Marcia's Poem of the Week

  Marcia's Poem of the week for 9.16.2022.  “TO DO GOOD” Matthew 7:12-14 NLT   12. “Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets. 13. You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. 14. But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.” John 15:14 “You are my friends if you do what I command.” “TO DO GOOD” You are to do to others, What you'd like done to you, As told in God's law forever, And was taught to prophets, too. It makes good sense to say, Mind your p's and q's, * And walk the narrow way, Like scripture says to do. For narrow is the kingdom gate, Wide is the path to hell, Good makes the crooked straight, With a truth for you to tell. Tell about the Manger scene, And tell about the Cross, Tell how His Spirit does redeem,...

   "OVERCOMING TRAPS” Matthew 16:21-26 21  "From then on Jesus began to tell his disciples plainly that it was necessary for him to go to Jerusalem, and that he would suffer many terrible things at the hands of the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He would be killed, but on the third day he would be raised from the dead. 22 But Peter took him aside and began to reprimand him for saying such things. “Heaven forbid, Lord,” he said. “This will never happen to you!” 23 Jesus turned to Peter and said, “Get away from me, Satan! You are a dangerous trap to me. You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God’s.” 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross, and follow me. 25 If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it. 26  And what do you benefit if you gain the whole...

Poem of the Week by Marcia -SURRENDERING  Daniel 3:8-27 tells us that God doesn't say hard times will not happen if we believe, but He promises to be there with us, walking through the fire with us, wrapping us in His sweet embrace. Daniel 3:25; says, “Four men were walking in the furnace and the fourth person was a son of the gods.” Daniel 3:27; says that “everyone saw that the fire had not harmed their bodies, nor was a hair on their heads singed; their robes were not scorched, and there was no smell of fire on them.” SURRENDERING - Daniel 3: 8-27 Walk us through fires heated, Bring comfort to body and bone, Let us feel Your love completed, For You are our final home. So when the temperature rises, May the heat just spur us on, Beyond the questions and surprises, May Your love hold us strong. Let us know today is just a part, For tomorrow has so much more, Yet going on with you in our heart, We will excel as we endure. Bring it on and let us feel it, Help us kno...