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Jewel Thought By Brenda Drake

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The world has so many distractions, problems, worries, fears, and heartaches that bombard our everyday life.  We need to make an effort to look up to the One who will help us through them all.  I am convinced when we purpose our mind to think “jewel thoughts” our day will shine brighter too.  As we seek His face, we will find His joy fills our mind and heart with His precious peace.

Jewel Thoughts

What am I able to do help? What good word am I able to say?
How can I make things better for another today?               
The sky has such lovely colors…Oh, look at the clouds so fluffy and white.
I yearn to pleasure God… to shine on earth His light.
I want to sing that good song I heard that sounded so sweet.
To serve like Martha and also I desire to sit like Mary at Jesus’ feet.
Lord, help me always be willing to Your goodness proclaim.
I wonder what I will do when Jesus calls my name.
I enjoy the feel of the sunshine upon my back.
I love that Jesus the Son of God has provided all I lack.
I so desire to bring honor to Him I adore,
As I walk in faith, thinking good thoughts, patiently waiting for my Lord.

Philippians 4:8
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

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.

Extravagant Love By Brenda Drake

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This is a poem in my new book soon to be released called Love Makes A Way by Brenda Drake

It boggles the mind to think someone loves us enough to die for us.  But greater still is the mind-blowing realization the Creator of the universe loved us enough to not only die for us but also chooses to live in us.  His love is never ending.  It is indeed extravagantly elaborate; He is willing and able to provide for our every need.  He is truly our prince charming! He is Lord of lords and King of kings.

Extravagant Love

Love created – those created rebelled,
Evil entered to lead the way to hell.
Love had a perfect plan,
But it needed to help the blind to see His plan.
Love reveals Himself to those who will obey;
To tell others in need and to lead the way.
It is an extravagant love that never stopped its flow.
Only an extravagant love would choose to die to save every soul.
This love will not force His self upon those He desires to touch.
But He will never stop demonstrating His love.
The free choice to choose or reject Him is His first gift given to all.
But He will never stop wooing the one who will hear His call.
Extravagant love tasted death so death would lose its sting.
Extravagant love makes a pauper a child of the king.
Jesus is the love-word spoken from the cross of shame.
A love-proposal to offer His name;
An over-the-top expression of devotion to call His bride.
When He said it was finished, He for them died.
But this love could not in the tomb stay,
He arose conqueror, alive in every way.

Ephesians 2:4-5
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

Actions Speak Louder than Words By Brenda Drake

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James 3:13
Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

Let my words demonstrate what I will do.
Allow my actions to my words prove.
You are the Word in me strong.
Allow my actions to cause another’s heart to burst out in song.

Actions Speak Louder than Words

 Louder than what you say is what you do;
To profess without works is untruth.
To say you love your neighbor and to walk away in their need
Is to expect a harvest without planting a seed.
To say you care for the sad, the lonely, and afraid,
Without cheering them is like offering a cake unbaked.
To say you will pray and then you forget,
Is like promising to get clean without getting wet.
If you say, I will help – I will do this or that,
But instead you do not, what good is in the act?
Words that are kind and generous are never to be laid aside;
But words that uplift should always remain alive.
The one that truly loves will water what is sown.
Words need action; they do not stand-alone.
Make sure to take the time,
To do the generous thing in mind.
When you love in word and in actions as well,
A great work will be accomplished that God’s glory tells.
Jesus did what He said, and He said what He did,
You must do the same, for you are the body and He is the head.
Words speak loud, but not as loud as the deed done.
This is truth from the Father, Spirit and the Son.

Prayer
I desire to do as Jesus did.  I follow in His footsteps, with His strength and ability to do as the Word has shown.  Faith without works I know is dead.

The Divine Guide By Brenda Drake

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What a wonderful display of love is shown to us in the plan of Salvation. We are blessed with the gift of life and the greater gift of eternal life with God 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.

Tiny Steps by Brenda Drake

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We feel there is so much we need to give up and need to do to clean up to get to the place right with God.  The evil one lies to us; he does not want us to know Jesus took a large, painful, sacrificial step so we can take a tiny, humbling step to receive His provision for the eternal Salvation for our soul.

Tiny Steps

Tiny steps take you to the place,
Where mercy opens the door to enter grace.
The small step acknowledging sin has you hell bound,
Is the step that pulls to higher ground.
The tiny prayer that says yes to the Saviors call,
Is the biggest most important step of all.
This step takes you from death to life.
It takes you from way wrong to right.
This step has so much promise of success.
It takes from works to the place of rest.

Just as a small baby’s-steps are slow,
They learn to walk faster as they grow.
So too the born-again believer does the same;
They learn God’s ways in Jesus name.
One step at a time just as Father plans.
Small purposeful steps while holding God’s hands.

Just as the small tot’s first tiny steps parents applaud,
Even more pleased is each step you take to God.
Celebrate each day and every tiny step you take.
Be aware each step is closer to God’s prepared embrace.

