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DIVERSIONS
by RFH

Television, travel,
games, and gambling;
newsy gossip and
excessive rambling;

Worldly diversions
that summon me
to a decadent lifestyle
-- all carefree.

No one to look out for
but number one;
Life's a bowl of cherries
-- so much fun;

Gain the world,
lose your soul;
end your life
with an empty bowl.

It's not that I can't
have it
-- I've come
to the conclusion --

It's just that I no longer
want it
-- and that's
no illusion.

In Mark 8:36 it is written,
"For what shall it profit a
man, if he shall gain the
whole world, and lose his
own soul?"

(c) RFH 7/18/2014

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This poem is dedicated to
church planters everywhere:

SPREADING THE GOSPEL
by RFH

Here am I
in a desolate place;
Nothing supports me
    but God's grace;

To my Savior
do I pray
to send just one --
    you -- my way.

You now believe
as I do;
So then,
    that makes two.

Then we go
door-to-door;
  Next thing we know:
    The two are four!

With the Spirit
we congregate;
in little time
    we four are eight.

With Father, Son,
and Holy Spirit
we all march on
    'til all will hear it.

The numbers move up
and fill this land
as new believers
    take their stand.

From tens to hundreds
then thousands and more;
Who could know
    Heaven's final score?

Then soon shall
our Savior come;
The gospel has spread
    to it's final sum.

From a world bonded to sin
our Lord frees us
as we declare, "I'm in,"
    come, Lord Jesus!

Acts 2:4 (in part) reads:
"... And the Lord added
to the church daily such
as should be saved."

Matthew 24:14 (in part)
reads: "And this gospel
of the kingdom shall be
preached   in   all the
world ... then the end
shall come."

     (c) RFH 03/12/2017

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   HOMERUN NEEDED
(EYE ON THE BALL)
by RFH

   At times I could
    be a hero;
     at other times
       one complete mess;

   This morning
     I'm batting zero
     (to my loved ones
       I must confess).

Lord, I pray that
You'll see me thru;
   please guide me
    to think, say, and do;

When the floodlights dim
and things look very dark,
keep my eye on the ball
    soon to leave the park.

Philippians 4:13 declares:
"I can do all things through
Christ which strengtheneth
me."

          (c) RFH 07/14/2017

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THE GOSSIPERS
by RFH

'Tis not new,
this scourge
of many
    a congregation;

It separates
the brethren
in almost every
    situation.

Some exclaim:
'There's no way
they could be right

'And, for the Lord,
I'll not give up
this fight.'

So, the gossipers
continue, getting all
the attention others
    can afford;

Fighting their
self-righteous battles;
fighting like the devil
    for the Lord.

Over the simplest
of matters
they want their
    brethren crucified;

'Twas due to
this type of jealousy
that their own
    Savior died.

James 4:11 says, in part:
"Speak not evil one of
another, brethren. He
that speaketh evil of [his]
brother … [is not] a doer
of the law but a judge."
And Matt. 7:1, 2 tells us,
in part: "Judge not that
ye may not be judged.
For with what judgment
ye judge, ye shall be
judged …"

© RFH 9/18/2017
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