be courageous #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory #shadows #FightingShadows

God does not forsake us
God is with us
He does not condemn us
for any sin...
 
God is righteous
He sent us Jesus
Christ came
to give us life...
 
Be strong
be courageous
God breaks every chain
every one of Satan’s grip...
 
Be honest,
be transparent...
Reap the gift
of eternal life...
 
-------------
May 27, 2026
be courageous
 
Romans 8:1-2
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 4, Day 1.
May 27, 2026
I will thank You
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/i-will-thank-you.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Large group
May 27, 2026
Never Free
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/never-free.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2
Harms to Me Inventory Overview
Book Study, Fighting Shadows
May 27, 2026
every sin is against You
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/every-sin-is-against-you.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2
Harms to Me Inventory Overview
Book Study, Fighting Shadows
May 27, 2026
Christ’s Prayer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/christs-prayer.html
Matthew 26:38-39
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2
May 27, 2026
Focus on today – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/focus-on-today-2.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2
Edited May 27, 2026
now, in this present – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/now-in-this-present-v2.html
Based on Ephesians 2:6
Book, Fighting Shadows, Chapter 2, “The Shadow of Despair”.
May 26, 2026
Undefeated
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/undefeated.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2.
May 16, 2026
the light remains
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-light-remains_084374638.html
Book, Fighting Shadows, Chapter 1, “Eclipse”
May 16, 2026
you have cast a shadow
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/you-have-cast-shadow.html
Book, Fighting Shadows, Chapter 1, “Eclipse”
May 16, 2026
Shadows – 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/shadows.html
Book, Fighting Shadows, Introduction, pages xxi, xxii
 
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, 2025, and 2026. 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, admit, trust, believe, inventory, shadows, Fighting Shadows,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory #shadows #FightingShadows

I will thank You #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory #shadows #FightingShadows

I will thank you, God,
For Your protection,
I will thank You forever,
Behind time...
I will seek You
As a mighty refuge,
I will run to You,
In the dark of night...
 
You, oh Lord, only
are my hope,
my fortress...
in You alone, Lord,
and safe from harm...
Others may seek
earthly treasure
But I come to You, Lord,
for my life...
 
-------------
May 27, 2026
I will thank You
 
Psalm 52:1-9
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Large group
May 27, 2026
Never Free
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/never-free.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2
Harms to Me Inventory Overview
Book Study, Fighting Shadows
May 27, 2026
every sin is against You
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/every-sin-is-against-you.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2
Harms to Me Inventory Overview
Book Study, Fighting Shadows
May 27, 2026
Christ’s Prayer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/christs-prayer.html
Matthew 26:38-39
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2
May 27, 2026
Focus on today – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/focus-on-today-2.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2
Edited May 27, 2026
now, in this present – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/now-in-this-present-v2.html
Based on Ephesians 2:6
Book, Fighting Shadows, Chapter 2, “The Shadow of Despair”.
May 26, 2026
Undefeated
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/undefeated.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2.
May 16, 2026
the light remains
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-light-remains_084374638.html
Book, Fighting Shadows, Chapter 1, “Eclipse”
May 16, 2026
you have cast a shadow
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/you-have-cast-shadow.html
Book, Fighting Shadows, Chapter 1, “Eclipse”
May 16, 2026
Shadows – 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/shadows.html
Book, Fighting Shadows, Introduction, pages xxi, xxii
 
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, 2025, and 2026. 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, admit, trust, believe, inventory, shadows, Fighting Shadows,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory #shadows #FightingShadows

#Cheka, “#One #Voice” – Version 2 #poetry #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace #GlorytotheHeroes #culture #identity #unity #love #spirit #legacy #TarasShevchenko #Ukrainian #ChekaFest #Vyshyvanka #IrynaTsybukh #Cheka #OlenaIvanenko #вшануй #Honor

An example, a model,
a reflection of the nation...
A volunteer, a medic,
a lone soul on the front lines...
 
Iryna, Cheka, “One Voice,”
killed by the Muscovites...
But a moment of silence,
a moment of honor will rise...
 
Now they gather with her,
with her mother Oksana...
A flock of sisters, a nation,
uniting to honor her soul...
 
Every defender is special,
just as worthy as she was...
Together they honor –
All who answered the call...
 
The nation rises united
under their single banner...
Songs of ancient kobzars,
Sung for their Ukraine...

