Money

Money 

"The love of money is the root of all evil." 1 Timothy 6:10 

Your ability to earn money is a gift to you from God by His loving Grace. 

Your ability to enjoy money is a gift to you from God by His loving Grace. 

Christ paid the price in love by God's loving Grace for you and me, 

That day so long ago, 

Upon the Cross high above all on Mount Calvary, 

So all would see His love given for you and me, 

As His blood flowed to cover all sins forgiven, and forgotten forever, 

That day, when on knees of humbleness before Christ 

And acceptance in faith's belief and complete repentance of all sins, 

Received Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, 

Sealed forever by God's integrity by His Loving Grace in Christ, 

Eternity with Him in Heaven and there to look upon His Face at God's Table of Grace. 

Money has various effects on all God's Children and their health and well-being, 

Be it either physically or mentally. 

You can either share or hoard money. 

"For where your treasure is, there will be your heart also." Matthew 6:21 

By sharing, it forever builds the character within in truth and integrity, 

And opens the heart to share in love to give to the needs of others, 

And grows within, for love returns to give again and build complete in Him, 

When used to help, build, and encourage others. 

By hoarding, self sees no need to build or change the character within, 

For the heart is closed by pride, in love of self, 

And is void of truth and integrity to change within one thing. 

Therefore, self sees no need to help, build, or encourage others, 

For the heart and character within is wrapped within and values, 

The more you have the more you want, 

The more you have the more you spend, 

The more you have the more you worry, 

The more you have the more you lose, 

The more you have the more you leave. 

When you give away what you receive from God as a gift to you in love, 

The Holy Spirit within will build your character in Truth and Integrity, 

To become more like, Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior in love, 

And release you from the bondage of pride to encourage and build complete in Christ.

The more like Christ you become, 

The more love you give the more you receive in return to give to others. 

Lord, make my heart as one with You and build me to see all as one in You, 

Martin Lee Vance 

3/20/2013

Salvation!

What do you think? 

Salvation,

The Reason for the Birth of Jesus Christ, the Son of God,
And His death upon the Cross of Calvary. 

May God bless you everyday 

As you complete your journey of Life with the Lord, Jesus Christ. 

Take the time to review and renew your Faith in the Lord daily,

Start and End everyday of Life in prayer with God and His Holy Word. 

All have and will stumble from time to time in life. 

By the Faith from within and prayer daily, God will keep the path of life straight, 

Build daily within with God's Word, 

Salvation is by His Grace, then you are sealed forever by His Integrity. 

Remember, the Ones that have gone on before, 

That have paid the ultimate price of their life, 

To bring God's Word to the Lost of the World. 

By their faith in Jesus Christ the hope for tomorrow, 

That long line of Faith continues on today, because of their courage from within in Him. 

Never forget the reason for the Christmas Season and the purpose of the Lord's Birth, 

- Salvation - 

By way of the Lord Jesus Christ, 

The Lord paid the price, of all sins for all, upon the Cross of Calvary. 

That all may follow forgiven, forever free within Him, 

For all that believe and receive Him, eternal life will be with Him. 

Review and renew your faith in the Lord daily, 

Build with God's Integrity from within to without. 

The Virgin Birth of Christ 

The Curse of Jehoiakim, the problem, and God’s solution.

An unusual curse in Jeremiah 36:1-32 gives insight into the virgin birth of Jesus. 

The Curse:

Jehoiakim was a king of Judah, 

He angered God by burning a scroll that Jeremiah the prophet wrote,

God cursed Jehoiakim by indicating 

that none of his children would sit on the throne of David (Jeremiah 36:29-31). 

Although Jehoiakim had children, 

scripture shows that none of them ever reigned as King David had! 

The Problem:

Joseph, the father of Jesus, was one of Jehoiakim's descendants (through Jeconiah). 

Joseph's offspring could not claim David's throne because of the curse. 

Jesus laid claim to the throne of David (Luke 1:32, Acts 2:30, Hebrews 12:2). 

If Jesus had been born of Joseph, the curse would have been contradicted. 

Also, God had promised David that one of his physical descendants

 would reign on the throne of his kingdom forever (2 Samuel 7:12-13). 

As explained above, Joseph was excluded from being the genetic father of the future king of Israel. 

It was impossible to fulfill the requirements of both curse and promise by natural means. 

One man had to be both heir to and offspring of David, without being the genetic descendant of Jehoiakim. 

This problem required a divine solution. 

The Solution:

God created a solution through the miracle of the virgin birth. 

Although Joseph was one of Jehoiakim's offspring through Solomon, 

Mary was not, She was a descendant of Nathan, one of David's other sons (Luke 3:31). 

God's promise to David was fulfilled, because Mary was the biological parent of Jesus.

The virgin birth also addressed the curse God had pronounced upon Jehoiakim.

