HAPPY NEW YEAR 2019

Posted on January 1, 2019 by

By Judy Lee Jenkins

I wrote this song and included our favorite New Year song Auld Lang Syne back in 2017, not knowing the heartbreak 2017 would bring me of losing my husband of 33 years.  Now 2018 has passed and I didn’t know I would have the additional heartbreak of losing my mother.  With every coming year we may have new challenges and new sorrows to experience and overcome.  Life can be very difficult for us all but through it all we know we have a loving God and Savior who cares and will see us through all things.

In Philippians 4, the apostle Paul writes that he has learned to be content in all circumstances.  At the time he was in prison, even chained to a Praetorian Guard and still rejoicing. The entire book of Philippians can be such a comfort to us all during tough times.  Paul knew what tough times were but he never let sorrows, beatings or persecutions destroy his love of spreading the gospel of salvation to the cause of Christ. How thankful I am to the letters he left us in the New Testament that gives each of our hope in Christ.  Paul assured us in all his letters that the trials of this life are just a moment compared to the joy we will one day experience with our Savior when he will reunite us with our loved ones in Christ at that great gathering in heaven.

So I would like to wish all of you a very HAPPY NEW YEAR and MAY ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE!!

TIME TO HIT THE RESET BUTTON,
A NEW YEAR HAS BEGUN!!
LET’S HOPE THIS NEW YEAR’S PROSPEROUS
AND FULL OF JOY AND FUN!!
LET’S RENEW OLD ACQUAINTANCES
AND MAKE A NEW FRIEND OR TWO,
AS WE LIST OUR RESOLUTIONS OF THINGS
WE HOPE TO DO.

TIME IS GETTING SHORTER
WITH EVERY PASSING DAY,
SO LET’S NOT MISS OPPORTUNITIES
THAT MAY COME OUR WAY,
LET’S CHERISH THE GOOD TIMES
WHILE WE STILL CAN,
BEFORE OUR LIFE’S HOUR GLASS
RUNS COMPLETELY OUT OF SAND.

CHORUS

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE,
MAY ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE,
WISHING YOU JOY AND HAPPINESS,
AND MUCH PROSPERITY TOO!!

2ND VERSE

AS WE START OVER AGAIN
TO BEGIN OUR LIVES ANEW,
LET’S SET GOALS EVEN HIGHER
OF THINGS WE WISH TO DO,
LET’S PUT JESUS FAR ABOVE
ALL OUR LIST OF THINGS,
AND IF WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED HIM YET
MAKE HIM OUR LORD AND OUR KING!!

CHORUS

LET’S BE THANKFUL WE’RE STILL HERE,
TO LIVE ANOTHER DAY,
AS WE SEND THE OLD YEAR OUT THE DOOR,
SWIFTLY ON ITS WAY!!

INSERT–AULD LANG SYNE

SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT,
AND NEVER BROUGHT TO MIND,
SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT
AND AULD LANG SYNE,
FOR AULD LANG SYNE MY DEAR,
FOR AULD LANG SYNE,
WE’LL TAKE A CUP OF KINDNESS YET
FOR AULD LANG SYNE.

CHORUS-ENDING

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE,
MAY ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE,
WISHING YOU JOY AND HAPPINESS
AND MUCH PROSPERITY TOO!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR, HAPPY NEW YEAR
AND MAY ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE!!

 

 

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TRUST IN ME

Posted on November 15, 2018 by

By Judy Lee Jenkins

Jesus told us that in this life we would have sorrow and tribulation but HE also told us to take heart because he had overcome the world. He assured us in his word that HE has prepared a beautiful place in Heaven for all of us who trust in Him and our sorrows one day would end.  He reassured Mary who was grieving over her brother, Lazarus that HE was the resurrection and the life and whoever believed in him, though he were dead, yet shall he live!!

The death of our loved ones is perhaps the greatest of all our sorrows that we experience in this life.  However, because Jesus died himself and was resurrected, we have that hope and assurance that our loved ones will live again and one day we will be reunited with them in his beautiful heaven.  What a blessing we all have to look forward to!!  This life is not the end but only the beginning to this beautiful and faithful promise from our Lord!!

This past year and a half has been a heartbreak for me since I lost both my husband and recently my mother.  I was with them both when they passed.  Even though I know the Lord’s promises, I have struggled hard with their loss.   Out of my own pain came this song which expresses the same pain that Mary felt but ends with the our Lord’s assurance that HE is with us always through our trials and hardships.  Jesus was our own suffering servant and understands all our sorrows.  What a wondrous and marvelous Savior!!  May we trust in HIM in all we do.

M HURTING LORD, BUT YOU SEEM SO FAR AWAY,
DO YOU KNOW THE PAIN I FEEL WITH EVERY PASSING DAY?
LAST YEAR YOU TOOK MY HUSBAND, THIS YEAR MY MOM FROM ME,
THEIR LOVING FACES ONCE AGAIN, I LONG SO MUCH TO SEE!!

