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Bread of Life

Inspired by John 6 It was prayed for our daily bread In order to live we must be fed As the starved are always pleading  For some food and for healing  There isn’t a multitude that God can’t feed He’ll always be there in our time of need  So gather the leftovers so nothing is wasted  Because blessings on blessings are awaiting  Don’t be afraid when storms are severe  The wind and the waves cannot interfere  All of your worries will soon disappear  Walking on the water I AM is here Do not misunderstand the miraculous signs The One True Living God always provides  Temporary satisfaction is from earthly leaven The true bread of life comes down from heaven  The Spirit alone gives eternal life  Human effort just produces strife Taste and see that the Lord is good  He who provides imperishable food 

Living Water

Inspired by John 4:1-38 & 7:37-39 We all have our prejudices Coming from our bitter grudges Don't want to associate with them But it's not our place to condemn We can ask "Why ask for a drink?" For this goes against our instinct But if our hearts were more softer God would bless us with living water Earthly water temporarily satisfies Won't stop us from meeting our demise But living water eternally supplies In His Presence are we baptized Salvation comes through the Jews We must worship in spirit and in truth  Because our Father in Heaven is Spirit  He alone gives our existence merit “Anyone who is thirsty come and consume From my heart does living water bloom Refresh and share this cleansing flow So the replenishing others can know”

Spiritual Rebirth

Inspired by John chapter 3 Jesus said “Unless you are born again       you cannot see the Kingdom of God This statement may come off as insane       and the person speaking is just a fraud  "But humans can only reproduce humans  The Holy Spirit reproduces spiritual beings  The wind blows with no destination So it goes with spiritual dealings "We can tell you what we know and have seen Yet you won't believe our testimony You did not believe when I told you earthly things So how can I explain what is heavenly and holy? The Son of Man came down from heaven Like the bronze snake, must be lifted back up He did not come down to judge God's creation But to save mankind so God and man make up" God gave Jesus the Holy Spirit It was given to him without limit His divine origins were implicit And his holiness we can inherit So let HIM become greater and greater While we become less and less Parting ways with our sinful nature Only to be eterna...

Water Into Wine

Inspired by Genesis 1:1, 24-27; Exodus 7:20; John 2:1-12 Water existed before light was created Then creatures with blood came into being But their blood was soon desecrated Something had to be done   to stop the bleeding Water gives life and it also cleanses Blood is life but doesn't come cheap Too much of either can be destructive  Too much of both is a price that is steep Moses first demonstration of his anointing Was turn the Nile into blood as God directed Jesus first demonstration of his appointing Was turn water into wine as Mary requested  Water is important to the history of earth Blood is important to all of humanity Jesus was baptized to signify his worth Wine represents his blood and affinity  Just as blood sanctifies the altar Jesus shedding his consecrated the cross  Lets purify ourselves in holy water  And drink the wine to remember the cost

The Word

Inspired by John chapter 1 In the beginning was the Word The Word was with God And the Word was God He was at the beginning with God All things were made by him Nothing was made except through him  The Word was life and the Light of men The Light shines in the darkness  But the darkness cannot extinguish the Light  Because it overwhelms the harshness  He came into the world he created       But the world did not recognize him  He became one of his beloved       But even they still rejected him  Yet to those who believed       and accepted him h ere on earth  Were known as God’s children       and would go through a rebirth  So the Word became human      and made his home among us  Full of love and faithfulness       the glory as God’s Son, Jesus We have received gracious blessings       from his lavish abundan...

