The Destination

The Destination

The destination, 

It always makes the journey meaningful. 

Heaven - Holy City - Tabernacle - New Jerusalem, 

The Perfect Community between God and His people,

All will be interacting glorified redeemed believers,

Embodied with new glorified bodies. 

God delights in diversity, 

He created us with a rich diversity that will be perfected in Heaven. 

All will be productive there in some form of work called innovative activities. 

God created us as, "Free Will Beings." 

All that have freely and intelligently chosen to accept by belief through faith, 

Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, 

By God's Grace, to daily worship and follow God! 

All will be in complete unity with the Trinity. 

All relate to and with God in a joyous intimacy, 

Abba! 

"Make us one Lord, make us one, 

Holy Spirit make us one, 

Make Your Love show so the World will know we are one in You." 

The destination, it always makes the journey meaningful. 

Lord, you light the way for all to complete in You the journey to God's destination, 

Martin Lee Vance 

11/27/2004

That Day

That Day 

That Day, I will always remember the day, the time, and the place, 

The Day my heart acknowledged and accepted Christ as my Lord and Savior forever. 

God's Word of Love written within my heart, "That Day", 

Gives and bears witness to the Holy Spirit and the change made within me. 

The change that placed God's Love within that allows me to remember, 

The day, the time, and the place, 

The Lord changed within from unknown to Heaven known. 

Heavenly written in the Book of Life, Saved, Eternal Home Address Heaven, 

By God's Covenant and sealed by His Grace forever for Christ, 

Because of Christ's Faithfulness in taking all sins, once and for all, 

Upon Himself on the Cross of Calvary. 

When life's final race has been run send me from death's cold hold to Heaven's Home.

The Crown of Glory for tomorrow's day will replace those scars of yesterday, 

For me, I know, the Chair awaits at God's Table of Grace. 

I await the day, the time, and the place; I look upon my Savior's Face,

That Day! 

Lord, may I daily remember the feelings I felt "That Day", 

Martin Lee Vance 

11/11/2005

True Faithfulness

True Faithfulness 

True Faithfulness, is respect in belief's humbleness forever before and for God. 

By this World's standards and values, 

Faithfulness, is belief only in oneself to stay their course of life, 

By and through the choices made, by only the faith found in oneself. 

That builds, leads, and guides their days for tomorrow, and no one or anything else, 

For they hear not or mock and build the gulf of indifference between them and the Word. 

For faithfulness, true respect comes forth only from within the heart, 

When wrapped within the belief that receives the Integrity of Christ by faith in Him, 

That first acknowledges and then receives, to daily honor, follow, and serve Him. 

When salvations redemption has truly been received within, 

Through and in Him, the One who paid the price by God's Grace, 

That freed all from sins hold. 

All sins nailed with Christ that day so long ago, 

As His shed blood flowed and covered all sins for all forever forgiven and forgotten. 

Upon the Cross of Calvary, 

The emblem of salvations completeness in Him, 

The chains of sins broken and removed then, 

For no one else could, would, or did, 

For only Christ was and forever is the completion of God's Word. 

The Light, the Redeemer, the Salvation, and Giver of our eternal life within Him, 

It can never be lost, taken, nor will it ever fade away, 

For what God blesses by His covenant, 

By His Grace it is complete and never ending, forever in Him. 

Never stop reading, hearing, and following His Word of Faithfulness daily, 

As one walks with Him, until eternity's day all stand before God, 

In openness and oneness standing beside Christ as one forever complete in Him. 

Encourage one another and give of yourself to others to lighten their load along life's way. 

Building respect in faithfulness between you and others, 

Daily building Christ in one another for eternity’s day with Him,

By God‘s Loving Grace. 

True Faithfulness, is respect in belief's humbleness forever before and for God.

Lord, by God's Grace, forever lead, guide, 

And build me in True Faithfulness daily before and for God, 

Martin Lee Vance 

7/14/2011

With Love, Giving a Legacy of Love

With Love, 

Giving a Legacy of Love

All have been mad and angry at God for life's problems, 

Because the system within to relieve the hurt has never been developed completely, 

That of growing in the Lord and His Love through God’s Word. 

We shout and blame God for death, 

Any health or illness problems, 

Financial problems, loss of job, you name it. 

What God should be saying to us is, "You have never been that sinless to be that mad at Me," 

But He doesn't, He heals the hurt with Love over time. 

