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.
God Shares His Work with Us
God Shares His Work with Us
The One who called to Lazarus
And told the dead “Come forth”
Could tell the stone to roll away
And shake the very earth.
But Jesus told the people there
To roll the stone away
So they could have a little part
In what He did that day.
And still the Savior shares His work
To make His goodness clear
So we can have a little part
In what He’s doing here.
Christina Joy Hommes
Pleasing God Today
Pleasing God Today
God’s standard isn’t changing –
We never have to guess
Or wonder if He’s moving
The bar for righteousness.
His Word is everlasting,
The law of Christ is true,
His judgments can’t be altered
Whatever others do.
His goodness never wavers,
His mercy never ends,
His holiness is steadfast,
His justice never bends.
So we can seek and serve Him
With confidence each day
That what He said will please Him
Still pleases Him today.
Christina Joy Hommes
Free to Live as Victors
Free to Live as Victors
These my people are forgiven
All their sins are washed away;
With my blood I bought their pardon,
Now there’s nothing more to pay.
All their guilt and condemnation,
All the wrath and bitter shame,
All their sin I took and canceled
When they called upon my Name.
Now they’re free to live as victors
Free from sin and death and fear,
Partners in my life eternal
With a record pure and clear.
Though the tempter may accuse them,
Seek to fill their minds with doubt,
Nothing stands to block their access –
All their sin is blotted out.
While I live, they’re heirs of heaven,
Kept and guided by my love;
Robed in white they’ll live forever
In their home of light above.
Christina Joy Hommes
Lord, Teach Me
Lord, Teach Me
Lord, teach me of Jesus
Who died for my sin
Then rose to redeem me
And cleanse me within.
Lord, teach me of Scripture
My treasure and light,
So faithful, enduring,
And changelessly right.
Lord, teach me of heaven
Where glory awaits
Your loved ones who enter
Its beautiful gates.
Lord, teach me the value
Of living for You
With loving devotion
In all that I do.
Lord, teach me to notice
Your work day by day,
Yes, teach me to praise You
And love You, I pray.
Christina Joy Hommes
Just Like the Donkey’s Owner
Just Like the Donkey’s Owner
The man who owned the donkey
That Jesus rode one day
Was full of faith and wisdom
So Christ our Lord could say,
“Just tell the man I need it,
He’ll send it right away.”
And sure enough it happened
As Jesus said that day.
I want to be just like him
So God can say of me:
She’ll do just what I ask her
Whatever that may be.
Christina Joy Hommes
Oh, to Be Single-Hearted
Oh, to Be Single-Hearted
Oh, to be single-hearted
Fully on fire for You
Caring what Jesus only
Thinks of the things I do
Oh, to have love consuming
All of my strength and soul
Yielding with glad abandon
Unto Your kind control
Oh, to be single-minded
Focused on Christ alone
Pure in both thought and motive
Making my Savior known
Oh, to know more of Jesus
Daily renewed by grace
Knowing Your will and living
Seeking to run my race
Oh, to be more like Jesus
Oh, to believe and be
Filled with Your Spirit’s power
All that You want for me
Christina Joy Hommes
The Simple Things
The Simple Things
It’s sometimes just the simple things
That mean so much to me –
Their value lies in deeper worth
Than other folks can see.
They represent the precious things
The Lord has kindly done,
The ways He’s taught me of Himself
And battles He has won.
They help me think of special times
With those I dearly love,
Of moments spent alone with God
And blessings from above.
Each time I think of what they mean,
They bring a smile or tear –
They’re full of cherished memories
These simple things so dear.
Christina Joy Hommes
This poem is part of Summer for the Soul a 14-day spiritual “devo-cation” that will refresh and encourage your heart. Get a copy to read or share here
Between the Cross and Sunday
Between
Between the cross and Sunday
Were days of bitter gloom
To those who took Christ’s body
And laid it in a tomb,
Because they’d all forgotten
His promise He would rise
And see them three days later
When He’d secured the prize.
But Christ had not forgotten
Or let their unbelief
Distract Him from His purpose
Though they were lost in grief.
Before the dawn had broken
That Sunday, He arose
Our everlasting Savior
Who conquered all His foes.
Behold the risen Savior
With nail prints in His hands –
The tokens of His conquest
While glorified He stands.
Believe His saving promise
For He will keep His Word
Though everyone’s forgotten
The precious things they’ve heard.
Between the resurrection
And rapture let’s hold fast
His faithful words of promise
That He will come at last.
Christina Joy Hommes
O Lord Who Brought Your People Out
O Lord who brought Your people out
With strong and mighty hand
From Egypt’s bondage through the sea
To Canaan’s fruitful land,
O Lord who brought Your people back
With true forgiving grace
From years of long captivity
To find their promised place,
O Lord who brought Your people life
With sacrificial love
From fear of death to living hope
Of endless years above,
O Lord who’ll bring Your people home
With joy and trumpet blast
From sin and pain set free to reign
In perfect peace at last,
O Lord of strength and grace and love
Whose glory fills the sky,
Direct our steps as in those days
To lift Your Name on high.
Christina Joy Hommes
It’s Not a Waste to Serve the Lord
It’s Not a Waste
It’s not a waste to give the Lord
The things He’s given you
To praise His Name and gain reward
That lasts when life is through.
It’s not a waste to serve the One
Who died so you can live,
To tell the glorious things He’s done
And use the strength He’ll give.
It’s not a waste to lay aside
The comforts, wealth, and friends
Of one short life that can’t abide
For one that never ends.
It’s not a waste to scorn the praise
Of those who scorn God’s Name,
To labor in unnoticed ways
That God will see and claim.
It’s not a waste to gladly die
For One who took your place
When heaven waits beyond the sky
For all who win life’s race.
It’s not a waste to go and tell
The way to live above
If one lost soul is saved from hell
And finds the Savior’s love.
It’s not a waste, so give it all
To Jesus while you may,
For soon you’ll hear that trumpet call
And earth will fade away.
Christina Joy Hommes
This poem is part of Summer for the Soul a 14-day spiritual “devo-cation” that will refresh and encourage your heart. Get a copy to read or share here