This season

This season we remember the gifts that we have
the things we hold dear, the things we live for
We share our time, our presents with those we love
We enjoy fun, games, food and fun together
We travel around from here to there, to enjoy time with others elsewhere
We may look back, reflect over the year before
We may hold regrets of those things left undone or unsaid
those plans, hopes and dreams abandoned along the way
The memories of places, people and the things we did
And now we have the new year ahead
A time to make changes, to renew those dreams
To open those gifts we have left untouched
To give our all to those we meet
Jesus came down to earth, His presence, God's gift to us.
What will we do with the year ahead?
What will you do with the gifts you have?

Thank you

So many things, where does one start

We often forget the little things

Very often the things that most touch our heart

We forget those words, that mean so much

They show that we know, they show that we care

 

Thank you means so much

All over the world

These simple words

So easy to learn

But they get you so far

Thank you for all you do

 

In my life for all that you provide, friends, family and blessings you give

Thank you for the world around me, it’s so beautiful

The animals and everything displays your glory

 

Thank you for being there, all the time and everywhere

So I could call on your and run into your arms

So you could comfort me

To put your arms around me

To put me on the ground again

 

When I was down, I thought no one cared

Thank you for being there

Thank you for food and clothes when I have needed them most

Thank you Jesus with my whole self

For dying to save me to bring me close

 

Thank you for everything for all that you do

All the unseen things

Help us never to forget to be thankful for what we have

No matter how little just to be thankful for that

Locked away

On a similar vein to the previous one.

Locked away

Like a cat waiting to pounce

Like a coiled up spring

A ball at the top of a slope

A runner on the blocks

A race car revving its engine

That energy inside

That potential locked away

Invisible and unseen

Undetected and unused

Until that moment of release

The tension builds

The pressure mounts

So much could happen

Things could go wrong

People could get hurt

People might see the real me

I look at you my church

I look at you my people

I know you intimately

I love you dearly

I know your hearts desires

I know your skills, gifts and talents

You are like that cat waiting to pounce

That coiled up spring.

I see that energy

I see your potential locked away

It can’t stay hidden from me

I gave it to you for a reason 

 

Be my church

Do my will

Do your part

Use your skills, gifts and talents

The ones I gave you, for my glory

I release you my church, my people

I will be with you every step of the way

I will comfort you

I will protect you

I will guide and lead you

I will carry you when you are weary

I release you to do all that I have planned for you.

 

 

Spark into a flame

Something to get you and me motivated and praying for those things God has said in the past which havent yet been fully achieved in reality....Come on my soul....

This glimmer of light

This dusty old tool

This died out fire

Open the windows

Drawback the blinds

Tear down the curtains

Let my light into the darkness

Do the spring cleaning

Clear out the house

Find those forgotten and lost tools

Sharpen them

Make yourselves ready for use

Stoke that fire

Pile up the wood

Keep it burning

Never let it out

This passion will grow 

I will ignite those sparks

Yours sparks, your dreams

My plans for you all 

Get ready I will ignite those sparks into a flame

The Scope of Prayer

I cant claim to have written this one, But its amazing.......

 

The scope of prayer
Through prayer there is no problem that can't be solved,
no sickness that can't be healed, no burden that can't be lifted,
no storm that can't be weathered,
no devastation that can't be relieved,
no sorrow that can't be erased,
no poverty cycle that can't be broken,
no sinner that can't be saved,
no perishing that can't be rescued,
no fallen that can't be lifted,
no hurt that can't be removed,
no broken relationship that can't be mended,
no difference that can't be resolved,
no hindrance that can't be shaken,
no limitation that can't be overcome,
no mourning that can't be comforted,
no ashes that can't be that can't become beauty,
no heaviness that can't be covered with the garment of praise,
no thirst that can't be quenched, no hunger that can't be filled,
no dry ground that can't be flooded,
no desert that can't blossom,
no congregation that can't be revived,
no preacher that can't be anointed,
no church pews that can't be filled,
no church leadership team that can't become 'one,'
no community that can't be Christianised and
no nation that can't be transformed.

