Testifying
I know all this Jesus stuff makes no sense. It boggles the mind; it makes no sense.
How We Go
Look at all these folk, lined-up at the free help stand! Some drinking from the heart, some drinking from their hands.
The Cleaning Help
Jesus, you can stay awhile, and help clean-up this place; we welcome the visit, but you can't live here.
We don't need transforming; we don't want to be saved from courts, un-convened or imagined.
We simply want, some cleaning help.
Rust
Rust is a picture of this world's estate, a reminder that we are returning to dust. This flaky crust gathers when we enter plain air, then builds, as determined it must.
Two Masters
You can't serve two masters. Their conflict becomes yours too!
You’ll See
That’s not a cup of easy water to drink; it causes you to gag, it makes you think.
Determined
Lots of engine but the suspension is weak; hard to steer and stay on the road; the suspension is weak.
And So
He had the medicine, but he didn’t take it. And so he died.
Why
Arrogance and pride; they makes you foolish.
God's Own
I've been telling God for a long, long time, just exactly what I going to do; and, He sits back, quietly, listening; and tells me too.
Gracious Lord
Deliver us from the evil to which we so proudly aspire.
Unrestrained
Little mercy for the planet, and the people on it.
Self-serving
Contorting, distorting; trying to lift this tree. Commitment is where the true heart be.
You can't serve two masters, and certainly not three.
Before the Fall
First comes the pride and then your fall, a stumble-jumble, and that's about all.
How I
How we are, is how we think; it's mostly a product, it's how we think.
How we think.
How you think.
How poor folk think; how the wealthy think.
How colored folk and white folk think.
How the Christian, Jew and Muslim think.
I don't know.
I don't know how.
I don't know you.
I think.
Pleasant Relief
It's amazing, isn't it? Extraordinary; unbelievable. He tells the story straight.
Currents
Churning, swelling, breaking, crashing; a driving undertow; these waters are always troubled.
Gone Sour
Chosen words gathered and delivered on the hour to a sickened, weak body; this church has gone sour.
You Say I Say
You say brothers and sisters; I say amen. You call for truth, the kind paper thin. You speak the Word and the whole creation groans! Amen.
Hold It
Hold it. Hold it! Don't spread it; hold it! Hold your fire.
My Way
Screening these lines at the bounds of scrimmage; re-casting each note carefully, in your-own-self-image.
You Yourself
Better check yourself; before you wreck yourself.
That Way
That's the way it's been; you know, like that spot on the rug; the one the dog always sprays. That's just the way it is. It's been that way.
Settling-in
Comfortable, traveled-in; a long voyage among these winds, and with peculiar familiarity.
Settling-in with sin.
Back-off
I know that I am a sinner; I don't need you to paint me again, showing that I look a mess.
Mislead
Listen, listen; listen carefully; listen; listen recklessly; listen. Did you hear it? Do you misunderstand now?
Listen.
No No
Some folks have that rebellion spirit; they travel on one-way streets, and don't want to hear it.
This Way
A path goes to where it leads, sometimes with gravity, and lightning speed.
Choice Insisted
Then give them what they demand, but bless them not. Their choice insisted; the wrong way sought.
The Destroyer
He encircled the nation with a ribbon of fire; his halo of hope and glory; his burning desire.
Telling
Words gathered and sitting around quietly, not much to do; but soon they’ll write, and speak loudly; been watching you.
Help Too
Send your prayers Lord, and send help. Send all the prayers Lord, and plenty help!
This Free Will
We apply choice always, and at times go wrongly. So we pray, that God’s Spirit will magnify all around; and here, a bit more strongly.
Come Holy Spirit
I recall a time when we imagined with the mind of God, and strove against chaotic forces.
Help us Jesus! Help us with your help. Open up our mind to see, our hands to do, and our willingness to proceed.
End Times
I’m concerned; the world is filling and soon will choke, on account of morally and spiritually empty folk.
Sin Meal
I know it tastes good, but the way folks consume this stuff, you would think it’s nutritious too!
Tick, Tick, Tick
Sin does make you strong; it also makes you sick; just like time-bomb it goes; tick, tick, tick.
Jesus App
Get ye to the House of the Lord! Come on; raise your hands; let’s clap! What are you waiting for anyway, the new Jesus app?
Last Words
We drank profusely; smoked abundantly, inhaled deeply; made love loosely; lived independently; and died early. Amen.
Idol I
We sing it aloud and self-righteously; great powers almighty, praise be to me!
You Too
We’re all dying, just at a different pace; all going to meet our maker, just at a different pace.
For the Living
While contemplating, the things envisioned for success, consider a life that God wants most to bless.