 Kingship was an inherited right, 

By Joseph, Jesus inherited a legal claim to the throne of David, 

However, he was exempt from the curse of Jehoiakim, because Joseph was not his genetic father.

So the miracle of the virgin birth accomplished God's will in two ways, 

First, it granted Jesus a legal claim to the throne of David,

And second, it maintained the integrity of the curse God had pronounced upon Jehoiakim. 

Indeed, Jesus was not one of Jehoiakim's offspring. 

"Three days after being crucified and buried, Jesus was missing from his burial tomb." 

From Josh McDowell's book "More than a Carpenter." 

Some say Jesus' disciples stole his body and concocted a story that he rose from the dead. 

If that's true, why would they die for something they knew was a lie? Would you? 

And theirs wasn't a mass suicide, where they bonded together in some delusional facade. 

Each of them left family and jobs, traveling to distant countries,  

preaching that Jesus died and came back to life. 

If the disciples were making it all up, 

each of them chose to die prematurely for something they knew wasn't true. 

Doesn't make sense. 

What does make sense are the historical facts. 

Even while being tortured, the disciples insisted that they, 

as well as hundreds of other Jews, had seen Jesus alive. 

When some were arrested and ordered not to speak about Jesus' resurrection, 

they responded, "We cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard!" 

They knew Jesus had been beaten, whipped, nailed to a cross, where he died in public display. 

A spear was thrust into his side to confirm his death. 

Roman soldiers were stationed at Jesus' tomb, 

because Jesus had stated that three days after being crucified, he would rise from the dead. 

On that third day, the guards fled, the two-ton boulder sealing the tomb's entrance was up a slope, 

and Jesus' body was gone. 

Inside the tomb, Peter and John saw the burial cloths still lying there, empty. 

After that, the disciples saw Jesus physically alive multiple times. 

They even had lengthy conversations with him and ate with him--all after his death by crucifixion. 

These disciples went to their deaths proclaiming what they had no doubts about--that Jesus had risen from the dead,  proving that he was everything he claimed to be...the Son of God. 

Jesus Christ, Crucified upon the Cross of Calvary 

The Twelve Apostles: 

1. Andrew - Crucified 

2. Bartholomew - Beaten then Crucified 

3. James, son of Alphaeus - Stoned to death 

4. James, son of Zebedee - Beheaded 

5. John - Exiled for his faith; died of old age 

6. Judas (not Iscariot) - Stoned to death 

7. Matthew - Speared to death 

8. Peter - Crucified 

9. Philip - Crucified 

10. Simon - Crucified 

11. Thomas - Speared to death 

12. Matthias - Stoned to death 

(Source:Fox's Book of Martyrs) 

Since the last Apostles death, thousands have given their lives, 

To carry on the long line of Faith in Jesus Christ to bring the Word of Salvation to the World. 

Thousands will continue on,  just like those who have gone on before, 

Until eternity's day begins with the Lord at God's Table of Grace, 

For Jesus Christ was the Completion of the Word of God. 

What do you think? 

Lord, I pray that whosoever reads believes to follow You,

Martin Lee Vance

4/10/2004

A Birthday Thank You Card

A Birthday Thank You Card to My Lord and Savior,

Jesus Christ

Lord, Thank You, 

Thank You, for reaching out and saying, “I love and care for you,” 

And God's Loving Grace, allowing me to become a member of The Family of the Most High. 

For from that day, You have not only been my friend, guide, and teacher of life. 

You have been there when I laughed with joy in the birth of a child and all the happiness of life. 

You have been there when I cried my heart out,

 Because of the death of a love one and all the sadness of life. 

You have seen me through the best and worst of times and everything in between. 

You have heard every prayer and interceded for me with God,
He answered in His way and time, for You have always been faithful to me. 

You have touched my heart with kindness and care, 

Either to bind and grow or to bring comfort and healing. 

Every day as I look upon the empty cross and remember the price of love from You for me, 

I feel even more love than I felt the day before. 

A history together, a tapestry woven with treads of memories, of Your love for me. 

Today, The Word is so much a part of me and my happiness and way of life, 

That it's impossible for me to imagine what life would have been without. 

I ask nothing more than that of spending of eternity with and serving You. 

Until I look upon Your Face that day at God's Table of Grace, 

Thank You, for reaching out to me and saying, "I love and care for you."

Lord, Thank You from the Heart,

Martin Lee Vance 

11/30/2005

Christmas Christ’s "Birth" Day

Christmas 

Christ’s "Birth" Day 

That day the Prophets of Old foretold,

For God's word concealed given to them to reveal.

Christ's Birth will always be more than just a date or memory in the history of time.

That day marks the Birth of Hope for tomorrow's day. 

That day marks the Birth of Love that lights the way. 

That day marks the Birth of Dreams that grow and glow within by faith and belief in Him. 