Psalm 1

Dedicated to my mother Do not follow wicked advice Don't befriend corruption and lies Delight in God's commands Studying it to understand Plant yourself next to The River Then your leaves will never whither You will bear fruit every season Until you grow into completion But not those who are vicious They are just simply worthless Full of affliction and disease   Blown away from a modest breeze They stand condemned      when God makes His verdict Into the pit they descend      joining other convicts God watches the path of the righteous Those who put their hope in Jesus The path of the wicked leads to calamity But obeying God brings immortality

Jubilee

Inspired by Leviticus 25-27 On the seventh day God rested It was a holy day so God blessed it Then the seventh year was a year of Sabbath This was to be observed in the land we inhabit We are to work hard every year This is to demonstrate our holy fear To carnal minds we may seem absurdly But the path of duty is the path of safety The Joy of the Lord is our strength It adds to all our holy depth For we cannot grasp the breadth and length Of God's love for us that is so complex For He provides every perfect gift As long as wickedness we do resist For He is our God and we are His people If we don't obey Him there'll be upheaval Immorality will make us miserable Making us angry and quite irritable So don't hold on to your iniquity But be blessed by God's ubiquity Let us spare ourselves from His fury And may all we own be for His glory Let us devote ourselves to our God Holding Him up in righteous regard For He frees us from all our slavery That kept us chained to our d...

God Makes Things Holy

Inspired by Leviticus 21-24 Priests delegate between God and the absent Demonstrating how faith shouldn't get stagnant Enjoying fellowship with God and being set apart Making sure our lives are aligned with His heart They need to be careful with the special gifts As unclean things and God are in conflict Because they cannot make things become elegant People cannot make things become reverent "I, THE LORD, MAKE HOLY THINGS SACRED YET IT WAS SIN WHO BREACHED AND INVADED MAKING MY CREATION CONGEST WITH HATRED SO SALVATION HAD TO BE AWAKENED "S O BE CLEANSED OF MALEVOLENCE TO BE FULL OF MY BENEVOLENCE LIVING LIVES OF RIGHTEOUS EXCELLENCE BECAUSE MY SPIRIT IS YOUR INHERITANCE "ENJOY THE TIMES OF HALLOWED ASSEMBLY REMEMBER WHEN I DISPLAYED MY SANCTITY LIKE WHEN I BROUGHT YOU OUT OF CAPTIVITY SO PRAISE AND WORSHIP ME MOST LAVISHLY" Let us not profane the Lord God Almighty The One who breathed and divided the sea Do not blaspheme and take His Name lightly Because He can...

Separation From the World

Inspired by Leviticus 18-20. "I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD "DO NOT FOLLOW       THE CUSTOMS OF HEATHENS TRYING TO APPEASE       THEIR WICKED DEMONS THEY MAY HAVE       THEIR LOGICAL REASONS BUT I AM HERE       TO GIVE YOU PROPER FREEDOM "DO NOT ENGAGE       IN INCEST, LUST,  OR IDOLATRIES KNOW THAT THESE       ARE ALL IMMORAL QUALITIES I AM NOT GIVING YOU       CONTRACTUAL POLICIES JUST A WAY TO LIVE       BY RIGHTEOUS PHILOSOPHIES "DO NOT FORFEIT TO THE KING OF SHAME DO NOT OFFER ANYTHING IN ITS EVIL FLAMES THIS HEINOUS ACT I'M GOING TO DEFAME I THE NAME ABOVE ALL OTHER NAMES " SO FOLLOW MY INSTRUCTIONS VERY CLOSELY KNOW THAT THIS PHYSICAL WORLD IS A PHONY YOU ARE TO BE HOLY BECAUSE I AM HOLY A REFLECTION OF MY INFINITE GLORY "

The Scapegoat & Blood

Inspired by Leviticus 16 & 17 God made a declaration for a Day of Atonement As entering the Most Holy Place is encroachment If our soul and His Presence are not in alignment Unless someone agrees to be our proponent That proponent must be without sin within oneself Has to be purified and be of good spiritual health Carrying all of our sins just like a scapegoat Letting all the wickedness loose somewhere remote The life of every creature is in its blood The blood upon the altar purifies us in love Therefore atonement is achieved so be encouraged We no longer have to fear the Holy Righteous Judge

