that braided cord #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #vine #body #church

Together, we are the body
the bride of Christ
that braided cord
that everlasting vine
We abide in You, Lord,
In You we are alive...
 
We join with Your saints
the unbroken line
in praise, in worship,
We lift up our hands
grafting in our threads
In You we are alive...
 
Together, we are the body
branches in Your vine
children of the promise
inheritors of grace
We abide in You, Lord,
In You we are alive...

================
April 27, 2026
that braided cord
 
Faith Renewed Church
Edited April 27, 2026
grace, a posture of servanthood – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/grace-posture-of-servanthood-v2.html
Edited April 27, 2026
naming the stones – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/naming-stones_27.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 3, “The Value of Inventory”.
edited April 27, 2026
God desires our hearts - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/god-desires-our-hearts-v2.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 2, “God Will Provide A Way”.
Edited April 25, 2026
assessing the damage – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/assessing-damage-v2.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 3, “The Value of Inventory”.
April 25, 2026
Put on Christ, for Christ
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/put-on-christ-for-christ.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 2, “A Captured Heart”.
Edited April 23, 2026
breathed... melted within
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/breathed-melted-within_23.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 1, “A New Creation”.
Edited April 23, 2026
take heed – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/take-heed-v2.html
Step 3, Trust, Week 2, large group meeting
April 21, 2026
plucked from the fire
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/plucked-from-fire.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 4, “Believe Christ Is the Risen Savior for Your Life and Your Recovery”.
Edited April 20, 2026
with feet wet from the waves – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/with-feet-wet-from-waves-v2.html 
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Large group teaching
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 3, “God’s Love for You Through Jesus’
Death”.
April 20, 2026
blessed in my struggle
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blessed-in-my-struggle.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 5, “Jesus’ Mission.”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 4, “Who Is Jesus?”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 3, “Hoping for a Different Kind of
Savior.”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 2, “God Will  Provide A Way”.
 
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,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory

#grace, a #posture of #servanthood – v2 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory

We are challenged by the word,
the Spirit fighting our flesh,
leaning into God’s calling
to work out our salvation
with fear and trembling...
 
We abide in grace, humbly,
in God’s infinite love...
 
We shine in the world,
holding tight to scripture,
knowing our only hope
is in Christ Jesus
our risen Lord and Savior...
 
We are called to servanthood
death to our flesh...
 
We serve in the world,
offering ourselves,
fighting our flesh,
offering grace on our journey
our steps on this path...
 
We abide in God’s mercy,
in God’s infinite love...

================
Edited April 27, 2026
grace, a posture of servanthood – v2
 
Samson Society topic: working with grace
Edited April 27, 2026
naming the stones – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/naming-stones_27.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 3, “The Value of Inventory”.
edited April 27, 2026
God desires our hearts - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/god-desires-our-hearts-v2.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 2, “God Will Provide A Way”. April 25, 2026
Edited April 25, 2026
assessing the damage – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/assessing-damage-v2.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 3, “The Value of Inventory”.
April 25, 2026
Put on Christ, for Christ
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/put-on-christ-for-christ.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 2, “A Captured Heart”.
Edited April 23, 2026
breathed... melted within
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/breathed-melted-within_23.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 1, “A New Creation”.
Edited April 23, 2026
take heed – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/take-heed-v2.html
Step 3, Trust, Week 2, large group meeting
April 21, 2026
plucked from the fire
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/plucked-from-fire.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 4, “Believe Christ Is the Risen Savior for Your Life and Your Recovery”.
Edited April 20, 2026
with feet wet from the waves – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/with-feet-wet-from-waves-v2.html 
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Large group teaching
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 3, “God’s Love for You Through Jesus’
Death”.
April 20, 2026
blessed in my struggle
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blessed-in-my-struggle.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 5, “Jesus’ Mission.”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 4, “Who Is Jesus?”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 3, “Hoping for a Different Kind of
Savior.”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 2, “God Will  Provide A Way”.
 
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,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory

#God #desires our #hearts - v2 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #admit #calling #purpose

We must come broken and humble,
bleeding, self-aware of our sins,
Sure, of our weakness,
of our dependence on God...

God desires our hearts
the core of our being
our lives on His altar,
our Judge, our King...

God cannot heal us
unless we confess we are broken
God wants us to come to Him
with our broken heart...

We are broken and humble,
yet we are yoked with Jesus
We stand redeemed,
saved by grace alone...

