Tune: St Francis Xavier
('My God, I love thee, not because')
1 Thessalonians 5 v.19
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Quench not the Spirit, let not fear
Rule your hearts, minds, lives here
So He not suppressed nor repressed
But active, and you blessed
Be yielded to Him, and not damp
Him down as a dimmed lamp
Nor that flow of His oil be blocked
But faculties unlocked
As dove that flies, so inwardly
You find liberty free
Confessing sins, what displeasing
To Him, them to Him bring
And forgiveness and peace there find
Restored and renewed mind
Allow Him to possess you more
With Christ's perfect life sure
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Author:
orchidee (
Offline) - Published: January 21st, 2023 03:29
- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 8.6.8.6. format. Sometimes I think being 'in the Spirit' is jumping up and down in charismatic church meetings. But it's not only that. We don't have to 'jump up and down' but one feels left out if nearly everyone else is doing so. But then we may only be copying others, and not be in the Spirit, but acting from human effort.
- Category: Spiritual
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Comments2
my thirst for knowledge knows no leaps nor bounds ..
Thanks N.
Good one Orchi.
Thanks Gold.
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