No More Stealing My Joy

There will be no more stealing my joy
You cannot have the gift that I have received
You have attempted to take it from me since I was a boy
No longer will your tricks and lies be believed

Many days locked in solitude and quiet
Thinking I had no where to go
My thoughts erupting like a violent riot
None of this seems so long ago

Here is Jesus to say once again to me
You are my son, my friend and my love
Your debt has been paid, your Joy is free
This truth given from Heaven above

These burdens and my past have been overcome
Jesus chose to set me free from these chains
My worth is more than Heaven’s Gold, I am not scum
For my Redeemer, My God, My Savior Forever Reigns

Redeemed

The darkness had covered my soul
The numbness was consuming me
I was being snatched into a black hole
Beat up, pushed down dragged on my knees

To think I was here because of fellow Brothers
Men, who were supposed to be my friends
However, instead of looking out for one another
I was left alone to stand my ground and defend

The problem there lies within my pride
We are not designed to fight this evil alone
It’s like trying to run up a slippery slide
The vicious mouths hungry to reap what I have sown

The black had covered me from head to toe
No matter how hard I pulled and tore it away
The tighter and stronger its grip would grow
I felt choked and confused when I wanted to pray

My heart was hardened and my soul tangled
Jesus was pulling at me and crying out
He was ripping away the claws that strangled
This battle I felt with No doubt.

He placed his Beloved in my path
Two people who decided they would pray
Angels came to give me a spiritual bath
Jesus told the darkness and those thart hurt me to GO AWAY!

I felt so clean so lifted and renewed
Jesus and his angels loving on me, his son
Visions of a wife and family Jesus would include
My name written in the Lamb’s book of life can never be undone!

Thank you Papa for helping me return
From a place i chose to go on my own
Guide my soul from here on how to discern
I choose to stay at the feet of your Thrown.

I pray for your embrace on my heart
Constantly I want to know you are there
Thank you once again for another clean start
Remembering you in each and every prayer

Delivered

Sunday morning was a special day.  It was a day God set aside just for me.  He cleansed me of my darkness and burdens, my pains and my unforgiven.  He showed me gold from Heaven and said to me you are more precious than this to me.  He cleansed me with his holy water and poured it all over me.  I felt the anointing of his hands and those of his ministering angels.  It was hard to believe how dark and hard my heart had become.  What was even more painful was the fact that it was Christians who helped turn me in that direction.  Nonetheless, God is amazing and places people in our paths who are truly his prayer warriors and servants.  People who remind me that any of us can be blinded at times, especially when we move away from the body of Christ.  Simple morals that we stand by and would “never” do seem easier to do.  I am thankful for the people Jesus has placed in my life especially in my time of need.  I feel delivered and know that Jesus wants to use me for his glory and that is what I want to do.  Having a clear mind and clear thoughts, surrendering to his every call on my life.  I know what it is to live in dark places, but I want to know what it is like to live in the light.  I am tired of taking mini vacations to the promise land and then run back to the slavery I know so well.  God promised us to have an abundant life, but we must choose to accept that life and the love that comes with it.  It doesn’t matter that we don’t deserve it, what matters is Jesus tells us we do!  His sacrifice clinched our victory for eternity.  I want to remember this everyday and every moment and as my past tries to deafen me, I want to fix my eyes up Jesus and listen for his still and silent voice. Thank you Papa, protect me and be with me, do this for me and for all that choose to serve you! Amen

One Love, One King, All Christ!