Faith Dare/Prayer

It's another snowy, blowy day in Ontario! At 5:30 a.m. we had to call my brotherto blow some mammoth snow drifts before Jim could leave.By the time he was gone I was wide awake,granting a cozy morning (for me😅) opportunityto read, pray and meditate deeply on eternity-impacting truths. This poem was written with utter joy and utter sorrow;utter joy for all who by faith live an authentic,humble testimony of love and obedience to God(our topic at small group last night)(and remembering we are all broken and all fall and there is forgiveness for all true repentance)...and also utter sorrow for all who have not by faith received the gift of Salvation that God is waiting/willing to give to all who call on Him in truth. We can do nothing other than by faith believein the finished work of the cross,to receive God's gift of grace;A gift, that when received,will change everything we do! Without faith it is impossible to please God. Heb.11:6and faith without works is dead. James 2:17 We are saved by grace, not works Eph.2:8-9for good works He prepared in advance for us to do. Eph.2:10 *** Through faith, (so none can boast) but turn from sin to Christ aloneHe paid salvation's gruesome price upon the cross He bravedAnd by sin's final sacrifice laid faith's Chief Cornerstone By faith, we repent and receive salvation's gift of loveBy faith we accept and believe the power of the crossAnd by this faith that makes us whole , no eloquence can tellAs, by God's grace Forevermore holds unrivaled appealBecause of His redeeming love that saves the soul from hell Faith's joy transcends the fickle glove of what we think-see-feel Faith fits us for the fight; it's benchmark 'I surrender all'Faith is full confidence in He whose Word/Will none overthrowsFaith, the fruit of humility picks us up when we fall To prove the extent of His love, He paid sin's penaltyNow faith and love are possible And gave Himself to free mortal from death's captivity Someday All who deny God's gift of grace purchased at Calvary Adam Before we chose the holy path that only faith can claim  Through that which only God can give; Then, by faith's diligence to live to glorify His Name Rejection's recompense, oh, who is bold enough to dareTo wait until it is too late to call, then vainly grieve And by faith, make the sacred choice to repent and believe Janet Martin John 3:14-17And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,  that whoever believes in Him should []not perish but have eternal life.  For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.  For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.