Today, what is Valuable in Your Life?

Today, what is Valuable in Your Life? 

Is it what God values or what the World values? 

Remember, God knows the hearts of all! 

Life's true self, lives within all of us and directs the soul within, 

For all life, is shaped and formed, for the good or the bad, 

By who or what one chooses to believe and follow as truth in life, 

For it guides the soul within and shapes one's life to the end. 

Know by this, over time, be it right or wrong,

That all will communicate their beliefs to others, 

By and through their words, actions, and deeds! 

If one places a nothing value on life, your's or another's, 

In thought or deed built of dislike, either indifference or hate, 

Then everything is worthless, 

Nothing God has ever created has value to guide your Life!

Because, when everything is worthless, there is no purpose to Life! 

God's purpose for our life, is for all to be as one in Christ, 

To Repent of all sins and cleanse the heart within, 

Then commune daily through Christ in prayer with Him. 

As Christ, encourage, help, and share one another's load in life, 

Thereby, building each other in the Love of Christ, the Word, 

By facing and sharing the hardships of life together, 

Until that day, from our place at God's Table of Grace, we look upon the Savior's Face. 

By thought, before the beginning of time, and Adam's creation, 

God planned and created everything for Adam's Race, 

To take care of all humanity, not one life will He miss, 

For God planned for all, including the very last Birth of Adam's Race. 

Then beyond time's ending, when time will be no more, 

Eternity as one in Christ, for all belongs to God, even you and me!

What is it that is of great worth, 

That which is valuable and highly cherished, dear, or very important to you?

 Is it the price one has paid or is now paying in time and effort 

To attain great material or monetary value, worldly possessions, 

That makes one self sufficient or important amongst their peers and the world, 

For if one allows, know this, it will turn into greed and pride of self, 

On the other hand, is it seeing God's purpose for all life, His planned purpose for our life? 

Whatever it is, balance your life, do not leave God out, 

Allow Him to build you in the Word as one in Christ. 

All in His sight are equally valuable when seen covered by the Blood of Christ,

For their names, are forever, in the Lambs Book of Life. 

God accepts them and values, 

More valuable than all the Worlds wealth and all creation itself, 

That was, that is, or that will ever be!

Having worth, merit, and unlimited importance; within the Heart of God, 

Salvation by His Loving Grace in Christ, 

Love's acceptance as is!

At the very moment by Faith's Belief, one believes and accepts His Son, Jesus Christ, 

As their Lord and Savior, 

In addition, now the Holy Spirit lives within to teach daily of Him through God's Word. 

To walk with and stand complete before God as One in Him, 

Forever forgiven, "As valuable and loved as His Son, Jesus Christ, is to Him." 

For Christ gave Himself to pay the price for all humanities sins, 

Christ, our Atonement for all are sins, God’s Loving Grace missed not one sin, 

There upon the Cross of Calvary, all forgotten-forever, the price Christ paid! 

Remember, God knows what lives within the hearts of all, 

It is not for you or me to judge, if one believes or does not believe, 

By their words, actions, or deeds, God will judge on Judgment Day! 

We are to pray for them to receive and believe in Christ His Son, 

In addition, by our actions and deeds before all open The Word to them. 

If one places a nothing value on life, your's or another's, 

In thought or deed built of dislike, either indifference or hate, 

Then everything is worthless, 

Nothing God has ever created has value to guide your Life!

Because, when everything is worthless, 

There is no purpose to Life! If one lives in unbelief without Christ, 

Life has an End; the choice is yours, my friend! 

Daily remember, God is the one who moves through prayer, 

When praying, pray earnestly with a cleansed heart, 

With a soul guided by the Holy Spirit, that follows in faith and walks in belief as one, 

Complete in and with Christ before God, 

A Prayer consecrated by Gods’ Word to be blessed by Him in His Time and Way. 

