Sunday 24 January 2016

THE PIERCED HAND

I smile, I laugh
I encourage, I pray
But will I make it?
Will I make it through the night?

I made it through the night
I tried to reach out,
To reach out, but they cared less.
The dark fog slowly eclipses me.

My vision is blocked.
My heart is gradually sinking
Sinking in this billowy blackness;
Where hope is a vacant phrase.

Father can You hear me?
Spirit hear the cries of my heart,
The cries I can’t communicate.
Pray to the Father for me.

I smile again!
For I see the Hand.
The hand that extends itself to lead me out...
The Pierced Hand!

Tuesday 19 January 2016

REMIND ME OH GOD

Many are the times that we pray, but we sometimes see no results. Is it that God does not hear? Far be from it! He hears. As the Bible says in James 4:3, we ask amiss! When we fail to pray according to the will of God, we are praying amiss! We need to ask God to give us His desires because they will now become our desires as well and He will meet those desires! If there is one thing that puts God in “debt”, it’s to remind Him through prayer of what He says in His Word; for He now has to fulfill it. God is not a man that He should lie and He also says in Isa 55:11 that none of the words that go forth from His mouth will return to Him void. So we can pray using scripture!

There are times that we also feel discouraged and need Him to remind us His Word and promises towards us. Around last year, I happened to read some of those promises via social media and I made them into a prayer! I have decided to share it below so that it can be a blessing to many.
(Credit goes to one Timothy B.)

REMIND ME OH GOD!!
Remind me Oh God
That it’s Your word in Psalms 119:49 which I hope in.
Remember Your promise to me.
Remind me that man shall not live by bread alone
But by every word that proceeds from Your mouth.

Remind me of Thy word Oh God
That You’re the one who clothes the lilies of the valley
And provides for the birds of the air.
Remind me Oh God
That I got no faith of my own.
Even the faith I have, I draw it from thy word.
  
Remind me oh God
That it’s Your word in Psalms 119:11
Hidden in my heart that I may not sin against You.
Remind me that You’re Jehovah Rapha
That broken hearts are healed by thy word.
Teach me to remember that:
Relationships are sustained by Your word
And not our experience and expertise.

Remind me Oh Lord,
Of Your word in Psalms 68:6
That You are the one who sets the lonely in families.
Remind me not to worry
Because Your word in Isaiah 34:16 says;
None shall lack a mate.
And when I feel delayed Lord,
Remind me that it’s Your word in Psalms 119:25
That says You will quicken me.
Remind me that every good thing comes from You God.
Aren’t husbands and wives a heritage from thee?

Remind me Oh God
The word in Psalms 119:81,
That in my moments of giving up and fainting,
It is thy word that I hope in.
Remind me Lord,
That regardless of my circumstances
Your word in Jeremiah 29:11 says;
You have a good plan for me.
Remind me Oh God of Psalms 119:105
That in my moments of darkness,
When nothing makes sense;
Your word is a lamp unto my feet.

Remind me oh God
That I’m blessed not because I did anything good
But because the word says I’m blessed.
Remind me Lord that I’m at the top
Not because of my brains
But because thy word says;
I am the head and not the tail.
Like in Psalms 119:74
Let thy children rejoice when they see me Lord,
Because I have hoped in Thy word.
Lord, may I remember that the hope I have
I draw it from Your word.
AMEN.