Whatever gain I had.
I counted as loss
for the sake of the Christ that I had.
Indeed I count everything as loss.

Nothing compares to the surpassing worth.
Of knowing Jesus Christ my lord.
What amazing wealth.
There is in the Lord.

Let the hearts that seek the Lord.
Rejoice.
All that really matters is the Lord.
Just give us our voice.

Turn to the Lord.
Constantly seek the face of the Lord.

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Just turn to the Lord
Constantly seek the Lord’s face
It is blinding love

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See Philippians 3: 3-8 and Psalm 105

Work out your own salvation.
With fear and trembling.
We hope for redemption.
Praying  and anticipating.

Do all things without grumbling.
Or disputing.
Questioning.
But still wondering.

But we wonder.
We question.
We wander.
Where is, we ask, is resurrection.

Have not fear , it is in Jesus.
Who died for all of us.

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Seek salvation
Don’t question or worry
For it is here now

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See Philippians 2: 12-18

None of those men who were invited.
Shall, the King said, taste my banquet.
Are we going, because we are invited.
To an extraordinary spiritual banquet.

Or do we give excuses.
And refuse to go.
Do we cite other muses.
Going with the flow.

Bring in the poor and the crippled.
The blind and the lame.
All those belittled.
They all to glory have their claim.

The king has invited us.
He really wants us.

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We are invited
Will we go to the Lord’s feast
Only we can know

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See Luke 14: 15-24

The Lord is my light and my salvation.
Whom then should I fear.
We will know our own resurrection.
We need not shed a tear.

In my dreams I see my mother so clearly.
Every detail is there.
The one so dearly.
It is her.

Waking I only have a vague remembrance.
I struggle to remember her.
In dreams there is real essence.
Waking nothing is clear.

Are my dreams a vision of truth.
But then , we agonise, what is truth.

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We see them in dreams
Our mother and father
Are they truly there

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See Psalm 27

Blessed are the poor in spirit.
Because theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Are we poor in spirit.
Will we ever reach heaven.

Blessed are those who mourn.
For they shall be comforted.
One day inevitably we shall mourn.
Pray that we shall be comforted.

Blessed are the meek.
For they shall inherit the earth.
Well,  are we really meek.
Maybe we won’t inherit the earth.

Blessed care those who thirst for righteousness.
Where truly is our righteousness.

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Blessed poor in spirit
Theirs the kingdom of heaven of heaven
They are comforted

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See Mathew 5: 1-12

Everyone who exalts himself.
Will be humbled.
And he who humbles himself.
Will be exalted.

I was looking at the Deep’s huge fish tank.
The creatures endlessly swimming.
Totally unconcerned about rank.
Who knows what they were thinking.

They live in the moment.
They are at peace.
In their own way content.
Despite moving without cease.

Will they say that of us.
Does it matter how they rate us.

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We exalt ourself
And what good does it do us
Just humble ourself

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See Luke 24 :1 , 7-11

It is my prayer that your love may abound more and more.
With knowledge and all discernment.
On waking let us look to our soul’s core.
To have gratitude and discernment.

Stillness and serenity.
To accept God’s will.
To think on eternity.
And be still.

If we are disappointed.
There may be a reason.
Our number is entered.
There is always a right season.

We cannot change everything.
And without God we can change nothing.

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We need discernment
Serenity , stillness
And gratitude too

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See Philippians 1: 1-11

O Jerusalem
The city that kills prophets.
O Jerusalem.
And stones those prophets.

How often would I have gathered.
Your children together.
As by a hen her brood is gathered.
Together.

You were not willing.
Your house is forsaken.
Are we willing.
Lest we be forsaken.

We are not Jerusalem.
But we are the heirs of Jerusalem.

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O Jerusalem
We cry, are you forsaken
Are we forsaken

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See Luke 13: 31-35

Jesus went out on the mountain to pray.
And all night he continued in prayer to God.
If he does so surely we also should pray.
Often and fervently to God.

But how to pray.
Do we ask.
Troubles to lay.
Or just ask for a help in a task.

Or pray in gratitude.
Ask for serenity.
To what, we ask ourselves, do we allude.
And to what entity.

I think, just have a go and pray.
And don’t worry how to pray.

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Jesus went to pray
And that’s all we need to do
Just to pray and now

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See Luke 6: 12-19

Husbands love your wives.
As Christ loved his church and gave himself up for her.
Throughout our lives.
We need to care for her.

Husbands should love their wives.
As their own bodies.
Throughout their lives.
With their bodies.

For no one ever hated his own flesh.
But nourishes and cherishes it.
We cannot escape our physical mesh.
But we can nurture the spiritual in it.

Let each of you love his wife.
Throughout his life.

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Husbands love your wives.
As Christ of course loved his church
And we live the church

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See Ephesians 5 : 21-33

Be kind to be another.
Tender hearted.
To one another.
Kind hearted.

Forgiving.
One another.
Loving.
One another.

Walk in love.
As Christ loved us.
All that matters is love.
For all of us.

For Christ loved us.
And gave himself up for us.

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For Christ loved us all
And gave himself up for us
Without exception

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See Ephesians 4: 32- 5:8

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart.
And with all your soul and with all your mind.
What an amazing life changing start.
And it’s so simple , it’s all just in the mind.

You shall love your neighbour.
As yourself.
I think we know who is my neighbour.
It is not myself but every self.

Of course we love our family.
And our closest  friend.
But do we acknowledge the whole world as our family.
Do we find everywhere in every stranger a real friend.

Of course not , we falter.
Fear of the unknown is our halter.