Being Purified

Inspired by Leviticus 11-15 & Matthew Henry’s Commentary  God told Moses to test the people’s obedience Instructing them not to eat certain ingredients What animals to eat did He restrict To make the people holy and distinct To differentiate what is clean from impure So that their obedience can be better secured Because of man’s original perversity The next generation inherits depravity Mothers give birth with apprehension As the child is born into transgression Growing up as their defilement increases But God does not curse us with human diseases We simply choose to live in  perversion So God’s delegates inspect the filthy person And if found unclean that person is cut off Making communion with God be completely shut off So sacrifice one bird       and dip another in its blood  Redeem the unclean out from the mud Let the blood-stained bird fly and ascend From uncleanliness to purified may we transcend  As blood is the life force of every livi...

Holy Priesthood

Inspired by Leviticus 8-10 The Lord said to Moses "BRING AARON, HIS SONS,       AND ALL THEIR CLOTHES BRING THE EQUIPMENT       IN SERVICE TO THE LORD BRING THE OFFERING BULL       AND TWO MALE SHEEP BRING THE BASKET OF BREAD       MADE WITHOUT YEAST GATHER THE PEOPLE       AT THE MEETING TENT ENTRANCE AS YOU ANOINT THE LEADERS       OF THEIR REPENTANCE" So Moses consecrated the Tabernacle  Making it the people's hallowed chapel Then bestowed the offerings as a sacrifice To atone for the people's depravity and vice Then sprinkled oil and blood from the altar Ordaining the priests as the people's ministers "I WILL DISPLAY MY HOLINESS      THROUGH THOSE WHO COME NEAR ME BEFORE ALL THE PEOPLE      I WILL DISPLAY MY GLORY" As HIS priesthood we have to distinguish What is holy and what to relinquish So all our wrongs can be extinguished Si...

The Importance of Offerings

Inspired by Leviticus 1-7 After the Tabernacle had been complete Certain instructions did God entreat It was not to follow obligations But to free us from condemnation Because if God is all that is holy Than wickedness makes us all unworthy Unable to be intimate and be exhilarated Instead we would be obliterated So let our offerings be without defect For we do not want God to reject What we offer up before Him Because everything needs to be clean As we burn the offering to Jehovah It lifts to Him a pleasing aroma It is known as a special gift So to Heaven we can enlist We need to offer everything sacred  Not keep it for ourselves and be wasted  It is for our sake of atonement  A most blessed and holy moment  So pour out the blood and burn the fat As the priest becomes our diplomat Making us purified and right with Him Making our sins be forgiven

The Great Commission

Inspired by Matthew 28; Mark 16; Luke 24 Very early of the Sunday mourning After He was crucified without warning When some women came for His adorning The Son of Man finished His reforming Even terrified and bowed low to the ground What the women looked for could not be found Remember what had been previously said He would be betrayed but rise from the dead Come and see the empty linen wrappings He has finished what God's been planning No more need for grief or to be suffering Come see the new life He is ushering "Why be frightened, why be in doubt? I'm not some ghost as some have vouched All my agony had to be allowed So My Spirit upon you can be endowed" He died a prisoner but ascended as King Had no possessions but now owns everything Declares to go and make disciples So let us go out and bring revival!

The Death of Sin

Inspired by Hosea 10:8; Matthew 27; Mark 15; Luke 23 It was asked if Jesus was a king But no fault was found within him, nothing  People said the problem was his teaching  So “Crucify him! Crucify him!” were they shouting  The place of wickedness is about to  crumble  As GOD makes the earth shake and rumble The people will cry for the mountains to bury them  As the drying trees are being condemned  The crowds watched and the leaders scoffed  As Jesus was nailed to the cross  “Prove yourself King of the Jews” And on and on did they continue  Death is deserved for all our crimes  As righteousness has been declined  And ignore what is holy and divine  So the consequence was realigned  So once darkness falls across the land  Trust your spirit into GOD’s hands  As the curtain is torn right down the middle  Because there has been an acquittal  So wrap yourself with clean linen  And place yourself in...

