Saturday, July 27, 2019

the Solid Rock under our feet – v2

God is the safe harbor
the solid rock under our feet
the place we turn to
in the storms, in our struggles
safe from all harms

God is the place we can be safe
hidden within the rock
within the arms of God
protected, secure
safe from all harms

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edited July 27, 2019
the Solid Rock under our feet – v2

July 25, 2016
the Solid Rock under our feet
July 25, 2016
within the shelter of the rock
July 25, 2016
we are protected – 2
July 25, 2016
in the shelter of the rock
July 25, 2016
we will not fear
edited July 25, 2016
within these walls - 2
July 25, 2016
within the walls
July 25, 2016
God is our refuge - 3
July 25, 2016
we need a place of shelter
July 24, 2016
God will keep me safe
July 24, 2016
God will hide me
July 24, 2016
crevices in the rock
July 24, 2016
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Sermon Series:
God Is A Rock
“Shelter of the Rock”
Psalm 27
Psalm 30
Psalm 46:1-3
Psalm 32:6-8
and sermon, “Crevices in the Rock…”
text

video

by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Children’s Message from Mystery Box

by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
July 24, 2016
&
July 24, 2016
the God who is above all things
July 24, 2016
out of the pit of chaos
July 24, 2016
lost in addiction, in chaos
July 24, 2016
they don’t know Him
July 24, 2016
they are out there hurting
July 24, 2016
God takes us to higher ground
July 23, 2016
the mark of the beast
July 23, 2016
in the darkness, the chaos
July 23, 2016
stuck in the valley
July 23, 2016
held by the chaos – v2
July 23, 2016
listen to their cries
July 23, 2016
look around
July 23, 2016
climb to the rock
edited July 23, 2016
in the dark places – v2
July 23, 2016
they are not here
edited July 23, 2016
wake up, help – v2
July 23, 2016
wake up, help
edited/expanded July 23, 2016
we have a calling – 2
expanded July 23, 2016
to hear their cries – v2
July 23, 2016
to hear their cries – v1
July 22, 2016
lead them to the rock
edited July 22, 2016
held by the chaos
July 22, 2016
in the dark places
editing “too many in Sheol”
July 22, 2016
cling to God for help – v2
July 21, 2016
too many in Sheol
July 21, 2016
we have a calling
July 21, 2016
those who are still in the valley
July 21, 2016
God called to him
July 21, 2016
a safe harbor – v2
July 20, 2016
Lead me to the rock
July 20, 2016
go to the rock
July 20, 2016
we cling to God for help
July 20, 2016
cling to God for help
July 20, 2016
we need the rock
July 19, 2016
the sure foundation
July 19, 2016
a safe harbor
July 19, 2016
we are down in the valley
July 19, 2016
a higher place
July 18, 2016
guide them to the heights
July 17, 2016
climbing higher- 2
July 17, 2016
Higher Ground
July 17, 2016
above the chaos
July 17, 2016
miles in all directions
July 17, 2016
from the heights
July 17, 2016
a new perspective
July 17, 2016
we bring You these gifts
7/17/16 Prayer of Thanksgiving
&
July 17, 2016
climb the mountain
July 17, 2016
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Sermon Series:
God Is A Rock
“Take Me To The Rock”
Psalm 30
Psalm 61;
Psalm 88;
Exodus 3:1-3;
Genesis 22:1-2
and sermon, “Higher Ground…”
text
video
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Children’s Message from Mystery Box
by Cristy Ann Chaffee
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
July 17, 2016
&
July 17, 2016
build your house
July 17, 2016
build upon God
July 17, 2016
sinking fast
edited July 17, 2016
Solid Rock – v2
July 17, 2016
where will we stand
July 16, 2016
seeking that rock
July 16, 2016
like a house of cards
edited July 16, 2016
on this rock we stand
July 16, 2016
we can stand - 2
July 15, 2016
fixed to the rock
July 14, 2016
nothing moved that house
July 13, 2016
build our lives
July 13, 2016
Solid Rock
July 10, 2016
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Sermon Series:
God Is A Rock
“Solid Rock”
Psalm 91
Psalm 18:1-3;
Psalm 62:5-8;
Deuteronomy 32:1-4;
Matthew 7:24-27
and sermon, “Firmness of Rock…”
text
video
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Children’s Message from Mystery Box
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
July 10, 2016


