Rejoice With Me

How can it be, how can it be
This Joy is rising up in me
There is no reason why
I should have this joy inside

There is trouble in my life
Yet this joy abides
Deep down inside, deep down inside

It makes me to lift my voice
It causes me to sing
The sacrifice of praise to bring

This unspeakable Joy
I cannot hide,, I cannot hide
It keeps bubbling up from deep within

It causes me to rejoice
through thick and thin
Whatever the day my bring
It leaves me with this silly grin

It fills my mouth with laughter
It takes my breath away
It makes my heart go faster
It makes my body sway

This Joy makes me take a chance
Contrary to my circumstance
My feet are moving me to dance

This joy that I feel
Is very, very real
It is outrageous
And highly contagious

Why don’t you join with me
This Joy will set you free
Jesus bought this Joy for you and me
On a hill called Calvary

Jesus Christ suffered and died
For this Joy that we would bring
By praising Him in everything

Now I understand and see
Why I have this Joy inside of me
It strengthens my feeble knees
It is a repellent to the enemy

Rejoice, rejoice
Again I say rejoice
Lift up your voice
And make a joyful noise

Philippians 4: 4

Rejoice in the Lord always
And again I say rejoice.

5/15/12

This is my prayer
For the saints everywhere
May you be strengthened
With His might
May you walk in His light

May your yoke be easy
And your burden be light
May you have victory in everything
That the coming days may bring

Beloved,
You are more than a conqueror
In this life
Keep on fighting the good fight
Doing what is right in the Father’s eyes

You are the children of the day
Not of the night
Exposing the devil’s lies
Ripping of his disguise

Always pointing to the cross
Where Jesus Christ paid the price
His holy Blood the sacrifice
For us to have eternal life

O Lord this is my prayer
For the saints everywhere
May their inner man
Be strengthened with Your might
As they fight the good fight
Walking in Your Light

5/14/12

Choose Your Fate

Open up the book
And take a look
I am talking about the Bible
I am talking about God’s Word

It is called the Gospel
And the Good News
It is the Word of Truth
To the Gentile and the Jew

The Word of God was given
For correction
For reproof
For instruction in the Truth

It is sharper than
Any two-edged sword
Dividing asunder
The true from the false

It is the weapon
You must use
When the enemy
Comes to abuse

It is the power
For us to use
This very hour
To bind and loose

It brings comfort
To your soul
It restores
And makes you whole

It gives you faith
To believe
That every promise
You will receive

We must not forget
The Word of God
Is the living Bread
Wherewith our spirit
Must be fed

The most important thing
You will discover
You only find in God’s Book
Not in any other

The cross of Jesus Christ
Is the power unto Salvation
For everyone who believes
For every kindred and every nation

This is a high alert
Attend unto God’s Word
Call on Jesus’ Name today
Tomorrow might be to late
Choose God
And seal your fate

5/12/12

Have Mercy Lord

O Lord, have mercy on our land
We have gone astray
Our President has taken the stand
That it is ok
For a man to marry another man

O God forgive us one more time
Let our President change his mind
Let your people repent
Before judgment you must send

No, God has not given up on man
Like He did in Noah’s day
He is still reaching down His hand
To lead us in His way

From generation to generation
He has made known
To every kindred and nation
His plan of His great salvation

From before the world began
God had already made a plan
To restore the human race
Back to its rightful place

God’s only begotten Son
Was destined to become
The sacrificial Lamb
To atone for fallen man

He was destined to be slain
To endured the cross
Despising the shame
So man could be born again

He went like an innocent lamb
To the slaughter
So that we could become
His sons and His daughters

Jesus is the Lamb of God
With His sinless blood
We have been bought
He alone has paid the price
To open the gate to Paradise

For millions His death
Has been for naught
By denying the truth
In deception were caught

Let not Christ’s suffering
Have been in vain
Ask God to send the latter rain
And revive us once again

Let multitudes call on His Name
Let sinners be turned into saints
Let them find the way
Before that great and terrible Day

5/11/12

Can you hear the sound
Coming down, coming down
It is a joyful sound
Coming from the Holy Mount

It fills my mouth with laughter
It gives me a silly grin
It gives me hope for the here after
The victory to win

I can whole heartedly recommend
This Joy to you, my Friend
It is the source of my strength
It will restore and it will mend’
It does not take offense

Let me testify
What this unspeakable Joy
Has done in my own life
It has turned my darkness into light
And given me the blessed assurance
That everything will be alright

It has turned my mourning
Into dancing
Changed my filthy rags
Into a garment of Praise

It is the Lord’s desire
That our Joy may be full
To lift us higher
To carry you through the fire

At times it will require
a sacrifice
Which is a small price
Compared to what Jesus suffered
When He was crucified

But O what Joy filled His soul
When from the grave He rose
Giving us back the control
Over all that the devil stole

Hallelujah, Jesus is alive
He opened the gate to Paradise
Making a way back to God
His unspeakable Joy to impart

All who believe in Him
Will be forgiven of their sin
And this river of Joy will begin
To bubble up from deep within

5/10/12

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Cleanse Your Holy Temple!
[© 2012 Tom D Blakely]

Spirit of the Living God set my soul on fire.
Saviour, Jesus Christ my Lord, be my one desire.
As I kneel before You Lord at the dawning of the day,
Let me speak and hear Your voice as I seek Your way.