Jesus in Gethsemane & Before the Council

Inspired by Matthew 26:31-75; Mark 14:27-72; Luke 22:31-71 Jesus said  "Father, Your ways are unstoppable For You nothing is impossible But do I need to give this offering? Can You take away the suffering? The pain and torment I want to decline But let Your will be done, Lord, not mine" Judas led a crowd as he was remiss As the Son of Man was betrayed with a kiss Jesus asked "Am I some dangerous revolutionary? Did you have to come with swords to arrest me?" Jesus was accused of being a scoundrel Standing trial before a rigid council Any wrongdoing could only be implied And He remained silent making no reply "Are you the Messiah?" Was the question "I AM coming on the clouds of heaven" Three, the number of the Trinity Of perfection and of divinity The same number of times      of being with Jesus would Peter deny But by dying a hero's death      to the Father's will did Jesus comply

The Last Supper

Inspired by Matthew 26:1-30; Mark 14:1-26; Luke 22:1-30 Two days before Passover      at the Festival of Unleavened Bread Religious leaders were worried       that the people may riot in dread Jesus was a guest of Simon      Who was a former leper Jesus' head was poured over      From a jar of alabaster Some said the jar could've been sold      And the money given to the poor Jesus said, "This woman has come to prepare      My body for what is in store" Judas went to the religious leaders      and said Jesus' head he'll deliver The leaders agreed to the betrayal      and paid thirty pieces of silver The day came when       the Passover Lamb  would be sacrificed When Jesus and the disciples      had to appease their appetites Jesus foretold of a guest room      where they would have their meal Two disciples fol...

When Jesus Returns 2

Inspired by Matthew 25 The Kingdom of Heaven Will be like ten bridesmaids who took their lamps To meet the bridegroom.  Five were foolish, the others wise; all took a nap Then the bridegroom came And the bridesmaids all got prepared The five wise ones had extra oil But with the foolish ones could not be shared The foolish ones went out Coming back they cried, "Open the door for us!" But they just heard "I don't know you." Be ready! No one can foresee the return of Jesus Again, the Kingdom of Heaven Is like a man going on a long trip To three servants fortunes he did equip The servants invested the money as they saw fit Two of them doubled up what they were enriched The third one eventually got his asset stripped      To those who use well what they are given           They will have an abundance      But to those who do nothing and don't listen           They will be seen as repugnant When Jesus returns...

The End of Days

Inspired by Matthew 24; Mark 13; Luke 21:5-36 Jesus said, "There will be a time of great persecution Believers will be dragged into prisons You will stand trial before others Because you are my followers " You'll be betrayed by those deeply trusted Leaving you hurt and feeling disgusted  But this will be a great opportunity To tell the whole world about me "Do not worry about defending yourself God's own Spirit will provide help You will be given the right words and wisdom That your opponents can't argue against them "At the end of days  Many will claim to be the Savior So don't be fooled by their misbehavior You'll hear of wars and insurrections Nation will fight against other nations "There'll be earthquakes, plagues, and famine and also miraculous signs from heaven You'll be terrorized by fearful harpies As the holy city is surrounded by armies "Those will be the days of God's vengeance So get on your knees in deep repent...

King Over All the Earth

Inspired by Zechariah 14 Watch, for the day of the LORD is coming When the gates of hell are threatening And yet the enemy is not prevailing For there will be a reckoning On that day Sources of light will not shine For it will be continuous day Only the LORD knows how this will happen For HE will make a way On that day Life-giving waters will flow For it has been foretold We will walk streets of gold In the Book of Life we're enrolled On that day His Kingdom will be enlarged As His City becomes established Prisoners will be discharged As sin will have been banished On that day horses' bells will be sanctified The wages of sin will be ratified God's glory will be magnified As His Grace and Love are satisfied Also inspired by  Matthew Henry's Commentary