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One More Lesson – v3

The disciples empty
after the resurrection
filled with new hope;
but falling to old tasks
back into their old ways

Experienced fishermen
out on familiar waters
Galilee, far from Jerusalem,
the same method
and the same result

An empty hold, no cargo
nets cast returning no fish

One more lesson
Christ on the shoreline
shared by the Teacher -
Cast your net on the other side
and reap the reward

Follow the Master
do what He tells you
go where He leads you
out on the waters,
out into the world

Go to share with them
the lost, the broken,
His holy message;
we are to fish
from other shores

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edited July 27, 2019
One More Lesson – v3

edited February 26, 2017
One More Lesson – v2
April 23, 2013
new poem “One More Lesson”
April 23, 2013
“on the other side of the boat”
video of Epilogue
Suncook United Methodist Church
April 21, 2013
&
pages 159-167
 “Epilogue: Your Defining Story”
third book in a series of books -
“The Way: Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus”
by Reverend Adam Hamilton
read 2/23/2012
&            
“Final Words from the Cross”
&
24 Hours That Changed the World
&               
Spirit study led by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH                    
Pastor Ruth Foss
April 21, 2013

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 51,050+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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as the sun rose over Jerusalem – v3

As the sun rose over Jerusalem
Christ was led from the cell
where He had been held
brought before Pilate
to the seat of Roman power

Jesus had been condemned
by the priests, by the leaders
the Council, the Sanhedrin
but not yet a Roman crime
punishable by death.

Christ was charged
with insurrection, rebellion,
claiming He was a King
a threat to Rome
that was their charge

The priests, the Sanhedrin,
the leaders of the people
bringing Jesus to Pilate
the Lamb prepared for slaughter
by defiled pagan hands.

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edited July 27, 2019
as the sun rose over Jerusalem – v3

edited/ merged May 3, 2015
as the sun rose over Jerusalem – v2
May 3, 2015
charged with insurrection
May 3, 2015
as the sun rose over Jerusalem
John 19:13
John 19:1-16
Psalm 27:1-3, 11-14
Matthew 27:24
Spirit Study
March 18, 2015
Mark 15:1-15
Lenten book study:
page 62
Chapter 4. “Jesus, Barabbas, and Pilate”
24 Hours That Changed the World
by Reverend Adam Hamilton
Spirit study led by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
&
Spirit Study
March 10, 2015
Mark 14:53, 55, 61-68, 70-72
Mark 14:53-72
Lenten book study:
Chapter 3. “Condemned by the Righteous”
24 Hours That Changed the World
by Reverend Adam Hamilton
Spirit study led by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
&
Spirit Study
March 10, 2015
Spirit Study
March 3, 2015
Mark 14:26, 32-42
Mark 14:32a
Lenten book study:
Chapter 2. “Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Adam Hamilton
Spirit study led by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
&
Matthew 26:28
Exodus 24:8
Jeremiah 31:31-34
John 15:15
John 13:3-5
Mark 14:12, 22-25
Lenten book study:
Chapter 1. “The Last Supper”
24 Hours That Changed the World
by Reverend Adam Hamilton
Spirit study led by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
&
other books by Rev. Hamilton studied in Spirit Study groups -
Not A Silent Night
&
The Way: Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus
&        
“Final Words from the Cross”

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 51,050+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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we dry ourselves out – v2

we stray from the water
from God’s power, God’s Spirit;
we go far away, wandering, turning,
from the source of life

we walk so far away, prodigals, lost,
from the wellspring, the water;
we dry ourselves out
going our own way

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edited July 27, 2019
we dry ourselves out – v2

