This is why no form of suffering can interfere with my joy. Every suffering on your behalf is just another opportunity to reinforce that which might still be lacking (in your understanding) of the affliction of Christ on behalf of his body which is the church. Colossians 1:24 Mirror Bible
When things in life go wrong
And suffering becomes our lot
There is a grace to grasp hold of
The finished work of the cross
Jesus increase my understanding
Of how Your afflictions are my restoration
You nailed all my suffering to Your cross
So resurrected in You I can freely rejoice
The scars and chains of my and other’s sin
That kept my heart hard and bound in
Have been broken, washed away, made powerless
By Your precious holy blood that You shed on the cross
Jesus increase my understanding
Of how Your afflictions are my restoration
You nailed all my suffering to Your cross
So resurrected in You I can freely rejoice
The burdens I once carried, no matter how heavy
Became Your yoke that You to the cross carried
Dead and buried through Your crucifixion
Freeing me to live joyfully in Your resurrection
Jesus increase my understanding
Of how Your afflictions are my restoration
You nailed all my suffering to Your cross
So resurrected in You I can freely rejoice
The footholds satan had in my heart and mind
Were entombed in Your death as we are united
In Your resurrection life I think and feel as God’s son
Love and wisdom overflowing from You as we are One
Jesus increase my understanding
Of how Your afflictions are my restoration
You nailed all my suffering to Your cross
So resurrected in You I can freely rejoice
The sickness that has plagued me, yesterday or today
Died with You on the cross removing me from it’s sway
In You I have risen to complete newness
Your resurrection power giving me Your wholeness
Jesus increase my understanding
Of how Your afflictions are my restoration
You nailed all my suffering to Your cross
So resurrected in You I can freely rejoice
So any suffering I may experience today
Is a opportunity to know Your Resurrection Power
To experience and understand the fullness of Your Grace
To restore in me the image of God’s fullness
Jesus increase my understanding
Of how Your afflictions are my restoration
You nailed all my suffering to Your cross
So resurrected in You I can freely rejoice
Transformation Psalms
Devotional poetry centered around who we are in Christ
My Completion
“Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.” Ephesians 1:4 NLT
Jesus You are
My completion
The one who makes me
Whole and holy
In You I find
Where I belong
When I hear Your Voice
Giving me revelations
It takes my breath away
As I feel our true connection
Jesus You are
My completion
The one who makes me
Whole and holy
In You I find
Where I belong
When I hear Your Voice
My thoughts gently correcting
I am drawn by Your love
To change my direction
Jesus You are
My completion
The one who makes me
Whole and holy
In You I find
Where I belong
When I feel Your Presence
Around and in me
I am filled with a joy
Of heavenly dimensions
Jesus You are
My completion
The one who makes me
Whole and holy
In You I find
Where I belong
When I see Your Presence
I am by Your side
Held in Your arms
As Your eternal bride
Jesus You are
My completion
The one who makes me
Whole and holy
In You I find
Where I belong
Your Salvation
Making me One with You
Is a gift so magnificent
That I must worship You
Jesus You are
My completion
The one who makes me
Whole and holy
In You I find
Where I belong
Jesus’ Faith
My new life is empowered by the faith of the Son of God who loves me so much that he gave himself for me, dispensing his life into mine!” Galatians 2:20 TPT
Faith, then, is birthed in a heart that responds to God’s anointed utterance of [Jesus] the Anointed One.” Romans 10:17 TPT
Jesus’ Faith was birthed in me
As He gave His Eternal Life to me
I can live from His faith eternally
Live from His power to set us free
Rest in all He’s accomplished for me
Rest in His guidance to set people free
Your Faith Jesus, Your Faith lives in me
I rest in Your Faith to create in me
The child of God I was born to be
Jesus’ faith in God led Him to baptism
Even though as a man He had not sinned
And as a result of His Faith’s action
Bystanders heard God’s appreciation
“This is My Son, whom I love
With Him I am well pleased!”
