Your Word works deep within dividing my spirit and soul,My heart cries out for mercy, for I can't alone.These passions within, these cravings and desiresMust pass through the altar of Your Holy Fi...
This Tiny Little Life
This tiny little life,Shorter than a span,Sooner to disappearLeaving nothing in hand.But when this journey's over,I wish this to be saidThat I've been faithfulTo my Master's command.Lord, speak for Your servant hea...
Metaphysical Emotions: Emptiness, Anxiety, Boredom, Rootlessness, Bewilderment
Excerpt from Epistemics of Divine Reality, p.227, 2007Metaphysical sensations involve the accompanying sense of the paradoxical, which gives rise to metaphysical emotions. The various paradoxes are the paradoxes between reason and experience, viz., transcendence-immanence, infinity-finitude, immutability-mutation, necessary-contingent, and unity-plurality. The inability of reason and experience to solve the paradoxes generates negative emotions. As has been already seen, neither reason nor experience, which are in reality, by combination, the source...
Preacher, Are You Known in Hell?
"Preacher, if you are not known in hell, I won't give a hill of beans for you. I don't care about your eloquence, I don't care about your Bible knowledge, I don't care how far you have travelled--if you are not known in hell, to me you're a zero, plus zero, plus zero."~ Leonard Ravenhill (Only Glory in the Cross, Serm...
You Are My World!
I SEARCHED for peace,Peace You are!I searched for joy,Joy You are!I searched for happiness,Happiness You are!And, all the goodness that I soughtIs fulfilled in You;You are my World!They called me from the depths,And drew me in chains,They cast me into bitternessInto anger and shame;I thought I must hold onTo them and to You,And all the while they pulled me awayFar away from You.Then, in my sinful darkness I realized;You are my World!Take away my light,Take away my life,Take away my health,Send me to hell;But, Lord, please still be my only...
Footprints of a Pilgrim by Ruth Bell Graham - Preview at Google Books
Footprints of a pilgrim:the life and loves of Ruth Bell Grahamby Ruth Bell GrahamThomas Nelson Inc, 2001 - Biography & Autobiography - 174 pagesFootprints Of A Pilgrim is Ruth Bell Graham's life story told in her own words (weaving together her prose and poetry) with added tidbits and anecdotes from her family (husband Billy and her children Gigi, Anne, Franklin, Ruth and Ned) and many of her friends (including Barbara Bush, Lady...
Bas Tu
© Domenic Marbaniang, 2005, 2011LYRICSYOU ALONEBas tu... jeevan mera; tere bina bhi jeeyung kaise KhudaYou alone are my Life; How can I live without You O God1. Himmat mera, Bal tu mera, Jyothi meri,Sapna mera, mera sab kuch tu hi hein. O...Bas TuMy Confidence, You are my Strength, my Light,My Dream, You are my everything O.. You alone....2. Aandhiyon mein bhi darunga nahi,Niraasha mein bhi, gareebi mein bhi,Aur Ameeri mein bhi. O...Bas TuEven in the storms will I not fear,Even in discouragement, even in poverty,And in abundance also, O.. You alone....3....
Mental Freedom or Bondage (Rom.8:7)
"The fleshly mind is enmity against God: for it is not obedient to the law of God, neither can be." (Rom.8:7, Tyndale).It's one choice which renders one strong or impotent. A fleshly mind is a mind not set free by the Truth. It is ruled by desires, with passion confused. The mind of the Spirit is ruled by the Sword of the Spir...
The Rainbow
WHEN the gentle sky sobs her tears,You paint your bow and calm her down;When some distant flower has lost all cheer,You spray your colors and remove her frown.Your inverted smile on heaven's faceReflects on earth with boundless grace;We're filled with bliss, with hopes of tomorrow,When on the sky, we behold your rainbow.You beam your arc over sunshine and rain,And pass sunny pleasure through the prism of pain.See, little children, they jump and danceWhen they see rain notes on your colored staff.© Domenic Marbaniang, April 20...
On Prayer - Quotes by Ruth Bell Graham
"Satan fears prayer because God hears prayer.""Men of God, whose prayers are recorded for us in the Bible, never read a book on prayer, never went to a seminar on prayer, never heard a sermon on prayer. They just prayed.""Start praying where you are, as you are, about whatever concerns you, about whatever is lying most heavily on your heart, about whatever is irritating or frustrating you at present.""Be pointed. Be persistent. Be patient. But pray.""One of the greatest blessings I ever received was having my mother come to live with us following...
I Stand at the Edge of A Cliff
I stand at the edge of a cliff,Lord, how many times I've been brought here!The winds sway me and the bottom pulls me down;I turn cold and numb, and can fairly clutch me on.I stand on, confused and bewildered,Not knowing, now, where to go.But, my anchor is cast upward,Though it's not always that I can see the rope.The winds sway me and the bottom pulls me down;I turn cold and numb, but You still clutch me on.So, I stand on, confused and bewildered,Yet knowing that You know where to go.© Domenic Marbaniang, 2...
Systems of Offences and Leaders of Change
Domenic MarbaniangPublished in the CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN, Bangalore, March 2011Text: Matthew 18:1-14This excerpt from Christ’s earthly conversations has an intense outflow of emotions and light. The question that is posed is significant. But, far more significant is Christ’s elaboration of the problem at hand. He begins by answering the question of true greatness and then tracks down into an agonizing analysis of the world-problem that nips that same greatness in the bud. For, the child is certainly the sacred model of greatness, but the child...
The Priority of God's Work
Domenic MarbaniangPublished in REVIVE, Kumbanad, March 2011.TextHaggai 1:1-4, 9 In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest: This is what the LORD Almighty says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come for the LORD's house to be built.’ “Then the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai: “Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses,...
On Being a Star
You need tougher stuff to remain a Star, though a distant invisible one; most so called Stars are misunderstood fireworks; they blaze and disappear sooner from our skies. But what crackle they make in all their pompous display.Celebrities and icons, upheld and adored by myriads.How sooner does your vigor die, your fire go away;Perhaps, an overdose of heroine, or some fear of rejection;You burn with your stardom as fireworks up in the sky.Retain your calm, get underframes of truth and grace,Despise not others, do good and learn good to praise.For,...
