come broken – v5 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #prayer

Come, approach our Father,
with a spirit honest, ready,
come broken, open, surrender,
come transparent, contrite,
humbly before our God…
 
Do not be cautious, be faithful,
speak your sin boldly, open…
A broken heart, a repentant spirit,
a shattered spirit can be restored…
Our God can heal you…
 
Seize this moment, be open,
be brutally transparent…
God already knows
every one of your sins.
Come honestly before our God…
 
God will heal you within
your contrite spirit…
God loves you, fully…
He sent Christ Jesus to save you,
to redeem your eternal soul…
 
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Edited December 10, 2025
come broken – v5
 
Based on #Psalm51
And quote from John Bunyan, “The Excellency of a Broken Heart”
re:generation, Step 5, Confession, Week 1, large group meeting
July 4, 2025
make me a witness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/make-me-witness.html
Based on #Psalm51:13-17
re:generation, Step 5, Confession, Week 1, large group meeting
July 4, 2025
Hold me, oh God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/hold-me-oh-god.html
Based on #Psalm51:10-12
re:generation, Step 5, Confession, Week 1, large group meeting
July 4, 2025
bring me to wholeness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/bring-me-to-wholeness.html
Based on #Psalm51
re:generation, Step 5, Confession, Week 1, large group meeting
Edited July 4, 2025
Messianic Words – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/messianic-words-v2.html
Based on #Psalm22
Based on #Matthew27:46,
Jesus cries: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
re:generation, Step 6, Repent, Large Group, June 30, 2025
Edited July 4, 2025
The Spirit rejoices – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-spirit-rejoices-v2.html
re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 3,
“Acknowledging Sins to Yourself”
 
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, love, grace, regeneration, Psalm 51, sin, confession, prayer,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #prayer

come broken – v4 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #prayer

Come, approach our Father,
with a spirit honest, ready,
come broken, open, surrender,
come transparent, contrite,
humbly before our God…
 
Do not be cautious, be faithful,
speak your sin boldly, open…
A broken heart,
a shattered spirit can be restored,
Our God can heal us…
 
Seize this moment, be open,
be brutally transparent…
God already knows
every one of your sins.
Come honestly before our God…
 
God will heal you within
your contrite spirit…
God loves you,
He sent us Christ Jesus to save us,
to redeem our eternal souls…
 
==============
Edited December 10, 2025
come broken – v4
 
Based on #Psalm51
And quote from John Bunyan, “The Excellency of a Broken Heart”
re:generation, Step 5, Confession, Week 1, large group meeting
July 4, 2025
make me a witness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/make-me-witness.html
Based on #Psalm51:13-17
re:generation, Step 5, Confession, Week 1, large group meeting
July 4, 2025
Hold me, oh God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/hold-me-oh-god.html
Based on #Psalm51:10-12
re:generation, Step 5, Confession, Week 1, large group meeting
July 4, 2025
bring me to wholeness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/bring-me-to-wholeness.html
Based on #Psalm51
re:generation, Step 5, Confession, Week 1, large group meeting
Edited July 4, 2025
Messianic Words – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/messianic-words-v2.html
Based on #Psalm22
Based on #Matthew27:46,
Jesus cries: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
re:generation, Step 6, Repent, Large Group, June 30, 2025
Edited July 4, 2025
The Spirit rejoices – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-spirit-rejoices-v2.html
re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 3,
“Acknowledging Sins to Yourself”
 
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, love, grace, regeneration, Psalm 51, sin, confession, prayer,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #prayer

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…

----

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

You forgave my iniquity – v2

You forgave my iniquity,
Every sin I ever committed…
I fall in confession, in sackcloth,
at Your altar, Your throne…

I am shattered, I am broken,
But I confess to You freely…
I have nothing to hide from You, Lord,
Eternal God, Most High…

You reached down from heaven,
You plucked me from my pit…
You forgave me completely,
You gave me new life…

I am humbled; I am Your servant,
Another Prodigal who came home…
I bow down before You in worship,
In You I am restored…

---- 
September 23, 2025
You forgave my iniquity – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/you-forgave-my-iniquity-v2.html
Based on #Psalm32
companion Psalm to #Psalm51
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Large group meeting
Edited September 23, 2025
confess freely – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/confess-freely-v2.html
Edited September 22, 2025
The Stench of Our Prisons
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-stench-of-our-prisons.html
Based on Ephesians 4:17-24

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, Ephesians 4, Psalm 32, Psalm 51,

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

confess freely – v2

look within your heart,
find God already waiting,
open your heart to God’s healing,
the balm of Jesus Christ…
Confess freely, openly,
hold nothing back…

be raw, transparent, honest,
for God knows everything already,
open the unhealed wounds you carry,
lay bare your soul, your living walk…
You have been forgiven already
When you accepted Jesus Christ…