Lord, daily I pray, my sins I place before God, 

That I not miss one and repent of all of them, 

Martin Lee Vance 

7/17/2012 

One Hundred sins, to repent of, to God Confess 

1. Lying  2. Stealing 3. Gossip  4. Lewd Thoughts  5. Profanity 

6. Hatred 7. Anger 8. Wrath 9. Railing 10. Shameful Speaking 

11. Passion 12. Covetousness 13. Sexual Immorality 14. Idolatry 15. Witchcraft 

16. Jealousy 17. Selfish Ambition 18. Fits of Rage 19. Dissension 20. Malice 

21. Slander 22. Harshness 23. Idleness 24. Wrong for Wrong 25. Grieving the Spirit 

26. Quenching the Spirit  27. Pride in what is Seen  28. Grumbling 29. Faultfinders 

30. Flattering 31. Scoffing 32. Pride of Possessions 33. Despise Authority 

34. Lording it over Others 35. Haughty Eyes 

36. Insult for Insult 37. Immodesty 38. Retaliation 39. Threatening 40. Homo-Sexuality 

41. Disobeying Parents 42. Judgment of Others 43. Dishonor Parents 44. Evil Suspicions 

45. Impatience  46. Lose Heart  47. Callousness 48. Unforgiving 49. Perverseness 

50. Meanness  51. Factions 52. Envy 53. Drunkenness 54. Orgies 55. Hardening of Heart 

56. Continual Lust 57. Deceit 58. Bitterness 59. Greed 60. Foolish Talk 

61. Coarse Joking  62. Empty Words 63. Their god is their Stomach 

64. Their glory is their Shame 65. Hollow Philosophy 

66. Tradition for Truth 67. False Humility 68. Worship of angels 

69. Carnality 70. Rudeness 71. Easily angered 72. Keeping a record of wrongs 

73. Failing to discern the body  74. Luke warmness 75. Stinginess 

76. Loving to have preeminence 77. Shepherds who feed only themselves 

78. Stumbling Block  79. Disrespect  80. Fearfulness 

81. Disbelief 82. Praying to be seen 83. Prayerlessness 84. Keeping Jesus outside 

85. Fornication  86. Uncleanness 87. Forgetting our cleansing 

88. Denying our Lord  89. Seeking justification by the law  

90. Arrogant  91. Faithless 92. Seared conscience 93. Loss of first love

 94. Love of Money  95. Unkindness 96. Divorce 97. Filthiness 

98. Unmerciful  99. Unyieldingness  100. Always Right 

The Fear of God

The Fear of God 

 One knows within His Love Lives in the Heart then,

When one feels and knows God's Spiritual well-being lives within, 

For one will stand in awe, in total humbleness, 

Before God, there beside Christ in His Light of Truth, as one in Christ. 

The beginning of knowledge is the acknowledgment that pride, 

Built of unfulfilling corrupt thoughts for self and others, 

Will destroy in time, God's planned purpose for your life, 

Forever, remove yourself from them, 

Ask God to forgive, and then place them at the Cross-forgiven, and forgotten, forever. 

Know within, that the strength of ones Faith within, 

Comes through the Strength of Christ, one allows to live within the heart, my friend, 

To guide and build one's belief in The Word the Completion of God's Holy Word. 

Eternal Life, then is wrapped in Almighty's God's Love and Trust in you, 

By giving and covering forever with His Loving Grace, 

For He sees your trust in Him, as it unfolds, within your soul. 

As each Ray of Light of Love for others brings it out of darkness into the Light, 

To encourage, build, and give to the needs of one another,

In addition, you will see and feel His creative power of love, 

The Holy Spirit living then within, 

As you have never seen or felt anything before that grows all within in Him, 

For now the Holy Spirit guides and builds the Soul, 

To commune daily with God, through prayer, as you grow within the Word, 

And walk with the One, who intercedes for you with God, Christ. 

Lord, The Fear of God, one knows within His Love Lives in the Heart then, 

Martin Lee Vance 

5/15/2012 

When One in Thought

When One in Thought

When one in thought, feels justified to take another’s life,
Be it any life, for any reason,
It is very sad, because these feelings have been built upon and with hate,
The hate of indifference or dislike for another's way of life.
Just like the days of old, years ago,
They come from the dark of the heart,
Wrapped in Backroom or Bar Room Justification,

From the heart of the worldly beliefs of humanity,
And the sad thing is, these feelings,
Are heard and come from Christians as well today,
To hurt or take the life of another,
Because they feel it is either Worldly or Biblically justified. 

It is sad, for God I know does not plan hate! 

It is very sad when people build upon hate, 

Until it turns, them inside out and they hurt or kill another. 

Many do not have the mental capacity to understand, 

To live with others and face life daily with each other. 

When they feel within, 

That it is different from what they hear and want to believe and follow, 

For they within want to follow God's Way or even another's. 

Somehow, they twist everything mentally until they brake within, 

Because of the hurt, built over time within, that turns to hate, 

That covers and removes all Love then from within them, 

And destroys everything within and changes them. 

It is not out of love, that another hurts or takes another’s life this way, 

Or reach out to destroy their character to take from another in word or deed. 

By God's Word, I do not believe in the taking of another’s life, especially the unborn, 

However, I know at times, because of circumstances beyond one’s control, 

Because, of the health of another, 

Or the actions of a Nation at war or another against others, 

Then and only to protect the health or life of a loved one or another. 

But hate is hate when another hurts or takes another’s life, 

Because of the "hate of indifference or dislike" within that guides them. 

Lord, I pray, change us, for I believe that God in His time will make all things right, 

Either in this life as He builds and changes us in Love, 

Or before Him on Judgment Day.  Amen

Lord, I pray everyday, by my Faith in knowing You, the Truth, 

Guide my walk of life and lead to teach me, 

Martin Lee Vance 

5/9/2012

God's Growth Hormones

God's Growth Hormones 

Prayer with God for others and self, 

Through Christ who intercedes for all, 

Along with words of encouragement spoken or written to build another. 

They are God's growth hormones, that all need to build life in Christ everyday. 

They build God's love within the giver and the receiver. 

Through faith in Christ, they reinforce to build hope within Him, 

That cultivates spiritual affirmation in God's Way. 

They keep our dreams alive beyond tomorrow's day, 

By becoming one in thought within Christ, 

Illuminating the path of life 

To keep it straight through God's Word every day. 

We all need prayer and encouragement in life. 

Seek the Truth and the Light through His words of truth, 

Always allowing them to guide the Way, 

And permitting the Holy Spirit within, 

Your choice of words to choose to share in prayer and encouragement 

To build within, Gods way, every day in Christ,

Satan works daily to convince all, 

That prayer is worthless time spent in life, 

Moreover, those words of encouragement sent or uttered to another are misplaced. 