That day marks the Birth of Giving to enable all to reach out to change life from within given by Him. 

That day marks the Birth of Caring to remove hate from the world and bring Him to them.

That day marks the Birth of Christ that gave all and took all that I may spend Eternity with Him. 

That day is the reason I begin and end each and every day in prayer for you, my friend. 

For without that day one day would be just like the other, 

Lost in sin, a day without Him. 

That day the Prophets of Old foretold. 

Christ's "Birth" Day 

Christmas

 Christmas the Birth of the Light of Love, 

Martin Lee Vance 

12/15/2005

Live Life in Christ

Live Life in Christ

Do not live life like the World from the outside in, 

Always receiving and never giving to anyone but self, 

Live life in Christ complete in the Spirit from the inside out,

Give of yourself to others, encourage and share another’s load along life's way! 

Deep within the hearts of all, God made Himself evident within, 

For no one wants to live life as a lie hidden deep within and face the loneliness of sin.

In time God will expose all hearts suffering sin's shame, and reveal their bondage to sin, 

Either before Him on Judgment Day, 

To be cast away to Hell's darkness and the depths of the unknown for eternity, 

Or previously, before death's hold in faith's belief, on the knees of the humbleness of repentance, 

Acceptance within the light of Christ, received Jesus and became anew to live within Him. 

Christianity is much more than just another religion, God gave it to the World by His Loving Grace, 

By way of the crucifixion of His Son, Jesus Christ, 

He took our place, upon the Cross-high atop Mount Calvary, 

For all the World to see His Love given for you and me, 

That day, He paid the price for the sins of all humanity. 

Which is testified too in God's Word, given to and written within by the Apostles, 

Amplifying and glorifying God and His Holy Word, 

Thereby, giving purpose and meaning to life in Christ, 

And His Crucifixion upon the Cross of Calvary, Salvation by faith's belief in and through Christ, 

For all humanity to commune daily in prayer with God through Christ, 

The Blood of Lamb that covered the sins of all, complete, the price Jesus Christ paid that day. 

Do not live life like the World, from the outside in, 

Receive Christ and renew the Spirit within as given by God, 

Receive the Holy Spirit and live in Him, 

In addition, live in the Spirit, to live life from the inside out, 

By making whole and clean again the Spirit within as given by Him, 

As given, by God, at Adam's creation as God created him and Adam's Race in their image. 

Become, whole and complete again in Him, 

By repenting of all sins within to live anew for and within Him, complete life with Him. 

I in prayer, asked God for strength, and He revealed His Word, 

To restructure and build the heart within to without, 

To follow, wrapped in faith's belief, the footsteps of Christ, 

In the strength of the Holy Spirit and build the Spirit within anew in Him, 

By the Spirit’s teachings of Christ and become a refection of the Word to the World. 

I asked God for Wisdom and He gave the Compassion of Christ, 

That cleanses the eyes to see all as one in the Light of Christ. 

I asked God for Prosperity, He gave the Word of Life to build others with the teachings of Christ, 

For God is the one who supplies all needs from His Creation throughout life. 

I asked God for Courage, He revealed the Shed Blood of Christ upon the Cross

That covered and cleansed the sins of all and builds anew in Him to stand forever by and with Him. 

I asked God for love and He wrapped the heart with the Love of Christ

 In addition, gave the Whole World to spread His Love amongst all.

 Build the Spirit, Soul, and Body by Faith's Belief in Christ, from within, daily in God's Word. 

God gives, His Strength through His Word, 

That builds courage, understanding, and knowledge, 

Revealing and giving to all, who seek, His wisdom to face the problems of life. 

Do not live life like the World from the outside in

Always receiving and never giving to anyone but self, 

Live life in Christ, in the Spirit from the inside out, 

Give of yourself to others, encourage and share another’s load along life's way! 

Lord, keep my eyes open and upon You, 

The heart within wrapped in Your Love and Compassion to give to others in Your Name,

And keep my voice praising God's Holy Name daily for all He has provided, 

Martin Lee Vance

11/3/2012 

God in All of His Glory

I hope and pray,

That what I have written over the years and sent to others,

Has made sense and has touched your heart in some way.