EACH DAY I KNEEL BEFORE YOUR THRONE FROM WHERE YOU RULE AND REIGN,
WITH TEARS POUR OUT MY SOUL TO YOU IN AGONY AND PAIN!!
BUT I WONDER IF YOU HEAR ME BECAUSE I STILL HURT SO,
ARE YOU WITH ME THROUGH MY SORROWS, LORD, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

CHORUS

MY GRIEF IS SUCH A HEART ACHE, COMFORT HARD TO FIND,
IT’S SAPPING ALL MY STRENGTH FROM ME AND MY PIECE OF MIND!!
LORD, I’M SO BROKEN, AND I FEEL SO MUCH ALONE,
HAVE YOU ABANDONED ME, TO LEAVE ME ON MY OWN?

LORD ANSWERS

MY CHILD I KNOW YOUR SUFFERING, FOR I HAVE FELT IT TOO,
ALL YOUR TRIALS AND BURDENS I HAVE BORNE FOR YOU!!
JUST BECAUSE YOU CANNOT SEE ME DOES NOT MEAN THAT I’M NOT THERE,
I SEE YOUR STRUGGLES, CATCH EACH TEAR AND HEAR YOUR EVERY PRAYER.

BUT DON’T BE AFRAID TO SUFFER, CHILD, THROUGH IT YOU’LL PERSEVERE,
AND DEVELOP CHARACTER THAT BRINGS HOPE, DO NOT FEAR!!
NO GREATER LOVE HAVE I THAN TO GIVE MY LIFE FOR YOU,
I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, THROUGH EACH TRIAL THAT YOU GO THROUGH.

CHORUS

DON’T LET YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED,
TRUST IN ME IN ALL YOU DO,
NOTHING CAN SEPARATE YOU FROM MY LOVE
THAT I HAVE FOR YOU.

DON’T LET YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED,
TRUST IN ME IN ALL YOU DO,
WHERE I AM YOU MAY ALSO COME, I’VE PREPARED
A PLACE FOR YOU.

DON’T LET YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED,
TRUST IN ME IN ALL YOU DO.
WHERE I AM YOU MAY ALSO COME,
I HAVE PREPARED A PLACE FOR YOU,
TRUST IN ME IN ALL YOU DO, YOUR MOM AND YOUR HUSBAND,
ARE WAITING FOR YOU!!

 

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ALONE HE DID IT ALL

Posted on September 21, 2018 by

by Judy Lee Jenkins

All over the world man is trying to find a way to get right with God.  All religions except for Christianity teach that man has to do something in order to reach God or earn his place in heaven.  However, the Bible proclaims that all man’s achievements or works are nothing but filthy rags.

We are hopeless within ourselves to accomplish an impossible task of making ourselves presentable before a very holy and righteous God.  It takes only one sin to bar the entrance of heaven for us.  We all fall short of the Glory of God, no matter how good we think we are or try to be.

Therefore God sent his son to be our righteousness and settle the sin issue by taking them on himself in exchange for his perfection, for in Him was no sin. On the cross he paid the price for all our sins in full.  The requirement for us is but to believe and receive this gift.  We should receive it with gratitude and love for his tremendous sacrifice.

After receiving we should let His Holy Spirit work inside of us and conform us to His image.  Knowing that he first loved us touches our hearts and we respond back with love for Him by letting Him produce the fruit of righteous living within each of us. We become new creatures in Christ and the good works we produce are all to His glory and not our own.

A careful study of the New Testament and writings of Paul, especially the Book of Romans, Galatians, and Ephesians explains this so beautifully.  And of course, John 3:16 summarizes the gospel in a little capsule.  ”GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.”  We first of all believe and then we receive.

We believe by putting our faith and trust in God and not ourselves for His righteousness and then receive his wondrous gift of Eternal life which is living with Him forever in his beautiful Kingdom he has prepared for all those who love Him.  In gratitude for God’s wondrous love and gift and to help others understand the good news of the gospel, I wrote the following song:

WE DON’T ENTER HEAVEN, BECAUSE WE THINK WE’RE GOOD,
OR DOING ALL THE MANY THINGS THAT WE WISH WE COULD,
THE LAW IS LIKE A MIRROR THAT SHOWS WE ALL FALL SHORT,
AND DRIVES US TO THE CROSS OF CHRIST, HE’S OUR ENTRANCE AND PASSPORT.

IT TAKES ONLY ONE SIN TO BAR THE DOOR TO US,
HEAVEN’S GAINED NOT BY OUR WORKS, WE CAN’T BE GOOD ENOUGH!!
ONLY THROUGH THE BLOOD OF CHRIST DOES ANY ENTER IN,
HE’S THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY, WE MUST TRUST AND FOLLOW HIM!!

CHORUS

HEAVEN’S FOR THE FORGIVEN, FOREVER REDEEMED BY HIM,
ALL MUST BE CLEANSED BY HIS PRECIOUS BLOOD IN ORDER TO ENTER IN,
REJOICE, REJOICE, JESUS OVERCAME ADAM’S FALL,
THE GLORY IS HIS, THE GLORY IS HIS, ALONE, HE DID IT ALL!!

IT’S NOT A LADDER OF ENDLESS WORKS TO EARN ALL WE THINK WE SHOULD,
WE ONLY GO TO HEAVEN BECAUSE GOD ALONE IS GOOD!!
IT’S NOT ABOUT OUR ACHIEVEMENTS BUT WHAT GOD FOR US HAS DONE,
ALONE BY DIVINE ACCOMPLISHMENT OUR LORD HAS OVERCOME!!

