''Poems & Thoughts On: Being 'Used' by God!''

By Patricia L. Carpenter

Just two months after Id finished Poem Book #5, I completed this Book. Between my Dad & Step-Dads passing, Id sought The Lord earnestly to be used by Him & these questions came to me: Do you want God to use you for His Glory? Are you willing to become teachable & submissive to The Holy Spirit? Are you READY to Forgive both God & man?
In these Poems, God teaches us how to become usable to Him by: Trusting & Learning to know Him better. Then Waiting on & Yielding to His Will, not our own. Oh, dear friend, forget your past & what you were & see what you can become ~ with Christs help!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Oct 24, 2007
• ISBN: 9781462832101

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"POEMS & THOUGHTS ON:

BEING ‘USED’ BY GOD!"

POEM BOOK No. 6

Patricia L. Carpenter

Copyright © 2007 by Patricia L. Carpenter.

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Contents

YOUR FUTURE!

THREE WORDS!

BE ‘RECONCILED’ TO GOD!

ENEMIES OR FRIENDS?

SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!

A ‘POSITIVE’ TEST!

JESUS IS KNOCKING!

USEFUL!

THE LION & THE LAMB!

MARRED!

JESUS WAS THE CLAY!

WHERE CAN GOD TURN?

SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!

SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!

QUALITY!

SEARCHING?

SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!

WALK DOWN THAT ROAD!

‘USED’ TO GOD’S WORD?

BLOCKS OR CHANNELS?

IMPATIENCE!

THE GOSPEL!

SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!

"IS YOUR SOUL ‘STARVING’?"

A ‘LAMP’!

SAFE!

SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!

SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!

DO OTHERS ‘SEE’?

The 1ST STEP!

"IT IS NOT US!"

WE MUST ‘KNOW’ CHRIST!

"GOD JUST ‘SPOKE’!" *

"THE ONE & ‘ONLY’ GOD!"

TO BE ‘USED’ BY GOD!

THE ‘WAY’ OF GOD’S SPIRIT!

"JESUS IS A FRIEND!"

PROPHETS?

GOD’S GRACE!

CRUTCHES!

EXAMINE YOURSELF!

WHEN YOU LOOK ‘AHEAD’!

STEPS!

THE LIMIT!

I ‘EXPECTED’!

I ‘FASHION’!

ONE DAY YOU WILL ‘LEARN’!

"FULLNESS OF JOY!"

SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!

ANTICIPATION!

A ‘STURDY’ PLANT!

‘LAVISH’ LOVE!

SO ‘NECESSARY’!

GOD’S ‘WAITING’ ROOM!

OUR ‘QUIET’ TIME!

STRENGTH ‘RENEWED’!

WANT TO BE ‘BORED’?

SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!

"‘SEEK’ TO KNOW!"

SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!

HOW OFTEN, LORD?

HIRING WORKERS!

TRYING TO ‘BUY’ GOD’S LOVE?

SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!

THE ‘PERFECT’ TIME!

MARY’S ‘TREASURES’!

‘SAVING’ FOR TOMORROW!

HELP!

BRIGHT LIGHTS!

PRESENT ‘YOUR’ GIFTS!

‘GIVE’ TO ‘GAIN’!

HOW ‘RICH’ ARE YOU?"

USELESS TREASURES!

‘FREELY’ GIVE YOURSELF!

"OUR HEARTS ‘DELIGHT’!

‘REMEMBER’ GOD’S GOODNESS!

SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!

GOD CAN ‘MOVE’ A MAN!

HELP US TO ~ ‘ENDURE’!

BEING KEPT!

BEING PERSECUTED?

SURPRISED?

"HIS JOY!"

WHEN YOU KNOW!

STRICKEN SILENT?

HE’S ‘HERE’!

SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!

PEACE ~ AT ALL COSTS?

IT ‘HURTS’!

MY ‘ANTICIPATION’!

WE CANNOT ‘PERCEIVE’!

FORGET THE PAST!

SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!

MY ‘PAST’!

HAS GOD ‘CALLED’ YOU?

THE ‘ANGELS’ COME!

SHAME!

REAL ‘TRUE’ LOVE?

THOSE ‘ANTI-CHRIST’S’!

BE ‘SURE’!

STOP ALL ELSE!

WHENEVER!

THE LORD OF THE ‘MOMENT’!

"‘GREY’ DAY PRACTICE!"

WHEN YOU WAKE UP!

‘DAILY’ OBEDIENCE!