Please tell others about them... They do not belong to me - they belong to Him, The One who gave them to me. I do not know the reason why I started to type them, Someone else could have done a much better job. I just typed them from the words the Lord placed in my heart, I could never have written them on my own, not in a thousand years. Remember, the words and format belong to Him, The errors in usage and spelling belong to me. Like I have said to so many before, the Hole is always darkest at the bottom, One needs light to complete any type of work, Day or Night. God provide the Light needed for me to write, With the Light of Christ's Love that Day that He placed it within, To complete my life within Him. When you have nothing, You never ask for anything, You take what is given and enjoy the moment. Just Life that He has allowed me to view over many years of growth, Seeing and Hearing how people give and take. To much sadness, loneliness, oh so much hurt, People hurt. Given when one uses so many needless words of harm. Everyone has the fix and answer for the other person, Always ready to point out their problem, And the one that hurts never needs another fix or answer. One never needs to be shown shame, they feel it, And remember, words do not hurt, people who use those words hurt. We seem to forget God in All of His Glory always came down, He took the first step of giving, sharing, and reaching out, To Adam and to all others of Adam's Race, Always ready to touch, give, and to share. He did not point to the problem, He knew they felt the shame, His way to help, starts with simple words wrapped in love That touch and heal the heart within, They knowing then that someone is there in their time of great need. Kindness starts the healing process, care feeds and gives the strength, And love repairs and rebuilds stronger than before, from the inside out. Encourage someone every day and build their life Christ's way, By being a friend that gives and shares to build their life to walk in His Light. His Unconditional Love, Acceptance as is, Is what He touched your heart with that day, then by Faith's Belief, you received Him. Pass it on to others and build them within Him. God's, greatest rewards have always been the lessons I learn in Life! Lord, You know, I need nothing else, Martin Lee Vance 2/16/2010

Empathy

Empathy 

Empathy, it is much more than just understanding another’s feelings, 

It is entering into another's feelings, and becoming a part of them, in love,

By being there for them to help and encourage as the need be in their time of need. 

It makes accessible compassion’s pathway between, and structures the bridge of caring, 

That joins the heart of one to the heart of another, in their time of need.

Through feelings felt, built of the circumstances of life, that both identify with, 

Experienced feelings, shared feelings, wrapped together, 

By the present feelings felt by the one in need 

And the past feelings remembered by the other, there in their time of need, 

Bridged and bound together as one, 

That brings comfort and encouragement to not only the one in need, to the mender as well. 

Memories filled with feelings, they are either good or bad, 

For the ones in between daily touch, wrap, and bind together all life. 

Memories are feelings self-hidden within, 

Because of the nature of the feelings felt, that built them, 

For one either wants to remember and build life in them,

Or the pains from the feelings of the past are far too great to release and bear again. 

Feelings come from Life Experiences; they are either good or bad, 

The good build the soul and encourages one to face life, God’s way, each day, 

By His Grace, in Love for one another, as one follows Christ in faith's belief, 

To build life’s happiness daily within with His Integrity of Character 

By reading, hearing, and taking within the teachings of the Word. 

The Holy Spirit teaches of Him and guides the Way 

And keeps the path of life straight,

With the thoughts built of feelings that build good memories 

As one endures life’s trials and tribulations, 

Until Eternity's Day, one stands before God as one in Christ. 

The Holy Spirit keeps the path open between you and Him, 

Because He felt your feelings then, and now within both you and Him, 

That day upon the Cross of Calvary when Jesus paid the price for all sins, once and for all. 

Those feelings built of empathy's sharing resurface in you for Him from time to time,

As you remember and look upon the empty Cross,

And His taking of them, the price He paid, that day, to forever be as one in Him! 

The bad feelings release nothing to build or encourage, 

For they are built and wrapped with only the feelings of deep despair, hurt or loss, 

Wrapped in Satan's price, that builds indifference and dislike, 

His type of life in the dark of the past, hate, to control the soul, 

While he tears at the heart with sadness and remorse 

From the feelings locked and hidden within and lost to the past. 

Both, the good and bad, are released from time to time, to be felt and lived again therein, 

Endured in the past, uncovered, and viewed again, 

Bury the bad at the foot of the Cross and ask for forgiveness. 

Remember this, if you remember nothing else, 

All feelings within of the past, they will allow you to reach out to those in need today, 

To share, help, and mend another's heart within God’s way, 

He will heal and build them for tomorrow’s day from within as He heals you! 

Always, reach out to help, touch, and encourage another by sharing their load in life,

Especially, those facing or have faced life's loss, no matter what, 

For God has sent you to them, for you know as they 

The feelings of their deep despair built of the hurt or loss they have within them! 

Just knowing that another is there and cares enough in their time of need, 

That has endured life's hurt or loss as they! 

Caring starts the healing process and Love builds them stronger 

From the inside out, to face tomorrow's day, 

For God had planned, when He created man, in His Wisdom, 

In understanding built the heart within, and in God's way, 

That allows them to face life, 

To heal and build again, over time, anew from within to without, 

The soul of another to reach out, live, and face life again, 

In addition, in time to reach out and heal the soul of yet another, 

For God in His Wisdom has planned, 

And placed Empathy’s Love in the Heart of Man,

To guide you Home to Him. 