God offers us heaven
through the gate of the cross...
Christ suffered and died
a life for all our lives...

================
April 20, 2026
God desires our hearts - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/god-desires-our-hearts-v2.html
Based on Hebrews 10:11
Hebrews 10:1
Psalm 51:16-17
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 2, “God Will Provide A Way”.
April 18, 2026
the blood of atonement - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-blood-of-atonement-2.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 2, “God Will  Provide A Way”.
April 18, 2026
yoked with Him
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/yoked-with-him.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 1, “An Important Decision”.
April 18, 2026
we walk with stumbling feet
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/we-walk-with-stumbling-feet.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 1, “An Important Decision”.
Topic: Commissioned, even when we doubt
Samson Society
April 14, 2026
but some doubted
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/but-some-doubted.html
Based on Matthew 28:17b
Sermon at Griggs Memorial Baptist Church
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 1, “An Important Decision”.
April 11, 2026
trapped in chains
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/trapped-in-chains.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 1, “An Important Decision”.
Samson Society meeting
April 5, 2026
Do they see Jesus
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-they-see-jesus.html
April 4, 2026
Do people see His likeness? – 2 (Bodhana)
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-people-see-his-likeness_4.html
Edited April 4, 2026
Do people see His likeness? – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-people-see-his-likeness-v3.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 5, “God of the Bible: His Desire,
His Dilemma, His Pursuit”.
 
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, faith, prayer, confession, trust, believe, forgive, change, admit, calling, purpose, doubt,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #admit  #calling #purpose

naming the stones - v2 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory #sin

naming the stones
the nails that Christ carried
our sin, our pain, our shame,
that Christ bore to the cross...
 
owning the weight
the sin Christ carried
peeling back the skin
under scar tissue...
 
emptying ourselves
of the pain Christ carried
letting go of the weight
of our guilt and shame...
 
moving forward with Christ
leaving our sin on the altar
nailed to the cross...
carried no more...
 
================
Edited April 27, 2026
naming the stones – v2
 
Based on 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 3, “The Value of Inventory”.
Edited April 25, 2026
assessing the damage – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/assessing-damage-v2.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 3, “The Value of Inventory”.
April 25, 2026
Put on Christ, for Christ
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/put-on-christ-for-christ.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 2, “A Captured Heart”.
April 25, 2026
None can compare
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/none-can-compare.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 2, “A Captured Heart”.
Edited April 23, 2026
breathed... melted within
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/breathed-melted-within_23.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 1, “A New Creation”.
Edited April 23, 2026
take heed – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/take-heed-v2.html
Based on Psalm 49, read at re:generation,
Step 3, Trust, Week 2, large group meeting
April 21, 2026
plucked from the fire
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/plucked-from-fire.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 4, “Believe Christ Is the Risen Savior for Your Life and Your Recovery”.
April 21, 2026
I know His voice
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/i-know-his-voice.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 4, “Believe Christ Is the Risen Savior for Your Life and Your Recovery”.
Edited April 20, 2026
with feet wet from the waves – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/with-feet-wet-from-waves-v2.html 
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Large group teaching
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 3, “God’s Love for You Through Jesus’
Death”.
April 20, 2026
blessed in my struggle
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blessed-in-my-struggle.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 5, “Jesus’ Mission.”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 4, “Who Is Jesus?”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 3, “Hoping for a Different Kind of
Savior.”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 2, “God Will  Provide A Way”.
 
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,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory

#grace, a posture of #servanthood #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory

We are challenged by the word,
the Spirit fighting our flesh,
leaning into God’s calling
to work out our salvation
with fear and trembling...
We abide in grace, humbly,
in God’s infinite love...
 
We shine in the world,
holding tight to scripture,
knowing our only hope
is in Christ Jesus...
We are called to servanthood
death to our flesh...
 
We serve in the world,
giving of ourselves,
fighting our flesh,
offering grace on our journey
our steps on the path...
We abide in God’s mercy,
in God’s infinite love...