John 8:12
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

The Spirit Shines Bright By Brenda Drake

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Oh the darkness of the sin-riddled soul.  But as dark as sin is, Jesus conquered it by paying the debt of sin for all that will believe.  When He is our Savior, we are set free from sins terrible life- destroying grasp. Little do we comprehend the light that dwells within.

The Spirit Shines Bright

It is dark; sin runs rampant in the streets.
Hurt, pain, and despair grips hearts in defeat.|
The fleshly ways of man,
Has full reign in the land.
When one seeks to see,
With heart available and willing to believe,
In the dark place, in comes Christ.
In the body of a believer the Spirit shines light.
The Church is the body and Christ is the head;
Together they go forth as Spirit led.|
Jesus is the light and the way.
He is the truth relayed.
Jesus is the healer of sin-sickness and shame.
We the Church, freely pray in His name.
Jesus is Lord, He is life.
We as His body, leads others to the light
In the dark place of the heart where sin hides;
The Spirit reveals the darkness deep inside.
When the Church rises up and sets its face to win,
Their praise and worship lights the way for them.
Their flesh may struggle and put up a fight,
But a holy work is done when the Spirit shines bright.

1 Thessalonians 5:5
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day:
we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

Through Glass Darkly By Brenda Drake

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I am astounded my understanding is opened to see even more astounding things by faith.  What I once thought was hopeless by faith I believe is possible.  Things I thought was impossible become not only possible but by faith expected to be.  Still my eyes strain to see some of the wonderful things I have learned by the Word is to be.  I am sure one day what is blurred in my sight will become crystal clear.

Through Glass Darkly

Misty things are seen darkly as through a foggy glass;
The great and glorious day ahead is faintly seen as fact.
Clouded by the enemy and by mortal eyes that see,
Through the muddled lens of mortality.
God’s children see in faith God’s glory with limited sight,
They see glimpses with opened spiritual light.
Improved gaze is beheld by knowledge of the Word.
Their sight is better when the truth is heard.
Come, walk in precious faith to see more and more,
As the Spirit within reveals the glories of the Lord.

Ephesians 1:18-19
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

Life is Stronger By Brenda Drake

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The Word of God gives assurance; Jesus is stronger than any threat of death.  I believe one day I will walk through death’s door into new eternal life.  Jesus has taken away the sin that separated me from the presence of God.  Now I am a part of life; for Jesus is Life, Truth and the Way from the threat of death.

Life is Stronger

Life is stronger than death when you belong to Christ.
Life lives on when God in you delights.
Eternal life with Jesus is as walking through an open door.
Death’s threat does not cause fear anymore.
Jesus is life; He is Savior in every way.
He took our place; so we could experience His eternal embrace.
Because of resurrection-power, death’s hold is loosed and the soul released.
Because of Jesus’ sacrifice there lies ahead perfect peace.
The power of Jesus over the grave,
Is life-giving truth; from sins hold saved.
Jesus died and rose again to rescue the lost.
All who believe and come by way of the cross,
Have the same hope in their final quest;
Because of Jesus they find eternal rest.
Those who are not acquainted with the truth that sets them free,
Will not His resurrection power receive.
They will die only to live without God in their life;
A hellish existence: forever without Christ.
God so loved the world He sent His Son to die in their place,
Who-so- ever will believe, will receive His amazing grace.
They too are of God’s family a part;
Never to be separated again from the Father’s heart.

Romans 15:13
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost

John 11:25-26
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:  And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?

Gentle Breeze of God’s Care By Brenda Drake

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#check out my new devotional God’s Whispers to the Heart by Brenda Drake on Amazon. $2.99 Kindle $17.00 paperback. A good time to start a New Year!

The love of God is everywhere.  There is not one thing that can touch our life that He does not desire to help us through.  His love is constant; all we need to do is to know this is so.  Jesus provided the way for us to have a forever-touch of His presence.

 Gentle Breeze of God’s Care

The sun rises and sets each day;
Clouds in the sky are on full display,
With colors bright, subtle, angry red to cool blue;
Great is the display of the world of worlds all around you.
From the world of tiny insects, to the hungry lion that prowls;
From the song of the smallest bird; to the loudest growl;
Every thought and every word is known; good and bad the same;
Every high and exulted name that is proclaimed;
Every deed in progress at any time of day,
Does not pass by: not anything is lost to God’s gaze.
All our opinions and theories of wrong and what is right;|
Everything is known by Him and is clear in His sight.
The truth is God is I AM.
There is nothing barred from Him in the land.
God chooses His limitations -He is in full control.
There is not anything that He does not know.
He gives us freedom to choose to love God above,
Or, to choose to reject His great love.
The gentle breeze of God’s care,
Is always available, it is continuously there.
He sent Jesus, His Son to die to save us from sin’s grasp.
He planned complete salvation and all He asks,
Is for us to believe and to trust in Him complete;
So we can know how truly beautiful life can be.

Psalms s 93:1
The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.