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EAGER

I often wondered
Why old folks said
I’m looking forward
To see Jesus

I love you Lord
I want to stay
I’m anxious for the day
I can serve and play

Growing a family
With a godly wife
Children born
Facing strife

Still when old folks
Said I’m ready
To go and see
Jesus and His home for me

Why? I said
Too much to do
Jesus calls
I’m serving YOU

Business comes and goes
I love this work I have
Christ exalted
Eternity proclaimed

Faithfulness lived
Things are tough
I caught myself
Thinking Lord it’s too much

But no, dawn came
I went on my way
Soul lifted up
By Jesus’ healing touch

Now I’m old
By the world’s count
I’m ready to see Jesus
Eager to be at His knee

Clay Corvin

MAGIC GIRL

Magic girl-can do all things
Admiration due
You are always you

Wisest one-I thank the Lord
I’ve had a chance to know
A woman Christ loves so

Working out-His strength in love
You leave no stone unturned
His law you live and learn

Joy and peace your partners
Henchmen at your side
Doing things others dream of
His life is your guide

Friend and faithful servant
Results are your mark
You never fail His heart
Each day a strong new start

Husband, son and family
Valued by your life
Devoted loving mother
Serving is your delight

6/22/06
Clay Corvin

THE GUEST

Just a guest
Filled with blues
Jesus came
I cannot lose

All the ways
I choose to live
Does not change
The strength of God’s grip

I’m HIS guest
My life HIS gift
With value and worth
I cannot miss

Inside I cry
For all I’ve lost
A foolish thought
For I’ve been bought

The price was high
The payment complete
Christ gave me life
He set me free

Born for love
Distracted quick
Too often scared
I forget HIS stick

His presence near
To heal my hurt
Building life
Removing the dirt

Swifter than a breath
Suffering He’ll remove
A relationship with Jesus
Will defeat this world’s blues

Clay Corvin 5/31/06 from Psalm 39

A Christ Centered Life

COLOSSIANS 2:6-11—A CHRIST CENTERED LIFE
RECEIVING CHRIST-A GIFT FROM GOD
A JOURNEY OF LIFE/AN EXPERIENCE OF HEAVEN
Every detail of your life comes from a God who loves you!
A. PROVISION from the Father, B. PRIORITY of GRATITUDE, C. PASSIONATE faith

I. ACTIVITY (6,7) “..you must continue to follow HIM”
a. GROW-rooted and built up
b. SURRENDER-follow Him
c. APPLY-His activity in you to the world around you
i. Forgiveness
ii. Fellowship
iii. Relationship
II. ARGUMENT (8)
a. WORLD-every day
b. FLESH-every area
c. DEVIL-victory out of life’s defeat
III. ASSOCIATION (9,10)
a. Christ in you-shapes you
b. Christ completes-enables
c. Christ eternal-VICTORY
IV. APPROPRIATION (11)
a. He forgives
b. He cleanses
c. He gives us a new nature
Clay Corvin

GROW
Grow child
Grab the Lord
Let your heart
Grow deep
Entwined in Him
Down and down
HELD from head to feet
By His eternal strength
Reaching to eternity
From this moment in time
Christ is strong and able
He will not forget
Let Him have your fear

Offer Him your thoughts
Focus all you think
Upon His grace and care
Joyous in His love
Jesus is complete
I will bend my knee
Jesus sets me free

Clay Corvin

DON’T BE ANXIOUS

Unknown all around
Grabbing at my throat
Pushing down on me
My heart grasps for control

Hate and destruction
Stirring up my soul
Evil seeks to hold
Desperation is my goal

Jesus came to me
A new heart set me free
I can choose to grow
Satan has lost his hold

Moved to gratitude
Faith helps me hold
Limitation not in control
Love is my new goal

Listen as I live
See the things I do
Living life with you
Jesus lives in me

Love is His advice
No more sad little life
Celebration is my key
Anxiety go from me