Following Satan's standards will blind the eyes with depraved pride, 

For he is the one who places false ideas within all of our and another's needs. 

Remember, pray for and encourage others to build their life in Christ, 

Follow God's Holy Word as written every day, for He cares for you, 

His caring is built of and wrapped within loves acceptance as is,

Wrapped within and bound by God's never ending Loving Grace, 

Acceptance, by faith’s belief in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, 

The Man, The Lamb, The Word, The Completion of God's Holy Word! 

Prayer and words of encouragement do not grow pride, 

For they illuminate the eyes and cultivate the soul, 

To grow within God's Word. 

The Holy Spirit then within to eliminate and remove the bad, 

To allow God’s good to build an enhance the Spirit now within, 

That makes all complete and one in Christ. 

As one walks beside the Lord in His Light, 

Reach out and bless another, 

Care enough to pray for and encourage one another every day, 

Walk together in the Word and follow Christ daily to build life in Him. 

Lord, open my eyes to see the needs of others, 

Teach me and strengthen my heart in the Word today;

 Build me within You, to give to those needs of another, 

By praying for and encouraging another to follow You today, 

Martin Lee Vance 

8/11/2009 

Remove the Scales of Hate

Remove the Scales of Hate

In prayer reach out to and receive Christ.

Hate is animosity, dislike, hostility, toward or for another in today's walk of life.

The World over, it lives and survives in every country and byway of human life.

It hides in the dark therein to strike, separate, and destroy the very character others have built,

It comes from Satan's self-conceit, my friend,
Passed on, Satan's teachings of unbelief, by family or friends the world around.
It has nothing to give for hate is empty and formed by and of sin.
It passes unchanged, from generation to generation, for it only breeds discontent.
It has no friends for it in time will destroy the character of all from within.
In prayer, reach out to and receive Christ, change that heart, to the heart of a giver and a friend.
He will remove the scales of hate, from those eyes lost to sin, to allow His Light of Love to enter in.
He will replace the thorns of yesterday's hurt within Remove the scales of hate from the eyes,
In prayer reach out to and receive Christ.
Hate is, animosity, dislike, or hostility, toward or for another in today's walk of life,
The world over, it lives and survives in every country and byway of.
With the Holy Spirits compassion and understanding to enable the heart to love and live again.
He will unlock the chains of bondage with the keys of giving and caring for the needs of others,
Allowing hope and love to return to them.
He will enable dreams to be dreamed until the finish line of life, 
For tomorrow's eternal day, is reached and Heaven's Gates are entered in.
He will change that walk and talk, from within to without,
For it is by God's Grace the Spirit within is anew again.
Christ has taken and paid the price, all sins that day at Calvary,
Once and for all, forgiven, and forgotten, forever.
In prayer reach out to and receive Christ,
Remove the Scales of Hate.


Lord, start my day daily in prayer with and in Your Light of Love, build and guide me,
Martin Lee Vance
11/17/2005

Walking by Faith

Walking by Faith 

When our vessel is loaded to the point of weakest,

Our God never losses sight of the strength of the vessel within. 

During life, all will walk along depressions pathway within, 

For a moment or longer!

When in life's deepest glum and all seems lost,

Our God sees that Ray of Light of Faith within, 

He waits and calls patiently 

Until through the darkness, we hear His voice, 

Calling constantly to us within 

To look up into The Face of Hope for Tomorrow, 

Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior,

The Light of Love that guides, strengthens, and lights the way Home again.

When our vessel is loaded to the point of weakest,

Our God never losses sight of the strength of the vessel within,

Walking by Faith.

Lord, thank You for being there, in my time of need, to guide me,

Martin Lee Vance 

7/27/2005

When One Hurts Enough Within

When One Hurts Enough Within

When one hurts enough within, 

Before it turns the heart within away from the Lord's Way, 

Because, of the indifference or hate for another,

Of what they have said and done against you yesterday or today, 

Are one thinks they will say or do to and against tomorrow. 

Those feelings will do more to you, 

Then they will ever do to them, 

For it will change your direction of life 

Away from following the Lord in His Light, 

They will stop the building of life in the Word within in Him. 

Remember, those feelings will replace Him with them, indifference and hate. 

Removing God from your life, 

Will not only remove the happiness of today 

And all that awaits for tomorrow, 

It will replace it with an unhealthy attitude for life, 

Wrapped forever in the loneliness of self,

When one has turned from the Lord and God Himself, 

My friend, you have also turned away from everyone and everything

That has true meaning and purpose in your life. 

Remember, to keep your eyes upon 

Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, follow Him, 

From whence your strength comes from in Love, 

Daily in prayer, allow God and His Word to guide your life and thoughts. 

See the good in all God's Creation, 

And turn your hurt within over to Him, 

Allowing the Holy Spirit to heal your heart within with the Word of life, 

And thereby, live each day following Christ, 

Building life within the heart in God's purpose and meaning for life. 

Lord, You have been the light that guides my life, 

For I know You are there for me no matter the circumstances of my life, 

Martin Lee Vance 

9/4/2010 

Time Given

Nothing is Never Really Yours Until You Give it Away!

Time Given 

For Time like His Love is freely given. 

God controls the beginning and ending of all life, 

For all seen and unseen created by God with His touch of Pure Light. 

In addition, He gave life wrapped in His Love to you and me. 

