Christian Poems for Your Daily Life and Walk with God
Be encouraged and refreshed as you enjoy these inspirational Christian poems that uplift the soul. Whether you need strength to face the challenges of life or are praising the Lord for a season of blessing, God’s promises and the wisdom found in His Word will guide you and bring you true joy as you gain a fresh perspective on your relationship with God. These poems for the Christian life are a great way to share God’s love and provide hope and encouragement for others.
Cleanse My Heart
Cleanse My Heart
Lord, purge the temple of my heart
From all that You despise,
From idols, greed, and selfish pride
That grieve your holy eyes.
As once you purged the temple courts
To cleanse Your house of prayer,
Please cleanse my heart so only You
Will be exalted there.
Cast out the sins I love, I pray,
The sins I do not see,
The sins I cannot seem to shake –
Come do Your work in me.
Drive out whatever takes Your place,
What isn’t pure and true;
Remove distractions and reveal
The things that sadden You.
Then fill my heart with love and peace
With righteousness and light,
And by Your Spirit’s work within
Make Scripture my delight.
Lord, in this temple of my heart
I’ll worship You alone
For You have died to set me free –
My heart will be Your throne.
Christina Joy Hommes
“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
My Heart Your Throne
My Heart Your Throne
Lord, make my heart a holy place
Devoted all to You,
And by Your Spirit’s strength and grace
My love and zeal renew.
Please help me think like You, I pray,
And make Your precepts clear;
Oh, help me walk with You each day
In humble love and fear.
Reveal Your ways and help me see
The wonders of Your hand;
Exalt Your Word and humble me
To seek and understand.
Lord, I will worship You alone
And praise Your worthy Name,
Please make my heart Your sacred throne
And set my love aflame.
Christina Joy Hommes
Building on the Bedrock
Building on the Bedrock
I’m building on the bedrock
That’s sure and will not shift;
I’m anchored in securely
To what will never drift.
God’s Word is my foundation
That cannot pass away;
The Rock of my salvation
Is changeless day by day.
Though all the highest mountains
May crumble in the sea,
And though the mighty oceans
May rise and threaten me,
My soul is safe, protected
By One who cannot fail,
And all the hosts of darkness
Will nevermore prevail.
So though the world around me
May change or fall apart,
My life will stand securely –
God knows my name by heart.
My life is built on Jesus,
His Spirit’s strength I know,
And though life’s storms are raging
He’ll never let me go.
Christina Joy Hommes
Matthew 7:24-27; Hebrews 6:18-20; Isaiah 40:8; 1 Corinthians 3:11; Psalm 18:1-3, 61:2-3, 95:1; Malachi 3:6; Hebrews 13:8; Psalm 46:1-3, 121; Matthew 16:18; Luke 21:28; Jude 1:24; Isaiah 40:29-31, 43:1; John 10:27-29; Hebrews 13:5-6
God’s Signature
God’s Signature
God made a solemn promise
And signed it in the sky –
Each time we see a rainbow
We know the world is dry.
God made a solemn promise
And signed it with His Son –
The cross of Christ reminds us
Our pardon has been won.
God made a solemn promise
And signed it like a deed –
His Spirit’s our down-payment
For all that He’s decreed.
God made a solemn promise
And signed it in my heart –
Now I’m His child forever
By Jesus set apart.
God’s signature is binding
He cannot change His mind,
So I’m secure in trusting
Each pledge my Father signed.
Christina Joy Hommes
Stirred Up
Stirred Up
Lord, stir my soul from deep within,
Reveal what’s good and cleanse from sin;
Renew my soul to long for You
And hunger for the Scriptures, too.
Revive my spirit with Your grace
To daily run my Christian race,
To learn and do Your will for me
And serve You with humility.
Incline my mind and heart, I pray,
To seek the things above each day
That I might scorn the devil’s lies
And win with joy the lasting prize.
Restore my joy in what You’ve done
In giving us Your only Son;
Ignite a passion to declare
The gospel news with faith and prayer.
