The Conquest

Once when I was afraid I thought,
“What need is there to fear?”
Why should I fret for physical life
When your angels are always near.
Why should I fear the loss of food
Or the loss of valued property?
When you made and own all the cattle on a thousand hills
And can provide anything that I need to me!
Why should I fear to speak out about you
Because of what men may say?
For your words are TRUTH and SALVATION
And people really need them today!
Why do I fear surrendering,
Totally letting you take control?
For who can do best for the creation,
Than the creator of that soul?
Fear is the Christian’s great enemy,
For it saps our power from above.
It hampers and confuses clear thinking,
And it inhibits us from sharing God’s agape love.
God’s agape love is the key to the conquest
For it perfectly casts out all fear.
By His given Spirit we can have His love in abundance
And the victory over fear will always be near!

Copyright 1995

Romans 12

Is this the price I have to pay
For a closer walk with thee?
To lose the things dear to my life,
The things to important to me?

I feel poured out and empty now
With nothing left inside.
I feel so lost and directionless,
I feel as if I died.

But you require this death in me
To die that I might live.
That I might live my life for you,
And to you my whole life give.

It is a small thing that I do
To lose these things I see.
When compared to what you sacrificed,
When you gave your life for me.

Copyright 1995

Rat Race Blues

Stop the world and let me leave
Let me leave this place
Things are going much too fast
I just can't keep this pace

I'm tired of running here and there
And working with great speed
Why can't we all just slow down a bit
Why can't we work with ease

There aren't enough hours in the day
To do the things I want to do
There isn't enough time to just relax
Because I'm always on the move

Let's take it easy for a while
Just put the world on hold
Let's stop just once to catch our breath
Before we all get old

So what a few things will go undone
Are they more important than me
Will the world fall apart because I'm not there
Let's try it once and see

I'm tired of running in this race
I'm tired of being a rat
Why can't I be a turtle, or a snail
Or anything slow like that

Please stop the world so I could leave
Please, let me leave this place
Things still are going much too fast
And I really can't keep this pace

Copyright 1995

Psalm 51

Lord help me in my hour of need,
My time of deep regret.
A time when I suffer for forgetting you,
While me you never forget.

As a wayward child, I slumber home,
With a broken spirit and a sorrowful face.
You await me, as always, with your open arms of mercy and love…
Why did I ever leave in the first place?

Jesus hold me in your strong, loving arms
And please Lord, hold me tight.
Keep me close to you in your holy light
And hide my face from Satan’s evil night.

Lord I know that you are truly able
To keep me perfectly!
And the responsibility for staying close to you,
Really lies with me!

So please me to live and abide in your love
And give to you my all.
By doing this I know that I
Shall never, ever, fall!

Copyright 1995