For time started that first moment, 

God touched and split the dark with His Light, 

Marking and making that First Day from the dark of night. 

Then He in Love created all life from nothing, 

To walk each day free in time in His Light, 

To live with and care for one another,

The choice to give that time to another lies within the heart therein, 

For when time is given to help build another within, 

It has a value worth more than the entire world's wealth then.

From times beginning to beyond times ending,

For in Heaven the Heart of God has been touched beyond ending, 

When that time from within has been given to start their new beginning. 

When the hands of love reach out and touch their face of need, 

The Face of God has felt the touch of love that has no ending. 

For all can give from their resources to help and share their need, 

But many turn and walk away never to befriend, 

With their love that lives within, to become more than a passing friend.

Because, time given touches the heart to live and love again within, 

Knowing someone cares enough about their condition within then, 

To reach out to help, befriend, and walk with them.

To turn their doubts, worries, and fears they face alone in the dark of night, 

Into hope and love to share tomorrow’s day with the Lord in His Light,

By the sharing of one's time God given with them today, 

By taking a small part of their heavy load away to help and build their day. 

Touch the Heart of God today, 

Bring hope and love out of the dark of night back into the light, 

Walking with and encouraging another in the Lord's Loving Light, 

By the giving of your time, that was given by God to you, to help them. 

Lord, build me today to share my life with those in need, 

And become more than a passing friend, 

Martin Lee Vance 

5/31/2007

The Promise - Eternal Life in Christ

The Promise - Eternal Life in Christ 

When God makes a promise, 

It is a Holy Covenant of Love, a Heavenly Contract from Him to you, 

He will never break an agreement by His Bond, 

For He has written it with His Holy Words of Truth and Integrity,

In addition, He sealed it forever with the Shed Blood of His Son. 

Therefore, the Love of  Christ has sealed it with God's Love for you. 

When Jesus Christ, the sinless Son of God and the son of man, 

Willingly took upon himself all the sins of humanity. 

By enduring the pain of crucifixion upon the Cross of Calvary to deaths sleep, 

He covered all sins with His Shed Blood forgiven, never remembered, 

By this God bound His promise together 

With His Love for you by paying the price of removing your sins for you, 

God’s Holy Covenant sealed by His Love for you, 

The Heavenly Contract forever, beyond eternity, between God and you. 

Christ is the completion of God's Word, by His resurrection from deaths hold. 

Know this; God wants to do all for His children, 

When they know Him, as He wants them to know Him, 

Daily reading and following His Word of Truth, 

In addition, bringing and giving all to Him through prayer to commune with Him, 

Allowing the Holy Spirit within to teach and build the Lord's way, 

Therefore, always making and following Jesus Christ as your guide in life. 

When one keeps their eyes fixed upon the Lord to follow Him, 

Jesus Christ the one, who intercedes for all with God for all in Him, 

He leads your way through life until the day life is complete, 

To be as one complete in Him, 

When all look upon His face at their place at God's Table of Grace,

For He gave all that Day at Calvary for you and me to know Him, 

In addition, by this, all in Him will share eternity with Him. 

Remember, the true miracle of life is eternal life in Him. 

It is that one moment in life, 

When one in faith's humbleness and belief, 

Accepts and receives Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. 

This supernatural event, 

The wonderful occurrence that takes place within is the work of God's love for you. 

The marvel, the wonder that makes,
You and me one with Jesus Christ the Lord and Savior, 

That paid the price of sin with God's love for you and me. 

Lord, thank you for the true miracle of life, my eternal life in You, 

Martin Lee Vance 

11/6/2009 

Love is God Given

Love is God Given 

Love always starts with acceptance as is, 

It never thinks of anything else. 

It never turns to walk away, 

For it is there to build the others day. 

It protects and cares as if forever is their's today. 

And it treats everyday as God given to guide their way. 

Their's alone to share and build their way. 

It then builds between a love greater tomorrow than today, 

With caring that shines and brightens every dark night into the light of day. 

Between two that think daily only of the other, 

Together always with acceptance as is, 

Working to complete a life, 

God given, walking together with Him forever. 

It never thinks of anything else. 

Love always starts, and goes on forever, 

With acceptance as is, 

Love is God Given.  

Lord, Your love goes on forever with acceptance as is for me, thank you, 

Martin Lee Vance 

2/24/2007

God by Grace

God by Grace

Daily read and use God’s Holy Word as the filter,
It is the Only Identifier of Sin, heart hidden within,
When ones free will, receives Christ the Son,
In Faith’s Belief from within and accepts to live and follow Him,
Then the Holy Spirit,
The Comforter, sent by Christ, will live within.
With His Touch, that reaches deep into the Dark,
To bring all known sins into the Light,
Love Revealed.
Then all, named, taken, and placed at The Foot of the Cross,
For Jesus Christ in Love, By His shed blood,
Covered them Forgiven, that Day Long ago, upon Calvary's Cross,
Final and complete, know all, once and for all,
All sins the price He paid that Day in full,
That on this Day to stand humble before Him to bring Forgotten,
By God’s Grace,
In that Moment Forever in the Lamb's Book of Life,
Written by Him, ones name, Saved,
Then Sealed by God, for His Son,
To Spend and Walk Eternity’s Day
Never ending with Him,
The Light of Love, Christ,
By God’s Grace
Complete within His Holy Word.

