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Author: Hillary van Eyssen

Oh LORD GOD of Israel, there is no GOD like You

Published by Hillary van Eyssen on November 14, 2021
Oh LORD GOD of Israel, there is no GOD like You on Heaven or on Earth – You who keep Your covenant of love with Your servants who continue wholeheartedly in Your way. You have kept Your promise to Your servant David my father; with Your mouth You have promised and with Your hand You have fulfilled it – as it is today.
2 Chronicles 14-15
Praise GOD who always fulfills His promises!
GOD is not a man that He should lie. Every promise He has made, He keeps. If He said it, you can rest assured He’ll bring it to pass. Trust in Him with all of your heart and don’t look to your own understanding. He is more than your GOD. He is also your Heavenly Father who loves you as much as He loves Jesus. There is nothing you cannot talk to Him about. He knows all of your yesterdays and all of your tomorrows. Nothing is hidden from His sight. There is no problem too big for Him to solve, no darkness so deep that His light cannot penetrate it and remove it from your life. GOD said that the work that He started in your life when you gave you heart to, Him, He will bring to completion. Discover His promises as you read the Bible and meditate on them continuously. Speak the Word and claim the Truth in your life and see the glory of GOD as He brings each one them to pass.

His Love’s too Wondrous to Behold

Published by Hillary van Eyssen on October 28, 2021

His love’s too wondrous to behold
A love that set me free
A love that led my Saviour to
His death at Calvary

Remember how they came to Him
With swords and staves that night
When in Gethsemane He prayed
These men in all their might

Betrayal by a Judas kiss
Bound like a common thief
They mocked and jeered and spat on Him
The silence of His grief

The crown made of Jerusalem thorns
Pressed deep into His flesh
His beard plucked out by sinful hands
The agony of His death

The thirty-nine stripes He received
His very bones laid bare
The awful thirst, His mouth so dry
The soldiers didn’t care

They stripped Him naked, shared His clothes
Cast lots to win His cloak
His face unrecognizable
What demons were evoked

Nailed to the cross, nails touching nerves
Excruciating pain
And yet He uttered no reproach
But bore our hurt and shame

Became our sin to set us free
And died that we might live
And even with His dying breath
Cried; Father, please forgive

Forgive them, for they know not what they do
He cried that day
And nature mourned while people laughed
The bright sun hid away

The Earth grew dark, rocks tore and fell
Man ran and hid away
The dead walked through Jerusalem
For Jesus died that day

The curtain in the temple rent
The holy place in sight
No longer was the glory there
They’d killed God’s perfect light

A sword was pierced into His side
And blood and water flowed
Sign of a broken hearted death
Such wondrous love bestowed

If I could give all that I have
It never could atone
For that which Jesus gave that day
To bring this lost sheep home

Myriad little raindrops

Published by Hillary van Eyssen on October 10, 2021

Myriad little raindrops
Glitter brightly in the sun
Little jewels on leaves and grass
Like diamonds every one

The clouds, gunmetal grey before
Are etched in silver snow
As sunbeams kiss them tenderly
And set them all aglow

And through the clouds, the azure sky
Peeps warmly from above
The birds fly up to greet her
And sing sweet songs of love

As I stand within my garden
In the early morning sun
I praise and thank You, Father
For a new day that’s begun

Seeing Then That We Have a Great High Priest

Published by Hillary van Eyssen on October 6, 2021
Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the Heavens, Jesus, the Son of GOD, let us hold fast to our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Let us therefore come boldly to the Throne of Grace, that we might obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Jesus understands our every weakness, and how easy it is to fall into temptation, because He was tempted too. On the cross, He took all our sin and transgressions and nailed it in His own body to the cross. There is nothing that we have done, or will do, that He doesn’t already know. It His His blood that is forever on the Mercy Seat. It is His blood that has washed us whiter than snow, leaving no trace of sin. When we come into the presence of GOD, we come as blood washed, blood bought children of the Most High GOD. That is why GOD’S unending grace [His unmerited favour and blessing] is always available to us.
When we can comprehend this, our consciences will stop condemning us, reminding us of past sin and telling us that we are unworthy to receive anything significant from our Heavenly Father. It is then that we will feel free to come boldly before before the throne of God.

