The Story of Two Trees

Long ago, in a paradise,

Now lost!

Stood a tree of good and evil,

With but one rule,

 Do not eat of that tree, at any cost.

 

One man, one woman,

One garden to tend!

But not long thereafter,

Satan entered in.

 

Satan’s words,

Were cunning, deceiving and sly!

Convincing Eve,

To believe a lie!

 

Three in the garden,

 Two bad choices, one by one!

Paradise lost!

Now there were none.

 

Paradise lost,

Meant man was too.

Exiled from the garden,

With no way back, what was man to do?

 

Though man be lost,

GOD knew what He must do.

Plant another tree that would not fall.

 One that could cover,

All that will answer its call!

 

This tree would not be lavish,

 Or pleasing to the eye.

The purpose of this tree,

Was entirely to die!

 

Time went on,

Until one night in another garden.

GOD’s plan took root,

For man’s full pardon!

 

This second tree was now ready,

To be planted on a hill.

As Jesus himself prayed,

Not my, but Thy will!

 

They planted the tree on Golgotha’s hill,

For less than a day!

But it more than enough,

To open the way!

 

A door that Adam closed unknowingly,

Was opened once again!

As Jesus Himself,

Took on our sin!

 

Many will travel through it,

Passing today!

But just like Adam,

Others will prefer their own way.

But unlike Adam,

in paradise lost!

There'll be no third tree,

to cover the cost!  

^{John 3:16} 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.

 

Filling Up Bowls

For many believers,

We've prayed and prayed.

For those we love, who still don't know Jesus,

 and at times we grown dismayed.

 

"Maybe it's just not meant to be?

Or maybe I'm the problem; yeah maybe it's just me?"

We've all heard these words,

And it's the voice of our enemy.

 

"Give up on them, and go on,

You don't need to pray.

They're never going to be interested,

In GOD Anyway!"

 

Yes we've all heard these words,

Echo inside.

But take heart fellow believers,

For the enemy has lied.

 

Upon the thrown of God

Sit's bowls of the prayers of the saints.

They're not lost nor forgotten,

Regardless the picture, that the enemy paints.

 

Yeah...maybe we'll be gone,

When those bowls are finally emptied out.

For the Word says fire accompanies the answer's of all that the saint's were praying about.

 

The Fire of God,

attached to your own prayer request.

It may have taken some time,

But God always knows what's best.

 

He knows what it takes,

To get the hard headed to understand.

For many of the stubborn,

Tribulation is the plan.

 

Keep praying fellowship,

For there are no lost prayers on souls!

Just know, if it's taking a while,

It's just filling up the bowls.

 

 

 

 

 

Rev.5:8And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.

 

Rev.8:3Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all God’s people, on the golden altar in front of the throne.

 

4.The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God’s people, went up before God from the angel’s hand.

 

5.Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.

The Highest of Cost!!!

God’s recovery of man,

Was His highest of cost!

For through His Son,

He purchased the lost!

He came with the promise,

Of a new day.

And with a plan to recover,

All lost in their way!

He spoke of a Shepherd,

Who put all…aside!

To recover just one,

Back to His side.

The recovery of man,

Was His highest of cost.

As He covered our sin,

By way of the Cross!

You see…

To recover just you,

Yes…

He would’ve came!

Now for two thousand years,

He continues to cover,

All, 

 who call on His Name!

God...In A Box?

From the time of the Pharisee’s

Till present day.

Man has sought to define GOD,

By man’s own way!

But GOD has spoke for himself,

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,

Neither are your ways My ways.”

Is this a verse we have forgot?

To quote the Apostle Paul,

“Surely not.”

Does man see himself,

More shrewd than a fox?

And in his shrewdness,

Does he dare…

Put GOD in a box?

Put GOD Almighty, in a box?

No, no, my friend I think not!

The one fault of every great revival,

Man seems to have forgot?

For in those times that He visited,

 Many believers… they just stopped!

Stopped right there,

And built GOD a box!

We now call them Movements,

By name!

But it was God, who visited all,

Just never the same!

     Are we any different? 

Even today!

As we try to box in GOD,

Who…in His own Words,

Is indefinable in all His ways!

Perhaps like those before us,

we too have forgot.

That God was moving in those moments.

But its always we...

who choose to stop!

 

 

Without Jesus...

Without Jesus,

sin would be king.

To rage and too rule,

over all living things.

Without Jesus,

there would be no mercy to find.

For Christ brought God's mercy,

to all mankind.

Without Jesus,

no hope could appear.

Just man all alone,

ruled by his fear.

Without Jesus,

no prayer could be heard.

For in whose name,

would we pray any word.

Without Jesus journey to Earth,

Earth could be,

 no longer where we dwell.

 For this placed I've described 

is a place called, hell.

The Valley of the Shadow

  Is there a valley,

Where death still rules?

A great shadow over men,

That lurks and drools.

A place of darkness,

Where death is the force.

One so powerful,

To divert our course.

A valley of long shadows,

That darkens our way.

As we head toward the light,

Of Eternal day.

One who's power,

Has terrified men.

As they forgot the God of heaven,

And embraced their sin.

One who's voice terrifies,

Because of the unknown.

The fact that many never believed,

And chose to walk alone.

Is there a valley in eternity,

That requires Jesus staff and rod?

Or is it this valley,

  We currently trod?      

          

The Big Picture

Are we so overcome,

by the trials we endure?

That our focus is blurred,

in the One we are sure.

We see our current problems,

as larger than life.

Then we question has God forgotten us,

in all this strife.

We wonder, doesn’t God see,

what I’m going through?

Will I have to go it alone,

in the things that I do?

Forgotten you are not,

but loved you are!

But no one escapes a world,

of sin...
 without a few scars.

Dark seasons still visit,

 the most pure at heart.

For even the heroes of the faith,

endured their part.

Paul was beheaded,

Peter was upside down crucified.

Let us never forget... Christ Himself,

suffered horribly and died.

We sometimes forget,

there is a big picture to be gained.

So be not deceived beloved,

you labor not in vain.

Fear not, for I am with you;
   be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
   I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

                         Isaiah 41:10