Mercy for the Righteous

All the Earth, the Lord is watching,

The needs of the afflicted, He is observing.

At the right time, the Lord will take action,

From all ruin and danger, He grants his protection.

For the afflicted to receive his mercy,

They need always to keep God in their memory.

Remembering what the Lord has already done,

Remembering that prayer will always produce action.

If they do not remember these things,

They will start to act very crazy.

The Lord’s ways, they will abandon,

Mundane offerings will catch their attention

By doing so, they will turn away from God’s instructions.

They will need to humble themselves to be forgiven,

Before the Lord God, they will have to beg.

Only then the Lord will grant forgiveness to them,

And his protection will once again be upon the servant.

The servant will continue waiting for the Lord,

Believing that God will be their protector.

They will wait for God’s mercies,

They know the Lord will never fail in his promises.

This poem is part of the book Christian Poetry Volume VII.

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Evangelical Favela

A church set up shop in my hood,

Thought it was just another one, wouldn’t change a thing, understood?

Time went by, and the church kept growing,

Folks from my area were showing and going.

Every now and then, they’d invite me to come,

But I always found a way to run,

Said I didn’t have time to pray,

Had better things to do in my way.

The little church kept growing more and more,

And I thought: “Whatever, I don’t care, it’s a bore!

My life ain’t gonna change because of it, I swore,

There’s nothing I need to worry about, for sure.”

My buddies started attending,

And whenever they could, they’d come, inviting me.

As always, I kept dodging and weaving,

Following my own path, not believing.

Over time, people stopped killing, it’s true,

There was hardly anyone left dealing, too.

I couldn’t understand why things had changed,

All I know is calmer, that favela became.

That’s when I started thinking,

“What’s different now, what’s making it shifting?”

Finally, I understood what had happened,

It was all because of that church of God; it was blessed.

After all, the evangelical favela was growing fast,

Many people’s lives were improving, at last.

For the first time, I admitted I was wrong,

And that God was responsible for the outcome.

One day, I decided to accept a friend’s invite,

Went to church to get to know Jesus Christ.

That day, I liked everything I heard,

That path I promised I would follow, every word.

Following Jesus, my life changed,

I surrendered my path to the Lord.

What I hated, I started to like and embrace,

Those I didn’t know; Now, I love and are my way.

I was lost and Jesus came to save me by his grace,

By His side forever, I will stay in peace.

This poem is part of the book Christian Poetry Volume VII.

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Reasons to Thank

Many days, big challenges, we must face,

Some things arise as a troublemaker.

Sometimes it is hard, and we want to cry,

But if we consider, there are reasons to be glad in our life.

The fact we are alive is one amazing blessing,

That shows we have a new opportunity to continue dreaming.

We have a new chance to fight for what is wanted,

One more chance to seek the realization of what is desired.

To have food on our table is another great reason to thank,

Even if it is not of our will, it is a blessing to have in our hands.

We know many people in the world do not have this opportunity,

Many days of their lives, they must face a hard famine.

To have a job is an excellent reason for thanking,

Because with the efforts of our hands, we continue growing.

With our work, we can sustain ourselves and become independent,

Ensuring a marvelous life that gives us enjoyment.

 

With what has been said, we can notice how we are blessed,

We saw that we received good gifts in everything.

Recognize the blessings and thank those who give us all things,

Thank God every day for these and everything He is doing.

This poem is part of the book Life Through the Words.

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Days and Days

There are days when our lives seem very well-orchestrated,

Everything works exceptionally fine; in the way it has waited.

There is absolutely nothing that seems to be out of place,

Until the unforeseen, it happens to improve our ways.

Those days, we stay in peace, without any preoccupation,

Because it is like our lives have achieved perfection.

There is no reason to stay anguished or sad,

Because everything works fine, everything is perfect.

But then come days that our stability is shaken,

We had peace and tranquility, but they have been taken.

Virtually everything planned does not work as it should,

We think perfection has finished in our lives, and nothing is good.

