because of his love for Jesus
He serves me and you

I’ve often been a difficult parent
Of this man who has blessed my life
A gift from God during a troubled time
When the Lord was changing my life

Adam is a techie
He could work anywhere
He’s chosen to work for Jesus
And serve him with his care

Working hard with computers
Enabling our outreach work
Sending out the Gospel
To places where it isn’t heard

So much technical stuff
Way over my head
Adam surrenders his talents
Building and maintaining our web

This journey isn’t his favorite
Too long away from his wards
But he knows our need for videography
And he willingly builds our show

I want you to know this man of strength
He is kind to me
When I’m a pain
And quiet to a fault

But I admire his love for Jesus
I appreciate his faithful work
His DVD will impress us
With his pictures of the land we love

We will never forget this trip
The DVD will remind us
Adam thank you for serving us
Jesus will use your work
CC 3/23/05

Tim, Tim
The comic’s friend
E-mails everyday

Reaching out to others
So they might know he cares
And maybe lighten their day

Tim has seen great trouble
Risked his life more than once
In places full of rubble
And humans that acted like dung

He went because Jesus called him
Tim go and tell
Tell my hurting children
They are loved and I care

Tim is a man of character
Never a word of boast
Gentle and sweet religion
Tim loves people most

It is always a privilege to hear him
He always has a kind word
Because Tim loves Jesus
And Christ is always heard

I admire his wife and children
A beautiful family he loves
They marched through the trouble
Because Tim had strength and love

All Tim’s strength is Jesus
He will tell you himself
The Lord is a blessing and partner
Tim’s life speaks for itself

CC 3/23/05

Avner is a great driver
He anticipates the day
Planning as we forecast
The places we would go

Only so much time
So many places to go
Every road an experience
Of ancient and modern flow

Avner knows
We are seekers
Studying the Word of God
Wanting to know its development
And the places men of God trod

Adept at navigation
Intent with a listening heart
Able to help us know the land
Avner finds the right roads

What a joy to see new valleys
The land from a new vantage point
We didn’t know this place was here
Avner read our hearts

A man who seeks to serve
A man with a gentle way
Careful with his charges
Listen, follow Avner today
CC 3/23/05