This was written by a friend, Lee Forbes. God sends these words to him each morning. This is just one! If God can place His power In a softly spoken prayer And cause the host of evil To retreat in great despair Then why do we not trust Him In all matters great and small And seek from Him the wisdom As we have to deal with all The choices that confront us And decisions we must make Preparing for the future And the counsel we should take For as the inspiration In the word of God has said He knows the very numbers Of the hairs upon each head And there is not a sparrow That may fall from any tree That for our loving Father Is not known or cannot see So take this time to know Him Everyday feast on His Word And make the preparation That Gods promises afford For soon the darkest moments That this world has ever known Are sure to come upon us As the devil seeks his own And only those whove found their strength And wisdom in the Lord Will know His might power When His spirit is out poured So hasten to receive Him Do not ever stand in doubt And with the great temptations God will surely help you out And if you are not able When the greatest trials begin Be certain He will lift you In His arms to walk with Him Inspiration taken from Isaiah 41:10 On Jan 1, 2015 8:43 AM, Lee Forbes wrote: The year we held We have no more But now has come An open door To start anew With open slate Decisions made Before to late That we should find Through pen and voice The courage as We make the choice To fully stand Upon His Word And share the truth That He affords To every child That He might bring Both in good health Or suffering From broken heart Or body poor And long for wholeness To restore The image of Our God and King Who walked this path Of suffering That He might truly Know the pain Of those He longs To free again And garner to His peaceful home The precious jewels Around His throne For He has not Created me Or you that we Should ever be The subjects of A broken life But wholly dwell In heavens light That when He comes To earth once more And this we must Decide for sure That He will find In us complete A people who Have been replete With faith That by His grace alone Has shown the Light That does atone To draw each precious Soul to Him That He might ever Dwell in them And so my friend As you behold This open door To leave the old Dont hesitate Or waste the time On empty thoughts Or useless rhyme But focus on Your life with Him That you might be His precious gem And with the greatest Luster shine That others too Will come to dine Upon the beauty Of His Word As they are pointed Heavenward Inspiration taken from Hebrews 4:14-16 On Dec 31, 2014 5:34 AM, Lee Forbes wrote: I held the hands of Jesus Just a little while ago Those hands were worn and callous With many years to show Of working in His service Of mending hearts anew Of giving to the hopeless A light that they might choose To trust that God would help them If on His name theyd call And follow as He leads them From where they once did fall And then I had the pleasure Of looking in His face While wiping tears of anguish That left a painful trace From agonizing losses That could not be returned The loved ones they had once enjoyed And now for which they yearned And yet again I heard His voice While calling out to me For just another moment That Gods glory he might see As from the Fathers tender heart He spoke through lips like mine To lift the burdens of the lost In hopes that one more time The face of Him they once had known Would smile on them again And this time they might join the ones Who soon would be with Him And yet you ask how could it be That He should speak to me That I should chance to touch His face Or hold the hands that He Did use in service for the ones Who needed help from him While desperate for heart and home They found repose in them It is quite simple you will see As Christ so long ago Said as we share His love with them To Him we also show That all we have and all we are Are His and His alone And by His grace we here will live For others to atone And soon when He returns to take The children He has claimed Hell smile and thank us for the way We loved Him just the same Inspiration taken from Matthew 25:34-46 On Dec 30, 2014 7:36 AM, Lee Forbes wrote: The pain thats often felt by those We have to leave behind Can be discerned in many ways In heart and soul and mind For some the heart is sorely crushed For what they should have been And how they failed to show the love To those so close to them For others how the soul does ache To loose a dearest friend The one with whom theyve shared much joy Through times of thick and thin But then the ones whose minds are fraught With fear of whats to come Not knowing how the Lord will deal Or what will be the sum Of all the life experience Of those who knew Him not Or even worse the ones who knew But purposely forgot That God has done what He could do To save the souls of men And now the work of saving souls Does also rest with them As everyday we choose to make The effort to arise And take the time absorbing grace To daily gain the prize Of having heavens sweetest peace That God will live in them And with each opportunity His presence will extend To every soul we chance to meet Along lifes narrow way In bringing hope and peace of mind Through what we do and say For let us not forget why God Has brought us to this place Revealing what the Lord has done To save the human race And let us strive to take the time To be the more like Him That when He comes we too might shine When He has lifted them Who left us to assume the sleep Of peace within the grave With greatest expectation that They soon will see His face And let us hold the banner high That we are not dismayed For heaven holds a special place For those for whom He paid And every moment make the best Of what you have to give For we know not how long we have Upon this earth to