We all have sinned in different ways,

From judging others for their life problems, 

To getting angry at others that mean no harm, 

Read your Bible and see the many ways of sin,

From the sins of the godly to the sins of the ungodly,

Remember, all sins are ungodly, meaning not of God.

But still we blame God, 

When we should be on our knees praising and asking God for forgiveness,

Asking for His guidance daily to complete His will,

God is the source of all Love, He is pure Love. 

He gave His only begotten Son, for our sins, because He is the Source of all Love. 

Give of our resources, time and money, the resources God has given us, 

For the building of the good to become great in our church and community.

Giving until the giving gives us a feeling of hurt and loss if the giving stops,

Because, of our Faith and Belief in the Lord and knowing God and His Loving Grace. 

Knowing and having seen the changes that can be made in lives by the giving of Love. 

A Legacy of Love is given when you give of your God given resources.

Thereby, making it possible for the helping of one another in togetherness through Love.

Love always takes away the Hurt and builds anew from the inside out. 

We all have the need to know someone will be there who will say, " I love and care for you." 

Remember, we all are sinners, from the top down or bottom up. 

It is because of the Grace of God and His Love for us,

That Christ took our sins upon Himself on the Cross of Calvary. 

He paid the price for all our sins, once and for all. 

God has placed The Lord's Church at the Center of His source of Love. 

Life is time given to all from the very Heart of God Himself. 

Everything seen or unseen belongs to God. 

Give of your resources, time, money, or both but give. 

Reach out and touch the face of need with the "Hands of Love," 

For God knows you better than you will ever know yourself,

He knows the problems you face, have faced, and will face. 

Become complete within Him, 

We belong to God, not anything or anyone else. 

Christ paid the price; no one else could, would or did! 

It's time to reach back and give a hand up to the ones coming behind, by paying forward, 

Giving a Legacy of Love, 

With Love!

As One within the Lord, Giving until the giving gives a feeling of hurt and loss if giving stops,

Martin Lee Vance 

8/8/2005

Conceit and Humbleness

Conceit and Humbleness 

Something to remember daily, 

Conceit and Humbleness 

Lives within all of us, 

And all have to face daily to allow one or the other

To control the heart within.

A lesson from the past,

One day long ago, a grandfather told his young grandson, 

"A terrible fight is going on inside me daily,

A fight between my two individual personalities,

One is evil conceit,

And represents hate, anger, arrogance, intolerance, and superiority. 

The other is good humbleness, 

And represents self-respect, joy, peace, love, tolerance, understanding, 

Humility, kindness, empathy, generosity, and compassion. 

This same fight is going on inside you and inside everyone else in the world today." 

The young grandson then looked up at his grandfather and asked, 

"Which individual personality will win?" 

The grandfather replied simply, 

"The one you allow to control your heart." 

Praying the Lord builds and guides all of us day by day with His Bread of Life, 

His Word of Truth and Love,

Live everyday in Him and build His humbleness within your Heart, 

Martin Lee Vance 

11/01/2007 

The Master Shepherd

Jesus Christ 

The Master Shepherd

Mankind, humanity is just like sheep, 

It is because of the nature that lives and guides them from within. 

To teach, one cannot drive with mere words or actions, 

No matter how truthfully and honestly 

One makes their compassion. 

Because one cannot drive humanity or sheep, 

To teach, one can only guide or lead. 

The Master calls to them to teach, 

Until deep within they know the Master's voice, 

And the truth within the Word He speaks, 

That allows Him to guide and lead them from within then. 

Over time, they knowing the touch of the Master's Hand, 

That He only chastens to strengthen in Him within. 

That in love's compassion, He seeks and calls out to the lost, 

To redeem and bring into the fold to be one with Him,

By the faith within they now have in Him, 

To live, grow, and keep their path of life straight within Him, 

Until the day He takes them safely Home to be with Him. 

Lord, you are the Master Shepherd, thank you; 

You always touch my heart with your love, 

That cares to teach and lead me on the path of righteousness, 

Martin Lee Vance 

1/1/2010 

To Those in Christ!

To Those in Christ!

God called us to be active and experienced 

Defenders in the Faith, 

Warriors forgiven by His Grace. 

Reach within and take responsibility of all sins then, 

And do not point to others to either place or pass the blame onto another, 

Own your sin, call sin, sin! 

Embrace the reality that everyday you are in a struggle with sin. 

Build today and every day within, from His Holy Word, all knowledge of Him. 