================
April 25, 2026
grace, a posture of servanthood
 
Based on Philippians 2:12-16
Based on 1 Corinthians 15:10
Samson Society topic: working with grace
April 25, 2026
naming the stones
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/naming-stones.html
Based on 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 3, “The Value of Inventory”.
Edited April 25, 2026
assessing the damage – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/assessing-damage-v2.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 3, “The Value of Inventory”.
April 25, 2026
Put on Christ, for Christ
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/put-on-christ-for-christ.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 2, “A Captured Heart”.
April 25, 2026
None can compare
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/none-can-compare.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 2, “A Captured Heart”.
Edited April 23, 2026
breathed... melted within
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/breathed-melted-within_23.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 1, “A New Creation”.
Edited April 23, 2026
take heed – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/take-heed-v2.html
Based on Psalm 49, read at re:generation,
Step 3, Trust, Week 2, large group meeting
April 21, 2026
plucked from the fire
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/plucked-from-fire.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 4, “Believe Christ Is the Risen Savior for Your Life and Your Recovery”.
Edited April 20, 2026
with feet wet from the waves – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/with-feet-wet-from-waves-v2.html 
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Large group teaching
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 3, “God’s Love for You Through Jesus’
Death”.
April 20, 2026
blessed in my struggle
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blessed-in-my-struggle.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 5, “Jesus’ Mission.”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 4, “Who Is Jesus?”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 3, “Hoping for a Different Kind of
Savior.”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 2, “God Will  Provide A Way”.
 
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,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory

we walk with stumbling feet – v2 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #admit #calling #purpose #doubt #Matthew28 #GreatCommission

We strive forward
sharing the gospel...
We walk with stumbling feet,
unsure of our steps,
growing in belief...
 
We go as we are able,
commissioned to share the gospel...
We go even as we doubt
unsure of the words completely
even in how much we believe,
the strength of our faith...
 
We live in the tension
between sharing and doubting,
but we are calling...
We go as we are led
to do the Father’s work...
 
================
Edited April 25, 2026
we walk with stumbling feet – v2

Based on Matthew 28:17b
Based on Matthew 28:16-20
Based on Mark 9:23-25
Based on Matthew 14:28-31
Based on Matthew 16:18
Topic: Commissioned, even when we doubt
Samson Society
North Hills Church
April 14, 2026
but some doubted
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/but-some-doubted.html
Based on Matthew 28:17b
Sermon at Griggs Memorial Baptist Church
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 1, “An Important Decision”.
April 11, 2026
trapped in chains
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/trapped-in-chains.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 1, “An Important Decision”.
Samson Society meeting
April 5, 2026
Do they see Jesus
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-they-see-jesus.html
April 4, 2026
Do people see His likeness? – 2 (Bodhana)
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-people-see-his-likeness_4.html
Edited April 4, 2026
Do people see His likeness? – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-people-see-his-likeness-v3.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 5, “God of the Bible: His Desire,
His Dilemma, His Pursuit”.
 
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, faith, trust, believe, calling, purpose, doubt, Matthew 28, Great Commission,

 

#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #admit  #calling #purpose #doubt #Matthew28 #GreatCommission

naming the stones #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory

naming the stones
the nails that Christ carried
my sin, my pain
that Christ bore to the cross...
 
owning the weight
the sin Christ carried
peeling back the skin
under scar tissue...
 
emptying ourselves
of the pain Christ carried
letting go of the weight
of our guilt and shame...
 
moving forward
leaving my sin on the altar
nailed to the cross
carried no more...
 
================
April 25, 2026
naming the stones
 
Based on 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 3, “The Value of Inventory”.
Edited April 25, 2026
assessing the damage – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/assessing-damage-v2.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 3, “The Value of Inventory”.
April 25, 2026
Put on Christ, for Christ
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/put-on-christ-for-christ.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 2, “A Captured Heart”.
April 25, 2026
None can compare
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/none-can-compare.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 2, “A Captured Heart”.
Edited April 23, 2026
breathed... melted within
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/breathed-melted-within_23.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 1, “A New Creation”.
Edited April 23, 2026
take heed – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/take-heed-v2.html
Based on Psalm 49, read at re:generation,
Step 3, Trust, Week 2, large group meeting
April 21, 2026
plucked from the fire
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/plucked-from-fire.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 4, “Believe Christ Is the Risen Savior for Your Life and Your Recovery”.
April 21, 2026
I know His voice
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/i-know-his-voice.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 4, “Believe Christ Is the Risen Savior for Your Life and Your Recovery”.
Edited April 20, 2026
with feet wet from the waves – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/with-feet-wet-from-waves-v2.html 
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Large group teaching
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 3, “God’s Love for You Through Jesus’
Death”.
April 20, 2026
blessed in my struggle
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blessed-in-my-struggle.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 5, “Jesus’ Mission.”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 4, “Who Is Jesus?”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 3, “Hoping for a Different Kind of
Savior.”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 2, “God Will  Provide A Way”.
 
