Revere the Lord at all times

O Heavenly Father,
Your Word is right and true
You are faithful in all You do
You love righteousness and justice
this earth is full of Your unfailing love

By Your Word the heavens were made
The breath of Your mouth brought forth the starry host
You spoke and it came to be
You commanded and the waters of the sea stood in its places

Who are we Almighty God to argue with You
Or to rebell against Your ways?
We may think we are winning in our ways
But the end will teach us who is in the winning end
In Your grace, You forgive us again and again
In Your love, You await patiently for our return

Let us all fear You in reverence
Let us worship You in utter devotion
Let our mouths praise You with joyful lips
And let our walk reveal Your grace and power to the world!

Examine me , my Lord

Examine me O Lord,
Test me and try me
See whether there's anything in me
that grieves Your heart
Any doing of me acted in selfishness
Instead of love and kindness
Is there a dark part in my heart
that I wouldn't allow Your love to reach
Or any doubts in my mind
that wouldn't allign with my faith
Help me to see me as You see me in Your righteousness
Pardon me in Your mercy, if I have ever offended You in my pride
Cleanse my heart and mind
So that I'd be worthy to be calledYour follower
Chaste me then and there
When I act out of love and in disobedience
And do not ever let me be the hypocrite
whose talk rarely match the walk.

I ask You my Lord in sure earnesty
to live a life that always please You
with no tinge of darkness to overshadow
the Light You desire to shine through me.

Let my Mouth be Filled with Your Praises

O God, You are my God
You are worthy of my praises
All day and night
Who am I to come before Your presence
Yet You delight when I come
You hear my prayers from heaven
Even the silent and groaning ones
Like a father that pitieth His children in trouble
You heeds to my cry and always come to my rescue
And like a father who acts in tough love
You at times says no to my request
or say "wait " for my ownsake.
But there is no time you've refused to hear me
nor let me abandoned with no help.

"Do not fear!....Have faith," You say to me again and again
And I cry, " Increase my faith, so I'll believe more and fear less."
What a blessing to have come to worship a loving God like You
A holy and merciful One with all power and glory
Though I'm not worthy to come into Your presence
In Your love, You've called me to be Your own
And sent Your Son to redeem me and show the way to You

I thank and praise You my God forever
Let my mouth be filled with Your praises day and night
Help me to walk in Your ways with love in my heart
And guard me from the pitfalls of falsehood and pride.

Psalm 84 in my words

"My soul yearns, even faints
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh cry out
for the living God."
So cried the psalmist in Psalm 84
And I too, this morning cry out to you
yearning dearly for your presence.

"Blessed are those who dwell in your house,
they are ever praising you, the psalmist further said
I too long to dwell in Your presence
day and night
praising and praying to my heart content
Blessed we become when our strength is in You
and our hearts are set on pilgrimage towards You
And we go from strength to strength
till we appear before You in heaven

Hear my prayer, O Lord God Almighty
Listen to my plea, and come to my rescue
Better is one day in Your presence
than thousand days elsewhere;
I'd rather be seated at Your feet
learning of You and delighting in Your presence
than seated on high places parading my worthyness

You have been my sun and the shield
You have bestowed favor and kindness on me
No good thing have You withheld from me
No time have You left me abandoned.

I would praise You with all my heart
And with all my strength I would love You
Help me to keep me love You till the end
And see that my lips praise You till my last breath.

Be Still and Delight in His Presence

Lord,
In Your  presence, I want to kneel still in silence
I want to embrace Your holiness
And say nothing, but wait in adoration
Like a deer pants for water
I too thirst for You day after day
I hunger after Your righteousness
so that my life would become beautiful to You

Though I long to spend more time at dawn in Your presence
And learn of You more and more
I find myself sleeping more and doing other things
for which I regret later.
Lord, wake me up to seek You more

Let me enter Your presence
with thanksgiving and praises
Let my prayers be all worship
And let them become sweet aroma in Your presence
Let them become more about You
And less about my needs
Lord, I love You and want to dwell in Your presence more
For You are worthy to be loved and worshipped for ever more.

Who Am I to Judge?

O Lord, how blessed I need to be
Where I am and who I am because of You
Oh, how foolish I could become
when I judge others for who they are
And what they do.
Do I ever stop to think that circumstance
could make a person to do weird thing
poverty could force kids to rob
and women to sell their bodies
young boys may choose to bear arms
either they are misled
or being promised that their families
will be well taken care of

If they had been born in a better surroundings
Had the love and care of the family
Enough money to eat, dress and study
And a place called home to come to for shelter
An opportunity to have a decent job to work
No doubt they wouldn't have chosen what they do

Who would love to live on the streets after dark?
Who would protect them from hunger, cold and violence?
It's easy for me to judge them from where I stand
But if I'm put in their place and made to live in their shoes
What would I tell, or how would I view those
Who are quick to judge and try to avoid me at any cost

Lord, You told us not to judge by appearance
And showed me how to love the outcasts of society
Mathew, the tax collector
the woman caught in the act of adultery
the Samaritan woman at the well,
Mary Magdalene, a woman of the street
Lepers, lame and the destitute
No one seen outcast in Your divine loving eyes
So, who are we to judge them for who they are.

Forgive us Lord for not following Your ways
Help us to love as You do
If we don't love and share what You showed us to do
Our preaching and prayers won't be of any help.
Help us Lord to be real followers of You
And make Your love rule over this earth.

Wakens Me Morning by Morning.

O Sovereign Lord, You have given me an instructed tongue
to know the Word that sustains the weary
You try to wakens me morning by morning
to listen to You as one being taught
I confess that I've become lazy these days
and long to linger longer in bed
than be at Your feet to listen early every morning

I thank You Lord for all You have taught me
in my quiet time with You
Oh how precious are these hours
and blessed I am to be taught
and led by Your Holy Spirit

Give me the yearning heart
to learn of You more
and to share about You more
Holy art thou in every way
and holy are the moments
I'm at Your feet to be taught by You.

Wakens me my Lord every morning
at the quiet hours of dawn
so that when the world around is sleeping
I'll be at Your feet listening
And You my Sovereign Lord
will be speaking  all I need to hear.