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Within dark caverns of the mind Fearsome creatures abide Demons tempting with praise and bribes Offering false hope from Hell's fires. Do not falter nor let the spirit weaken When walking twisting tunnels Terrifying dark labyrinth Fearful of hearing Satan's step. Colin Ian Jeffery Share My Bread

 I stand tall and free Without Death Terrorizing my soul. For those who die in faith Shall rise again Dead are not forgot Asleep in quiet fields of repose. God's love makes them free And they shall enter Paradise Blessed as angels... one by one. Colin Ian Jeffery Love Hope & Faith Through the Bible as it happened!

Never speaks Trapped within damaged brain Body twisted, limbs trembling Sitting in hospital yard Humming tunes without melody. Bright soul standing tall Articulate mind intact Singing melodious songs of love Only God and he can hear. Colin Ian Jeffery Nearer, My God, To Thee Through the Bible as it happened!

We all must die Nothing lasts forever All falls in the end. We are born Have children Crumple in old age. Raging against death Knowing we must Someday lie within a coffin. Soul never dies As promised by Jesus Christ Who died so we can enter Heaven. Colin Ian Jeffery Share My Bread  

"Tomorrow will be brighter than today, " My father often said when I went to him Tearful after hurting myself, needing parental love, Pain kissed away with hugs making me happy. Darkness always gives way finally to the light Storms abate with terrors of night soon forgot. Tomorrow is full of promise with dawn's birth Future bright as heart and resolve make it. With determination seeking God in His everywhere. Climbing life's mountain range to find Heaven Having faith, compassion for united family of Man. Smiling, my father would tell of a Jewish man Who preached love and peace and walked on water Raised the dead, healed the sick and esteemed the poor.  Colin Ian Jeffery Share My Bread

 God is the dawn Pregnant with promise Casting light into the darkness. God is truth Thought brighter than the sun Wider than eternity Seeded within every soul. Colin Ian Jeffery Share My Bread

 I stand tall and free Without Death Terrorizing my soul. For those who die in faith Shall rise again Dead are not forgot Asleep in quiet fields of repose. God's love makes them free And they shall enter Paradise Blessed as angels... one by one. Colin Ian Jeffery Share My Bread PRAYER Dear Lord, How hard it is for me to see myself as a mighty warrior- me, the runt of the litter. So often I've seen myself as someone merely grinding out my daily bread, not someone going off to battle. And yet you've singled me out not to farm but to fight. Help me go forward in the strength you've given me, obeying your command that has sent me, and focusing on your adequacy rather than my inadequacy. Please help me with the image I have of myself as so small and weak. Eugene H. Peterson

 I stormed the thunder road from Hell With sword and shield Over bloody fields of war Fighting hordes of warrior demons down. I stand at my Lord's side Beneath his battle standard Never to retreat For he restored my soul to glory. Colin Ian Jeffery Share My Bread

 The Lord is my truth and the way And I shall follow him Safe within his love. I shall fear no evil For he protects me and leads me forth Into the everlasting light. He uplifts my soul Bringing joy and resolve And my thoughts are upon Heaven. And my thoughts are upon Heaven. Colin Ian Jeffery

 After supper with his disciples Jesus went alone to pray And in the garden spoke to his Father Lord God Almighty. In deep anguish of spirit prayed Sweat on brow was blood For he knew torture and death awaited him When Judas betrayed him with a kiss. He did not ask his Father in Heaven Send an army of angels to save him But for strength to offer himself As sacrificial lamb for Mankind. Colin Ian Jeffery

 Do not weep me Grieving over my fall from grace For he forgave me And I outpaced the echoes Of each demon's stalking stride. Once upon a time I shared bread he broke And sipped wine he blessed. Colin Ian Jeffery Share My Bread

 I follow the Lord And my footsteps shall not falter For he is my strength Purpose, greatest joy and glorious truth. I walk the valley of shadows Without fear because of him For his love sustains me against all perils And loving him is my aspiration. I will rest at journey's end In land of milk and honey Drink of sweet waters Soul rejoicing in the Lord's creation. The Lord guides me through darkness Raises me when I stumble and fall He is light of the world Forgiving sinners who repent. Colin Ian Jeffery