Silent is the world outside; silent too within.
There’s not a soul that can distract, this, our special time.
My mind is clear of anxious thought and other worldly care.
I longed for this time all night Lord and now I know You’re here.

Forgive me Lord and cleanse me now of every hidden sin;
A holy temple I would be that my God may enter in.
Lord now I bring petitions for those requiring prayer…
Can it be that You won’t hear? My Lord do You not care?

There’s no distraction here Lord so why do You lead this way?
Okay I’ll be silent for a while even though I’m not sure why?
Thank You Lord, I forgot again; You have a better plan.
And I must not restrict Your will through eyes of mortal man.

But, in this silence, I could pray about the list that burdens me…
What did I say? I’m on the floor; O God what can it be?
You show me things that I’ve done wrong in such a powerful way;
In tears I’m weeping on this floor at the dawning of the day.

I have no will, I won’t hold back; take control now Lord I pray.
This prayer time now belongs to You; I beg You, have Your say.
You heard my prayers, my list You knew, before I even spoke?
Thank You Lord! I say with joy; my tears the carpet soaks.

In fear and trembling, I know not to speak; but listen for His voice.
I quake as I lie there thinking this prayer time was my choice!
My prayer requests were not required; The Holy Spirit revealed to me. . .
Some sins of mine in recent days that I had failed to see.

I’d demanded revival and had boldly asked that it begin with me.
But when God answered I didn’t hear; this I began to see.
At church I asked for ‘a night of prayer’, but was hurt when all declined.
God let me know that this was wrong and not His will or time!

Anything else I’ve messed up Lord? In tears, I voice out to Him.
Impatience, disobedience, doubt, stood out amidst my other sin!
Well maybe I should just give up?!! I regretted saying this…
His Passover angel saw the blood and pointed me to the cross.

I meditated there a while at God’s wondrous healing stream;
A place of peace and perfect rest where troubled earth meets heaven.
When the Lord later lifted me, I felt just love all fear had gone.
God had cleansed His holy temple before the break of dawn.

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O Lord,
You are not a man
That You could lie
You are attentive
To our cry

I am fully persuaded
When I ask
According to Your will
My request You will fulfill

I am fully persuaded
And I believe
That every promise
You have made to me
I shall receive

I am fully persuaded
And I know, that I know
That You are faithful
To give me a harvest
For whatever I sow

I am fully persuaded
That what I decree
I am going to see
Manifested in reality

I am fully persuaded
All you have prophesied
Will be mine
In the appointed time

I am fully persuaded
And I declare
That there is no one like You
On earth or anywhere

I am fully persuaded
That You will lend Your ear
And calm the fear
Of whosoever will draw near

I am fully persuaded
That the work He started
To do in your life
He will complete
Until the day of Jesus Christ

I am fully persuaded
That what God says
He will also do
He will perfect
Everything concerning you

It is time for you
To be persuaded too
For without faith
It is impossible
To please the One
Who is faithful and true

5/9/12

When the roll is called up yonder
Which way will you go
Do you know
Do you know

There will be no time to ponder
Which way you will go
But there is no need
For anyone to wonder
Where your eternal soul will go
You can know, that you know
For the Bible tells us so

Only the Word of God
Has the power to cut asunder
What is from above
And what is from down under

God does not speak in the thunder
He speaks in a still, small voice
Giving you and me the choice
To forsake our sin and follow Him

A knowledge deep down within
A blessed assurance He will bring
When you give your life to HIM
And your spirit is born again

You will not have to wonder
When the roll is called up yonder
You will know, that you know
Where your spirit and your soul will go

5/8/12

Healing Faith
[© 2012 Tom D Blakely]
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Listen to the Word of God
Whatever hurt you feel.
Come to Jesus now in prayer
There’s nothing He can’t heal.

You may think things are too much
Or have even given up.
On your own you may have failed
But in Jesus you cannot.

Rise up in faith to meet the Lord
In the halfway house of prayer,
Where Jesus, holding out His hand
Will heal you by His power.

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‘Whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.’
[Matthew 21:22]
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Let us not be silent any longer
Let us tell about our King
His name is Elohim
He is the Creator of everything

Let us not be silent any longer
Let us tell about the Lord
His name is Emanuel
He is he Holy One of Israel

Let us not be silent any longer
Let us declare war
Let the praises go before
Let the Lion of Judah roar

There is only one God
In the entire universe
Let us declare His Name
Throughout all the earth

There is only one Redeemer
Who redeemed us from the curse
There is only one Savior
who died to save the world

Let us not be silent any longer
Let us proclaim it in the streets
Let us declare His works
And make known His mighty deeds

Let us not be silent any longer
Let us tell about Mt Calvary
Where this great and mighty God
Became sin for you and me

Let us not keep silent any longer
For His return is even at the door
If you don’t know the Lord
Now is the time to come aboard

5/7/12