5/5/24 Through 5/11/24

 5/5/24 Through 5/11/24

Sunday

Love alone can bring us peace,

Love alone will never cease.

Loving self and neighbor too

Will bring us ever close to You.

Love is patient, love is kind,

Love's the greatest gift we find.

All the rest will pass away

But love eternally will stay.

In each heart and in each land

Love will answer His command.

Love unites and ne'er divides

Love our every need provides.

Love will calm a raging storm,

Love the coldest heart can warm.

Love the key to peace and joy,

Love the wisest wise employ.

Love makes rich, the poorest poor,

Love will life above secure.

Love, the sick and helpless need

Love the starving soul shall feed.

Love, our Teacher crucified

Rose on Easter glorified.

Heaven's where True Love shall reign,

Where none is loss and all is gain.

Monday

Remember He told you the hour shall come

When faith they attack and foe shall become.

Stand firm in the Lord, believe what He said

Take courage from Him who rose from the dead.

He sends you His Spirit to strengthen and gird

Recalling the words from the Savior you heard.

So, be not afraid when you testify well

For Jesus has conquered the powers of Hell.

Their power is but in the temporal time

But after they fall to the depths with the swine.

So, speak and behold that the Spirit will lead

Supplying the words that the hungry will feed.

Your death may be used in a mighty good way

To soften the hearts of the ones who astray.

Whatever the outcome, His offer remains,

Those doing His bidding have Heavenly gains.

Tuesday

Send the Spirit, Lord I pray

Give me strength for every day.

Be my Counselor and guide

Always ready at my side.

Be my comfort, be my will,

Be my animating fill.

Grant me courage, grant me strength,

Be my help to any length.

Let me sing when suffering,

Let my faith a healing bring.

Shake the bars and loose the chains,

Let me see what Heaven gains.

Grant me knowledge of Your ways,

Let my tongue with angels praise.

Wisdom reigns my daily plea,

Let Her not depart from me.

Help me understand what's good,

Help me pray the way I should.

Let me never part from Thee.

That, my greatest fear would be.

Wednesday

He gives to me the all that is

If I but add my all to His

Oh, help me to attachments break

And turn from satisfactions fake.

There's only One who's right and true

No other can compare to You.

All other gods are empty gourds

There's only One, The Lord of Lords.

Thursday

When we see the light our grief becomes joy.

His praises and glory, then we employ.

For darkness so conquered can never destroy

The life everlasting the saints will enjoy.

The body is raised in physical form

Though different it be from its earthly norm.

Perfected in glory, unstained by the sin,

The death and the rising of Christ let us in.

To union with Father, Spirit and Son

To vict'ry upon Mount Calvary won.

Where darkness forever, eternally banned

And life is how Jesus so graciously planned.

Friday

Do not be afraid, but speak of My name

Be confident always, showing no shame.

My word must be taught, proclaimed to them all

He speaks to us now, as spoken to Paul

The worst of the worst are deserving to know

They're loved and invited to Heaven to go.

But first there must be a one willing to go

And love for the poorest of poor to them show.

A calling He has for each in His flock

If we will but listen, and answer His knock.

The key is to act as He prompts you to do

It makes of us saints, so how about you?

Saturday

Ask the Father in My name

For this is part of why I came

To let you see the Father's love

And set your sights on that above.

The Father's will is my will too

We only want what's best for you.

We teach of ways beyond your mind

So happiness, at last you find.