THE GLORY BELONGS TO JESUS, WE CLAIM NOTHING FOR OUR OWN,
BY HIS PAIN AND SUFFERING, WE ENTER INTO OUR ETERNAL HOME,
YET WHILE ON EARTH WITH ALL OUR HEARTS, WE’LL SERVE OUR LORD AND KING,
TO PRAISE AND THANK HIM FOR HIS GIFT, THROUGH PRAYER FOR EVERYTHING.

CHORUS

ALONE HE DID IT ALL SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:

1. GALATIANS 2:16 “Knowing that a man is NOT JUSTIFIED by the works of the law, but by the FAITH of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we may be JUSTIFIED by the FAITH of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall NO flesh be JUSTIFIED.”
2. GALATIANS 2:21 “I do not frustrate the grace of God for if righteousness comes by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.”
3. 1 CORINTHIANS 15:23 ”For as in Adam ALL DIE, even so in Christ shall ALL be made ALIVE.”
4. ROMANS 10 9-10 ”That if thou shalt CONFESS  with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt BELIEVE  in thine heart that God has raised him from the dead, thou shalt be SAVED……”
5. ROMANS 6:23 “For the wages of sin is DEATH, but the GIFT OF God is ETERNAL LIFE through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
6. PHILIPPIANS 3:9 “And be found in him NOT having my OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS which is of the law BUT that which is through the FAITH of Christ, the righteousness which of GOD by FAITH.”
7. TITUS 3:5 “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he SAVED us, by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost.
8. ISAIAH 64:6 “But we are ALL as an UNCLEAN thing, and ALL our righteousnesses are as FILTHY RAGS, and we ALL do FADE as a leaf; and our INIQUITIES, like the wind, have taken us away.”
9. JOHN 3:36 “He that BELIEVETH on the Son hath everlasting life, and he that BELIEVETH NOT the Son shall NOT see LIFE, but the wrath of God abideth on him.”
10. JOHN 3: “He that BELIEVETH on him is NOT condemned, but he that BELIEVETH NOT is condemned ALREADY because he hath not BELIEVED in the name of the only begotten Son of God.”
11. EPHESIANS 2;8-9 “For by GRACE are ye SAVED, through FAITH; and that NOT OF YOURSELVES; it is the GIFT of God: NOT OF WORKS, lest any man should boast.”

 

 

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THE LORD IS COMING

Posted on June 30, 2018 by

By Judy Lee Jenkins

Throughout the scriptures, we read much about the 2nd coming of Christ, especially in the Book of Revelation.  He tells that he is coming and that he is coming quickly.  We must ask ourselves the question, are we ready if he were to come tonight?  Though we don’t know the time, we can look at the signs around us.  I think looking at Israel and the events occurring over there lets us know just how tender the fig leaves are getting of his return. Jesus warned us of the birth pains leading up to the main event known as THE GREAT TRIBULATION.

However, the scriptures also tell us of a catching up of believers sometime before or during this horrific time.  There are many different views as to when this catching up or rapture will occur but most Christians pray that we can be accounted worthy to escape those terrible times when God will judge the world for not receiving Jesus.  One thing we do know, is that we should live each day as if it is the day of his return and not be caught short without the oil in our lamps.

I Thessalonians 4:16 says the following: “FOR THE LORD HIMSELF WILL COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, WITH A LOUD COMMAND, WITH THE VOICE OF THE ARCHANGEL AND WITH THE TRUMPET CALL OF GOD, AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST WILL RISE FIRST.  AFTER THAT, WE WHO ARE STILL ALIVE AND ARE LEFT WILL BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER WITH THEM IN THE CLOUDS TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR.  AND SO WE WILL BE WITH THE LORD FOREVER.  THEREFORE ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER WITH THESE WORDS.” Also in I Thessalonians:5, in the first chapter we read:  “NOW BROTHERS, ABOUT TIMES AND DATES, WE DO NOT NEED TO WRITE TO YOU, FOR YOU KNOW VERY WELL THAT THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL COME LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT….”  In 1 Corinthians it also says: “LISTEN, I TELL YOU A MYSTERY.  WE WILL NOT ALL SLEEP, BUT WE WILL ALL BE CHANGED—-IN A FLASH, IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE, AT THE LAST TRUMPET…..”

Then in the Book of Revelation, Chapters 19-21 we learn about the wedding feast and the Lord’s bride clothed in white.  This is his church and the New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven.  This is described as a most spectacular and wondrous event.  This event will be beyond what we can possibly imagine!!  The goal is for us to be there!!  Now is the time to get the oil in our lamps and receive our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ!!  Let us live our lives as if this event will occur at any moment.  Let us be ready to meet our Lord and love his appearing!!  Pondering on our future and these events to come at any time, I wrote the following song.

THE LORD IS COMING, HES COMING SOON,
THE LORD OF GLORY, OUR KING, OUR GROOM.
WATCH AND BE READY, IN HIM ABIDE,
HE’S COMING SOON TO CLAIM HIS BRIDE.

PREPARE TO MEET HIM, LIVE IN HIS LIGHT,
LIKE A THIEF, HE’LL COME AT NIGHT.
AND IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE,
HE’LL CATCH US UP WITH HIM IN THE SKY.

