Flawed servant

 Here’s today’s song. It’s called:

Flawed servant 

Samson was strong but he was flawed 

Delilah demonstrates 

His strength returns, his passion burns

He fell from hurts to hates 

I'm no better, I want revenge 

Hard to forgive and serve

I too am flawed, I  hear God 

He holds my heart and nerve 

Jesus showed He had no flaws 

He's over all creation 

He wants a coin, fits fish to join 

Sends it to its station 

I'm no better, I want revenge 

Hard to forgive and serve

I too am flawed, I  hear God 

He holds my heart and nerve 

I'm no better, I want revenge 

Hard to forgive and serve

I too am flawed, I  hear God 

He holds my heart and nerve.

Judges 16:22

But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.

Matthew 17:24-27

The Temple Tax

24 After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?”

25 “Yes, he does,” he replied.

When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. “What do you think, Simon?” he asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes —from their own children or from others?”

26 “From others,” Peter answered.

“Then the children are exempt,” Jesus said to him. 27 “But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.”

Certified

 Here’s today’s poem. It’s called:

Certified

Abraham 100 when Isaac was born 

Sarah too old as well 

God creates us, He predates us 

His total time'll tell 

Already angels certified 

Saints are there of old

John the least, His bride's the feast 

Accept and see unfold 

You accept you're in the new 

Bride is new and great 

John and Groom made more room 

Join before too late.

Genesis 21:5

5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

Matthew 11:11

11 Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

John 3:31-34

31 The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all. 32 He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. 33 Whoever has accepted it has certified that God is truthful. 34 For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

Be the one

 Here’s today’s song. It’s called :

Be the one 

Help me be the one bows down in thanks 

My goal: be the one who returns 

Jesus heals ten, one born again 

Go back, bow down, no burns 

We can be the one, don't have to be the nine 

We can bow at Jesus' feet 

We can finish strong, live a good life long 

Our return meets His mercy seat

Jesus speaks, says "Rise and go", 

At His Word we're well 

The other nine He cannot find 

There's a real place, hell 

We can be the one, don't have to be the nine 

We can bow at Jesus' feet 

We can finish strong, live a good life long 

Our return meets His mercy seat

We can be the one, don't have to be the nine 

We can bow at Jesus' feet 

We can finish strong, live a good life long 

Our return meets His mercy seat.

Luke 17:11-19

Jesus Heals Ten Men With Leprosy

Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!”

When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed.

One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan.

Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?” Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.”

Christ or cannabis

 Here’s today’s song. It’s called:

Christ or cannabis 

Justify, how I try 

Really ain't no reason 

You may have to choose as well

Move to that next season 

As a kid, some things work 

Escape awhile from life 

When you're grown the seeds you've sown 

Turn from free to strife 

I look back, the things that worked 

All appear appealing 

As I mature, I see, for sure

His hand on me, He's healing

As a kid, some things work 

Escape awhile from life 

When you're grown the seeds you've sown 

Turn from free to strife 

As a kid, some things work 

Escape awhile from life 

When you're grown the seeds you've sown 

Turn from free to strife.

Proverbs 31:6-7

6 Let beer be for those who are perishing,

wine for those who are in anguish!

7 Let them drink and forget their poverty

and remember their misery no more.

Litany of Loneliness

 Here’s today’s poem. It’s called: 

Litany of Loneliness 

Today's teens are lonely, they're mostly looking down

We can help one find and make a friend 

All it takes is time, climb our culture, climb

We see the stats, we know where this can end

One person at a time, one life, one soul 

Through generations, a choice 

We meet 'em where they are, not rich or superstar

Our role to humbly hear their voice 

Once heard and seen, the bond may mean 

a closeness, not arms-length

We're giving out, it's serve not shout 

We're just sharing strength.

Litany is a prayer, wait and we'll get there 

Waiting ain't always the best option 

Reach for God, don't tarry

He's chomping the bit to carry 

We may inherit adoption.

Ephesians 1:4-5

4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5 he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will-