The Hand of Life

The Hand of Life 

The Trinity completes the Hand of Life,

Satan and the fallen angels rejected. 

Now Satan tries to make us, believe within, everyday like him, 

And fill what's missing in our hand of life, 

With his standards, live everyday, of life for self. 

Satan wants us to believe life is a game of chance, 

That life was not created but had a chance beginning,

And he wants everyone to believe, 

That it is evolution of self that changes and grows the future, 

That life is something that never goes beyond its ending. 

That life is only happy within when following self. 

If you follow the Dark One, he will complete that hand with love of self. 

Remember, Satan is trying to fill the missing something in himself, 

By what is called fulfillment of self by deceit and control. 

God has not created life to be a game of chance, 

For He created life from Love, His spirit of pure Love. 

If one follows God and His written standards for living,

Knowing within God wants us to inform ourselves, 

And by doing so keep life from ever becoming a game of chance, 

For God has given us free will, 

To make that choice willingly, 

To either draw near or cast away, 

The One who created all life, 

For God is the Hand of Life that created all life from His pure light the spirit of love. 

One can never complete their hand of life, 

Without seeing with their heart first then growing within

By changing that heart with caring and understanding,

To complete, one will have to draw from God's saving Grace, 

By the discarding of all their sins of life, 

And the covering of them with the Shed Blood of Jesus Christ.

When one believes, receives, and accepts Him,

Then allowing Christ to Touch and change the heart within, 

By touching and removing self from the eyes, 

Removing the blindness created by those lost days and nights 

When following Satan's way of life. 

Then love will enter in to fill the heart with caring and giving 

To encourage others and build hope within them

To build and complete their daily walk with Christ, 

Building their life for eternity’s day complete in Him. 

By the receiving of the Holy Spirit, sent by Him, 

Allowing Him to touch and change within with the daily intake of The Word. 

This is God's only way that self can ever complete the hand of life, 

And hold His hand and walk with Him in tomorrow's eternal life,

For in the last days many will hear, 

But few will believe, accept, and follow Him,

For they believe that life is a game of chance they can control, 

For they reject The Trinity, 

The Trinity that completes the Hand of Life!

Lord, keep my hands helping those in need until I look upon Your Face at God’s Table of Grace, 

Martin Lee Vance 

2/21/2007

The Outward Impression

The Outward Impression

The outward impression, the appearance of another, 

That causes one to perceive the status of another

 And how they view, value, and live life. 

It should never be used, 

To judge the true worth of another by God's standards,

The world judges the worth of an individual by their outward appearance,

And their status position within the community by their professional or social standing.

When one uses the world's gauges of importance, 

Ones position or rank of acceptance by society, 

Or the state of things in their present situation, 

If one is affluent or indigent, 

They will only mislead and deceive. 

God judges the Spiritual, 

For He knows the condition of the Heart within, 

And whom one follows and allows to guide and build that, 

Which lives within that Heart therein, the world or The Word in Him. 

Allow the Lord to guide your thoughts in prayer, 

Asking Him to guide your life God's way each day, 

And open your heart to help and encourage another 

To build and lead them to Christ, 

No matter of their appearance or status in life. 

Lord, make and keep me humble,

 And open my heart and build anew in You and Your Way, 

Martin Lee Vance 

11/13/2010

Dust on any Bible is Light Lost

Satan isn't Afraid of a Dusty Bible

Dust on any Bible is Light Lost

Read and study your Bible on a daily basis, 

If you don't have a plan, 

Use the one in the pages of your Bible. 

It could be your first time 

Or 1000th time, but do it again. 

Make it the Road Map of your life. 

Let God change your thoughts 

And thereby change your life. 

We always learn from the past to complete our future. 

Let the Master's Hand touch your thoughts Daily this year. 

God, has given us "The Book," 

With many books (39 Old, 27 New), 

Written by many different authors 

With His guidance on one subject, 

Jesus Christ. 

For a reason! 

It is a well known fact, 

In the Great Halls of Learning, 

If one reads, studies, and understands twenty books, 

Written by different authors on any "one" subject. 

