I Love To Tell the Story
I love to tell the story
For, Jesus to receive glory
That ,when I thought I was alive
I was working on a barge boat
Twenty two years ago
I would stay gone for a month at a time
So I got away from normal life
Which I kinda hated at the time
But, it was ,for the best of me
For this was before cell phones
My grand paw had bought me a Bible
He knew I needed it ,I didn't think
It was a good Christmas present at the time: )
It has turned out to be the greatest gift
So, I took it with me one trip
Got bored one night opened it up
Started reading from the beginning
I went out to others making fun of it
Then later that night I pulled it back out
And read the red letters of His word
Then He revealed to me I was dead
Living in death from being
born of a slave woman from this world
Not that my mom was bad
She is a wonderful mom
She might still beat me when she sees this
It was created this way nothing against moms
Living in sinful nature from this world
This explained to me all the chaos I see
And what my soul had been longing for
In the time I didn't even think I had a soul
I was out for all the world's
desires and corruptness
I cried out in awe
He placed within me a spirit
That began to reveal and teach me
That, I needed to die of old self
I wandered if I was dying
With all this new peace and love
I wandered why not everyone
Had this excitement to talk about Jesus
But He was placing old man in the grave
Not that things got easier from beginning
But the battle was on to keep old man down
To die daily that I might bring Glory
Unto the one that snatched me from death
It's not that I can boast of what I can do
I was foolish as any that's why I boast of His work
Don't let this world lie to you
That you can't belong to God
For this old self has to be separated
That is done without hands
To circumcise the old man to give life
For He was the firstborn of the free woman
Born in the flesh but in the spirit that gives life
As an example to what we would seek
To give one a way to escape this body
Born of this world which leads to death
To receive His spirit of life
One will not see this until it's revealed
To a broken and contrite heart
Then stay in His word to learn
What is going on within that this world rejects
Seek the words of Paul for he
was out to destroy Christ
Then died to this world
and new life and mind instilled
New birth from the divine free mother
His words I no longer live
But Christ lives in me
The spirit within reveals all the deception
That keeps one held to this world
We need His word instilled within
Walking, talking and guiding
One moment by moment
That we might sacrifice old man
In order for Christ to resurrect within
In the comments
I will post a song from my friend that loves God
And to tell the story of Jesus,
It's not to promote him for he has never put anything
On YouTube everyone else does it
May God, bless, comfort, guide and fill you with His peace, love and joy
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