Category: Poems

When we think about it…

Someone had to orchestrate,

And put us altogether

As we’re not some big mistake.

Our network of veins

And our major organs too,

Simply couldn’t just exist

If God was not real and true.

Our DNA can stem to the moon

And back to earth indeed,

Where our bodies contain everything

We possibly could need.

We’re simply too majestic;

All features working in harmony,

And much too brilliant to fathom

For an accident to be.

When we think about it…

It actually requires that we think,

And to meditate on the wonder

That God’s creation brings.

We know that intelligence

Is required when we create,

To ensure our creation works properly

Where all the pieces mate.

We’re like a jigsaw puzzle

And knitted in harmony,

With love and hope instilled within

Where God’s miracles we see.

When we think about it…

We know deep down inside,

That we’re brilliantly created

And for God we can abide.

But when we think about it…

We need a Savior for our soul,

Since we all fall short in moral ways

And hence need Christ behold!

We thank God for Jesus Christ

Who paid our debt on the cross,

As we believe and place our trust in Him

So there’s no eternal loss.

(C) P.B. 2021

“For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb.  I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well.”  Psalm 139:13-14

“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus…”. Romans 3:23-24

A bicycle has the potential

To transport us to our destination,

But we must embark and start to peddle

As we journey with much patience.

We can merely admire the bike indeed

Without making the decision,

To mount and to begin the journey

But it’s when we have no vision.

But when we repent 

And make a u-turn,

We travel in the direction

Where to God we do return.

When we are justified

It’s by God’s grace and love,

As we’ve mounted the bike as we begin

To focus on things above.

And as we’re progressively sanctified

We peddle with sweat and tears,

As the roadblocks and the detours

Our true purpose it will steer.

But we can become stagnant

And although the wheels do turn,

It’s like being on an exercise bike

When we fail to discern.

The bicycle gives us freedom

As the wind we do embrace,

And the sunshine sends its kisses

To overcome all that we face.

The process of sanctification

Will be a pruning one indeed,

But where the character is forever changed

So there’s no peddling with eternity.

This marathon will test us

As we encounter aches and pains,

But the end goal and our vision

Ensures we never stay the same.

Although a flat tyre may occur

He’ll never leave nor forsake us,

As help is always on the way

When in Him we place our trust.

And the final lap of the race

Is when we’re glorified,

Having reached our destination

And in God’s safety we abide.

(C) P.B. 2021

“Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.”  Romans 8:30

“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”  Romans 8:28

“Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ…And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope.”  Romans 5:1-4

“Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.”  Galatians 2:16

“But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.”  1 Corinthians 6:11

“Sanctify them by Your truth.  Your word is truth.”  John 17:17

“I will never leave you nor forsake you.”  Hebrews 13:5

“Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.”  Colossians 3:2

“Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away, and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.”  John 15:2

“For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.  For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one…”. Hebrews 2:10-11

“Repent, and let every one of you be baptised in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”  Acts 2:38

“And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. I have glorified You on earth, I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.  And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.”  John 17:3-5

May we be found…

With praises on our lips,

When our last breath is exhaled

And where eternity we kiss.

May we be found…

With a heart and soul of faith,

Trusting in You, our Lord Jesus

When we see Your precious face.

May we be found…

In the Lamb’s Book of Life,

As we’re covered by Christ’s blood

And accepted in Your sight.

May we be found…

With no idols in our soul,

And with a true and a repentant heart

When we meet you Lord, behold!

May we be found…

And adopted by Your love,

As we no longer remain as orphans

But children of the Most High above.

May we be found…

With Your melody deep within,

When we stand before You on that day

With the assurance it will bring.

May we be found…

With Your seal upon our heart,

With the new birth as a testimony

That we’ve been set apart.

And may we be found

With meekness and humility, 

As we’ve trusted in Your promises

So eternal life we see.

(C) P.B. 2021

“Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”  John 3:3

“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, ‘Abba, Father.’”  Romans 8:14-15

“As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness.”  Psalm 17:15

“My heart is overflowing with a good theme; I recite my composition concerning the King; My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.”  Psalm 45:1

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.”  Proverbs 3:5-6

“But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.”  1 John 1:7

“And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.”  Ephesians 4:30

“God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.”  James 4:6

“Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.”  1 Corinthians 10:14

“Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”  Revelation 7:10

“And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.”  Revelation 20:15

‘Most religions of the world

Are about salvation by works,’

But according to God’s standards

Our good works don’t hold much worth.

Because the Do-it-yourself religion

Will ensure we get the glory,

Where our pride and self-righteousness

Will boast in our own story.

We are saved for good works

And not by good works at all,

Where there’s a new vision and a mission

When God our name He calls.

God hates self-righteousness

Because the credit belongs to us,

Rather than the humble submission that’s required

Knowing we are merely dust.

The Pharisees were filled with leaven

And all self-righteous ways,

Instead of trusting in the words of Christ

Who our soul can save.

Salvation by good works

Can never be attained,

Because if we stumble in one we stumble in all

Where frustration will remain.

We simply can’t keep all the law

That’s why we all need Christ,

Who shed His precious blood for us

Through His sacrifice.

