Abundance is what I give thanks for,
God’s goodness overflows into my life,
Now I struggle to have enough words,
To fully express my love for God,
Whatever I can lay my hands on,
I will use to declare my love for God,
I will give God all I have,
My heart committed to his plans,
My undivided attention the first requirement,
Formed from my desire for God’s eternal love,
Life begins and ends with God’s praise,
I love adding my voice to love’s response.

All my old excuses are gone,
My life is about putting God first,
Making him the centre of everything,
And, celebrating this loudly.

I will use anything I can,
To offer God all that I have,
This will be my reward for trusting,
Justice will stop hate in its tracks,
I will face the hate with courage,
Returning glares with love,
That cut deep into the the liar’s heart.

This becomes his death sentence,
After he lives a life of disappointment,
He will die with anger on his lips,
But, this is not my future,
I have learned my song’s words well,
Everyday celebrating the sheer delight,
That comes from knowing God’s rest.

When everything is right in my world,
My desire is to find ways to give thanks,
When I run out of words, God finds more,
It’s the sound of eternity in my ears,
That finds new praise words every day.

Every created thing is designed for praise,
A word of encouragement from a friend,
My glimpse of the sun’s rays each morning,
The constant steady love of my wife,
The daily provision of every daily need,
All this and more are praiseworthy.

My deepest joy has been discovered,
It takes all my most painful memories,
And leaves them with yesterday,
Today I will begin with praise,
Assured that God remembers to love me,
Not one part of me is unloved,
Opposition to this love will be ended,
As God asserts his unfailing care,
To the one who trusts completely in him.

The self importance of arrogance,
Has little to say to God,
He only listens to his own words,
And they don’t impress God,
God is interested in those who remember,
When each day is started with him,
And, then completed with praise.

Every day is a reminder of God’s care,
It begins with the first rays of light,
Seen from an earth born from love,
Appreciated by the gift of understanding,
Transformed by truth’s first concern,
Lived in the Rhythm of grace,
Healing the broken spirits,
Of those who seek to discover,
God’s loving open word,
Spoken me each day.

My life began with God celebrating,
Here is another child of mine,
The day I turned my face to his,
And, said, “I can’t do this by myself”,
Knowing my plans didn’t work,
Darkness gave way to light,
My soul’s transformation began.

I’ve seen the nothing path,
That collects everything on the way,
Building up their piles of manure,
Thinking they have created a treasure,
Forgetting that it soon returns,
To where it began.

My God pours out love day after day,
He never stops looking to show it,
He searches for the broken hearted child,
Those who have felt life’s blows,
Beaten mercilessly by the pursuit of more,
Those who have missed out,
Because of the ravenous greed of self,
Those who cannot see a way forward,
Blinded by the liar’s orchestrated darkness,
God’s love brings freedom,
From the weight of the loveless liar,
Despair turns to celebration,
An awesome shout of hope,
Erupts from God’s heart,
Bringing new life to today.

God’s abundant love flows into my life,
There is no end to His possibility,
His favour has no favourites,
My failures can belong to him,
And, I can seek out his plans,
Crafted for my life alone.

I love to think about these things,
My days are full of praise,
There is more and more to know,
About the ways God loves his children,
I am the least of all people,
Yet, I live like a king,
Given a life of abundance,
In which my deepest desires are filled.

One word from me,
The briefest prayer,
Is all it takes,
To galvanise heaven’s armies,
To come to my help.

I live as a much loved child,
Indulged by Truth,
No longer troubled by hate’s lies,
They do not belong to God’s child,
I hear the lies but am protected by God,
My mouth voicing only God’s words,
Encouraging others to join the chorus,
That shouts out his eternal praise anthem.

God prepares me for each day’s troubles,
When my dear enemy hounded me each day,
The smell of blood in his nostrils,
I turned to God and sought safety,
My deepest failure became my sword,
Safety was found in my brokeness,
The battle tide turned as God showed up.

I witnessed God’s awesome power,
I found new strength to see me through,
My dear enemy shaking his puny fist,
Angry words making his wisdom foolishness,
Tripping up on his own confused lying,
It all became perfectly clear to me,
My voice found the right words again,
So that truth could be heard,
The darkness quickly giving way to light.

