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Holiness or Sin-Cake – 1 Peter 1:15

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Dear friends,
Here’s a devotional poem for today. It’s based on what God’s Word says in 1 Peter 1:15:

 
1 Peter 1:15 scripture picture

Holiness or Sin-Cake

In the beginning,
there was only God,
only holiness.
Those days are long gone.
Now there are two ways:
holiness and sin.
We have chosen sin.

(It was a bad choice.)

But, God is recruiting,
wooing all from sin, and
winning some back to Him.
Some are, you might say,
crossing over to His side
and gathering round
a mighty Captain who
will always be their guide.

(He never chose sin.)

Of course, a holy God is
wholly other, wholly different
from a sinful world, so all
who cross back over must
learn to be different too.
It’s one way or the other:
either set apart from God
and more and more like sin,
or set apart from the world
and more and more like Him.

(There simply is no way
to have a holy God
and eat our sin-cake too.)

Devotional poem © 2016 Michael Himick. Used with permission and based on 1 Peter 1:15.

Reaching for Holiness – Rena Himick

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Dear friends,
We’ve been looking at Hebrews 12:14, and seeing that without holiness no one will see the Lord. Here’s a devotional poem from Christ-follower Rena Himick seeing the same. It’s called “Reaching for Holiness.”

 
Reaching for Holiness, by Rena Himick

Reaching for Holiness

Father, your will
is for me
to be holy —
holiness is
what I need
to live free.

Jesus,
make me holy
so I can
experience
the Father.

Without holiness,
no one can
see you, Lord —
see you
in me.

Surely I fall short
of any holiness at all.
But with your Spirit
deep within,
I can reach
and not fall.

Devotional poem © 2016 Rena Himick. Used with permission.

Prayer for Holiness – Hebrews 12:14

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Dear friends,
Here’s a devotional poem for today. It’s based on what God’s Word says in Hebrews 12:14:

 
Hebrews 12:14 scripture picture

Prayer for Holiness

O Jesus,
you died for me —
help me live for you
so all will see
you in me.

O Jesus,
you are true love —
help me see my need
and let you lead
so I would love like you.

O Jesus,
you did God’s will
and lived God’s way —
help me follow
in your steps.

O Jesus,
you are true life,
eternal, joyous, and free —
help me in holiness be
who I was meant to be.

Devotional poem © 2016 Michael Himick. Used with permission and based on Hebrews 12:14.

In My Soul I Feel – Tim Adornetto

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Dear friends,
We’ve been looking at 2 Corinthians 7:1, and seeing that once we have the promises of God, we don’t want anything that stains us. Here’s a devotional poem from Christ-follower Tim Adornetto seeing the same. It’s called “In My Soul I Feel.”

 
In My Soul I Feel, by Tim Adornetto

In My Soul I Feel

In my soul I feel
the hate of my enemy.
He’s prowling, teeth bared,
ready to devour me.
Masquerading as the light,
making every wrong seem alright,
he’s raking at my heart, and
staking a claim on my soul.

But Jesus, when I call your name,
the roaring lion’s reduced to crying,
his tail’s tucked, his reign is dying.
No, I need not fear him
when I am filled with you!

In my soul I feel
the weight of my sinfulness,
the pride of my rigidness,
but Lord, I still long
for your righteousness.
So I confess my sin to you, and
your love comes shining through;
your forgiveness transforms me.

Yes Jesus, when I call your name,
the roaring lion’s reduced to crying,
his tail’s tucked, his reign is dying.
No, I need not fear him
when I am filled with you!

Devotional poem © 2016 Tim Adornetto. Used with permission.

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