Do-it-yourself religion

Is a deceptive way to believe,

Because if that were the honest truth

Then Christ we would not need.

There’s only one way to the Father;

Through the work at Calvary;

The most dearest and most priceless work

To seal our eternity.

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“Most religions of the world are about salvation by works.  You must pray, you must fast, you must give alms and so on, and then, at the end of it all, you will get right with God.  You save yourself by your own efforts.  Do-it-yourself religion appeals to people because it leaves them with their pride, for they feel that they have achieved salvation.  It is self-righteousness, and that is something that God hates.  He would rather deal with sin than self-righteousness.  Jesus just couldn’t get on with self-righteous people.  He was a friend of sinners, but the self-righteous, such as the Pharisees, he couldn’t get on with at all.”  Unlocking the Bible – David Pawson; Pages 985 and 986.

“Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life.  No-one comes to the Father except through Me.’”  John 14:6

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!  For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.”  Matthew 23:13

“But we are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf.”  Isaiah 64:6

“For we all stumble in many things.  If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.”  James 3:2

“Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ…for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.”  Galatians 2:16

“I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.”  Galatians 2:21

“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.”  Ephesians 2:8-9

It’s only by His grace

That each morning we awake;

It’s His undeserved favour

When each new day we face.

It’s by His grace alone

That He decided to create

And to fashion us so beautifully

By His mighty hand so great.

It is by grace alone

That eternal salvation is sealed,

To those who will receive Him

So their soul is cleansed and healed.

It’s only by His grace

That we all have breath today,

Because it’s only by His sovereignty

That life in us remains.

It’s never by good works

But only by His grace alone,

That we’re reconciled to the Father

Into our eternal home.

It’s only by His grace

We don’t receive what we deserve,

As we’re plucked from the pit

And for His purposes reserved.

When we taste His grace

We should extend our grace as well,

When we understand His mercy

And where forgiveness dwells.

It is by grace alone

That He gave us Jesus Christ,

To redeem us for eternity

And transform us through His light.

The most gracious and so precious

Lord and Savior that could be,

Who sacrificed His dear life

So eternal life we see.

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“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.”  Ephesians 2:8-9

“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.”  Ephesians 1:7

“But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name.”  John 1:12

“Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.”  1 Peter 2:1-3

“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”  Ephesians 2:10

“My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.”  2 Corinthians 12:9

“But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.”  Ephesians 4:7

“Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.”  Hebrews 12:28

“God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”  James 4:6

“Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.”  Ephesians 6:24

As the sun’s rays penetrate

And the body absorbs same,

Is Your tender loving touch

With the wonder of Your name.

As the sun’s warmth and glow

Plants a smile on our face,

Is Your sweet and gentle fellowship

Enveloped with Your grace.

The sunshine always gives us hope

And lights up our darkest days;

It ignites a joy from within

With a beauty that remains.

The sun inspires us in many ways

To pursue many things,

Where adventures become a norm

With freedom this so brings.

But there is a special Son

That will light our path indeed,

God’s only Son, Jesus Christ;

A lamp for our feet.

This Son will never scorch us

And although we feel the heat,

His yoke is light and will ease burdens

So we do not taste defeat.

God’s anointed Son

Will warm our weary soul;

Bring sunshine to a heavy heart

To instil much joy behold!

Jesus is our sunshine;

A ray of hope and inspiration,

Who ignites our soul with true faith;

With faithfulness and patience.

And when our tear drops cascade

He’ll put a rainbow in our heart,

As His sunshine with His covenant

Guarantees a brand new start.

He will never flood our soul

So we’re overwhelmed with pain,

But instead will heal us as we cry

As we trust in Him again.

Our sunshine and our sweet delight

As we bow to only You,

And worship You with all our heart

As You transform and make things new.

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“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”  Matthew 11:28-30

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”  Psalm 119:105

“And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, ‘This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.’”  Matthew 3:17

“I will set a rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth…the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.”  Genesis 9:13-15

“The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.  The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.  The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore.”  Psalm 121:6-8

“That you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.”  Matthew 5:45

“Be angry, and do not sin, do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil.”  Ephesians 4:26-27

“Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.”  John 8:36

The same way a flower needs soil

Is our thirsty soul towards You,

As the seed is deeply implanted

And blossoms to something new.

The same way clear water

Removes the scum from every dish,

Is Your cleansing word to wash our heart

Where the grime will be dismissed.

The same way a little child

Upon his parents will depend,

Is Your word as a shield and buckler

When our soul it will defend.

The same way we fall in love

With a hope and joy instilled,

Is Your love bestowed upon us

When our heart and soul You fill.

The same way a sperm

Requires an egg to produce life,

Is our soul as we’re betrothed to You

When You’re our groom and we’re Your bride.

The same way a canvas

Requires paint with an artist too,

Is Your hand that fashions us

To transform and to make new.

The same way a Writer

Will articulate his words,

Is Your law written upon our heart

When You become our Lord.

The same way a Musician

Produces music to soothe and heal,

Is Your melody within our soul

With Your song that You instil.

And You’re the same through and through;

Never-changing and filled with love;

You’re our inspiration as we learn from You

To spend eternity above.