Anon. Cure of all Ills, Mary Stewart Relfe p.5 (slightly adapted Tony Cauchi)

Yearning

For all those people out there that are waiting and hoping for promises that are yet to be revealed or fully forfilled.

Yearning

A promise given

The spoken words received

Shatter this present day

A new time is coming

Heralded, beckoned in

Summoned from afar

The heart is waiting

The spirit is yearning

The body is anticipating

The mind is expecting

Poised ready for it

For that promise to come

Of more than now

Of better times to come

Keep watching and waiting

It will come one day

Keep yearning and hoping

For it will come someway.

The Great I AM......

Time and time again throughout the Bible. God says I AM the God who saved you,
I AM the God who brought you out of....

Do we as Gods people need reminding of what God has done for us just like God did in the Bible.
Below are some direct quotes from the bible as well as a few additional ones I have included.

I AM your shield
I AM God Almighty
I AM who I AM
I AM God
I AM the Lord your God
I AM the first, and I AM the last
I AM your husband

These others refer to Jesus in the NT
I AM with you always
I AM the bread of life
I AM the light of the world
I AM the gate for the sheep
I AM God's son
I AM the ressurection and the life
I AM the way, truth and the life
I AM the Father and he is in me.

I AM the God who has blessed you
I AM the God who rescued you
I AM the God who has forgiven you

God is worthy to be praised.....
What would God say to you to remind you of what he has done for you?
What would cause you to lift his name and praise him?

Safe in my arms.....

Safe in my arms

I will never leave you

I will never forsake you

I will stay here always

You are safe in my arms

I will carry you

When times are tough

When it’s all too much

You are safe in my arms

I will protect you

Side by side we go

We face things together

You are safe in my arms

I will be everywhere

When you are up, most of all when you are not

When there is on one else to care

You are safe in my arms

I am in you, with you

And around you always

I will never leave you

You are safe in my arms

Forever

I have a plan, a perfect plan

For you and me for all eternity

It’s so exciting, it’s amazing

What you and I could do

Your gave your life to me

And I will use it to the full

Just stay with me

And stick close by

I will see you through

I see you now

You have come so far

Walk with me and talk with me

We have so far yet to go

Don’t look back, no regrets

Just learn and live each day

Open your ears and hear me speak to you

I have a plan, a perfect plan

For you and me for all eternity

It’s so exciting, it’s amazing

What you and I could do

Your Call

I hear your call

I hear your voice

It says draw near to me

Come to me and find rest

I hear your call

I hear your voice

It says stand up and move

Speak to them about me

I hear your call

I hear your voice

It says to love them all

As I have loved you

I hear your call

I hear your voice

It says don’t worry

I am with you

I hear your call

I hear your voice

It says pain will come

Things will be hard

I hear your call

I hear your voice

It says follow me

Do my will today

I hear your call

I hear your voice

It says be my hands

And be my feet

I hear your call

I hear your voice

It says I will speak

To them through you

I hear your call

I hear your voice

Do you obey or turn away?

Expand me

Expand me

Like a balloon, you fill me up

With your spirit, your love

As I grow and get bigger with you

Continue to fill me up till I overflow

Expand my vision

Expand my skills

Expand my heart

Expand my hands

So I can serve you

Like a balloon I grow and grow with you

I give my fear to you, whatever’s next

What can I do

Expand me

Don’t let me pop

just keep expanding me

I live to serve you

My daily prayer......

Face full

Shine on me Lord a new way on this day

Grant me blessings as I go your way

Guide me on the path so I don’t stray

Keep me on the straight and narrow always

Reveal yourself to me O Lord I pray

Show your face; walk with me all the way

Give me a face full of your glory on this day

So people look at me and see you always

Darkness

For all those people that need encouraging to keep going, to persevere through the bad or dark times, Keep going.