Your Faith Jesus, Your Faith lives in me
I rest in Your Faith to create in me
The Son of God I was born to be
Jesus’ Faith took Him through the desert
Without the need for food and water
There to be tested with Satan’s taunts
And offers of power if He changed gods
Faith kept Him strong in God’s Word
So He could not be once deceived
Your Faith Jesus, Your Faith lives in me
I rest in Your Faith to create in me
The child of God I was born to be
Jesus Faith lead Him to preach
Of God’s Love and complete forgiveness
How God desired true holiness
And that requires our re-birth
To become God’s Sons, just like Jesus
Reborn living in His righteousness
Your Faith Jesus, Your Faith lives in me
I rest in Your Faith to create in me
The Son of God I was born to be
Jesus faith lead Him to heal
The sick and dying, making love real
The demon possessed He set free
Those in hunger He did feed
To those whose wounds were hurts of heart
He spoke words that gave them a new start
Your Faith Jesus, Your Faith lives in me
I rest in Your Faith to create in me
The child of God I was born to be
Jesus’ Faith took Him safely through
Dangerous mobs that His love eschewed
Storms that scared the disciples sorely
Situations that were fraught with treachery
His peace and calm His disciples amazed
His words of power left them stunned and afraid
Your Faith Jesus, Your Faith lives in me
I rest in Your Faith to create in me
The Son of God I was born to be
Jesus Faith took Him through His trial
Though justice was clearly being denied
Severe beating and mocking He received
While His enemies shouted in treachery
“Crucify Him!” Though innocent
It was justice for us that kept Him silent
Your Faith Jesus, Your Faith lives in me
I rest in Your Faith to create in me
The Son of God I was born to be
Jesus Faith took Him to the cross
To die as us, for our sin’s cost
He took the punishment we most deserved
Sundered from God in death’s dark curse
So our sinful self could die with Him
For the joy of seeing us born again
Your Faith Jesus, Your Faith lives in me
I rest in Your Faith to create in me
The child of God I was born to be
Jesus Faith raised us together from death
For it could not contain His holiness
Resurrected to Life Eternal with God
Re-making us in the Image of God
To rule at God’s right hand with Him
Co-heirs, God’s Sons for eternity
Your Faith Jesus, Your Faith lives in me
I rest in Your Faith to create in me
The Son of God I was born to be
Jesus’ Faith has given me His Spirit
To seal His Life as my inheritance
Given me a new heart, in His Love bound
And a new spirit to His Spirit joined
For He has made His home in me
As His dwelling place for eternity
Your Faith Jesus, Your Faith lives in me
I rest in Your Faith to create in me
The child of God I was born to be
Jesus’ Faith was birthed in me
As He gave His Eternal Life to me
I can live from His faith for eternity
Live from His power to set us free
Rest in all He’s accomplished for me
Rest in His guidance to set people free
Your Faith Jesus, Your Faith lives in me
I rest in Your Faith to create in me
The child of God I was born to be
Your Faith Jesus, Your Faith lives in me
I rest in Your Faith to create in me
The Son of God I was born to be
With Jesus In Me
With Jesus in me I am purified
Cleansed of all my faults and all my pride
His purity overcoming all sin in me
Spotless and whole is now my being
With Jesus in me
With Jesus in me
I’m reborn as God’s Son
One with the Trinity!
With Jesus in me I am now righteous
All Jesus good deeds are mine like their His
Free to rest and rejoice in all of God’s favour
All God’s love for Jesus is mine too by His pleasure
With Jesus in me
With Jesus in me
I’m reborn as God’s Son
One with the Trinity!
With Jesus in me I am now holy
I have the DNA of one of God’s family
The character of God reproduced in me
As His Holy Spirit brings me to maturity
With Jesus in me
With Jesus in me
I’m reborn as God’s Son
One with the Trinity!
With Jesus in me I am given God’s heart
Full of love, forgiveness and wisdom’s light
The desire to do God’s will is innate
As His image in me has been re-created
With Jesus in me
With Jesus in me
I’m reborn as God’s Son
One with the Trinity!