 
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Edited May 27, 2026
Cheka, One Voice – Version 2
 
Cheka Fest 2.0, 5/30/26, Lviv
https://www.instagram.com/cheka.fest/?hl=en
https://lviv.kontramarka.ua/en/cekafest-u-lvovi-105450.html
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DYzB4zKsMyD/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DYC12lxjXEm/
“To remember the fallen is to value the living.”
Quote from a defender about Cheka Fest, June 1, 2025, in Lviv,
https://www.instagram.com/cheka.fest/
where 2,000 participants honored the memory of the fallen
combat medic Iryna “Cheka” Tsybukh, who died on May 29, 2024,
just days before her 26th birthday on June 1, 2024.
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
 
Edited March 21, 2026
Unity – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/unity-v2.html
February 24, 2026 (Fourth anniversary of the full-scale invasion)
RUSSIA COLLAPSE: PUTIN’S BIGGEST FAILURE Vlog 1330: War in Ukraine
https://youtu.be/xWK3b5zJS-A?si=E0PvX7YzjsF9rmyh
From post by Anna Danylchuk (Anna from Ukraine)
Edited February 19, 2026
You hold each of them so closely – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/you-hold-each-of-them-so-closely-v3.html
February 19, 2026
Every. Single. Day.
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/every-single-day.html
Instagram post by Olena_Ivanenko_rij
https://www.instagram.com/stories/olena_ivanenko_rij/3835849990073791731/
“Хвилина памʼяті
згадувала братів за якими дуже сумую
кожен день 9:00 честь”
“A moment of remembrance remembered the brothers
I miss so much every day 9:00 honor.”
Edited February 18, 2026
to remember the dead – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/to-remember-dead-v2.html
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/to-remember-dead-v2.html
“to remember the dead is to appreciate the living”
Quote by defender about Cheka Fest, June 1, 2025 in Lviv
 
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, 2025 and 2026. 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, Ukraine, defenders, victory, peace, Stand With Ukraine, Glory to the Heroes, culture, identity, unity, love, spirit, legacy, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, Cheka Fest, Iryna Tsybukh, Cheka, Moment of Honor, Minute of Silence, Вшануй, Honor,
 
#poetry #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace #GlorytotheHeroes #culture #identity #unity #love #spirit #legacy #TarasShevchenko #Ukrainian #ChekaFest #Vyshyvanka #IrynaTsybukh #Cheka #OlenaIvanenko #вшануй #Honor

#Чека, «#Один #голос» – версія 2 #поезія #StandWithUkraine #Україна #захисники #перемога #мир #Славагероям #культура #ідентичність #єдність #любов #дух #спадщина #ТарасШевченко #українська #ChekaFest #вишиванка #ІринаЦибух #ЧК #ОленаІваненко #вшануй #Honor

Приклад, зразок,
віддзеркалення нації...
Волонтерка, медичка,
єдина душа на передовій...
 
Ірина, Чека, «Один голос»,
загибла від рук москалів...
Але Хвилина мовчання,
Момент честі підніметься...
 
Тепер вони збираються з нею,
з її матір'ю Оксаною...
Зграя сестер, нація,
Об'єднуються, щоб вшанувати її душу...
 
Кожен захисник особливий,
такий же гідний, як і вона...
Разом вони вшановують –
Всіх, хто відгукнувся на заклик...
 
Нація піднімається об'єднаною
під їхнім єдиним прапором...
Пісні стародавніх кобзарів,
Співають для своєї України...
 
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Відредаговано 27 травня 2026 року
Чека, «Один голос» – версія 2
 
Cheka Fest 2.0, 30/5/26, Львів
https://www.instagram.com/cheka.fest/?hl=en
https://lviv.kontramarka.ua/en/cekafest-u-lvovi-105450.html
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DYzB4zKsMyD/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DYC12lxjXEm/
«Пам’ятати про загиблих — це цінувати живих».
Цитата захисника про Cheka Fest, 1 червня 2025 року, у Львові,
https://www.instagram.com/cheka.fest/
де 2000 учасників вшанували пам'ять загиблої
бойової медички Ірини «Чеки» Цибух, яка померла 29 травня 2024 року,
за кілька днів до свого 26-го дня народження 1 червня 2024 року.
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
Edited March 21, 2026
Unity – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/unity-v2.html
February 24, 2026 (Fourth anniversary of the full-scale invasion)
RUSSIA COLLAPSE: PUTIN’S BIGGEST FAILURE Vlog 1330: War in Ukraine
https://youtu.be/xWK3b5zJS-A?si=E0PvX7YzjsF9rmyh
From post by Anna Danylchuk (Anna from Ukraine)
Edited February 19, 2026
You hold each of them so closely – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/you-hold-each-of-them-so-closely-v3.html
February 19, 2026
Every. Single. Day.
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/every-single-day.html
Instagram post by Olena_Ivanenko_rij
https://www.instagram.com/stories/olena_ivanenko_rij/3835849990073791731/
“Хвилина памʼяті
згадувала братів за якими дуже сумую
кожен день 9:00 честь”
“A moment of remembrance remembered the brothers
I miss so much every day 9:00 honor.”
Edited February 18, 2026
to remember the dead – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/to-remember-dead-v2.html
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/to-remember-dead-v2.html
“to remember the dead is to appreciate the living”
Quote by defender about Cheka Fest, June 1, 2025 in Lviv
 