Lord, guide and build me to share and care for all in Your Name each day,

Martin Lee Vance

10/8/2012

Hold onto the Lord

Hold onto the Lord,

Look into His Face and build Faith in Him, 

With an open heart today, receive Him,

He is our Hope for tomorrow 

And the Light that leads the Way today.

There is no secret to living, 

The key to Eternal Life is freely given and not hidden,

God has given to all, for He has written within His Holy Word, 

From creations beginning to its' ending and beyond.

Building within with God’s Love that gives, 

That sees His creation with an open heart and follows Him. 

It is by the Faith in the Lord within, 

That the Holy Spirit structures and builds the heart anew again in Him, 

Live and be guided by the Word of God daily. 

Free Will, given freely to all by God, 

To live free daily in a World created by His caring protective Love, 

From the moment, He thought of creation’s completeness. 

He created all and sustains all, 

From creations beginning to its’ ending and beyond,

For He created in completeness

All that is seen and unseen to protect and care for all,

Given to all wrapped in Love from the heart of God, Himself.

Read His Word to learn of Him,

Give all within in prayer and walk daily with Him.

The choice to either believe and accept or not, 

The Lord Jesus Christ, God’s Son, to live within, 

Remember, that at the moment standing before God,

 On Judgment Day for Eternity's beginning,

He will seal with His Integrity forever, 

The choice freely made within the heart therein.

Hold onto the Lord,

Look into His Face and build Faith in Him, 

With an open heart today,

He is our Hope for tomorrow 

And the Light that leads the Way today.

Lord, at the Cross Your Love given for all, 

God’s destination by grace makes the journey meaningful for me, 

 Martin Lee Vance

10/07/2008

Pride

Pride

Pride...with man it is emotions...with God it is Truth, 

And the proper relationship to whom I serve - God.

Pride is either a sense of one's own proper dignity or value; self-respect, 

Good pride, "I know who I am and whom I am here to serve - God," 

Or an excessively High opinion of oneself, it’s called conceit, 

Bad Pride, "Satan is the pure and only definition for total conceit."

When "Bad Pride," becomes so strong that it over takes ego 

And becomes the center of all life, Egocentric! 

When one thinks about self only, and no one else, 

When one does, pride reaches its final goal, to become a god within self. 

Then it can do anything it wants, 

Because, it creates and runs the environment that it lives in then. 

Remember all the heads of Companies, plus a few Ministers, U.S. Presidents,
Senators, and Congressmen, and their pride and where it led them? 

Satan's been trying for a long time to get everyone, who believes, 

For he already has the unbeliever, to become Egocentric, 

And then he becomes the god within self. 

Know this; many of Gods people judge others using their definition of pride 

And it is always the right definition for Bad Pride, 

But it is really the wrong one to use, or the wrong person 

In the conversation to use it on, 

Because, all have done the following in life, 

Disliked someone because of their age, race, sex, color, beliefs, 

When and how they say something in a conversation, 

What good or bad things they have done in life, you name it, 

All comes from Pride. 

Many have their opinion they share with others about someone else, 

And it is always when the other person is never around to hear, 

Start sharing that opinion with the right person, the one your opinion is about, 

And see if maybe it is wrong, for we all have the right to be different. 

God in His wisdom, created all to be physically and mentally different.

 Remember, in any conversation it's not what you say, 

It’s what the other person sees, hears, and feels. 

In life the one passing judgment is normally

 The one that is conceited enough to have a distorted view of themselves. 

God is the only one that will Judge and pass Judgment on the unbeliever, 

And issue their rewards accordingly, 

For their unbelief, words, and deeds, their place in Hell. 

Jesus Christ, the Believer He will Judge for their words and deeds,

And in Heaven, Faith’s Belief, accordingly issue their rewards.

Lord, I am here to serve God and no one else not even myself,

Martin Lee Vance

9/22/2005

The Grand Canyon and one Fireplace

The Fireplace located in Bright Angel Lodge on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon and one Fireplace

The Fireplace, was designed and built to represent the Grand Canyon,

 By using the stones from each layer of the Canyon, 

Found in the different layers of rock from the top down to the bottom.

 Taken and then placed together to represent the Canyon from the top down to the bottom,

In addition, the sides are formed to represent the different shapes of the Canyon Walls 

From the top down to the bottom of the canyon,

The round stones at the bottom, represent the Colorado River, they are from the riverbed. 

Look at it closely; each layer of the Fireplace is different. 

I stood and watched many people just walk past and not look, read, 

Are ask one question of the person on duty at the desk, not one question about the Fireplace,

 That represents a view of God's handy work placed and released upon this earth

 That would become "The Canyon," that all now come to view and to look into 

To stand in amazement, and utter just one word, Ah!  

The "Grand Canyon", which brings tears to the eyes of many that, I viewed.

To view what God had planned to be before the beginning of time 

That represents His touch of love from the past.

The "Grand Canyon" that we view and love today look closely at it again!