live And when it comes to heart and soul And mind that you reflect Be certain God has lived through you With greatest circumspect Inspiration taken from 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 On Dec 29, 2014 8:03 AM, Lee Forbes wrote: Has it ever crossed your mind And have you ever wondered Why the City built of God Contained a certain number Of gates where each did bare a name That God did place upon From tribes that He established here His people lived among For in the tribes that He had named So many years ago Were characters of every mold To help His people grow Into a living body Established on His Word With every feature fully formed As bound by loves strong chord For it is not by happenstance That God did choose these names But as He worked through mortal man His purpose was ordained To show to all the universe A people we could be When molded by obedience They could His image see Through people who had once become A pawn within the hand Of one who claimed to own the souls Of every single man But God did give His precious Lamb Who lived that we might see The image of the living God That He could live in me If I would claim that precious blood He shed upon that tree And daily live to walk the path That leads from Calvary And leave behind the sins I owned That He did purchase there And daily walk with hand clasped tight In His through constant prayer So as you look upon the gates With angels bright and fair Remember how God worked in those Whose names are written there And as it was not works that gave Them right thereon to be It was the faith God longs to live Today in you and me Inspiration taken from Revelation 21:12 On Dec 28, 2014 9:11 AM, Lee Forbes wrote: The morning light shines forth to show Its glory to the earth As from the darkness light has come Awakening new birth For in the smallest hovel And mansions great and tall One thread of life pervading here Comes from one source for all And if God could awaken Our sense of need for Him And how from one beginning He breathed the life of them And if again we took the time To see the Price He paid As all in One and One for all The Price for sin was paid Then maybe we might chance to see Ourselves another way As of the greatest value Without the right to say That I deserve to draw one breath Or pleasure to enjoy If not for what the Lord has done And all He has employed To save the soul of everyone Who would His glory see The same was paid for every child Of God like you and me And if the same breath breathed of God Pervades the lives of men And if the One price paid for all To save the souls of them Could touch the heart of every child That walks upon this earth Then every child could brothers be As born of royal birth And all could work to share the light The Son did come to bring And help each other find the way To end their suffering And then when Christ returns to earth To gather all His own The ones who gave their all for Him Will feel the most at home Inspiration taken from Genesis 1 On Dec 27, 2014 8:40 AM, Lee Forbes wrote: Christ did not leave His throne above And come to this dark earth A baby wrapped in peasants wags A child of lowly birth And fully hide what He possessed in His divinity And live a life like we might live While in His poverty That we should walk with downcast eyes And hide His precious light For fear the world would pour contempt Upon the holy sight Of men and women full of faith Who will not hide the truth But fully stand with heads held high The chosen from their youth For every child of God He has predestined to be saved That they should not of death partake The victims of the grave If they would full surrender give The heart and soul to Him Obedient to His commands His image lived through them And in that way the Spirit could Empower in our lives A light that cannot be put out In which His glory thrives The glory of the living God That Jesus did display A holy sight like embers bright In all who humbly lay Their passion hopes complete desires Upon that humbling cross That God might then create anew The child that once was lost And live His bright and awesome light Through those who fully choose To live a life adorned with Christ And win where others loose Inspiration taken from 2 Timothy 4:1-5 & Philippians 4:13 On Dec 26, 2014 10:02 AM, Lee Forbes wrote: To everyman there comes a time When he must stand alone Against the tide of worldliness And fully be atoned To what the Lord would have in him To stand against the fray Of evil that consumes the world With each progressive day But further still the world must come To know of God in him And see the truth and power of God To save the souls of them For God is not a piece of stone Or wood upon a shelf But He who holds the reins of all That live within Himself And when we think that we can choose The course that He should take We fill our lives with foolish plans And stand on our mistakes Like sand that shifts with ebbs and flows As it is played upon By wind and sea like you and me When trials have begun So do not plan this time in life To choose what you should be Until youve sought the mind of God Who longs for you and me To have the most productive life Fulfilled by what Hes planned To make the greatest impact On the hearts of those who stand Within the gap of right or wrong Of darkness or of light And help them choose what they should do Before the dark of night Consumes all opportunity To see one burning ray Of hope and truth that Christ did come And on the cross displayed And firmly stand upon the Word That it may be your stay And trust with faith that God will lead You in His narrow way Inspiration taken from 2 Timothy 4:1-5 On Dec 25, 2014 8:04 AM, Lee Forbes wrote: To everything the wise man said A season did remain In life and death in joy and tears In losing and in gain But do we stop to share the thought That there is still much more And soon the time