Now each day brings new promises,
There is no limit to God’s abundance,
I will seek him with all my heart,
And, enjoy the life that comes from God,
This is the truth that I have found,
The lies have no power at all,
Disarmed completely by love,
Peace is found in God’s rest.

Mercy is my heart’s cry today,
This morning your gift is its sweet words,
I allow only these words to fill me,
My dear enemy spews constant hate,
His cold eyes that have dark souls,
Drawing me into their emptiness,
Wanting to see me cling to false hope,
I feel the pain of disappointment,
The desert of loneliness,
When what was important,
Was too easily discarded for a trinket.

I have searched with God for answers,
I turned my face to his,
Looking into his loving eyes,
Discovering more and more of his love,
Life is lived in an oasis of calm,
Trusting God for my daily needs,
My path protected by his strong hand,
Nothing can change my choices now,
His will is etched in my memory,
Reminding me of what comes first.

My dear enemy’s words are drying up,
His accusations easily cast aside,
They belong to him,
Even though he wants me to quiver,
Fear is not my first response,
Soon he will know the great silence,
When God’s voice will ring in his ears,
His words will be his retribution,
God’s will is setting all things right.

I remain a humble listening ear,
Trusting in God’s words to me,
With me in each step forward,
Surrounded by unfailing love.

My daily list of pain mounts up,
They become the deepest pit of hurts,
My life is lived in agony,
While my dear enemy gloats,
He only seeks my downfall,
That is his main intention,
For his selfish seeking to feel better,
Disloyalty is my daily reminder,
Of how fickle friendship can be.

I won’t depend on anyone now,
Except my God’s love,
Too many disappointments have come,
These seek to overwhelm me,
The powerful destruction of divided attention,
Is what slowly destroys love’s desire.

My heart longs for a shared intentions,
The love of God above all things,
Lost in the maze of endless distraction,
But, I am brought home by trust in God,
Despairing of any loyalty,
My cry for help is heard,
Instead of pain I seek out the goodness,
That my God has given me.

I desire a heart that belongs to God,
Hearing his words of daily appreciation,
His desires becoming my calling,
Our words combining to declare love’s triumph,
No room to harbour selfish inclinations,
Love is a single minded pursuit,
Of seeking the beauty that lies within.

A divided life is a disheartening lie,
That never pays its full due,
Its cost mounts with false promise,
Of a dividend that is never paid,
The false hope quickly fades to nothing,
Along with the the liar’s words,
Leading my dear enemy to his own destruction.

Word traps abound every day,
They seek to find a way to destroy,
Questions seeking to create doubt,
Becoming my dear enemy’s deepest regret,
As I hear God’s loving truth,
Expressed in the great reversal,
Where justice is fully understood by all,
My life lived in Grace’s abundance,
Life now lived as a daily adventure,
Intolerant of Lie’s deceits.

My life was completely torn open,
Every part of my shame shared with the world,
All of my failures written on my forehead,
Every word I spoke echoed my mistakes,
No part hidden from God.

I sought to hide myself from God,
Thinking I could cover up my failures,
Stupidity replaced common sense,
As I sought to rely on my own salvation,
But God knows me inside out,
From the moment I drew breath he was there,
No part of me goes unloved,
My failures, my shame, my mistakes,
Even my greatest stupidity,
Every part is known and then loved.

God confidence means that I will not cower,
The attacks against me born from hatred of God,
Their time is up and I am speaking out now,
My focus on God’s love sorts the lies very easily,
They stand out like a gaping wound,
That cannot be hidden from sight.

Today I begin with an open heart,
Broken open with no unseen parts,
Tested by Love’s’ piercing eyes,
Seeking out anything not begun by love,
Even my deepest thoughts,
Will be examined by Love,
Love will lead me to my daily choices,
The light to Eternity’s gifts.

When I was inundated with angry words,
My God was with me,
Even though I gave up on myself,
He saw new possibilities,
Transformation was on his mind,
Born from despair, destruction and betrayal.

Doubt was completely dispelled,
About who won this fight,
My broken heart a witness to eternity’s love,
That sought out my every weakness,
Nothing was hidden from His gaze,
My deepest humiliation transformed by hope.

