10/5/25 Through 10/11/25

 10/5/25 Through 10/11/25

Sunday

Fan into flame the gift that He gave

Wake up within you the power to save

Use what was given by water that day

And strengthen, by faith, every word that you say

The truth lies before you as sure as can be

Take courage and know what today you can't see.

Believe and be confident, knowing who wins

Repent and receive the forgiveness of sins.

Harden not your hearts today, be open to receive

The Mighty One is here today that all may now believe.

A mustard seed is all you need to take this sturdy tree

From here within this solid ground, and cast it to the sea.

Be the servant, good and true, who follows each command

The one who does without delay all that the Father planned

Your faith must be your guiding light in everything you do

Go forward in the darkest night, and know His word is true.

Monday

Don't let me run away from You

But face the fact today

Your word, I must be free to do

And all, I must obey.

To do Your will shall calm the storm

And many shall return

Our duty is to all inform

So, truth, the masses learn.

Tuesday

One day of doing as He said

And many followed where he led.

Repentance changed their hearts of stone

To hearts that live for God alone.

He needs but willing souls who do

The things He asks of them to do

What may seem far beyond our skill

He does for those who do His will

To flesh, the heart of stone is turned

Obedience by many learned

They learn to hear His voice in lieu

Of fretting over things to do

It all amounts to this, I say

Just listen up, and then obey.

Attune your ear to hear His word

Then act on everything you've heard.

Not one is favored over you

He speaks to all, not just a few.

But those who act on what they hear

He more and more, will draw them near.

Don't be afraid to ask the way,

But listen well and then obey.

For those who ask and who believe

To those, He gives and they receive.

Wednesday

Our Father, I'm selfish and tired of pain

No sleep is a heavy, unbearable chain.

I try to be holy and bear it like You

But find only weakness and failing in view.

Improvement is coming, I pray every day

But small are the steps that I take on the way

I want to move faster, I have much to do

My soul is one restless, not patient, like You.

I need an infusion of holiness now

A way, to my soul, with some patience endow.

My worry is that I should waste all the pain

Without ever finding some spiritual gain.

Thursday

Lord, all You have given is meant for my good

Help me respond in the way that I should.

Unpleasant and painful, I seek to avoid

Instead of one loving, I just get annoyed.

But You know what's best in each time and each place

Along with each trial, You send me Your grace.

I look for a life always going my way,

But then, in the good times, I often don't pray.

Somehow, I can feel I deserve such a life

When Yours was but filled with all struggle and strife.

I need much more giving of self to declare

I have any right that You answer my prayer.

But loving and merciful, You enter in

To make me aware of my everyday sin

Then, seeing how little I truly deserve

I see how the poor and the lowly You serve.

Help me to see and to act as You do

Sacrificing myself to become more like You.

One loving in spite of annoyance and pain

Always seeking to add to eternal gain.

The rich seem to prosper, but only a while

The offers of Earth only serve to beguile

For wealth everlasting, no riches can buy

Comes after this world and dazzles the eye.

The riches of love, freely giving away

Whatever is needed for all men to say,

"I have an abundance of wealth from above,

He's taught me to listen and learn how to love."

Friday

Judgment is coming quite quickly, they say

I've waited this long, so what's one more day?

How foolish the one who reacts in this way

Tomorrow is coming, but what of today?

With justice, He judges, the wicked destroyed

But what of those who, with repentance, just toyed?

The ones who were waiting for this or for that

Who looked at their sins as no more than a gnat.

When they see perfection in light of the day

They'll look at their sins in a much different way.

With clarity, seeing the pathway they chose,

Runs not to the light, but to darkness it goes.

Repent while there's time, delay it no more

Or wailing and gnashing is what lies in store.

Be humble and pray for His mercy to win

There's no other way to be free of our sin.

Saturday

Blessed are those who simply obey

Who order their lives on all that You say.

Their lives are in harmony, notes of a song

Loving and giving and suffering long.

Judgment is coming; it's not far away

Decisions we make will determine our way

To desert or garden, we each have been turned

By whom we've obeyed and what we have learned

The call to all beauty is sounding each day

Beckoning, drawing, and showing the way

But eyes are so focused on temporal gain

Shying away from the least little pain.

No value is placed on the heavenly things

The fleeting is valued for pleasure it brings.

All pleasure is passing, but joy will endure

The flash is exciting, but beauty, demure.

Be wise with a vision that sees far away

Seek beauty and truth in a diligent way

Let goodness be guide every moment of day

Be open to hear, and then simply obey.