The Fountain & the Remaining Sheep

Inspired by Zechariah 13 "A FOUNTAIN WILL BE OPENED      FOR THE GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE            AFTER MY OWN HEART A FOUNTAIN OF CLEANSING      FROM IMPURITY AND DEFILEMENT           SO MY LOVE I CAN IMPART "I WILL ERASE GRAVEN IMAGES      FALSE DEITIES WILL BE FORGOTTEN CLAIRVOYANCY HAS NO PRIVELEGES      AS THEIR LIES WILL BE DOWNTRODDEN "AWAKE, O SWORD, AGAINST MY SHEPHERD      THE MAN WHO IS MY PARTNER LET THE SHEEP GO UNTETHERED      LET THEM BECOME FOREIGNERS "LET THOSE WHO REMAIN      GO THROUGH THE FIRE          AND BECOME PURIFIED THESE ARE MY PEOPLE      AND THEY WILL CRY           'Let Your Name be glorified!' "

Zechariah 12

Hear from HE who laid the earth's foundations Who formed the human spirit's motivations Will make attackers drunk in intoxication Unable to penetrate His City in frustration "I'LL CAUSE WAR HORSES TO BECOME ERRATIC AS ENEMY SOLDIERS RUN AROUND IN PANIC I WILL PUT AN END TO THIS UNHOLY SIEGE I, THE LORD OF HEAVEN'S ARMIES "MY PEOPLE WILL BURN LIKE A WILDFIRE SET AGAINST ADVERSARIAL NEIGHBORS THE WEAKEST SHALL BECOME MIGHTY AS I GIVE MY PEOPLE THE VICTORY "LOOK UPON HIM WHOM YOU'VE PIERCED MOURN LIKE MOTHERS WHO CANNOT NURSE GRIEVE LIKE THE FIRSTBORN SON HAD DIED BUT BECAUSE OF HIM MY GRACE WILL ABIDE"

The Broken Herdsmen & Flock

Inspired by Zechariah 11:4-17 This is what the Lord my God says "CARE FOR THE FLOCK       INTENDED FOR SLAUGHTER WHO WERE WILLINGLY SOLD       TO BE BUTCHERED FOR I WILL NO LONGER       HAVE PITY ON THIS COUNTRY IT'LL TURN INTO A WASTELAND       WITH NO HELP FROM ME" So the flock that was oppressed was taken care of Using staffs Favor and Union to show them love Getting rid of three herdsmen in a single month But the shepherd and flock had to confront If they die they will die, if killed they are killed The covenant between them would go unfulfilled Payment was made, thirty pieces of silver Taking the payment and thrown to the potter "SEE THE HERDSMEN WHO DO NOT CARE WHO LEAVE THE FLOCK  IN CONSTANT DESPAIR OF THEIR TERRIBLE FATE TRY NOT TO SHARE CAUSE THE RELATIONSHIP  CAN BE REPAIRED"

The Lord Restores His People

Inspired by Zechariah chapter 10 Ask the Lord for rain in the spring For HE makes the storm clouds And they will praise Him and sing So the flowers can abound Lucky charms are just worthless To deceit psychics have pressured  So His people are in danger so perilous Like lost sheep without their shepherd "THE LORD WILL PUNISH FALSE HERDSMEN FOR I WILL LOOK AFTER MY OWN FLOCK I WILL MAKE THEM STRONG AND POTENT THEY'LL BE HARDENED LIKE A ROCK "FROM JUDAH COMES THE CORNERSTONE MIGHTY WARRIORS GOING INTO BATTLE ALL THE ENEMIES WILL BE OVERTHROWN STRENGTHENING AND SAVING ISRAEL "THEIR HEARTS WILL BE MADE HAPPY AS IF THEY HAD DRANK NEW WINE THE HAPPINESS WILL BE CATCHY WITH CHILDREN GLAD IN THE DIVINE "THEY WILL ALL COME RUNNING SINCE THEY ARE REDEEMED FROM DISTANT LANDS THEY'RE RUSHING FROM DISTANT LANDS THEY'RE ESTEEMED "PASSING SAFELY       THROUGH THE SEA OF DISTRESS FOR THE WAVES OF THE SEA       WILL BE HELD BACK IT IS THROUGH ME  THEY WI...

