God's Holy People - Philippians 1: 1-2
...The apostle Paul God's holy servant
addresses God's chosen holy people
speaking with true royal authority
looking to God from His holy steeple
God here speaks to His very own
all of those God ...
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Categories:
philippi, god, people, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Tell Me Who Do You Say That I Am - 1
...He is my almighty, my always, my armor
He is my blessing, my breath, my boldness
He is my comfort, my carpenter, my compassion
He is my divinity, my devotion, my delight
He is my earth, my eterni...
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Categories:
philippi, inspirational, jesus,
Form: Alliteration
Carl Ray
...He sat in an old wooden porch swing,
Elbows on knees; Salem Menthol burning down.
Thinking, smoking, Salems his favorite thing.
Fingers colored over time a deep tar brown.
Veteran of a war long...
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Categories:
philippi, dad, depression, devotion, family,
Form: Ballad
Lydia At Philippi
...He’s new to this district
And found us in prayer
All down by the river
Our burdens to share.
We women were needy
We women were dry
We women were hopeful
That God would come by.
And fresh from...
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Categories:
philippi, bible, christian,
Form: Rhyme
Paul and Silas's Imprisonment
...The Philippi rulers had Paul and Silus beaten, imprisoned and their feet clamped into the stocks.
Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises to The Lord continuously after the cell was locked.
But at m...
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Categories:
philippi, bible, god, prayer, prison,
Form: Rhyme
Villanelle:The Dilemma of the Non-Violent - 2
...Villanelle: The dilemma of the non-violent – 2
Villanelle: The dilemma of the non-violent – 2
The formal war according to ancient rules
The pitted hosts convened on common ground
Till the ...
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Categories:
philippi, abuse, anti bullying, racism,
Form: Villanelle
Making It Great In 2008 (Part13): With a Song and a Prayer
...life is filled with many problems and many struggles
but with a song and a prayer go to God with all your troubles
as death is a certainty on which you can rely
for as sure as you are born one day...
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Categories:
philippi, devotion, faith, hope, inspirational,
Form: Didactic