Poetry Where You Live: 09/21/2025

Friday, September 26, 2025

My #sin drove the #nails – v3 #cross #Jesus

I can feel the wood of the handle,
So smooth from its use…
The weight of the awful hammer…
I can feel the heavy spikes,
Their terror in my hands,
Nails that pierced Jesus,
that held Him to my cross...

My sin drove the nails,
spikes into His flesh,
I held the awful hammer;
I sinned against God,
I failed to be faithful,
My rebellion sent the Lamb,
my Savior to my cross…

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September 26, 2025
My sin drove the nails – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/my-sin-drove-nails-v3.html
Based on #1John1:9
Based on #Psalm51

September 26, 2025
My sin drives the nails – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/my-sin-drives-nails-v2.html
re:generation, Step 7, Follow, Week 2, small group discussion
August 6, 2025
I drove the nails – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-drove-nails-v2.html
My sin drove the nails – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/my-sin-drove-nails-v2.html

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, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, grace, regeneration, trust, sin, confession, repentance, 1 John 1, Psalm 51, prayer, guilt, shame,

#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #grace #love #mercy #sin #confession #repentance #prayer #guilt #shame

My #sin drives the nails – v2 #Cross #Christ #sacrifice

There is a pattern in my walk…
I sin, I confess, I repent fully, Lord,
I change my path and turn to You;
But I sin, I fall, again, and again,
caught in my flesh, my body,
the familiar steps of my life...

My sin drives the nails that put Christ on the cross
Every single sin condemns me, convicts me…
I was the one who should have been crucified…
I cause the pain of his awful death…
I murder the Son of God, my Savior,
again, and again…

Every one of my sins is fatal, a capital offense,
causing eternal damnation, sorrow, regret,
summoning the righteous wrath of God…
Every sin I commit, each one, is enough,
to convict me to eternal death,
to send Christ to the cross...

Help me, Lord, to turn, to be faithful,
to be Your disciple, Your servant,
to fully reject me sin, my flesh,
to spurn Satan, my sin nature…
Help me to honor You, Jesus,
for You paid it all to save me...

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September 26, 2025
My sin drives the nails – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/my-sin-drives-nails-v2.html
#1John1:9
#Psalm51
re:generation, Step 7, Follow, Week 2, small group discussion
August 6, 2025
I drove the nails – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-drove-nails-v2.html
August 4, 2025
You know me in victory – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/you-know-me-in-victory-v2.html
re:generation, Step 7, Follow, Week 2, Day 1, “Follow Christ: A Personal God”
August 7, 2025
the sting of a repeated lie – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-sting-of-repeated-lie-v2.html
Sharing part of my story with a brother in Christ…
August 4, 2025
I spoke the darkness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-spoke-darkness.html
August 5, 2025
I sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-sin.html
August 5, 2025
I spoke the darkness – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-spoke-darkness-v2.html
Sharing part of my story with a brother in Christ…
August 3, 2025
I confess my sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-confess-my-sin.html
re:generation, Step 7, Follow, Week 1, Small Group meeting

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, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, grace, regeneration, trust, sin, confession, repentance, 1 John 1, Psalm 51, prayer, guilt, shame,

#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #grace #love #mercy #sin #confession #repentance #prayer #guilt #shame

tilling the soil – 3 – v3 #farming #confess #repent #amends #God #Spirit #heart

Digging, planting, harvesting,
subsistence farming, starting,
hard scrabble ground, giving,
offering itself to me, slowly,
to the work of my hands,
My moments of being faithful…

Hard ground gives slowly
spade work, groundwork,
a phrase repeating in my heart
feeling like a failure, forgetting,
falling even farther behind
in the work on my spirit,
My living walk with God…

Tilling the soil, working,
in the fields, in my heart,
Still more to do to be ready
to be prepared for the call of God
for the heart work, the change,
You lovingly have in store…

Surrendering my will, slowly,
accepting progress, working,
The work You have done already,
Happy for the changes You give me,
that You have given within me…
My Spirit feels Your touch,
Potter of my life…

