Righteousness

Righteousness Do not forget about the Presence Within Offered by Doug Blair, Kitchener ON, 2021

Jesus is Lord And you sing with the others Open the Gospels to Trace His Earth Walk.

You are His purchase A blood-bought transaction Bringing compassion With more than just talk.

Now there’s a Righteousness You didn’t earn it But you have access To assets of gold.

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Hearing His whispers And armed with His righteousness Devils must all flee And so we’ve been told.

Partners in rescue And light to the darkened ones Such grand equipment Made free now for you Will you get going?

Beyond Sunday morning Will you help others to gain Their breakthrough?

Singing the Best of Songs

Set the standard high No need for second best For every Word of God 2

Will grant His righteousness and rest.

You read with new peeled eyes The Spirit is the Coach The yoke-mate is your Saviour Inviting your approach.

He suffered for the good And may require the same From those who see the hurts around And function in His Name.

A Soul in Peril

Father, I pray for this dear man.

He sees no need for your great plan.

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He little cares about our Jesus; Lives his life just as he pleases.

Nothing shakes his self-reliance, Though it is but God-defiance..

When I try to share the Gospel, He just thinks it quite impossible, That a life without gross scandal Will be lost without Christ’s mantle.

In his business, he is honest.

In his family he is so blessed.

How can this fine civic hero Be convinced that he scores zero On your scale of righteous worth?

Will you interrupt his mirth?

Will you show his blackened heart?

Will you pull his pride apart?

Sad to say, he does partake Of a church you didn’t make.

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One which states that all find Heaven.

One admitting worldly leaven.

One where new birth truth is missing.

One which makes the Cross a trite thing.

Please, dear Lord, assign your Spirit; Show him Hell, and make him fear it.

Show him how in Adam’s fall, Sin crept into one and all.

Sin, which exalts selfish purpose, Sin, which renders good deeds worthless.

I believe that by your Spirit You will make his conscience hear it.

Interrupt his treadmill days.

Show him scripture, power, praise!

Plant a hunger, Lord, for your best.

Over-rule his vain success quest.

He is frightened to examine The extent of his faith’s famine.

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He distrusts what still confounds him.

Show him how your love surrounds him.

How your dear Son’s blood sufficed.

How to find his life in Christ.

Precious Father, I can say naught, How his pardon must be blood-bought.

He suspects my motives are wrong; So I pray to see him made strong.

On my knees, I plead his case.

Humble him, and show him grace. at May 24, 2009 Labels: Gift of Repentance, Intercession, Wickedness, Witnessing

Rescuing in the Course of Things

Just a casual conversation Hurt was there

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And could be seen As she hinted help was needed For a mindset sad, unclean From a daily grind oppressive She checked out my eyes for truth.

Gentlemen, now start your engines.

Kindness, quietness, living proof.

I knew that the Lord was with me His the power to batter Hell And I shared in His Commission.

Knowing things would Work out well.

Having the Nerve

Skirted around it so many years The beetle digging into that loved one

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The handicap, the concealed wrong The thing finally to be rooted out.

Brought to little account. Destroyed.

With patience, love, large listening ears.

And there may be angry response Or slick sideways movement and aversion.

But it is out now.

Named.

Put under a spotlight.

With backing up experiences, observations.

Hopefully a worthy project to be shared.

It's what friends and family do!

Lord forgive me reluctance and cowardice Of the past.

Show all your perfect path and remedies.

And quickly.

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Another Sunrise, Randomly

Startled

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The prophecies of Isaiah 52 and 53 give the impression that onlookers would be startled (astonied KJV) at the suffering servant Messiah who comes so badly beaten and disfigured.

He speaks in terms of a corporate body being in receipt of the blessing.

This must also be our point of view; God ever moving The Body forward to its appointed destiny. As one member is blessed, we rejoice. As one member is strained in adversity, we weep. We were not meant to be fixed on the individual. It is for the grasping world and not the Church to be saying, “Yeah, but what have you done for ME today?” Most North American assemblies cannot get this oriental spirit of community into their fabric.

Oh, but if we could! There would come to mind and heart all of the stories of blessing, victory, noble endeavour, conditioned power and Christ-likeness to be found throughout history and throughout the planet.

And we would have our place in all of it. We would not be detached and waiting desperately for the big blue star to go up opposite our name on the board.

It was with this in mind that I produced the ebook “Goodness, Startling”.

http://issuu.com/deedub51/docs/goodness_startling

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In those times when I worry childishly about my own pot of trouble, God will eventually pick me up with thoughts of His marvelous creation, His artistry, His Church in various forms of joyful manifestation world-wide, His unfailing promises being worked out as years progress, His love through the Cross and Empty Tomb.

I am startled and revived.

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