I am Not Ashamed

(Who He Says I am Poem Series)

I am Not Ashamed

Why would I be ashamed

Of His Name

The One who transformed me

The One who spoke life into me

The One who truly knows me

The One who gave breath into my lungs and created me

The One who speaks to me

The One who seeks me

The One who gave me a new name

Why would I be ashamed

Of the Gospel

The very essence of His truth

The very presence of His Name

The power of His Blood

The power of His Love

The power of the Cross

The power of His Resurrection

The power of the Dove

The power of the Holy Spirit

The power of a transformed heart

The power of thanksgiving

The power of healing

The power of being set free

The power of Salvation

The power that sustains me

It’s a powerful Name

And His Name is Jesus

How can I be the Same

When I no longer carry this shame

When the Word of God is living in me

When His heart beats, my heart beats also

When I know who I am

When I’ve experienced His tangible love

When He comforted me when I was lonely

When He gave me courage when I was afraid

When He whispered to me that He is near

When He gave me strength when I was weak

When He gave me hope when I was about to give up

When He gave me grace to empower me

When His kindness melted my fear away

When His mercy brought me closer

When His love embraced me

When He brought me out of the darkness and into His light

So how can I be ashamed 

To carry His Name

When He is the best thing that could of ever happened to me

Saved, HEALED, Delivered, & Sanctified

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SAVED, HEALED, DELIVERED 

SANCTIFIED 

I’m whole

For I have been saved

I am new

No more delays

I receive

His Invitation

I Proclaim His Declarations

By His Blood

I am Saved

By His Love

I am Healed

By His Name

I am Delivered

By His Goodness

I am Sanctified

I’m a child of God

New identity

No longer broken

For I am healed

I give full permission

For Jesus to invade

Every crevice and every crack

Needs to be filled by you

No longer will I allow

The enemy to come in

So I shut the door

In Jesus Name

I give the keys to my house 

To Jesus

So when the enemy knocks

Jesus will answer

By His Cross

I am saved

By His Stripes

I am Healed

By His Freedom

I am Delivered

By His Mercy

I am Sanctified

I’m Free

No longer tormented 

I’m Free

No longer held back

I’m Free

No longer in bondage

I’m Free

No longer living in shame

I’m Free

No longer seeking approval

I’m Free

No longer

No longer

No longer

No longer

 Will I have to carry this

I am Free

For I have been Delivered

By His Grace

I am Saved

By His Hope

I am Healed

By His Peace

I am Delivered

By His Redemption

I am Sanctified

I’m Redeemed

I see more Clearly

I have a Voice

For I have been Sanctified

I’m Bold

Because I know my Identity

In Christ

I now Carry

His Authority

Because I am under

 His Authority

So I speak the Name

That’s above every other Name

The Name of Jesus

Over every circumstance in my life

Over every obstacle in my life

Over sickness and disease

Over bondage and torment

Over lies and agreements

Over discouragement and accusations

I speak the Name of Jesus

For I am

Saved

Healed

Delivered

And

Sanctified

Hurt People

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Hurt People

Why do I feel hurt?

Why do I hurt?

Why do I hurt those closest to me?

Why am I in pain?

Is this even real?

I lose control

I don’t know how to let go

I procrastinate

I give up

I guess I’ll watch this

I guess I’ll do this

I guess I’ll numb this

Before I know it I become this

This monster

The very thing I feared

I have now become

I’m in denial

There’s no way I could of done this

Why would I do this

How could I be so stupid

Might as well blame

Might as well shame

Is this just a game

I just want to wake up

From this slumber

Hoping it was just a dream

But I pinch myself

Oh God this is real

Is this really happening

If only I wasn’t hurt

If only I listened

If only I had control

Why am I selfish?

Why do I speak so much hate over myself?

I’m broken

I don’t know what to do

I need help

God forgive me

I can’t do this alone

Please don’t give up on me

I promise

So many empty promises

But I promise this time

I will change

I messed up

I’m scared

I don’t want to relapse

I want to be strong

I want to be courageous 

I want to be free

I’m tired of being tormented

Get out of my head

Leave me alone

Why am I my worst enemy?

I need peace

I need hope

Because I’m on my last rope

I don’t know where else to go

But to you God

If only you knew

Yet you do

If only you were there

Yet you were

If only you helped me

Yet help is here

If you only you could forgive

It is already done

If only you could heal this heart

Yet I’m healed

I can’t lose these scars

But I can learn from them

I can’t change back time

But I can change my future

I may never understand why someone hurt me

But I can stop hurting others

I can break the cycle

I can become the man I’ve always wanted to become

It may take time

It may be hard

It may cost everything

It may bring back old memories

But for the first in my life

I’m not going to do this on my own

I have people that count on me

I have people that believe in me

I have people who trust me

I have people who love me

I have people who know me

I don’t have to share this burden alone

There is even hope and redemption for someone like me

Encounter

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Encounter

I will never forget

The moment We met

The moment You set Your eyes on me

I couldn’t look away

How could I?

Your eyes pierced through the darkness

It brought me closer

Closer to You

And into Your Light

Not realizing what I was encountering

Can this be real

Are you really that good?

Oh yes you are and more

But before I could say anything

You embraced me

Oh the love

The peace

The warmth of Your heart

It comforted me

At my deepest despair

You found me

All I could speak were tears

You held me and told me I would be okay

You spoke me into existence

You told me my identity

The only words of my mouth were Father forgive me

I need You

And I want You

So I gave You my life

Because You gave me Yours

You paid it all on the Cross for my sins

Yet you did it willfully

And with Joy

So my heart is filled with Joy

The Joy of the Lord

How can this be?

