Hope: Eternal and All-Encompassing in Scope

Hope Eternal

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Great is our hope, dear Christian

A hope which endures beyond time

Hope through the resurrection of Christ

Hope sacred, spiritual and sublime

Yes, our loving Father gives to us

A wondrous birth in living hope

It transcends our understanding

Eternal and all-encompassing in scope

Let us wear this hope as our helmet

A sure and steadfast anchor of the soul

Yes, through the joy and peace of believing

Hope abounds in us to make us whole

So my heart sings praises to our Savior

For His hope does carry me above trial

Yes, rain and shadows may encompass me

But His hope keeps me joyful all the while

Things external cannot overcome me

No, my eyes are fixed on hope of eternity

For hope that is seen is not hope at all

I instead wait for what I do not see

Christian, then, do not grow discouraged

Do not quench the Spirit living in you

Fix your eyes instead on God’s Promises

Set your heart upon the eternal and true

Then surely hope will well in your soul

Surely it will burst forth as a fountain

It will embrace, uplift and encourage you

Both in deep valley and on towering mountain

So join me, dear Christian, in praising God

May hope keep our eyes fixed on Heaven above

For nothing is more beautiful or more sweet

Than to experience Christ and His eternal love

Rejoice we do in the hope Jesus has given us

It is a hope which endures beyond time

Hope through the resurrection of our sweet Savior

A hope sacred, spiritual and sublime

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Jan 31, 2012 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Holistic Healing, Inspiration, Praise, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 3 Comments

Knowing God

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My heart rejoices in You, O God

My soul lifts You in constant prayer

How blessed I am to be Your daughter

To feel Your Presence is always near

So sweet to know You, Eternal One

So lovely to feel You next to me

So beautiful to hold Your Hand each day

So wondrous that Your Way I see

Lifted to new heights I am each day

For I know You, the Creator of us all

I see the world so clearly now

For You raise me to mountains tall

Yes, You opened my eyes to truly see

How blind I was before I met You

You share with me eternal wisdom

You confide in me all that is True

Those who seek You earnestly, Lord

You indeed they will joyously find

Those who set their hearts upon You

Experience transformation of the mind

Suddenly these see more than the seen

They find a world unseen yet real

Clearly they discover that life is eternal

Strongly Your love they do feel

Blessed are those who know You

Overjoyed I am to be of them one

A dear daughter of Yours, Almighty

Purchased by the blood of Your Son

My Father, my Daddy, is Jehovah

How can my joy I ever contain?

Your Name I raise continually in song

Your love is the beautiful refrain

Abba, Abba, my Father, loves me so

Indeed He sent His Son to die for me

Behold the love of my God on the Cross

More than my eyes can bear to see

Faith I have in the Sacrifice of the Lamb

Confident that His blood makes me clean

Pure and holy I am in my Father’s eyes

Justified by faith I have in the unseen

Bursting with joy and thanksgiving

I find myself now each day and night

Thank You, Father, that I am to You

Precious and priceless in Your sight

Rejoice, dear brother and sister, with me

Our Daddy on High loves us so much

How can we not sing of His goodness

Of the way our hearts He does touch

For each of us knows the Eternal One

So lovely to feel Him next to you and me

So beautiful to hold His Hand each day

So wondrous it is His Way we see

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Jan 28, 2012 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Holistic Healing, Inspiration, Praise, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 18 Comments

Watch and Pray

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“Watch and pray,” said our Lord

That into temptation we do not fall

Alert and prayerful may we be then

Eager to answer our Master’s call

For even the most virtuous

Is wretched without God’s grace

Yet with His strength we can endure

With His power we run the race

In our very weaknesses

His strength He does show

When for Him we empty our all

Fullness of Spirit then we know

Sweet it is to know this power

Beautiful to feel God move

Blessed we are to be His temples

Truth of His Word in us does prove

Watch and pray I will then

Each passing day, each moment too

For by keeping wide my eyes

I discern between false and true

And prayer connects me to Him

The Eternal God on High

Communing with Him always

That to my heart He is nigh

Lead me not into temptation, Lord

Prayerful and watchful may I be

Clinging to you, my Master

Of Satan’s shackles living free

For faithful You are to lead us

Lord, loving You are to save

Merciful to strengthen us

In Your Name we can be brave

Full of evil is this fallen world

Yet overcome this world did You

Nothing separates us from Your love

When we cling to all that is True

I thank You, dear Lord and Savior

I praise You for holding my hand

Next to me You walk each moment

Leading me to Your Promised Land

Love You more each day I do

To understand You more I want so

That I may love you deeper, Lord

And Your love to all I may show

Watch and pray I will be then

That into temptation I do not fall

Alert and prayerful will I be then

Eager to answer my Master’s call

And sweet it is to know Your power

Beautiful to feel You move in me

Blessed I am to be Your temple

Set apart to live with You for eternity

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Jan 26, 2012 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Holistic Healing, Inspiration, Praise, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 9 Comments

Wherever You Go, Lord

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Wherever You go, Lord

Grant that I may go too

For my greatest desire

Is to be always with You

If You travel the mountains

Let me climb them by your side

If You sail seas and oceans

Let me remain through each tide

If into the heavens You fly

Lord, may I reach this great height

If into the dark valleys You go

Lord, remain always in my sight

Through joy and through tears

Through darkness and light

Grant that I may be with You

Through each day and each night

For who knows me like You do?