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,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory

assessing the damage – v2 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory

assessing the damage -
checking the vitals -
looking below the surface
for the deepest hurt,
the truth within...
 
mining history
our deepest trauma
to understand reality,
what must be done
to begin to heal...
 
none of it is wasted
all of it is important,
to heal, to be restored,
to change our paths,
to follow God...
 
we must be clear-eyed,
honest, transparent,
to peel off scar tissue,
to be healed within,
to live our purpose...
 
================
Edited April 25, 2026
assessing the damage – v2
 
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 3, “The Value of Inventory”.
April 25, 2026
Put on Christ, for Christ
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/put-on-christ-for-christ.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 2, “A Captured Heart”.
April 25, 2026
None can compare
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/none-can-compare.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 2, “A Captured Heart”.
Edited April 23, 2026
breathed... melted within
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/breathed-melted-within_23.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 1, “A New Creation”.
Edited April 23, 2026
take heed – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/take-heed-v2.html
Based on Psalm 49, read at re:generation,
Step 3, Trust, Week 2, large group meeting
April 21, 2026
plucked from the fire
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/plucked-from-fire.html
Based on John 15:5, 11
Based on 1 John 5:5
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 4, “Believe Christ Is the Risen Savior for Your Life and Your Recovery”.
April 21, 2026
I know His voice
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/i-know-his-voice.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 4, “Believe Christ Is the Risen Savior for Your Life and Your Recovery”.
Edited April 20, 2026
with feet wet from the waves – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/with-feet-wet-from-waves-v2.html 
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Large group teaching
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 3, “God’s Love for You Through Jesus’
Death”.
April 20, 2026
blessed in my struggle
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blessed-in-my-struggle.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 5, “Jesus’ Mission.”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 4, “Who Is Jesus?”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 3, “Hoping for a Different Kind of
Savior.”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 2, “God Will  Provide A Way”.
 
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,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory

people will read your #gospel – v2 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit #image #likeness

People will read your gospel
long before they read the Gospel...
if they ever do read God’s word
written in holy scripture
in their time on earth...
 
You may be the only Christ they see
You might be their Gospel -
How you walk in this life
is far more important
than any words you speak...
 
Do not quench the Spirit,
the good news of scripture,
with your words and actions...
Put on Christ daily
as you live out your life...
 
Be present, mindful,
of these words of truth...
 
People will read your gospel
long before they read the Gospel...
if they ever do read God’s word
written in holy scripture
in their time on earth...
 
================
Edited April 25, 2026
people will read your gospel – v2
 
conversation with a customer
at the deli counter at Publix
April 5, 2026
Do they see Jesus - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-they-see-jesus.html
Based on John 1:14
Based on John 8:12
Based on John 13:35
Based on John 14:9
Based on John 15
Easter Sunday
April 4, 2026
Do people see His likeness? – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-people-see-his-likeness_4.html
Edited April 4, 2026
Do people see His likeness? – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-people-see-his-likeness-v3.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 5, “God of the Bible: His Desire,
His Dilemma, His Pursuit”.
 
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, faith, pray, prayer, fear, confession, secrets, trust, believe, forgive, change, powerless, admit, image, likeness,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit #image #likeness

assessing the damage #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory

assessing the damage
checking the vitals
looking below the surface
for the deepest hurt...
 
mining the history
the deepest trauma
to understand reality,
what must be done...
 
none of it wasted
all of it is important,
to heal, to be restored,
to change our paths...
 
we must be clear-eyed,
honest, transparent,
to peel off scar tissue,
to be healed within...