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September 26, 2025
tilling the soil – 3 – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/tilling-soil-3-v3.html
re:generation, Step 9, Amends, Week 2, Small Group meeting September 8, 2025
September 9, 2025
Defiled by my heart – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/defiled-by-my-heart-v2.html
Based on Matthew 15:1-20
Sermon, “The Main Thing”
North Hills Church
August 30, 2025
September 9, 2025
Hold my thoughts captive – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/hold-my-thoughts-captive-v2.html
September 7, 2025
Men’s Ministries 2026 Planning Meeting
September 6, 2025
Clothe me with Christ – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/clothe-me-with-christ-v2.html
Samson Society men’s group meeting
August 12, 2025
on my darkest day – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/on-my-darkest-day-v3.html
Discussion topic: “Secrets”
Samson Society men’s group meeting
Summer 2003
sitting in the back pew crying
August 7, 2025
My sin drives the nails
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/my-sin-drives-nails.html
re:generation, Step 7, Follow, Week 2, small group discussion
August 7, 2025
the sting of a repeated lie – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-sting-of-repeated-lie-v2.html
Sharing part of my story with a brother in Christ…
August 3, 2025
I confess my sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-confess-my-sin.html
re:generation, Step 7, Follow, Week 1, Small Group meeting

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, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, grace, regeneration, confess, repent, forgive, secrets,

#poetry #God #confess #repent #forgive #secrets

Thursday, September 25, 2025

You Restore My Life – v2 #salvation #grace #God #Christ #Spirit

When I turn, when I cleave to You,
when I repent, I change,
You pull me ever closer…
You call me deep within…
Your Spirit to my spirit, alive…

You raise me, higher, from the grave,
from the pit, from my struggle,
into the family, up to heaven…
You love me despite myself…
You bore the cross for me…

You restore my life…
You raise me from death…
You put a new life within me
as I turn, as I conform my steps
to Your will, oh God…

Continue to work, Lord,
on my flesh, on my spirit…
Put Your Spirit within me…
Pull me close to You,
close to Your endless Love…

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September 25, 2025
You Restore My Life – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/you-restore-my-life-v2.html
Based on #Psalm30:1-12
re:generation, Step 9, Amends, Week 2, Large Group meeting September 8, 2025
September 10, 2025
tilling the soil - 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/tilling-soil-3.html
re:generation, Step 9, Amends, Week 2, Small Group meeting September 8, 2025
September 9, 2025
Defiled by my heart – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/defiled-by-my-heart-v2.html
Based on Matthew 15:1-20
Sermon, “The Main Thing”
August 30, 2025
September 9, 2025
Hold my thoughts captive – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/hold-my-thoughts-captive-v2.html
September 7, 2025
Men’s Ministries 2026 Planning Meeting
September 6, 2025
Clothe me with Christ – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/clothe-me-with-christ-v2.html
Samson Society men’s group meeting
August 12, 2025
on my darkest day – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/on-my-darkest-day-v3.html
Discussion topic: “Secrets”
Samson Society men’s group meeting
Summer 2003
Wesley United Methodist Church
sitting in the back pew crying
August 7, 2025
My sin drives the nails
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/my-sin-drives-nails.html
re:generation, Step 7, Follow, Week 2, small group discussion
August 7, 2025
the sting of a repeated lie – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-sting-of-repeated-lie-v2.html
Sharing part of my story with a brother in Christ…
August 5, 2025
I spoke the darkness – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-spoke-darkness-v2.html
August 3, 2025
I confess my sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-confess-my-sin.html
re:generation, Step 7, Follow, Week 1, Small Group meeting

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, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, grace, regeneration, confess, repent, forgive, secrets,

#poetry #God #confess #repent #forgive #secrets

I #love You, my #God, my #Savior

I love You, my God, my Savior,

I love You with all that I am,
I will love You always…
You have become a part of me,
I abide in the vine, in You,
that will never change…

My hope is only in You, Lord,
The power of Your love, abiding,
I am Yours, forever, my God…
I will seek to follow, to glorify You,
in every step, in my daily walk,
Forever, always…