will come for God To close the open door For when Christ came to earth that day So many years ago Without great pomp and circumstance But humble meek and low He came to keep the record straight The time had fully come And when He died on Calvarys tree Again He hoped that some Would see the things were happening As scripture did foretell And in this Lamb would place their hope To break the devils spell For God is not to trifle with The word He speaks is true And as He came on time back then Be sure again Hell do Exactly as the Word of God Describes in psalm and verse And this time when He comes again For those who did immerse Themselves in endless prayers of faith That He would find in them The image that He shared before When He displayed to them The character and love of God That He would live through us That would abandon self to God The sinner made the just So as we share our gifts with those Weve come to know and love Remember soon again the Lord Will leave His throne above But this time not a helpless babe To hide within a stall But as the mighty Conqueror To be observed by all The waiting world both good and bad That they might fully see And not deny the truth of why He came for you and me For in His love He came before And soon Hell come again But this time when He heads for Home His own Hell take with Him Inspiration taken from Luke 2:6,7 On Dec 24, 2014 7:59 AM, Lee Forbes wrote: It is a time to celebrate With feasting all around To share the cup from which we sup As blessings do abound To break the bread with joyfullness To open hearts anew With joyful songs weve known so long Of what the Lord did do But have we long forgotten That the battle is not oer And soon a great tsunami Will erupt upon the shore As angels loose their hold upon The winds they have retained Until the ransomed from the lost Are sealed in Jesuss name For it was this that caused the Son Of God to leave His throne That through the cross by loss of life He might redeem His own And stir within the hearts of men A longing to be free From every net the devil cast That they might fail to see The urgent need to press ahead Before the door is closed To every opportunity Of sharing truth with those Who long to have the gift of life Eternal with our God Because of what they saw in those Who walked where they had trod That shared with them the precious Gift That not with money gained But as they shared the word of God And prayed in Jesuss name For then we give the greatest gift The world has ever known And in the heart of everyone A seed of truth is sown The truth of how God loved us more Than all eternity When as a babe He brought His gift To save humanity Inspiration taken from Jeremiah 15:16 & Luke 2:1-40 On Dec 23, 2014 7:15 AM, Lee Forbes wrote: The fire slowly burns The crusty coating from the glass As in my heart I start to learn The lessons from the past For like that crusty coating That appears to block the view The traits of what I used to be Can block His image too And like the fire in the stove That warms the home at night The fire of affliction too Can help reveal the light That God would place within my heart To cheer the hearts of those By sin oppressed in sore distress Before their life might close For where Ive been and what Ive seen And what I used to be Have often brought perplexity When thought upon by me But when I see the lives of those Who walk a path like mine I too can feel that pain thats real I knew another time And oh how I remember how I longed to be set free From all the bands of wickedness That bound the soul of me And then in true compassion I can reach that soul pressed down By sharing that I too have been Upon this painful ground For I cannot another lift From sin to be set free If they cant see and feel the love Of Christ revealed in me For even though He did not sin Or ever do whats wrong He knew the pain of those who did As He would walk along The path where He could meet the ones Who longed to be set free And share the hope and love of God That they might clearly see That God did not salvation plan For those who had not sinned But made it much more precious For those like they had been So if you feel discouraged As you ponder where youve been Remember Christ redeemed you there And wiped away your sin And when you see another In a life a lot like yours Reach out to them and help them see God has much more in store For those who will accept the love He left His throne to give And follow His example As for others they too live Inspiration taken from Hebrews 2 On Dec 22, 2014 6:15 AM, Lee Forbes wrote: How often have we heard the words You must be born again But do we stop and take the time To think what this might mean For if a man will truly die To what his life has been Then all hes known of life before Has also reached an end And no more do we see these things That once were part of us The way that we had seen before And this we truly must For we are not the only ones Who by our choice have changed But every aspect of our lives Must never be the same For we become an instrument Through which the Spirit flows To reach the lives that He might touch Before they reach their close And everything they hear us say As well as what we do Reveals the old has left us now And what we are is new The smile upon our countenance When we might suffer wrong Or gentle words that from our lips Now form a patient song Or when were tempted to strike out At those who do offend But turn instead the other cheek To save the soul of them Or taking time to lend a hand To someone else in need When pressing all around us Are lifes pressures at full speed For if we would be born again And have a life brand new Then we must full surrendered be In all that we might choose And then as we abandon The completeness of our will The Lord will make us fully His And place on us His seal Inspiration taken from 2 Corinthians 5:17 On Dec 21, 2014 8:41 