10/2/22 Through 10/8/22

 10/2/22 Through 10/8/22

Sunday

Grant faith among the world today

That we might rise above the fray

And seek Your will above the rest

To of our sinfulness divest

For when my will aligns with You

Great power comes to all I do

No tree or mountain could confine

The power of Your will Divine.

Monday

How easy we forget His love

And all His gifts sent from above

We come to think it's what we've earned

When truth be known, we have not learned.

The very breath that life sustains

Is here because our God remains

A patient, loving, God of peace,

But coming soon each life shall cease.

Then judgment comes and terror reigns

If we neglect to shed the chains

That bind us to the earth below

Amidst the dark and dreadful foe.

For that we cannot sacrifice

Becomes a wicked clamping vice

That keeps us from the mighty King

Who grants us all for everything.

Tuesday

Lord, help me choose the better part

In every choice today

To change my hard and stony heart

And learn to love and pray

Show me the time to sip the wine

And rest within Your word

Please calm the raging thoughts of mine

Till what You've said, I've heard.

I place before You everything,

My time throughout the day

Please show me when to praises sing

And how that I should pray.

More than my toil can complete

The worries of each day

But when I pray I come to meet

The One who makes the way

Wednesday

Not one was lost because of sin,

But lost for what they trusted in.

To trust the world, the flesh, or sin

Will not a place in heaven win.

But trusting in the mercy shown

When on the cross true love was known

Will cover sin with mercy's shade

Restoring what our God has made.

For He forgives the humble heart

While pride but drives itself apart.

So cast aside self-righteous thought

And be the humble one you ought.

Thursday

Why end in the flesh what the Spirit began,

Does grace come from law, or the works of a man?

How stupid to seek after things that are vain

Allowing the love of the Spirit to wane.

Has law been the source of this mercy and love,

Or Christ on the cross who came down from above?

His blessing He showers on those who believe

Great deeds of the Spirit the humble receive.

So turn from the law and receive in the light

The Spirit of power, the source of great might.

The law but a guide, and the Spirit the Way

Don't settle for less than the brightness of day.

Friday

When demons gone are welcomed in

The way is clear to sordid sin.

The void must fill with holy things

Or demons worse, one empty brings.

Be Holy Spirit filled each day

To keep the demons far away.

Be fully armed and guard your home

Or lest you welcome those who roam.

Saturday

The law was meant to guide the soul

Until the Christ had come.

But now that faith does man console,

More free we have become.

We simply listen when He speaks

Then do His holy will.

No more the empty, void, techniques

To just the law fulfill.

A freedom here, but challenge too

When leaving law behind.

Attentive we must be to You

To freedom truly find.

For freedom comes within Your will

Not in concerns of flesh

When trusting You we have our fill

And love is always fresh.