God has redeemed you,
You are no longer dead,
You have a home in heaven,
You have been raised with Christ…
The Spirit is now indwelling
guiding your beating heart…

confess freely to the One who can heal you,
live your life for Christ, for others,
out of the grace you have been given,
be a light in this broken world…
God has raised you from the dead
through the finished work of Jesus…

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September 23, 2025
confess freely – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/confess-freely-v2.html
Based on #Psalm32
Based on #Psalm51
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Large group meeting
September 23, 2025
You forgave my iniquity – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/you-forgave-my-iniquity-v2.html
September 22, 2025
The Stench of Our Prisons
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-stench-of-our-prisons.html
Based on Ephesians 4:17-24

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, Ephesians 4, Psalm 32, Psalm 51,

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

#confess freely #Psalm32 #Psalm51

open your heart to God’s healing,

the balm of Jesus Christ,
confess freely, openly,
hold nothing back…

be raw, transparent,
lay bare your soul, your walk,
You have been forgiven already,
when you accepted Jesus Christ…

God has redeemed you,
You have been raised with Christ,
The Spirit now indwelling,
guiding your beating heart…

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September 22, 2025
confess freely
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/confess-freely.html
Based on #Psalm32
Based on #Psalm51
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Large group meeting
September 22, 2025
You forgave my iniquity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/you-forgave-my-iniquity.html
September 22, 2025
The Stench of Our Prisons
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-stench-of-our-prisons.html
Based on Ephesians 4:17-24
Men’s Thursday Morning Bible Study

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, Ephesians 4, Psalm 32, Psalm 51,

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

You forgave my #iniquity #Psalm32 #Psalm51 #sin #confession

You forgave my iniquity,
every sin I ever committed
I fall down in sackcloth,
at Your altar, Your throne…

I am shattered, broken,
but I confess freely,
I have nothing to hide from You,
Lord, God, Most High…

You reached down from heaven,
You plucked me from my pit
forgiving me fully, completely,
You gave me new life…

I am humbled; I am Your servant,
The Prodigal who came home,
I bow down before You to worship,
in You I am restored…

-------
September 22, 2025
You forgave my iniquity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/you-forgave-my-iniquity.html
#Psalm32
#Psalm51
regeneration, Step 10, Continue, Week 1, Large group meeting
September 22, 2025
The Stench of Our Prisons
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-stench-of-our-prisons.html
Based on Ephesians 4:17-24
Men’s Thursday Morning Bible Study

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, grace, love, hope, prayer, Ephesians 4, Psalm 32, Psalm 51, prisons, sin,

#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #regeneration #prisons

I forgive You, oh God

As with Christ’s baptism,
a step unnecessary, truly,
for You are eternal, righteous…
You are Holy in Yourself…
Love, alive…
 
But I pray these words
from within my spirit,
words of pain, of anger,
of unrighteous condemnation,
Feeling You were not there…
 
Please forgive me, Lord,
for my last of faith, of trust…
In that spirit, hear these words,
“I forgive You, oh God, Father,
for the harm I claimed You caused me…”
 
I release every lie of Satan,
every part of my heart he holds,
for I know You never left me,
(my own sin is ever before me),
Thank You for loving me…
Oh how I love You, Lord…
 
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August 8, 2025

I forgive You, oh God

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-forgive-you-oh-god.html

Based on #Ephesians4:32-#Ephesians5:1

Based on #Matthew3:13-15

Based on #Psalm22:1

Based on #Psalm51

re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, overview 

Edited August 7, 2025
Psalm 26 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/psalm-26-v2.html
Based on #Psalm26:1-12
re:generation, Step 7, Follow, Week 2, Large Group meeting
Edited August 7, 2025
My sin drives the nails
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/my-sin-drives-nails.html
Based on #1John1:9
Based on #Psalm51
re:generation, Step 7, Follow, Week 2, small group discussion
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”
Edited 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…
Edited 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 5, 2025
I sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-sin.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 all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, grace, regeneration, Matthew 3, Ephesians 5, Ephesians 4, Psalm 22, Psalm 51, confess, repent, forgive, prayer,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #grace #love #confess #repent #forgive #prayer

My #sin drives the nails #crucifixion

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 pattern of my life...
 
My sin drives the nails that put Christ on the cross…
I was the one who should have been crucified…
I cause the pain of his awful death…
I murder the Son of God
again and again…
 
Every one of my sins is fatal, a capital offense,
causing eternal damnation, sorrow, regret,
loosing the righteous wrath of God…
Every sin I commit, each one, enough,
to send Christ to the cross...
 
Help me, Lord, to turn, to be faithful,
to be Your disciple, Your servant,
to reject Satan, my sin nature…
Help me to honor You, Christ,
for You paid it all...