Lord, by God's Grace I await that Day,
Martin Lee Vance
3/8/2006

Hell!

Hell!

If you live life daily in unbelief

 By mocking God and His Word, and hear Him not, 

Remember, hell by this, is your free will choice, 

For it is just one last breath away from and for eternity. 

Hell is total Misery: distress, sorrow, and suffering,

Coupled with Torment: extreme mental self-persecution, torture, pain, and anguish, 

It is a place void of light and love, 

Complete darkness wrapped in the loneness of self for eternity. 

Knowing your free will choice made such and ending 

Would be more misery and torment than one would want to bear for an eternity.

When God, created all, 

From the purity of His thoughts and everlasting love, 

He gave humankind a gift of love, Free Will, from the very Heart of God, Himself. 

Even then knowing the heart of humanity 

And the decisions and actions that would be made and followed by them, 

Throughout the ages, for God knew the ending before the beginning, 

Still Free Will God gave to humanity, 

It was truly a gift of love given to all by Him. 

God foreknew without free will, 

Freedom of choice, 

Nothing would have meaning, 

For everything would be predetermined, 

And humanity would have no need to place significance or meaning upon anything, 

Therefore, nothing would matter. 

Know this; God has never created one thing, no not anything, 

That by His Word He has condemned, 

Moreover, He will never change one of them to sanctify 

And change the meaning He placed upon them, 

He will never condemn what He has sanctified to take away one thing from humanity, 

For His Word is His bond that is evident to His Integrity, 

That His word will never be changed or broken by Him, 

That His bond is His covenant to humanity, that by His Grace seals and covers all, 

That by their free will in belief through faith from within, accepts, and receives, 

Jesus Christ, His Son, as their Lord and Savior, the completion of God's Holy Word, 

In addition, by this He will forever seal every believer as one for and in Christ. 

Satan, known by all throughout the ages as the deceiver, the rebellious archangel, 

And by numerous other identifying names and characteristics, 

Such as Lucifer, Old Nick, the Devil, Beelzebub, the Tempter of Mankind, Prince of Darkness.

God cast Satan out of Heaven along with his followers, the fallen angels, 

For Satan deceived them as he did Adam and Eve, 

For by Free Will, their choice to believe and follow 

The thoughts placed within to guide them in Satan himself. 

When they rebelled against and rejected God and His authority in Heaven, 

Before the beginning of time and Adam's creation, 

God created Hell, 

He created Hell just for Satan and the fallen angles, 

Since then, God has increased the length and breadth, the size of Hell, 

To accommodate those that by their free will choice follows Satan. 

Hell is a place of unbelief, for all of humanity's, God's unknown, 

The ones who have rejected and disobeyed God's Word of authority throughout the ages, 

For if you know Him not, He will know you not on Judgment Day,

All that knowingly rejects and turns from, that do not believe and follow the Word, 

Jesus Christ, His Son, 

The one whom paid the price to take upon Himself, 

To cover, cleanse, and purify by His shed blood upon the Cross of Calvary, 

The sins of all forgiven, forgotten, forever, by Gods’ loving Grace His Word in Completion.

God's Word, that in the last days, it will be as in the days of Noah,

Many will do what is pleasing in their sight and not believe, 

For they will mock His word and receive Him not, 

Know by this, if you hear Him not and reject His Son, 

Jesus Christ, 

On Judgment Day, He will know you not. 

Forever in Hell, deep within the bowels of earth's total darkness, 

Because of rejection, that of hate or unbelief, 

Now lives no disbelief, 

All believe and not one word mocked, 

For they cry out the loneliness of their hearts in belief, 

Forever cast away, because they closed their ears, 

So God's Word they would not hear, 

Their eyes over years they covered and sealed with the pride of self, 

That filled and wrapped the soul within words of unbelief that they used to mock, 

Thereby, rejecting the Wisdom of the Word, living life without hope for tomorrow's day, 

Their Greed, the absence of love,

 That changes and hardens the heart with indifference and intolerance, 

For they have followed and believe in self as Satan himself, 

They see and hear only self and no one else! 

If you live life daily in unbelief and mock God and His Word, 

Remember, hell, by your free will choice, is just one last breath away from and for eternity. 

Hell is total Misery: distress, sorrow, and suffering, 

Coupled with Torment: extreme mental self-persecution, torture, pain, and anguish, 

It is a place void of light and love, 

Complete darkness wrapped in the loneness of self for eternity, 

Knowing your free will choice made such and ending, 

Would be more misery and torment than one would want to bear for an eternity, Hell!

Lord, thank You for what You suffered 

To pay the price for me upon the Cross of Calvary,

By God’s loving Grace,

Martin Lee Vance

4/17/2012 

Humble Me Lord

Humble me Lord 

And make the Spirit within new and whole again. 

Reach within and remove the stains of sins today hidden therein, 

That kept my eyes from You today. 

Teach me Your Word to build another to follow You each day. 

Build within Your Way that opens the heart, 

To befriend, share, and pray for another lost today. 

Lord, guide my way along life's path each and every day, 

Take my hand and teach me Your touch that cares. 

Lord, give me the Love that only shares,

Place me where I share another's load along life's way, 

That Your reflection from within brightens their day, 

And brings You to them to remove the stains of sins hidden therein today. 