January 18, 2019
we dry ourselves out
January 18, 2019
we forget its power
January 18, 2019
we get in the way
January 18, 2019
the waters of the Jordan
January 17, 2019
we too are marked
edited/merged January 17, 2019
(merging 4 poems from 1 paragraph of
 Pastor Ruth’s sermon 1/13/19)
“Let these waters be to us drops of your mercy,
Let these waters remind us of your righteousness
and justice. Let these waters renew in us  the
resurrection power of Jesus. Let these waters make us
long for your coming reign.”
edited/merged January 17, 2019
(merging 4 poems from 1 paragraph/sentence
of Pastor Ruth’s sermon)
“We are dry and thirsty, O God, Come, refresh us!
Come upon us, Holy Spirit! Come upon these waters.”
January 17, 2019
we are dry, thirsty
January 17, 2019
Come, refresh us - 2
January 17, 2019
Come upon us
January 17, 2019
impart your love to us
January 17, 2019
Come upon these waters
January 17, 2019
Let these waters be for us
January 17, 2019
Let these waters make us
edited January 17, 2019
Let these waters remind us – 2 – v2
edited January 17, 2019
Let these water renew us – v2
January 17, 2019
an invisible mark
January 16, 2019
Let these waters remind us - 2
January 16, 2019
Let these waters renew us
edited January 16, 2019
a mark embedded – v2
edited January 16, 2019
a mark hidden – v2
edited January 16, 2019
we are marked by God’s love – v2
edited January 16, 2019
we are sealed with that mark – v3
(shortened to fit on Twitter)
edited January 16, 2019
we are sealed with that mark – v2
edited January 16, 2019
the baptism of Jesus – v3
(shortened to fit on Twitter)
edited January 16, 2019
the baptism of Jesus – v2
edited January 15, 2019
Baptism – v2
edited January 15, 2019
Baptismal Waters – v2
edited January 15, 2019
Holy Water – v2
(edited after contact by a composer who wanted to
use the poem for a choir composition
January 11, 2006 23:25
Holy Water
Mark 1:9-13, 15
&
January 11, 2006 23:45, revised 1/12/06 6:16
Baptismal Waters
Matthew 27:24-26
&
January 11, 2006 23:30
Baptism
(about Dad’t baptism, November 1990)
&
edited January 15, 2019
the name of Jesus – v2
new name / edited January 15, 2019
the name of Jesus
January 15, 2019
a mark embedded
January 15, 2019
the baptism of Jesus
January 15, 2019
a mark hidden
edited January 14, 2019
Christ knows your pain – v2
edited January 14, 2019
drenched in the water – v2
edited January 14, 2019
at the Jordan River – v2
January 14, 2019
we are marked by God’s love
January 14, 2019
we are sealed with that mark
edited January 14, 2019
A Water Mark – v3
edited January 14, 2019
A Water Mark – v2
edited January 14, 2019
life changed forever – v2
edited January 14, 2019
the sky split open – 2 – v2
edited January 14, 2019
here in the river – v2
edited January 14, 2019
out flesh changed – v2
January 13, 2019
our flesh changed
January 13, 2019
here in the river
January 13, 2019
the sky split open - 2
January 13, 2019
at the Jordan River
January 13, 2019
life changed forever
January 13, 2019
standing in the Jordan River
January 13, 2019
marked by my love - 3
January 13, 2019
A Water Mark
January 13, 2019
drenched in the water
January 13, 2019
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Baptism of the Lord Sunday
We are Known by the Water:
Called To Life Anew
Psalm 29
Mark 1:4-11 (The Message)
and sermon, “A Water Mark”
video
text

by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Children’s Message
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
January 13, 2019
&
January 13, 2019
Christ made us righteous
January 13, 2019
Christ knows your pain
January 13, 2019
through that Spirit
January 13, 2019
by that grace we receive
January 13, 2019
8AM Live
&
January 8, 2019
we must shine Christ’s light
January 8, 2019
Arise, Shine
Isaiah 60:1
January 8, 2019
We are the light bearers
January 8, 2019
we are called by the light
January 8, 2019
we are called to joy
January 8, 2019
we are known by the light
edited/merged January 7, 2019
I am called Beloved – v2
edited/merged January 7, 2019
I am known by Jesus – v2
January 7, 2019
when they found the Christ
January 7, 2019
they followed a star
January 7, 2019
they were filled with joy
January 6, 2019
I am called Beloved
January 6, 2019
I am known by Jesus
January 6, 2019
may God be heard
January 6, 2019
God’s eternal purpose
January 6, 2019
Wise Men, Magi
January 6, 2019
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Epiphany of the Lord Sunday
Epiphany Sunday
Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14
Matthew 2:1-12 (NLT)
Matthew 2:6
-          Micah 5:2
-          2 Samuel 5:2
Isaiah 60:1 (NIV)
Ephesians 3:10-11
and sermon, “Oh,,, Now I Get It”
video
text