With Jesus in me I receive His Holy Spirit
United with mine as His new life I inherit
Sealing me as a true Son of God
Empowering me to be His Beloved
With Jesus in me
With Jesus in me
I’m reborn as God’s Son
One with the Trinity!
With Jesus in me I am deified
His resurrection power my new life
Raised from death to share His heavenly throne
Co-reigning, co-heirs as God’s Beloved Sons
With Jesus in me
With Jesus in me
I’m reborn as God’s Son
One with the Trinity!
“Everything we could ever need for life and godliness has already been deposited in us by his divine power. For all this was lavished upon us through the rich experience of knowing him who has called us by name and invited us to come to him through a glorious manifestation of his goodness. As a result of this, he has given you magnificent promises that are beyond all price, so that through the power of these tremendous promises we can experience partnership with the divine nature, by which you have escaped the corrupt desires that are of the world.” 2 Peter 1:3-4 TPT
My Beloved child
““The father said, ‘My son, you are always with me by my side. Everything I have is yours to enjoy.” Luke 15:31 TPT If you want the Gospel, the good news, in one sentence that is it. God is saying to you, “My Beloved Child, you are always with me and everything I have is yours to enjoy.” My Beloved Child you are Who’s come to me through My Son I love you more than life itself You are my most treasured one All that I Am and all that I have Are yours to fully enjoy All heaven and earth and the Trinity Are yours now we are One Once we were separated For you had gone astray Thinking you alone had the answers The wisdom to find your own way But away from me you found Only darkness to cloud your mind And sin that damaged your heart With fear and shame and pain My Beloved Child Who’s come to me through My Son I love you more than life itself You are my most treasured one All that I Am and all that I have Are yours to fully enjoy All heaven and earth and the Trinity Are yours now we are One In Jesus death on the cross All your sins were washed away All your fear and shame and pain Died with Him that day Your rejection of me He took to His grave To give you His resurrection life So we could live as One today My Beloved Child Who’s come to me through My Son I love you more than life itself You are my most treasured one All that I Am and all that I have Are yours to fully enjoy All heaven and earth and the Trinity Are yours now we are One In His resurrection life You’ve received a new heart and spirit Filled with my love and wisdom As all my children inherit Joined with My Spirit as One We’re eternally united The family of God Almighty Is in Our image created My Beloved Child Who’s come to me through My Son I love you more than life itself You are my most treasured one All that I Am and all that I have Are yours to fully enjoy All heaven and earth and the Trinity Are yours now we are One The solutions that you need now To the problems of life and living Come to you through My Holy Spirit And His indwelling wisdom He teaches and empowers You to be just like Us Loving and saving and giving Blessing all this world in your reigning My Beloved Child Who’s come to me through My Son I love you more than life itself You are my most treasured one All that I Am and all that I have Are yours to fully enjoy All heaven and earth and the Trinity Are yours now we are One Now you know I Am with you In every trial you face Together we walk the hard roads Each step empowered by My Grace My perfect love daily fills you With all that you will need To find in the valley of the shadow of death Your table is furnished with a heavenly feast My Beloved Child Who’s come to me through My Son I love you more than life itself You are my most treasured one All that I Am and all that I have Are yours to fully enjoy All heaven and earth and the Trinity Are yours now we are One I rejoice each day in your presence with Me I sing over you My heart’s gladness Now that you are part of My family United with My very essence All of heaven rejoices with Me In song and dance and praise As My Son’s Glory shines in and through you Now and for all Our days My Beloved Child Who’s come to me through My Son I love you more than life itself You are my most treasured one All that I Am and all that I have Are yours to fully enjoy All heaven and earth and the Trinity Are yours now we are One
God’s True Sons