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September 25, 2025
I love You, my God, my Savior
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/i-love-you-my-god-my-savior.html
Based on #John13:34-35, love each other “as I have loved you”
Based on #Mark12:29-31, love God with all you are and love your neighbor as yourself
Based on #Deuteronomy6:4-5
Based on #Leviticus19:18
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 5, Continue to Respond to God’s Grace”
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 4, “Continue to Receive God’s Grace”
September 25, 2025
as I have loved you
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/as-i-have-loved-you.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 5, Continue to Respond to God’s Grace”
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 4, “Continue to Receive God’s Grace”
September 25, 2025
a spiritual battle
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-spiritual-battle.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 4, “Continue to Receive God’s Grace”
regeneration, Step 4, Inventory; regeneration, Step 5, Confess; regeneration, Step 6, Repent
September 24, 2025
May God be known – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/may-god-be-known-v2.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 2, “Maintain Your Spiritual Health”

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, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, regeneration, love, calling, purpose,

#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #regeneration #love #calling #purpose

I #love you, my #heart #poem

I love you, my heart,
I will love you always,
You have become a part of me,
that will never change...

My hope is only in you,
the power of your love,
I am yours, forever,
Forever, always…

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as I have loved you #love #Jesus #sacrifice #grace #forgive

love, a new commandment,
not just superficially, casually,
more than loving, “your neighbor as yourself",
No, Jesus doesn’t stop there,
ancient words of scripture…
He calls us to go further,
if we are to be His disciples…

God who entered time,
who became clay, mortal, flesh,
who sacrificed for each of us,
God, who suffered and died
to give us each new life…
Christ calls us to go further,
To love “as I have loved you”…

Christ cuts right through us
He gives us no easy escape,
with these words, this commandment…
We must love, we must serve,
We must sacrifice for one another…
We must love as Jesus loves us,
God who died to set us free…

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September 25, 2025
as I have loved you
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/as-i-have-loved-you.html
Based on #John13:34-35, love each other “as I have loved you”
Based on #Mark12:29-31, love God with all you are and love your neighbor as yourself
Based on #Deuteronomy6:4-5
Based on #Leviticus19:18
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 5, Continue to Respond to God’s Grace”
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 4, “Continue to Receive God’s Grace”
September 25, 2025
a spiritual battle
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-spiritual-battle.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 4, “Continue to Receive God’s Grace”
regeneration, Step 4, Inventory; regeneration, Step 5, Confess; regeneration, Step 6, Repent
September 24, 2025
May God be known – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/may-god-be-known-v2.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 2, “Maintain Your Spiritual Health”

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, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, regeneration, love, calling, purpose,

#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #regeneration #love #calling #purpose

a spiritual battle

every moment is a choice
a spiritual battle within us
the flesh, our sin, our desires,
anything that becomes an idol,
taking the place of God…

a spiritual battle of honesty,
staring in our own mirror,
taking account of our sin,
every choice, every action,
that separates us from God

being transparent, open,
our sin and its legacy, facing
the consequence of our choices,
when we listen to the Devil,
when we give in to the flesh…

a dying to self, to our sin,
weeping bitterly, repenting,
turning back to God…
humbly accepting unmerited grace,
seeking to follow Christ…

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September 25, 2025
a spiritual battle

regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 4, “Continue to Receive God’s Grace”
regeneration, Step 4, Inventory; regeneration, Step 5, Confess; regeneration, Step 6, Repent
September 24, 2025
May God be known – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/may-god-be-known-v2.html
Based on #John17:26
Based on #Proverbs23:16-18
Based on #Psalm36:9-11
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 2, “Maintain Your Spiritual Health”
Edited September 24, 2025
When I hit my rock bottom – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/when-i-hit-my-rock-bottom-v2.html
Summer 2003
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1
Edited September 23, 2025
tear sin out bodily – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/tear-sin-out-bodily-v2.html
Based on #2Corinthians12:7-10
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 4, “Continue to Receive God’s Grace”
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 3, “Continue to Realize Your Need for God’s Grace”
September 23, 2025
Resist the Devil
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/resist-devil.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Overview

