Welcome

Hi there, Welcome to my life and faith written down for you to read through. Please comment with your encouragements, challenges or requests for something else

Tuesday, 27 November 2012

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

Tuesday, 16 October 2012

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.

 

 

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

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

Wednesday, 26 September 2012

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)

Sunday, 23 September 2012

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.

Monday, 20 August 2012

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?



Tuesday, 7 August 2012

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