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Premium Member HEART THAT WILL NOT OFFER STRANGE FIRE BEFORE THE LORD

February 12 Heart for God Bible Meditations Based on Numbers 3-4

Key Verse – Numbers 3:4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father.

HEART THAT WILL NOT OFFER STRANGE FIRE BEFORE THE LORD

Our heart will not offer strange fire before the Lord, admonished by His warning
Indeed, we abide by His strengthening 
Toward His perfect will of great grace-dining
And not to forsake Him because of sinning.

Our heart will not offer strange fire before the Lord, charged by His courage 
Indeed, we stay in His covenant midst worldliness’ flirty marriage
Toward His promised land of bountiful provision-storage
And not to provoke Him to anger along jealousy rage.

Our heart will not offer strange fire before the Lord, upheld by His kindness 
Indeed, we trust His Word with His faithfulness
Toward His purposeful plan that glorifies Him with His goodness
And not to doubt Him due to unbelief’s stubbornness.

Our heart will not offer strange fire before the Lord, moved by His command 
Indeed, we follow His instructions upon precepts’ so heavenly grand
Toward His protective security of peaceful obedience-propped demand
And not to rebel against Him whenever our iniquities He does reprimand.

Our heart will not offer strange fire before the Lord, cheered by His victory 
Indeed, we esteem His presence in telling the Gospel story
Toward His prevailing triumph of holy worship-glory
And not to frustrate Him in our vanity that brings misery.

Our heart will not offer strange fire before the Lord, enclosed by His leadership-tie 
Indeed, we delight in His care as He drives us to faith-high
Toward His persistent compassion that keeps us as the apple of His eye
And not to displease Him with our deceit and lie.

Our heart will not offer strange fire before the Lord, taught by His Word 
Indeed, we salute His standards along His Spirit’s sword
Toward His commendable approval as He has favoured
And not to dishonour Him with our disobedience that is evil-savoured.

February 12, 2026


Glass of Friendship

I know we moved from lovers to friends in a short moment in time.
But where was time when we were enjoying the moment?
Could it have been the beginning of true love? 
Or a great friendship?

The distance between us has made you blossom like a rose;
A rose encased by a delicate glass.
Denying the onlooker the pleasure to touch and pluck its petals.

Would breaking the glass harm the flower?
The rose being you,
And the glass friendship.

The distance between you, the glass and me is the desire for the inevitable.
Do you see what I see?
Do you see the glass break?
And do you see me without friendship?

As it would be shattered so our love could continue where it had never stopped.
But just delayed by the glass called friendship. 
Time has ministered to me of the way I feel for you.
And I hope that you feel the same way too.

Love from your admirer from behind the glass called friendship..

Premium Member PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO ACCEPTS OUR SWEET-SAVOURED SACRIFICE UNTO HIM

February 23 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Numbers 28-30

Key Verse – Numbers 28:8 And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO ACCEPTS OUR 
SWEET-SAVOURED SACRIFICE UNTO HIM	

Praise be to God for accepting our sweet-savoured sacrifice unto Him:
Mingled with oil of the Holy Spirit
Made by fire of His power
Melted upon water of His holiness
Managed through His grace 
Ministered to according to His Word

Numbers 29:1-2 Praise be to the Lord Who invites us  
in His holy convocation to: 
Feast in His grace
Find His goodness-favour
Fulfill His commission-order
Focus on His righteous paths 
Fellowship with Him and brethren

Numbers 30:2-3 Praise be to the Saviour for upholding us 
midst our vows unto Him while we:
Bind ourselves to His Word
Bring ourselves into His will
Build ourselves upon His ways
Busy ourselves in work
Brace ourselves by His winning.  Amen!

February 23, 2024

Premium Member The Old Country Church

Wending my way down a country road in my air-conditioned car,
In yon vale a weathered church steeple beckoned me from afar.
'Twas Sunday morning and the clarion peal of its bell caught my ear.
There stood a simple House of God with a graveyard in the rear.

My faithfulness in matters religious had never been that good,
Since attending Church and Sunday School in my childhood.
But something ethereal drew me to that bucolic setting so serene;
I craved deliverance from my stressful and very hectic routine.

I unobtrusively entered the sanctuary and sat in the very last pew.
An elderly pastor ministered to his flock, who numbered a scanty few.
The ancient hymns they sang evoked fond memories as a lad;
My eyes grew misty as I recalled singing them with Mom and Dad.

The pastor preached a simple sermon based on John Three-sixteen,
That would have stirred the soul of a reigning king or queen!
I left that modest but sacred place with renewed hope in my heart,
Inspired by those timeless truths that old pastor did impart.

I've heard profound oratory in majestic cathedrals o'er this sphere,
But never a more soul-searching sermon will I ever hear,
Than from that humble pastor imparting that message of old,
For the ears and souls of his faithful, God-fearing fold.

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Service

Service
Written: by Miracle Man
July 21, 2021

When we’re found serving others we inspire gratitude,
but adversely, we may also, invite conflict to follow.
By dispensing words to another which are crude,
we’re shaping a bed in which someday we’ll wallow.

Concerned voices don’t dispense, words that sting,
nor a christian persist, in always throwing a curve.
But seeing doing the right thing as a form of worshiping 
Jesus “didn’t come to be served, but to serve.” *



* Matthew 20:28
“Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.”
© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member At Gethsemane

At the Mount of Olives, in a garden called Gethsemane
Jesus asked His friends, “Please, will you all stay here and pray with me?”
It was after supper and He knew His time would quickly come
So, He prayed for strength to do the things that He knew should be done.

