BEARING THE IMPRINT OF IT'S ORIGIN

Lord, is there a vibration in my heart that only you can hear?

That distinct cry of a child that a mother runs to.

There is a welling up in me, that can't be expressed in words, groanings from deep inner space...melodious discords of longing and searching.

Shall I find that right note,

that note filled with power that will fill all my being with songs of knowing praise?

Lord, accept these songs of my heart...fill the sanctuary of my being...Your temple with praises of Spirit Truth.

My inner man worships you Lord...

Most Holy God.

Oh present moment

Devine Ambassador

Declaring the will of God

Full of Glory!

Full of Joy!

Expect nothing beyond it

You'll lack nothing

Be satisfied

with my all sufficiant grace

Oh heart

Accept with abandonment

ever advancing

never halting

in winds of providence

Life's infinite voyage

Oh adorable moment.... SET YOUR MIND LIKE A COMPASS

spread with veils....YOUR EYES FIXED AND FIRM

holy in Your manifestation.... UNWAVERED IN MY PRESENCE

though shadows fall.... DO NOT TRY TO TURN

with utter devastation displayed.... NEITHER RIGHT NOR LEFT

I AM reigns!....STEP BY STEP

with secret and divine wisdom.... ALONG THE NARROW WAY

in every passing moment.... I AM THE "NORTH STAR"

My ceaseless increase.... I'LL GUIDE YOU ALL THE WAY

most excellent,

bears the imprint of divine origin........ JEL

LORD, YOU HAVE SHOWN US THAT OUR LIVES ARE LIKE THE BLOOMING OF A ROSE...ONE PETAL AT A TIME.

EACH PETAL IS TIGHTLY WOUND AROUND THE NEXT IN PERFECT SYMMETRY. ONLY YOU, MASTER CREATOR, HAVE SET THE ORBIT OF IT'S UNFOLDING, AND ARE WORTHY OF THE OPEN FACE OF IT...YET YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO SHARE IT'S BEAUTY AS A TESTIMONY OF WHO YOU ARE.

ONE PETAL AT A TIME

THROUGH SUNSHINE AND THROUGH RAIN

ONE PETAL AT A TIME

TO GLORIFY YOUR NAME

TILL BUDDED FLOWER BE BLOOM

AND SENDS OFF SWEET PERFUME

ONE PETAL AT A TIME

MY HEART'S ONE SONG REFRAIN.................jOY Lackey

LORD, ONCE AGAIN I HAVE COME TO THE PLACE IN THE DARK WHERE ALL I CAN SEE IS MY FEET...I DON'T KNOW WHERE I AM OR WHERE I'M GOING...I AM COMPLETELY POWERLESS TO EFFECT ONE THING IN MY LIFE. I'M ASHAMED THAT I'VE ENDED UP HERE AGAIN...AND I'M AFRAID.

YOU HAVE LED ME THUS FAR...AND NEVER FAILED ME...BUT MY HEART IS SICK, BECAUSE I LONG TO BE GROWN UP ENOUGH TO LEAD OTHERS IN YOUR WAY...I LONG TO SEE THEM DELIVERED AND SET FREE...

I HAVE NO MIGHT...I HAVE NO POWER...I KNOW IN MY HEAD WHERE IT COMES FROM...HOLY SPIRIT GRIEVE NOT AT MY LACK OF FAITH AND UNBELIEF...HELP ME LORD WITH MY UNBELIEF.

MY ONE CONSOLATION IS THAT NO MATTER WHAT A FAILIURE I AM, AND NO MATTER WHAT I THINK OR FEEL...YOU "WILL" FINISH EVERY WORK YOU START...IN ME, IN THOSE I LOVE, AND IN THE WORLD...BE GLORIFIED, AND HONORED AND PRAISED...BLESSED IS YOUR NAME ABOVE EVERY NAME. IN YOU IS POWER AND STRENGTH AND SALVATION...IN YOU ALONE.

A NEW DAY

Lord...here it is another week has gone by...I can hardly keep up anymore.

One day just seems to run into the other.

That's the way the minutes go by for me...one thought of you to the next. I never feel alone, but I long to look upon your face more and more.

Help me to be more aware of the "New Day" in you...to perceive you as the rising sun that gives joy and blessing and hope.

That fills my heart with reason to rejoice in gladness and thanksgiving.

The nations rage...the earth is heaving from within...the oceans are breaking beyond their boundaries...and the souls of men run to and fro in fear and confusion...

I am so blessed to run to you for shelter from the storms of life...let me sit at your feet and share your interceding heart for this lost and dying world. Teach me of your compassion, your patience and forgiveness...

Teach me to stand firm against that which is pure evil and at war with you Lord...Give me knowledge, and wisdom that does not compromise your truth...Keep me in the narrow way.

Lord, give me a sound mind, a mind and spirit that is calm, at peace, and resting in the faith and confidence that, "ALL IS WELL" in You. This is the rest that the world cannot give, and it cannot be obtained through my own reasoning, reading, or seeking answers from man.

Thank you for the Holy Spirit that councils, comforts, and guides...thank you for the joy that fills my heart... the hope, the wonder, the revelation of who you are...all this and more rushes like a mighty river from the dawning of the new day...

I give you praise and honor and glory...I bow before you, magnifying your name which is above all names...in heaven and in earth

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Thank you for this new day Lord. Blessed be your name.

HIS INEXPRESSIBLE PRESENCE

Lord...You have brought me to a place where you are utterly inexpressible. I have spent my whole Christian life trying and longing to share you according to how I perceive you, with my own understanding, my own feelings, my own set of values and convictions...

I thought that I was walking in the way you had chosen for me...walking in your Spirit...

Until now...

How could I possibly think to express what is Your Devine Spirit, out of my own spirit? To manifest your Devine nature out of my carnal nature?

There were times when my spirit rose into the blinding Light of your glory...but now I see that the Light only obscured the open vision and I was left to interpret it by my own understanding and perceptions.

"Eye has not seen, ear has not heard, neither has it entered into the heart of man, the things that you have prepared for us my Lord."

In my heart there is such a longing for the knowledge of you, your will and purpose...for me...your church...your bride.

From the time I became your own...I've desired to express through my life, my faith, and my testimony in service and love...to tell how you have replaced my fears and doubts with faith, hope, and confidence in your Word. How you have given me joy that the world never gives, in place of deep sorrow and despair.

Yes Lord...I have tried to express the inexpressible..and now I can do nothing but fall before you and confess my ignorant zeal...my proselytizing in my own spirit...

Oh Lord forgive me...do whatever it takes to empty me out of dead works...fill me with your Spirit Word that brings, joy, comfort, peace, deliverance, and healing and the very Life of Your Salvation to the hearer...

Work in me Lord, even according to Your Spirit Word, in proclaiming your inexpressible Presence.