Here I am ... Send me (Poetry)

Here I am ... Send me

copywrite j.moore 12.05.09

One day as I was walking along a lonely road

I came upon a fig tree, and this is what I heard

Rest your weary body, sit beneath my wings

Listen to Me daughter, and I will tell you somethings

You see before this fig tree, life had been so rough

The road had been rugged and the meat I chewed, so tough

The mountains and the valleys, the vast and rough terrain

Had bought me to this fig tree and I sat beneath the rain

In this cool and pleasant place I listened to the voice

As the Master explained that day, He'd given me a choice

I could go on as I had done, or He could change my course

I could do it all my way or let Him be the boss

I pondered on this briefly but knew what I must do

I simply had to consent to let Him bring me through

I knew that I should follow the wisdom of His lead

Not knowing where He'd bring me, while trusting me He'd feed

I threw my hands up in the air and said to Him that day

You are the Master Potter, I am but the clay

Do with me as you see fit, Make me in your image

Do what only you can do, I promise not to grimace

Take me Lord and have your way, do with me as you please

I give to you all that I am, right here beneath these trees

To day I give my right to chose, My destiny I sow

I vow to speak as you instruct and where you send, I'll go

Use me Lord to do your will, your purpose to evoke

Work through me as you will to reach out to these folk

Create in me a clean heart, make my feet to be

Moved in the direction that leads to the red sea

Take my hand and lead me Lord, speak that I might hear

Give clarity and vision as your Kingdom draweth near

Guide me in that direction that will see the red sea part

Do as only you can do, Lord circumcise my heart

I didn't really understand what I had done that day

As I relinquished all my rights so He might have His way

I didn't fully grasp the magnitude at all

Of this great commission and mighty awesome call

I really didn't have a clue of where I'd have to go

What I would encounter as His Heart I'd come to know

The valleys and the mountains I would meet again

But this time it is different, I'm really not the same

This time as I journey on the way is not so rough

The road is not as rugged and the meat is not so touch

Oh to some it might appear that what I bear is pain

But for me to live is Christ and dying is my gain

The gate is strait, the way so tight, but through it I must go

I count it but a priviledge as on this path I know

I guess I'll never understand in it's entirety

What I really did when I said "Lord here I am, send me".

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. A-men. Matt 28:19-20

Reach out and touch the Master..

copywrite by Johnette M. Moore
Do you have a situation that requires a touch from the Master? Are you waiting on HIM to come by and make things right for you? The woman with the issue of blood was a disdain to the community. She was deemed ceremonially unclean and not allowed to mingle with the people, let alone to come into the presence of Jesus. In spite of what religion deemed right or wrong, she KNEW ...deep in her KNOWER... that if she could but TOUCH HIM.. Hallelujah! She would be made whole.

Now AS SOON AS she touched the hem of His garment, the bible says that IMMEDIATELY her issue was taken care of and her FAITH had made her whole!! Jesus knew instantly that she had touched Him. She had purposed in her heart to touch Him and He recognized her intent and purpose .. as a result of her putting a DEMAND on the anoiniting, VIRTUE left His body, Jesus honoured her faith and HEALING BECAME HER PORTION. While we are yet waiting for a touch from the Master, He is waiting for us to TOUCH HIM. Deep is calling unto deep and  He IS a rewarder of those who DILIGENTLY seek Him.. TOUCH~

 Luke 8:43-47 (kjv)

 ⁴³And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,
 ⁴⁴Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.
 ⁴⁵And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
 ⁴⁶And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.
 ⁴⁷And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.

Isaiah 53:5 (kjv)

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Won't your reach out and TOUCH the Master?  He is waiting for your touch! 

The Great conflict between Christ and Satan



by Guest writer -  Bro. Lennard Coombs (Trinidad & Tobago)

The Great conflict between Christ and Satan, and in particular the sin problem, involves certain individuals and groups:

1) The Godhead is definitely involved (Father, Son and Holy Spirit)

2) 2/3 of Angels who remained loyal to God are involved.. as they are still looking

     into how their Creator deals with sin (1 Peter 1:12)

3) The beings from other worlds who have never sinned are also carefully  observing the way God handles the sin issue. We are not alone.. (Matthew 8:12)

4) We have another category; Satan and the 1/3 of his fallen forces of evil (Rev 12:4) who must also be satisfied that God was right in His handling of sin (remember Satan is called the "accuser of the brethren", who accuses God's children of their sins before Him day & night (Rev. 12:10;  Zech.3:1-3)

5) The last group relates to human beings divided into 2 groups; Repentant and unrepentant sinners in the great controversy. As the scriptures say, "every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord..." (Isaiah 45:23;  Rom 14:11),whether they be human beings or demons)... No one in the Cosmos or on earth will be able to say that God was unfair..  the records will speak for themselves.

Therefore we should heed the call of Peter to "...give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fail" (2Peter 1:10)
What things does he refer to?
Because we have been given "exceeding great and precious promises that by these [promises] ye might be partakers of the divine nature.."(Christ's character), it becomes necessary to be diligent to "add to your faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge, and to knowledge, temperance [self-control], and to temperance patience, and to patience godliness (God-likeness), and to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness charity (love in action), for if these things be in you, and abound, they shall make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ,"But he that lacketh these things is blind, (Lord have mercy), and cannot see afar off (the future), and hath forgotten that he was purged from his sins" (2Peter 1:4-9)

The emphasis in this admonition is preparation and development for dwelling with beings in heaven and the rest of the universe who have never sinned!
If the counsel of the Holy Spirit using Peter is received, "ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ,... for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ" (2 Peter 8. 11)When we understand the objective of God toward his human family is love and full restoration to the character of Adam before the fall, we will hate every offensive thought, word or action that opposes Him and shuts us out from the glorious paradise Christ has gone to prepare for those who are faithful.
God has given us a free will, let us use it wisely through His powerful grace.