IMPOTENCE

You give us gifts that we can use
To reach the lost and good
If we use them, with Your help
We’ll set alight the wood
That’s dampened by the apathy
And satan’s crafty wiles
No wonder we’re impotent
And miss the mark by miles.

If only we would realise
That he has lost the plot
Everything we’ll ever need
We have already got
For Jesus lives within us
His Spirit gives us power
To overthrow the prince of death
Stand firm, no need to cower.

SHELF

Do you aspire to be the one
Who can’t get off your shelf
Have you reached your sell by date
Content to be yourself
Do you feel there’s something more
To this great Christian walk
But have no close relationship
Cause all you do is talk.

You reach for books by famous folk
Who tell you how to be
The shining, saintly, wondrous one
That God invites for tea
Several chapters mapping out
The steps you need to take
It never seems to work for you
There must be some mistake.

Relationship is building blocks
You have to spend the time
Getting closer to your friend
The mountains you must climb
Against the tide the devil sends
To wash you back to shore
You have to persevere, my friend
To reach The great amour.

IGNORANCE

I’ve been a Christian many years
And always said my prayers
I know that I’ve asked Jesus in
And given Him my cares
I’m going by the things I love
Traditional and old
But now I hear that it’s not right
How dare they be so bold.

I’m happy as I am, you see
I’m good and go to church
It hurts to see irreverence
Quite painful from my perch
My past is gone and I’m content
To strive to earn my call
But why is everybody else
Having such a ball.

That vicar keeps on telling me
That I must be refreshed
Coming daily to The Lord
It’s making me depressed
But there is something missing
I wonder what it is
Oh never mind, no need to fret
Ignorance is bliss.

WORSHIP

What’s our weekly purpose
In coming to this place
Is it out of duty
Or here to seek His face
Is this a museum
Where history lives on
A church where no one is disturbed
By spiritual goings on.

Perhaps we’ve come to worship
Abandoning ourselves
To give Him all that He deserves
By climbing off our shelves
Immersed in our relationship
His healing touch abounds
But only if we worship Him
With loving, praising sounds.

PRESENCE

Despite the eyes I use to see
The feelings that I feel
I know that deep within my heart
Your presence is so real
For You are working ceaselessly
To change the things I hate
The Spirit is refining me
If only I will wait.

Give me patience to endure
Attacks of doubt and fear
As I wander in a mist
Your breath will blow it clear
That I may be Your loving child
Whose purpose You can use
No longer willful and defiled
But perfect without bruise.

IS

Is my life a better one
When I am in control
Calling You as substitute
When all around me falls
Am I very ignorant
To disregard Your part
Knowing that my apathy
Is breaking Your sweet heart

Does my love of worldly ways
Prevent my growth with You
All Your treasures lay unclaimed
‘Cause poverty I view
If only I would seek the truth
And take You at Your word
Give the world of satan up
But that would be absurd

So as I wander on the path
To ruinous conclusion
No matter what You try to do
I revel in confusion
I do not want to share myself
With others of Your ilk
Prefer to hide behind my mask
Continue lapping milk.

TRAIN

In platform one there stands a train
It calls at every station
Takes it’s time along the track
Enjoying it’s duration
The driver is an expert
He’s taken years to learn
His knowledge stands him in good stead
Knows every twist and turn.

In platform two another train
It is a sleek express
Only stops at major stations
Dying to impress
When it gets to where it’s going
Things have been omitted
Hasn’t learnt the proper route
Because it weren’t comitted.

The moral of this story
Is like tortoise and the hare
If you let The Spirit guide
He’s going to get you there
If you jump the learning queue
By going your own speed
Your tower of Babel will collapse
A sorry mess indeed.

HOW

How can I tell You how good I feel
Knowing that my walk with You is real
No longer having to strive and strain
I can relax in Your cleansing rain
Washing me daily of worldly grime
Arms reaching out for that special time
Spent with One who has given all
My strong support whenever I fall
Oh how I long to see Your face
Full of compassion, clothed in grace
You are the One who is worth it all
I patiently await Your call
Cleanse me deeply from within
All the things that cause my sin
Jettison and make me whole
Prepare me for Your heavenly role.

I WONDER

I wonder why it’s taken me
So long to  see the truth
That while The Lord’s been pruning me
I’ve acted all aloof
Now it’s time for surgery
A great big manky root
Must be removed from deep inside
To make way for my fruit.

It’s taken years for me to reach
The point of no return
I’ve reached the stage, despite my age
Obedience I must learn
Into the hands of counsellers
I yield my deepest friends
A thorough clean is what I need
To make all my amends.

FLEECE

I lay my life out as a fleece
To catch Your precious dew
And let it soak into the parts
That are devoid of You
For I am still so insular
An island out to sea
Come and land upon the rock
That is my heart to thee.

Here I am Lord, I’ve expired
There is no fight in me
I come as gently as a lamb
As quiet as can be
There is no hope in what I am
I’ve sinned and I repent
Take Your headstrong, wilful child
Cause all of me is spent.