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, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, confession, regeneration, battle,

#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #regeneration #confession #battle

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

May God be known – v2

May God be known by everyone,
everywhere God’s sanctuary,
May God’s name be exalted…
May His name be glorified
through our daily living,
through our daily walk…

May God’s name be glorified,
in every beating heart,
as He is in Christ Jesus,
the fountain of life, our everything…
May we humbly follow Him,
May we walk in His light…

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September 24, 2025
May God be known – v2

Based on #John17:26
Based on #Proverbs23:16-18
Based on #Psalm36:9-11
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 2, “Maintain Your Spiritual Health”
September 24, 2025
When I hit my rock bottom – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/when-i-hit-my-rock-bottom-v2.html
Summer 2003
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1
September 23, 2025
tear sin out bodily – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/tear-sin-out-bodily-v2.html
Based on #2Corinthians12:7-10
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 4, “Continue to Receive God’s Grace”
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 3, “Continue to Realize Your Need for God’s Grace”
September 23, 2025
sin is pernicious
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/sin-is-pernicious.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 2, “Maintain Your Spiritual Health”
September 23, 2025
Resist the Devil
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/resist-devil.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Overview

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, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, confession, regeneration,

#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #regeneration #confession

When I hit my rock bottom – v2 #sin #confession #repentance

When I hit my rock bottom,
when I faced the truth of my sin,
crying in the darkened sanctuary,
You rescued me from myself...
You welcomed me with open arms,
in You I find my rest...

You saved me from earthly death,
though I deserved it in that moment,
You healed the worst of my pain,
my shame for my sins...
You brought me back to You again
I praise Your holy name...

That was not the first time,
if I am fully honest, truthful,
You saved me from earthly death
from my flesh, my sinful choices...
But You reminded me I have a purpose,
You aren't finished with me yet...

I am still broken clay, sinful,
I still fail to be obedient, faithful,
I fall back into my nature, my flesh,
but I now choose the Potter’s wheel...
Complete the work You started in me,
I praise Your holy name...

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Edited September 24, 2025
When I hit my rock bottom – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/when-i-hit-my-rock-bottom-v2.html
Summer 2003
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1
Edited September 23, 2025
tear sin out bodily – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/tear-sin-out-bodily-v2.html
Based on #2Corinthians12:7-10
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 4, “Continue to Receive God’s Grace”
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 3, “Continue to Realize Your Need for God’s Grace”
September 23, 2025
May God be known
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/may-god-be-known.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 2, “Maintain Your Spiritual Health”
September 23, 2025
sin is pernicious
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/sin-is-pernicious.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 2, “Maintain Your Spiritual Health”
September 23, 2025
Resist the Devil
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/resist-devil.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Overview

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, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, confession, regeneration,

#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #regeneration #confession

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

When I hit my rock bottom #Sin #God #saved

When I hit my rock bottom
You rescued me from myself...
You welcomed me with open arms,
in You I find my rest...

You saved me from earthly death,
You healed the worst of my pain...
You brought me back to You again
I praise Your holy name...

That was not the first time
You saved me from earthly death...
But You reminded me I have a purpose,
You aren't finished with me yet...

I am still broken clay, sinful,
but I now choose the Potter’s wheel...
Complete the work You started in me,
I praise Your holy name...

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September 23, 2025
When I hit my rock bottom
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/when-i-hot-my-rock-bottom.html
Summer 2003
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1
September 23, 2025
tear sin out bodily – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/tear-sin-out-bodily-v2.html
#2Corinthians12:7-10
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 4, “Continue to Receive God’s Grace”
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 3, “Continue to Realize Your Need for God’s Grace”
September 23, 2025
May God be known
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/may-god-be-known.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 2, “Maintain Your Spiritual Health”
September 23, 2025
sin is pernicious
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/sin-is-pernicious.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 2, “Maintain Your Spiritual Health”
September 23, 2025
God’s Spirit calls out to us
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/gods-spirit-calls-out-to-us.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 1, “A Daily Life of Freedom”
September 23, 2025
Resist the Devil
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/resist-devil.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Overview
September 23, 2025
Do we know Jesus
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-we-know-jesus.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1