AM, Lee Forbes wrote: How marvelous to think That God established such a plan Whereby He could remove the curse And save the soul of man A plan that so entailed the cost Of more than we can see Where with He pressed all heavens host To save a soul like me For it was not within His heart To let one child expire Until He had prepared a way To draw us from the mire Of sin that so consumed our souls And would destroy all hope That light would penetrate the dark In which His children grope And so He sacrificed His Son To save a soul like me But yet theres even more to this Than what we often see For if the cross was all the lost Would need to set them free Then long ago He could have come That sin no longer be But there was more that He longed for To show the worlds that stayed Away from giving way to sin While here the devil played He longed to have the hearts of men So fully found in love With Him that they reflect His heart That could not stay above But left His throne adored by all The hosts of heaven there And lived a life rejected by The ones He came to share The hope of life eternal That begins each day anew As in the early morning With our Saviour we will choose To walk so close beside Him That the world will not us see But Him that now so fills the hearts Of those He has set free Inspiration taken from Hebrews 2:9-11 & Isaiah 53:1-11 On Dec 20, 2014 7:41 AM, Lee Forbes wrote: How often do we tie the hands Of God when we might see The power of our living God Revealed through you and me For in our doubt we pace about And worry for the few Activities we plan for Him As if we never knew That it was God that spoke the worlds Into their present place And with His hands and breath of life He formed the human race And when the evil of that age Consumed the hearts of men He sent a flood that cleaned the earth And saved just eight of them And when the children He released From slavery and sword Were backed into a corner He made the greatest ford By sending wind that parted sea They crossed upon dry land And when the army followed them He closed it on command And when the soldiers climbed the hill Gods man to apprehend He sent down fire from the sky And put an end to them Yet with the evidence we have Of all that God has done We stand with feeble knees to think Another call has come For those who will prepare the way For whats about to come As overwhelming great events Declare the ends begun And often as we gather To decide the work to do By giving way to fear and doubt We havent got a clue That God is not the One who changed His power still remains But we who have such little faith Have caused Him to detain The mighty power of His Word Which miracles attend If He could only find the faith He longs to live in them So stand upon the Word of God Fear not the things to come And as the Lord reveals the need Believe He holds the sum Of everything that we will need As from the Fathers hand Will come to those who walk in faith When circumstance demands And let us not give way to doubt Tis not the way of God But follow all that Christ has shown While walking on this sod Inspiration taken from Hebrews 1 On Dec 19, 2014 6:40 AM, Lee Forbes wrote: 2 poems this morning; I placed my prayer before the Lord To help a dying man And thought for sure Hed find a way To answer as I planned For in the past Hes shown His will By helping those in need So surely He would help the man With healing as I plead But then the one I thought so fine Surrendered his last breath And slowly closed his eyes to rest The sleep we know as death And oh how hard the pain I felt To lose a dearest friend And though I tried I found it hard His mercy to defend But oh how God so patiently Prepared the way for me To understand that there was more To life than I could see For life here is a proving ground With limits of its own And those who choose to follow Him He quickly will atone And if He sees through all He knows How He might use the man To reach the hearts of other folks Then He will choose a plan That will that ransomed soul extend To live upon this earth And share the gospel plan with those Who long to have rebirth But if instead He knows that we Might fall to Satans plan Then He might choose to help our souls Through death to save the man So when you feel the darkness As your life begins to wane Remember death is sweet relief For those who suffer pain And for the ones who know the Lord They have a surety That when the gift of life returns They will their Saviour see Inspiration taken from James 5:13-16 Prepare your heart oh mortal man As God prepares to take His stand For all the universe to see The judgement set for you and me As all will soon receive his wage For how he lived upon the stage Of life upon this world of sin The record set will soon begin For sin cannot much longer last As all decisions soon are cast And everyone has chosen well To follow God or burn in Hell For in His very simple plan To save the soul of every man Who would respond to what Hes done In sacrificing His own Son There are two choices we can see One leads to death the other free To live eternal with the Son The judgement ends New lifes begun But there are some who would believe That we will not from God receive The consequence that law demands For breaking what the Law commands But truth is truth and not that we Can here decide how it will be But in that we will here obey And follow close the narrow way For God will not be mocked by those Who write their rules as though they chose What would entail the end for them As they continue in their sin So be not fooled by Satans plan To rule the heart of every man But look to God on bended knee And plead that He will only see The blood His Son spilled on the cross As both They paid to save the lost And by His grace live everyday To follow in His narrow way Inspiration taken from Isaiah 3:13
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