Saturday, August 03, 2019

waiting for God

waiting for God
for a calling
not moving until
God said to move

walking with God
as he was able
patiently waiting
for God to say move

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August 3, 2019
waiting for God

Nehemiah 2:11-12
edited August 3, 2019
Satan’s minions, his agents – v3
edited to fit on Twitter
edited August 3, 2019
Satan’s minions, his agents – v2
August 3, 2019
Satan’s minions, his agents
edited August 3, 2019
the children of Satan – v2
August 3, 2019
the children of Satan
August 3, 2019
the Enemy fighting
August 3, 2019
expect resistance
Nehemiah 2:9-10
August 2, 2019
demonic resistance
Nehemiah 2:9
August 2, 2019
we will have resistance
Nehemiah 2:9
July 14, 2019
Nehemiah 2
“From I to We”
sermon by Pastor Randall Burns
summer sermon series on the book of Nehemiah
Military Street Baptist Church
The Church on the Hill
Houlton, ME
&
August 3, 2019
expect resistance
Nehemiah 2:9-10
edited August 2, 2019
our hope not great enough – v2
August 2, 2019
our hope not great enough
August 2, 2019
expect more
August 2, 2019
God Blessed the Plan
Nehemiah 2:6-8
August 2, 2019
be asked to be sent
Nehemiah 2:5
August 2, 2019
in communion with God
Nehemiah 2:4
edited August 2, 2019
when God opened the door – v2
August 2, 2019
when God opened the door
August 2, 2019
pray for God’s words
Nehemiah 2:4
August 2, 2019
be brutally honest
Nehemiah 2:1-4
August 2, 2019
be patient - 2
August 2, 2019
pray, wait
Nehemiah 1:11- 2:1
August 2, 2019
sovereign over all
August 2, 2019
pray for protection
August 2, 2019
pray for our leaders - 2
edited August 2, 2019
take it to prayer – v2
August 2, 2019
take it to prayer
August 2, 2019
Failing to plan
edited/ new name July 31, 2019
pray for the president
edited/ new name July 31, 2019
praying  for our leaders
edited July 31, 2019
praying for the sovereign – v2
July 31, 2019
praying for the sovereign
July 31, 2019
a plan formulated
July 7, 2019
Nehemiah 1 and Nehemiah 2
From Prayers to Plans
sermon by Pastor Randall Burns
summer sermon series on the book of Nehemiah
Military Street Baptist Church
The Church on the Hill
Houlton, ME
&
edited August 2, 2019
prayer which leads us – v2
August 2, 2019
prayer which leads us
Nehemiah 1:11
edited August 2, 2019
confession to God – v2
August 2, 2019
confession to God – v1
Nehemiah 1:8-10
edited August 2, 2019
godly grieving – v2
August 2, 2019
godly grieving
2 Corinthians 7:8-11a
August 2, 2019
the complete truth
August 2, 2019
I have sinned
August 2, 2019
we have sinned
Nehemiah 1:6b-7
August 2, 2019
a burden, confession
August 2, 2019
have you ever prayed like Nehemiah
August 2, 2019
a burden on your heart
August 2, 2019
get down on your knees
August 2, 2019
pray first - 2
June 30, 2019
Nehemiah 1
Moving Ahead on Our Knees
sermon by Pastor Randall Burns
summer sermon series on the book of Nehemiah
Military Street Baptist Church
The Church on the Hill
Houlton, ME
&
July 30, 2019
called to be part of the redemptive work
July 30, 2019
nothing by accident
July 30, 2019
God is sovereign - 2
July 29, 2019
Nehemiah’s prayer
June 23, 2019
Nehemiah 1
The Great and Awesome God of Heaven
overview of context of Ezra / Nehemiah
and prophetic books on return of exiles
to Jerusalem to rebuild the city walls
sermon by Pastor Travis Glatter
&
June 16, 2019
Plan, Pray, Build
sermon by Pastor Randall Burns
summer sermon series on the book of Nehemiah
Military Street Baptist Church
The Church on the Hill
Houlton, ME

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 51,200+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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called out of the boat – v2

Peter was called out of the boat
to walk on water with Jesus
We are called out of the boat
out of our comfort, our history,
to leave our nets, our lives,
there on the seashore
to go where Christ leads
out into the wilderness
to go out there serving
being Fishers of Men

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edited August 3, 2019
called out of the boat – v2