 
-----
Edited August 7, 2025
My sin drives the nails
 
Based on #1John1:9
Based on #Psalm51
re:generation, Step 7, Follow, Week 2, small group discussion
Edited 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”
Edited 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
Edited 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 all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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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

the sting of a repeated lie – v2

the poison destroying, bleeding,
tearing into my flesh, my spirit,
changing my brain, my truth,
what I believed in my life…
the sting of a repeated lie
settled deep in my heart
separating me from God…
 
I believed the lie of Satan,
that I was guilty forever, unworthy,
my mortal flesh caught in a trap,
lost for decades, all alone…
I believed that God had left me
that He didn’t protect me
when I needed Him most…
 
I needed His touch, the Potter,
assurance of His presence
especially when I was little,
when I couldn’t see Him…
but I was pushing Him away
taking control of my steps,
walking far from God’s path…
 
the sting of a repeated lie
cut deep within me, a knife,
leaving thick scar tissues…
I need God’s light, His love,
to unpack the darkness
to soften my flesh, my spirit,
being transparent in my sin…
 
I now feel Him with me,
My risen Lord, Jesus, and the Father,
are indwelling within me, alive,
I hear the Spirit’s still small voice…
I am speaking the Darkness, the lies,
to sap them of their power,
how I long to walk with God…
 
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Edited August 7, 2025
the sting of a repeated lie – v2
 
Based on #1John1:9
Based on #Psalm51
Sharing part of my story with a brother in Christ
over lunch today…
August 4, 2025
I spoke the darkness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-spoke-darkness.html
Edited August 7, 2025
Holding onto Shame – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/holding-onto-shame-v2.html
Based on #Isaiah53
August 2, 2025 Counseling training
Edited August 6, 2025
I drove the nails – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-drove-nails-v2.html
re:generation, Step 7, Follow, Week 2, small group discussion
August 5, 2025
I sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-sin.html
Edited 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
Edited July 29, 2025
Holding on to Bittersweet – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/holding-on-to-bittersweet-v3.html
re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 3,
“Acknowledging Sins to Yourself”, page 57 in book
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 all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, poem, prayer, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, regeneration, sin, confession, repentance, 1 John 1, Psalm 51,
 
#poetry #poem #prayer #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

I drove the nails – v2

I sin, I confess, I repent fully
I change my path and turn to You;
But I sin again and again,
caught in my flesh
the pattern of my life...
 
I drive the nails that put Christ on the cross,
I was the one who should have been crucified,
I cause the pain of his awful death…
I murder the Son of God
again and again…
 
Every one of my sins is fatal,
eternal damnation, sorrow, judgment,
loosing the righteous wrath of God…
Every sin I commit, each one,
sends Christ to the cross...
 
Help me, Lord, to turn, to be faithful,
to be Your disciple, Your servant,
to reject Satan, my sin nature,
to honor You, Christ,
for You paid it all...
 
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Edited August 6, 2025
I drove the nails – v2
 
Based on #1John1:9
Based on #Psalm51
re:generation, Step 7, Follow, Week 2, small group discussion
August 5, 2025
I sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-sin.html
Edited 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
August 2, 2025 Counseling training
“The Nature of True Confession and Repentance”
August 3, 2025
Holding onto Shame
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/holding-onto-shame.html
Edited July 31, 2025
Touch my thick scar tissue – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/touch-my-thick-scar-tissue-v2.html
re:generation, Step 7, Follow, Week 1, Day 5, “Humbly Ask God to Change You”,
Broken – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/broken-v2.html
Based on #Judges6:1-35
April 7, 2025
Re:generation big group meeting
Lesson on Step 3, Trust, by Allan Sherer
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, 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 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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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

I drove the nails #Sin #crucifixion

 
I sin, I confess, I repent;
but I sin again and again,
caught in my flesh
the pattern of my life...
 
I drive the nails that put Christ on the cross
I cause the pain of his awful death;
I murder the Son of God
again and again…
 
Help me, Lord, to turn, to be faithful,
to reject Satan, my sin nature,
to honor You, Christ,
for You paid it all...
 
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Edited August 5, 2025
I drove the nails
 
Based on #1John1:9
Based on #Psalm51
re:generation, Step 7, Follow, Week 2, small group discussion
August 5, 2025
I sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-sin.html
Edited 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
August 2, 2025 Counseling training
“The Nature of True Confession and Repentance”
August 3, 2025
Holding onto Shame
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/holding-onto-shame.html
Edited July 31, 2025
Touch my thick scar tissue – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/touch-my-thick-scar-tissue-v2.html
re:generation, Step 7, Follow, Week 1, Day 5, “Humbly Ask God to Change You”,
Broken – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/broken-v2.html
Based on #Judges6:1-35
April 7, 2025
Re:generation big group meeting
Lesson on Step 3, Trust, by Allan Sherer
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, 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 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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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