New Calvary Baptist Church
610 South Heald Street - Wilmington, DE. 19801
Community News
IF MY PEOPLE
Written by
Nathaniel Gaines 2025
2 Chronicles 7:14
“If my people which are called by my name will humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
JESUS!
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IF
If my people…
If my people…that are called by my name
would truly trust and believe
that the promises of GOD which were made yesterday
are still applying today
Did he not say-
“I will supply your every need”
and that nothing is to hard for him
yet when troubles come,
when our storms are raging
and doubt crashes upon our emotional shores
we drape the promises he made
with emotional blackout curtains
as if his WORDS are not his promises kept
but here we still stand
doubting and complaining.
IF
If my people..that are call by my name
would let peace be still
so that patience can truly have her perfect work
and in all circumstances you will feel the hand of GOD yet resting upon you
In our wilderness land…
GOD is there!
in our sick rooms…
GOD is there!
in our midnight hour…
GOD is there!
take it all to the LORD in prayer…
HE IS THERE
From the heavens high
To the earth below
Nothing can separate us from our GOD
not space nor time
not the trials of life
nor the temporary sting of death
Can wash away or break the seal
of GODs blood upon us
so choose ye this day
whom you will serve!
IF!
If my people…that are called by my name
Understood that tears just as the rain
are necessary for cleansing and purification
Yet GOD stands ever present
a faithful father ready to dry our weeping eyes
whispering that the light afflictions of our burdens
will prune us and blossom into our blessings.
Can you hear his voice
over the pounding of your worries
Will we look for and to him
when situations appears the darkest in our lives
for that is when GOD paints his greatest masterpiece
when we are feeling lost and wayward
that's when he is the closest
his hedge of protection is around us
and his love provides for us
speak that which is not as though it were
And live abundantly free now
IF
If my people… that are called by my name
accept that their name is written in heaven
and that the prayers of old prayer warriors continue to covers us now
You would rejoice
You would reach back to encourage
and speak life into another
That GOD is able
to do above all we could ever ask or think
If we only trust and believe in him
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IF
If my people…that are called by my name
truly knew how much I love them
they would hear my voice come down from heaven
riding on the wind
and walk through time in the light of GODs blessed assurance
that his GRACE is sufficient enough
as it was when he covered CAIN
though he slewed Able
the same as when he walked within the fiery flames
alongside the 3 Hebrew boys
was it not the promise of GOD
that held back the hunger of the Lions
with Daniel in the Den
did he not save Jonah even after his betrayal
but above all consider Job
blameless, faithful but tested
if he did it for them
he will do it for us
just as he said
because he's the same GOD
Of yesterday, today and forevermore
His word and promises fail not
And all is eternally well because of his name
JESUS
It is finished!
Keep the faith
(and the the people said)
AMEN!!!!
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Godson of Bishop Vincent P. Oliver