Pray to become more like the one we serve, 

The King of kings and the Lord of lords, 

Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, 

And less like the life we desire, 

Built of and from the world of self. 

Put on the Armor of God, 

Be strong and stand firm in the struggle against sin within, 

For the battle through and in Christ we will win in Him. 

Pray continuously for others and encourage one another. 

Be alert, be aware, be truthful, 

And leave the past behind. 

Face the Cross and leave all to walk in the Spirit, 

And forget what was, 

For Christ's shed blood covered all sins for all forgiven. 

Then by faith and belief in Him, and true repentance from within, forgotten forever. 

Run the race in faithfulness to endure, 

And in belief persevere to complete to win, 

For the Crown of Glory, the prize, awaits beyond Heavens Gates, 

At God's Table of Grace, that day all look upon the Savior's Face. 

Our victory over sin the price in love Christ paid that day, 

Upon the Cross of Calvary, for you and me. 

Allow the faith within built by the belief in Him 

To shine forth to share your life to help and encourage others. 

To Christ be the Glory and the Honor and the Power forever, Amen!. 

Lord, in faith, Your destination makes the journey of life meaningful, 

Build me today and every day to complete that journey in You, 

Martin Lee Vance 

8/3/2009

When God Formed Adam

When God Formed Adam 

When God formed Adam from the dust of the ground

And in that moment created man in His own image. 

Then breathed life into and gave man a living soul, 

God then blessed man, 

By placing His spirit within, 

And gave to man a free will and by this created him a moral being. 

God saw everything He had made, and behold, it was very good. 

By giving Adam a free will, 

Man would forever be more than just an abstract entity. 

Free will insures within all, 

That God's Word is His Bond of Integrity, 

That His Bond by His Word will never change, 

His Word will be the same today and tomorrow as yesterday. 

God commanded the man, "saying, 

Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat, 

But of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, 

Located in midst of the Garden, 

Thou shalt not eat of it, 

For in the day that you eat thereof you will surely die." 

At this time, Adam had not taken and eaten of The Tree, 

For Adam knew not the Knowledge of Good and Evil and the difference between. 

Remember, God had given Adam free will, 

The freedom to follow His Word or not, 

The freedom to make the choice to either eat of it or not. 

When he made the choice to eat of that Tree, 

He committed a sin, and that sin was disobeying God's Word. 

By this sin, he caused sin to be within him 

And by his presence also within the Garden of Eden!

God had to shed the innocent blood of an animal, to cover Adam's sin, 

For it would only cover it, it would never remove it. 

God drove man from the Garden of Eden and His presence. 

For sin is sin, no matter which one, my friend. 

Remember, you bear the sins you commit by the choices you make from within. 

By Adam's fall, sin entered into all his surroundings, 

God had to shed innocent blood to cover sin, 

It did not remove it, 

Only the Shed Blood of Jesus Christ the perfect Lamb of God, 

By crucifixion upon the Cross of Calvary, 

Could and would remove the sins of all forever, then forgiven and forgotten. 

For those who make the Free Will choice, 

To believe, accept, and follow by faith, to be one within Jesus Christ,

By God‘s loving Grace, eternity within Christ now awaits. 

To die in sin is a living death that has no ending,

An eternity of remembering and knowing, 

That one’s free will choice caused such and unending ending. 

It alone would be unbearable and a torment unending to remember for an eternity. 

To be removed from God the Creator's presence forever. 

Have you ever wondered, what Adam felt that day outside the Garden

 Looking back at God? 

O' the loneliness felt within when we make the choice to sin. 

Lord, build me within You so I can lead another Your Way today,

Martin Lee Vance 

7/15//2009

Armor of God

Armor of God

Put on the whole Armor of God, 

And be strong in the Lord. 

Daily be in prayer,

For God's armor of protection around self, family, 

And the family of God within our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,

Always there in their time of need, 

To encourage, help, and protect, by standing in the gap.

Praying daily for the lost that they receive, 

And build life in Him. 

If one fails and falls to sin, 

Know within, 

The Holy Spirit in God's time reveals all sin we walk within, 

To repent of them and bring again within the fold so healing will take place in Him. 

For Christ has paid the price, 

All sins forgiven, 

And by one's free will received as One in Him by God's loving Grace. 

Lord, heal all with Your compassion, 

For You know the sins of the World we face, 

For in Love, You took our place. 