Build the path of life to follow that each step I take is placed within Your's, 

For You alone can keep my path straight along life's way each and every day. 

Humble me Lord and make the Spirit within new and whole again today. 

Lord, humble me and make Your Word flow from me, 

Martin Lee Vance 

1/1/2008 

God is Love - Love is God

God is Love! 

When the heart reaches out seeking completeness

 In the wisdom of God's Word, 

The Word reveals an interwoven Love of forgiveness mapping the way Home to God. 

From beginning to end without change are errors, 

All that has been, that is, and ever will be, 

For all of creation declares the holiness and righteousness of God. 

Time would never have been without Him, 

For time began at God's command and will end by His command. 

God has given humanity His Word of the past

To guide all through all future events written within.

Time is a non-space irreversible continuum used to mark the placement 

Of the succession of events from the past to the present, 

Thereby, enabling the marking and placement of all future events, 

To be completed, with time relationships to all past events. 

We learn from the past, in the present, to complete the future with Him. 

God divinely wrote of the future, for He existed before time in the past.

Revealing to the present that which will be completed in the future,

 As written by and on His Timetable, 

That all His wonder and glory will reveal all that is unseen. 

When Christ, the Light of Love, was nailed upon the Cross of Calvary, 

The propitiation, atoning sacrifice, for all sins for all humanity’s transgressions,

 Lighting the Way to eternity and the Legacy created by Him, 

All sins taken, forgiven, forgotten, forever that day, 

Gives proof that God's Love; God’s Grace existed before time's beginning 

And will exist forever beyond time's ending. 

Love is God! 

Lord, build me with the Faith of Caleb, as You guide my way every day,

Martin Lee Vance 

11/27/2005

Life Built on God's Foundation of Strength - His Word

Lord, Build My Life on God's Foundation of Strength - His Word!

Life Built on God's Foundation of Strength - His Word 

Today, the majority of workers dislike their jobs. 

Only 20% daily enjoy and find fulfillment in working. 

The problem is not with the jobs the 80% dislike. 

We all have worked for a boss, who has made our life hell on earth, 

Worked around people who find fault, 

And tear at and distort the foundation of integrity others have built, 

For companies who have paid less than life sustaining wages, 

But they are not really the root and fault for the problem of job dislike. 

The problem is how one views and builds that life from within,

The foundation that life is built upon, 

And how we balance our life, 

What we seek, share, and worship, 

Allow to guide or enter within. 

Not what has been removed and taken from, my friend. 

But what is shown, given, and returned to others, we befriend. 

A life centered completely on work, takes the real joy and purpose out, 

And makes a Life built without real meaning. 

That of serving our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, 

He should be the foundation and center of all. 

From birth to school age,

We spend everyday in complete contact with family and friends, 

At home, and within the community,

And most if they are raised in a Christian Home, 

Through church attendance and activities,

They guiding, reinsuring, and giving encouragement daily. 

Building and structuring our character with integrity, 

Implanting a basic knowledge base within to build a future upon, 

Daily spending time balanced, with learning, special activities, and rest. 

During the learning years, the school years, 

We continue to build and structure our character. 

Building that knowledge base and shaping our future, 

Receiving guidance and encouragement daily, 

Regularly spending daily time in contact with friends and family,

At school, church, or home in hours of studies and activities. 

After graduating either from High School or College, 

Then that work life starts with that first job and everything changes. 

The focus of life is now placed by most only on that job, 

And being the best we can be in that job. 

The outside guidance, growth, and encouragement gradually stops, 

And self takes over, and affluence becomes our god, 

Replacing all, with hours of time spent in consent work. 

Instead of changing how one looks at or about their job, 

We should examine the hours spent away from that job, 

Balance that job with a balanced home, church, and community life. 

Balance our lives on a daily basis, 

Run the race, do the very best at work, 

Building daily our character with integrity,

Enjoying and spending time with Family and Friends, 

For through their support, they heal and build our spirit daily. 

If we take the time and truly look at life on a regular basis, 

And truly start the week with the Lord in His House, 

Daily read His Word and seek His guidance for our life through prayer, 

Then He will bring back the growing and learning years, 

Allowing His guidance to structure and build our character with Integrity. 

Working to build and help within the church and community, 

And daily giving to others in their time of great need,

Giving and building Life just like God planned to build it, 

At the placement of Foundation of the Universe,

Life built on God's Foundation of Strength - His Word! 

Lord, lead me, 

Martin Lee Vance 

2/11/2005 

Judgment Day

Judgment Day

Almost Persuaded, Nonbeliever, or Atheist, 

One in the same, 

For they are the lost on Judgment Day,

Only on earth they are found. 

They live and work in every walk of life the world around. 

They believe not in or of God, 

For they hear His Word and follow not. 

They live for today in the world of self, 

And they care not for what awaits 

On Judgment Day for the ones 

Who mock and hear Him not,

For by His Word they will know 

The Great I Am, and Jesus Christ, His Son, 

The one who paid the price of all sins for all upon The Cross, 

And the completion of those Words they mock and hear not, 

For on Judgment Day, every head will bow, every knee will kneel, 

And every tongue will confess 

"That Jesus Christ is Lord 

And Praise His Holy Name,"

For it is written in the Words they mock and hear not, 

And by these Words they will know 

And He will know them not. 

Not one almost persuaded, nonbeliever, or atheist, 

Will ever be found in the world below, 

Forever in Hell, one moment late now lives no disbelief. 

