It’s About to Go Down

It just got real.
I’ve leveled up.
I’m playing in the big leagues.

For I am now a child of God.
Waiting,
ㅤ watching,
For Christ.
Learning to live in my Father’s…

Love

In spite of my sins,
ㅤ Adopted.
Adopted into family.
Adopted into being loved.
And now able to love.
Able to receive and share God’s…

Affection

Without my Father’s affection,
ㅤ without his love,
I cannot truly love.
But since I am his,
ㅤ since I have believed,
I am filled with his overflowing love.
And in his love,
ㅤ in my faith in Jesus,
I must…

Remain

I must continue…
Continue in him.
Continue in his righteousness.
Continue in his lavish love.
A love that is…

Unexpected

A love that is beyond my comprehension.
A love that is beyond description.
A love that cannot be contained.
A love can’t be restrained.
A love that transforms…

Relationship

A love that instills confidence.
Confidence as I wait,
ㅤ as I watch,
For Jesus’ return.
As I wait without doubts.
As I wait without fear.
I wait with no fear of…

Shame

For I have received mercy.
I am living under grace.
As God’s child I can approach him in everything.
As God’s child I can approach him with anything.
As God’s child I can approach him with complete…

Confidence

Although I have sinned…
Although I have lived lawlessly…
Although I cannot pay the price…
Although I cannot calculate the cost…
I can live without shame.
For my sins have been…

Removed

I am no longer a slave to sin and shame.
I have become a slave to righteousness.
God’s law has been satisfied in me through…

Jesus Christ

I now live in his…

Freedom

I live as a child of the King.
I live in his victory over sin.
I live as one who is perfect,
ㅤ even as I am being…

Perfected

As I struggle…
As I doubt…
As I hurt…
Even as I weep…
I live in victory.
I live in love.
I live in…

Freedom

Psalming as Performance Art — written as I sat listening to a teaching by Pastor Damean at North Coast Church, Vista, 2/4/24