The God who created The heavens and the earth Has joined us to Christ Filled us with Himself Through His Spirit in us Made us His true Sons Just as God created This universe amazing We too can create Things of glory astounding Endless variety Through His creativity Through the powerful flow Of His life in you and me The God who created The heavens and the earth Has joined us to Christ Filled us with Himself Through His Spirit in us Made us His true Sons Just as God said, “Let there be light” And light appeared To light up the dark night We can speak light in too This world’s darkness undo Wisdom into blindness Love into fearfulness The God who created The heavens and the earth Has joined us to Christ Filled us with Himself Through His Spirit in us Made us His true Sons Just as God separated Light from darkness demarcated Keeping light pure and holy Him revealed in full Glory We have His indwelling wisdom His power filling our actions To live life in His Glory light Jesus’ righteousness enacting The God who created The heavens and the earth Has joined us to Christ Filled us with Himself Through His Spirit in us Made us His true Sons Just as God created Earth’s atmosphere and seas Separating, waters retracting Revealing rugged land beauties We too can speak out Words of power to re-create And by our words and actions Heal again this planet The God who created The heavens and the earth Has joined us to Christ Filled us with Himself Through His Spirit in us Made us His true Sons Just as God’s words Made plants flourish and grow In their bounty and beauty Feeding spirit and body With our deeds and words We can create by His Spirit Environments that bless and feed All that live on this planet The God who created The heavens and the earth Has joined us to Christ Filled us with Himself Through His Spirit in us Made us His true Sons Just as God’s words Created time and seasons Suns and moons in our skies Galaxies of planets We too have His great power Well beyond our comprehension When faced with darkness and chaos To bring order, beauty and redemption The God who created The heavens and the earth Has joined us to Christ Filled us with Himself Through His Spirit in us Made us His true Sons Just as God created The life we find in the sea Birds that grace our skies Animals of all varieties Through God we have the power To give animals a safe place Reverse decline and extinction And heal our broken creation The God who created The heavens and the earth Has joined us to Christ Filled us with Himself Through His Spirit in us Made us His true Sons Just as God’s words Brought us into this life With earth as our home To rule in His Name We can speak the words That bring New Life to others To live as God’s beloved In His Kingdom, as one The God who created The heavens and the earth Has joined us to Christ Filled us with Himself Through His Spirit in us Made us His true Sons Genesis 1:1-25 and “And since we are his true children, we qualify to share all his treasures, for indeed, we are heirs of God himself. And since we are joined to Christ, we also inherit all that he is and all that he has.” Romans 8:17a TPT “And he chose us to be his very own, joining us to himself even before he laid the foundation of the universe! Ephesians 1:4a TPT “Have you forgotten that your body is now the sacred temple of the Spirit of Holiness, who lives in you? You don’t belong to yourself any longer, for the gift of God, the Holy Spirit, lives inside your sanctuary.” 1 Corinthians 6:19 TPT
God Chose Us
“And he chose us to be his very own, joining us to himself even before he laid the foundation of the universe! Because of his great love, he ordained us, so that we would be seen as holy in his eyes with an unstained innocence.” Ephesians 1:4 TPT God chose us To be His very own Joining us to Himself Before He made the universe! Lovingly ordaining us As His holy ones The very first people Were innocent and pure Made in God’s image He gave them this earth to rule And a choice to stay like that Or go their own way without Him They chose to go their own way To rule without God And it broke their hearts and spirits As shame and fear took control Destroying their relationships With God and other people But God had chosen us To be His very own Joining us to Himself Before He made the universe! Lovingly ordaining us As His holy ones Death was the outcome Of choosing life without God But God had plans to overcome The damage we have done And restore us to life in Him Living with Him as one Because God chose us To be His very own Joining us to Himself Before He made the universe! Lovingly ordaining us As His holy ones God sent us a Savior A holy, righteous One His unity unbroken With this most beloved Son His Son became human To bring us home to Him Because God chose us To be His very own Joining us to Himself Before He made the universe! Lovingly ordaining us As His holy ones Jesus lived an amazing life That only God‘s true Son could Full of forgiveness, love and wisdom That no one truly understood But the light of His Presence Showed God‘s power to overcome As one with humanity Jesus took our broken