CHORUS

REJOICE, REJOICE, WHEN HE APPEARS,
FOR OUR REDEMPTION IS DRAWING NEAR.
HE’S COME TO CLAIM US AS HIS OWN,
TO TAKE US TO OUR HEAVENLY HOME!!

2ND VERSE

THE MARRIAGE SUPPER WILL SOON BEGIN,
BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO ENTER IN.
ADORNED FOR HIM SO CLEAN AND BRIGHT,
HIS CHURCH, HIS BRIDE IN SPARKLING WHITE!!

JESUS IS COMING, NOT A MOMENT LATE,
IN SPLENDOR AND GLORY THROUGH HEAVEN’S GATE,
BEHOLD OUR GROOM, HE CHOSE US FOR HIS BRIDE,
WITH HIM FOREVER, WE’LL ABIDE!!

CHORUS

REPEAT LAST VERSE

 

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RENEWING OUR MIND WITH GOD’S WORD

Posted on April 20, 2018 by

By Judy Lee Jenkins

     When we listen to the new’s media we are continually saturated with negative information, seldom do we hear anything uplifting.  In years past, at least Paul Harvey always attempted to share something wonderful and outstanding such as a couple still together and happy after many years of marriage.  He also shared what he called THE REST OF THE STORY.  It would usually be about someone we knew but he didn’t let us know until the very end.  His stories usually ended on a happy note and made us feel good the rest of the day.  However, Paul Harvey is no longer with us and the news media is often referred to as fake news.  It’s hard to find the truth that we seek through the internet or TV.  So where can we go to find truth?  We can go to the Bible, often referred to as THE WORD.  Though written by various men of God, all of the books were divinely inspired through the Holy Spirit to these chosen prophets and apostles.  The Bible says of itself in 2 Timothy 3:15-17……”ALL SCRIPTURE IS GOD-BREATHED AND IS USEFUL FOR TEACHING, REBUKING, CORRECTING AND TRAINING IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, SO THAT THE MAN OF GOD MAY BE THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED FOR EVERY GOOD WORK.”

     The word of God is beautiful both in its stories, its poetry,(psalms of David) proverbs, and teachings.  It is the place to go when we need advice, the right way to live, and comfort for a broken heart.  It is the place to go when we need God!!  God speaks to us in many ways, such as prayer,  dreams, other people, circumstances, silence, and his word.  We can seek God through reading his word, and actually learn how God thinks.  When we really mediate on the words he has left us through men of God through the ages, we can learn just how much he loves and cherishes us and wants us to belong to him and to be his people.  He gives us guidelines to help draw us closer to him so that we will not stumble.  But if we do stumble, he still loves and forgives us and has given us a Savior to erase all our mistakes. Because he loves us so much, he desires for us to love him back with all our hearts, mind and soul.  He knows that living within his guide lines is what will bring us true joy. 

     When we get upset over the deep valleys and obstacles in our lives, we need to renew our minds with his word.  We should read the Bible on a daily basis to keep this light in our lives so that we won’t stumble in the dark.  As a result of my own pursuit of renewing  my mind with God’s holy word, I wrote the following song:

LET US THINK UPON GOOD THINGS,
BY FILLING OUR MINDS WITH GOD’S WORD,
THROUGH HIS HOLY SPIRIT,
HIS DIVINE VOICE CAN BE HEARD.

LINE UPON LINE AS WE MEDITATE,
EVERY PRECEPT TO CONTEMPLATE,
HIS WORD IS FAITHFUL, FOREVER AND TRUE,
WILL ENLIGHTEN OUR MINDS AND RENEW.

CHORUS

THE LORD IS OUR ROCK WHO DISPELS ALL FEARS,
STRENGTHENS OUR FAITH WITH HIS PRESENCE NEAR,
IN TIMES OF SORROW COMES SWEET RELEASE,
AS WE LIVE IN GOD’S PERFECT PEACE.

VERSE 2

LET’S ALWAYS THINK UPON GOOD THINGS,
OF ALL THAT IS HONEST AND JUST,
WHATEVER IS PURE, LOVELY, FAITHFUL AND TRUE,
TRUTHS FROM GOD WE CAN TRUST.

TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART,
HE PROMISED HIS PRESENCE WOULD NEVER DEPART,
THE GRASS MAY WITHER AND THE FLOWER WILL FALL,
BUT GOD’S WORD STANDS FOREVER OVER ALL!!

CHORUS

THE LORD IS OUR ROCK WHO DISPELS ALL FEAR,
STRENGTHENS OUR FAITH WITH HIS PRESENCE NEAR,
GIVE PRAISE AND THANKS FOR HIS WONDROUS LOVE,
TO HONOR OUR KING UP ABOVE!!

VERSE 3

LETS ALWAYS THINK UPON GOOD THINGS,
BY RENEWING OUR MIND WITH GOD’S WORD,
THROUGH HIS INFINITE WISDOM,
HIS DIVINE VOICE CAN BE HEARD.