Lord, I am weak and You are strong, guide my life and keep me in Your Light, 

  Martin Lee Vance 

8/17/2010

God is Still in Control

God is Still in Control

Remember, 

Even with all that is happening

In the World this Day, 

Man will still try to find a way to fix blame,

For the problems of yesterday,

On someone or something other than themselves,

God is still in control. 

He is the Creator of all and the Author of His Word. 

Man from the beginning of time has tried to disprove His Existence, 

By using His Word of Truth and Integrity against Him, 

However, all that humanity has ever done is to prove 

The Existence of Him, 

That always leads them to Him. 

All that happens He allows, 

Either to correct and build in Him, 

Or to Light the Way Home to Him,

God is still and will always be in Control! 

Lord, guide the way for us to You today, 

Martin Lee Vance 

9/20/2008

Satan Only Wants Your Soul to Control

Satan Only Wants Your Soul to Control 

He is only after the believers, that are or will be, followers of God through Christ, 

For he already controls the souls of the lost,

 The ones that hear not are mock the Word of God. 

Satan knows the Word of God inside and out, 

Better than you and I will ever know. 

Remember, he or anyone of his followers can twist and change it, 

Until you want to believe every word from their mouth placed in your thoughts. 

Satan is after your soul, and once he controls, he controls self from within to without. 

He then becomes the being within, the ego of self, 

And destroys within by building the worlds foundation of unbelief, 

In God, God's Word, the Lord, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. 

By deceiving you as he did Adam and Eve,

He knows the Holy Spirit controls the soul, 

That allows you, by the receiving of The Word to commune daily in prayer with God, Himself. 

Satan temps to control, built of doubts from pride of self, the world throughout. 

Until ego, the pride of self, reaches out and takes control of the soul, 

That weakens self until the Holy Spirit within or waiting to enter in, is pushed aside, 

And you no longer see or hear. 

Then sin takes control to begin the fall, 

For God gave free will to all. 

Daily remember, the Holy Spirit is there to control, 

By rebirth in Christ, the soul, 

Because, of Adam's fall. 

God is in control and always will be in control, 

Of all the earth and all throughout the universe,

All things seen and unseen, above, within, and upon, belongs to God and is under His control, 

For He created all by His touch of Love and controls. 

God, after He created Adam gave, and by way of to all mankind, 

Dominion over all living creatures that move on earth, 

And the usage of all things of earth, He placed under man's supervision, 

Until man misuses and abuses and God removes and takes back total control. 

Satan is after your soul, and once he controls, he controls self from within. 

He then becomes the being within, the ego of self, 

And destroys within by building a foundation of unbelief, 

In God, God's Word, the Lord, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.

Lord, I pray daily, that I remember God is in control of all 

And allow the Holy Spirit to guide and control my soul as I follow You, 

Martin Lee Vance 

2/19/2011 

God's Power

God's Power

We limit God's power on earth, by limiting God in our daily lives. 

God does not limit us, He gave all free will. 

He gave freedom of choice to all before the beginning of time. 

Free will insures within all, that God's Word is His Bond of Integrity. 

That His Bond by His Word will never change, 

It will be the same today and tomorrow as yesterday. 

He knew all, before our mother's womb, 

And still He gave all free will, 

By doing He created humanity to be moral beings 

And made Himself evident within us. 

God limits His actions on earth, 

He doesn't spiritually walk around daily redesigning and creating things, 

To fulfill our ever want or need. 

He waits patiently for us to come to Him in prayer to partner with Him, 

Acknowledging Christ as the completion of His Word. 

God through prayer with Him from within, 

We'll always equal a majority in His power when all is given in prayer to Him. 

We limit His actions in our lives to what we want His actions to be in our lives. 

By faith, God's power works through belief in Him. 

When one truly builds faith in God within and follows Him, 

At that moment God's power can work in and through prayer in our lives. 

In other words, when faith is wrapped within His word, 

And by belief and acceptance of Christ, 

That all sins have been taken by Him at Calvary 

And by His Shed Blood, forgiven, forgotten, and covered forever, 

God's strength and power works through prayer with Him then. 

Then His strength and power becomes limitless when within Him. 

As Noah stood before God before he built the Ark, 

It was God's strength through Noah's belief in Him, 

That man through him would continue to inhabit the land. 

As Abraham prepared to build the fire at the alter, 

It was God's strength through Abraham's belief in Him 

That spared his son and provided the ram. 

As Moses reached out with staff in hand before the waters of the Red Sea, 

It was God's strength through Moses' belief in Him, 

That the Sea parted and exposed the dry land. 