My life is completed by thankfulness,
Eternity’s faithfulness in my deepest darkness,
Demonstrating who is in charge,
Love creates the great reversal,
Of the winner in the world’s clamour for more,
No one will escape love’s call,
Reaching out and restoring the broken,
The world a witness to love’s final truth.

Deafness is this world’s worst illness,
Every day God shouts out his glory,
But, history repeats over and over,
God evidence is in every part of creation,
Yet arrogance still believes its own lies,
Thinking he will overcome God’s plan for me.

My experience tells me God is working,
Human’s shaking their puny fists are losers,
They always succumb to His will,
Their angry shouting has no effect on God’s plan,
God’s magnificence is not dimmed by hate.

Arrogance seeks to create fear in my heart,
Desiring to see me fail so he feels better,
He seeks support for his outbursts of hate,
Explosions of venom stinging those close by.

Then Truth emerges from the fray,
Trust is restored by God’s comfort,
Hate is muzzled by Grace’s kind words,
Life is restored in their sweet sounds,
Drawing fresh breath after a long run,
The finish line is clear – waiting to be crossed.

I thought my end was very close,
Frantically looking for somewhere to go,
Every path seemed like a dead end,
It was then I called out to God,
I asked, “What do you think you are doing?”

Opposition seemed to be my daily message,
Speaking words to bring me me down,
Wanting to crush my spirit completely,
I heard them and thought they were true,
They echoed in my head, day and night,
I began repeating the defeat words,
Thinking that they were my destiny.

God knew what he was doing in my life,
Creating a path of hope for me,
Gradually life emerged again,
My daily task to first seek God,
Bringing fresh light to the path.

People, frenemies quickly turned,
Seeking the worst for me,
Pretending to care with veiled threats,
But, my daily search for truth,
Disarmed the stream of false truths,
Their message bouncing of my daily praise.

The lies told me death was hope,
But my life is now a witness to God’s promise,
The lies are completely defeated,
A constant thorn to destruction’s wish,
Betrayal has become his daily burden,
Duplicity hounding him to sleepless nights,
A weight that gets heavier each day.

I look with confidence to each new day,
Rejection transformed by acceptance,
My life is a celebration of God’s faithfulness,
To the one who lost his way but is found,
Victory is not found in vindication,
But, in living with eternal trust,
I am completed by praising God today.

This morning’s first word is. “Praise”,
Everyone and everything should praise God,
Why? Because, he is with us forever!
There is no end to his love,
Praise is knowing this truth,
Praise is the words of belonging,
Shouted out in its celebration.

Forgiveness is my constant request Lord,
In a brief moment I chose death words,
That sought to see the worst,
In an instant anger took over,
Leaving deep hurt in its wake.

In the midst of this I cried for forgiveness,
I look to God for healing,
Seeking kindness to replace the anger,
Turning sadness into tears of laughter,
Lies are the hurtful twisting of truth,
That are spat out by venom’s tongue,
Seeking to separate my Spirit from God’s,
Looking for an opportunity for Death’s victory.

Today I will look for life’s words,
Seeking to restore the hope that begun,
Not allowing death to wreak destruction,
Looking to belong again after destroyed trust,
I will seek the goodness that belongs to me,
The rest that comes from loving deeply,
Giving daily thanksgiving to God,
For his abundant life giving words,
That are my hope for restoration.

Greed’s face is a terrifying sight,
To those who hunger for life’s trinkets,
They live with a gaping hole,
Never satisfied and constantly lusting,
They live with the emptiness of being alone,
Desire a torturous hunger never satiated,
Having more and more but never knowing why?

I know the deep hunger that is this life’s curse,
But, I found the blessing that is God’s gift,
It came to me in my darkest hour,
What I forgot God reminded me,
My memory slowly restored,
Understanding giving freedom,
Words that sought belonging,
Received with Grace.

Blessing is now fully received,
Day after day my life connected to holiness,
Grace and flesh completely belonging to each other,
Everything given to Grace in loving acceptance,
My voice shouting daily praise.

My world was in complete disarray,
Life was a dead end of hopelessness,
My closest friend deserted me,
Escape seemed impossible,
My back was to the wall,
Desperation was my daily sob.

God’s powerful grace pushed back,
Out of desperation flowed hope,
True friends flocked around me,
The dead end was now opportunity,
Opening into a plethora of options,
Grace is my constant experience.