================
April 25, 2026
assessing the damage
 
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 3, “The Value of Inventory”.
April 25, 2026
Put on Christ, for Christ
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/put-on-christ-for-christ.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 2, “A Captured Heart”.
April 25, 2026
None can compare
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/none-can-compare.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 2, “A Captured Heart”.
Edited April 23, 2026
breathed... melted within
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/breathed-melted-within_23.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 1, “A New Creation”.
Edited April 23, 2026
take heed – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/take-heed-v2.html
Based on Psalm 49, read at re:generation,
Step 3, Trust, Week 2, large group meeting
April 21, 2026
plucked from the fire
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/plucked-from-fire.html
Based on John 15:5, 11
Based on 1 John 5:5
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 4, “Believe Christ Is the Risen Savior for Your Life and Your Recovery”.
April 21, 2026
I know His voice
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/i-know-his-voice.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 4, “Believe Christ Is the Risen Savior for Your Life and Your Recovery”.
April 21, 2026
None of us are righteous
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/none-of-us-are-righteous.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 4, “Believe Christ Is the Risen Savior for Your Life and Your Recovery”.
Edited April 20, 2026
with feet wet from the waves – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/with-feet-wet-from-waves-v2.html 
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Large group teaching
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 3, “God’s Love for You Through Jesus’
Death”.
April 20, 2026
blessed in my struggle
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blessed-in-my-struggle.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 5, “Jesus’ Mission.”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 4, “Who Is Jesus?”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 3, “Hoping for a Different Kind of
Savior.”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 2, “God Will  Provide A Way”.
 
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,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust

Put on #Christ, for #Christ #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust

Put on Christ, for Christ,
as a new creation,
Abandon your flesh,
worldly desires within you...
 
Live as disciples
changed in an instant...
Cast off your old self...
Put on God’s image...
 
Put on Christ, His freedom...
Reflect His likeness...
Bear love richly
as you are sent...
 
Live as disciples,
new creations in Him...
Love as He loved,
as He called us to love...

================
April 25, 2026
Put on Christ, for Christ
 
Based on Ephesians 4:22-24
Based on 2 Corinthians 5:14-17
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 2, “A Captured Heart”.
April 25, 2026
None can compare
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/none-can-compare.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 2, “A Captured Heart”.
Edited April 23, 2026
breathed... melted within
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/breathed-melted-within_23.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 1, “A New Creation”.
Edited April 23, 2026
take heed – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/take-heed-v2.html
Based on Psalm 49, read at re:generation,
Step 3, Trust, Week 2, large group meeting
April 21, 2026
plucked from the fire
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/plucked-from-fire.html
Based on John 15:5, 11
Based on 1 John 5:5
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 4, “Believe Christ Is the Risen Savior for Your Life and Your Recovery”.
April 21, 2026
I know His voice
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/i-know-his-voice.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 4, “Believe Christ Is the Risen Savior for Your Life and Your Recovery”.
April 21, 2026
None of us are righteous
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/none-of-us-are-righteous.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 4, “Believe Christ Is the Risen Savior for Your Life and Your Recovery”.
Edited April 20, 2026
with feet wet from the waves – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/with-feet-wet-from-waves-v2.html 
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Large group teaching
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 3, “God’s Love for You Through Jesus’
Death”.
April 20, 2026
blessed in my struggle
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blessed-in-my-struggle.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 5, “Jesus’ Mission.”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 4, “Who Is Jesus?”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 3, “Hoping for a Different Kind of
Savior.”
April 20, 2026
rescue my heart
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/rescue-my-heart.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 2, “God Will  Provide A Way”.
 
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,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust

the #blood of #atonement – 2 – v2 #poetry #God #Christ #atonement #sacrifice #admit #believe #trust

one life for each life
for sins we commit
a sacrifice before heaven
healing our flesh...
 
the blood of atonement
a sacrifice to God
healing our breach
our separation from God...
 
one life for each life
by grace, Christ’s gift,
unmerited favor
healing our broken flesh...

================
Edited April 25, 2026
the blood of atonement – 2 – v2
 
Based on Ephesians 2:8-9
Based on Hebrews 9:22
Based on Ephesians 2:4-5
Based on Romans 3:23
Based on Leviticus 17:11
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 2, “God Will  Provide A Way”.
April 18, 2026
yoked with Him
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/yoked-with-him.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 1, “An Important Decision”.
April 18, 2026
we walk with stumbling feet
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/we-walk-with-stumbling-feet.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 1, “An Important Decision”.
Topic: Commissioned, even when we doubt
Samson Society
April 14, 2026
but some doubted
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/but-some-doubted.html
Based on Matthew 28:17b
Sermon at Griggs Memorial Baptist Church
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 1, “An Important Decision”.
April 11, 2026
trapped in chains
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/trapped-in-chains.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 1, “An Important Decision”.
Samson Society meeting
April 5, 2026
Do they see Jesus
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-they-see-jesus.html
April 4, 2026
Do people see His likeness? – 2 (Bodhana)
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-people-see-his-likeness_4.html
Edited April 4, 2026
Do people see His likeness? – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-people-see-his-likeness-v3.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 5, “God of the Bible: His Desire,
His Dilemma, His Pursuit”.
 