Even Satan and the fallen angels know and believe 

The God and the Words they mock, 

For Satan makes battle and wars against 

With followers who are known only as the lost, 

On earth they can only be found,

For in Hell all believe and not one Word is ever mocked, 

They know now, for all cry out the loneliness, within their heart, 

One moment late, because of disbelief or hate!

I pray, you take that moment now to kneel before The Lord, 

Who gave all, for the sins of all, in love upon Calvary‘s Cross,

When His shed blood cleansed away and covered the sins of all,

Forgiven, Forgotten, Forever by God’s Loving Grace,

And change your heart within to believe, receive, and accept Him. 

Leave the sins of the past at the Cross to walk in His Light,

For free will was given, and one choice to forever make, 

To believe or not!

What lies beyond life's bounds is for eternity, my friend, 

I pray that you're not one moment late on Judgment Day!

Lord, make me whole in You and a reflection of Your Love to the Lost, 

Martin Lee Vance 

2/7/2007

To Obey

To Obey

To Obey, is Faith structured totally of and in God's Word.

It matters not what your beliefs were, are, are could be.

It matters only who we obey in Faith's Belief today for an eternity of tomorrows,

Christ and Heaven, or not, then Hell, nothing else.

Through faith we acknowledge and confess our sins, follow, and trust in Christ,

The Rock of Ages,

Allowing the Holy Spirit with the Word to build, guide, and strengthen within daily.

Faith changes the scars of yesterday into the Crown of Glory tomorrow.

Faith lights the way and makes the journey Home meaningful.

Faith creates the Love that takes away the Hurt.

Faith is the ray of light that keeps the Word alive when the World is against.

Faith makes and keeps the Circle a Family.

Faith looks to tomorrow knowing tomorrow is!

To Obey, is Faith structured totally of and in God's Word.

Lord, build me daily as I follow You, from within to without, with "The Faith of Caleb,"

Martin Lee Vance

6/30/2005

Salvation’s Completeness

John 3:16

Salvation’s Completeness

By Faith's Belief, walking in newness 

And completeness in the Lord, 

Sheltered forever in Him 

Never to be lost within, 

His purity covers and changes. 

Walking in His Light, 

Is akin to walking in His Creation, 

At sunrise after the first winter snow, 

Smelling the freshness of the wind, 

Listening to the stillness of its movement,

Hearing the newness 

As it echoes each step taken 

And viewing His Creation 

Covered clean and pure again, 

Forever anew and alone in Him!

He teaches to reshape, 

The Holy Spirit,

His voice within to guide, 

To bring His Word anew 

To touch with warmth the heart, 

God's creation anew again in the Lord Jesus Christ, 

Renewed and clean from within to without. 

See the purity of life, 

Untouched by sin again in rebirth by God's Grace,

For Christ paid the price for the sins of all,

Upon the Cross of Calvary,

Eternity in Christ the Lord and King,

Salvation’s Completeness forever in Him.

Lord, walk and talk with me and build me in You,

Martin Lee Vance 

6/05/2006 

When God Created from His Heart

In Love, by God's Grace, the Price Has been Paid for the Sins of All, 

Reach Out to Christ in Faith's Belief and follow Him.

When God Created from His Heart, 

God Created the Universe without ending. 

From beginning to beyond never ending, 

Heavenly boundaries never terminating, 

No center to mark between beginning and beyond never ending. 

The Glory of God far greater than what shines in the Heavens at night, 

That which He created, placed, contains, and controls by His Touch of pure light, 

As He, it goes beyond never ending, 

And by His Words of Truth and Integrity, 

Everlasting from the beginning. 

The start of time, God by thought, splitting of the dark with His light, 

Then He created all and breathed man into life, 

Touched by His love and given His spirit to walk in His pure Light. 

The beginning of God's History, 

Adam's fall, and then by Grace the Salvation of Adam's race, 

Jesus Christ sacrificed upon Calvary's Cross. 

Christ, paid He the price of sin willingly for all to walk in His Light, 

The Holy Spirit within then to guide the moment one believes, accepts, and receives,
Faith's Belief complete in Christ,

Leaving all sins Covered by the Blood of Christ at the foot of the Cross,

To live within and follow Him to beyond death's call, eternity by God's Grace. 

God the Trinity, Three in One before the beginning of time, 

The Trinity Unity, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, 

The Trinity complete, Three in One reaching beyond times ending to never ending eternity,

God the Trinity Created the Universe without ending, 

When the Trinity created all, with purpose and meaning,
Complete as One Heart in Thought and Spirit! 

Lord, keep me in Your Light and my heart in prayer daily for the Lost, 

Martin Lee Vance 

2/14/2007

Lord, Write Upon the Heart Your Love

Lord, write upon the heart Your Love, 

That will bring me through the Darkest Night to walk in Your Light. 

That daily in prayer, You restructure within with God's Holy Word, 

Cleansing the eyes with Your understanding and compassion, 

To remove from the heart within

The World of indifference and intolerance, 

Lord that I see all anew in Love of You. 

Grow me to share each day with another to build God's way. 

Build Your Love stronger today than yesterday, 

For the meaning of life comes through the love in You, 

 It reaches beyond tomorrow's day to build in You eternity's day,

As written in God's Holy Word, His History of Integrity.

