Salvation Stanzas, Reasons and Rhymes

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Choices

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On May 7, 2016

In Salvation, Stuff of Life

We all make choices
Some are good
Some are bad,
Some make us happy
Some make us sad,
Some are big ones
Some seem so small
Some we bend under
Some we stand tall,
Some are before us
Some have now past,
Some go by quickly
Some eternally last,
Some lead to riches
Some lead to fame,
Some were made for us
Some we place blame,
Some gain victory
Some cause defeat,
Some lead us forward
Some cause retreat,
But the greatest decision
You can possibly make,
Is to follow God’s Son
Who died for your sake,
His call is to all
You can freely partake,
And I pray you choose wisely
For your soul is at stake.

Mark Tinjum   –   2015

Reconciled

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On May 1, 2016

In Salvation

I am broken
Reclaimed
Restored
Renamed
Reconciled
Now a child
Washed clean
Undefiled
I’m the Lord’s
For all time
Saved by grace
Heavenward I climb!

Mark Tinjum   –   2015

The Master’s Call

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On April 27, 2016

In love, Salvation

Christ doesn’t always call us to do
What we want or what we expect,
He calls us to put to death our pride
When we want hold on and protect.

He calls us to turn the other cheek
And to go the extra mile,
Not grumbling or begrudgingly
And with no trace of malice or guile.

He calls us to love our enemies
As we would love our friends,
He preached that love is His Kingdom law
On which all else rests and depends.

So as you walk this pilgrim path
Seek peace and keep love in your heart,
And Christ will empower each move you make
But it’s up to you to start.

Mark Tinjum   –   2016

Need

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On April 24, 2016

In Salvation

We need Him at our best,
We need Him at our worst,
We need Him whether high or low,
Whether we are last or first,

We need Him on the mountaintops,
And in the Valley of the Shadow of Death,
We need Him for every beat of our heart,
And when we draw our final breath.

Mark Tinjum   –   2015

Whose Children?

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On April 21, 2016

In love, Stuff of Life

Children scrounge for a morsel in garbage dumps
While we sit on our piles of gold,
We walk our safe and pleasant streets
While God’s children are bought and sold,
We  sweep it all under the carpet
As Christ commands for orphans be bold,
So what will we answer the King of kings
When He comes back as Scripture foretold,
I can’t speak for anyone anyone else
But my excuses are getting old,
For where would we be if Christ treated us
So callously, meanly, so cold?
We’d be naked, hopeless and helpless
With no Samaritan to help on the road.

Mark Tinjum   –   2015

The Knock

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On April 21, 2016

In love, Stuff of Life

Countless children orphaned,
At the hands of injustice and war,
Victims of mankind’s lust and greed,
While we’re busy at play and ignore,
But Christ watches over and weeps,
At the plight of the helpless and poor,
Will we show them His love, grace and mercy?
Or ignore their knocks on our door?

Mark Tinjum   –   2015

Marvel

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On April 17, 2016

In Stuff of Life

We heap praise on him and marvel,
When a man jumps four feet high,
And barely acknowledge the existence,
Of the God who made earth, sea and sky.

We heap praise and give glory to mortal men,
Who can briefly defy the earth’s gravity,
While we stiff arm away the only One,
Who can save us from sin and depravity.

Mark Tinjum   –   2016

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