CLOSING

WHEN WE RENEW OUR MINDS WITH HIS WORD,
IF WE LISTEN, GOD’S VOICE CAN BE HEARD.
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THE GUIDANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

Posted on March 4, 2018 by

By Judy Lee Jenkins

One day as I was listening to Pastor John Hagee from San Antonio, Texas on Christian TV. he was giving a very interesting sermon on the Holy Spirit.  He had a real horse’s bridle with him on the stand and gave an analogy of how the Holy Spirit acts like a horse’s bridle in our lives.  The purpose of a bridle is for the rider to have control over his horse.  When the horse feels the pull of the bits of the bridle in his mouth, he reacts,

He knows that he should come to a halt or go a different direction and follows the guidance of his rider if that horse has been well trained.  As Christians, we’ve been given the Holy Spirit as a gift from God to live inside us and guide our lives all our days.  If we truly love the Lord we will strive to always follow his teachings and Commandments.  However, there may be times we might tend to stray and if we do, we could feel that nudge or pull from our Spiritual bridle, the Holy Spirit.

He whispers in our ear that we are going the wrong way and nudges us like a bridle back on the path we should be on. He communicates with our conscience and becomes a great blessing in our lives.  We should never ignore him and heed his warning not because he wants to spoil our fun but because he wants us to be happy and receive all the abundant blessings that God desires to lavish upon us.

However, if we walk in wrong paths, we will never have God’s best for our lives.  Pastor John Hagee closed his sermon by saying, “I WISH SOMEONE WOULD WRITE A SONG ABOUT THIS.”  I thought, wow, is he talking to me?  I decided to take him up on the challenge and wrote the following song.

IF WE BELIEVE IN JESUS AND IN HIM WE PUT OUR TRUST,
THE HOLY SPIRIT TAKES RESIDENCE TO DWELL IN EACH OF US,
THE FATHER DESIRES TO CONFORM US TO THE IMAGE OF HIS SON,
AND THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT IS HOW THIS WORK IS DONE.

HE TEACHES US TO WALK WITHIN GOD’S HOLY LIGHT,
AND IN A STILL SMALL VOICE PROMPTS US TO DO RIGHT,
BUT IF WE TEND TO WANDER LIKE A HORSE THAT WANTS TO STRAY,
HE BECOMES OUR SPIRITUAL BRIDLE TO TURN US BACK THE RIGHT WAY.

CHORUS

WHEN WE FEEL THE PULL OF OUR SPIRITUAL BRIDLE,
NUDGE US THE RIGHT WAY LIKE THE BRIDLE OF A HORSE,
WE SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO THE SPIRIT’S WARNING,
AND THE STILL SMALL VOICE THAT WE’RE ON THE WRONG COURSE.

VERSE 2

HE GIVES LIFE TO OUR SPIRITS AND SEALS US AS HIS OWN,
WITH A DEPOSIT OF OUR 2ND BIRTH FOR OUR ETERNAL HOME,
HE HELPS US WHEN WE STRUGGLE WITH SPEECH OR HOW TO PRAY,
AND INTERCEDES FOR US WORDS TO WONDERFUL TO SAY.

HE COMFORTS WHEN WE’RE HURTING, FEELING SAD, DOWNCAST AND LOW,
AND BRINGS THAT PERFECT PEACE AND LOVE DEEP WITHIN EVERY SOUL,
HE GUARDS OUR HEARTS AND MINDS BY POURING TRUTH WITHIN
AND WHEN WE’RE NOT IN TUNE WITH GOD, CONVICTS US OF ALL SIN.

CHORUS

NEVER ATTEMPT TO GRIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT,
BUT LIVE TO PLEASE GOD IN ALL WE DO AND SAY,
AND WHEN WE FEEL THE PULL OF OUR SPIRITUAL BRIDLE,
PERHAPS THE PATH WE’RE ON IS NOT THE RIGHT WAY.

CLOSING

IF WE WANT TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE,
PAY ATTENTION TO HIS WARNING AND THE STILL SMALL VOICE!!

SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES:

  1. 1 Corinthians 3:16”DON’T YOU KNOW THAT YOU YOURSELVES ARE GOD’S TEMPLE AND THAT GOD’S SPIRIT LIVES IN YOU?”…
  2. 2 Corinthians 1:3   “PRAISE BE TO GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE FATHER OF COMPASSION AND GOD OF ALL COMFORT WHO COMFORTS US IN ALL OUR TROUBLES….”
  3. 2 Corinthians 1:21  …..”HE ANOINTED US, SET HIS SEAL OF OWNERSHIP ON US AND HIS SPIRIT IN OUR HEARTS AS A DEPOSIT, GUARANTEEING WHAT IS TO COME.”
  4. Romans 8:26        “IN THE SAME WAY, THE SPIRIT HELPS US IN OUR WEAKNESS.  WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT WE OUGHT TO PRAY FOR, BUT THE SPIRIT HIMSELF INTERCEDES FOR US WITH GROANS THAT WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS.”
  5. Ephesians 1:13      …”HAVING BELIEVED YOU WERE MARKED IN HIM WITH A SEAL, THE PROMISED HOLY SPIRIT, WHO IS A DEPOSIT GUARANTEEING OUR INHERITANCE UNTIL THE REDEMPTION OF THOSE WHO ARE GOD’S POSSESSION TO THE PRAISE OF HIS GLORY.”
  6. Philippians 4:7       “AND THE PEACE OF GOD, WHICH TRANSCENDS ALL UNDERSTANDING WILL GUARD YOUR HEARTS AND YOUR MINDS IN CHRIST JESUS.”
  7. Romans 8:29”FOR THOSE GOD FOREKNEW HE ALSO PREDESTINED TO BE CONFORMED TO THE LIKENESS OF HIS SON…”
  8. Ephesians 4:30”AND DO NOT GRIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD, WITH WHOM YOU WERE SEALED FOR THE DAY OF REDEMPTION.”
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TWO PLANES