That, that person will be in the top 5 % in knowledge, 

Of all those in the world, 

That has knowledge about that subject. 

It won't make them a Brain Surgeon, Rocket Scientist or President, 

But they will know more than 95 % of those in the World 

That never takes the time to wonder why and seek! 

Knowledge is Light, 

Dust on any Bible is Light lost! 

The lessons we learn in life are always God's greatest rewards given, 

Martin Lee Vance 

08/06/2004

Desire God

Desire God 

The focus of life is our spiritual life. 

To desire God, 

With all our heart, soul, and mind,

For life was given by Him, 

When His Spirit of Life was placed within,

And life began. 

To embrace Jesus, 

In belief and acceptance,

Through repentance and confession to follow complete in Him. 

Allow the Holy Spirit with the Word to change within, 

To grow in prayer in Him, 

For many desire 

The world with its affluence, 

With God's blessings from His creation, 

But do not desire God, 

For the world seeks 

The casual response to truth and life, 

And regrets in any form there exposure of the sin within, 

For they live for them self and believe in no one else. 

The focus of life is our spiritual life, 

To desire God, 

With all our heart, soul, and mind,

For life was given by Him, 

When His Spirit was placed within,

And life began. 

If I could change anything in my life, 

It would be my repentance of sin 

One day sooner with Him, 

Martin Lee Vance 

April 23, 2006 

Across America

Across America

America a land called Free built upon the courage of all, 

That heard and answered Freedom's call from Her beginning, 

And all that will be there for Her tomorrow, 

Until the last hears deaths call or sees God's written ending. 

Across America the Nation of the Free today, 

Lord, She has a deep despair within Her that reaches beyond tomorrow's day,

For She hears the cries of hunger and sees the needs of many within today,

She calls out to all; O' hear My call to take care, for I love them all. 

Many hold back today for tomorrow that which could remove the needs of a brother. 

Reach out with hands of love and touch the face of need today, 

And remove the pains of hunger and the needs within Her today. 

Build all wealth within the Lord and feel the Love of God's Grace 

That covers all in the Lord today and everyday. 

Lord, keep my heart and eyes open and upon You, 

Control my tongue 

And replace the selfishness 

That lives within with Your Love today, 

To meet the needs of another tomorrow, 

Martin Lee Vance 

1/20/2009 

Self

Self 

Self, is the strongest and the only enemy that life faces, 

That destroys from the inside out. 

It starts by slowly changing the view and purpose of God's Creation of Life itself,

By tearing at the very foundation of Character and Integrity of God Himself,

Slowly replacing the Hopes from the past, 

And the Dreams for tomorrow with the selfish want of life for today. 

Self never has needs, it only has wants, 

And it never gives it only takes, 

With a thirst of hoarding that never stops. 

Life is never selfless until it dies to self, 

Sees and receives the purpose of the empty Cross of Christ. 

Completely destroying 

And removing self from it wants. 

Selfless returns to the world, 

The Light of Togetherness that Shines from that Cross, 

The Cross of Calvary,

His words, "I love and care for you." 

Selfless, life’s strongest Self. 

Lord, make and keep me Selfless, 

Martin Lee Vance 

8/6/2005

Acceptance as is!

Acceptance as is!

I will tell you a story that was told to me about two sisters, many years ago.

Their mother and father died from illnesses when they were young,

And during their illness, over many years,

The older sister had stayed home from school

And took care of them both and did not complete her education.

After both parents passed away

The court allowed the older sister to continue to raise the younger sister.

She worked hard and when it came time, she put the younger sister through college.

After completing her college education the younger sister was married,

And they moved away to another state far away.

The older sister also married and had another family to raise.

She never had the time or the money to continue and finish her education.

Well one day the older sister made time and wrote a letter to her younger sister.

After receiving her letter the younger sister sent it back,

All neatly corrected,

Marking the misspelled words along with the grammar errors with a red correcting pencil.

Well needless to say, they never communicated again.

The older sister, because she received back a letter, sent and written in love, corrected,

Now ashamed for her lack of education,

And hurt deep within, because she had given so much of her life to her younger sister,

And all she received in return for those years of time spent was the shame felt within her now.