 When I look at it, I see, each layer of the Fireplace is different, just like, we are all different!

 Not two of us alike and each of the layers are different from the other layers,

 Just like each generation is different from the one before, 

From the beginning - the top layer - Adam and Eve,

 To the round stones at bottom, that represents the last layer or generation,

 The layer, the generation, that is different from the ones before,

 For many will hear, but few will believe and follow, 

The stones represent the few that follow.

 The sides of the Fireplace represent the different trails and tribulations

 Through life each person and generation faces, that shapes and builds each to endure. 

 The river I likened to the Trinity, whom are from the beginning to beyond forever. 

God by grace, eternity to all, by way of Christ of the Cross, 

The Holy Spirit shapes and builds each of us daily that follows and believes in Christ, 

As the river shaped and formed the Grand Canyon.

Christ, is the river of living water, the giver, the bread of life, the foundation, and builder of all life,

We endure in Him, until that day we stand before God, one in Him. 

The Grand Canyon and one Fireplace

Lord, thank you for eyes that see and a heart that believes, 

Martin Lee Vance 

4/12/2008

Things Different

Things Different 

A List that should be completed daily by all, 

The Way changes the World Around, 

We all need to do a lot of Things Different, 

This will never be a list of things to make a life of affluence as the World believes. 

Daily, writing a things different list that changes needed can be completed, 

Thereby, never allowing misunderstandings or anger to take hold. 

A list of things caused by a tongue using a vocabulary of indifference and selfishness, 

A list that needs to be rewritten with words of kindness and love, 

Words that bear witness to The Touch of the Light of Love of Christ, Himself. 

All either have calls to make, letters to write, or journeys to take, 

To make things different, between love ones and the world around. 

Things that have built a Gulf of Anger ridged around with many years of Love Lost. 

For my friend, all it takes to make things different is to allow Christ to change that Heart. 

Thereby, changing how you view the World around. 

Allowing you to walk and talk to make Things Different. 

We all need to do a lot of Things Different. 

The Way changes the World Around, 

A List that should be completed daily by all, 

Things Different! 

Lord, change my Heart to do a lot of Things Different, 

Martin Lee Vance 

11/05/2005

The Wealth of Love, Jesus

The Wealth of Love, Jesus

When Love has been given, 

And the heart of another truly receives, 

Now knowing within acceptance as is, 

Forever, more than just a friend, 

By God's Grace, vested two become one. 

That joy of togetherness felt in the loneliness apart. 

Their words of hope that touch to remove, replace, 

And build in Love togetherness, 

Greater tomorrow than today, 

Walking together through the years, 

Sharing a past of remembrances, 

Of faithfulness in the bad times 

As well as in the good times! 

One cannot earn, misplace, or fear the loss of, 

For Love is always given. 

Now look above 

An remember His Love given 

For all upon the Cross, 

Reach out with a heart open to receive, accept, 

And walk in belief with Jesus within, 

For His Wealth of Love, 

Is forever living free, one in and serving Him. 

More than can ever be written, 

By a heart that received His Love given. 

Lord, keep my heart open to receive and build me today for tomorrow, 

Martin Lee Vance 

9/6/2006

Reinforce and Make Changes Today

Reinforce and Make Changes Today

When one reads the Holy Bible 

With an open heart 

And with eyes that see His Love, 

It will build you in Him. 

The Lord will reinforce and make changes 

To the foundation of what lives within, 

That will then allow changes 

To be made to the structure, 

That one over a lifetime has built upon 

That foundation that lives within, 

Now reach out to Him, 

By reading God's Word 

To build life anew in Him, 

That keeps the heart open 

With eyes that see the love 

Jesus has given that

Paid the price for all sins,

Upon the Cross that day at Mount Calvary. 

Lord, reinforce and make changes within me today, 

Martin Lee Vance 

9/12/2008

Today, is the Day

Today, is the day 

To take the time to remember, 

We all have so few years ahead 

And so many behind, 

To remind us of the times missed 

In bringing joy and happiness 

To the ones we have touched 

On our travels through this life. 

Yesterday, will always be life in the past 

That can never be changed.

Tomorrow, will always be life a day away 

Which never arrives. 

Today is life, given by God for and by the moment, 

Reach out and take that moment, 

With and under Gods guidance and will 

And bring joy and happiness to the ones in your life.

Lord, may I always remember to encourage someone everyday, 

Martin Lee Vance 

9/26/2006

Respect

Respect 

One cannot build either the hope for tomorrow 

Or the love in trust today, 

Through the humiliation 

Or disrespect of another yesterday. 

Trust, is built upon the core value of respect, 

It grows through faith and is strengthen in belief. 

With the love that comes from the knowledge 

Of knowing, the other respects you, 

Just like, you respect them in love from within. 