Posted on March 1, 2018 by

By Judy Lee Jenkins

In many cases when we lose a loved one, we tend to look for signs of comfort where ever we can find it.  Some people look for white feathers, butterflies, dragonflies, robins, cardinals or the like.  Many meanings of comfort have been attached to their appearance after a loved one passes.  I actually encountered most of the above when I was especially thinking of my recently departed husband.

But one day I saw something else and I put my own meaning to it.  I saw two planes fly over my husband’s grave site shortly after his death.  One plane was in the lead, the other plane though parallel to it, trailed a little behind.  As I watched the two planes fly up high over his grave, tearful thoughts came to my heart and mind and I wrote the following song:

I SAW TWO PLANES ONE BEAUTIFUL DAY,
FLY OVER THE GRAVE WHERE MY DEAR HUSBAND LAY,
ONE PLANE AHEAD, THE OTHER BEHIND,
BROUGHT TEARFUL THOUGHTS TO MY HEART AND MY MIND.

AS MY HUSBAND IS, I’VE YET TO BE,
BUT LIKE THE FIRST PLANE, HE’S AHEAD OF ME,
HE’S NOW WITH THE LORD,
BUT I MUST WAIT,
TO SEE HIM AGAIN, AT THE HEAVENLY GATES.

THE TWO PLANES IS HEAVEN REMINDED ME,
I’LL FOLLOW MY SWEETHEART TO ETERNITY,
HE’S UP AHEAD AND I’M FAR BEHIND,
BUT I’LL CATCH UP SOON,
WHEN THE LORD SAYS IT’S MY TIME.

CHORUS

LIKE THE TWO PLANES UP IN THE SKY,
I’LL FOLLOW HIS LEAD,
THEN TOO  I’LL DIE,
OH WHAT A JOYFUL DAY THAT WILL BE,
TO BE ESCORTED BY THE ANGELS INTO ETERNITY.

Repeat 2nd and 3rd verse ending with chorus

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BEAUTY FROM ASHES

Posted on February 3, 2018 by

By Judy Lee Jenkins

This life indeed has many storms and valleys.  We never know what God may expect us to face or endure.  It could be financial problems, weather disasters, illness, the destruction of war, or the loss of loved ones. Jesus told us that in this world there would be tribulation but he left us this promise in Isaiah 43:2

“WHEN YOU PASS THROUGH THE
WATERS,
I WILL BE WITH YOU,
AND WHEN YOU PASS THROUGH
THE RIVERS,
THEY WILL NOT SWEEP OVER
YOU.
WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THE
FIRE,
YOU WILL NOT BE BURNED,
THE FLAMES WILL NOT SET YOU ABLAZE.”

Also in Isaiah 61:3-7 it says:

..”TO COMFORT ALL WHO MOURN,
AND PROVIDE FOR THOSE WHO
GRIEVE IN ZION–
TO BESTOW ON THEM A CROWN OF
BEAUTY
INSTEAD OF ASHES
THE OIL OF GLADNESS
INSTEAD OF MOURNING,
AND A GARMENT OF PRAISE
INSTEAD OF DESPAIR.”

These words are so comforting to me and I’m sure to everyone because we all have trials we have to endure.  The Lord however, lets us know that we never have to endure them alone.  He is there with us to strengthen us and help us through.

I heard it said once that if we don’t know the Lord, then this is as good as it gets.  However, if we know the Lord and indeed have a personal relationship with him, then we can look beyond this life into a place called Heaven.  We can have hope that one day we will be reunited with our loved ones again who also put their trust in Christ and be a part of his eternal family. That will be a wonderful day when all tears will be wiped away!!  From those thoughts, I wrote the following song:

LIFE IS FULL OF STORMS AND VALLEYS,
OFT WE FEEL WE CAN’T GO ON,
GOD GIVES COURAGE TO ENDURE THEM,
RENEWS OUR STRENGTH WHEN STRENGTH IS GONE.

WHEN WE PASS THROUGH FIRE OR WATER,
TO BE CONSUMED BY FLOOD OR FLAME,
THE LORD IS WITH US; WILL NOT FORSAKE US
AND GIVES US POWER IN HIS NAME.
(Rescues those who call upon his name)

CHORUS

GOD GIVES BEAUTY FOR OUR ASHES,
FOR HEAVY HEARTS MUCH CHEER AND PRAISE,
FOR THOSE OPPRESSED A NEW BEGINNING.
AND ASSURANCE ALL OUR DAYS.

SATAN COMES TO STEAL OUR PEACE,
WRACK UP HAVOC AND DESTROY,
BUT OUR GOD BRINGS LOVE AND COMFORT,
AND TURNS OUR MOURNING INTO JOY.