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, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, confession, regeneration,

#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #regeneration

#sin is #pernicious - v2

sin is pernicious, an invasive weed,
an unwanted seed growing
within the wheat, our hearts,
as we seek to follow the Christ…

sin is quiet, waiting,
lurking deep in the depths,
longing for an opportunity
to separate our hearts from Christ…

sin is ever-present, stalking us
in this world, within our hearts…
We must be ever vigilant,
in our daily walk with Christ…

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Edited September 23, 2025
sin is pernicious – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/sin-is-pernicious-v2.html
Based on #Matthew13:24-43
Based on John Owens’ quote
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 2, “Maintain Your Spiritual Health”
September 23, 2025
When I hit my rock bottom
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/when-i-hot-my-rock-bottom.html
Summer 2003
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1
September 23, 2025
God’s Spirit calls out to us
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/gods-spirit-calls-out-to-us.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 1, “A Daily Life of Freedom”
September 23, 2025
Resist the Devil
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/resist-devil.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Overview
September 23, 2025
Do we know Jesus
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-we-know-jesus.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1
Edited September 23, 2025
You forgave my iniquity – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/you-forgave-my-iniquity-v2.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Large group meeting

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, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, confession, Matthew 13, regeneration,

#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #regeneration

tear #sin out bodily – v2 #confess #repent

Uproot sin like an invasive species
tear sin out of me bodily
to heal my spiritual body…
My sinful nature is a poison,
Satan torments me…
each sin seeking to separate me
from the waters of eternal life…

Rip sin from me,
from my flesh, my body,
from my beating heart…
Put Your heart within me
that I might show Your love,
a vessel, as Your faithful servant
washed by Christ’s precious blood…

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September 23, 2025
tear sin out bodily – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/tear-sin-out-bodily-v2.html
Based on #2Corinthians12:7-10
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 4, “Continue to Receive God’s Grace”
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 3, “Continue to Realize Your Need for God’s Grace”
September 23, 2025
May God be known
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/may-god-be-known.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 2, “Maintain Your Spiritual Health”
September 23, 2025
sin is pernicious
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/sin-is-pernicious.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 2, “Maintain Your Spiritual Health”
September 23, 2025
God’s Spirit calls out to us
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/gods-spirit-calls-out-to-us.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 1, “A Daily Life of Freedom”
September 23, 2025
Resist the Devil
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/resist-devil.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Overview
September 23, 2025
Do we know Jesus
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-we-know-jesus.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1

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, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, confession, John 17, regeneration, 2 Corinthians,

#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #regeneration

tear #sin out bodily #confess #repent #2Corinthians12

Uproot sin like an invasive species
tear sin out bodily
to heal my body…
Our sinful nature is a poison
tormented by Satan,
each one seeking to separate us
from the waters of eternal life…

Rip sin from us,
from our body,
from each beating heart…
Put Your heart within us
that we might show Your love,
as Your faithful servants
washed by Christ’s precious blood…

--------
September 23, 2025
tear sin out bodily
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/tear-sin-our-bodily.html
Based on #2Corinthians12:7-10
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 4, “Continue to Receive God’s Grace”
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 3, “Continue to Realize Your Need for God’s Grace”
September 23, 2025
May God be known
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/may-god-be-known.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 2, “Maintain Your Spiritual Health”
September 23, 2025
sin is pernicious
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/sin-is-pernicious.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 2, “Maintain Your Spiritual Health”
September 23, 2025
God’s Spirit calls out to us
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/gods-spirit-calls-out-to-us.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Day 1, “A Daily Life of Freedom”
September 23, 2025
Resist the Devil
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/resist-devil.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Overview
September 23, 2025
Do we know Jesus
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-we-know-jesus.html
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1

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, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, confession, 2 Corinthians 12, regeneration,

#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #regeneration

Poetry Where You Live