The Lord, at Calvary, not only paid the price 

For the sins of all,

He also took upon Himself, 

The humiliation and disrespect 

Wrapped within the sin that belonged to you and me,

As He hung upon the Cross of Calvary that day before the World, 

He covered all that Believe through Faith and made complete in Him that day.

Lord, the Cross-was the World's symbol of shame that day, 

Your blood in Love covered and purified it, to Light the Way, 

And me to walk complete in You today, 

Martin Lee Vance 

4/3/2009

Righteous Life

Righteous Life

To live a righteous life,

Is when life is lived by the guidance of the Word

From within to without in harmony with God the Trinity, 

For all have things we carry hidden within our life, 

Yes, even the believers that follow forgiven in Christ, 

They could be sins forgotten or fears and worries kept hidden within today. 

Remove them all today and have no doubts built of them yesterday for tomorrow‘s day, 

For it is a righteous life one should seek to live today.

To live free in harmony with God as He planned it to be before the beginning of time,

Until one releases all to the Lord from within, 

For in bondage one cannot seek to build the harmony, of which God speaks, 

To be covered by the Light of Jesus Christ, that illuminates the Way each day. 

Step back and release all to the Lord today,

Place them at the Foot of the Cross-for the price He paid in Love that day, 

For His shed blood to cover them forgotten and forgiven today, 

And by God’s Grace He released all forever from the bondage of them that day. 

Then build a life that seeks in prayer daily to follow anew in Him, 

And by the guidance of His Word structures harmony within to without in Him,

For by faith when one truly receives and believes, 

The authority He will be,

 For He has given His Word to guide thee, 

To judge all upon and if not within to bring to Him, 

For when you seek, the Holy Spirit will guide within. 

Openly building a relationship with Him, 

That all in prayer place all before the Lord, 

For He intercedes for all in Him, 

And the Holy Spirit leads all with the guidance of God’s Love to build in Him. 

Knowing then within that true happiness, 

Does not come from self or the things of the World, 

It comes by God’s Grace from knowing and following God's Word. 

Building a life that reaches out with the Lords Light of Love, 

To build another within the hope to care and love again, 

That removes the pain of hurt in hearts suffering deep despair within,

For it takes a heart open in faith that seeks the Heart of God each day

To live a righteous life in harmony with Him until tomorrow’s eternal day. 

Lord, I thank You for every day of life I have lived in Your Light, 

Martin Lee Vance 

10/17/2008 

The Sins of Others

What! Never speak one evil word,

Or rash, or idle, or unkind!

O’ how shall I, most gracious Lord,

This mark of true perfection find? —Wesley

The Sins of Others

When one tends to point at the sins of others, 

They either forgot, never believed, 

Or never really comprehended what the Lord did at Calvary. 

When He removed the sins of all in the World, 

Forgiven, forgotten, and forever removed by Him. 

Christ paid the price for the sins of all that day long ago at Calvary. 

We would have more love and understanding in the World, 

If we could just remove the hate, built of indifference, that lives within. 

That always looks to find and build fault in others, 

For all the problems that all face in life throughout the world today. 

Believe that those whom believe plus God will always equal a majority. 

Know this within; the World really wants to be known for the love that lives within them. 

When one hears all the indifference to build strife, one knows it is not of God, 

Satan has had a hand in building and bringing that information before all. 

It will close the ears and eyes to any good that is heard or seen, 

In addition, all will be felt within the heart therein. 

When you see and hear only the good and question the bad, 

By the Word of God, it will open the eyes to see and the ears to hear 

The beat of the Lord's Love in the heart therein, 

And allow the Holy Spirit to bring forth to shine and Light the Path of Life with Him, 

To encourage and bring to build others to receive God’s Grace in Christ. 

All are here for God's purpose not the World's, 

God is in control and always will be!

Lord, keep me beside You as I walk through this life and teach me, 

Martin Lee Vance 

8/25/2010 

The Word is Love

The Word is Love 

When I replaced the thoughts of me, 

That day I received and accepted The Word, 

Jesus now guides and lives within me. 

Removing the doubts of the fears and worries of yesterday, 

To love and forgive others and build Jesus in their day,

To grow my heart God's way with meaning today.

Never to be rejected, hidden, or to ever be forbidden to stand before Him, 

Forever One with Christ before God in oneness and openness, 

For His Love created my life worth living 

That day He gave His for me on The Cross of Calvary. 

To grow in prayer each day within with Him, 

To build and share His Love with others, 

And give to another to build their life to love and give to others. 

For His Love can never be kept within, 

For it has a meaning that has to be shared, my friend, 

To forever love, accept, and befriend all others just like Him. 

For His Word of Love has the true meaning of Him wrapped within, 

To build the heart within, 

To cleanse and remove the sins hidden therein, 

To place them all at the Cross forgiven. 

