SOMETHING IS MISSING

Something is missing
I don't know what
People say they believe
But do they really believe?

They come to church
Take God off the shelf
Listen to the preacher
But don't hear the Teacher

They sit and talk
But not about God
And when it's time to leave
What have they received?

By the looks of things
They didn't get it
They leave God behind
And leave still blind

God to them is a weekly thing
To be picked up for an hour
Just to fulfill an "obligation"
But with God have no relation

They go back to the world
And do just as before
Back to their busy-ness
There's really no witness

Wake up people
Can't you hear the cries?
There are people out there
Who need someone to care

They need some Good News
To help then know about their souls
They need to know they are lost
And someone to tell them the cost

Bring the Good News to them
Time is growing short
We need to get living again
And we need to tell them

We need a revival
To have God in our hearts
He wants us to tell everyone
About His own dear Son

Because as surely as the sun sets
Jesus will soon return
And He will ask what we have done
To tell of our Saviour's victory won

Jeannine Faith

ON THE RIGHT TRACK

You know you are on the right track
When the devil gets on your back
No matter how much time you put aside
Your efforts he will deride

When you take the time to pray
he always puts something in your way
Whether it is thoughts or another
We need to cry out to our Abba Father

We need to stick to the narrow path
We need to stop and work out the math
Because if we don’t listen to our heavenly Father
What will happen to “love one another?”

What will happen to “bear each other’s burdens?”
The world is already full of those who are “hurtin”
Our relationships with one another
Would become a burden to suffer

But take heart in the fact
That the devil chooses to attack
Because Jesus suffered too
All for love of me and you

We need to let His love overwhelm us
We need to put our faith solely in Jesus
Then no matter how hard the devil attacks
We know Jesus always has our backs

Jeannine Faith

GOD'S PROMISE

God’s promise of unconditional love
Of His mercy and His grace
Draws us from the darkness
To seek Your face

God’s promise of forgiveness
For all the wrong we’ve done
Of taking away our burdens
Many a heart has won

The love and joy You fill us with
The breaking of the chains of sin
A life truly transformed
When we ask, You enter in

You promised to save us
From the time of the fall
You came to live, die, and rise again
If we would only hear You call

To follow You, the light of the world
We must turn from our dark path
And let Your light shine from us
Or else on judgment day face Your wrath

So before it is too late
Hear of the promise we are given
Don’t stay in the sinful darkness
Come and enter the gates of heaven

Jeannine Faith

ROSES

I see three roses
In bloom on the stem
I pause to gaze
And think on them

A sermon in the blooms
They speak to me
Of my precious Saviour
And of the Trinity

First there is my Father
Who created it all
Even creating man
Though he would fall

Then to redeem us from sin
He sent His only begotten Son
The red is His shed blood on Calvary
And victory over death was won

Jesus rose from the dead
Scriptures promises were true
And when He went to heaven
The Holy Spirit came to me and you

The promise of a Saviour
Who would die and rise again
To make us right with God
To save sinful women and men

The sermon in the roses
About new life and salvation
About being right with God
No longer in sin but a new creation

Jeannine Faith

SHELTER

Wet and bedraggled
Looking forlorn
Looking wistful
On this rainy morn

Taking shelter there
Up in that tree
He sort of reminds me
Of me

Taking shelter in God
While darkness reigns
Looking to my Saviour
To protect me again

No matter what the world
Tries to throw at me
I know where to hide
I will hide in Thee

You are my fortress
And my refuge
My perfect shelter
From sins deluge

So like the blue jay
That shelters in the tree
When sin tries to reign
I will shelter in Thee

Jeannine Faith

WORDS

Sometimes peoples words
Are filled with barbs and sting
They don’t think of what they say
Out of their mouths come anything

Sometimes people do think
But their words are a snare
They seek to trap and hurt
For themselves only they care

Blessed Saviour it happened to You
Traps set by Scribes and Pharisees
They tried to trap with their learning
With themselves they were well pleased

They sought to hear something
Anything with which to accuse
They tried to catch You at wrongdoing
Their power they did abuse

But they never could bait You
Your words of wisdom frustrated
They went away wagging their heads
But they would return their madness unabated

People are like that
Why should it be any wonder
They go “fishing” with their words
Secretly hoping we will blunder

Our hearts are entwined with Yours
In everything we seek Your will
We ask You to guide us
And Your love in us instill

We need Your help to be like You
For You to guard our tongues and hearts
To protect us from the barbs and stings
And from words like fiery darts

Let us not say anything
With which to provide ammunition
Guide our thoughts and hearts
It will hinder their ambitions

Jeannine Faith

WHAT IS THE KEY

What is the key
That will set my spirit free?
Why do I feel flat within
Is it because of sin?

I am a sinner saved by grace
How I long to see Your face
What must I do
To make it through

I storm the heavens everyday
Pleading to be shown the way
Lord I want so bad to serve You
Please show me how to

You gave me so many talents
But I feel only fragments
I know there is more I could do
Lord guide me, I need You

Have I let sadness hold sway
Is that why I’ve lost my way?
Have I let grief over shadow
Like a thick hedge row?

Lord help me let go of the grief
Bring my heart comfort and relief
Let the creativity flow once more
Let me serve You precious Saviour

Let me use the fears and sorrows
From my yesterdays and my tomorrows
Help me use the pain in my heart
To tell others of the love You impart

Let me tell others of Your grace
Of the strength You give to run the race
When we come to You and give our all
You promise to help us when we fall

You fill us with Your blessed love
You send it to us from heaven above
For You came and died on Calvary’s tree
You conquered death to set us free

So what is the key?
The key is found in Thee
You take all we have been through
And if we are willing You help us to use it for You

Jeannine Faith