January 29, 2019
called out of the boat
January 29, 2019
getting out of the boat
January 28, 2019
leaving the water
January 28, 2019
they followed, they went
edited January 28, 2019
leave your nets – v2
edited January 28, 2019
Come, Follow – v2
dropping last stanza
edited/ new name January 28, 2019
Come, Follow
edited January 28, 2019
leave your nets – v2
adding capitalization and punctuation
edited/ new name January 28, 2019
leave your life
January 28, 2019
leave your nets
edited January 28, 2019
cast your nets widely – v2
edited January 28, 2019
A Fishing Expeditions – v2
edited January 27, 2019
drop you net deeply – v2
edited/ rename January 27, 2019
cast your nets widely
January 27, 2019
drop your net deeply
January 27, 2019
A Fishing Expedition
edited January 27, 2019
water connecting the people- v2
edited January 27, 2019
from the dust of the earth – v3
January 26, 2019
water connecting the people
January 26, 2019
fishing for friends
January 27, 2019
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Known and Called
Known as Fishers: Called to Cast a Wide Net
Mark 1:14-20
Psalm 84
Psalm 36:5-10
and sermon, “A Fishing Expedition”
video
text
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Children’s Message
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
January 27, 2019
&
edited January 26, 2019
A Water Mark – v4
merging edits to original and version 3
edited January 24, 2019
from the dust of the earth – v2
January 24, 2019
from the dust of the earth
edited January 24, 2019
we are fully known – v2
edited January 24, 2019
you know my thoughts – 2 – v2
edited January 24, 2019
Your Spirit blows- v2
edited January 24, 2019
Come upon these waters – v2
edited January 24, 2019
you are there – 2 – v2
edited January 22, 2019
We need to come and see – v2
January 22, 2019
We need to come and see
edited January 22, 2019
searching the horizon – 2 – v2
edited January 21, 2019
Come and See – 5 – v2
January 21, 2019
Come and See - 5
January 21, 2019
God created us
January 21, 2019
we are fully known
edited January 21, 2019
you know when I sit down – v2
January 21, 2019
plans for us to prosper
January 21, 2019
wherever we are - 2
January 21, 2019
searching the horizon - 2
January 21, 2019
when I turned
edited January 21, 2019
we want to be known – v2
edited/merged January 21, 2019
off in the distance – v2
merging “off in the distance” and a “a glimpse enough”
edited/ name change January 21, 2019
off in the distance
January 21, 2019
a silhouette on the horizon
edited January 21, 2019
pray for the saints and the sinners – v2
edited January 21, 2019
we want to belong somewhere – v2
edited January 21, 2019
like the prodigal returning – v2
edited January 21, 2019
the waters of the Jordan – v2
edited January 21, 2019
I was formed in the depths – v2
edited January 21, 2019
we are loved completely – v2
edited January 21, 2019
we are known by God – v2
edited January 21, 2019
we are shattered, we are broken – v2
adding third stanza from “a bag of broken pieces”
edited January 21, 2019
a bag of broken pieces – v2
adding the third stanza
edited/ new name January 21, 2019
a bag of broken pieces
editing “we are shattered, we are broken”
edited January 21, 2019
we long to be known – v2
January 21, 2019
we want to belong somewhere
January 21, 2019
we are shattered, we are broken
edited January 21, 2019
pray for the saints and the sinners
edited January 21, 2019
praying for the saints and the sinners – v2
January 21, 2019
praying for the saints and the sinners
edited January 21, 2019
pray for the older brothers – v2
adding second stanza
January 21, 2019
pray for the older brothers
January 21, 2019
like the prodigal returning
edited/ new name January 21, 2019
God’s love is so much greater
January 21, 2019
God’s love so much greater
January 21, 2019
a glimpse enough
Luke 15:11-32
The Parable of the Prodigal Son
January 20, 2019
we are accepted
January 20, 2019
we want to be known
January 20, 2019
you know where I sit down
January 20, 2019
before I was born - 2
January 20, 2019
I was formed in the depths
January 20, 2019
you are there is Sheol
January 20, 2019
I cannot escape you
January 20, 2019
you are there - 2
January 20, 2019
I was made in secret
January 20, 2019
you have searched me and known me
January 20, 2019
before a word is on my tongue
January 20, 2019
you know my thoughts – 2
January 20, 2019
we are loved completely
edited / new name January 20, 2019
we are known by God
January 20, 2019
we long to be known
edited January 20, 2019
All-Knowing – v3
edited January 20, 2019
All-Knowing – v2
January 20, 2019
All-Knowing
January 20, 2019
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
We are Beloved
We are Known On Sight:
Called to Be…
Psalm 36:5-10
Psalm 139:1-16
Jeremiah 29:11
John 1:46
Luke 15:11-32
The Parable of the Prodigal Son
and sermon, “A Sighting”
video
text
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Children’s Message
