9/27/26 Through 10/03/26

 9/27/26 Through 10/03/26

Sunday

The way each man can Heaven win

Is turn away from every sin

So many times a selfish whim

Can have us turn our backs on Him

Or pride can have us look away

When truth confronts our evil way

We must respond whene'er we learn

Our way is wrong, and we must turn

The prostitutes and sinners, too

Are getting there ahead of you 

For only humble will obey

When truth and love have come their way

The truth without the love will die

And love without the truth is lie

We need them both to live as one

And follow well God's Perfect Son

Monday

How stupid I must seem to God

A foolish, haughty, little fraud

Enamored by the passing bling

And shunning every suffering

For disciplines, the haughty need

To pride reject and humble feed

Our one companion they should be

To draw us into life with Thee

My flesh be mortified, I pray

That I might meet that final day

With confidence, and hope in love

To spend eternity above

For there we constantly will see

That far above, and great are Thee

Then humbled by Love's burning flame

We ceaselessly shall praise Your Name

Tuesday

Beneath the tree of figs, a man

To figure in the Father's plan

A man of single heart and mind

A man to the Messiah find

So, too, we find our King and Lord

When unto Him the heart is poured.

In humble adoration gained

Without a word, his love explained.

It permeates the heart and soul

Supplying all to make us whole

It satisfies the longing heart

And breaks the evil plans apart

His messengers, to man, reveal

The world unseen, but yet quite real

The battle for the soul of man

That started back when time began

If we but trust, His angels guard

And every evil thought discard

They guide us on the path of love

Ascending to the heights above

Wednesday

So, why do I come; and why do I read?

But only to find the One that I need

Here in the Word are His many commands

Have I come close to His many demands?

The service of lips doesn't get very far

By action, we show who truly we are

Does this make a change in my actions each day;

Or simply "appear" that I do what You say?

I beg You to make me one firm with the plow

Seeing Your grandeur, and changing somehow

Fully devoted to love every day

Pondering well, so I hear and obey.

Only then do I feast on the Heavenly Bread

When I have conformed to all You have said

When action and word are one and the same

Only then am I fit to carry Your name.

Thursday

Each word of Yours upon the tongue

Each melody of song that's sung

Can shape the world in varied ways

And cut right through the milky haze.

You work to resonate within

And bring to light the deepest sin

For only in the light we see

How great our need has been for Thee

The sick abound at every turn

From You alone, the people learn

How love can heal the open wound

And make the will, with Yours attuned

Your presence, Lord, is what we seek

To cheer the poor, and strengthen weak

Have pity, Lord, and hear the prayer

So life with You we someday share

Friday

So many times throughout my days

Your angel, Lord, has marked the ways

And borne me up o'er stoney road

By shouldering my heavy load

He speaks Your word I need to hear

Somehow allaying all my fear

Those little gems throughout the day

To keep me on the narrow way

Protecting me from perils when

I find myself with sinful men

Illuminating that within

And calling to confess my sin

I see his hand throughout my years

In times of joy, and times of tears

One guarding, guiding, every move

To save my soul and sorrow soothe

Your angel, Lord, my guiding light

Companion through the darkest night

Whose wings shall cover me from ill

And lead me to the Father's will

So generous You are to me

To grant me sight that I may see

The realm of angels, now unseen

But yet their presence, daily glean

Saturday

How fortunate to see today

What prophets sought along the way

To hear His voice so loud and clear

And to the heart of God draw near

Things hidden for so long a time

But now revealed to help us climb

To heights of love before unknown

But now, by Jesus, clearly shown

As lightning falling from the sky

The end of evil drawing nigh

When Perfect Love is sacrificed

And man to such a love enticed

Let shine, oh Lord, Your face on men

And draw us back to You again

That we may as Your children be

A light for all the world to see