The younger sister, she was hurt 

Because she never received a response back from her older sister,

For the time she had spent to help her older sister in her education, by correcting her writing errors.

We all must remember, it is always better to write sense with grammatical errors,

Than to write non-sense grammatically correct.

Just watch television one or two nights a week,

And view what they write or read the newspaper and view the world in their light.

God does not have a red correcting pencil - that He uses daily to correct us

So we will become a writer like Jefferson or Madison.

He just wants us to communicate with one another, for it makes us draw closer.

A conversation at church or work, a wave, a smile as you pass someone.

It could even be a short note, call, or card by and from the "heart",

To say you have meaning,

And by doing, you communicate they have meaning and value in your life.

It should never be phony.

We all should be making sure that those in our Community,

Who have the greatest need, receive a Triple Portion of kindness and care.

The hole is always darkest at the bottom,

And to change or complete any type work day or night you need light.

Christ, gave all from the "Heart" to communicate

That we have meaning and value with God the Creator,

And He awaits the completion of our journey to His destination on our final day.

Lord, thank You, for Your Unconditional Love for me, with acceptance as is,

Martin Lee Vance

9/9/2009

Pray for the Courage

Pray for the Courage

Pray for the courage to become a Warrior for Christ, 

A true defender of faith's belief, 

And the things of life will become meaningful 

On one's journey with Christ. 

The problem is not to whom God chooses to speak, 

For He loves and treats one the same as He does another,

The problem lies within all of humanity, 

That of listening when God speaks, 

For His voice is but a whisper, 

When He says be it is! 

With humanity, it only believes what it sees in the heart within, 

And it only hears to bring within 

What the heart believes, perceives, and follows. 

All, from time to time, 

Have turned a deaf ear and do not hear when God speaks, 

For the heart of humanity is wrapped in the world, 

And the things that only promotes and builds self 

In worldly pride and untold wealth. 

Remove the rags of the World, 

And put on and clothe yourself in the Armor of God, 

Take up your Cross and follow Christ. 

Allow the Holy Spirit to cleanse the heart within daily with the Word, 

And build within to without in word and deed as Christ, 

Encourage one another and give to those in need. 

Daily pray for the courage to become a Warrior for Christ, 

A true defender of faith's belief, 

And the things of life will become meaningful 

On one's journey with Christ. 

Lord, open my heart and remove the World and replace with The Word, 

Martin Lee Vance 

1/14/2012

Prayer Heals and Builds

Prayer Heals and Builds 

Prayer from the heart God hears, for He loves and cares for each one of us! 

The Lord in faithfulness and love honors all prayer

And intercedes for all with God that comes by faith in Him. 

Prayer builds and binds His Church together until the Day He returns as written in His Word. 

Prayer not only builds the spirit it heals from the inside out. 

Through prayer the Lord tends the soul with the tenderness of His touch the Love of Forgiveness. 

Through prayer the Lord replaces the loneliness of sin with the Integrity of His Character. 

Christ is the Light that shines from God's Word to guide the way. 

On Mount Calvary the Battle of the Cross Jesus Christ won, 

And God's Word the victory declares throughout the world until all have heard,

For Christ's resurrection from the dead is God's Word in completion. 

Death is now just a step from life to the Gates of Heaven and eternity complete in Him. 

God gives Loving Grace to everyone and one choice to make. 

Free will is the freedom of choice freely given to all by God, 

To remove all doubts, fears, and worries that His Grace and Love will always be freely given, 

The moment freedom of choice is made to be one with Him,

To repent of all sins in prayer and follow forgiven complete in Him, 

Leaving all at the Foot of the Cross forsaking them. 

Becoming perfect in God's sight in the Light of Christ, 

By the covering of the shed blood of The Lamb upon Calvary's Cross, 

Taking all sins Himself forgiven and forgotten for the price Christ paid that day in Love forever! 

When things of the world are removed and His Humbleness replaces to build again,

The humbleness that gives to others hope, to build caring to grow faith in prayer again in them. 