Awake my heart to sing Your praise
And worship You through all my days
That, by Your Spirit, Christ may shine
Forever through this life of mine.
Bring truth to mind and help me see
The goodness of Your love for me
That by Your grace my soul might be
Stirred up to live in victory.
Christina Joy Hommes
God’s Love for Me
God’s Love for Me
God’s love for me is boundless –
It’s deeper than the sea
And won’t run out regardless
Of all He does for me.
God’s love for me is endless –
It never fades away.
He’ll always truly love me
Forever and a day.
God’s love for me is changeless –
No matter what I do
He sets His love upon me
Each day again like new.
God’s love for me is selfless –
He died to make me free,
And now I’ve learned to love Him
Because He first loved me.
God’s love for me is priceless –
A gift of grace divine.
Each day I’ll live to praise Him
Whose love is ever mine
Christina Joy Hommes
The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. … God is love;
But God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) … For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
We love Him, because He first loved us. … For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: And that He died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him which died for them, and rose again.
(Jeremiah 31:3; 1 John 4:16b; Ephesians 2:4-5; John 3:16; Romans 8:38-39; 1 John 4:19; 2 Corinthians 5:14-15)
Let God Write the Story
Let God Write the Story
So often as we walk through life
We want to know the ending;
We want to see it all work out
When things are just beginning.
But God most often doesn’t show
The map of where He’ll lead us;
He simply shows us day by day
The way to live for Jesus.
He knows the end, and that’s enough –
By faith we must believe it;
He’ll give us grace to get us through
If only we’ll receive it.
Like Joseph in the prison cell,
Like Esther – crowned but grieving,
Like John on Patmos, we can’t see
The wonders God is weaving.
So step by step we do God’s will
And let Him write the story,
Till someday, looking back, we see
His wisdom, love, and glory.
Christina Joy Hommes
The Gift of Song
The Gift of Song
You put Your song within our hearts
The day we came to You,
A song that echoes from above,
Well known yet ever new.
Your song gives voice to happy times –
A fountain of delight,
Expressing all our wordless joy
When things seem good and bright.
It brings us hope through troubled days
And comfort in the night;
Like healing balm it gives us life
And leads us to the light.
It makes the truth so real and clear
And guides our thoughts above,
Reminding us of faith and hope
And showing us Your love.
It brings us near to You, our God,
In worship, awe, and praise;
With songs and hymns we lift our voice
And sing Your wondrous ways.
It lifts our spirits, guides our lives,
And makes the wounded whole.
Lord, thank You for the gift of song –
The music of the soul.
Christina Joy Hommes
Lord, Give Me Words
Lord, Give Me Words
Lord, give me words so I can praise
Your worthy Name, I pray,
For You are holy, good, and kind
And care for me each day.
Lord, give me words so I can lift
The weary soul to You,
For words can comfort, heal, revive
When gracious, kind, and true.
Lord, give me words so I can point
The lost to life above,
For Jesus died and rose again
To offer saving love.
Lord, set a watch before my mouth
So I will only say
The things that please and honor You
And bring You joy today.
Christina Joy Hommes
Just Take One Step
Just Take One Step
If you’ve wandered far away
Don’t know where to start today
Take one step
You don’t have to see ahead
Little actions conquer dread
Take one step
If you cannot see the light
Ask the Lord to guide you right
Take one step
Take the step you see right now
More will open up somehow
Take one step
When your strength and hope are gone
And you feel you can’t go on
Take one step
When your way is dark with fear
And your prospects seem unclear
Take one step
As you go you’ll surely find
God sends help because He’s kind
Take one step
Draw a little closer in
Just say no to one more sin
Take one step
Step by step you’re nearing home
From wherever you may roam
Take one step
Let God show you where to go
Trust His love as best you know
Take one step
Take the step that you can see
Oh, don’t wait to come be free
Take one step
Christina Joy Hommes