Oh, burier of talents, why do you sleep?
There is so much more for you to do
Let not fear dampen your resolve
To use what God in you did imbue
Though the world may seem a scary place
With pitfalls awaiting at every turn
But you have been equipped to overcome
If only the lesson of trust you will learn
For if you honour the giver of your skills
And value the treasures in your care
Then you will make profits manifest
And with all the world you’ll share
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Matthew 25:14–30
“Lord, tell my sister to lend a hand.
She will do it if You command.
With over a dozen guest’s meals to be plated
I’m finding it hard to keep everyone sated.”
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“Martha, your priorities are misplaced,
With all you rushing and all your haste.
Man does not live by bread alone.
True life is when God’s word is known.
So take a moment and lend an ear,
For my message is also for you to hear.”
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Luke 10: 38-42
Ecclesiastes 3: 7
Camels through needles
Planks in eyes
Images absurd
It can’t be denied
But from beneath the surface
The truth does ring
And the images stay with us
That’s the thing
So don’t dismiss the story
As silly or trite
For it may well lead you
To the actions that are right
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Upon what do we now stand?
What are the structures that underpin our land?
Where are the foundations set in stone?
In the age of shifting sands and loam
A parable was given
A warning clear
But we in our arrogance
Refuse to hear
Let us hope that when the rains and floods do assail
That we still have enough root – that we can avail
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Matthew 7:24-27
“Friend, why do you linger in the shadows so deep?
Come and join us by the fire, on this side of the street.
I think that I know you. I’ve seen your face before.
You were with that Galilean, they just led through the door.”
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“I do not know of whom you’re speaking. You confuse me with another.”
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“But, I surely saw you with him; embracing him like a brother.”
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Again, I must assure you, I do not know that man.”
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“But surely your accent, like his, is one from Herod’s land.”
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“I by all that’s holy, swear that man I do not know!”
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And at that very moment, the cock began to crow.
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Luke 22
Hope gives perseverance
And faith it does build
In the face of discouragement
It tells us,”Don’t yield”
Hope reminds that God’s promises, we will see
In our diligent expectation, hope is key
Like when hopeful Abraham – children did receive
Or when Moses and the Hebrews were set free
Let hope then sustain you till victory you achieve
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Thank you for your message Pastor Vince from Romans 5.
Walls of might, a mere facade
For they pale to the might of God
Pharaoh trusted chariots and steeds
Even after witnessing God’s great deeds
Yet, the king did not relent
And to its ruin his army sent
But all the deities of Egypt’s land
Could not preserve a single man
And so they perished in the sea
Allowing Israel’s children to go free
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Exodus 14:26-28
The mysteries of the future
Many want to know
So they consult horoscopes
Or cards of tarot
Many say, “It’s just a bit of laugh”
But they don’t see the deeper side
No, not by half
Paul in Philippi by a young woman was met
Her masters saw her as a financial asset
For she had in her a spirit of divination
For others – this was a thing of intrigue
Paul on the other hand knew in whom she was in league
Paul commanded that the spirit her leave
For tinkering with such
Is not for those who in the Lord believe
Acts 16
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A youth set on self-gratification
Upon his father made demands
Wanting no more than his own satisfaaction
He set off to foreign lands
He wasted all that he had
And into despair he did fall
It was only then
That with his father he had had all
A broken man he set back to home
To humbly make his plea
But his father none of it would hear
When his lost son he did see
Welcomed back and robed and shod
A ring upon his hand
He was still by his dad beloved
And a banquet was given grand
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Thank you Pastor James for your message
A blindman by the roadside
A sinner in a tree
A woman with a hemorrhage
Giving her misery
While all those around them
Overlooked them – failed to see
God looked out and over them
And from their burdens set them free
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