by Christina Joy Hommes | Poems for the Christian Life, Christian Poetry, Poems to Pray
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 You alone
May be exalted there.
Cast out the sins I love, I pray,
The sins I cannot see,
The sins I cannot seem to shake –
Come do Your work in me.
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by Christina Joy Hommes | Christian Poetry, Poems for the Christian Life, Poems to Pray
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.
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by Christina Joy Hommes | Christian Poetry, Poems for the Christian Life
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,
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by Christina Joy Hommes | Christian Poetry, Poems for the Christian Life
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.
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by Christina Joy Hommes | Christian Poetry, Poems for the Christian Life, Poems to Pray
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.
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by Christina Joy Hommes | Christian Poetry, Poems for the Christian Life
God’s love for me is boundless –
It’s deeper than the sea
And won’t run out no matter
How much 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.
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