Author: Hillary van Eyssen

People use Your name so freely
Without reverential fear
Take Your name in vain, blaspheme You
Joke about You, mock and jeer

Make Your holy name a by-word
And in films You’re defamed
They spread blatant lies about You
Yet they never feel ashamed

They don’t know a thing about You
Any concepts in their mind
Are the products of their making
For they’re spiritually blind

What will they do, what will they answer
On that great and dreadful day
When the judgment books are opened
And their sins are on display

 

They’ve kicked You out of governments
They’ve kicked You out of schools
And even out of countries
Where Islamic leaders rule

They’ve kicked You out of families
In the work place, You’re taboo
And blasphemy’s the only way
These people speak of You

Most schools deny You entrance
Evolution is their truth
And no-one understands
When scholars learn to be uncouth

Millions are the victims
Of abortion in this day
And assisted suicides
Are now the legal way

And yet when things go wrong
They’re quick to say: Where was God then
Then they become indignant
And give You all the blame

When will man learn to fear You
And revere Your holy Name
They want to take, but never give
And yet they have no shame

I watched a dove in flight one day
And envied his white wings
Which carried Him so high
And wished that I could fly like him

You are so free, I thought aloud
I cannot leave the ground
And then I heard a sweet Voice say
But he is still earth bound

Whom I’ve set free, is free indeed
He’s free forevermore
You never need be bound again
By things which bound before

 

For every rose, a stem of thorns
For every smile, a tear
For every raging thunderstorm
A day that’s bright and clear

For every curse, a blessing
A kind word for all strife
For every lie, there is a truth
For every death, new life

For every evil deed, there’s good
For every wrong, a right
For pride, there is humility
For every day, a night

For poverty, there’s endless wealth
For every hatred, love
Lord, mold us to Thy perfect form
Hearts set on things above

 

 

Father, You’ve trained Your child for war
In You I march, for You go before
In You I fight, knowing I’ll win
Against demon forces in realms unseen

I’ve cast out demons in Your Holy Name
Out of places and people shackled by pain
Seen depression flee and anxiety fly
By the Word of Your power before my eyes

Gangrene fled and Stroke followed suit
Migraines left, Oppression took foot
Pains caused by stress destroyed by You Lord
Muscular pains lost their hold by Your Word

Smoking lost power and even the flu
Left quicker than the lightning as people’s faith grew
Migraines left and curses broke
And Sinusitis lost its yoke

In You I’ll fight against the foe
For You are with me, Lord, I know
So many children are still bound
Till my last breath I’ll not give ground