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, faith, prayer, confession, trust, believe, forgive, change, admit, calling, purpose, doubt,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #admit  #calling #purpose
 
#poetry #God #Christ #atonement #sacrifice #admit #believe #trust

None can compare #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust

No one is equal
none is higher...
None can compare
to Almighty God...
 
He must be first
in our hearts, in our spirits...
We must love God
with all that we are...
 
Only then can we enjoy
the abundance He wants for us
only when we are anchored on God
can we live in freedom...
 
God must be our center,
heart, soul, mind and spirit...
Love for God must be first
for us to thrive, to live on this journey...

================
April 25, 2026
None can compare
 
Based on Matthew 22:37-40
Based on Deuteronomy 6:4-6
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 2, “A Captured Heart”.
Edited April 23, 2026
breathed... melted within
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/breathed-melted-within_23.html
Based on Romans 8:1-2
Based on Colossians 2:13-14
Based on Romans 5:1
Based on Romans 8:15
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 1, “A New Creation”.
Edited April 23, 2026
take heed – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/take-heed-v2.html
Based on Psalm 49, read at re:generation,
Step 3, Trust, Week 2, large group meeting
April 21, 2026
plucked from the fire
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/plucked-from-fire.html
Based on John 15:5, 11
Based on 1 John 5:5
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 4, “Believe Christ Is the Risen Savior for Your Life and Your Recovery”.
April 21, 2026
I know His voice
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/i-know-his-voice.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 4, “Believe Christ Is the Risen Savior for Your Life and Your Recovery”.
April 21, 2026
None of us are righteous
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/none-of-us-are-righteous.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 4, “Believe Christ Is the Risen Savior for Your Life and Your Recovery”.
Edited April 20, 2026
with feet wet from the waves – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/with-feet-wet-from-waves-v2.html 
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Large group teaching
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 3, “God’s Love for You Through Jesus’
Death”.
April 20, 2026
His most human moment
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/his-most-human-moment.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 3, “God’s Love for You Through Jesus’
Death”.
April 20, 2026
blessed in my struggle
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blessed-in-my-struggle.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 5, “Jesus’ Mission.”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 4, “Who Is Jesus?”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 3, “Hoping for a Different Kind of
Savior.”
April 20, 2026
rescue my heart
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/rescue-my-heart.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 2, “God Will  Provide A Way”.
 
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,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust

Lord, I am #scared #poetry #God #confess #repent #forgive #amends

Lord, I am scared
as I enter this next step
to make amends
for the sin I caused
for footprints I have left...
 
Some of my harm
goes back decades
some I have harmed
are long dead
but I must give to You the power
to walk in righteousness...
 
Lord, I Iong for freedom
to walk in Your truth
help me to be faithful
to follow Your path
in all I say and do...
 
 
-----
April 24, 2026
Lord, I am scared
 
Written August 28, 2025
Based on #Proverbs3:5-6
Based on #John8:31-32
re:generation, Step 9, Amends, Week 1, Day 2, “Understand Amends, Forgiveness, Prayer”.
April 24, 2026
Help me to walk in freedom
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/help-me-to-walk-in-freedom.html
re:generation, Step 9, Amends, Week 1, Day 2, “Understand Amends, Forgiveness, Prayer”.
August 28, 2025
Free me from my sin’s power
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/free-me-from-my-sins-power.html
re:generation, Step 9, Amends, Week 1, Day 2, “Understand Amends, Forgiveness, Prayer”.
August 28, 2025
I bear the weight
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-bear-weight.html
August 28, 2025
She gave me her best
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/she-gave-me-her-best.html
August 28, 2025
A forest in my eyes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-forest-in-my-eyes.html
August 28, 2025
owning my shit
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/owning-my-shit.html
Edited August 27, 2025
Help me to have courage – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/help-me-to-have-courage-v2.html
Edited August 27, 2025
Release me, Lord – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/release-me-lord-v2.html
re:generation, Step 9, Amends, Day 1, “Love Life and Seek Good Days”
August 27, 2025
If only I could wave a magic wand – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/if-only-i-could-wave-magic-wand-v2.html 
re:generation, Step 9, Amends, Week 1, Day 2, “Understand Amends, Forgiveness, Prayer”.
August 26, 2025
our words are daggers – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/our-words-are-daggers-v2.html
August 26, 2025
soften my heart
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/soften-my-heart.html
re:generation, Step 9, Amends, Week 1, Day 1
re:generation, Step 9, Amends, 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, 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, regeneration, confess, repent, forgive, amends, prayer,
 
#poetry #God #confess #repent #forgive #amends

Help me to #walk in #freedom #poetry #God #confess #repent #forgive #amends

Help me to walk in freedom,
in truth, in honesty,
transparent before my neighbors
in peace, in harmony...
 