Всі мої вірші, фотографії та відеозаписи захищені авторським правом Реймонда А. Фосса, 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, 2025 та 2026. Всі права захищені. З питань використання звертайтеся до мене, Рея Фосса (raymondafoss@gmail.com). Мої вірші можна переглянути на сайті www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Поезія там, де ви живете.
 
поезія, Україна, захисники, перемога, мир, Stand With Ukraine, Слава героям, культура, ідентичність, єдність, любов, дух, спадщина, Тарас Шевченко, українська, Cheka Fest, Ірина Цибух, Cheka, Хвилина пошани, Хвилина мовчання, Вшануй, Пошана,
 
#поезія #StandWithUkraine #Україна #захисники #перемога #мир #Славагероям #культура #ідентичність #єдність #любов #дух #спадщина #ТарасШевченко #українська #ChekaFest #вишиванка #ІринаЦибух #ЧК #ОленаІваненко #вшануй #Honor

#Cheka, One #Voice – v2 #poetry #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace #GlorytotheHeroes #culture #identity #unity #love #spirit #legacy #TarasShevchenko #Ukrainian #ChekaFest #Vyshyvanka #IrynaTsybukh #Cheka #OlenaIvanenko #вшануй #Honor

An exemplar, a model,
a reflection of a nation...
A volunteer, a medic,
One soul in the breach...
 
Iryna, Cheka, One Voice,
cut down by the Moskals...
But a Minute of Silence,
a Moment of Honor would rise...
 
They now gather with her,
with her Mother Oksana...
A band of sisters, a nation,
Join to honor her soul...
 
Every defender is special,
as worthy as she is...
Together they honor -
All who answered the call...
 
A nation rises united
under their one banner...
Songs of the ancient Kobzars,
Singing for their Ukraine...

 
-------
Edited May 27, 2026
Cheka, One Voice – v2
 
Cheka Fest 2.0, 30/5/26, Lviv
https://www.instagram.com/cheka.fest/?hl=en
https://lviv.kontramarka.ua/en/cekafest-u-lvovi-105450.html
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DYzB4zKsMyD/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DYC12lxjXEm/
“To remember the dead is to appreciate the living.”
Quote by defender about Cheka Fest, June 1, 2025, in Lviv,
https://www.instagram.com/cheka.fest/
where 2,000 participants remembered fallen
combat medic Iryna "Cheka" Tsybukh, who died May 29, 2024,
days before her 26^th birthday on June 1, 2024.
Edited March 21, 2026
Unity – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/unity-v2.html
February 24, 2026 (Fourth anniversary of the full-scale invasion)
RUSSIA COLLAPSE: PUTIN’S BIGGEST FAILURE Vlog 1330: War in Ukraine
https://youtu.be/xWK3b5zJS-A?si=E0PvX7YzjsF9rmyh
From post by Anna Danylchuk (Anna from Ukraine)
February 20, 2026
Dignity, existence
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/dignity-existence.html
The Heavenly Hundred heroes, protesters killed during Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity
Edited February 19, 2026
You hold each of them so closely – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/you-hold-each-of-them-so-closely-v3.html
February 19, 2026
Every. Single. Day.
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/every-single-day.html
Instagram post by Olena_Ivanenko_rij
https://www.instagram.com/stories/olena_ivanenko_rij/3835849990073791731/
“Хвилина памʼяті
згадувала братів за якими дуже сумую
кожен день 9:00 честь”
“A moment of remembrance
remembered the brothers I miss so much
every day 9:00 honor.”
Edited February 18, 2026
to remember the dead – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/to-remember-dead-v2.html
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/to-remember-dead-v2.html
“to remember the dead is to appreciate the living”
Quote by defender about Cheka Fest, June 1, 2025 in Lviv
 
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, 2025 and 2026. 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, Ukraine, defenders, victory, peace, Stand With Ukraine, Glory to the Heroes, culture, identity, unity, love, spirit, legacy, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, Cheka Fest, Iryna Tsybukh, Cheka, Moment of Honor, Minute of Silence, Вшануй, Honor,
 
#poetry #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace #GlorytotheHeroes #culture #identity #unity #love #spirit #legacy #TarasShevchenko #Ukrainian #ChekaFest #Vyshyvanka #IrynaTsybukh #Cheka #OlenaIvanenko #вшануй #Honor

Never Free #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory #shadows #FightingShadows

never free
always in pain
spun around,
tormented...
holding onto the stones
Chewing on the cud
of our sins,
our transgressions in life...
 