Who loves me with a love so sweet?

Who gives everything to me

As You have since we did meet?

To the Love and Life You give

Nothing will ever compare

So my every moment with You

Lord, I do long to share

The heights are much higher now

Bright even are the valleys low

Everything You make new and lovely

Your strength in our weakness does show

So my heart is one with Yours

I abide in You, and You in me

Transformed I am inside and out

A new woman You made me to be

Glorious it is to be Your daughter

Sweet to be one whom You love

You share with me every moment now

Just as You will when I live Above

Rejoice in Your Name I will always

Sing to you sweet songs of praise

How can I contain my joy for Jesus?

His love continually does amaze

So wherever You go, dear Lord

Please grant that I may go too

For my greatest desire is

To be always with You

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Jan 24, 2012 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Holistic Healing, Inspiration, Praise, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 11 Comments

Born Again

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Lest a man be born again

The Kingdom of God he will not see

Such a glorious Truth to know

Yes, such a wondrous mystery

But what is this second birth?

A mother does not carry a child twice

How can we heed Christ’s words?

How can we follow sacred advice?

The birth of which our Lord speaks

Is not of the flesh and blood we know

It is a birth of the spirit from Spirit

Following then wherever the Spirit does go

Sweet is this second birth

Blessed are those who in Spirit live

These taste the bliss of eternity

These savor the grace God does give

For God so loved the world

That He sent His only begotten Son

Whosoever places His faith in Christ

Knows salvation through the Holy One

In surrendering one’s self to Christ

In giving Him everything and all

One finds Life and victory sweet

Following ever his dear Master’s call

For to enjoy the resurrection of Christ

First one must with Him also die

A death of denying the desires of flesh

In order to spiritual heights then fly

Rejoice then in this second birth

Celebrate the Spirit Who now lives in you

Praise God for the Gift of eternal life

Thank Him for His love enduring and true

How glorious it is to live this Life

I count all lost in previous life as naught

I long to live always fully in the Spirit

For Christ’s blood my redemption bought

Let us tell one and all of this story

Let us tell everyone about spiritual birth

No sweeter story is there to share

Than Christ dying to save all on earth

So may we embrace Christ each passing day

And fan the flame of the Spirit in the heart

May we lift our prayer and praise to God

Who loved each and all of us from the start

For so very sweet is this second birth

Blessed are we who in Spirit live

We taste each day the bliss of eternity

Yes, we savor the grace God does give

Praise the Lord we have been born again

The Kingdom of God each one of us shall see

Such a glorious Truth to experience and know

Yes, such a wondrous and glorious mystery

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Jan 20, 2012 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Holistic Healing, Inspiration, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 9 Comments

Wondrous Wedding

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A wondrous Wedding

We do eagerly await

Christ marrying His Church

In the Marriage great

For the Church is His Body

And the Church is His Bride

The Church is His Beloved

To remain forever at His side

Two shall become One

As with woman and man

The mystery of marriage

Designed in God’s plan

Let us dress ourselves white

In purity, humility and love

Let us cloak ourselves radiantly

Awaiting the Son Spouse above

For the marriage we see

Between wife and husband

Foreshadows that to come

In the sweet Promised Land

What a tremendous truth

What a beautiful vision

Let us rejoice all the more

In our Lord’s sacred Mission

For we are His Beloved

His Chosen Wife are we

Let us lift our hearts to God

Let us sing joyously

For the Wedding is near

We will see Him eye to eye

We will then be perfected

Our bodies He will glorify

The corruption of the flesh

Replaced by eternal glory

Living forever with our Lord

Yes, this is our Wedding story

Praise God, my heart

Sing of Christ, my voice

I am my Lord’s beloved

Of this I do rejoice

Until that Wedding Day

I abide in my Savior sweet

Faithful to Him since the day

He and I did meet

And a wondrous Wedding

I do so eagerly await

Christ marrying His Church

In the Marriage great

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Jan 18, 2012 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Inspiration, Praise, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 6 Comments

Love from Above

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What is love?

This word we often hear?

Has its meaning been diluted,

Made cryptic and unclear?

Is it a feeling,

A warmth in the heart?

Is it a spark from which

A romance does start?

Or is love much more,

Does it transcend all these?

Is it sublime and sacred,

Bringing us to our knees?