As David stood before the Giant Goliath, 

It was God's strength through David's belief in Him 

That prepared him as a shepherd to place the stone that slew this giant of a man. 

As the sin of Adam, the first man, lost it all, 

It is God's strength through our belief in the Son of God, 

The Christ of the Trinity, 

That became the Sinless Son of Man at Calvary, 

That by God's Grace gave it all back to man. 

The power of God is limitless to followers of Christ, 

When Christ followers are in prayer with Him, 

Ask it in the name of Christ and you shall receive. 

We limit God's power on earth, by limiting God in our daily lives.

Lord, guide my every thought and forever build me, 

Martin Lee Vance 

12/12/2008

What is it that Separates

What is it that separates you from God today?

Sin! 

It lives within and comes forth from all. 

It is the rubbish of life, 

That is knowingly dispensed by word and deed. 

It comes from within or from without, 

To deface, take from, and destroy, 

The environment of all life 

And the character and life of life itself. 

Leave it at the Cross, 

And follow Christ through life. 

Remember, God created all, 

And by His word, He said, “it is good.” 

Give from within by word and deed, 

To take care of, in love, all of God's creation, 

And build and encourage one another to live together in this World, 

As God's Creation in Christ. 

Live life as He planned it to be by following the Lord in word and deed. 

Build within by God's Word of yesterday, 

To be a reflection, from within to without, of Christ today, 

Complete life then in Him, knowing eternity awaits tomorrow's day. 

Lord, guide my way today and teach me by God's word and deed of yesterday, 

Martin Lee Vance 

7/30/2010 

Visualize

Visualize

Visualize within your thoughts, 

All that our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ endured, 

All He suffered without complaint, 

Before and upon Calvary's Cross, 

In payment He took upon Himself and paid the price for the sins of all. 

That to whosoever believes in faith from within, 

And receives Him to make whole and complete as One in Him, 

Eternity within Heaven's Gates then awaits. 

When He paid the price for the sins of all upon Calvary's Cross, 

As the World then as now stands and mocks. 

Which scars, or wounds of pain, wrapped in loneliness, 

Did He endure to make me whole in Him within? 

For He paid the payment for all transgressions, 

All lost within to sin. 

The Master, the Good Shepherd of all, 

Jesus, Lord and Savior, 

The Christ, paid He the price upon that Cross, 

To free and cover all sins forgiven and forgotten, 

For those that by His touch of love, the Word, the Spirit within receive, 

Wrapped and sealed in Love forever for and within Him, 

By God's loving Grace. 

Lord, my mind cannot feel or even comprehend the pain You endured for me, 

But I feel and know the Love that Lives in You within, 

Thank You, 

Martin Lee Vance 

8/24/2010

God will Truly Bless

God will Truly Bless

When one walks with the Lord, 

Jesus Christ, in His Light, 

His Integrity is placed and wrapped within. 

Then by Faith one will know the difference, 

Between right and wrong,

And then makes the choice, 

No matter the cost to stand with the right. 

When one then resists, 

What a government, individual, or world society, 

Has condoned 

And God's Word has condemned, 

For one stands by Faith in His Light, 

God will truly bless.

Lord, build my heart to follow that path to walk, 

Martin Lee Vance 

2/19/2008

Hate and Love

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. 

Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”  M.L.K.

Hate and Love

I will never have the power 

To change one word of hate, said by another. 

However, I have His love, the Love of Christ,

To give from within, 

To light and encourage their way to Him. 

Hate is empty, 

It will never grow another or remove their hurt of yesterday. 

It can only destroy and tear apart, 

For it is dark and void of the Light that illuminates to guide their Way today. 

His Love can remove the hurt of yesterday, and build anew to follow complete in Him. 

For it comes from the very heart of God, 

His Word of protective caring Love, 

To Light and Lead the Way to Christ today.

Lord, I thank You for eyes that see and a heart that cares, 

Martin Lee Vance 

10/13/2008

Handicapped

Handicapped

Handicapped, when a body function either physically 

Or mentally has been changed.

Changed from God's original purpose and planned functionality.

God created man with the power mentally to think and reason why,

I think and reason why, therefore I exist, I am,

God thus making man a free will being.

By this, all own their mistakes and sins.

From information given, 

Mistakes are unknown unplanned wrong choices, 

Sins are known planned wrong choices.

Sin makes its changes mentally to the spirit by removing, 

"God's, purpose of life."

