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Music for the Heart that Cries By Brenda Drake

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I sensed something different in a couple that spoke life and light into our life without speaking a word.  One day when the time was right we turned to them and they helped lead us to find the needed help we searched for.

Music for the Heart that Cries

Music for hearts that cry unfair,
That reaches out but is almost convinced no one cares.
Not only is there One that cares, His hand reaches down;
To lift to His side; to higher ground.
Pick up the broken hopes and dreams; do not throw them aside.
Jesus died to save your soul, to heal, and keep hope alive.
Lift your countenance and place a smile upon your face,
See the truth of God’s mercy and grace.
Allow songs of salvation to flood your land.
Allow within His strength and new life; make a stand.
Take up the armor of God that makes you a warrior ready to fight.
Against the evil influences in yours and in another’s life.
Make your life a new song; that brings joy and peace to another.
In a dance of freedom, with Jesus, your Soul’s Lover.
Praise the name of Jesus, in the Spirit speak;
You become the melody that helps another who seeks.

This is my commandment, That ye love one another,
as I have loved you.
John 15:12

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 5:16

Who Needs a Doctor, Who Needs a Friend by Brenda Drake

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I had a great hunger and thirst for God, and I needed a doctor, and  a friend. I am thankful someone took time to show me the way to find Him.

Who Needs a Doctor

Who needs a doctor?  Who needs a friend?
Who is it that is poor in spirit within?
What man is hungry? Does he thirst too?
Can this one find what he lacks when he comes to you?
Are you filled with the indwelling Christ?
Is He able to minister through your life?
His love refills and restores, His strength empowers
So great is His desire to upon His chosen His blessings shower.
If you need a doctor…if you need a friend;
If you are poor in spirit come freely to receive again.
He will not hold back in anger nor will He turn away.
For He needs many more laborers, to help show the lost the way.

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s. The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
Psalms 103:3-6

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me   
Matthew 25:35-40

Searching By By Brenda Drake

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Truly all I ever searched for is found in the knowledge, and in my decision to follow Jesus. I am now searching the vast wonders of the love of God.   

Searching

Men gather riches in their search for peace,
They explore in many places for wisdom to increase.
They walk many miles making their way in life;
But what they need to search for, is the way of Christ.
Searching for purpose in a world with no lasting future for them;
Searching for the comfort of a lasting friend;
Searching for truth …the meaning of life;
There is constant search for what is wrong and right;
And what does or does not belong;
Searching for the ability to remain young, healthy and strong.
I have good news to tell those that are in the search still;
There is one name that will the whole search fulfill.
Jesus…He is the truth, life and the way.
He is the Prince of peace and your friend to stay.
He is the most strong that all things can do.
He, by His work on the cross-made the way for you.
He is what the soul searches for.
He is King of kings and Lord of lords.
Jesus gives new purpose and is the provision for all your needs.
He the future that shines bright and He is the one that leads.
Jesus is the answer to every need or question within.
He is the One that died and lives and soon comes again.
Man’s search is over when he comes to the cross;
He then will be a light to help assist in the search of the lost.
Eternity ahead shines like diamonds on the streets of gold;
 A forever place where the riches of Christ unfold.
Where youth and vitality remain, for of Christ you are a part;
One forever, in loves light, standing heart to heart.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Matthew 7:7

Make a Splash By Brenda Drake

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September 22 page in my daily devotion book God’s Whispers to the Heart available on Amazon.

Whisper: Make a difference, take a stand for good.

1 Peter 4:10 -11
As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever.

Colossians 4:5 
Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

Make a Splash

Stir the waters make a splash.
In the dark seas of the world let others know where you are at.
Speak out against sin,
Use your words to glorify God again.
In this place of liberty harsh winds may still blow,
But in the storm remember the One who is in control.
Exercise the freedom of speech while you can.
Redeem the time; for God’s principals stand.
There is a time to be peaceful; to go with the flow;
This is the time to speak against the evil that threatens your soul.
Be bold in the authority and in the strength of Christ.
Make a difference in the surroundings of your life.
Make a difference; make a stand for good right where you are at.
Stir up the waters in your world make a splash!

I will boldly stand and say I am a follower of Christ; I believe and adhere to the Word of God.

Love Builds a Bridge

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We were hopelessly lost with no way to pay the debt of our sin. Jesus provided the bridge of Salvation for us to be able to be a forever part of His love. 

