by Christina Joy Hommes | Christian Poetry, Poems for the Christian Life, Praising the Lord
How Sure Is Your Inheritance? O glorious thought! I am the heir Of God who built the world. (1 Peter 1:2-3) He has my portion in His care Who all the stars unfurled. (Isaiah 45:12) He guards my interest in His wealth Who keeps the oceans bound. (Job 38:8-11) He tells...
by Christina Joy Hommes | Poems for the Christian Life, Christian Poetry, Featured Poems, Poems to Pray
If You Can Use Me If You can use these hands of mineTo do Your work each day,Then take them, Lord, and keep them tooTo build Your work, I pray. If You can use these lips of mineTo speak Your words of love,Then take them, Lord, and keep them, too,For words that point...
by Christina Joy Hommes | Christian Poetry, Poems for the Christian Life
Colossians 3:1-2 If I in Christ am risen And sit at God’s right hand, Beyond this earth’s small trifles My vision will expand. And now my heart’s affections Are set on things above Where I will seek God’s pleasure Because I know His love. Christina Joy...
by Christina Joy Hommes | Christian Poetry, Poems for the Christian Life, Poems for Trials
SAFE S ecure from harm or danger, A ssured of what is best, F earless in Christ my Savior, E xpecting perfect rest. S ure that though waves surround me, A ll will be well at last, F or in the Lord I’m anchored– E stablished till they’ve passed. S afe in the arms of...
by Christina Joy Hommes | Christian Poetry, Featured Poems, Poems for the Christian Life
Life From Ecclesiastes (1:1-14, & 12:12-14) The sun arises in the east Then sets beyond the west, The breezes blow in circling paths Whose end cannot be traced. The sun evaporates the sea, The clouds send forth the rain Which falls and runs until it meets Within...
by Christina Joy Hommes | Christian Poetry, Gospel Poems, Poems for the Christian Life
What Jesus Christ Can Do The blood of Jesus Christ alone Can wash me white as snow; The stains of sin He’ll wash away His matchless grace to show. The love of Jesus Christ alone Can make me new and clean; The habits of the flesh He’ll change, My soul He will redeem....
