Spiritual Psalms

Sin Cannot Reign!

(chorus)
Sin cannot reign,
Sin cannot reign,
Sin cannot reign in my body!
No!

Sin cannot reign,
Sin cannot reign,
Sin cannot reign in my life!

(verse one)
I once was bound by the power of sin;
filled with despair, I had no hope within.
Then Jesus came and He ransomed me,
Bore my sin, and gave me new life!

(verse two)
Jesus Christ overcame the enemy,
Slew him at the cross,
And from hell did take the key!
He has given me His authority
So that righteousness can reign in my life!

Conviction or Change?

Conviction brings change, but it is not change at all.
It does not save, but speaks when men fall.

Conviction alone never righted a wrong
But leads down a path where we find victory's song.
My reason for writing is that its path is too long!

Why is it now that our way is so set
That we still remain when conviction we've met?

Plodding its path our sorrows we bring,
Without a commitment to change anything!

Change! I say, "Change!" A word no one wants;
But those who refuse, from their hearts suffer haunts!

No peace within and none up ahead
When one turns conviction's road into his bed.

Wake up, dear friend, don't just drag so!
Let change begin and conviction let go!

Feelings alone we have in the heart
Are brought by God's grace just to give us a start.

Let it have its way.
Let it follow through.
Happy you'll be once it has changed you!

Peace like a river will flow o'er your soul.
You'll not see in part but finally the whole.

Fruit you will bear and you'll be complete
If, by your conviction, conversion you meet!

The Bride of Christ

We are the bride of Christ,
We bear His name.
We are the bride of Christ,
With Him we'll reign!

We are the bride of Christ,
We share His fame.
We are the bride of Christ,
Never ashamed!

I'll wear His countenance
And talk of Him,
Tell of His love for me,
And mine for Him!

I'll always lift Him up
Above all men.
For He did ransom me,
From all my sin!

Preach His Name With His Power!

Some men preach this and some preach that,
That is their choice, you say.
But because my Redeemer lives,
I preach the living way!

Was it not Jesus who died and rose,
Bearing our sin and shame?
Then how can men preach time and again
Without the power of His name?

His name! His name, shall have no end,
Though all mortal flesh shall die!
We get our degrees and men we would please
While He splits the eastern sky!

Let us focus on Him
As He is within,
And we will never fail.

But by Jesus' name we shall spread His fame
And rescue men from hell!

Then You Passed By
(from Ezekiel 16's story)

She lay abandoned in an open field,
With neither will nor strength to yield.
Her new-born blood still stained her...cold,
And no one cared for her soul.

Then You passed by.

God, Creator, Lord, and King,
You looked on her with pride,
And seeing none of worth in her
And in any moment death should occur,
You cried!

Live! Yea, Live!
For you shall be My bride!

With Your word alone creation came;
Life from death she could now claim.
Filled with health and all troubles gone,
Her beauty boasts earth's loveliest throng.
For in passing by, Your love was strong!

Adorning her with bridal gown,
Costly jewels, and glorious crown,
Silver, gold, and earth's best myrrh -
All the world just stared at her.

For none had ever been at ease
Like she whom You did please
When You passed by.

Then, thinking on her beauty there,
Arrayed with splendor and without a care,
She soon forgot her great despair
Before You passed her by.

She of her own accord did leave,
To lowly men she soon did cleave,
For pleasure she had oft observed
Was found also in sin!

A harlot now, waxing sore,
Thinking that You might ignore.
Then You passed by again.

And seeing her adulterous days,
You pleaded with her to heed her ways,
Sending prophets within her midst
Who cried aloud at Your insist!

Yet she did evermore resist,
When You passed by again.

She traded life for judgment day,
And bound by sin, became death's prey.
A frightful thing for those who will not heed,
Though prophets plead
When You pass by again!

I said, "A frightful thing for those who will not heed,
Though prophets plead
When You pass by again!"

And yet, some with heart did repent.
For in wooing them before You went,
They cried!

For You have reserved with ransom call
A host!

And, yes, Your bride-to-be,
Though of all the world's most common breed,
Shall surely, pure, come unto Thee.

For by Your love, we cleave;
And by Your Spirit, we will not leave,
Because You passed by.

Christ Alone Delivers

Fear cries out to every man in ways he cannot number.
With voices shrill, it's never still
And mocks the roar of thunder.

Even the deaf and blind do hear and see its wicked ways.
No man's exempt by his own power from fear for all his days.

There is but One who gives us strength
To overcome its words.

He is the Christ, the Son of God,
Whom some have never heard!

Though great and wide with darkness grim,
Our Lord can pierce it through
And separate fear's lying sin and truth reveal to you.

So if Christ alone is all there is to save us in that hour,
Then let's be off and not delay to tell men of His power.

March on! Ring out! Declare the news!
From fear be free today!

May Jesus Christ the Mighty One
Deliver you, fear's prey!

My Deliverer

The Lord is my Deliverer!
No other one could serve
Continually along my side,
All obstacles to curb.

The Lord, I say, the King of kings,
With name above all names,
If HE does not deliver me,
I failed to call HIS name!

For in His name the power dwells
To turn back every foe,
Sometimes He sends confusion,
And, sometimes He commands them to go!

Be still! He cried to the storm
With tempest ever strong;
"Come out!" to demons who have bound
Up men to steal their song!

For the Captain of the Host,
At the right hand of our God,
In prayer is ready to defend
The forward steps I trod.

For He is MINE and I am HIS;
Together we will go
Everywhere His Spirit leads,
Himself to others show.

So when old Satan works at war
And so long, it seems to strain;
When He would have me so confused
My soul He looks to gain.

When I am drowning in the flesh
With no avenue to take,
I will cry out unto the Lord,
Who makes me to escape.

For He is faithful to His sons
And daughters who declare
His name is named far above
The prince of the power of the air!