Tag Archives: Worldly Pleasures

#throwbackpoem: If Our Right Eye Offends

to GOD be the GLORY ~ If Our Right Eye Offends ~ By Deborah Ann If our right eye offends,then why do we keep lookingif it’s not to desire things of the worldthen why are they still so alluring? If our right eye offends,then why do we look with the left oneif it’s not to regard the lusts of the worldthen… (more…)

#throwbackpoem: I Will Overcome

to GOD be the GLORY ~ I Will Overcome ~ By Deborah Ann I will overcome,I’ll have victory . . .I will not be taken inby satan’s trickery. To the devil’s traps,I will not go intoto his every lieI will not pursue. To temptation,I will not fallto false religionI’ll not heed its call. To worldly wealth,I’ll not concedeto its evil waysI… (more…)

#throwbackpoem: Old Things Gone

to GOD be the GLORY ~ Old Things Gone ~ By Deborah Ann Old things gone,no more desirefor worldly wealthto acquire. No more need,to seek greed outsatisfied nowto do without. Old things dead,no more pleasureworldly practicesno longer treasure. No more wants,indulgences filledto old thoughtsno longer thrilled. Old things gone,all things newself removed . . .Christ now in you! ~~~~~~~~~ 2 Corinthians… (more…)

Today’s Poem: What Seeds Are You Sowing?

to GOD be the GLORY ~ What Seeds Are You Sowing? ~ By Deborah Ann Some scatter seeds of anxiety, and harvest nothing but fear some collect in their memory the reason for all their tears. Some spread seeds of gloom, and collect grains of doubt some gather up their losses when there’s a spiritual drought. Some cast seeds of excess,… (more…)

Putting On the New Man ~

You offered to me this new man, and asked me to put him on . . . You challenged me to grow in Him to be willing to be Spirit drawn. You told me my life was useless, and my heart was as dry as dust that my mind was full of darkness overflowing with the sin of lust. You… (more…)

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