Zechariah 9

A message came against the enemies of the Lord “BEWARE THE COMING OF MY SWORD  YOU ABUNDANT WITH SILVER AND GOLD FOR THE CITY OF MY PEOPLE WILL BE RESTORED  “BE FILLED WITH FEAR AND THEN TREMBLE  WHO UPON MY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN UNGENTLE THE HOLY CITY WILL BE REASSEMBLED  AND I WILL COME AND GUARD MY TEMPLE” Then the Lord declared to come rejoice! The coming King has been deployed  He may come from a Trinity  But still humble riding on a donkey  His realm will stretch from sea to sea As He brings peace to every country  He’ll repay two blessings for each trouble  As defeated enemies fall and stumble  For the Living God will protect His people  Rescuing and enacting His great retrieval  They will once again drink new wine  For His covenant will be enshrined 

The Faithful City

Inspired by Zechariah chapter 8 The One True Living God says "I'M CONSUMED WITH PASSION FOR MY PEOPLE PASSIONATE FOR THEIR CITY SO REGAL ON TOP OF ITS MOUNTAIN WITH NO EQUAL WHERE THERE'LL BE NO PRESENCE OF ANY EVIL "ONCE AGAIN ELDERS WILL WALK THE STREETS LAY THEIR CANES DOWN AND SIT AT PEACE CHILDREN WILL ALWAYS PLAY AND NEVER CEASE WHEN I RETURN SINCE MY GLORY DOESN'T SLEEP “TO THE REMNANT IT LOOKS IMPOSSIBLE  BUT KNOW THAT I AM UNSTOPPABLE  RESCUING MY PEOPLE SCATTERED PROXIMAL BECAUSE MY LOVE IS UNDENIABLE  “SO BE STRONG AND FINISH THE TASK YOU WILL NO LONGER BE ATTACKED  YOU CAN FINALLY ENJOY PEACE AT LAST  AS LONG AS YOU DO WHAT I HAVE ASKED  “TELL THE TRUTH TO EACH OTHER  RENDER VERDICTS THAT ARE PROPER  DON’T SCHEME SO THAT PEOPLE SUFFER  STOP TELLING LIES THAT CAN BE UNCOVERED  “SO YOU WON’T HAVE TO MOURN NO MORE CAUSE JOY AND CELEBRATION ARE IN STORE PEOPLE WILL COME FROM EVERY SHORE TO CATCH MY BLESSINGS YOU WILL HAVE WORN”

A Call for Justice and Mercy

Inspired by Zechariah chapter 7 We may ask ourselves Is it okay to continue fasting? Then comes a response "HEAR FROM THE EVERLASTING "WAS IT FOR ME THAT YOU ABSTAINED? YET DURING FESTIVALS YOU WERE ENTERTAINED THIS IS WHAT THE LORD ALWAYS PROCLAIMED FOR YOURSELVES YOU HAVE REMAINED "YOU SHOULD JUDGE EACH OTHER FAIRLY SHOWING KINDNESS AND ALSO MERCY NOT OPPRESSING THOSE WHO ARE LOWLY AND SCHEMING AGAINST OTHERS WICKEDLY "YOUR PREDECESSORS REFUSED TO LISTEN COVERING THEIR EARS TO KEEP FROM HEARING HARDENING THEIR HEARTS TO BE INHUMAN SO WITH THEM I WAS VERY MADDENED "SCATTERING THEM AMONGST THE NATIONS FOR THEM TO EXPERIENCE DISTANT RELATIONS TO STOP THEIR IMMORAL CELEBRATIONS BECAUSE THEY REVELED IN THEIR VIOLATIONS"