Clay Corvin

WHY

Why do I worry?
Why do I plea?
My life has a purpose
Jesus uses me

Unseen evil lurking
I will often fail
Out of sight
His victory
In Jesus I am well

So many issues
I’m not in charge
Bending self
To Jesus use
A beginning for my heart

See the sun shine brightly
While in a soul is gloom
The Father sent man Jesus
To remove us from evil’s doom

I can be and will be
Equipped in spite of self
The path I walk is worthy
Because Jesus gave His best

Surrender
Remember
Jesus is all we need
To a life of victory
Giving us release

Clay Corvin

GRACE, GRACE

Grace, grace
A gift from Jesus Christ
Equipping me to be
A person Jesus uses
Making me alive and free

Grace, grace
Conquering my sin
Bringing me to Jesus
Giving what I need
Spending time with Him

Grace, grace
My heartfelt plea
Reviving me
When trouble takes its toll
Remaking me

Grace, grace
Calling out to me
Come follow Jesus
Obey His voice
Peace comes free

Grace, grace
All I need
To help me see
Jesus with me
I belong to Christ

Clay Corvin

VICTORY NOW

Life has not conquered
Death cannot destroy
Jesus sees my hurting
Bringing victory in His hand

Guiding me through darkness
The unseen is so cold
He brings warmth for living
Jesus is my goal

Service is His calling
Love His gracious gift
Leading me to conquer
The fear that life emits

Giving me His calmness
Strong hand on my heart
Tomorrow is not a worry
Fear must depart

Free to be a servant
Strength to be myself
My life has a purpose
More than things and self

Jesus Lord and Savior
King of life and death
Equips me to be a blessing
To be used as His best

Living at the pace of life
Looking towards my Lord
When life gives me failure
Victory is with the Lord

Clay Corvin

TEACH ME

This is the day
The Lord has made
He was here
Before I came

Knowing all
That soon would pass
He knows my path
The road I’ve trod

Teach me
To number my days
Claiming life
Before it can pass

Enough to guide
My future way
Enough to know
Choices I face

Christ is all
And all in me
Creating strength
I’m able to see

Now I go
The way He guides
This life I lead
This trail He knows

Clay Corvin 1/31/06

TOMORROW

Tomorrow we say
Will come our way
Yet to defer
May create a stir

Soothsaying wind
Talking me in
Bow your neck
Do it now

I must live my life
Be who I am
Not to be waylaid
Do it now

By ease and its disease
Causing one to lose
I will…I can
Do it now

Tomorrow never comes
The time is now
Let Christ have His way
Do it now

Now is the day
Listen..learn..do
Destroy life’s defeat
Do it now

Clay Corvin 1/30/06

THE APOSTLE PAUL

Paul was walking
His own guide
Gifts and skills
By his side

Jesus came
Saved Paul’s soul
The Good News life
Paul now told

Told of Christ
His love for you
Willingly died
His death saved you

True to Christ
True to self
Gave his all
Each one he helped

Heard the call
“Come to me”
Came to Greece
To take the Gospel to me

The world was changed
Lives renewed
All that was
You can have too

2,000 years
Christ’s story told
You’re His goal
Now the world knows

Clay Corvin 01/01/06

THE BABE OF BETHLEHEM

The Babe was born
A lonely morn
Teenage girl
Fearful and poor

Joseph was strong
He brought her along
As ordered by God
He obeyed the command

Angels came
Fear not they said
As the shephers heard of His birth
Coming to see Mary’s child

Now we rejoice
A child was born
Wonderful Savior
He cares for me

All is changed
The future is sure
Today’s in His hands
Tomorrow we’ll see Christ

Glorious day
So many miss
Rejoice with me
The Lord is here

Clay Corvin “For Carla and Chris”
12/22/05

COURAGE

1st District: ‘Fort Apache’ officers draw the line at the French Quarter
Sunday, December 18, 2005 By Michael Perlstein
The officers holed up in the 1st District station recognized the sound right away: ka-pop, ka-pop. Gunshots.
It hardly came as a surprise in the growing panic and lawlessness after Katrina left New Orleans upside down and under water. But then the officers recognized the source: the Iberville public housing complex just down Rampart Street from their station. Not only that, but the shots appeared to be aimed at their two-story building.

