Leave Your Mark by Sam Glen One night I had a wondrous dream.
One set of footprints there was seen,
the footprints of my precious Lord,
but mine were not along the shore.
But then some stranger prints appeared
and I asked the Lord, "What have we here?
Those prints are large and round and neat,
but, Lord, they are too large for feet."
"My child," he said in sober tones,
"For miles I carried you alone.
I challenged you to walk in faith,
but you refused and made me wait."
"You disobeyed, you would not grow.
The walk of faith you would not know.
So I got tired, I got fed up,
and there I dropped you on your butt."
"Because in life there comes a time
when one must fight and one must climb,
when one must rise and take a stand
or leave their butt prints in the sand."
The Gift Of Friendship
Friendship is a priceless gift
That cannot be bought or sold,
But its value is far greater
Than a mountain made of gold -
For gold is cold and lifeless,
It can neither see nor hear,
And in the time of trouble
It is powerless to cheer
It has no ears to listen,
No heart to understand,
It cannot bring you comfort
Or reach out a helping hand -
So when you ask God for a Gift,
Be thankful if He sends
Nor diamonds, pearls or riches,
But the love of real true friends.
Helen Steiner Rice by Dennis J. Colwell (aka “StrUHT”)On the road of life
I’m changing lanes
I’m switching names
No more time for playing games
Not gripping grains
of woods
As found on the exterior
but I’m grabbing hold of a metamorphosis
of my interior
Having given up
my dead soul
so inferior
In exchange for
a purpose and
life superior
Now connected
and reconciled
Delivered from being
cowardly and servile
I can now drive mile for mile
laid back in full relaxation
No need for MapQuest
When I know Heaven is
my destination. The Division Two men live with me:
There is the one I am,
And there is the one others see.
And I keep hoping that there would be unity
In my inner-community.
If it was not for you Father God
Who would be listening?
In the dark of the night when I'm turning and twisting
From thoughts of some of the wrong I have done
(I am scared to tell most people I know for fear they may tell someone)
If it was not for you Father God
The dark of the night would swallow me like an abyss
But I know through the fog and the mist
If I confess my sins and repent, I still have a chance to be heaven sent
So I cry out to you Father God!
Please forgive me for the wrong I have done!
At the time I committed any offence, I call myself having fun
I really did not mean to hurt anyone
I have skeletons in my closet the size of dinosaurs
Please put a lock on the door, I do not want to look anymore
Inside I scream - make me a new human being!
So I can take my wings and soar
I do not want to be who I am anymore
So I cry out to you Father God - my arms outstretched
I am praying in the name of Jesus that you will save me next
Turn me upside down, shake me out and then play catch
Because I am a wretch, I confess, my life is a mess
I desire to be eternally blessed…add a new chapter to my life
This time I want to get it right - My future can still be bright
Today I accept Jesus Christ! Hallelujah is the highest praise
So I shout Hallelujah! Father God please change my ways
I step to you boldly and I am insisting
If it was not for you, who would be listening?
I am on a mission, I desire to change my lowly position
Answer my call, it is only you who cares
I confess you gave your only begotten Son so that
I could have an eternal one - so with you this confessional I share
Please accept this sinner's prayer!
Church of the Nazarene Knowle Park Bristol Bs4 2rdD | I AM I am the person you bullied at school, 
I am the person who didn’t know how to be cool.
I’m the person that you alienated,
I’m the person you ridiculed and hated.
I am the person, who sat on her own,
I am the person who walked home alone.
I am the person you scared every day,
I am the person who had nothing to say.
I am the person with hurt in his eyes,
I am the person you never saw cry.
I am the person living alone with his fears,
I am the person destroyed by his peers.
I am the person, who drowned in your scorn,
I am the person who wished she hadn’t been born.
I am the person you destroyed for fun,
I am the person, but not the only one.
I’m the person whose name you didn’t know,
I’m the person who just can’t let go.
I’m the person, who has feelings to,
I am the person, just like you.
Make a stand. Wear a band. Anon Mary Had a Little Lamb Mary had a little Lamb,
His fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went,
The Lamb was sure to go.
He followed her to school each day,
When it wasn't against the rules.
He made the children laugh and play
To have the Lamb at school.
Then the rules changed one day,
Against the law it became.
To bring the Lamb of God to school
Or even speak His name.
Every day got worse and worse,
And days turned into years.
Instead of hearing children laugh and play,
You heard them crying tears.
What must we do to stop the crime,
That's in our schools today?
Let the Lamb come back to school
And teach our kids to pray. Patience
by Geoffrey Watts
God grant me an increase where I have less
First on my list is more patience
Patience to love
Patience to wait
Have patience reside in me where once was hate
Provide me patience to teach
Patience to save
Patience to abstain from the worldly things I crave
Temper my soul
Open my heavenly eyes
Impair my vision where I need to be blind
Grant me the patience to stay before you in prayer
Help me to come clean with you
Cause me to share
Remove all doubt and replace it with trust
Cast down the strongholds that separate us
When I can't see you moving
Increase my faith
Bless me with the patience to run a full race
Bestow me adequate measure to endure life's storms
Erase bad memories and make enemies foreign
Where my patience is worn
Repair the breach
Fill up my cup
Keep your love within reach
When my heart is torn
Heal and remove the pain
Restore my patience and trust to love again
God more than anything
Please hear this plea
Decrease my faults and remain patient with me!
Hypocrite
although Jesus is coming
I find myself faking and fronting
without Christ I have nothing
but I am always looking for something
and yet I call myself Christian
I do more taking than giving
like a hypocrite I am living
how can a man like me be forgiven
only through the grace of Jesus Christ
more sharper than any two edged knife
I must repent from living a lie
right now I have two masters in my life
I am calling upon the Christians
who feel like something is missing
if we were truly serving Christ
our life would be filled with Godly missions
Lord put my vessel in submission
because my heart has been convicted
I do not want to represent the wicked
I want to reflect the one who is living
All Glory to Jesus Christ,
Kerry Dale Hancock Jr
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