Help me to be faithful,
to let go of my sin,
confessing the harm I have caused,
to repent and make amends...
 
Help me to walk in freedom,
abandoning lies and secrets,
transparent before my neighbors,
in peace, in harmony...
 
-----
April 24, 2026
Help me to walk in freedom
 
Written August 28, 2025
Based on #John8:31-32
re:generation, Step 9, Amends, Week 1, Day 2, “Understand Amends, Forgiveness, Prayer”.
August 28, 2025
Free me from my sin’s power
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/free-me-from-my-sins-power.html
Based on #Luke9:23-25
Based on #Ephesians4:25-27
Based on #Ephesians5:8-11
Based on #Hebrews12:14
re:generation, Step 9, Amends, Week 1, Day 2, “Understand Amends, Forgiveness, Prayer”.
August 28, 2025
I bear the weight
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-bear-weight.html
August 28, 2025
She gave me her best
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/she-gave-me-her-best.html
August 28, 2025
A forest in my eyes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-forest-in-my-eyes.html
August 28, 2025
owning my shit
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/owning-my-shit.html
Edited August 27, 2025
Help me to have courage – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/help-me-to-have-courage-v2.html
Edited August 27, 2025
Release me, Lord – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/release-me-lord-v2.html
re:generation, Step 9, Amends, Day 1, “Love Life and Seek Good Days”.
August 27, 2025
If only I could wave a magic wand – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/if-only-i-could-wave-magic-wand-v2.html 
re:generation, Step 9, Amends, Week 1, Day 2, “Understand Amends, Forgiveness, Prayer”.
August 26, 2025
our words are daggers – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/our-words-are-daggers-v2.html
August 26, 2025
soften my heart
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/soften-my-heart.html
re:generation, Step 9, Amends, Week 1, Day 1
re:generation, Step 9, Amends, 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, 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, regeneration, confess, repent, forgive, amends, prayer,
 
#poetry #God #confess #repent #forgive #amends

breathed... melted within #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust

We bear the living seed of Christ
His love, His likeness,
His indwelling Spirit...
 
God’s love is planted
breathed, melted within
fused with our souls...
our old self cast away,
I have a new life in our Lord...
 
We are justified by faith
We are reborn, renewed
each of us is made a new creation
crying out to our Father
for all that we need...
 
We are at peace in our spirits
alive in Christ Jesus
redeemed by love...
 
================
Edited April 23, 2026
breathed... melted within
 
Based on Romans 8:1-2
Based on Colossians 2:13-14
Based on Romans 5:1
Based on Romans 8:15
Based on John 3:5-7
Based on Romans 8:39
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 1, “A New Creation”
Edited April 23, 2026
take heed – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/take-heed-v2.html
Based on Psalm 49, read at re:generation,
Step 3, Trust, Week 2, large group meeting
April 21, 2026
plucked from the fire
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/plucked-from-fire.html
Based on John 15:5, 11
Based on 1 John 5:5
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 4, “Believe Christ Is the Risen Savior for Your Life and Your Recovery”.
April 21, 2026
I know His voice
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/i-know-his-voice.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 4, “Believe Christ Is the Risen Savior for Your Life and Your Recovery”.
April 21, 2026
None of us are righteous
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/none-of-us-are-righteous.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 4, “Believe Christ Is the Risen Savior for Your Life and Your Recovery”.
Edited April 20, 2026
with feet wet from the waves – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/with-feet-wet-from-waves-v2.html 
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Large group teaching
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 3, “God’s Love for You Through Jesus’
Death”.
April 20, 2026
His most human moment
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/his-most-human-moment.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 3, “God’s Love for You Through Jesus’
Death”.
April 20, 2026
the Law does not save you
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-law-does-not-save-you.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 2, “God’s Love for You Through Jesus’
Mission”.
April 20, 2026
blessed in my struggle
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blessed-in-my-struggle.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 5, “Jesus’ Mission.”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 4, “Who Is Jesus?”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 3, “Hoping for a Different Kind of
Savior.”
April 20, 2026
rescue my heart
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/rescue-my-heart.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 2, “God Will  Provide A Way”.
 