God's, purpose of Life is Love created for caring and giving.

If I care and give to my Creator willingly, 

Then I will care and give to His Creation willingly as well.

Love for life yesterday and today makes a future for life in tomorrow.

Life is never random,

Love is never random;

Love is given with a will and a purpose.

If life was given with no Love or Purpose then it would be random,

Thereby, having a random plan for life with no future!

Then why learn from the random past today that gives no future for tomorrow?

It replaces God's wonders of creation with man's random answers to creation.

Then how was life created and formed?

Man's answer to the formation of life, is based on life's creation formed by random energy.

When we accept Christ as our Lord and Savior "totally,"

A new energy comes from within, that of the Lord Himself;

He then removes all the handicaps to love within.

Lord, Your Love always takes away the Hurt, and the World Hurts,

Martin Lee Vance

10/24/ 2005

God is in Control

God is in Control,

God only allows what He wants to allow. 

Take away man now look at nature, 

One cannot look at nature the World over 

Without feeling freedoms untold wealth,

For what one sees is more freedom than man 

Will ever give to man him self! 

The more man tries to change and control nature, 

The more man takes from nature to change and control man. 

God created more than just man, 

He created all of nature and the creatures that inhabit the air, water, and land.

They follow His heavenly purpose and plan to care for man. 

The winds, rains, and all other weather or earthly movements above and below,

Follow God's heavenly plan to care for nature to bring forth to care for man. 

This care is seen on the tallest remote mountain top covered with ice and snow,

To the lowest point in the driest desert's sand, 

Seen even in the darkest and deepest ocean point, 

And in the smallest pool of water in some remote land,

What God created and has placed above and below 

Has been given by Him to care for man,

What man sees is tomorrow's untold wealth 

And all pleasures of life for self. 

The more man grows in affluence and wealth of self, 

The more he destroys nature and even himself. 

Take away nature now look at man. 

God only allows what He wants to allow, 

God is in Control. 

Thank you Lord for taking care of me, 

Martin Lee Vance 

11/01/2006

The Choice is Yours

"It was Love that nailed Jesus to the Cross."

The choice is yours, 

Heaven or Hell, 

Which one, my friend, 

God's grace is for everyone!

The choice to believe is born within for His Word shows the way to Him. 

Life is more than just a race that stops at death's door and there is no more, 

Either one runs to complete in unbelief knowing Hell's reward awaits, 

Or this race is run and won when the finish line of life is reached in Faith and Belief in Christ, 

And Heaven's Gates are open and entered for eternity with Him. 

With Christ, life is more than self and the rewards from and in life 

That fade and disappear at death's door. 

Life is a relationship, with purpose and meaning, with God's Creation as God created it to be. 

A relationship always stopping life within 

And reaching back to befriend and help others complete their run. 

By praying, daily they reach out to Jesus Christ 

To build their relationship from within to without with Him. 

Just being a friend that never condemns, 

Brings back dreams, hopes, and caring to live and love again. 

Faith and Belief in God’s grace is what it takes to complete 

And reach the finish line of life for and with Him. 

Christ has won the race of life for all who believe in and receive Him, 

He has paid the price for all sins they are forgiven, forgotten, forever.

The choice to believe is born within for His Word shows the way to Him. 

God's grace is for everyone,

Which one, my friend, 

Heaven or Hell, 

The choice is yours! 

Lord, shape and make me into a friend that never condemns, 

Martin Lee Vance 

2/07/2006

Knowing God's Amazing Grace

Knowing God's Amazing Grace 

God did not create my Life as a contest, 

And He will never make it one. 

It was neither by accident or circumstance. 

I am an original, 

One of a kind,

Not perfect in the world, 

Always perfect in God's sight. 

I will be who God created me to be, 

A free will being, by receiving God’s Grace,

Therefore, I will always hope in God, I will freely serve my Lord and Savior. 

I will remember, what I see is not all there is in Life, 

My thoughts will never encompass all information, 

Trust His actions, His timetable and His providence. 

I know God will always be there for me. 

He will always be there in my time of great need. 

Like a friend, He will only guide when I ask, 

I will daily in prayer ask God to guide my thoughts. 

I knowing then my thoughts will change, guide, and build my future. 

I know my Faith comes from within, 

And will change me in time from the inside out. 

I will keep the Faith and do what is pleasing in God's sight. 

I know within me, God loves me just like He planned to create me,

Knowing God's Amazing Grace! 