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“If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.”  John 7:37

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; Old things have passed away; Behold all things have become new.”  2 Corinthians 5:17

“And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.”  Isaiah 62:5

“But now, O Lord, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand.”  Isaiah 64:8

“As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God.  My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.”  Psalm 42:1-2

“I will love You, O Lord, my strength.  The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.”  Psalm 18:1-2

“Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.”  Revelation 21:9

“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom, thanksgiving and honour and power and might, be to our God forever and ever. Amen.”  Revelation 7:12

“And the Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come!’ And let him who hears say, ‘Come!’ And let him who thirsts come.  Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.”  Revelation 22:17

We are all unique

With different qualities,

And although at times we’re broken and shattered

There’s a renewed hope to be seen.

When we are like worn out fabric

And to the maximum we’re stretched,

We extend our arm to God Almighty

Who wants our very best.

When our heart is torn and ripped apart

We cry to God above,

Who will stitch our pain with dignity

From His pure hand above.

He’ll repair us from the inside out

As we’re certainly recycled,

And reinforced with fresh new measures

When we’re taught and are discipled.

Our tattered soul will be refreshed

As we go against the grain,

Where evil thoughts are torn apart

And in our heart Jesus will reign.

There’s a purpose through our brokenness;

Our broken alabaster box,

When the bread that’s broken gives us courage

As it produces a large crop.

When we weep bitterly

And our tears they do rain,

Our broken heart is mended

So His grace and love remains.

There is no hopeless soul

Since there’s a purpose to brokenness,

When the broken soil of our heart

Much fruit will manifest.

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“God uses broken things.  It takes broken soil to produce a crop, broken clouds to give rain, broken grain to give bread, broken bread to give strength.  It is the broken alabaster box that gives forth perfume.  It is Peter, weeping bitterly, who returns to greater power than ever.”  Vance Havner

“Jesus said to him, ‘If you believe, all things are possible to him who believes.’”  Mark 9:23

“Take, eat, this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”  1 Corinthians 11:24

“And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitudes.  So they all ate, and were filled, and they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments that remained.”  Matthew 14:19-20

“Come, and let us return to the Lord; For He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up.”  Hosea 6:1

“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”  Psalm 147:3

Humans may regularly let us down

But our anchor should not rest,

In our expectations towards one another

Since disappointments can manifest.

Because we are all fallible

And perfect there is none,

As we’re dealing with our issues

And our problems one by one.

But there is One

Who will never let us down;

It’s the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

Where every knee shall bow.

He will never disappoint us

Since His heart is unconditional,

And He sacrificed His dear life

So we have life and to the full.

He defines us when we’re found in Him

And grafted in His vine;

He untangles our thorny situations

As we leave the weeds behind.

He is our living bread

And our hunger He’ll satisfy,

As we thirst for His living waters

That can only gratify.

He heals our deepest wounds

And all abuse from our past;

He seals our heart with renewed hope

Where our faith will truly last.

He protects from fiery arrows;

From the enemy of our soul,

As we put on the full armour

So we can stand behold!

When our intrinsic value

Is found in Jesus Christ,

We’re in the safest hands we can be

As we’re guided by His light.

God will never let us down

Because there’s integrity in His soul,

With sincerity and all good fruit

Where all pure things unfold.

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“I am the bread of life…if anyone eats of this bread he will live forever.”  John 6:48-51

“He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”  John 7:38

“I am the vine, you are the branches.  He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.”  John 15:5

“We are unprofitable servants.  We have done what was our duty to do.”  Luke 17:10

“To the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.”  Ephesians 1:6

“Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.  For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand.”  Psalm 95:6-7

“Therefore take up the whole armour of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.”  Ephesians 6:13

“Turn your eyes towards Jesus, look full in His wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim, in the light of His glory and grace.”  Helen H. Lemmel

No soul is too hopeless;

It’s the reason Christ hung on the tree,

To deliver us from our brokenness

To be renewed, to be set free.

No situation is beyond reproach

No matter how dark it may be,

Because the blood that was shed for us

Total redemptive salvation we’ll see.

Hope will always be

The reason we do many things,

As we trust in You Lord every day

With the blessings You so bring.

Hope is the anchor of our soul;

It is deep and marries faith;

It gives us patience as we pray to You

When for Your promises we wait.

Those in the eternal pit

Would give anything to be,

In our worse situation and circumstance

But where hope may still be seen.

As long as there is breath

There’s hope that will remain,

That You’ll save our precious soul

So our lives will never be the same.

May hope always be

Embedded in our soul;

Where no thief can ever steal;

When we trust in You behold!

And our hope entirely rests

In Your promises so true,

That when we die we shall awake

To forever worship You.

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“For You are my hope, O Lord God; You are my trust from my youth.”  Psalm 71:5

“The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints.”  Ephesians 1:18

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”  Hebrews 11:1

“Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.”  Romans 5:5

“Looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.”  Titus 2:13

“And now Lord, what do I wait for?  My hope is in You.  Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of the foolish.”  Psalm 39:7-8

“As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness.”  Psalm 17:15