It is good to praise the Lord. Make music to His name. Profess His love each morning. At night, faithfulness claim.Make music with the stringed lyre. Harp’s melody employ.O Lord, Your deeds make me glad. Your works bring songs of joy.How great are Your mighty works. How profound are Your thoughts! We praise Your great…
Author: ruthbillingsley
My Journey to Contentment
Thank you, God,For the way You teach. Through Your Word and others, My heart You will reach.You help me to findContentment and peace, To rest in Your arms;In You, I’m complete.Complete to be Happy and freeIn all circumstances,Your strength in me. Can true contentment be possible? Only if we find our contentment within. Our circumstances…
See God
As I pray, Lord, let me see Visions of Your face.Reveal Your person unto me And fill that empty space.Let me see You as the LightThat shines every day.Guide me as I walk with You And help me find my way.Let me see You as the Wind That blows through the trees.Show me Your mighty…
Spirit and Truth
We are to come and worshipIn spirit and in truth.“What is the meaning of this?”Asks the old and the youth.True and faithful worshipersHave no appointed place,No time or ceremony,Just guided by God’s grace.It may be with familyOr it may be all alone.It may be in a church houseOr kneeling at God’s throne.Enter God’s holy presence,…
By The Sea
Count it all joyWhen trials arrive,Testing your faith;For patience strive.Then patience yieldsIts perfect deed,Completes your life.Gives all you need.Wisdom you lack?Come, ask the Lord.He gives to all.Your faults ignored.But ask in faith,Without a doubt,Or you’ll be likeThe sea, tossed about.Be focused, sure,Steadfast; believe.Then from the LordYou will receive.Blessed is the manWho endures trials.When he prevailsGod…
Summer
The day and the night is Yours.You made the moon and the sun.You set all the earth’s boundaries.Summer and winter – begun.(Based on Psalm 74:17) The first day of summer was June 20. When God created, He set the boundaries from sea to sea and He established the seasons. Every year the seasons come and…
Russell LaRue Steward
Honoring My Father on Father’s Day I lift up my eyes to the hills.From where comes my help, my rescue? It comes from the Lord, the makerOf heaven and earth, ever true.True to His word, always faithful. He’ll watch over you and will keep Your feet from slipping or falling And will neither slumber nor…
River of God
“He showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God.” Revelation 22:1 I saw the river of life,Water that is crystal clear.It flows from the throne of GodAnd of the Lamb we hold dear.The tree of life will bear fruit,Each month, abundant and free.Its leaves will…
Nahum’s Warning
“The Lord has His way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of His feet.”Nahum 1:3 Nahum had a vision.He had a burden too. Spoke against NinevehAs he told them God’s view.God is a jealous God, And the Lord will repay. He is so furious;His wrath will not delay.God…
Prayer’s Power
Moses interceded for the people. He gazed on God, face to face. He prayed in faith and believed, Pleading for mercy and grace.You go before us in a cloud, At night, by a burning fire. Now I pray, be with us all,For this is my heart’s desire.The Lord is longsuffering, Abundant in grace and love.Forgive…