Lord, build in me the Faith of Caleb, 

Martin Lee Vance 

1/1/2005 

James the Brother of Jesus Christ

James the Brother of Jesus Christ

The small Book of James, 

Is a very powerful book

Filled with foundational words

Of God's Truth and Integrity,

Words that would change any Nation,

If that Nation lived by only half of them!

Oh what a reward that awaits 

For the doers of the Book of James,

Know this, all should be completing 

With words of encouragement and kindness, 

Chapter 5 verses 19 & 20. 

All in the world are family, 

And all have failed, from time to time, 

To stay the course of life for and with God, 

Become a faithful friend, 

And change yourself from within. 

You have been truly blessed by God, 

If you have one true and faithful friend in a lifetime,

Make the Lord, Jesus Christ, that faithful friend today!

Thank you Lord, 

For this year and what it has been to me, 

Knowing You have been my faithful friend, 

Martin Lee Vance 

12/04/2005 

Lord Build Me

Lord Build Me

Lord, as I walk in Your light build me within 

The unselfish sacrificial Heart of Abraham, 

Who gave all, all the time, and faithfully followed You. 

Make Your Light shine from within my heart. 

The courage of Isaac to obey, 

Who stood firm in You no matter the circumstance. 

Keep my feet on the path of righteousness, 

For You are the Way and the Light. 

The repentance of Jacob, 

The knees of prayer change the heart. 

My prayer, Daily change my heart, 

For I repent of all my sins known within, 

Build me in You from within to without. 

The love of Joseph, 

Who stayed the course of faith for You, 

And gave all no matter the circumstance or cost. 

Build me each day in You to bring Your Love to them the lost. 

The stewardship of Moses, leads to build in You. 

I stand daily before You, build and lead with Your purity of thoughts,

That the lost will see the reflection of the Cross. 

The faith of Caleb, who stayed the course with and for You,

I place all daily at the Cross to walk with You. 

The Leadership of the Prophets, 

As they believed and gave of themselves for You,

Guide my hands and build that path to walk. 

The humbleness of David, You Lead,

Guide my thoughts and actions and teach me. 

The Wisdom of Solomon, You control, 

Feed me the Bread of Life that builds within,

For You are the builder of Nations, 

And the protector and giver of all,

The stone of remembrance, 

The Rock of Ages,

The Salvation, the Way, and the Light. 

Lord, as I walk in Your light build me within.

Lord, keep my thoughts pure and within Your Light, 

Martin Lee Vance 

10/9/2006

God's Grace is Complete!

God's Grace is Complete! 

For His Grace is more than a covering or blessing given by Him. 

It is a Holy Covenant of The Heavenly Adoption given freely from and by Him. 

It will never, never be broken by Him, 

It is unconditional from beginning to end and beyond, 

And will never be a permit or license given to sin over and over again either by Him. 

It can only be refused until the day you stand before Him, 

And because of that dust of sin covering knowledge, time, and light within, 

Then removed forever from Him. 

When true acceptance of Christ the Lord has been received and acknowledged forever within, 

Then the Master of Time will change that earthly structure to what He freely and truly created. 

Just as anything that stands for years, in miss use and abuse, have repairs, corrections, 

And maybe total restructuring that must be made. 

Knowing that the heart changes made by the Master Carpenter will remove only the bad

And return the good, returning the Good to the Beauty and Freshness of Birth anew, 

Given and returned by Him. 

It is unconditional from beginning to end and beyond, 

It will never, never be broken by Him, 

It is a Holy Covenant of The Heavenly Adoption given freely from and by Him. 

For His Grace is more than a covering or blessing given by Him. 

God's Grace is Complete! 

Praying, that all reach for and receive the Holy Covenant of The Heavenly Adoption, 

Martin Lee Vance 

9/14/2005

A Giving Heart

A Giving Heart 

A Giving Heart beats within with the Beat of the Lord's Love. 

Look within and check the character of that Heart within, my friend,

God's Word will change that Beat to the Beat of the "Spirit of the Lord." 

The Lord knew and said, "There would always be people in need among us,"

On His parting, until His return to take all Believers Home with Him. 

Giving in the "Spirit of the Lord," 

A friendly smile, which rekindles the "Light of Love" that brightens each day,

Listening ears, in loving understanding, remove words of frustration and fear to return caring again. 

Kind words of encouragement they light the way and bring back the Hope of tomorrow's day. 