That You chose me

In that moment my life was changed forever

It would never be the same

From the One who is above every other name

From just one Encounter of Jesus

Awaken My Children

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Awaken My Children

Awaken My children

Are you still asleep?

Are you still not listening?

How long will it take?

For you to obey?

Why do you choose to disobey?

Can’t you see?

The God who sees

Can’t you hear?

The God who speaks

Can’t you speak?

To the God who listens

Don’t you know that you are still asleep

So awaken My child

No time to waste

Awaken My child

Set your worries aside

Awaken My child

Put your mind on Christ

Awaken My child

Fix your eyes on Mine

Awaken My child

Once dead but now alive

Awaken My child

To the morning Son

Wake up

No time to sleep

Wake up

It’s time to shine

My child My child

Time is drawing near

Wake up

For our Salvation is nearer than when we first believed

Awake, O sleeper

Rise up from the dead

And Christ will give you light

Faithful You Are

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Faithful You Are

You are Faithful

‘Faithful You are

All Your promises are Yes and Amen’

Even in our troubles

You never let us down

Even in our lack of faith

You never abandoned me

Even when I’m in doubt

You give me grace

Even when I’m drained

You fill me up

Even when I’m broken

You listen to me

Even when I’ve lost hope

You are Faithful, 

‘Because Faithfull

You are

All Your promises are

YES and AMEN’

Breaking Bread

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Breaking Bread

Oh Lord

I’m here again

Broken

With empty words

But You have spoken

Filling what was empty

And turning it into something plenty

Oh Lord

My God

You are near

Even when I fear

Your grace surrounds me

Even when I mess up

I am loved

My heart is broken

But You have spoken

That I will rejoice in You

Oh Lord

My God

My King

You dwell in the Highest places

Yet You lower Yourself in the lowest places

To give a reaching hand

Even when I fall

I am not out of reach

Even when I sin

I am made clean

Even when I am broken

I am made whole

The Lord has spoken

Oh Lord

My God

My King

My Best Friend

For I am not alone

For You are with me

When I walk

You walk with me

When I sit

You sit with me

You prepare a table for me

A feast

You break bread

And give thanks

Whatever you break

Multiplies

Whatever you say

Happens

You restored what was broken

From the words… You have spoken

A Father of Hope

Dad

Father

Papa

Daddy

Into your arms

I feel safe

When your with me

I’m protected

You carry a hope

A peace

An unconditional love

A guide

A fire

That warms me

That protects me

My provider

There was always food on the table

My teacher

That is true to his word

My hero

Even in the midst of a storm

A manly man

That is vulnerable and open

My ride

When you carried me

My friend

When you spend valuable time with me

My partner

When you took part of my imaginary world

Legos and G.I. Joes

My goofy dad

That would make me giggle and laugh

Can’t forget the dad jokes

That you were there for me

You were present

You were a big part of my life

From the first sight I was born

From the first time you carried me

From the first time you heard my first word

From the first time you saw me walk

From the first time I went to school

From the first time I encountered Jesus

From all the times you were there for me

You did it because you love me

You love your children more than anything in this world

That you carry the same hope and love that our Father in heaven carries

How much more is our Father in Heaven

Who provides all things

Who loves all the children of this world

He is the anchor of hope

He is our foundation

Our rock

Our Dad

Like Father Like Son

He created us in His own image

He taught us how to be men

How to be fathers

How to serve our family

How to be a father to the fatherless

So we honor our fathers

Today and tomorrow and forever

A father of hope

Boundaries

I say yes to Jesus

I say yes to obedience

I say yes to freedom

I say yes to love

I say yes to healing

It starts with a yes and ends with an amen

But we can’t say yes to everything

We can’t say yes to heaven and yes to this world

We are not called to be bound by this world

Because we are not of this world

Our bodies may be of this world

But my spirit was made eternal for heaven

So I say boldly no to the enemy

I say no to pain

I say no to sickness

I say no to sin

I say no to disobedience

I say no to lust

I say no to the lies of the enemy

I say no to even good things

Because God called us to say yes to His best

By teaching us boundaries

For we were lost in sin from this world

But God sent His son to save this world

So we could say yes to Him

God’s best

And say no to the things of this world

So we may experience freedom

The choice is ours

We can choose to obey

We can choose to have faith

We can choose to read His word

We can choose to worship

Because when we are obedient

It unlocks breakthrough

It opens the door to the true revelation of light

So let’s be wise with our yes and learn how to say no

There is power in our yes

There is power in our no

We have the choice to move

God has given us the key

That can open any door

And close any door

There is only one key

One answer

And it’s Jesus

Faithful You Are (Chris Tomlin Song)

You are Faithful

‘Faithful You are

All Your promises are Yes and Amen’

Even in our troubles

You never let us down

Even in our lack of faith

You never failed us

Or forsaken us

Because Your love is unconditional

And Your peace transcends all understanding

Even when I’m hurt

You heal me

Even when I’m lost

You never abandoned me

Even when I’m in doubt

You give me grace

Even when I’m drained

You fill me up

Even when I’m broken

You listen to me

Even when I’ve lost hope

You are Faithful

‘Because Faithful

You are

All Your promises are

YES and AMEN’