Alone, I walk fields and woods we loved Seeing you with every step I take Hearing your gentle laughter Smelling you sweet as a flower And I keep you safe within my heart. Years have slipped bye so fast Old age has slowed my pace My hair has turned white as snow But still my thoughts are focused On memories we shared And I keep you safe within my heart. Colin Ian Jeffery

 Searching for God hidden in his everywhere Lord of all creation, builder of Universes Seeking with eyes, senses and intellect Following new roads and finding him elusive Hearing news of him and of his majesty Embracing stories with wonder and glory of him Soul yearning for his blessing, strength and compassion. When life's journey finally comes to an end Entering Heaven's gates seeing angels and saints Repentant sinner with sins forgiven and soul clean. God resides sublimely enthroned within all hearts And in nature's beauty, timeless and magnificent. God is light within darkness showing the way Eternal love and truth that cannot be denied. Colin Ian Jeffery LYRICS FOR Forever Reign: You are good, You are good When there's nothing good in me You are love, You are love On display for all to see You are light, You are light When the darkness closes in You are hope, You are hope You have covered all my sin You are peace, You are peace When my fear is crippling You are t...

Jesus preached to a crowd on the shore of Lake Galilee And the people pressed in upon him to hear him Seeing two boats he stepped into one, and preached on Telling of God's love for them, and of Heaven. The boats were owned by fishermen, fishing all night Without catching any fish and they were mending nets. Jesus spoke to the fishermen's leader Simon, saying, "Take the boat a little way out and cast your nets" When the nets were hauled in they bulged with fish. Jesus then said, "You shall be the fishers of men." The fishermen became disciples, many martyred And after Jesus was crucified between two thieves They took his teachings out into the world Keeping faith, saving souls, spreading God's love. Colin Ian Jeffery Heaven-Blessed

Time and tide Unvarying as night and day Wait for no man. Space without limit Stars, suns, galaxies Universes flow ever outwards. Great mystery of emptiness Eternal darkness With no beginning or end. Is that where God abides Pacing the darkness Seeding the galaxies with stars? Colin Ian Jeffery Share My Bread

 I thank you Almighty loving God For all my treasured days Enshrined within my heart. You are truth beguiling Light for all souls Way to life everlasting Loving Father in Heaven. I shall follow The Lord Jesus Christ Without fear and take the blows For His love strengthens my soul. Colin Ian Jeffery

 (Jesus Christ) In darkest night When all seems lost Fear overwhelms Think of me. I will be there Close as the beating of your heart. When you loose your way Frightened, crushed and in despair Think of me I will be your strength and shield Light within the darkness Believe in me and you will never die. Colin Ian Jeffery Lord, I give up all my own plans and purposes. All my own desires and hopes and accept thy will for my life. I give myself, my life, my all, utterly for thee, to be thine forever. Fill me, and seal me with thy Holy Spirit, use me as thou will it Send me where thou will it. And work out the whole "will"  of my life. At any cost, now and forever.

 With faith in God and belief in Jesus Christ Heaven with angels and sins forgiven, Eternal love and the best of human spirit With all peoples, colour, race and creed One great united family, all God's creation Life's journey has no fears or terrors. Turning your cheek to take the blows Suffering sorrows, hardships, tribulations Enduring what was thought impossible. Putting others before yourself and loving them Being the safe harbour for troubled unhappy souls Helping those who were lost to be found again. Seeing the sinner repent and pray for strength Then you have understood God's love. Colin Ian Jeffery

 God gave His cherished son Lord Jesus Christ Spirit of Sacred Spirit Who suffered for our Salvation Crowned with thorns, nailed to a cross. Adam's children in confusion Question God's existence As time runs out with dead leaves falling From storm-blasted trees Cruel winter proclaiming chilling reign. Prophet in misery and loneliness Banished by those he serves Cries out from the wilderness Imploring compassion and tolerance Love of God embraced by all. Colin Ian Jeffery Measure thy life by loss and not by gain. Not by the wine drunk but by the wine poured forth. For, love's strength, stands in love's sacrifice. And he that suffers most, has most to give.