In facing life's loss, a caring shoulder and the touch of a comforting hand, 

Supports and strengthens the spirit, 

By knowing a caring loving heart beats within that new found supporting friend. 

The Lord provides through His people His people's needs. 

So reach within and give my friend, 

For all that is has been given by Him, 

And all will be returned to Him again. 

Giving in the "Spirit of the Lord," 

Beats within with the Beat of the Lord's Love 

A Giving Heart. 

Lord, may my heart always beat with the Beat of Your Love, 

Martin Lee Vance 

9/11/2005 

Integrity

Integrity

Integrity, is completeness in the Lord, 

Within His whole, moral, ethical Character, 

Built upon His principles, fiber, and honesty,

Nothing missing all there, 

For in Him all should daily walk. 

Integrity, once lost to the world, 

When exchanged at Satan's cost,

Takes faith, belief, and strength, 

In the Lord, and in His Word to rebuild,

For Christ paid the cost, 

Upon the cross,

That in prayer on knees of humbleness, 

To rebuild that lifetime lost. 

For integrity is the wealth 

Of the Holy Spirit - Its' self,

Given to guide, teach, and build life, 

By God Himself,

So always remember the Cost

Christ paid upon that Cross,

To cover and remove the sins of all forever forgotten, 

Daily build and keep integrity 

With and in, our Lord and Savior, 

Jesus Christ of Calvary’s Cross. 

Lord, daily build integrity within me and keep me in Your Light, 

Martin Lee Vance 

6/11/2006

By this World's Standards

By this World's standards, 

Upon the scales of man, 

Life in Christ will never be worth much on any given day.

However, the World will never comprehend, 

Either the Power of Christ's Love in His Shed Blood, 

Or reason the why that he freely gave it to cover the sins of all, 

That day upon the Cross of Calvary,

That gives total freedom in Him and covers to remove the darkest of sin. 

On the other hand, could anyone of them reason the why He chose to die that day? 

He had the power to walk away,

That day, not one word heard to defend or did He say in His own defense, 

That power, Love, He used to set humanity free from sin's cold hold,

  God gave it to only Him; no other could, would, or did. 

God never measures ones worth, today or tomorrow,

Either by one's wealth, affluence or by one’s vocation, 

They chose as their foundation to build their life upon yesterday. 

God looks back and sees the Reflection of the Cross in you today, 

And the measure of the Lord's Love within, 

That comes forth to build, help, and encourage another. 

When one looks upon the Empty Cross of Christ today, 

Remember and see the Love He gave that day to cover all sins, 

By this, total freedom lives within all in Him, 

Wrapped within God's Grace, sealed by His Integrity for the Lord,

Until Heaven's Day with Him at God‘s Table of Grace. 

The World has no power to convict within or remove eternity's day with Him, 

For His Love's hold will always be more powerful 

Than all humanity’s and Satan’s will ever be!

Man can remove earthy wealth or life it’s self, 

However, nothing can touch our worth within Him, 

The freedom we have and live in Him

 As all walk Complete in Him in His Light of Love each day.

Lord, build me within a heart that gives to others today and every day, 

Martin Lee Vance 

8/24/2008

God, Make Me Just Like Christ

God, Make Me Just Like Christ 

God, in thought and deed, each and every day, 

As I live my life, I want my life to bring nothing but glory to You. 

In prayer today, I kneel humble in faith before You, 

For You know my heart within follows and builds in my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. 

With an open heart I make this request, 

Remove all indifference from my heart within today, 

And build anew from within to without with only the love of Jesus to share each day. 

Remake me, to be just like Him, remove the scars of life from my memory this day, 

That I not judge another by them nor cast a blind eye in their time of need. 

But see and hear the needs of all around me, as a request of Christ, 

That I reach out to help, carry, or share their load along life's way. 

Renew me in the Word, and build my strength complete each day as I follow Him, 

To seek daily all happiness in and through Him. 

Make my heart beat just like His, with compassion and understanding, 

That I hear and see all as all in Him. 

God as I stand before You, 

Guide and keep my path of life straight daily by and in the Word. 

O' Holy Spirit, within to without build me anew and teach me daily of Him, 

For that day I meet and look upon His Face at God's Table of Grace. 

God, in thought and deed, each and every day, 

As I live my life, I want my life to bring nothing but glory to You. 

Lord, until tomorrow's eternal day with You at God's Table of Grace,

Walk with me and build my heart as a reflection of Your's, 

Martin Lee Vance 

7/29/2011