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,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust

breathed, melted within #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust

we bear the living seed of Christ
the indwelling Spirit
God’s love is planted
breathed, melted within
fused with my soul
my old self cast away
We have a  new life in our Lord...
 
we are justified by faith
each of us is made a new creation
crying out to our Father
for all that we need...
we are at peace in our spirits
alive in Christ Jesus
redeemed by love...
 
================
Edited April 23, 2026
Breathed, melted within
 
Based on Romans 8:1-2
Based on Colossians 2:13-14
Based on Romans 5:1
Based on Romans 8:15
Based on John 3:5-7
Based on Romans 8:39
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 1, “A New Creation”
Edited April 23, 2026
take heed – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/take-heed-v2.html
Based on Psalm 49, read at re:generation,
Step 3, Trust, Week 2, large group meeting
April 21, 2026
plucked from the fire
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/plucked-from-fire.html
Based on John 15:5, 11
Based on 1 John 5:5
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 4, “Believe Christ Is the Risen Savior for Your Life and Your Recovery”.
April 21, 2026
I know His voice
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/i-know-his-voice.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 4, “Believe Christ Is the Risen Savior for Your Life and Your Recovery”.
April 21, 2026
None of us are righteous
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/none-of-us-are-righteous.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 4, “Believe Christ Is the Risen Savior for Your Life and Your Recovery”.
Edited April 20, 2026
with feet wet from the waves – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/with-feet-wet-from-waves-v2.html 
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Large group teaching
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 3, “God’s Love for You Through Jesus’
Death”.
April 20, 2026
His most human moment
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/his-most-human-moment.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 3, “God’s Love for You Through Jesus’
Death”.
April 20, 2026
the Law does not save you
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-law-does-not-save-you.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 2, “God’s Love for You Through Jesus’
Mission”.
April 20, 2026
blessed in my struggle
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blessed-in-my-struggle.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 5, “Jesus’ Mission.”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 4, “Who Is Jesus?”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 3, “Hoping for a Different Kind of
Savior.”
April 20, 2026
rescue my heart
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/rescue-my-heart.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 2, “God Will  Provide A Way”.
 
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,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust

breathed melted #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust

the seed of Christ
the indwelling Spirit
God’s Spirit planted
breathed, melted within
combined in my soul
the old self cast away
a new life in my Lord...
 
justified by faith
made a new creation
crying out to our Father
for all that we need
at peace in our spirits
alive in Christ Jesus
redeemed in love...

================
April 23, 2026
breathed melted
 
Based on Romans 8:1-2
Based on Colossians 2:13-14
Based on Romans 5:1
Based on Romans 8:15
Based on John 3:5-7
Based on Romans 8:39
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 1, “A New Creation”
Edited April 23, 2026
take heed – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/take-heed-v2.html
Based on Psalm 49, read at re:generation,
Step 3, Trust, Week 2, large group meeting
April 21, 2026
plucked from the fire
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/plucked-from-fire.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 4, “Believe Christ Is the Risen Savior for Your Life and Your Recovery”.
April 21, 2026
I know His voice
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/i-know-his-voice.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 4, “Believe Christ Is the Risen Savior for Your Life and Your Recovery”.
April 21, 2026
None of us are righteous
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/none-of-us-are-righteous.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 4, “Believe Christ Is the Risen Savior for Your Life and Your Recovery”.
Edited April 20, 2026
with feet wet from the waves – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/with-feet-wet-from-waves-v2.html 
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Large group teaching
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 3, “God’s Love for You Through Jesus’
Death”.
April 20, 2026
His most human moment
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/his-most-human-moment.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 3, “God’s Love for You Through Jesus’
Death”.
April 20, 2026
the Law does not save you
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-law-does-not-save-you.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 2, Day 2, “God’s Love for You Through Jesus’
Mission”.
April 20, 2026
blessed in my struggle
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blessed-in-my-struggle.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 5, “Jesus’ Mission.”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 4, “Who Is Jesus?”
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 3, “Hoping for a Different Kind of
Savior.”
April 20, 2026
rescue my heart
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/rescue-my-heart.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 2, “God Will  Provide A Way”.
 
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,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust