Bank tellers aren't 'trained' to identify counterfeit notes,
They just know, its like an unwritten thing,
They handle the genuine article so much they just know something's amiss with this,
It don't feel right, it don't look right, it don't bend the way the others do.
Christians weren't born perfect,
They just know and accept the Truth and eternal life,
So should I compare Christians to bank notes? Or can I, should I compare them to something else?
A Louis bag?
I should really compare them to the Real Article
Do they speak gently like Him? Are they quick to forgive like Him? Are they slow to judge like Him? Do they leave judging to Him?
But sadly, very sadly sometimes Christians are like a fake Louis Vuitton bag
They have the label,
They pretend to walk like He did, but it ain't genuine,
There's a long list of things we do as Christians that just don't imitate Christ,
See God knew that we might be fake,
But He manifested Himself in flesh,
His Son,
To make up for our fakeness, our sins,
Cuz we all fall,
Short,
But we should get up,
His only begotten Son,
The Genuine Article,
To walk this earth we now roam,
As a living example,
He died so we could live,
Live as imitators of what He did,
He wept, He stooped, He spread the Gospel and spoke life,
He sacrificed, He submitted to His Father's Will,
And when He left He sent His Holy Spirit to convict our hearts when we fall out of our Father's Will
I am genuine, not by power, not by my might, but purely by His Spirit that is alive in me.
Now one last thing,
Would the real genuine article please stand up!
Saturday, 16 June 2012
The Genuine Article
Sunday, 3 June 2012
ONE Race, ONE Blood
Big lips,
Blue eyes,
Dark skin,
Skinny hips,
Thick thighs,
Pointy nose,
Straight hair,
Small eyes,
The definition of race is: a class of people with a specific identity and culture.
Sharing the same characteristics, for the most part the same beliefs, the same traditions,
Looking the same and talking the same.
One race.
But in the race for Christ the only thing that matters is the blood,
Is so......so........ je ne sais quoi
Because what it does is changes our identity,
No matter how we look, what language we talk, no matter how we look,
Once we tap into His blood,
One songwriter puts it "doesn't matter what colour You are as long as Your blood was red"
Once we repent confess and accept,
Once His blood runs through our veins,
We change, the race no longer matters,
The race becomes irrelevant and insignificant,
The race becomes about the endurance and not speed,
We conform,
To His likeness,
On our lips is the language of love,
On our faces is the countenance of peace,
In our hearts is that joy unexplainable,
We become a peculiar people,
Set aside to stand out,
We become living ornaments of worship,
We are slow to judge and quick to forgive,
We become a spiritual class of people,
Our spiritual DNA runs from the cross at Calvary,
That blood we partake of as was written in 1 Corinthians 11:25,
We drink, we believe,
We are no longer bound to the races, beliefs or traditions of this world,
But BORN AGAIN,
Receiving a blood transfusion,
To be one in Him,
To be under God,
ONE race, with ONE blood running through our veins,
Who's blood is in your veins?
Who's your Daddy?
03/06/2012
Blue eyes,
Dark skin,
Skinny hips,
Thick thighs,
Pointy nose,
Straight hair,
Small eyes,
The definition of race is: a class of people with a specific identity and culture.
Sharing the same characteristics, for the most part the same beliefs, the same traditions,
Looking the same and talking the same.
One race.
But in the race for Christ the only thing that matters is the blood,
Is so......so........ je ne sais quoi
Because what it does is changes our identity,
No matter how we look, what language we talk, no matter how we look,
Once we tap into His blood,
One songwriter puts it "doesn't matter what colour You are as long as Your blood was red"
Once we repent confess and accept,
Once His blood runs through our veins,
We change, the race no longer matters,
The race becomes irrelevant and insignificant,
The race becomes about the endurance and not speed,
We conform,
To His likeness,
On our lips is the language of love,
On our faces is the countenance of peace,
In our hearts is that joy unexplainable,
We become a peculiar people,
Set aside to stand out,
We become living ornaments of worship,
We are slow to judge and quick to forgive,
We become a spiritual class of people,
Our spiritual DNA runs from the cross at Calvary,
That blood we partake of as was written in 1 Corinthians 11:25,
We drink, we believe,
We are no longer bound to the races, beliefs or traditions of this world,
But BORN AGAIN,
Receiving a blood transfusion,
To be one in Him,
To be under God,
ONE race, with ONE blood running through our veins,
Who's blood is in your veins?
Who's your Daddy?
03/06/2012
Saturday, 2 June 2012
Longsuffering: Blood, Sweat And Tears
Blood, Sweat And Tears
Blood of Jesus shed on Calvary,
Sweat droplets in the garden of Gethsamane,
In that same garden He cried out,
They say tears are a language He understands:
You'll never remember me for my trophy I held up in the end,
But you'll remember greatly if the enemy punched me and twisted my face to the side,
The story of Job isn't most called upon to remember the blessings he got back in the end,
But for the loss, pain and mockery he had to endure,
Endure,
He had to endure!
