If Only You Believe - the Balassi Style

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~If You Only Believe~
 (Balassi)


 Jesus is the only way
 For salvation any day
 He can forgive all your sin
 If only you believe
 Salvation you'll receive
 A new life you can begin
 Jesus can make you brand-new
 You can give Satan his due
 And in Jesus' name you can win.


 Dorian Petersen Potter
 aka ladydp2000
 copyright@2013


 December.10.2016


So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:13 (NIV)

-“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16 (NIV)

- Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer
Romans 12: 12 ( NIV )

-The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.”
 Exodus  14: 13  ( NIV )


~Author's Notes:

 The Balassi Stanza is a form or style attributed to Bálint Balassi (1554-1594) who is probably Hungary's best known Renaissance poet. His work included poetry about his battles with the Turks and his love poems to a woman he called Julia. His poetry was known for the richness of its forms and was a blend of Turkish, Polish and Hungarian folk poetry.

This form or style may be  presented as  a three-line stanza too.

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