Show and Tell By Brenda Drake

Wake up Church there is a revival in our future. Let us be willing and even eager to show and tell this world God is and always will be in control.

Show and Tell

Small children take things to school for show and tell;
Sometimes it is treasured object that is known by them well.
A special book…or a toy;
Or even a shinny object found nearby.
But the very favorite thing to do,
Is to show their pet if allowed to bring to school.
So great is their excitement when,
It’s their turn to show their treasure to their friends.

It is time for the Church to show and tell.
It’s time for them to share their faith as well.
Show others the Light of God’s love by your smile.
Show your complete trust and appreciation just like the small child.
Tell of your blessings and testify salvation’s plan.
When you love your brethren… God’s love they’ll understand.
Take time to sing God’s praises and remember …expect good to come;
For your faith shared with others show the works God has done.

Psalma 66:16
Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

Psalms 22:22
I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

Lies From the Father of Lies By Brenda Drake

I believe You my Lord I stand on the Word of God.

In our troubled world there are so many words, opinions, and downright lies all around us. We cannot lean to our own understanding. We need to trust God and on His Word depend.  

Lies From the Father of Lies

Flat out lies spoken to deceive;
Useless, of no value seeds;
Sown by evil unruly tongues.
A very evil work is done.
A flat out lie man heard from the start.
From God’s enemy, the father of lies evil heart.
He points out every infraction, sin and flaw,
Says you are doomed, and you are a lost cause.
It’s a flat out lie; Jesus loved you so much,
He died to pay your debt of sin to fill with His love.
It is never too late to repent and to change your ways.
Jesus is ready at every moment of every day.
It is a great lie you have committed the unforgivable sin;
If you desire forgiveness, you have not so blasphemed Him.
Read the Word, so His ways you will understand,
Then the seeds of untruth will not grow in your land.

Ephesians 4:27
Neither give place to the devil.

In The Twinkling of an Eye By Brenda Drake

This world will one day be left to carry on its terrible plans to rule and reign and we will depart to be with Jesus to celebrate with each other until the time we with Jesus returns to rule for 1000 years. I do not understand it all but I know it is something to look forward too.


Soon and very soon I will fly away with the Lover of my soul.

In the Twinkling of an Eye

Just a fraction of time…in the twinkling of an eye,
God’s faithful and the dead in Christ will rise.
It has been said many times before,
But it should be retold more and more.
The Bridegroom went to a place prepare,
For His Bride that with Him eternity shares.
The earth groans with anticipation of release,
As it yearns again for perfect peace.
Rejoicing in the good news God’s  love-ones shares;
People of every Nation respond and will join Him in the air.
Be diligent to live-loud in their midst.
Be vocal to your feelings express.
Be bold in your stand for Christ.
Let His love shine in you bright.
The joy and hope of His soon return make known,
So many more will join you when I draw you home.

 1Corinthians 15:52
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

In Service to the Lord By Brenda Drake

John 12:25-26
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

In Service to the Lord

Pointed in the right direction, with eyes focused on the goal;
Self is laid aside and God is in control.
Others become more important as God has designed.
Your life is offered in service as you give God your time,
You have heard it is more blessed to give than to receive;
The truth is when you give you will get more than you need.
The world’s way and God’s way are worlds apart;
The world reasons with the mind and God reasons with the heart.
The world demands more with self and greed in control,
God’s way says when you give to you more from Him overflows.
The kind heart is poured out with love to their fellow man,
With an understanding, open mind, and with a generous open hand.
Jesus is the example He laid His life down,
To prepare the way so salvation could be found.
He gave His all for the fallen race,
So that they too would know the Father’s sweet embrace.
His undeserved favor we will eternally thank Him for.
What a great honor to be use on earth to serve the Lord.

Divine Guide By Brenda Drake

What a wonderful display of love that is shown to us in the plan of Salvation. We are blessed with the gift of life and the greater gift of eternal life because of the great sacrifice of our Lord Jesus.  Jesus then sent us Holy Spirit to lead, guide, teach, and comfort us till we get there or until He returns for us.

The Divine Guide

In the womb formed,
Before the day you were born,
You were known and seen clear,
Well-loved and held most dear.
Before the world began you were on God’s mind.
So precious is His love and so great is His design.
His plan was to draw you close and make you His bride.
Jesus knew he would for your sins die.
 His love calls to Him,
To save from the grasp of sin.
His everlasting love leads and guides the way.
His Spirit teaches to obey.
He is Divine guide, Teacher, Comforter and friend,
He is the Good Shepherd that leads you from within.
The guide of the soul leads to the cross of shame,
To show the “Way“….Jesus is His name.
He saves, restores, and makes new inside.
He will never leave you as within He abides.
As you seek first His kingdom and trust His work in you,
You will abide in Him and will bear His fruit.
His fruit are sweet and causes pleasure to the soul;
Full of healthy results that prove God is in control.

1John 4:9
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.