2ND VERSE

IN THIS WORLD THERE’S TRIBULATION,
TROUBLES COME WE CAN’T FLEE FROM,
BUT TAKE HEART, LET GO OF SORROW,
JESUS CAME TO OVERCOME.

WHEN WE PASS THROUGH FIRE OR WATER,
TO BE CONSUMED BY FLOOD OR FLAME,
THE LORD IS WITH US; WILL NOT FORSAKE US,
AND GIVES US POWER IN HIS NAME.

CHORUS

GOD GIVES BEAUTY FOR OUR ASHES,
AND FOR HEAVY HEARTS, MUCH CHEER AND PRAISE,
FOR THOSE OPPRESSED A NEW BEGINNING,
AND HIS ASSURANCE ALL OUR DAYS.

SATAN COME TO STEAL OUR PEACE,
WRACK UP HAVOC AND DESTROY,
BUT OUR GOD BRINGS LOVE AND COMFORT,
AND TURNS OUR MOURNING INTO JOY.
(Repeat last verse)

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Posted on January 1, 2018 by

By Judy Lee Jenkins

I wrote this song one year ago, hoping for a very happy and prosperous New Year but instead I received a most difficult and painful year.  It began with my husband’s illness, and continued with a harsh winter, house destruction from heavy snowfall, a flood in the basement, caved in roof and power outages, and the heartbreaking event of my husband’s passing after two strokes.

The first one occurred on Easter Sunday and the 2nd came 34 days later.  He lived only 17 days after the 2nd one and died in our home on May 3rd, 2017 under hospice care.  In his last days, I was constantly at his bedside along with hospice and health care workers.  His last wishes were to be buried on his beloved ranch that he cultivated with many trees, plants and pasture for our cattle.  He spent many hours on our ranch whether on a tractor, 4 wheeler, or even horse.

We had to wait nearly 8 months to get permission from our local government for that to happen.  He was put to rest on Nov. 17 and I was at last able to get some closure then came Thanksgiving and Christmas and I experienced my first holidays without my husband, a very tough year for me.

Perhaps it was a tough year for some of you too or maybe just the opposite.  We never know what lies ahead in our future but we know who holds our future.  God knows all our sorrows and heartbreaks.  He said that in this world there would be much tribulation but to cheer up because he had overcome the world.

We know we live in a fallen state in this life but someday when we enter the gates of heaven, all tears will be wiped away and our Lord will turn our mourning into joy.  Though we can experience joy in this life also, in the eternities with God, we will know joy ALL the time.  That is where we should invest our treasures. Jesus admonishes us to not store up things for ourselves here but things towards God because every year in heaven will be a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

If you are like me, I wondered if we would ever get through the election and make it to 2017 but here we are!!  I think we have so much to be thankful for at the beginning of this New Year.  I have hope for the first time in a long time that America will turn back to God and make America great again!!!!  In order for that to happen spiritual light must replace darkness!!  I pray for America to put their faith and trust in God once again and receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior.  I believe that light will dispense the darkness and that comes through prayer and trust in HE who is our creator.  So this new song came out of a happy heart mixed with an old familiar New’s Year’s traditional song we all know and love.  The words are as follows:

TIME TO HIT THE RESET BUTTON,
A NEW YEAR HAS BEGUN!!
LET’S HOPE THIS NEW YEAR’S PROSPEROUS
AND FULL OF JOY AND FUN!!
LET’S RENEW OLD ACQUAINTANCES
AND MAKE A NEW FRIEND OR TWO,
AS WE LIST OUR RESOLUTIONS OF THINGS
WE HOPE TO DO.

TIME IS GETTING SHORTER
WITH EVERY PASSING DAY,
SO LET’S NOT MISS OPPORTUNITIES
THAT MAY COME OUR WAY,
LET’S CHERISH THE GOOD TIMES
WHILE WE STILL CAN,
BEFORE OUR LIFE’S HOUR GLASS
RUNS COMPLETELY OUT OF SAND.

CHORUS

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE,
MAY ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE,
WISHING YOU JOY AND HAPPINESS,
AND MUCH PROSPERITY TOO!!

2ND VERSE

AS WE START OVER AGAIN
TO BEGIN OUR LIVES ANEW,
LET’S SET GOALS EVEN HIGHER
OF THINGS WE WISH TO DO,
LET’S PUT JESUS FAR ABOVE
ALL OUR LIST OF THINGS,
AND IF WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED HIM YET
MAKE HIM OUR LORD AND OUR KING!!

CHORUS

LET’S BE THANKFUL WE’RE STILL HERE,
TO LIVE ANOTHER DAY,
AS WE SEND THE OLD YEAR OUT THE DOOR,
SWIFTLY ON ITS WAY!!

INSERT–AULD LANG SYNE

SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT,
AND NEVER BROUGHT TO MIND,
SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT
AND AULD LANG SYNE,
FOR AULD LANG SYNE MY DEAR,
FOR AULD LANG SYNE,
WE’LL TAKE A CUP OF KINDNESS YET
FOR AULD LANG SYNE.

CHORUS-ENDING

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE,
MAY ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE,
WISHING YOU JOY AND HAPPINESS
AND MUCH PROSPERITY TOO!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR, HAPPY NEW YEAR
AND MAY ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE!!

