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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...