His own friends had to question this God he chose to serve,
You sent Your Son to die on the cross,
And yes Lord, we remember His triumphant resurrection but whats laid up even more in our hearts?
The cross He had to carry,
The beatings He had to take,
The crown of thorns and the nails in His hands and feet,
He Had to endure,
He prayed so hard His sweat turned to blood,
That's the agony He had to go through,
He cried to His Dad,
"If it's Your will take this cup away from Me"
It hurts too much Daddy, I don't know if I can do it,
But He did it anyway,
Through Blood, Sweat and Tears,
He showed us the standard of a champion,
That all though it's okay to win,
Make sure it's for a cause,
"nevertheless, not My will but Yours be done"
When He said "it is finished" I'm sure He meant the blood, sweat and tears,
We can rejoice in death,
Because He did rise again,
True love suffers long, but true love lasts forever.
Blood of Jesus shed on Calvary,
Sweat droplets in the garden of Gethsamane,
In that same garden He cried out,
They say tears are a language He understands:
You'll never remember me for my trophy I held up in the end,
But you'll remember greatly if the enemy punched me and twisted my face to the side,
The story of Job isn't most called upon to remember the blessings he got back in the end,
But for the loss, pain and mockery he had to endure,
Endure,
He had to endure!
His own friends had to question this God he chose to serve,
You sent Your Son to die on the cross,
And yes Lord, we remember His triumphant resurrection but whats laid up even more in our hearts?
The cross He had to carry,
The beatings He had to take,
The crown of thorns and the nails in His hands and feet,
He Had to endure,
He prayed so hard His sweat turned to blood,
That's the agony He had to go through,
He cried to His Dad,
"If it's Your will take this cup away from Me"
It hurts too much Daddy, I don't know if I can do it,
But He did it anyway,
Through Blood, Sweat and Tears,
He showed us the standard of a champion,
That all though it's okay to win,
Make sure it's for a cause,
"nevertheless, not My will but Yours be done"
When He said "it is finished" I'm sure He meant the blood, sweat and tears,
We can rejoice in death,
Because He did rise again,
True love suffers long, but true love lasts forever.
Thursday, 17 May 2012
My Beauty
Life is short and family is limited,
I have never forgotten 2 tell you I love you,
I just didn't have 2 guts 2 say it,
Dearly beloved mother,
I love even the way you sniff,
That cough that distinguishes you in a crowd,
The prayers you covered us with,
The way you can't see stuff and have 2 ask us to read it,
Walking home in the dark from a long days' work,
I'm also so very sorry for the trouble I caused you,
I let everybody know that you raised me better than this,
Now watch me spin it round and make you proud,
I love you ma,
And I don't think I could EVER, EVER repay you for everything single little thing you've done in my life,
For giving me a love that extends 2 your grandkids,
It's a pity they don't have a mother like you,
No really, a real shame,
I wish I had an ounce of the grace you have,
The resilience and determination,
Thank you, but the Most High, for life,
Thanking Him for sending one of His angels 2 raise me,
Can't really express my gratitude on a piece of paper but still I try,
I love you ma,
A love these white sheets can't display 2 you,
But just so you know,
I love you.
01/02/2012
I have never forgotten 2 tell you I love you,
I just didn't have 2 guts 2 say it,
Dearly beloved mother,
I love even the way you sniff,
That cough that distinguishes you in a crowd,
The prayers you covered us with,
The way you can't see stuff and have 2 ask us to read it,
Walking home in the dark from a long days' work,
I'm also so very sorry for the trouble I caused you,
I let everybody know that you raised me better than this,
Now watch me spin it round and make you proud,
I love you ma,
And I don't think I could EVER, EVER repay you for everything single little thing you've done in my life,
For giving me a love that extends 2 your grandkids,
It's a pity they don't have a mother like you,
No really, a real shame,
I wish I had an ounce of the grace you have,
The resilience and determination,
Thank you, but the Most High, for life,
Thanking Him for sending one of His angels 2 raise me,
Can't really express my gratitude on a piece of paper but still I try,
I love you ma,
A love these white sheets can't display 2 you,
But just so you know,
I love you.
01/02/2012
Publish That Piece
Publish That Piece
I'm so scared I'm shitting bricks,
No don't excuse my language,
I am actually shitting bricks,
So scared of what people might think,
Though I should practice Revelation 12:11,
I am a new man in Christ Jesus,
I am no longer that person I wrote about,
It should be to help some next girl know that she can change,
Change,
Maybe I haven't changed,
Still that coward who takes in satan's lies,
Folds into herself like origami,
Folded so tight the real me cant stand up,
I pray daily for unfolding,
But faith without works is dead,
That piece could be the unfolding of me,
'Let it out Kristal, let it out'
"No I wanna hold on to it"
Hold on to the past like some gift given on Valentines' Day,
No wait I chucked that in the bin,
Bin,
The old me needs to be binned and that piece could bin it,
I really can't see the big deal is though,
I can her my sis saying "cho a dat yu a gwaan suh fa?"