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
January 20, 2019
&
edited January 20, 2019
we cannot stop you – v2
January 19, 2019
the watermark of God
edited/ new name January 19, 2019
We are God’s Beloved - 3
edited/ new name January 19, 2019
You are God’s Beloved - 2
edited/ new name January 19, 2019
You are Beloved
(making the poem more universal)
edited/ new name January 19, 2019
You are the Beloved
January 19, 2019
You are My Son, Beloved
January 19, 2019
proof of Christ’s identity
edited/ merged January 19, 2019
the stain of the world – v2
January 19, 2019
our mark is revealed
January 19, 2019
the stain of the world
January 19, 2019
a voice from heaven - 2
edited/ new name January 19, 2019
our water mark
edited January 19,2019
God’s breath prayer – v2
edited/new name January 19, 2019
God’s breath prayer
edited January 19, 2019
God breathed a prayer – v2
January 19, 2019
God breathed a prayer
January 18, 2019
breathing a word upon us
January 18, 2019
speaking a mark upon us
edited January 18, 2019
Life through these Waters
January 18, 2019
Life through the Waters
January 18, 2019
you birthed new life
January 18, 2019
we cannot stop you
January 18, 2019
Your Spirit blows
January 18, 2019
we dry ourselves out
January 18, 2019
we forget its power
January 18, 2019
we get in the way
January 18, 2019
the waters of the Jordan
January 17, 2019
we too are marked
edited/merged January 17, 2019
(merging 4 poems from 1 paragraph of
 Pastor Ruth’s sermon 1/13/19)
“Let these waters be to us drops of your mercy,
Let these waters remind us of your righteousness
and justice. Let these waters renew in us  the
resurrection power of Jesus. Let these waters make us
long for your coming reign.”
edited/merged January 17, 2019
(merging 4 poems from 1 paragraph/sentence
of Pastor Ruth’s sermon)
“We are dry and thirsty, O God, Come, refresh us!
Come upon us, Holy Spirit! Come upon these waters.”
January 17, 2019
we are dry, thirsty
January 17, 2019
Come, refresh us - 2
January 17, 2019
Come upon us
January 17, 2019
impart your love to us
January 17, 2019
Come upon these waters
January 17, 2019
Let these waters be for us
January 17, 2019
Let these waters make us
edited January 17, 2019
Let these waters remind us – 2 – v2
edited January 17, 2019
Let these water renew us – v2
January 17, 2019
an invisible mark
January 16, 2019
Let these waters remind us - 2
January 16, 2019
Let these waters renew us
edited January 16, 2019
a mark embedded – v2
edited January 16, 2019
a mark hidden – v2
edited January 16, 2019
we are marked by God’s love – v2
edited January 16, 2019
we are sealed with that mark – v3
(shortened to fit on Twitter)
edited January 16, 2019
we are sealed with that mark – v2
edited January 16, 2019
the baptism of Jesus – v3
(shortened to fit on Twitter)
edited January 16, 2019
the baptism of Jesus – v2
edited January 15, 2019
Baptism – v2
edited January 15, 2019
Baptismal Waters – v2
edited January 15, 2019
Holy Water – v2
(edited after contact by a composer who wanted to
use the poem for a choir composition
January 11, 2006 23:25
Holy Water
Mark 1:9-13, 15
&
January 11, 2006 23:45, revised 1/12/06 6:16
Baptismal Waters
Matthew 27:24-26
&
January 11, 2006 23:30
Baptism
(about Dad’t baptism, November 1990)
&
edited January 15, 2019
the name of Jesus – v2
new name / edited January 15, 2019
the name of Jesus
January 15, 2019
a mark embedded
January 15, 2019
the baptism of Jesus
January 15, 2019
a mark hidden
edited January 14, 2019
Christ knows your pain – v2
edited January 14, 2019
drenched in the water – v2
edited January 14, 2019
at the Jordan River – v2
January 14, 2019
we are marked by God’s love
January 14, 2019
we are sealed with that mark
edited January 14, 2019
A Water Mark – v3
edited January 14, 2019
A Water Mark – v2
edited January 14, 2019
life changed forever – v2
edited January 14, 2019
the sky split open – 2 – v2
edited January 14, 2019
here in the river – v2
edited January 14, 2019
out flesh changed – v2
January 13, 2019
our flesh changed
January 13, 2019
here in the river
January 13, 2019
the sky split open - 2
January 13, 2019
at the Jordan River
January 13, 2019
life changed forever
January 13, 2019
standing in the Jordan River
January 13, 2019
marked by my love - 3
January 13, 2019
A Water Mark
January 13, 2019
drenched in the water
January 13, 2019
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Baptism of the Lord Sunday
We are Known by the Water:
Called To Life Anew
Psalm 29
Mark 1:4-11 (The Message)
and sermon, “A Water Mark”
video
text
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Children’s Message
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
January 13, 2019


All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 51,200 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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