To touch others with His Love felt then 

To receive and accept Him,

And when His Love is then given, 

Goes on forever for it cannot be hidden, 

For The Love of Jesus forgives the darkest of sin! 

It allows all to walk beside Him. 

Change the meaning of your life today. 

Make the choice to walk daily beside Him,

In His Light of Love! 

Touch the Heart of God, pass on His Love and give to others in your walk with the Lord, 

Martin Lee Vance 

May 27, 2007

To Believe, Is to Trust, and Depend



To believe, 

Is to trust, and depend, 

Totally in the Lord, 

It is Spiritual growth, 

Within to without, 

Complete in Him. 

For self no longer exists then, 

When one depends, 

And trusts completely in Him, 

The One who’s Love is never ending 

That was before the beginning. 

Knowing within to without, 

He will provide all, 

And take care of all. 

Thereby knowing,

 You are stable within Him, 

And He is stable within you. 

Lord, guide my walk and build my life within Your word, 

Martin Lee Vance 

3/5/2008

The Border Problems of Indifference



Heaven’s Passport it’s Irrevocable!

The Border Problems of Indifference

Lord, thank you, for the price You paid that day, 

That removed the Boundary of Borders and unlocked the Gates of Heaven. 

By taking all sins for all, 

That now allows all to walk free of sin through Heaven's Gates, 

By the belief of God's Word built of faith from within in You, 

That Strengthens to live life anew by the acceptance of You. 

Then on our appointed day to then look upon Your Face at God's Table of Grace. 

God gives America a blessing everyday,

He gives America the strength to endure, when we stand together, 

View and accept all that speak out for more humane human laws 

To control the Borders around Her, 

And pray that within each one He builds understanding 

And wraps it with the courage to allow others 

That right of Freedom and of Speech. 

For it is that courage that God builds within, 

That America's Freedom is built upon and makes Her Free 

And will keep Her Free 'till tomorrow's day with Him! 

The courage built within by God's Word 

That strengthens all by following daily our Lord, Jesus Christ.

Heaven’s Passport is Irrevocable,

Christ paid the price and God sealed and signed it Irrevocable with His Loving Grace.

Lord, thank you, for the price You paid that day to remove the Borders of Heaven, 

That now allows me to walk free of sin through The Gates to look upon Your Face, 

Martin Lee Vance 

7/10/2010

What God Hears



What God Hears 

He hears the notes of the songs of Happiness and Love,

He composed and gave to all of Nature on Creation Day. 

When He released the wind that day to move free amongst the trees,

God knows and supplies natures every need. 

As the wind hears and obeys, not one want has nature ever a need. 

He hears and answers the prayers of the special and little ones, 

Who trust and see with their hearts, 

For Jesus watches over and protects them with His Love. 

He hears and answers the prayers of all who truly believe, 

That daily walks and follows Him, He hears their every need. 

He is the Light that removes the darkness of the pain and hurts of life, 

When released in prayer and given to Him. 

He heals by faith from within to complete life's journey with Him. 

He hears and answers their prayers to save the lost, heal the sick, 

And to bring comfort and caring to those in need, 

To build faith again within stronger tomorrow than today,

To guide, by their faith in Jesus, their way Home to Him. 

He hears but does not answer the prayers, of wants of stuff to build a selfish self,

For as nature He knows and will supply every need of self. 

He gives from His Heart to those He knows, 

That can receive much, that much is expected of them, 

For they see as and walk with Him, and know the needs of the world around, 

For in prayer He guides them. 

He does not hear prayers built of sin, 

To return hurt or remove anything to ever get even with them, 

That created that black hole of hate therein. 

That has now turned inward and blackened the heart within, 

And has removed all love, but the love of the dark of self, 

He never condemns or turns to leave and remove His Love from them, 

For He reaches out to soften their heart with time and love to build them, 

To remove the blindness of self from their eyes, to bring comfort and caring to that heart again. 

He hears only one prayer from the sinner, the one by faith, 

To receive Salvation by His Grace, the sinner's prayer, 

Before this prayer, all others prayed, He never hears to answer. 

Not even this prayer before Him on their appointed Judgment Day. 

It is the sinner's prayer of belief to receive, accept, and follow Jesus Christ, His Son,

The One that makes them one within Him, Jesus Christ, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 

To walk with and know Him by His Word, the Holy Spirit to change and guide their heart, 

And then by water of Baptism to follow complete in Him. 

God knows and supplies every need, as the wind hears and obeys, 

Open your heart to Him to hear and obey, and sing, prayer praises, to Him every day. 

Then He will hear the notes of the songs of Happiness and Love, 

He composed just for you long ago on Creation Day, 

Listen and hear what God Hears! 

Lord, touch my eyes and remove self and keep my heart one with You, 

Martin Lee Vance 

2/28/2007