A study by The New York Times of more than 260 Louisianans who died during Hurricane Katrina or its aftermath found that almost all survived the height of the storm but died in the chaos and flooding that followed.

LUKE 2:8 -11
That night some shepherds were in the fields outside the village, guarding their flocks of sheep. 9 Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared among them, and the radiance of the Lord’s glory surrounded them. They were terribly frightened, 10 but the angel reassured them. “Don’t be afraid!” he said. “I bring you good news of great joy for everyone! 11 The Savior – yes, the Messiah, the Lord – has been born tonight in Bethlehem, the city of David!

COURAGE
I. COURAGE is a SPIRITUL issue-babies, children, adults, nations
II. COURAGE is a GIFT-from God to His Children-(Proverbs 30:5 Every Word of God proves true. He is a shield to all who come to Him for protection
III. COURAGE goes hand in hand with PEACE
IV. COURAGE equips us to SERVE-where we are/what we have

COURAGE

I was afraid
Circumstances encouraged it
Jesus died for me
His life destroyed it
I can claim His strength
Courage comes to me
A gift direct from Christ
Equipping me today

I was frozen
What do I do?
How can I serve you?
Peace came to me
Held my hand
Courage moved my feet
I ceased to stand
And came to walk with you
I wasn’t well trained
Resources were few
In the eyes of man
I couldn’t do for you
Jesus said go
He said He would know
What I should do
As I lived life on the go

Now I’m His man
Storms come and go
He helps me stand
To face the waning sand
Time will not win
Courage comes again and again
Jesus is my King
His joy mends my soul

Clay Corvin 12/18/05

BONDAGE IN CHRIST

Jude 1:1 Jude, a bond-servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, To those who are the called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ: 2 May mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you.

BONDAGE IN CHRIST-THE PRIVILEGE OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
1. ONLY THE CALLED-in Christ by redemption and forgiveness of sin
2. ONLY THE BELOVED-eternal bond, unbreakable
3. ONLY THE KEPT-held close, nurtured, guided, provided, precious
4. ONLY THE BOUNTIFUL-multiplied mercy, peace and love

Our BONDAGE is for our protection, purpose and priority

BONDAGE IN CHRIST

Called to be a member
In the family of God
Birthed by Jesus service
He lived and died for love
Love that I could fathom
The Father’s loving heart
His life is poured into me
I am given a new heart

Eternal bond of kinship
A gift I cannot earn
It keeps me safe through living
That I might experience love
His hand holding me up
In the midst of my sin
Guiding me to forgiveness
That I might live again

Now I know the secret
That burned within my soul
I wanted to be important
Now Jesus has made me whole
Calling me to service
To show by my love
The Gospel makes a difference
In my actions as I go

Closely held, protected
His hand my daily guide
I can be a servant
With Jesus by my side
His mission is my service
Christ equips me to go
I am precious to the Father
Jesus loves me so

All around the needy
Rich and poor
He is my deliverer
As I give more and more
Mercy is my privilege
Others need to hear
That peace and love from Jesus
Makes every day dear

Clay Corvin 12/11/05

FORGIVENESS

Forgiveness came looking
For me today
Giving me strength
Guiding my way
Jesus my savior
Gave His love
That I might be whole
That I could give love

Where I am strong
You may be weak
When I belong
You may feel wronged
Life is given
That I might give
His word in my life
That you may live

Life is so quick
Too quick to waste
Forgiving –forgetting
Is a better way
It relieves my burden
It lightens my load
To walk with others
On Jesus’ daily road

Stop where you are
What’s hurting you?
Give it to Jesus
He will see you through
The Babe of Bethlehem
Came just for you
So that others would know Him
Through you
Clay Corvin 12/5/05