6/28/26 Through 7/4/26

 6/28/26 Through 7/4/26

Sunday

Alive no more, but dead to sin

The room made there for Christ within

The dead with Christ shall also rise

And also every sin despise.

Our love must every love exceed

The Love on whom the faithful feed

When love for Christ, all love exceeds

Our love for others, too, succeeds.

Monday

But who do you say that I am?

A prophet, the king, or the Lamb?

The Christ, the King, The Son of God

And nothing less, You are no fraud.

By Heaven, such a truth revealed

For many, though, the truth concealed

Each must encounter God within

And break from lives of sordid sin.

It's then the chains will fall away

To bring about a brighter day

Where freedom from all sin is known

And Christ, as King, to all is shown.

Then fear of death cannot take hold

Where love is taught so clear and bold

Then martyr's blood will seed the ground

And faith for many there be found.

Tuesday

Prepare to meet your God, he said

For many, now already dead

Who heard but failed to Him obey

To lion roars, have fallen prey.

A One of mercy, it is true

But One of justice, He is, too

And all who mercy will reject

His justice, only, can expect.

The One whom wind and sea obey

Can rest in peace amid the fray

But men of little faith, in fear

Now tremble for the Lord is near.

The storms are meant to make us strong

And teach us how to suffer long.

Throughout the storms, to rest in peace

And trust His love will never cease.

Wednesday

They're fit for pigs, but not for man

All demons in the evil clan

But when they're cast into the sea

Then people voice their plea to Me.

To leave them in their filthy state

And not a newness there create

Their sin, the comfort all they need

Forever lost, and never freed

So many choose the chains of sin

Refusing light, and dark within

The Savior, then, will move along

And let them go where they belong.

A tragedy this is for those

Who spurned the Lord, and evil chose

They'll never find the peace they seek

Without allowing God to speak

A change must happen deep inside

To draw them to the other side

The heart must beat, but not as stone

The heart must beat for God alone.

Thursday

I just obey my Lord and King

And so, this message, here I bring.

Repent, because away you've strayed

Or just into the darkness fade.

What's true and good must be revered

The people, to the Lord, be steered.

But you let evil guide your way

So, now, be exiled far away.

Don't let such ways repeat for you

But think of Him in all you do

So, listen now, and then obey

By doing so, you'll never stray.

Friday

Doubt will plague us at all times

Those writing prose, or making rhymes

But then just think a little while

And see the proofs of love compile.

The blessings 'round us everywhere

Should make the doubter well aware

Of love of God for simple man

To carry out salvation's plan.

To take our flesh in humble birth

Then labor here upon the Earth

To bring His kingdom here below

And every Doubting Thomas show.

How much He cares for everyone

Through what was suffered by the Son

To win their freedom from the sin

And life anew, with Him begin.

Saturday

With freedom comes a scary thought

Of what it takes to live

Within the framework, love has bought

And what we're called to give.

For freedom is the fruit of love

Where all have what they need.

Reflection of the life above

Where goodness all must heed.

The common good, the measure for

All things we say and do

The self a gift to peace restore

When lovers found too few.

It can't survive in selfish lands

Where gods are made of thee

It needs the Rock, not shifting sands,

Foundation for the free.

The common good must be our goal

To make this land survive

The aim of every heart and soul

To keep our land alive.