6/30/24 Through 7/6/24

 6/30/24 Through 7/6/24

Sunday

We're made for life and not for death

By God alone we take each breath

He came that we might have it full

And turn away from evil's pull.

Arise He calls and live again

Let not the darkness ever reign

The Lord of life has come to Earth

To bring His people second birth.

Monday

Oh, you who never think of God

And then to wickedness give nod

You say one thing, another do

And cast His ways in back of you.

All discipline for you despised

The truth in all your words disguised

You hurry on in evil ways

And never turn your lustful gaze.

Because you trample down the weak

And crush the ones that daylight seek

The axe that felled the mighty trees

Will leave you naked on your knees.

Not one escapes, to all it comes

For evil men that day becomes

A day most dreaded, filled with fear

When He, the Crucified draws near.

So, turn around before that day

Be humble and begin to pray

Admit your wrong and make it right

To thus avoid the endless night.

Tuesday

Prepare to meet your God today.

Would now look good as your last day?

If not, you need to turn around

And let the proper path be found.

But those with Jesus in the boat

Regardless if they stay afloat

Have none to fear from wind and sea

When they've been walking close to He.

Don't wait for storms to come your way

To call on Him to light your way

The light you gain when seas are low

Must be your faith when storm winds blow.

Don't waste the time before the storm

And fail to evil ways reform

For those He meets without the key

Of faith will find an angry sea.

Wednesday

"My Lord, and my God" are the words of his fame,

And after that point was proclaiming His name

Probing hands with his fingers and side with his hand

He offered himself to His every command.

The Lord of all lords, and the King of all kings

A faith to the faithless, and doubters He brings.

If they are but open and ready to hear

Encounters as such will cast out every fear.

But action must come, or encounter shall wane.

Without moving forward, there's nothing to gain.

His will is for action to spread far and wide

Christ is arisen!  It can't be denied!

Thursday

We must repent to save our land

And follow well the Lord's command

So blest this land for many years

But evil grows and judgment nears.

Our independence, meant for good

Our flag, for righteousness, once stood.

The rights for all we so pursued

But now the weakest ones exclude.

The lifting of downtrodden men

A goal among the founders when

Our nation was in infancy

But not in what it's come to be.

Today, in plenty, greed abounds

And still the call for "freedom" sounds

But "freedom" to partake of sin

And never let correction in.

So proud, we think that now we can

Invent a truth for every man

Refusing thus to bend the knee

Regardless of reality.

Such nation cannot long endure

A reckoning shall come for sure

If we don't turn and toe the line

We'll surely face a wrath Divine.

Friday

Listen now or never hear

The voice of God is sounding near

But if we hearken not we find

His speaking not so oft inclined.

The more we turn a deafened ear

The less we're likely e'er to hear.

We tune Him out and fail to see

The food He offers there for thee.

And so, amid a banquet feast

The starving soul becomes the fleeced.

The Devil laughs for all we see

Is sacrifice and misery.

But rich and juicy food is found

By those who hear the whispered sound

And act upon the Master's voice

To make His way their daily choice.

Acquired taste we soon shall gain 

And see beyond the temporal pain.

The Master's voice we come to know

And see the Devil's empty show.

Let not the famine come your way

But listen well and then obey

The more we hearken to His will

The more our lives, with joy shall fill.

Saturday

Down the mountain juice shall flow

The wine of Him that all should know

Abundant gifts He gives to all

Who hear and answer well His call.

The house in ruins, He repairs

A banquet feast our Lord prepares

For those in hope, that persevere

And every word of His revere.