UNLIKE THE SAVIOR!

SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!

BETTER ~ WITH THE ‘PRUNING’!

RETIREMENT?!

DIFFICULT TASKS!

CONSCIOUS?

THE ‘BODY’!

UNRUFFLED!

SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!

SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!

SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!

ROUGH TRIALS!

DEAR LORD!

"OUR 40TH CLASS REUNION!"

BABIES ARE ‘PRECIOUS’!

GOD PLANTS A SEED!

YOUR WEDDING!

BEGINNING AGAIN!

GOD’S ‘HEALING’ PRESENCE!

A RAINBOW!

DO NOT TAKE THAT ‘STEP’!

YOUR ’90TH ‘BIRTHDAY!

"TO BE LOVED FOR ‘ONESELF’!"

PASSOVER!

SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!

AT LAST!

THE ‘FINAL’ TEST!

SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!

SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!

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YOUR FUTURE!"

"In ‘Mercy’ I veil your future"

says our Precious Lord,

"So you will seek only Me ~

‘revealed’ in My Holy Word."

Do not build your Faith

upon ‘things’ you see & do,

But, build upon The Solid Rock *

Who helps to see you through!

Revelation knowledge ~

of JESUS CHRIST Himself,

Will be your Foundation *

that keeps you ‘off’ that shelf.

The more ‘intimacy’ you gain

the more ‘teachable’ you become,

Because now you’re ‘totally’ submissive

to ~ that Holy One!

*2 Sam. 22:2-4 & Ps.18:2 & 89:26 & Mt.7:24-25;

Lk.6:48 & I Cor.10:4.                  3/24/99

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THREE WORDS!"

Are we in the ‘habit’

of saying Praise the Lord!,

And does it come from deep inside

piercing us ~ like a Sword?

Dividing soul & spirit

from falseness & of strife, *

Or is it just ‘three words’

with ‘no meaning’ in our life?

Strong words from my pen

piercing even me,

As God speaks them to me ‘first’

before I write to thee!

Think about them ‘clearly’

& understand them well,

As God wants our PRAISING to be ‘True’

from our hearts deep ~ ‘Inner Well’!

A flowing River Fountain

full of Joy & Love,

Real & True & Delightful

to: The Son Above.

*Heb.4:12.3/23/99

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BE ‘RECONCILED’ TO GOD!"

Did you know you had a ‘choice’

to be ‘reconciled’ to God?

All throughout the Bible

this TRUTH He has sought!

Sought to ‘reveal’ His Love

so you’d RETURN to Him,

If we’d only give up our ‘idols’

seek CHRIST & want to win!

What is your choice today my friend

His LOVE or all your ‘pride’?

Do you want to live forever

& be part of Christ’s ‘Bride’?

The choice is ‘always’ ours

& ‘free’ to every one,

So make that choice ~ today

& CHOOSE God’s Precious SON!

11/21/98

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Dear Lord: I want to ‘reflect’ You in my writings, not my opinions or what I think about You! For I want folks to know Your Heart! HELP, Lord!

Thank You,                  Patricia (Pat)

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ENEMIES OR FRIENDS?"

It was not Christ’s ‘enemies’

who hurt The Savior so,

It was His dearest ‘friends’

who ‘forsook’ Him & did go! *

The ones who walked & talked with Him

yet ‘doubted’ His Words were true,

They were the ones who ‘wounded’ Him

& pierced Him through & through.

The scars left in His bosom

left there by you & me,

Are there because we ‘say’ we LOVE Him

yet ‘from Him’ we do flee!

Walking ‘all the way’ with CHRIST

is something we cannot do,

Until we ‘totally’ surrender *

& realize His Love ‘is’ True!

Teach us Holy Father

& help us understand,

We must NOT forsake You

but HOLD ON to Your Hand!

*Mt.26:56; Ps.51:6,7 & 10.                  10/27/98

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SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!"

CHOOSE (decide) to Love ~ those who ‘irk’ you as well as those who ‘please’ you! For Christ ‘dwells’ in Love! Neither ‘fear’ or ‘dread’ them coming around you, but determine to be kind & sweet & gentle &, most of all, loving them. Ask God to ‘fill’ you with LOVE if you have to, but ~ determine you are going to ‘Love’ that person ‘despite’ their attitude & actions

toward you! Thanks! 2/2/99

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I PETER 2:15 (TLB) ~ "It is God’s Will that your ‘good lives’ should silence those who foolishly condemn the Gospel without knowing what it can do for them, having