Love Builds a Bridge

Love builds a bridge over the muddy place,
Love seeks to extend mercy and grace.
Love leads to higher ground,
It will not-it refuses to push or put down.
Bridge-building love extends a helping hand;
Setting to work to mend, and heal the best way it can.
Love walks the extra mile it takes for success,
Love bows low to at God’s feet rest.
Bridges of love needs mending at times.
When your love gets prickly and hard to define,
Come to the One that builds love strong again.
Come to Jesus the Master-Builder, rely on Him.
He is the restorer of the breach, His divine touch restores.
The needed wisdom is found in Christ the Lord.
When two or more agree together in prayer,
The One who knows and hears all is there.
God is love and Jesus is love’s way.
He is the Good News of Salvation portrayed.
If you belong to Christ and you practice what you preach,
You will do what needs to be done to the lost soul reach.
You also become a bridge-builder to cause peace in the land.
As You love others as yourself and do as Jesus commands.
Love builds a bridge to lead the way,
To the other side where the Prince of Peace stays.

John 3:16-17
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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Like a Butterfly By Brenda Drake

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Like a Butterfly

Like a pretty butterfly flies across the path of your life
Constantly landing within your sight
Its beauty is admired, and you love its grace you see
But unless you follow after it, it slips away from thee
The words of the Savior, the truth about His love for man
Is like the butterfly, do you understand?
When you hear the story, you wonder at the beauty and the grace
But unless you follow after it, it has been to you a waste
It is shown to the multitudes and its beauty they behold and admire
But still they let it fly away, God’s answer to their greatest desires
They have let the beautiful butterfly disappear
I hope they learn to follow, and catch its truth within the next time it is near

Mark 8:18
Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?

Proverbs 3:13
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

River in the Desert by Brenda Drake

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River in the Desert 

In the hard place, dry with need.
God provides water to germinate the seed.
There is a River that flows from above,
That floods the desert place with His love.
In bad situations where no solution in sight,
If you call on God He floods with His light.
The light of salvation causes the soul increase,
It flows into a life sweet inner peace.
A river in the desert with life anew;
Great and mighty, with harvest that will feed another too.
The bitter soil of an unforgiving heart,
Needs the healing waters that will cause increase to start.
Great is the return of profit from the restored place;
A wonderful haven of mercy in its embrace.
The River of Life has caused joy where once there was loss.
All a wonderful, holy work of Christ on the cross.
Come into His sweet healing flow,
To become a stream in the desert to another lost soul

Isaiah 35:6
Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

Isaiah 41:18
I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

A Son That Serves By Brenda Drake

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It is easier to picture ourselves as a servant to Christ than it is to imagine that we are actually now sons and daughters of the Creator of the Universe and beyond.  Our inheritance is more than our minds can grasp and so much more than we could ever deserve.

A Son That Serves

As you accept the call to service – you align with God’s plan.
You are entering a Blessed and Holy land.
When you humble yourself to do God’s will;
You have placed yourself in service to His mission fulfill.
You agreed to be ruled by the labor of love;
A willing servant of God above.
In turn you are placed at His side;
When life’s battle is over with Him you forever abide.
God’s love is forever, your earthly service is put to rest;
Shared with you is all possessed.
The Angels rejoice at what they see done;
As servant is raised to be with God as one.
All creation strains to share in the rejoicing as they behold man,
In the honorable place the Father has planned.
Each are marked as His and it is seen plain,
That though they come in service, Sons they forever remain.

Isaiah 1:19
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

John 1:12
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God,even to them that believe on his name:

I John 3:1-3
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not

I John 3:2
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

Gifts Unaware By Brenda Drake

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This is a page in my new Daily Devotional called, God’s Whispers to the Heart. Available on Amazon in Kindle and Paperback.

November 21

Whisper: Watch for the gifts delivered each day.

Psalms 23:6
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

Gifts Delivered Unaware

Gifts are delivered unaware sometimes;
Lovely little things that later you find,
Are so precious when you detect them;
A present presented under closer inspection.
Gifts that cause contentment deep,
That makes special memories that you will keep.
They are kept safe in your special place;
To be brought out to enjoy at a later date.
Rarely are they seen by others the same way;
But precious in your heart they stay.
Watch for them, become aware;
Remind yourself that they show God cares.
Inspiration, encouragement, a word kind;
An unforgettable encounter with someone that is genuine;
A treasure of someone that enjoys to your life touch;
One that heeds your wisdom and pursues your love;
The suns warmth that feels like your Saviors embrace;
The caress of His gentle breeze upon your face;
The sweet songs of joy that rise from within and overflows;
These are all gifts from the One that watches over your soul.

Jesus, You are the Gift that keeps on giving all things good.