A Sure, Rock-Solid Kind of Love By Brenda Drake

 So marvelous is the ways of my Lord, I bask in His love forever

A Sure, Rock-Solid Kind of Love+++

God’s kind of love is sure, steady, rock-solid and true.
His love is unshakable it does not depend on you.
You cannot earn it for His love is freely given;
But it cannot be received unless you are forgiven.
Jesus was the ransom for the sinful soul.
He paid sin’s penalty so God’s love you could know.
The redeemed man gets a taste of the God kind of love,
For he is born anew and one with God above.
When God’s word is heeded your heart and mind can see,
The love of God is opened up to thee.
Praise and prayer; practicing the presence of Christ,
Opens up the way for Him to live through your life.
More and more like the One you worship and adore;
Becoming more and more like your risen Lord.
Demonstrating to the lost world what they need to see;
The God kind of love that draws and sets them free.
Loving even the unlovely …loving sure and true;
With God kind of love no matter what they have done to you.
Sure, steady, rock-solid just like Christ;
Proving He is the new strength in your life.

Ephesians 3:8
Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should
preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

 Ephesians 3:19
And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled
with all the fulness of God.

The Story of a Heart By Brenda Drake

The Story of the Heart

When I think about Jesus …my heart begins to swell;
Almost bursting with desire to its story tell.
The corridors were dark and sad before.
There were no windows and very few doors.
Closed up tight with even more walls building up within,
For there was no real desire to allow anyone in.
A lonely place, empty, with confusion in the air;
For time had proven that no one really cared.
The childlike hopes and dreams were thrown away;
Rotting in the corners starting to decay.
Then says my heart…
The inner world became a new place,
Touched by God’s mercy and His sweet amazing grace.
Light and love entered through the opened door,
With the redeeming power might of the risen Lord.
Joy cleared the air with the aroma of Christ.
The walls began to crumple disappearing out of sight.
Sweet songs perfume the air with pleasing peace within;
Now that my heart is home to Him.
Precious new hope and faith shines out from me,
Now that from darkness I have been freed.
Oh heart, keep sending out praise to God above;
To tell of the mighty work of His incredible love.

Jerimiah 31:3
The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.


	

Once Upon a Time By Brenda Drake

Deuteronomy 30:19
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

Once Upon a Time

Once upon a time when the earth was young,
There was the Father, The Spirit and The Son.
Deep in their heart was a plan to be,
A lovely plan to last for eternity.
With a little dust from earth He formed man,
He was fashioned carefully by God’s hand.
Then just a breath from God above,
Packed within was life, and love.
Man and women in one He made,
To His image portray.
The crown of creation was he;
Fully created to appreciate his God intimately.
In this land together they danced, sang and played;
Thoroughly enjoying one another every day.
But then entered sin,
And the sweet fellowship came to an end.
Innocence was lost …evil was now in control.
Man had been deceived and lost his soul.
But the Creator, God of love, power, and might,
Came to rescue the love of His life.
He chose to pay their debt of sin,
By giving His own life to save them.
The tale is not over…no not indeed.
For the wise will rule and reign with Him for eternity.
It seems a long saga in the mind of man,
But it is only a breath of time to I AM.
This is a story where you choose your own ending for you see,
You can choose to love and serve God or to serve the enemy.
I give you the free choice to choose life or to choose death.
If you choose Life, a lived happily ever after ending you can expect!

My Life is Kissed by the Son By Brenda Drake

Oh how I love to bask in the sunshine of Your love.

My Life is Kissed by the Son

Even on a rainy day when all looks glum,
I will relax and bask in the Son.
In the sweet heavenly place,
My heart reaches up for His embrace.
I may be tired inside and outside too,
But my whole being has a hunger to in His realm move.
As I take a deep breath of His abiding peace
I feel my energy increased.
Every worry is abandoned and left behind,
As His love and promise fills my mind.
The clouds lift and the flowers bloom again,
Filling my heart with the sweet aroma of Him.
Beside still waters rests my soul,
At rest … content in His sure hold.
New wisdom is poured into the vessel of clay,
Prepared to face yet another day.
Ready and willing to serve my Risen King.
Ready with clean heart to His praises sing.
The clouds are lifted the rain has passed.
The future beacons with new promise leaving behind the past.
A new day and a new time to come;
With full assurance my life is kissed by the Son.

When Little is More Than Enough By Brenda Drake

When Little is More than Enough

A little becomes more than enough,
When it is by God’s hand touched.
Whatever you have, offer it to God above,
To be multiplied by the touch of Love.
In the Word of God many times,
There are examples to testify God’s design.
God proved time and again,
That little becomes more when entrusted to Him.
A small lunch fed multitudes…a little fish the taxes paid.
A word of authority raised a dead man from the grave.
A heart touched by the truth no longer lost remains;
But is saved, and made new and freed from chains.
Prayer moves mountains out of paths every day.
An encouraging word can chase fear away,
A tiny child that speaks faith can be,
Like a beacon-light so a blind in heart can see.
A word of rhyme jotted down,
Becomes a wealth of wisdom good and sound.
A little bit of joy fills up your life so much;
It causes pleasure to those you touch.

Luke 6:38
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

2 Corinthians 8:15
As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack.