Category: Devotional
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3/26 IAM: Reset (Warfare 9 of 11)
All the seeds that were planted / Slowly begin to germinate / Sprouts claw their way upward / Towards unseen light…
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3/25 IAM: Wisely Sown (Warfare 8 of 11)
All of us / Who were pillars / And stayed with Jesus / Have been reduced to our basic atoms…
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3/24 IAM: Crushed (Warfare 7 of 11)
He is breaking me up / With His song / Even though it threatens / To unravel everything / He placed me to protect…
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3/23 IAM: Flooded (Warfare 6 of 11)
Will the building / Where we hid / From the vengeance of Jesus / Be destroyed / Or exalted?
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3/22 IAM: Cornered (Warfare 5 of 11)
I start shaking / “Lord, this acid can destroy kings” // He winks / “Of course. / It is my Blood.”
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3/21 IAM: Crowned (Warfare 4 of 11)
I am sorely tempted to wear the crown / But something warns me not to
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3/20 IAM: Rooting Out Sin (Warfare 3 of 11)
MIC Check Today’s Most Important Challenge is… Addressing the root causes Of our conflict And my resentment Immanuel Approach Memo Continued from 3/19 IAM: Guard(en)ed I am… inside a beautiful garden I feel like we should be indoorsAt midnightBut it looks like noontime daylightAnd I no longer see any wallsNot…
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3/19 IAM: Guard(en)ed (Warfare 2 of 11)
The screams were demons / Shrieking from the holy water / That burns evil spirits like acid / While leaving humans unharmed / (Though few realize it)
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3/18 IAM: Passed Over (Warfare 1 of 11)
Outside, I hear screams / As justice is served / With a brutal even-handedness / I look for Jesus. / But He is not here / He is outside / He is both the executioner / And the executed…
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3/17 IAM: UnDead
I am horrified / I look at Him like He is crazy / I’ve seen the movie / Corpses crawling out of graves / Zombies hungering for our flesh…
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3/16 IAM: Victarious (Cityscape 12 of 12)
I un-sing / All the Song fragments / That sustain / And ruin / Our city…
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3/15 IAM: Linking Hearts/UltraSong (Cityscape 11 of 12)
The people above / Were trying to dance / To the music / But kept crashing into those / Who sang a different part / Of the same Song…
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3/13 IAM: Brought Low (Cityscape 9 of 12)
I feel a twinge of fear / Who else is down here? / What is this place under the city? / Why did Jesus let me fall into it?
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3/12 IAM: Bedrock (Cityscape 8 of 12)
Stepping off the rock / Into empty space / Takes a whole different courage…
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3/11 IAM: Re-Established (Cityscape 7 of 12)
I feel a pang / That we are not with Him / But I remember / That He is with us…
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3/10 IAM: Re-Fathered (Cityscape 6 of 12)
I no longer need to beat my tambourine / Perhaps I no longer can / My old fingers too slow to catch / The subtle rhythms / The youth are playing / To align the singing / With the Song of Christ…
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3/9 IAM: Grieved Out (Cityscape 5 of 12)
We were drawn here by Jesus / By His Song // But we got here / By clinging to others / Who sang the same note…
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3/8 IAM: Banqueting (Cityscape 4 of 12)
I weep / As I discover / The notes I thought most discordant / Turn out to be the fundamentals / Of a new chord…
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3/7 IAM: Redeeming Songs (Cityscape 3 of 12)
I can see it happening again / The same divisiveness that destroyed the city / People fighting over which verse to sing / Or which key to sing it in // Because they are obsessed over the Song / Not the Singer // Then I realize / So am I…
