Category Archives: Spiritual Growth Poetry ~

Today’s Poem: God’s Not Finished With Me

to GOD be the GLORY ~ God’s Not Finished With Me ~ By Deborah Ann God’s not finished with me,I know this to be true . . .for, I can see all the thingsthat He has yet to do. I realize He got started,on me a long time agobut, I also know there’s stilla lot of room for me to grow.… (more…)

Today’s Poem: Examine My Heart Lord

to GOD be the GLORY ~ Examine My Heart Lord ~ By Deborah Ann Lord, search my heart,from the inside outtell me where You findplaces of fear and doubt. See if You see in me,any remaining skepticismput into my heartby religious dogmatism. Lord, pull in the reins,of my heart todayharness them to followYour righteous ways. Yank hard if You must,so closer to… (more…)

Today’s Poem: Perfect In God’s Sight

to GOD be the GLORY ~ Perfect In God’s Sight ~ By Deborah Ann Lord, help me to be,in Your sight perfecton Your holinessmay I daily reflect. Let me not be blind,to that which I knowkeeping Your wisdomfrom in me to flow. Lord, help me to live,a life to You pleasinglet my heart reflectone in Your keeping. Let me not be… (more…)

Today’s Poem: Touched Anew

to GOD be the GLORY ~ Touched Anew ~ By Deborah Ann Lord, touch me anew,refresh my heartupon my soulnew mercy impart. Give me a fresh look,into Your righteousnesslet me see Your favorwith a new clearness. Let me trust you,with a new confidenceso I may see the lightof Your providence. Let me see Your grace,from a new point of viewso… (more…)

Today’s Poem: More Of You Lord

to GOD be the GLORY To God Be The Glory! October 20, 2019 ~ More of You Lord ~ By Deborah Ann More of You Lord, more of You,in the things I say and doless of me Lord, less of meso more like You I can be. Lord, I give You my doubts,take with them all my fearmove me closer to… (more…)

Today’s Poem: What God’s Begun

to GOD be the GLORY ~ What God’s Begun ~ By Deborah Ann God’s been working,in me I know . . .and what He beganis starting to show. He’s given my mind,a transformationto follow His waysuntil my completion. He’s taken my heart,once made of stonegave me a new onejust like His own. He’s breathed new life,into my dead soulgave it His… (more…)

Today’s Poem: Examine My Heart Lord

to GOD be the GLORY ~ Examine My Heart Lord ~ By Deborah Ann Lord, search my heart,from the inside outtell me where You findplaces of fear and doubt. See if You see in me,any remaining skepticismput into my heartby religious dogmatism. Lord, pull in the reins,of my heart todayharness them to followYour righteous ways. Yank hard if You must,so closer… (more…)

Today’s Poem: God’s Not Finished With Me

to GOD be the GLORY ~ God’s Not Finished With Me ~ By Deborah Ann God’s not finished with me,I know this to be true . . .for, I can see all the thingsthat He has yet to do. I realize He got started,on me a long time agobut, I also know there’s stilla lot of room for me to grow.… (more…)

Today’s Poem: Perfect In God’s Sight

to GOD be the GLORY ~ Perfect In God’s Sight ~ By Deborah Ann Lord, help me to be,in Your sight perfecton Your holinessmay I daily reflect. Let me not be blind,to that which I knowkeeping Your wisdomfrom in me to flow. Lord, help me to live,a life to You pleasinglet my heart reflectone in Your keeping. Let me not be… (more…)

#throwbackpoem: Fruit Bearing

to GOD be the GLORY Fruit Bearing ~ By Deborah Ann If we want to bear good fruit, if we want to stay green then off the Word of God we must constantly glean. We need the waters of life, to be on a constant flow we need our roots nourished so our faith in God can grow. If we… (more…)

Today’s Poem: A Searched Heart

to GOD be the GLORY ~ A Searched Heart ~ By Deborah Ann When God searches, man’s innermost being He looks for a heart trusting and believing. He knows every intent, behind every deed for, every heart to Him is an open book to read. When God searches, man’s inward parts He searches the core of everyone’s hearts. He can see… (more…)