By receiving, the One, Jesus Christ, 

The Son of God and the son of man, the completion of the Word,

A Comforter He will send, The Holy Spirit, to guide and teach of Him. 

Allowing the restructuring of the view of life within,

By building, changing, and guiding that heart within, 

To endure and preserver all in life to follow Him,

In prayer and in The Word daily with Him, 

Structuring Faith each day complete in Him. 

When one makes the choice to follow, 

One will begin by faith and then walk each day in time with Him, 

Knowing His Love brings the peace that wraps and heals the heart within, 

To build with His Integrity of Character to be complete in Him. 

Then when one faces the problems and the heart aches of life, 

Even thought one might stumble from time to time,

In facing the loneliness from day to day, 

And stays awake many troubled and sleepless nights, 

Because of those hurts, worries, and fears of yesterday. 

When one makes the choice to follow today, 

The One who knows tomorrow, 

Who was before the beginning and will be beyond tomorrow's day. 

By faith's belief in Him, He will be there to keep the path of life straight, 

And by His Love build life anew that transcends into eternity, 

For all the price of all sins in love, He paid that day at Calvary. 

By His Shed Blood upon the Cross, 

Covered, bound, and buried all sins forever forgotten, 

For all, the choice freely made who believe, accept, and receive, 

Cleansed and renewed to walk beside as one in Him, 

Forgiveness forever in Him, 

By God's Saving Grace, sealed as one complete in Him, 

Standing beside Christ in openness and oneness before God. 

Knowing the peace daily, that reaches beyond eternity, 

By following the One whose purity of love is without ending. 

The One, The Word, The Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, 

Now awaits that day all believers gather at God's Table of Grace, 

And there at our place to look upon the Savior's Face. 

Jesus, Name above all names, 

Lord of lords and King of kings. 

Lord, write upon the heart Your Love, 

That will bring me through the Darkest Night to walk in Your Light.

Lord, build Your Love within that builds me to share and care until that day beside I walk, 

Martin Lee Vance 

10/01/2008

A Prayer, I Prayed for You Today

A prayer, 

I prayed for you today. 

That the Lord guides your way, 

And He gives you the strength each day, 

To share His word with one lost soul along your way. 

That builds faith within them 

And brings them to Him,

By revealing to them within 

His Shed Blood covers the darkest of sin, 

And His Light of Love builds within. 

That the Holy Spirit sent by Him 

Will build anew the heart therein,

With His Holy Word to keep from sin 

And guide their way Home to Him, 

To forever be and walk with Him. 

This prayer I pray for you every day. 

That it brings you to them and it reveals Him, Amen.

Lord, I pray all that read, 

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

Martin Lee Vance 

3/13/2007 

Holy Bible

Holy Bible

When one reads the Holy Bible, 

With an open heart

And with eyes that see the Lord's Love, 

Then by Faith's Belief receive Him.
 To build you in Him, 

The Holy Spirit then within will reinforce and make changes 

To the foundation of what lives within, 

That will allow changes 

To be made to the structure, 

That one over a lifetime has built upon, 

That which now lives within and needs to be changed by Him. 

Daily reach out to the Lord, 

By reading God's Holy Word, 

And in prayer build daily one's life in the Love of Christ,
To encourage one another and give to the needs of others,  

That keeps the heart open 

And the eyes clear to look upon and see the love 

That was given by Him,
Upon the Cross of Calvary
And removed the sins of all
By God's loving Grace,
When Christ's Shed Blood cleansed away and paid the price for all sins that day,
Covering them forgiven, forgotten, forever,
Life in Christ today, is the beginning of our future in Him for tomorrow's day,
Eternity's Day when we look upon His Face at God's Table of Grace.


Lord, reinforce and make changes within me today, 

Martin Lee Vance 

9/12/2008

America, in this Country

America, in this Country,

Did I miss something over the years of life? 

I thought America, was built upon the mutual respect of all others, 

And the basic belief of a higher power that created all. 

If I remember right, our forefathers ran from the State Religions of the Old World, 

To the New World to have the Freedom of Choice to follow their Religion of Choice, 

That by this, all have the freedom to choose a religion of their choice, 

And that no one religion could become a National religion, 

In control of all other religions 

And by this take control of the Government created for and by the people. 

Isn't this free will! 

Freedom! 

In my words, did not the Lord say? 

"Go forth to the ends of the earth 

And tell all of what you have seen, heard, and know, 

So that all others will hear and know, 

And now knowing they can make a choice, by their free will, to follow Me or not." 

Free will, Freedom! 

Basic respect for the beliefs of others! 

If you don't have basic respect for another’s belief, 

You have lost them before you could ever tell them about the Lord. 

The basic respect for the foundation of the moral principles, 

Another has built their life upon. 

A moral life is built upon moral principles, 

And it is sad to say; many will never build such a life. 

A moral life is built upon, either the moral principles of God, 

Through Faith's Belief in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, 

Or upon the branch of philosophy, ethics, 

That encompasses the analysis and proposition of moral principles,

For one to follow and by this conduct a just and truthful life. 

One either makes the choice to follow in Faith the Beliefs of the Creator of all Life, 

Or the other, 

To follow humanities beliefs, built upon a foundation of personal views, for life.

Lord, open me to Your Ways and teach me, 

Martin Lee Vance 

6/16/2009