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Do we love our God
With all our heart and our soul
Or do we question

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See Matthew 22: 34-40

Grace was given to each of us.
According to the measure of Christ’s gift.
We need to accept what has been lovingly granted us.
Avoiding any internal mental rift.

We need to be grateful , serene.
Discerning and still.
Generous with our mind, not mean.
Not swept away in a perpetual grinding mill.

As we wake up every morning.
Try to think on gratitude and acceptance.
Not fearing , regretting and worrying.
Acceptance not resistance but insistence.

Take due heed.
We have what we need.

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Just then be grateful
Discerning what’s necessary
Then be still, serene.

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See Ephesians 4: 7-16

Why do you judge for yourselves.
What is right.
We cannot truly understand ourselves.
Unless we search for the light.

Why do you not know.
How to interpret the present time.
Why do we sometimes remain low.
Seeking always some new rhyme.

The truth is here.
It is before us
We need not fear
He is always there for us.

We just have to keep searching.
Praying and listening.

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Can we judge ourselves
Do we know really what’s right
But he is our guide

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See Luke 12: 54-59

Do you think that I have come to bring peace on earth.
No, I tell you, but rather division.
Wrath no, I believe, I think mirth.
Worship and respect yes, rather than derision.

I was trying to wipe water from a bench.
I was doing so pathetically with my sleeve.
A stranger , clearly an immigrant.
Bent down towards the bench.
And helped me in an instant.

Without a word he gave me some Kleenex.
Smiled and just walked on.
Help rising like a phoenix.
And he was gone.

Was he an angel passing.
Or just care arising.

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Does he bring some peace
He says he brings division
But I think it’s peace

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See Luke 12: 49-53

If the master had known at what hour the thief was coming.
He would not have left his house to be broken into.
We know what is coming.
And where we are heading to.

You must be ready.

Because the son of man is coming.
Be steady.
We know what is coming.

At an hour.
We do not know expect.
Any hour.
Which we do not expect.

Be prepared.
But death really is not to be feared.

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The thief may come soon
And you may not know the hour
So just be prepared

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See Luke 12: 39-48

Stay dressed for action,
And keep your lamps burning.
We cannot deal in mere abstraction.
Are are own hearts burning.

Are we ready.
For the Lord to enter.
Is our faith strong and steady
Do we take it at a trot or a canter.

One day the knock will come.
What will we be thinking.
Will we provide a welcome.
With sincere belief and praying.

One day we will no longer just doubt and sigh.
But we will most certainly die.

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Dressed for action
And keeping our lamps burning
Are we doing so

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See Luke 12: 35-38

By grace.
You have been saved through faith.
In his abiding grace.
But what of our faith.

Have we truly believed.
Doubted.
Questioned.
Followed.

What if we had not.
Would we be saved.
How do we cut this knot.
So we will have triumphed.

There is no easy path.
But we can start by using love to defeat wrath.

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Justified by faith
But will we be justified
It is down to faith

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See Ephesians 2: 2-10

Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s.
And to God the things that are God’s.
But to avoid all these seizures.
We must concentrate on those that are God’s

We are too worried about the state.
Too little concerned with God.
Giving half of we earn to the state.
And a mere fraction of our mind to God.

But what is more important.
What is temporary.
What is truly extant.
And what will soon be a mere memory.

God is for ever.
The state merely for the never never.

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Render to Caesar
All those things that are Caesar’s
Do we give to God

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See Mathew 22: 15-21

Everyone who acknowledges me before men.
The son of man also will acknowledge before God.
Are we , we ask , one of those men.
Will we be acknowledged before God.

Everyone who speaks a word against the son of man.
Will, says Jesus, be forgiven.
We pray , we do what we can.
We hope to be forgiven.

So the path is clear.
We must just acknowledge him.
We do not need to worry or fear.
We just have to believe him.

But we question and quibble.
Faith comes by nibble and nibble.

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We acknowledge him
But it takes doubt and prayer
Just slow step by step

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See Luke 12: 8-12

We have an inheritance.
Having been predestined.
This is true romance.
Life enlightened.

So from before birth.
We are loved and known.
Destined for rebirth.
And heavenly renown.

So all life is precious.
However tiny or old.
No need to be anxious.
No more need to be told.

We always have been known.
And destined for the ultimate crown.

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Our inheritance
Is to be known and be loved
That is quite something

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See Ephesians 1: -11-14

Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed.
Or hidden that will not be known.
But we ask will it to us be revealed.
Can we pierce these mysteries to know the unknown

This is the paradox.
We are told that the truth is there.
We only have to open the box
But it really is not clear.

We are told whatever you have whispered.
Shall be proclaimed .
So one day truth will be disclosed.
Paradise entered.

We just have to wait.
It is never too late

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Nothing covered up
Shall not in time be revealed
That’s surely certain

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See  Luke 12: 11-7

The fruit of the spirit is love, joy.
Peace , patience, kindness.
Goodness in pure alloy.
Faithfulness , gentleness.

St Paul’s tell us what to do.
But do we listen.
How will we join this few.
Are we a true christen.

However hard we try.
We falter.
Do we always accept the truth and not a lie.
Can we alter.

But we know on heart what’s right.
We can dimly perceive the light.

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What will we embrace
Is it gentleness , kindness
For it is our choice

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See Galatians 5: 18-25

For freedom Christ has set us free.
Do not submit again to the yoke of slavery.
This is about all of us, not we say , me.
Perhaps we just need a bit of bravery.

St Paul gives us the clue.
This is about freedom.
We can renew.
Te Deum.

It’s not about rules.
Or subservience.
It’s spiritual jewels.
With perceverence.

A new covenant.
And total fulfilment.

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An end to slavery
For Christ had set us all free
We have to listen

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See Galatians 4