When in prayer that choice is "truly" made all has been forgiven and gained, 

The Holy Spirit lives within to guide daily in prayer and to grow in the Word in Him. 

The Spirit knows the sins hidden in the heart therein and guides the Touch of Forgiveness to them, 

To repent and bring to Him them to be placed at the Cross with all others. 

When Christ is allowed to become the center of life to guide and build one within, 

Nothing has been lost all has been gained for all has been freely given by Him,

For the Love that flows from Him, is the Love that cleanses all within,

It keeps the thoughts of life pure and bright in His Light,

Until the step from life to eternity is taken to serve and forever be with Him. 

What could be more perfect than living life to its fullest knowing, "Beyond Everlasting", 

When our life guide is the Heavenly Timetable and Will of Christ the Light of Love each day. 

That God is more than faithful to answer every prayer of faith by His loving grace, He cares. 

That Christ is always there in the darkest hour of need in life, He cares.

That He will never turn to go away for He stays to light and lead the way, He cares.

That He alone paid the price in Love upon the Cross to cleanse and build anew with Him, He cares. 

That He forgives and heals without question the darkest of sin, He cares.

That He is more, He is Lord of lords and King of kings, He cares.

To know today a Chair awaits at God's Table of Grace, 

And there to forever serve and look upon the Savior's face, He cares. 

What could be more perfect living each day knowing, "Beyond Everlasting", 

That the perfection of life is given in Him when one chooses to serve and follow "He Cares".

Christ is the Light that shines from the Word to guide the way. 

Through prayer The Lord replaces the loneliness of sin with the Integrity of His Character. 

Through prayer The Lord tends the soul with the tenderness of His touch the Love of Forgiveness. 

Prayer not only builds the spirit it heals from the inside out. 

Prayer will build and bind His Church together until the Day He returns as written in His Word. 

The Lord in faithfulness and love honors all prayer, 

And intercedes for all with God that comes by faith in Him. 

Prayer from the heart God hears, for He loves and cares for each one of us!

Prayer Heals and Builds 

Lord, daily build me in Your Word, 

Let me never forget my condition at the Cross, 

And make my every prayer a prayer for the Lost and the needs of others, 

Martin Lee Vance 

7/31/2006

If One Strays

 

If  One Strays

If one strays, from God's planned purpose of Life,

By not walking beside the Lord and following the Word, 

It will only bring within the unknown wrapped in fear and worry, 

For the Lord keeps the path of life straight, 

When walking beside Him in His Light. 

Following the World's pleasures of life, 

Will only harden the heart, first by scarring with hurt, 

Then by bringing within disbelief and hate,

Wrapped in the world's meaning of happiness, 

"It's my life and I have the right to live it my way today, 

For who knows what tomorrow will bring, see the world today." 

When one is seeing with eyes that only see the pleasures of life in the world of self, 

It always starts by turning the eyes inward to look upon self,

Then over time distorting and covering the reflection of Christ, Himself. 

By wrapping with the dust of wasted time one's Integrity of Character in Christ from within,

Aided by withdrawing the hands of caring for and sharing with others,

Replacing them with the tongue, 

That only has remarks to share that never care, 

For they are filled with words of hurt from within, self centered, 

Built of and filled with disbelief and hate for the world of others. 

We all have faults, habits, and problems, 

Which have changed us in many ways from the good. 

However, we must remember, 

The words of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, "I love and care for you," 

For He has the power to change the heart within,

He can still the wind, or bring calm within, 

To face the dark of night, Death's cold hold alone in Him. 

He can look within the heart, 

And see for He knows what lies buried and hidden within, my friend, 

You have to release them to Him. 

By His word, He has given all the power 

To build with His love the trust, 

The Trust that reaches out to Him,

And is wrapped from within the faith that believes to follow Him. 

Knowing that the Lord by His touch, 

Can change all within, to make humble, and build the heart in Him, 

By knowing He gave all at Cross to cover all sins forgiven and forgotten forever. 

Before the beginning of time, He knew all our yesterday’s, today’s, and tomorrow’s, 

Still He died to cover and release us from all our sins of yesterday to walk in eternity with Him. 