Love’s Victory

Published by Hillary van Eyssen on September 28, 2021

Love’s Victory

Jesus came from Heaven to set the captives free
The magi came to worship in deep humility
Even as a baby, he escaped satanic snare
And Rama mourned her babies for not one did Satan spare

Jesus read Isaiah’s prophesy and said it was fulfilled
Instead of joy at this great truth, deep hatred was instilled
Men picked up stones to stone Him, but He passed right through the throng
They rejected and accused Him though He had done no wrong

The Pharisees and Sadducees inspired by hellish needs
Sat plotting to destroy Christ as to hide their evil deeds
He stumbled, bloodied, weakened, ‘neath the cross He had to bear
As Hell’s armies watched in triumph and the world just did not care

The Jerusalem thorns that crowned Him, embedded in His skull
Were a mockery of His calling and were a gift from Hell
As the nails tore through His body when they nailed Him to the tree
Satan’s army celebrated their apparent victory

When the Father turned His eyes away from His beloved Son
The hordes of Hell were certain that the victory was won
Over eager, Satan pulled Him into the depths of Hell
Intent on keeping captive the One God loved so well

Unknowingly his evil fulfilled God’s perfect plan
Of offering once and for all God’s sacrificial Lamb
Jesus took the keys from Satan that the devil took from man
And the devil lost dominion as Jesus rose again

Satan trembled in frustration and his fury knew no end
Millions martyred through the ages because they would not bend
Wars and famines and diseases; genocide and countless more
Are results of Satan’s fury and his strategy of war

The devil’s time is growing shorter and his kingdom’s going to fall
God will judge him, his disciples and his army and one and all
Then the righteous in Christ Jesus, loved so unconditionally
Will live within a sinless world with Christ eternally

 

Mesmerized by Your Great Beauty

Published by Hillary van Eyssen on September 20, 2021
Mesmerized by Your great beauty
Captivated by Your love
Enchanted by Your Majesty
Heart set on things above
Enthralled, Lord, by Your glory
And the wonder of Your grace
Consumed by deep desire
As I look upon Your face
Empowered by Your Spirit
In the shadow of Your wings
Impassioned by Your Word of truth
And all the joy it brings

Don’t look at the face which is ravished by time

Published by Hillary van Eyssen on September 18, 2021

Don’t look at the face which is ravished by time
Or the hair which has faded to grey
Don’t look at the hands which are gnarled and red
or the limbs which hurt every day

Don’t look at the back which is stooped with age
Or the eyes which are no longer clear
Don’t look at the feet which shuffle along
Or the ears which can no longer hear

But look to the wisdom the years have wrought
The knowledge that will amaze
And look to the heart overflowing with love
And the spirit forever ablaze

 

THANK-YOU, LORD, FOR YOUR FAITHFULNESS.

Published by Hillary van Eyssen on September 16, 2021
Thank you Lord for Your faithfulness.
When we speak these words in praise from the heart, we not only express, but also increase our dedication to the LORD. In saying this, we recognize that all we have, comes as a result of GOD’S promises to us – as a result of His faithfulness in our lives. This type of praise recognizes that we can be dedicated to GOD, because He is dedicated to us. This type of praise recognizes that He is dedicated to our joy, our peace and our growth and that GOD has dedicated Himself to our personal joy and fulfillment.
How dedicated is GOD? [Romans 8:32] says: He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how will He not also with Him, freely give us ALL things?
GOD is FAITHFUL. He deserves the praise and the glory for His unwavering faithfulness.

I Believe That We Need to Lower our Expectations of Man

Published by Hillary van Eyssen on September 14, 2021
I believe that we need to lower our expectations of man and heighten our expectation of GOD. In doing so, we will never be disappointed.
People cannot always live up to our expectations. It’s unfair to expect more than they are able to give. They’re a work in progress. GOD will complete the work that He started in them according to His infallible Word.
On the other hand, when we lower our expectations of GOD, we limit the blessings that He wants to lavish on us, because of our unbelief. In heightening our expectation of GOD, we open the floodgate of His glory upon us.
Stay blessed as you keep your eyes on Jesus.

The Wheat Fields

Published by Hillary van Eyssen on September 10, 2021

The sun smiles on the wheat fields
Giving warmth to all the seeds
The clouds bring rain to water them
Supplying all their needs

The stalks appear in season
And reach toward the sun
Which draws them with its warmth and light
Until their work is done

At harvest time the reapers
With sickles in their hands
Gather up the golden wheat
That stands on fertile lands

Oh, Master of the harvest
In due season You’ll appear
To reap the golden fields of wheat
For which You paid so dear