by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Children’s Message
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
January 6, 2019
&
January 10, 2019
not as the world loves
January 10, 2018
Pastor Ruth’s 8AM Live
8AM Live
&
edited January 5, 2019
Are we standing on grace – v3
edited January 5, 2019
Are we counting on our works – v2
merged January 4, 2019
Are we standing on grace – v2
January 4, 2019
Are we standing on grace
January 4, 2019
Are we counting on our works
edited January 4, 2019
Do I know Him – v2
January 4, 2019
Do I know Him – v1
edited January 4, 2019
Does Christ know me – v2
January 3, 2019
Does Christ know me
January 3, 2019
looking forward - 2
January 3, 2019
Pastor Ruth’s 8AM Live
victors, conquerors, in and through
our risen Lord, Jesus Christ
&
January 3, 2019
my repost on Facebook
January 3, 2019
my repost on Twitter
January 3, 2019
"If we live as Jesus taught us, and in harmony
with what we proclaim, our witness will bear fruit." 
Pope Francis 1/3/19 7:30am
&
January 2, 2019
Pastor Ruth’s 8AM Live
all about grace, the unmerited gift of God
&
edited January 3, 2019
Get behind me, Satan - 2
edited January 3, 2019
Away from me, Evil
January 3, 2019
Away from me, you sinners
January 3, 2019
I never knew you
Matthew 7:21-23
January 3, 2019
those who listen
John 5:24
merged January 2, 2019
Christ became mortal – v2
January 2, 2019
Christ took on the mantle
January 2, 2019
Christ became mortal
January 2, 2019
Am I sharing
January 1, 2019
are you living the gospel
January 1, 2019
we are called to go
edited January 1, 2019
may I be about my Father’s work – v2
edited January 1, 2019
maybe not as young as Jesus – v2
edited January 1, 2019
I must focus – v2
January 1, 2019
I must focus
January 1, 2019
may I be about my Father’s work
edited January 1, 2019
it is what we do – v2
January 1, 2019
it is what we do
post 12/31/19 on Children of the Light Facebook page
post 12/31/18 on Children of the Light Facebook page
&
January 1, 2019
maybe not as young as Jesus
January 1, 2019
working for God
January 1, 2019
may we filter every thought
edited January 1, 2019
enter in Spirit – v4
(shortened to fit with labels on Twitter)
edited January 1, 2019
enter in Spirit – v3
edited January 1, 2019
enter in Spirit – v2
January 1, 2019
Pastor Ruth’s 8AM Live
&
New Year’s Day
&
December 31, 2018
right before me
December 31, 2018
staring at the calendar
New Year’s Eve Day
&
December 30, 2018
Have I used the power
December 30, 2018
no matter the cost
December 30, 2018
Have I followed the Shepherd
December 30, 2018
Have I done my best
December 30, 2018
reflecting on the year - 2
December 30, 2018
enter in Spirit
December 30, 2018
we come here
December 30, 2018
we will be glad in this day
December 30, 2018
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
New Year’s Sunday
The Real “Advent”ure Begins
Greeting, Announcements, singing Happy 90th Birthday to Jean Tarr, Opening Prayer
(The opening prayer was inspiration for first 3 poems)
Psalm 148
Luke 2:41-49 (The Voice)
John 3:16; 5:24 (NLT)
Ephesians 2:8-9 (NLT)
Colossians 2:13-14 (NLT)
Romans 8:1,3-4 (NLT)
Matthew 7:21-23 (NIV)
and sermon, “The Real Adventure Begins – The Rubber Hits the Road”
video
text
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Children’s Message
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
December 30, 2018

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 51,050+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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