Wasted Hours

So many hours are spent in
Pursuing our earthly desires
Without asking what God’s plans are
Or what, from us, He requires

We struggle so hard to fill
The emptiness and the boredom
We look unto earthly pleasures
To fill the void within

But so much time is wasted
In things that have no worth
Things that seem to take the place
Of what we know should be first


Like our relationship with God
And our faith in Jesus Christ
For He’s the only one to fulfil
The emptiness we have inside

Our hope of eternal glory
With Jesus Christ our Lord
This should be our only focus
For nothing in life is worth more

When I look Inside of My Heart...

In quietness I look inside my heart
What do I really see?
Do I see an overcomer
Or someone I don’t want to be?

I see a heart so deeply grieved
Burdened with too much to bear
I see someone that struggles each day
With the load unable to share

I see someone who has a passion
To always do what’s right
But often though, missing the mark
And failing to be Christ-like

I see someone who feels inadequate
Unable to truly express
The God-given things that are there inside
To a world growing deaf

I see someone who feels afraid
Hiding with faithless fear
With every day seeming an endless mission
Confidence is just not there

I see someone who longs to be
An overcomer by God’s grace
To stand with boldness, for the truth of God
Without emotions in the way


Someone longing to be used of God
In the work He has given
To spread the message of Jesus love
And to be clothed in godly wisdom

It seems so overwhelming for me
When I look into my heart
I know there are many things to change
For my heart seems so dark

Yes I have a long way to go
To become more like Christ
But I am a work still in progress
God’s still working in my life

And maybe I will never be able
To be completely whole
But I keep pressing on in God
With eternity as my goal


For this side of Heaven, has its trials
For this we all can be sure
Our focus shouldn’t be on what’s wrong with us
But all we can be in the Lord

Sojourners

The end is drawing near

When we will meet our Lord

And enter our eternal rest

From life’s many stressful chores

I’m mindful more than ever

To be focused on things above

Not on things that will pass away

Untouched by God’s precious love

For they are external and material

The fleeting desires of the flesh

For all of this will soon be gone

And is only second best

For we are only passing through

Sojourners through this life

We know this world is not our home

But it’s waiting above with Christ

For what we have we’ve been given

Our possessions are only on loan

For we can’t take it when we die

When we stand before God’s throne

We have but only a small glimpse

Of what heaven would be like

To be wrapped in God’s loving arms

And walk in His glorious light

And it’s there with God in heaven above

Our treasures should be stored

For one day we will leave this world

To be at home with our Lord

Hidden In My Heart

I long, O God, to have your word
Hidden within my hear
tSo it will be a lamp to my feet
And a light unto my path

Then I may know where I should walk
Where your spirit is leading me
To know more clearly the right direction
Though the future I cannot see

I pray that I’ll forever hunger
For your word O Lord
To draw deep from your living water
And be satisfied once more

For I long to be continually washed
With the water of your wordT
o have it deep within my soul
So it may quench my thirst

Teach me the truths in your word
Reveal to me what it means
Open my eyes to all the mysteries
And the truths still yet unseen

I want to walk uprightly Lord
To never go astrayYour word,
O Lord, is the guide I need
To keep me in your ways

I thank you Lord for your word
The bread that feeds my soul
And I continually feed on it
From now until I grow old

So teach me Lord while I am young
So it will not depart
But will keep your word alive within
Hidden in my heart

Though We Struggle, God Is There...

Lord I often wonder what
You ever see in me
I more than often let you down
And am not what I should be

It seems it’s in the little things
That I struggle with each day
I find it hard to focus on you
And know not what to pray

I want to rise above this Lord
But fail so many times
The steps of progress that I take
Seems harder each day to climb

I lack the energy that I need
To do what I know is right
I start to stumble and lose my way
I’m just too tired to fight!

Lord I feel like screaming out‘
Are you listening to my cry?
Can you see the state I’m in?
Or have you closed your eyes?’

But then I have to remind myself
That you care more than I know
You see the turmoil that I’m in
And your love you always show

It is not you that have closed eyes
But it’s I that cannot see
I overlook your steadfast love
And your tender mercies for me

Jesus I pray you’ll come and touch me
With your love once more
And draw me deeply into yourself
To rejoice as I have before

In The Name Of God???

In name of god they pillage and destroy
And in name of god they chose to fight and die
And their enemies their enemies because
They worship different god with different laws.

When I was young a wise man said to me
That god belong to all humanity
And that god could only feel disgust and shame
When humans for their war cry use his name.

It's religion that cause the great divide
And in name of god far too many have died
They go to war and worship god in song
But the god they fight for condemn war as wrong.

And even in the twentieth century
We've yet to learn from past history
Still in god's name men go to war and die
Whilst god looks on with disapproving eye.

How Do I Praise You Lord ??

How do I praise You, Lord
When my words are so time worn?
When the only phrases left have
Of their power been shorn?

How do I praise You
When I am so often confused and lost?
How do I praise You
When I need to praise You the most?

How do I praise You Lord
How do I describe Your Amazing Grace,
When those very words
Have become so commonplace?

Do I get down on my knees
And lift my hands into the sky?
Does that give the words the power
To lift Your Name on high?

I will praise You from my heart
In a language my mind can’t comprehend.
In words that haven’t lost their power,
In phrases only You can understand.

I will praise You like the Psalmist
With words that paint a picture of Your love.
So that everyone can see
It comes only from above.

I will praise You when I am weak
Knowing it is Your Strength that makes me strong.
I will praise You when the days are short
And the nights, dark and long.

I will praise You when I am sleeping
In my dreams, I will know You are close.
When I least feel like praising You,
That is when I will praise You the most.

Now and forever to Your Glory
I will sing.
I will lift Your Name on High Lord
And, in my life, Your Truth shall reign.