God wants us to come
to be transparent
to speak the truth of sin
to wick them of power...
Shine God’s light
to defeat your shadows
admit, confess,
give them to Your Father...
 
rise, anew, reborn,
A captive released
of pain, of bondage,
able to see your identity
in God, in Jesus
to walk out of shadows,
healed, free,
and redeemed...
 
-------------
May 27, 2026
Never Free
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2
Harms to Me Inventory Overview
Book Study, Fighting Shadows
May 27, 2026
every sin is against You
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/every-sin-is-against-you.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2
Harms to Me Inventory Overview
Book Study, Fighting Shadows
May 27, 2026
Christ’s Prayer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/christs-prayer.html
Matthew 26:38-39
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2
May 27, 2026
Focus on today – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/focus-on-today-2.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2
Edited May 27, 2026
now, in this present – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/now-in-this-present-v2.html
Based on Ephesians 2:6
Book, Fighting Shadows, Chapter 2, “The Shadow of Despair”.
May 26, 2026
Undefeated
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/undefeated.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2.
May 16, 2026
the light remains
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-light-remains_084374638.html
Book, Fighting Shadows, Chapter 1, “Eclipse”
May 16, 2026
you have cast a shadow
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/you-have-cast-shadow.html
Book, Fighting Shadows, Chapter 1, “Eclipse”
May 16, 2026
Shadows – 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/shadows.html
Book, Fighting Shadows, Introduction, pages xxi, xxii
 
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, 2025, and 2026. 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, admit, trust, believe, inventory, shadows, Fighting Shadows,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory #shadows #FightingShadows

every #sin is against You #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory #shadows #FightingShadows

David carried that weight
heavy scar tissue, that darkness,
his sins against God
against his own self-interest
cleaving to the accusation
even while repenting of his sin...
 
Every sin is against You, oh God,
but also, against ourselves
every harm against others
is a harm against us too,
doubling our anguish,
what we must confess...
 
Our sins do not define us,
Our failures are not final...
We must remember our identity,
We must rise, get up,
We must finish the race before us
for God goes with us...
 
Every sin is against You,
but also against us...
Our sins do not define us
because You paid the price...
Help us to let go,
Help us to walk in Your light...
 
-------------
May 27, 2026
every sin is against You
 
Psalm 51
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2
Harms to Me Inventory Overview
Book Study, Fighting Shadows
May 27, 2026
Christ’s Prayer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/christs-prayer.html
Matthew 26:38-39
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2
May 27, 2026
Focus on today – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/focus-on-today-2.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2
Edited May 27, 2026
now, in this present – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/now-in-this-present-v2.html
Based on Ephesians 2:6
Book, Fighting Shadows, Chapter 2, “The Shadow of Despair”.
May 26, 2026
Undefeated
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/undefeated.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2.
May 16, 2026
the light remains
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-light-remains_084374638.html
Book, Fighting Shadows, Chapter 1, “Eclipse”
May 16, 2026
you have cast a shadow
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/you-have-cast-shadow.html
Book, Fighting Shadows, Chapter 1, “Eclipse”
May 16, 2026
Shadows – 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/shadows.html
Book, Fighting Shadows, Introduction, pages xxi, xxii
May 14, 2026
Kneeling before the pedestal
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/kneeling-before-pedestal.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 4, Day 1.
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, “Harms to Me” overview.
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2.
 
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, 2025, and 2026. 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, admit, trust, believe, inventory, shadows, Fighting Shadows,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory #shadows #FightingShadows

#Christ’s #Prayer #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory #shadows #FightingShadows #Gethsemane

In the garden, in anguish,
knowing all that would follow
blood-sweat falling
on sacred ground
the prayers of Jesus
to our Father God...
 
“My Father, if it is possible,
let this cup pass from me;
nevertheless, not as I will,
but as You will,” oh God...
 
Fear in His flesh
knowing the pain to come,
in the darkness of the garden
praying in submission –
our servant-savior –
giving His life to God...
 
Christ’s prayer of obedience,
overcoming His fear
fully man, fully God,
under God’s wrath
taking on sin’s mantle
giving His will to God...
 