identity Took our wrongs and condemnation Into His death like they were His Freeing us from their prison To live in His powerful resurrection Because God chose us To be His very own Joining us to Himself Before He made the universe! Lovingly ordaining us As His holy ones This gift of restoration Of new life, one with God With His powerful Holy Spirit Imparting all He is to us His holiness and righteousness now central to our being His wisdom and insight, our thinking healing Now One with God We can hear His voice daily Do all life with Him Empowered by His Spirit To be God’s Sons like Jesus All God’s Kingdom inherit Because God chose us To be His very own Joining us to Himself Before He made the universe! Lovingly ordaining us As His holy ones The life that Jesus lived Full of forgiveness, love and wisdom And the power to overcome Our brokenness with His healing Now flows daily from us Through our unity and oneness This is the answer To all the worlds problems Enabling us to care For all creation As God’s children and sons Fill this world with love and blessings Because God chose us To be His very own Joining us to Himself Before He made the universe! Lovingly ordaining us As His holy ones
The Light of Your Life
“In the very beginning the Living Expression was already there. And the Living Expression was with God, yet fully God. They were together— face-to-face, in the very beginning. And through his creative inspiration this Living Expression made all things, for nothing has existence apart from him! Life came into being because of him, for his life is light for all humanity. And this Living Expression is the Light that bursts through gloom— the Light that darkness could not diminish!” John 1:1-5 TPT
The light of Your life shines out in the darkness
The darkness of this world You have eternally overcome
The light of Your life Jesus defines our lives
For You are our origin and our eternal home
In the beginning of all that we know
You and God were there as One
Face-to-face nothing was hidden
In You is our origin and our home
The light of Your life shines out in the darkness
The darkness of this world You have eternally overcome
The light of Your life Jesus defines our lives
For You are our origin and our eternal home
In and through You all things were created
From the stars in the sky to each person we know
The mountains, the seas, the birds and the animals
All were created from Your love’s flow
The light of Your life shines out in the darkness
The darkness of this world You have eternally overcome
The light of Your life Jesus defines our lives
For You are our origin and our eternal home
The life that you lived as a human being
Showed the truth of God‘s love so we could see it
The love that would from this world darkness release us
By dying our death and Your resurrection life giving us
The light of Your life shines out in the darkness
The darkness of this world You have eternally overcome
The light of Your life Jesus defines our lives
For You are our origin and our eternal home
The light of Your life now lives within me
Your Spirit’s Presence sealing that we are now One
You define what is possible now in my living
For You have raised me to Your eternal throne
The light of Your life shines out in the darkness
The darkness of this world You have eternally overcome
The light of Your life Jesus defines our lives
For You are our origin and our eternal home
You enable me to live your Glory
Be Your light shining in the darkness today
Powerfully overflowing with Your righteousness and love
Overcoming the darkness with Your powerful Presence
The light of Your life shines out in the darkness
The darkness of this world You have eternally overcome
The light of Your life Jesus defines our lives
For You are our origin and our eternal home
You are our one source of love, joy and peace
Our reason for living is to find in You our home
Living as One In God and You Jesus
At God’s right hand, on Your eternal throne
The light of Your life shines out in the darkness
The darkness of this world You have eternally overcome
The light of Your life Jesus defines our lives
For You are our origin and our eternal home
Jesus I Rejoice In
““Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols. And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart. And I will put my Spirit in you so that you will follow my decrees and be careful to obey my regulations. “And you will live in Israel, the land I gave your ancestors long ago. You will be my people, and I will be your God. I will cleanse you of your filthy behavior. I will give you good crops of grain, and I will send no more famines on the land. I will give you great harvests from your fruit trees and fields, and never again will the surrounding nations be able to scoff at your land for its famines.”
