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Thursday 24 December 2015

HEART BEATS

Until my heart becomes the place
That you have made your dwelling
Beats to the rhythm of your truth
Harmonizes with the sweetness of your love
The tenderness of you compassion
Till my spirit becomes one with you
Until my eyes behold your glory and my mind stayed on you
I will sit and look at your beauty
while hours pass me by
And the pleasures of this world become meaningless
As my faith rise
I will sing to you
Songs written for the tables of my heart
Bestow on you all my affections
All my devotion
God my King
My Eternal Love
Author: Stephanie Sutherland Souza

Wednesday 22 July 2015

LIFTED

Unspoken Truth finds its way to my longing heart
Releasing the pains of bitterness
The anguish of disappointment
Shackles of shame broken
Torn up pieces mended
I'm lifted to the top of the highest mountain
My feet are yet to leave the ground
Nestled in Your word of truth
I find myself captured by You
Kneeling in Your presence
I am humbled by the strength of Your love
The power of Your words
Your presence
Your very existence
Subdued by Your Lordship
I release my will to You
Oh rid me of past allegiances
Break sinful ties
For now
Until then
My soul's devotion is to You, my God
My Everlasting Friend.
Author: Stephanie Sutherland Souza

Tuesday 23 June 2015

EMBEDDED

The night has shifted...

The dawn of day draws near

 

The pieces of my brokenness slowly merge

To reconstruct what is left of what once was wholeness

 

Tears mingled with regrets

Bitter sweetness

Stirs the hope of love

 

A longing for tenderness

Affections unknown

 

A spoken word

The kindness in your loving eyes

My parched soul longs for you

 

Fountain that gives life

 

Stream that washed the troubled soul

That releases the burdened

 

Hope whispers faith's survival

 

I need you

Come to me

 

I'm knelt beneath your grace

Like a flower tossed by the aggression of the wind

 

Battered...

Stripped of its coverings

Naked

Yet rooted

 

In hopes of the beginning of Spring

 

I stand...

Rooted...

Believing in love

Believing in you

 

Poem by: Stephanie Sutherland Souza

 

Bishop B.T. Gage's New Year's Message- New Year, New Mind, New Man


NEW YEAR’S MESSAGE

To be granted the privilege of seeing the dawn of a new year is indeed an act of the Lord.  There have been so many setbacks and so many near misses but the Lord has been good to Israel.

The year 2015 must not be just another ordinary year, so for AJAN Fellowship, this year is a year of transformation and seeking after God.  Our mantra for this year is “New Year, New Mind, New Man”.

I believe that we need a revolution in our minds, our hearts and lives and if we ought to be successful, the church cannot remain the same.  A paradigm shift is needed because there must be more that exists than this life and there is so much more at stake.

We have to become radical against sin, radical in our thinking and radical for the things that concern God and radical in our praise.  The kingdom of darkness and the prince of the air must not be allowed to have free reign over the over the sons of men unopposed.

As God’s army we must be prepared to fight because our survival depends on us winning this war.  There must be a revolution like never before. 

The church must change so that the demonic influence can be overturned.  If the church does nothing, then this world will go to destruction very quickly.  The church is empowered to change this world but we have to live for God.

It will not be easy but with God we can do valiantly.  Despite what 2015 brings, hold on to God, He is our source, He will come through for us in due season.  It is a new season and the Lord promises to do a new thing if we stay in his will and cling to his promises.

It is my prayer that every believer of the Most High God be risen up and resolute in their spirits so that we can overcome the enemy.

May the Lord bless us as we seek after and work for Him.