Today’s Poem: The Trials of Your Faith

to GOD be the GLORY ~ The Trials of Your Faith ~ By Deborah Ann The trials of your faith, may appear ominous causing you to lose . . . in God your confidence. But, for every storm, that circulates through there’s something profound God wants to teach you. The trials of your faith, can be hot and furious making you… (more…)

I’m A Work In Progress ~

to GOD be the Glory By Deborah Ann I’m a work in progress, you likely are one too . . . each day Jesus is working in us something new. His grace is transforming us, to be sin fighting saints He’s shaping us to live a life with principles and restraints. He is molding our minds, to be clean and… (more…)

Examine My Heart Lord

to God be the Glory ~ By Deborah Ann Lord, search my heart, from the inside out tell me where You find places of fear and doubt. See if You see in me, any remaining skepticism put into my mind by religious dogmatism. Lord, pull in the reins, of my heart today harness them to follow Your righteous ways. Yank… (more…)

Adding To Your Faith ~

By Deborah Ann Once you have faith, you mustn’t stop there you need to add to it more things with care. To your faith add virtue, and you will be pure for faith and virtue is ungodly living’s cure. To virtue add knowledge, it is the wisdom of life for faith with knowledge will cause you no strife. To knowledge… (more…)

A Searched Heart ~

By Deborah Ann When God searches, man’s innermost being He looks for a heart trusting and believing. He knows every intent, behind every deed for, every heart to Him is an open book to read. When God searches, man’s inward parts He searches the core of everyone’s hearts. He can see right through, the facade, the deceit for, He can… (more…)

Mustard Seed Faith ~

Mustard seed faith, is all you need . . . but, for it to grow it you must feed. Milk is good, if you’re a babe but, soon your faith will start to fade. For it to rise, it needs the meat every day with Jesus you need to meet. If it’s to branch out, it needs nourishment for growing… (more…)

From God’s Point of View ~

  Don’t waste another hour, don’t let a minute slip by you it’s time to look at your life from God’s point of view. Take a look at your values, what you admire the most look at all the things you have how much you love to boast. Take a look at your leisure time, what with it you do… (more…)

Revive Me O’ Lord ~

Revive me O’ Lord, fill my heart with a fiery passion give me a hunger and a thirst to put Your love into action. Revive me O’ Lord, bring about a true restoration open my eyes to the truth let Your love be my inspiration. Revive me O’ Lord, I need a spiritual awakening bring Your Spirit into my life… (more…)

Test My Heart Lord ~

Test my heart, Lord, see what’s inside . . . Look low, look deep, search far, search wide till there’s nothing left for me to hide. Pull on fears suspicions, push on doubts admissions pick away at its coldness, cut away egos boldness. Purge out selfish pride, pluck out the greedy side haul off Satan’s lies rip out its lusting… (more…)

Teach Me Lord ~

Teach me Lord to be calm, when fear comes around let me learn to stand firm not on shaky, rocky ground. Teach me to believe, to trust when I’m troubled let me have a single mind not one bent and doubled. Teach me to know, my times are in Your hands let me see lush green valleys not the shaky, faulty lands.… (more…)

A Humble Heart ~

Jesus, give me a humble heart, teach me to have a meek attitude take from me, my selfish pride fill my soul with eternal gratitude. Disrobe me of my self-importance, strip my conceit and arrogance remove the smugness on my face rip away any self-imposed relevance. Cloth me in Your righteousness, wrap me in Your truth and love cover me… (more…)

Putting On the New Man ~

You offered to me this new man, and asked me to put him on . . . You challenged me to grow in Him to be willing to be Spirit drawn. You told me my life was useless, and my heart was as dry as dust that my mind was full of darkness overflowing with the sin of lust. You… (more…)

Change Me Lord ~

Change me Lord . . . I know that I should be a different kind of person than the one that I call me. Change me Lord . . . there’s so much You can do take this old life of mine and make me someone new. Change me Lord . . . from the inside out to trust in… (more…)

My Times Are In Your Hands ~

My times are in Your hands, my God, I wish them there my life my hopes my every dream are completely in Your care. My times are in Your hands, to do what you must do my days my nights my entire tomorrows I give them all to You. My times are in Your hands, in all that I do… (more…)

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