Ezekiel 36:25-30 NLT
Jesus I rejoice in the fullness of Your cleansing
To erase all past mistakes and redirect my current intentions
Knowing all that’s wrong in me has been by You redeemed
And I can now rest in Your Spirit’s direction
Oh the beauty of Your Salvation
Giving me New Life at Your cost and intention
Love that declares over me “You are forgiven
And born anew in My resurrection!”
Jesus I rejoice in the new heart You’ve given me
A tender, loving heart full of Your love’s direction
No longer broken and sin hardened into stone
Because You dwell now in my heart and we are One.
Oh the beauty of Your Salvation
Giving me New Life at Your cost and intention
Love that declares over me “You are forgiven
And born anew in My resurrection!”
Jesus I rejoice in my new spirit
Whole and holy, through Your deeds and merit
Enabling me to live by Your side eternally
As a child of God’s Kingdom, all that’s Yours I too inherit
Oh the beauty of Your Salvation
Giving me New Life at Your cost and intention
Love that declares over me “You are forgiven
And born anew in My resurrection!”
Jesus I rejoice in being bound to Your Spirit
My spirit one with Yours, sealed into Your merit
Raising me to God’s side on Your throne
Sharing with me Your place in heaven as my home
Oh the beauty of Your Salvation
Giving me New Life at Your cost and intention
Love that declares over me “You are forgiven
And born anew in My resurrection!”
Jesus I rejoice in the harvest You create
Through and around me so all can see Your Kingdom’s greatness
The power of Your Salvation blessing me and others
So the world can see Your Glory, Your loving Presence
Oh the beauty of Your Salvation
Giving me New Life at Your cost and intention
Love that declares over me “You are forgiven
And born anew in My resurrection!”
When My Life Began Again
When My Life Began Again (link to audio)
When my life began again in You Jesus
My old self died with You on the cross
And You gave me a brand new, loving life
Filled me with everything that You are
Renewed each day in Your Resurrection Life
When my life began again in You Jesus
You took my sins, the wrongs I’ve done
And replaced them with Your Righteousness
Filled me with everything that You are
Renewed each day in Your Resurrection Life
When my life began again in You Jesus
You took my broken and sinful self
And replaced it with a whole and Holy One
Filled me with everything that You are
Renewed each day in Your Resurrection Life
When my life began again in You Jesus
You took my broken and hardened heart
And replaced it with a whole and loving one
Filled me with everything that You are
Renewed each day in Your Resurrection Life
When my life began again in You Jesus
You took my broken and wayward spirit
And replaced it with a whole and loving one
Filled with everything that You are
Renewed each day in Your Resurrection Life
When my life began again in You Jesus
You took my brand new living spirit
And joined it to Your Holy Spirit of life
Filled with everything that You are
Renewed each day in Your Resurrection Life
Now it’s not just me who lives
But the Trinity in me too
Together as One for all time
Embraced in Your Love for eternity
My life began again in You Jesus
I live through Your indwelling power
As water overflows and fills a fountain
I’m filled with everything that You are
Renewed each day in Your Resurrection Life
““Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols. And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart. And I will put my Spirit in you so that you will follow my decrees and be careful to obey my regulations.” Ezekiel 36:25-27 NLT
“For he [Jesus] is the complete fullness of deity living in human form. And our own completeness is now found in him. We are completely filled with God as Christ’s fullness overflows within us. He is the Head of every kingdom and authority in the universe! Through our union with him we have experienced circumcision of heart. All of the guilt and power of sin has been cut away and is now extinct because of what Christ, the Anointed One, has accomplished for us. For we’ve been buried with him into his death. Our “baptism into death” also means we were raised with him when we believed in God’s resurrection power, the power that raised him from death’s realm. This “realm of death” describes our former state, for we were held in sin’s grasp. But now, we’ve been resurrected out of that “realm of death” never to return, for we are forever alive and forgiven of all our sins!
...we receive directly from him, and his life supplies vitality into every part of his body through the joining ligaments connecting us all as one. He is the divine Head who guides his body and causes it to grow by the supernatural power of God.” Colossians 2:9-13, 19b TPT
The Amazing Exchange 