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May 27, 2026
Christ’s Prayer
 
Matthew 26:38-39
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2
May 27, 2026
Focus on today – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/focus-on-today-2.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2
Edited May 27, 2026
now, in this present – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/now-in-this-present-v2.html
Based on Ephesians 2:6
Book, Fighting Shadows, Chapter 2, “The Shadow of Despair”.
May 26, 2026
Undefeated
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/undefeated.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2.
May 16, 2026
the light remains
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-light-remains_084374638.html
Book, Fighting Shadows, Chapter 1, “Eclipse”
May 16, 2026
you have cast a shadow
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/you-have-cast-shadow.html
Book, Fighting Shadows, Chapter 1, “Eclipse”
May 16, 2026
Shadows – 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/shadows.html
Book, Fighting Shadows, Introduction, pages xxi, xxii
May 14, 2026
Kneeling before the pedestal
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/kneeling-before-pedestal.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 4, Day 1.
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, “Harms to Me” overview.
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2.
Edited May 6, 2026
Confession and Repentance – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/confession-and-repentance-v2.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 2, Large group teaching
May 4, 2026
letting go of fear
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/letting-go-of-fear.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 2, Day 5.
 
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, 2025, and 2026. 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, admit, trust, believe, inventory, shadows, Fighting Shadows,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory #shadows #FightingShadows

Focus on today - 2 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory #shadows #FightingShadows

Do not chase the future
Do not be haunted by your past...
Focus on today
on this present, this now...
 
Carry God’s peace,
beyond all understanding...
Abide in the promise
that Christ advocates for us
that He petitions God...
 
We do not have to fear
the present slings and arrows
for God loves us fully...
Christ made a way for us
to return to the Father...
 
All of life’s trials
are under God’s protection...
Christ prays over us
today, right now...
 
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May 27, 2026
Focus on today – 2
 
Matthew 6:34
Romans 8:31-34
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2
Edited May 27, 2026
now, in this present – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/now-in-this-present-v2.html
Based on Ephesians 2:6
Book, Fighting Shadows, Chapter 2, “The Shadow of Despair”.
May 26, 2026
Undefeated
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/undefeated.html
2 Timothy 1:7
Romans 8:31-35
Romans 8:14-15
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2.
May 16, 2026
the light remains
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-light-remains_084374638.html
Book, Fighting Shadows, Chapter 1, “Eclipse”
May 16, 2026
you have cast a shadow
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/you-have-cast-shadow.html
Book, Fighting Shadows, Chapter 1, “Eclipse”
May 16, 2026
Shadows – 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/shadows.html
Book, Fighting Shadows, Introduction, pages xxi, xxii
May 14, 2026
Kneeling before the pedestal
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/kneeling-before-pedestal.html
Based on Romans 8:1-2
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 4, Day 1.
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, “Harms to Me” overview.
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2.
Edited May 6, 2026
Confession and Repentance – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/confession-and-repentance-v2.html
Based on Psalm 51:3-6
Based on Psalm 51
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 2, Large group teaching
May 4, 2026
letting go of fear
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/letting-go-of-fear.html
Based on Romans 8:14-15
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 2, Day 5.
 
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, 2025, and 2026. 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, admit, trust, believe, inventory, shadows, Fighting Shadows,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory #shadows #FightingShadows

show them #Jesus - 2 #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #John14 #John15 #John16 #John17 #John18 #Messiah #calling #purpose #cross #love #servant #servanthood #Passion

speak this gospel
this eternal truth
show them Jesus
God’s living word...
 
listen to the Spirit
who gives us the words
to reveal God to them
in the knick of time...
 
all of us fail, to see,
to abide in Christ,
but God calls to us
while we walk in the world...
 
share what we know
what God has helped us to discern,
speak this gospel,
God’s holy word...
 
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May 27, 2026
show them Jesus - 2
 
John 14
May 27, 2026
He prepares us for trouble
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/he-prepares-us-for-trouble.html
John 14
May 13, 2026
Rise, Destiny calls us
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/rise-destiny-calls-us.html
Based on John 14:31c
When Jesus said it was time to leave the Upper Room, but,
John 15, John 16, and John 17 are all in the Upper Room,
Jesus calls them to leave in John 18:1
May 13, 2026
resurrecting words of life
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/resurrecting-words-of-life.html
Based on John 14:25-26
Based on Luke 24:31
 
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, 2025, and 2026. 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, John 14, John 15, John 16, John 17, John 18, Messiah, calling, purpose, cross, love, servant, servanthood, Passion,

#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #John14 #John15 #John16 #John17 #John18 #Messiah #calling #purpose #cross #love #servant #servanthood #Passion