He looked at His friends and found that they had all fallen asleep
So, they did not see His sorrow and His pain ran very deep.
“Can you not keep watch,” He said, “And stay awake a little while?
Pray to God with all your heart that you’ll not undergo the trial.”

He cried to His Father, time and time and time again did speak.
“Willing is the Spirit but the flesh is oh so very weak.
Father, take this cup from me before I freely drink my fill.
But, Father, not as I want, I come to do Your holy will.”

Ministered by angels, who came round to offer strength to Him,
From His brow the blood did flow, and pain racked Him in every limb.
Finally, the soldiers came and all His friends just ran away.
And then, by His own disciple, with a kiss He was betrayed…
Form: Rhyme

The Revered Reverend Martin Luther King Junior First Part

Five score minus eight years ago
January eighteenth two thousand twenty one
father of civil rights movement
the revered Martin Luther King Junior honored
as benevolent demigod figure
to the oppressed African American population

without whose bold risks
and subsequent brutal assassination April fourth
ninety sixty eight at the hands
of a crazed gunman (James Earl Ray),
whereby all the King's men
and all the King's horses...,

still aghast at tragic event
while reverberations felt forty two years later,
where embedded white privilege 
begets continued racial strife
analogous to uncorked raging tempest
saddling people of color to human bondage

(no matter ponying up excellent equestrians),
nevertheless wrought empowerment
advancing cherished dreams
of slaves recent descendents
allowing, enabling and providing
once attainable aspirations
only bestowed upon

the self anointed masters and early settlers of
the virginal North American contiguous land mass
yet…generations prior
to this prestigious public personality
Abolitionists pitted themselves
against the institution of slavery

incrementally raising awareness
regarding the abomination
forced servitude incurred on those shackled
thus setting the stage
for this grandson of A.D. Williams
a rural parsonage,

who ministered spiritual support
for the small congregation
(initially only thirteen members)
comprising attendants at
Ebenezer Baptist church in Atlanta Georgia
setting precedent for freedom

(at risk of life and limb) against scourge of
racial prejudice courtesy
of sharecropper grandparents
whose objection to racial segregation
based on an affront to the will of God,
whereby the young whip smart precocious lad,

(whose impact we now memorialize)
showed his true colorful promise
when a young student at
Liberal Crozer Theological Seminary
in Chester, Pennsylvania
where the yet uncrowned

eminent king came under the influence
of theologian Reinhold Niebuhr,
a classmate of his father's
at Morehouse College
who became a mentor by exposing
his protégée to liberal views of theology

Christ the Redeemer

Ó stars conductor
             thou who descended upon the world,
             and hast saved us from affliction.
             Ó Christ who subdued the pain
             And thou ministered the cure ...
             Thou who are the noblest
             that came here by way
              of the pure virgin ... that is
             purer than gold ...
             Thou who are immortal before
              millennia ... we ask
             in supplication for our
             poor souls
             And for those who do not believe
             on thee...
             To you we praise and affirm:
             To follow you is all glory ...
             Ó CHRISTE REDEMPTOR!

I Will Minister

I will minister to my neighbor
I am the Lord’s instrument to minister to my neighbor
I will succor them that stand in need of my succor
Help me O Lord to serve my neighbor
I shall give love to those in need
I will show that love by word and deed

O Lord, I will love my brother
I will speak kind words to my brother
I will wipe away my neighbor’s tears
I will awake my neighbor to good cheers
I will cheer up the sad
And make him feel glad
Help me O Lord, to speak gentle words to the heart filled with anger

I will administer my substances to those in need
I will pray for those in need
I will seek the wandering sheep
Father, give me love that is deep
That I may rescue the wandered sheep
I am a Shepherd to the Lord’s flock
I will feed his flocks
I will be diligent to know the State of my flocks
And look well after my herd
I will extend my ministering to the dead
And bring blessing upon my head.

O Lord, I will minister as thou hast 
Thou smiled at and forgave people
Thou talked with and listened to people
Thou walked with and made time for people
Thou encouraged and fed people
Thou taught and served people
Thou invited and reached out to people
Oh, thou art set example for me to follow
Thou want me to grow
I will allow thy love in me to glow
O Lord, keep my heart aglow
I will help thine kingdom to grow
I will help others to grow
O Lord let the Spirit of Elijah flow
Let the desire to seek for my ancestors grow
Let the desire to help them grow
O Lord, I will minister as thou hast ministered
I will minister with all my heart.

The Revered Reverend Martin Luther King Junior Part First

Born five score minus seven years ago
minus attaining age of centenarian
father of civil rights movement,
the revered Martin Luther King Junior 
honored as benevolent demigod figure
to the oppressed African American population

without whose bold risks
and subsequent brutal assassination April fourth
ninety sixty eight at the hands
of a crazed gunman (James Earl Ray),
whereby all the King's men
and all the King's horses...,

still aghast at tragic event
while reverberations felt forty two years later,
where embedded white privilege 
begets continued racial strife
analogous to uncorked raging tempest
saddling people of color to human bondage

(no matter ponying up excellent equestrians),
nevertheless wrought empowerment
advancing cherished dreams
of slaves recent descendents
allowing, enabling and providing
once attainable aspirations
only bestowed upon

the self anointed masters and early settlers of
the virginal North American contiguous land mass
yet…generations prior
to this prestigious public personality
Abolitionists pitted themselves
against the institution of slavery

incrementally raising awareness
regarding the abomination
forced servitude incurred on those shackled
thus setting the stage
for this grandson of A.D. Williams
a rural parsonage,

who ministered spiritual support
for the small congregation
(initially only thirteen members)
comprising attendants at
Ebenezer Baptist church in Atlanta Georgia
setting precedent for freedom

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