Sublime, spiritual, sacred

Yes, love is all three

For God Himself is love

Love is the Trinity

Love is patient and kind

Selfless and humble too

Love pours of one’s self

And aligns with all True

Look at Christ closely

And know love complete

He accepted the Cross

Pierced hands and feet

Love is giving one’s all

Pouring of self for another

Great must our love be

For our Father, sister, brother

Yet to give of one’s self

Does not empty the soul

For God fills those who love

With His love perfect and whole

Rejoice then, dear Christian

Praise your Father Above

Feelings are fleeting

But perfect and eternal is love

When all passes away

When this earth is no more

Faith, hope and love remain

And love the greatest to endure

Dear Father, fill our hearts

Make them with love overflow

Let us share this love with all

That You all may know

And love You more deeply

I will each passing day

To be more like Christ

This I earnestly pray

May I see and know love

May love I show and live

May love be my fragrance

The sweet aroma I give

And I will express love

This word we often hear

I will proclaim Truth

That love is evident and clear

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Jan 16, 2012 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Inspiration, Praise, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 6 Comments

Divine Intersection: The Cross

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The Cross of Christ

Intersection of death with Life

Overlap of justice and mercy

Union of joy with strife

The Cross of Crucifixion

Beams vertical and horizontal meet

Divine mercy flowing downward

Scales of justice balancing sweet

The Cross of our Lord

Altar of Sacrifice lifted high

That all looking to Jesus Christ

May to the Father be nigh

The Cross of Calvary

An expression of highest Love

God dying for His creation

That man may be with Him above

The Cross of Jesus

Heavy, yet it He did embrace

Suffering condemnation and cruelty

To save from sin the human race

The Cross of Golgotha

Water and blood from Christ did flow

That all cleansed by His Sacrifice

Would divine love and mercy know

The cross of my life

Small when to my Lord’s I compare

Sweet to share His suffering

With me eternal riches He does share

The cross, the divine intersection

May we embrace with grateful heart

For in the moment we accept it

Flow of God’s graces do then start

The Cross of Christ

May it convict the heart and mind

For in repentance and transformation

Divine joy and peace we find

The Cross of my Lord

May it remind me continually

Of the unending, undying love

That my Savior has for me

Behold the Cross of Calvary

Expressing my Lord’s Love

He died for me, His daughter

That I may be with Him above

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Jan 14, 2012 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Holistic Healing, Inspiration, Praise, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 20 Comments

Truth

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Let me always walk in Truth

Teach me, Lord, Your Way

The sum of Your Word is Truth

Guiding my journey each day

The world deceived sees truth

Relative to the opinions of each

Yet You prove that Truth is absolute

Its perfection to me You teach

Truth is constant, unchanging

It shifts not when the wind does blow

Truth is pure, righteous, eternal

Hearts transform when Truth they know

Christ Himself is the Truth

His Life embodied the Eternal Word

He lives in those who live in Truth

Those practicing what they heard

He brought His beloved children forth

By Truth in His perfect divine Will

That we may be born again in Spirit

And that all our needs He would fill

Though the Law came through Moses

Through Christ came Truth and Grace

His Message spreads across the world

A Gospel of salvation for the human race

Dear Lord, sanctify me in the Truth

Purify me in the Word You speak

May I grow ever more kind and loving

Ever more courageous, joyful and meek

For sweet is Your Word, my Father

Precious the Word that You give

Powerful in changing hearts and minds

That every soul may eternally live

I lift my heart to you, Eternal One

I sing my Father’s praises all day long

How I love Him for leading me in Truth

So I share with all this glorious song

Seek the Truth, embrace its Beauty

Let it fill your heart, transform your mind

Eternal, Pure, Just, Loving and Living

So treasured is Truth when it we find

So may we walk always in Truth

May our Lord teach us His Way

For the sum of His Word is Truth

Guiding our journeys each day

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Jan 13, 2012 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Inspiration, Praise, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 17 Comments

Comfort of Christ

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Cherished is the comfort

That I know in my Lord

He embraces me with love

Strengthens me in His Word

The fierce storms may come

The winds may blow with rage

Yet my dear Lord comforts me

All my fears He does assuage

Sweet is this divine comfort

Blissful to know it full well

So of this precious Gift

My lips cannot help but tell

For darkness does come

In this world we now live

Yet our Father in Heaven

To us Light does give

For when we embrace Truth

We embrace God’s comfort too

When we make Christ Lord

We find peace we never knew

Christ knows how we feel

He suffered more than do we

He became a man like us

Suffering pain to set us free

Amazing that our God

Is not one aloof and afar

Truly He knows our pain

For He became as we are

We find in the Almighty

Compassion infinitely deep

We can cry on His shoulder

On His lap we can weep

And wipe from our eyes

He will each and every tear

He comforts with eternal love

Perfect love which casts out fear

Great comfort we find then

Through each and every trial

Each challenge we embrace

Rejoicing all the while

For even the challenges

Our Lord does make sweet

It is in the trials of life

That cross and crown do meet

With the comfort we receive

Let us then comfort one another

May we rejoice in our Father

As we console sister and brother

And praise our God on High

For this comfort we receive

How precious this gift to know

For all who in Christ believe

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How do you feel – and share – the comfort of Christ?

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Jan 12, 2012 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Holistic Healing, Inspiration, Praise, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 12 Comments

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