This is the moment to stop and recognize an important thing,

To recognize that we need one significant help to win.

This help comes from God, who is almighty to do everything,

The Lord is marvelous, and He can give us peace without ending.

This poem is part of the book Life Through the Words.

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The Future

About the future, we got concerned,

We plan what will be made,

We want to know what will happen along the way,

We want to know about the next few days.

 

The future is an important thing,

But there is no reason to be concerned about it.

If we have plans that are countless,

We will get extremely restless.

 

There is no reason to be concerned about it.

God is in control of everything.

All happens as the Lord desires,

Only He knows what will come in our lives.

 

There is no use trying to plan everything,

If we do not know if life will continue.

The Lord already has planned the ways.

He already has an enjoyable day.

 

There is only one thing to have preoccupation,

To know if we are with God and his protection.

If yes, our future is safe in his hands.

If not, maybe today is our end.

This poem is part of the book Christian Poetry Volume II.

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Fake Pastor

There are fake pastors in the churches,

They teach some parts of the Bible,

But they do not apply this in their lives.

They only want acknowledgment,

They teach without good judgment.

 

Many of them are in charge because they paid for it,

But they say that God has chosen them for it.

A terrible gospel is being announced,

They do not talk about Christ crucified.

 

The leadership of the church does not do anything,

They are only concerned if the church gets offerings.

They never wanted to please God,

They want a way to supply themselves.

 

When someone tries to expose the lie,

The church does not want to recognize,

They expel the member to silence him.

The leaders know what has been said was verity,

But they close their eyes to the iniquity.

 

That is not rare or unusual,

Too many people do it without fear of the spiritual.

They think that God will not do anything,

They continue doing the same things.

 

God is observing everything,

The death of his flock, He is seeing.

Some people will be uplifted by Him,

And the truth will be revealed.

We must pray to the Lord God,

He will rid us of this evil.

We must ask for wisdom from God,

To recognize what is a lie and what is from the Lord.

This poem is part of the book Christian Poetry Volume II.

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Some Christians on Social Media

Social media are very mighty,

They are enormous in their reach capability.

All things reach everyone in every place,

The networks make easy ways to communicate.

 

The Christian is present in all networking,

But it is not always that they are evangelizing.

In different manners, they might be behaving,

They might be doing shaming things.

 

Some people love to write indirect publications,

They never talk to those who can solve the situation.

They spread everyone their disappointment,

They feed wars inside of them.

 

Other people write everything without thinking,

They share openly what they want to say,

They forget that God commanded care about talking,

The commandment is also valid for typing.

 

Some people only want self-promotion,

They announce everything and all action.

They even share the most intimate supplication,

They want to be seen by others and get admiration.

 

Finally, there are Christians of the hypocrisy,

They love to share phrases, messages, and these things,

But in their lives, there is none of this.

They are religious for the whole network sees,

But they did not want to regret the sin.

These behaviors have to end,

Networks must be used to evangelize,

And do not for self-promotion and to scandalize.

Through them, many people can be saved,

It only depends on what each one has shared.

This poem is part of the book Christian Poetry Volume V.

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A Dominated World

It seems the world is being dominated,

Virtually everything is being changed.

Things do not happen naturally,

It is observed that everything is going badly.

 

People only think about violence and killing,

The love for each other, they are not practicing.

There is no confidence in anyone,

The betrayal has ruled over everyone.

 

People do not want to do what is fair,

Each one desires to be cleverer.

The consequences of the actions are not perceived,

All righteous action was perverted.

 

Each one follows his wicked ways,

Forgetting about love and true ways.

The truth is, the Lord has created us,

And the right path, He showed us.

 

God said what must be made by each one,

Following Him, eternal life is given to everyone.

But just a few people consider his teaching,

They are more concerned about immediate things.

 

The Lord God, everyone must seek,

At the time that everyone can still find Him.

After his people have been taken,

They will seek, but He will not be found by them.

This poem is part of the book Christian Poetry Volume V.

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