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Revival

09.06.2019 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Survival
or revival?
Dry bones?

Am I
seeking the I Am?

Am I
opening
Yielding
Intensifying
hungry
intimate,
experiencing
being empowered
connected with God.
Wells opening
living from
the Source of life
Praying with passion
encountering
widest imaginations
energising my spirit,
giving glory to God.
Such Richness;
Lord, I am thankful.

Now Declaring
a beginning
the pouring of rain
Drenching, filling,
life for the people
Life for the land.

We rise
speaking, soaking the future
living in the now
Rivers of life
from our spirit
flowing the heart of God
streaming intention,
hope, love
into the next
daily
divine appointment.

Ephesians 3:20

Starting Thoughts: Is the most important ingredient in revival us? Are we all meant to mission intentional?

Poem Topic Tags: #grace, #identity, #kingdom, #life, #love, #mission,

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Revival Starts with us_ Spoken Word Christian Poem

Embedded Love

07.04.2019 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

The Big Bang
The cataclysmic moment where
time, material, state started,
and with these
amazing energies
God begins relationship
With humankind
Generations
With you, us
Motivated by
love infused DNA
God models true humanity
Models change
models deep-heart talk,
Models complexity
and simplicity,
How in the dark
light is born,
how in old age, death, pain, evil
life moves on, grows, laughs, opens,
That is why God
First sent people,
prophets, leaders
the ordinary
to tell God's real story,
many kicked, beaten, killed
laughed at, scorned, excused,
and time revolved
eras and civilisations
rose and passed
threaded through with
questions of the why,
for God desires relationship
and let history run
in all its quality of decisions.

Finally,
embedded in
time’s crossroad,
God sent
the last One
the Close One
Chosen One
the personhood of God
God skinned
the Only Son
the last sent,
the one to
show true love and
be Worthy of love
the one who would stand
innocent, pure
Beyond time
to restore
to Take the judgement
of all sin,
Crucified as us
to bring Earth's
Past, present, future
through grace
into love relationship with God.

And the resurrection power
Spoke
A new commandment
that you love
one another, as yourself
As God deeply loves you,
walk in forgiveness
grace and honour
into your life
child, daughter, son of God
release the prophetic treasure
breathe words of gold
extraordinary people
telling God's story
releasing God's spirit
releasing his call.

#bigbang, #call, #christian, #cross, #dna, #history, #honour, #jesus, #poetry, #poems, #reality, #reallife, #relationship, #relationships, #spirit, #spokenword, #story,

Beginning

20.05.2018 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Behind the brick walls
lured to the shadows
living in the greyness
looking in the questions
wondering am I just taking space
searching in the choices.
Before the walls
Before the pain
Before the cheapening of your life
Before your ideas about yourself
Before "I’m a good person"
Before knowing there is more,
love existed
because God is,
The Creator’s love.

And now, this moment,
know You were made
for a reason,
to experience
a voice
a call
deep into your heart
into your life
into the depths of your soul
into your dreams.

A call from Love
beyond human plays
beyond human songs
beyond words and relationships
beyond betrayals and boredom
beyond success and failure.

Not a cold call
a prank call
a spam call
a blocked call
a Facebook invite.

Warm it comes
from a God who created
in love,
gave His life in love,
wants to know you
wants to show you
wants to birth
in you new purpose.

You are worth dying for
because Jesus did,
You are His loving,
You are who He wants,
You are who He
will celebrate,
You are who He
is crazy in love with,
You are who Heaven
will sing about.

For you were made
for relationship with God
anytime, anywhere, anyplace,
today
Christ died and rose for you.

This Love waiting, heart seeking
not because of what you have done
not because of what you haven’t
Before the world knew you
He saw you,
He desires to be closer
than your next breath,
To love freedom
into your life,
Dawning, birthing
a new future purpose.

Walk this new journey
Walk into newness of life
Walk into relationship
Walk into love
beginning with the real,
knowing who you are in Jesus,
living from this
resurrected Jesus love
Walk into who
you are created to be.
Live love!

Prompt
Beginning - if God was crazy in love with you would he do anything to bring you to His heart?

Tags: jesus, call, love, resurrection, life

A Thousand Cuts

14.04.2018 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word |Seeker Written by: W Grieve

Slice by slice
I smother the pain
in pain,
each scar another
shame sentence,
forgetting sequence,
the story hidden
under the covers
of my sleeves
Death by a
thousand concealed cuts.
Layered lies
Fear frustrations
disorientated directions.

Somewhere
as I take
cut-downs
cutoffs and
short-cuts
through painful days
there must be
Promises
for the hopeless,
a different hope,
chances for hope.

Spirals of inner search
Soul Dreaming,
Lead me to the cross-cut
Clear and clean,
Cutting away the crap...

In this moment
right now
I hear the
Jesus call,
the new reality
centered in the
power of the cross.

