LORD JESUS, COME

Lord Jesus, come,  appear in majesty
And demonstrate Thy power  where Thou wast slain.
Where once Thy shame  was seen at Calvary
Now let Thy splendour  be lavishly displayed.
Let Thy renown  be ardently acclaimed
Upon the earth  where men despised Thy Name.
Like the ascendant sun  dispense Thy rays,
Glory of love  and dignity of grace;
Like the transcendent sea,  wave upon wave,
Unfold Thy power  that all may be amazed:
Lord Jesus, come;  assert Thy royalty;
Assume Thy throne;  for a millennium, reign!

19/06/05

Fear Jehovah, ye

His saints; for there is no want

To them that fear Him.

18/06/05

In mercy for me

He gives this relaxation -

Sun and sand and sea.

17/06/05

I can depend on

The Bernoulli principle

To keep me aloft.

Or so I remember from physics lessons!

16/06/05

Blessed is the man

Whose transgression's forgiven,

Whose sin is covered.

15/06/05

The world reconciled

Provisionally, but the saint

Everlastingly.

"FATHER"

Pondering on the greatness of the Son
We are reminded that so great a One
Could own the Father’s place - “greater than I”;
So great indeed that He alone could be
The God of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Father
Of glory. Yet in grace this glorious One
Has chosen that He should be known as “Father”,
A title of affection and delight.

THE HOLY SPIRIT IN PERSONS

Eleven men were standing
Beside the fervent preacher;
But - he'd denied the Master!
How could they stand with Peter?
The Spirit's power commanded
New courage and fresh speaking
Transforming all their actions.

What kind of men were needed
To do the menial business?
Men who we filled, like Stephen,
With wisdom and the Spirit.
His service superseded:
Towards God's people, Israel,
He preached God's last appealing.

And such a man was Philip
Who, having served at tables,
Soon was evangelistic -
Directed to the waste-land
He listened to the Spirit
And preached the Christ as Saviour
Until he was uplifted.

The Spirit had selected
A "son of consolation"
From Antioch's assembly
To join with Paul's campaigning -
Subject to Him, their service
Towards those of the nations
Was powerful and effectual.

After he was forbidden
To speak the word in Asia,
Sensitive to the Spirit
Of Jesus, Paul first waited;
Then came the westward vision
And Europe was invaded
To spread the Saviour's kingdom.

Imprisoned for His Master
The great apostle listened
(Unwillingly laid fallow)
To promptings of the Spirit.
As living in their grandeur
He told in His epistles
God thoughts in all their vastness.

While on the Isle of Patmos,
Becoming in the Spirit,
John saw again his Master
If in a changed condition.
He thus was undistracted
To hear of God's provisions
To settle Earth's transactions.