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MISTER ARE YOU JESUS? (1)

Posted on December 2, 2017 by

By Judy Lee Jenkins
apples

This holiday season is indeed a challenge for me now that my husband is with the Lord.  I miss him so very much but so thankful that mourning over the loss of loved ones does not last forever.  One day our Lord will turn our mourning into joy.  The Lord himself knew that though His sacrifice would be a great day of mourning for all who love Him, he also looked ahead and knew the joy that lay before Him in saving all of us.  What a wondrous Lord!!  How thankful we should be!!

At this time I would like to post again a song I wrote based on a beautiful Christmas story of a man who emulated Christ. The story is told completely in the song I wrote.   I also would like to wish all of you who visit my website a very Merry Christmas and Happy New year.  May God richly bless you especially during this joyous season as we celebrate the birth of our beautiful Savior!!

I love to listen to Christian radio and heard a certain pastor tell a beautiful story about a salesman along with his friends who had been to a sales convention and now were anxious to get home to see their families. It was Christmas eve. and all of them were in a hurry to catch their plane when they accidentally bumped into a young girl’s fruit stand and apples flew everywhere. The story intrigued me and brought tears to my eyes as I listened intently to what happened at the end. I decided to immediately write a song about this most beautiful story. After doing so, I discovered I was not alone. A famous Christian artist put this story to music as well and his song along with a video is just so beautiful. The following is my own version: The words I put together for the story are as follows:

Narration-I HEARD A BEAUTIFUL STORY ON CHRISTIAN RADIO TODAY,
AND IN A SONG WANT TO SHARE IN MY OWN MUSICAL WAY.

SONG

A SALESMAN WITH HIS FRIENDS WERE RUSHING TO THE AIRPORT GATE,
IT WAS CHRISTMAS EVE. AND THEY DIDN’T WANT TO BE LATE,
IN THEIR HURRY, ONE KNOCKED OVER A GIRL’S FRUIT STAND,
AND APPLES TOSSED EVERY WHICH WAY, BEFORE THEY CAME TO LAND,
SCATTERED EVERYWHERE AS THEY DID LAND.

TEARS FILLED THE GIRL’S EYES, AND HE FELT HER DEEP DISTRESS,
HER STAND IN DISARRAY, NOW LAY IN SUCH A MESS,
HE WATCHED HER GROPE FOR APPLES SO HARD FOR HER TO FIND,
THAT’S WHEN HE CAME TO REALIZE THAT THE GIRL WAS BLIND!!

CHORUS

DEAR JESUS WHAT SHOULD I DO?
YOU ALWAYS TAUGHT ME TO TRUST AND FOLLOW YOU.
MY PLANE’S LEAVING NOW, THERE’S NOT A MOMENT TO DELAY,
AND I PROMISED MY FAMILY I’D BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS DAY!!

AS HIS FRIENDS HURRIED ON, A VOICE INSIDE SEEMED TO SAY,
SAVE HER LITTLE BUSINESS, PUT BACK HER FRUIT DISPLAY!!
DON’T EVEN WORRY ABOUT MISSING YOUR FLIGHT,
THE GIRL NEEDS YOUR HELP NOW FROM HER DISMAL PLIGHT,\
TRUST IN ME, YOU WILL GET HOME TONIGHT.

HE AND THE GIRL PICKED UP APPLES ONE BY ONE,
HE WOULDN’T LEAVE UNTIL THE TASK WAS DONE,
HE SORTED ALL THE BATTERED AND BRUISED IN ONE PLACE,
PAID HER FOR THE DAMAGE, WIPED THE TEARS FROM HER FACE.

CHORUS

DEAR JESUS, I’VE TRIED TO FOLLOW YOU,
AND DO WHAT YOU JUST PROMPTED ME TO DO,
MY WIFE’S MAKING CHRISTMAS DINNER,
AND THOUGH I MISSED MY FLIGHT,
I’LL TRUST IN YOU TO GET ME HOME TONIGHT.

AS HE WALKED AWAY TO BOOK ANOTHER FLIGHT,
HE HEARD FOOTSTEPS BEHIND HIM AND TO HIS WONDROUS DELIGHT,
HE TURNED AROUND TO SEE HER SMILE AS SHE HUGGED HIS LOVINGLY,
THEN ASK, “MISTER ARE YOU JESUS, ARE YOU REALLY HE?
YOU’VE BEEN SO KIND TO ME!!”

CHORUS

DEAR JESUS, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING ME THE WAY,
YOU FILLED MY SOUL WITH SUCH WONDROUS JOY TODAY!!
MY WIFE’S MAKING CHRISTMAS DINNER,
AND THOUGH I MISSED MY FLIGHT–(JUST CALLED HER)
TO SAVE A PLACE AT THE TABLE FOR ME TONIGHT,
‘CAUSE I’M GOING TO MAKE IT FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER TONIGHT,
I’M GOING TO MAKE IT HOME,
YES, I’M GOING TO MAKE IT HOME,
I’M GOING TO BE WITH MY FAMILY TONIGHT!!

END–NARRATION

MY HEART BURST WITH JOY WHEN I HEARD THIS STORY TODAY,
BECAUSE THIS MAN EMULATED JESUS IN EVERY WAY!!

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