Darkness

As I walk this road, a long and windy road

Darkness sets in and the light diminishes

Like a candle being extinguished

or a torch slowly fading as the darkness overwhelms it

Fear plays on my mind as my eyes see things in the shadows

My mind casts back to why I started this journey

And the fears disappear

Things seemed so right back there

In the light, but now doubt plagues me

Did I do the right thing?

Was this really want God intended for me?

I must keep walking this road

Confusion sets in, I lose my bearings

Which way have I come?

What challenges am I yet to face

I cling onto the vision that sets me on this road

No one else is on the road

No guidance, no comfort

Just loneliness in the darkness

Faith tells me God is with me

On this road, that pushes me forward

Into the blackness

I know God is there,

but he remains silent in my prayers

We walk on together, in silence but persistent

One day this darkness will vanish

The light will penetrate and chase the darkness away

Like walking out or a dark tunnel into the blinding light

That day, that hope keeps me going

Encourages me to push through the darkness along this road

However long it may be I will keep going

I won’t quit, I just want to do it.

Washed up just like our weather!

With all the rough weather we have been having this past few days, then it reminded me of this poem I wrote whilst on holiday years ago.

Washed up

Tossed this way and that

Blown by the wind near and far

To places I have never been

Where am I going

What is my direction

How do I get there

Who is at the helm

Take the wheel God

Take me home

Set the sails and lead me there

Never let me stray off your course today

I give you control

I am abandoned to you O Lord

Never to be washed up again on shore once more

Another past poem

I felt God prompt me last month to read this one out during a ladies worship event. I wrote it a few years ago.

Held

Held tight, held safe

Held strong, held secure

In your arms

Here where I rest

Here where I sleep

Here where I am

Here is where I will stay in your hands

Arms around me, protecting me

Shielding me from harm

No matter what comes my way

The problems I will face

The obstacles along the way

We face them together

We walk side by side

You carry me at times, you will get me by

Hold me tight in your hands

Nothing can shake me out

Nothing can make me stray

With you in me and me held by you

Past poems

Desert Place

As I walk through this desert

I know you are there

I feel your presence

Drawing me closer, holding me nearer

Further and further I walk

Still you are there

Keeping me going and

Brushing me off when I fall down

 As I grow tired and weary

You are there with water and food

You sustain me and we walk on again

Surely this desert must end

What will have changed?

Will I have changed?

Will I see the world in a different way

Will people see more of you in me

 Father let your will be done in this

desert place In your time

Walk on By


I wrote this back in 2006, whilst I was in Vancouver Canada. I had just walked through the downtown area of the City and had seen so much need, but at the same time so much help and support was available to people.

If I fell in the road today
Would you notice and come my way?
If I was beaten and bruised
Would you come to cleanse my wounds?

If I was lost and astray

Would you leave the many to find the few?
If I was cold and hungry
Would you feed and clothe me?

If I was suffering injustice

Would you stand up for the truth?
If I needed a place to lay my head
Would you give me a bed?

If I was struggling along
Would you stop and offer a hand?
If I looked sad and dismayed
Would you care to say a prayer?

If I needed a friend

Would you come alongside?
If I needed prayer and support
Would you take the time to care?

If I needed a shoulder to cry on

Would you stay there for long?
If I needed to let my anger out
Would you take it and still care?

If I was alone in a room

Would you come over to me?
If I called you in the night
Would you come out to help?

Or Would you walk on by
As you hurry along

Would you sit in church and pray

For ways to help others each day?
Would you stare down your nose
Or turn the other way?

Would you pretend you didn’t see

as you ignore their needs?
Would you ignore the encounter as a fluke
Or see it as an opportunity to share my love?

Do you walk around in a dream

Blind to what I can see?

Do you not see the world in pain

As each goes their own way?

They follow their desires and thoughts

Not knowing where they will lead

They are slaves to sin
Although they think they are free

I sent my son to you

He died on a cross for all
His blood has made you new

If that is what you choose

I leave you my church to care

For all those that you see
I will return one day
For all the world to see

Untill then I need a people that know

The way through for all to find me
For whatever you do to the least
You are doing it for me.