Category: Spoken Word

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Colossians 4:2-5

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Paul writes to Colossae
Not complaining of his chains
Freedom for himself is not
Something for which he strains

He implores them to keep praying
To be thankful and assured
The most important freedom
Is the sharing of the Word

The mystery of Christ
That longs to be revealed
Is that good news all creation
Through it, could be healed

He even reminds himself
To stay focused on clarity
The good news is not simply
Offering the world a bit more charity

But take every opportunity
To reveal the mystery of Christ
The resurrected Savior
Who did more than say “be nice.”

He gave up his own body
And was then resurrected
So that New Creation Life
Could be something we expected…

Posted in Different Scriptures, Spoken Word

Matthew 28:1-10

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Even Jesus needed an angel
To roll away the stone
Perhaps if not, the guards would’ve thought
He’d risen all alone.

As if he hadn’t really died
Just suffered so immensely
So bright and shining angel of the Lord
While they watched & fainted, tensely

The women watched and didn’t faint
But waited on the Lord
But there must have been a little fear
Which the angel dismissed in word

“Jesus is not here, for He is raised.”
The mighty angel said,
“Now go and tell his disciples
He’s risen from the dead!”

They turned with quick intent to run
With such joy in their eyes
But dropped to worship instantly
When Jesus appeared, “Surprise!”

Such a childlike Savior, appearing
While the angel was on a mission
And telling them to hurry back
Maybe He wanted to go fishing…

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Colossians 3:5-11

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Put to death, therefore
The things of this earth
The things that aren’t of
The received New Birth

Impurities and passions
Of evil desires within
God’s wrath is still coming
Because of such sins

These were once our ways
When we lived such a life
Filled with anger and slander
And worry and strife

No more will we lie
About who we are
Having stripped off the old self
Set free from the tar

Our feet loosed and ready
To run as New Creation
Renewed in our knowledge
And filled with elation

That no longer are categories
That were once slated
Now we are simply
Creator and Created.