Making a big fuss ova nutn,
And still ain't saving that girl it's intended for,
KRISTAL WAKE UP AND STOP BEING STUPID,
Publish that piece and let it reach who it's supposed to!
...............Yeah maybe tomorrow...........
I'll publish that piece tomorrow........
I'm so scared I'm shitting bricks,
No don't excuse my language,
I am actually shitting bricks,
So scared of what people might think,
Though I should practice Revelation 12:11,
I am a new man in Christ Jesus,
I am no longer that person I wrote about,
It should be to help some next girl know that she can change,
Change,
Maybe I haven't changed,
Still that coward who takes in satan's lies,
Folds into herself like origami,
Folded so tight the real me cant stand up,
I pray daily for unfolding,
But faith without works is dead,
That piece could be the unfolding of me,
'Let it out Kristal, let it out'
"No I wanna hold on to it"
Hold on to the past like some gift given on Valentines' Day,
No wait I chucked that in the bin,
Bin,
The old me needs to be binned and that piece could bin it,
I really can't see the big deal is though,
I can her my sis saying "cho a dat yu a gwaan suh fa?"
Making a big fuss ova nutn,
And still ain't saving that girl it's intended for,
KRISTAL WAKE UP AND STOP BEING STUPID,
Publish that piece and let it reach who it's supposed to!
...............Yeah maybe tomorrow...........
I'll publish that piece tomorrow........
So Wait
God please answer me this, I choose to live for you and you only then I lose everything?
Sometimes God takes away all that He didn't give you so He can bless you more abundantly,
Sometimes the things we have are more like distractions,
Sometimes He'll take them away to test our commitment to Him and to His ministry,
He, at no point in time, said it would be easy,
His own Son was tortured and beaten,
But the inking down of your name in the Lamb's Book Of Life has got to be worth it,
Sometimes God takes us back to where we were before we had anything,
Just to see if that inking down is worth it,
Job did it,
Sometimes God doesn't immediately deliver us when we ask,
But He will, oh yes He will,
All in His own time,
Just like He did the children of Israel,
Sometimes God, puts us through a mess just so we'll have a ministry,
Sometimes He'll not talk even though we're listening keenly,
Sometimes He'll make us try the impossible,
Just so He can prove Himself,
He likes to remind us the HE is in control,
So when nothing goes YOUR way,
Just ask God if it's going HIS way,
That's the best and only way things need to go,
Cuz like I said,
He is in control
Stay blessed
19/02/2012
Sometimes God takes away all that He didn't give you so He can bless you more abundantly,
Sometimes the things we have are more like distractions,
Sometimes He'll take them away to test our commitment to Him and to His ministry,
He, at no point in time, said it would be easy,
His own Son was tortured and beaten,
But the inking down of your name in the Lamb's Book Of Life has got to be worth it,
Sometimes God takes us back to where we were before we had anything,
Just to see if that inking down is worth it,
Job did it,
Sometimes God doesn't immediately deliver us when we ask,
But He will, oh yes He will,
All in His own time,
Just like He did the children of Israel,
Sometimes God, puts us through a mess just so we'll have a ministry,
Sometimes He'll not talk even though we're listening keenly,
Sometimes He'll make us try the impossible,
Just so He can prove Himself,
He likes to remind us the HE is in control,
So when nothing goes YOUR way,
Just ask God if it's going HIS way,
That's the best and only way things need to go,
Cuz like I said,
He is in control
Stay blessed
19/02/2012
Love
"I'd give anything and everything, to fall in love"
Yeah but would you give your soul? To Christ?
"Just this one time I'd like to find what I've been dreaming of"
Have you been dreaming of a love so pure and true where He died for sins YOU would commit?
"Well I could find someone to hold me, but that wouldn't be enough"
Falling into the arms of the Almighty Saviour,
Feeling the warmth of His embrace,
Hearing Him whisper, 'You are My child and I love you'
All this is enough,
More than enough
"I'd give anything to fall in love"
Then give your soul...... to God
"I wanna know what love is, I want you to show me"
I could show you love,
I could tell you to look at the beauty of the sunset,
The power in the smell of fresh rainfall,
The beauty of a caterpillar turning into a butterfly,
That;s love,
Look all around you'll see love,
But if you wanna KNOW love,
I'll point you to The Man,
Who can still love you even after the world ends!
"You don't know what it's like to love somebody"
Oh, I know!
