Stand

Stand

When you find your appropriate spot,
Challengers will dare to knock you off.
Rivals will test you to see what you got,
Taunt, tempt to entrap you with scoff.
Should they be unable to irk your nerve,
Rest assured the struggle is not done.
The blitz will intensify with more verve.
Evil acts may be masked as harmless fun.
The whole intent is to bring you down,
To draw you into their misguided band.
No matter what, don’t you breakdown.
Brace yourself and maintain your stand.

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand… Ephesians 6:10-13

At Calvary, Jesus stood in our place to take away our sin that we might be in right standing with God. He is standing at the right hand of the Father making intercession for His people right now. He stood for you. Are you in right standing with Him?

RevLDReedSr
I Owe Jesus
2/26/2010

The Value of a Friend

The Value of a Friend

A true friend is precious beyond any doubt.
They gladly take you in, when you’ve been cast out.
Brings you around when your logic is unsound.
Boost your spirit, when burdens weigh you down.
Know something is wrong, when you say all is right.
When you are embattled, they join the fight.
Do not say you’re right when they see you’re wrong.
Yet, try not to hurt you when you’re off-key in song.
They are there to encourage saying, “You can do it!”
They show support saying, “I’ll help you through it.”
A good friend’s value cannot truly be measured.
Let your friends know the bond between you is treasured.

Proverbs 17:17 (Amp) A friend loves at all times, and is born, as is a brother, for adversity.

Proverbs 18: 24. A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Jesus is the best friend you can ever know. He gave His life because He loved you so. He promised to be with those who sincerely love Him wherever and through whatever they must go.
Do you know Him? He desires your friendship.

RevLDReedSr
I Owe Jesus
2/26/2010

The Boiling Pot

The Boiling Pot

From melting pot to boiling pot,
The ire within the tribes is burning hot.
Partisan factions prevent vital progress.
As rulers wrestle, the less fortunate regress.
Privileged, power craving men rouse the fray,
Denigrating those who differ with what they say.
Many make their living stirring up discontent,
Using media to dupe and disciple the malcontent.
Even the church is at fault for the present state,
Many confess loving Jesus, while exhibiting hate.
Others desire to live life void of any inhibition,
They rail against all things related to Godly tradition.
Faithless rulers promise to lead to higher dimensions.
Enriching themselves, they retire to their pensions.
The downtrodden seethe for lack of support,
Some see law breaking as their only resort.
Many reels feeling their life has little worth,
They see not a future of hope but one of dearth.

Jeremiah 1: 13. God's Message came again: "So what do you see now?"
I said, "I see a boiling pot, tipped down toward us." (Message Bible)

Man forsakes God; God forsakes man.
Man suffers for he has forsaken God’s plan.
Let us return to God, from Him we began.
Let us not grow faint under the weight of life’s demands.
But, entirely trust God to sustain us by His Almighty hands.

RevLDReedSr
I Owe Jesus
2/23/2010

Hug Me, Baby

Hug Me, Baby

Honey, I need a hug.
Your hugs mend me like a drug,
Lifts me when life hits me like a slug.
Your hold is just right-
Tender, but not too tight.
What a blessed delight.
Your hugs are unmistakable.
Your hugs are irreplaceable.
Let us be to each other forever embraceable.
Hug me, Baby.

A
Heartfelt
Understanding
Gesture

Bless your fresh-flowing fountain!
Enjoy the wife you married as a young man!
Lovely as an angel, beautiful as a rose—
don't ever quit taking delight in her body.
Never take her love for granted!

Proverbs 5:18-19 (Message Bible)

RevLDReedSr
I Owe Jesus
2/19/10

How Can I Hold My Peace

How Can I Hold My Peace?

How can I hold my peace?
You have rescued me because of your mercy,
Frustrating my enemy’s plot to frustrate me.

How can I hold my peace?
You granted healing when I had ill health.
You saved me, securing for my soul eternal wealth.

How can I hold my peace?
You favor me to prosper in the works of my hands.
Yet, You fittingly discipline me to obey your commands.

How can I hold my peace?
You hear me when I cry out and wipe away my tears.
Then lovingly bless me, turning my groans into cheers.

How can I hold my peace?
You fill my heart with joy giving me reason to dance.
I shall ever thank You for giving me another chance.

How can I hold my peace?
You set my heart to beat to the rhythm of Your potent word.
Let me not hold my peace until, of Jesus, multitudes have heard.

But if I say, "Forget it!
No more God-Messages from me!"
The words are fire in my belly,
a burning in my bones.
I'm worn out trying to hold it in.
I can't do it any longer!
Jeremiah 20:9 (Message Bible)

Psalm 30:11 (KJV) You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy, 12 that I might sing praises to you and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever!


Do you know Him, Jesus Christ, God’s Son?

RevLDReedSr
I Owe Jesus
2/11/2010

Grace for Growth

While traveling in the company of Christ, there will be those who are around you who despise you. They more so despise the One (Jesus) you represent. Some will be so bold as to incite you to act contrary to the nature of Christ, to trip you, to trap you to shame you. They are unaware that their tactics, in the end, will strengthen you, sharpen your focus on Christ and His will, and thereby make your testimony more powerful. Christ shall fight against them on your behalf and to His glory and He shall put them to flight or they shall fall around your feet, as you stand upright in Him. Evildoers beware of trying to trip God’s children, for you are only ensuring your own demise.

Proverbs 24:15-16 (The Message)

Don't interfere with good people's lives; don't try to get the best of them.No matter how many times you trip them up, God-loyal people don't stay down long;Soon they're up on their feet, while the wicked end up flat on their faces.


RevLDReedSr
I Owe Jesus
2/8/10

The Woman at My Side

The Woman at My Side

Heaven has smiled upon me,
Giving me joy, I cannot hide
It’s because of you, my sweetie,
The woman at my side.

I give honor to you, my love;
With you, I am well satisfied.
Fits me like a hand in a glove,
The woman at my side.

You have hung in there with me,
In trials, we smoothed up the rough side.
You personify tasteful femininity,
The woman at my side.

May our blessed journey continue,
All our hopes and dreams coincide.
With you, my dream for love came true,
The woman at my side.

The Lord has great blessings in store,
May He continue to be our Guide.
May He show me how to love you even more,
The woman at my side.

J’adore, Abbie.

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. 1 Peter 3:7

RevLDReedSr
I Owe Jesus
2/1/10

He Saw the Best in Me

He Saw the Best in Me

While my errors were exposed,
He understood my vulnerability.
Even as my failures were itemized,
He, yet, looked beyond my liability.
As I groaned under my unworthiness,
He provided mercy for my fragility.
Whilst others divested themselves of me,
At Calvary, He invested in my possibility.
Although sin and shame covered me,
Faith in Him imputed to me respectability.
As the worst of me merited judgment,
He saw me in Him, with Him in eternal tranquility.

He Saw the Best in Me – Himself.

Jesus saves, sanctifies, and satisfies!

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. Ephesians 1:3-6

RevLDReedSr
I Owe JESUS
2/1/2010

Ode to LOVE

Ode to LOVE

Love - The highest good
All people should – Love
Love – It brightens the face
An incomparable grace – Love
Love – Heartens the broken
Arouses when fitly spoken - Love
Love – Discernible in one’s deeds
Makes strong men weak-kneed - Love
Love - Sickens the heart when it goes cold
A desire of the young and the old - Love
Love – A precious gift God showered on humanity
Perfectly embodied in the Christ of Christianity - Love

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
1 John 4:7-11

RevLDReedSr
I Owe JESUS
1/31/10