Long Spurgeon Poems

Woke up this morning
 on the wrong side of the tracks.
Left out leaving for all the right reasons
 and all the wrong facts.

Caught a ride with a traveling preacher
 in a beat up van.
Said he...

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“Fire burning in a hill
The lines are rocky rough
Red angels wait to pick remains
The cindered shoulder
Of confused men” 
(Peter Murphy)
 





"On the Cindered Shoulders of Confused Men"



Close your eyes it was all just a bad...

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God has so made our heart that nothing can ever fill it but God Himself ~ Charles Spurgeon

I searched for happiness on shores of romance
There were only passing fancies there,
I needed another chance…
To find the...

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A true prayer is an inventory of needs, a catalog of necessities, an exposure of secret wounds, a revelation of hidden poverty - C.H. Spurgeon

Hi died for me
Like the friend I could count on
To be...

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Tonight, my soul, be still and sleep;
The storms are raging on God’s deep—
God’s deep, not yours; be still and sleep.

Charles H. Spurgeon
(Streams in the Desert)

DAY OF DELIVERABLES

italian sausage with banana
peppers in a sesame seed bun.
earlier...

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Grace grows best in the Winter. ~ C.H. Spurgeon



Feathery whispers gently falling all around
Aimless and breathtaking wishes
Making their way to the cold, hard ground
Where a miraculous layer of flakes
Leave frosty, pallid flurries to astound
Coloring hearts...

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let us pray unto our loving Lord
this one who's so full of kindness
such a marvelous thing to know
for we're darkened in our blindness

My gracious God father in heaven
penetrate into my intellect so light
take away all...

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God's glory returns to Him alone
all because He's most glorified
when His saints are united in Him
being satisfied by His grace is applied

Bringing glory to God all the more
is connected when receiving much grace
real satisfaction comes...

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"God's mercy is so great that you may sooner drain the sea of its water, or deprive the sun of its light, or make space too narrow, than diminish the great mercy of God. "
...

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My husband won a contest
On a weekly FM quiz
To prove to all who listen
What a “know-it-all” he is.

The prize is a certificate
And maybe some acclaim
From the kith and kin tuned in
When Jeff*, the DJ, says...

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In one's life, there's a possible runner
in fact a certain runner full of bolt
that if not controlled will outrun you
so keep your guard on make it jolt

God has given you the gift of a brain
use...

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There was a time having been converted
that was receiving Jesus as my saviour
things in life went along rough and smooth
even found I showed better behaviour

One day in reading the holy scriptures
I saw God was completely...

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Mr Spurgeon truly was spot on
our greatest need indeed too right
there’s only one that can satisfy
Being this world’s one true light

Jesus Christ is truly God in flesh
our every need He does know
for having came on...

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what the spirit said today awes this here little man
"pray and cry for those who no longer cry,"
if life has dried the source of tears that isn't His plan
for tears come from the heart even...

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Here we have in this 119th Psalm
the psalmist speaks of avoiding sin
so that reality knows obedience fully
when the living word is meditated in

Be careful to avoid every sin filled trap
having reverence for God's holy word
achieves...

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