I know a reliable, non-stop source of love, true love sacred and set apart love,
I know what it's like to love somebody
"Where do broken hearts go?"
I took mine to the altar,
Scraped them all up from the floor of the one who broke it,
And cried out to Him cuz I knew only He could mend it,
And then some,
He mended it then replaced it,
Reminded me that He needed me broken,
That was the only way I could see,
See Him as the mender of broken hearts,
"I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more just to be the man who walked 1000 miles to fall down at your door"
I often wonder if some would be willing to walk a million miles to be restored......,
What would I do to prove my love for God?
"I didn't know why then, I found it was addictive love"
Yeah I was addicted,
To something higher,
More powerful,
Strange drug,
This drug set me free though,
Haha,
Addictive love set me free,
"You give me butterflyz, Got me flying so high in the sky"
I aint flying yet Jesus,
But these butterflies I be getting at the mention of You name,
I may as well be,
Can't wait to be caught up in the sky,
Going home to meet my Saviour on high
"He's got a whole lot a love in His heart for you, girl"
Aint that great?
A love soooo great He left high to come save me,
From low,
How great a love,
Oh great love how can it be,
That He left high to save me
"For God so loved the world........."
Need I say more?
Y'all should know John 3:16,
But I take it personally,
Like 'For God so loved me'
Haha, He still loves me,
Mercies new everyday and growth spiritually,
Oh boy He loves me
Wow,
When words leave me,
Wow Jesus loves me,
Yes Jesus loves me
John 3:16 tells me so!
And First Corinthians Thirteen tells me exactly how love should be!!
(Credits; In order of appearance)
I'd Give Anything - Gerald Levert
I Wanna Know What Love Is - Foreigner/Mariah Carey
To Love Somebody - Michael Bolton
Where Do Broken Hearts Go - Whitney Houston
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
Addictive Love - Bebe & Cece Winans
Butterflyz - Alicia Keys
Love Reigns - Bugle Ft. Tarrus Riley
Yeah but would you give your soul? To Christ?
"Just this one time I'd like to find what I've been dreaming of"
Have you been dreaming of a love so pure and true where He died for sins YOU would commit?
"Well I could find someone to hold me, but that wouldn't be enough"
Falling into the arms of the Almighty Saviour,
Feeling the warmth of His embrace,
Hearing Him whisper, 'You are My child and I love you'
All this is enough,
More than enough
"I'd give anything to fall in love"
Then give your soul...... to God
"I wanna know what love is, I want you to show me"
I could show you love,
I could tell you to look at the beauty of the sunset,
The power in the smell of fresh rainfall,
The beauty of a caterpillar turning into a butterfly,
That;s love,
Look all around you'll see love,
But if you wanna KNOW love,
I'll point you to The Man,
Who can still love you even after the world ends!
"You don't know what it's like to love somebody"
Oh, I know!
I know a reliable, non-stop source of love, true love sacred and set apart love,
I know what it's like to love somebody
"Where do broken hearts go?"
I took mine to the altar,
Scraped them all up from the floor of the one who broke it,
And cried out to Him cuz I knew only He could mend it,
And then some,
He mended it then replaced it,
Reminded me that He needed me broken,
That was the only way I could see,
See Him as the mender of broken hearts,
"I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more just to be the man who walked 1000 miles to fall down at your door"
I often wonder if some would be willing to walk a million miles to be restored......,
What would I do to prove my love for God?
"I didn't know why then, I found it was addictive love"
Yeah I was addicted,
To something higher,
More powerful,
Strange drug,
This drug set me free though,
Haha,
Addictive love set me free,
"You give me butterflyz, Got me flying so high in the sky"
I aint flying yet Jesus,
But these butterflies I be getting at the mention of You name,
I may as well be,
Can't wait to be caught up in the sky,
Going home to meet my Saviour on high
"He's got a whole lot a love in His heart for you, girl"
Aint that great?
A love soooo great He left high to come save me,
From low,
How great a love,
Oh great love how can it be,
That He left high to save me
"For God so loved the world........."
Need I say more?
Y'all should know John 3:16,
But I take it personally,
Like 'For God so loved me'
Haha, He still loves me,
Mercies new everyday and growth spiritually,
Oh boy He loves me
Wow,
When words leave me,
Wow Jesus loves me,
Yes Jesus loves me
John 3:16 tells me so!
And First Corinthians Thirteen tells me exactly how love should be!!
(Credits; In order of appearance)
I'd Give Anything - Gerald Levert
I Wanna Know What Love Is - Foreigner/Mariah Carey
To Love Somebody - Michael Bolton
Where Do Broken Hearts Go - Whitney Houston
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
Addictive Love - Bebe & Cece Winans
Butterflyz - Alicia Keys
Love Reigns - Bugle Ft. Tarrus Riley
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