Starting Thoughts: Self Harm is a release and paradoxically a prison. As we cope with who we are in the world around us we all seek ways to cope. What is yours?
Poem Topic Tags: #call, #coping, #cutting, #jesus, #mentalhealth, #pain, #reality, #reallife, #response, #selfharm, #selfworth, #value
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The shame, pain and release of self harm cutting - spoken word poetry

the tightrope we walk above the voices of the world

Omega Christians

26.03.2018 Filed in: Poetry |Seeker |Christian |Spoken Word |Video Written by: W Grieve

The courage to step out - do you hear God's call.… High Resolution Version

The wire stretches,
thin snake of meaning
over a chasm of nothingness,
Voices, vices scream,
neon lights beckon
tell me I'm a fool,
All attempting to make me fall.
I edge forward
step by step
the wind is cold.
It seems strange,
I swear I hear my own voice
telling me to stop
to give up
to relax and fall,
discover a better place.
Unsure the voices below
distract
I do not really listen to God,
I'm self angry
tired
I turn to the Word
"And now - all glory to Him
who alone in God, who saves
us through Jesus Christ
our Lord;
yes, splendour and majesty
all power and authority are His
from the beginning; His they are
and His they evermore will be.
And He is able to keep you
from slipping and falling away,
and to bring you, sinless and perfect,
into His presence
with mighty shouts of everlasting joy.
Amen."
In the quiet of my mind
God speaks,
"Close your eyes
then step out and trust me."

CLOSE MY EYES!

There in the black cold
my faith grows,
as I step out
the tightrope becomes
a glorious road.

My Soul

04.03.2018 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word |Seeker Written by: W Grieve

My soul
connected to,
loved in,
turned inside out
cries worthy,
Every fibre
exalts Jesus,
exalts the name;
exalted majesty
exalted God,
Worships the great;
the great I am,
Yeshua...
above all else
beyond space
outside time.

He calls me-
all of me,
He knows me-
all of me,
and this me-you
is who
He wants,
who He
forgives, restores,
empowers.
Beautiful the Word,
Glorious His name.
We are
baptised into The King-
into the covenant,
returning to the Father
for grace,
submitted
close in union,
trusting
for saturating Spirit
a fire,
listening to quiet
manifestations of
God's words
into our life;
Not my will
But yours Lord,
Simply surrendered.

How wonderful;
His unchanging grace,
His unchanging promises,
His deep, deep love.
Remain in Him.

Where will we
go today, Lord?
Where is today's call?

Door Rotation

16.06.2012 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word |Seeker Written by: W Grieve

In the black wandering of my life
I found myself standing in front
of a darkened door,
seemingly random
in life's midst.

Heart scare -
a knock suddenly sounded
from the other side
which scared the heck out of me,
I had thought it was just a door
but it was more
somehow connected
entwined deep in my heart.

Someone wanted in,
was out there
had taken the time
to call by,
And I almost opened it by mistake,
Come to think of it
What right does that door
have to be there?
I closed my eyes,
wished
opened eyelids
but the door
was still there,
and the knocking repeats
echoes to my soul.

Starting Thoughts: Jesus said, "Behold I stand at the door and knock." How open are we in our lives? Do we hear but essentially screen the "call" and tell Him to go away. Was there an opportunity that we have just missed?
Poem Topic Tags: #call, #conscience, #decision, #door, #faith, #jesus, #knock, #soul
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Making a decision about the knock of Jesus on the door - Spoken Word

Tags: door, knock, soul, call, open

Call

16.06.2012 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

The phone rings
Repeated tones
buzzing your mind's corner
It rings...
How long are you
Waiting?
What will you
do now?

You are called,
It rings...
called to be a light
called to know
love and cleansing
from Jesus.
Like Twelve Disciples
changers of the world...
You?
In school
At work
Play and sport
University and polytechnic
At home, over the fence,
Peacemakers
calling justice
Action for new life
To shattered relationships,
To those picked-on
When will you pick-up?

Only in power
from God
Holy Spirit -
we await,
pick up, risk, step
Responding
to Your call,
Jesus
Your call,
People
Your call.

Starting Thoughts: Twelve people heard a call and the world was irrevocably changed as a result. If we hear the call changes will happen around us also, one person at a time.
Poem Topic Tags: #call, #disciples, #evangelism, #holyspirit, #jesus, #light, #mission, #power, #risk, #works
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Are you hearing the call from God? Spoken Word Poem.

Hearing a Call

18.04.2010 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Time of peaceful meaning
night praying and praising
in joy of knowing God,
A circle of fellow believers
sharing the strength
of a loving father,
In coffee fellowship
I took long black
ate biscuit
and talked with new friends,
Yet somehow
drawn
to curtains of
the warm room,

I stepped behind comfortable
drape colours…
looked out,A world of dusk lights
stained buildings
of people facing past regrets
living a life
looking for full,
my heart broke
with God’s love
for those without
friend of a personal God,
the lonely,
scared of ultimate true love
covered in tarmac
walking crowded
empty streets.

In my lone place
tuned to God
I prayed,
“Use Me Lord.”

Starting Thoughts: Sometimes when you have something marvellous you want to share about it. We can't keep to ourselves the beauty of knowing Christ and joy and fun of knowing family in the church - a home away from home.
Poem Topic Tags: #call, #evangelism, #faith, #harvest, #love, #surreal,
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