The power in Faith, is knowing our sins within

Were taken and the price paid for them by Him, upon the Cross of Calvary that day. 

He was there before the beginning of all our yesterdays, 

In addition, He will be there past the end of all our to-days, 

Far beyond all our tomorrows, He is forever He is eternity's day. 

On that day on knees of humbleness, when one prayed to receive, 

And to walk daily beside Him beyond the unknown into eternity,

For His Word will enhance each day to bring change within and build in you Him, 

The Designer, Maker, and Creator, 

To build each day of life anew within His Light,

Love God with all your heart, mind, body, and soul, 

Follow His Word and Love all that He has created. 

Help, encourage, and befriend all in His name, 

By walking with the Lord and building each day in time, 

His Integrity of Character within, 

For He will keep the path of life straight within His Light,

Following God's planned purpose of Life is the meaning of Life. 

Lord, You are the truth, the light, and the way, reach out and guide me each day, 

Martin Lee Vance

9/05/2008

Lord upon Calvary's Cross

Lord upon Calvary's Cross

Lord upon Calvary's Cross, 

You seen, felt, and paid for all my sins, 

You willingly gave all for me, 

To cover me and change the path of life forever I had walked. 

Built by the selfish unfaithful deeds I did and words I talked, 

That expressed uncaring and thoughtless thoughts. 

That did everything to destroy and remove 

All thoughts of You from my heart,

That looked ahead 

And seen nothing but self and the pleasures of life,

In a world lost to sin for the wealth of self. 

Now because of that Day 

And the price in love for me You paid. 

I believed and received, 

By acceptance and repentance, 

Blessed by God's Loving Grace,

That Day now and forever my heart You walk. 

Your Holy Words of Old, 

Daily I bring within to change me 

With the Holy Spirit's guidance 

Tomorrow to build, 

And keep by His touch You Lord in all my thoughts 

To guide my walk and talk, 

For that day in time 

The Gates of Heaven open 

And I enter in never to part. 

Until then build my heart, 

For I belong to You. 

Lord, with love from my heart that knows and believes, thank You, 

Martin Lee Vance 

9/21/2006

Seek God's Guidance Daily

Seek God's Guidance Daily

When God created Adam and gave mankind, 

Free Will, the Freedom of Choice. 

He created all, as moral beings, to commune with Him. 

Through prayer and His Holy Word, seeking guidance, 

To build within all, knowledge, understanding, and wisdom. 

It was never apart of His thought that any of Adam's race 

Would by their choice live life without Him, 

God loves and cares for all, 

And He wants to commune daily with Adam's entire race. 

As Adam, and mankind by choice, defies or disobeys the guidance, the Word of God. 

When a decision or action is made or taken without God and it is wrong or fails, 

They, as Adam, will always find an answer for, 

It always comes, after the fact, to justify either from the world within or a passage of scripture, 

That will place blame somewhere else. 

All should be looking to Christ, seeking God's guidance first, and His purpose of life. 

Thereby allowing God to reveal through prayer and His Holy Word daily, 

And make Him the center and control of all throughout life. 

He will always reply, it will be given in His time and in His way to justify or not. 

Be patient and open and prepare the heart within and be ready to hear and receive, 

And always remember, it will be by and on God's Timetable. 

Today, truly make Christ your Lord and Savior and the Light of your life daily, 

By dying to self and taking self out of the decisions and actions of life, 

And follow Christ. 

Allow the Holy Spirit to guide your thoughts and build you daily in Christ. 

Encourage and help someone else to live life God's way today. 

Then live life to its fullest, 

Through daily prayer and the reading of God's Holy Word, 

Seeking His guidance daily, 

For Christ will always be there to hear and intercede for you with God. 

The Holy Spirit then within will build the Integrity of Character of Christ, 

Making you complete, from within to without, in Word and Deed.

Lord, when I opened my heart to You yesterday, You were there for me, 

And I know within my heart today, You will always be there for me tomorrow 

And guide me, through prayer, by the Guidance of God, 

Martin Lee Vance 

1/23/2011