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This spoken word piece on “Isaiah 9:1-7” was written by Derek Porter and recited at Redemption Hill Church on Sunday, December 15, 2013.
Isaiah 9:1-7
Woe to me,
For I am ruined
A man of unclean lips
And I come from a filthy people
Holy Holy Holy
Is the Lord God Almighty
Who was and is and is to come
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In that moment
My Hope was here
My faith, realized
My magnificent obsession
Sat upon a throne high above me
Alas
Too vast
A chasm
To reach
Salvation
His mighty arms of warm embracing
Lovely & amazing
Purely gracing protection
Instead,
I
Stood
Cold
Caught red-handed
In a cookie jar of my own self-gratification
My desperation
Shouts of repentance
His omniscient eardrums
Not chasin’
My alloy hearted
Reverberation
The resounding gong
Rings in desolate places
Because I have no love
For the Author of All Creation
Just a desire to feel worthy
Esteemed
Extolled
Exulted
Un-Dirtied
Yet with all my workin’
My heap of good works
Just slithered like a serpent
Around his gilded ankles
Seeking to strike His heel
I know you’ve been here before
I can sense the mass appeal
Pound #Real
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In a terrible awe
I looked around
Up and down
See the earth
It ain’t worth
Nothing
Next to the King-Creator
God who made it
He shaped us from dust and (inhale)
He gave me
Love (echo)
But I pushed it away
Like a geek mad at a bully
He no longer tolerates
Like a coward I ran away
Tried to hide from His goodness
Shot an arrow through my heart
So we call dat Robin Hoodness
Then I saw the Lord
Seated- Seated on high
My idols stand in His courts
Against me they testify
To my lusting,
Malice,
Backbiting
Anger
Pride,
Coveting the lives of other sinners
Their right, it’s true
I’m guilty as charged
I’ve delighted in my sin
Spiting a Holy God
Woe to my lips
Woe to my hands
Woe to my hips
Woe to the land
I looked back behind me
For some moral support
But the verdict came down
Guilty- Guilty is the World
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Therefore,
Woe to me,
For I am ruined
Who will save me?
Who will rescue us?
From where will hope arise?
In this time of present darkness
With Evils utterly despised
The prophets preached
Of One who would redeem
John heralded from the wilderness
See, A better One comes after me.
Even in my vanity I muttered
This will NOT go on forever
God loves Us
He will show Himself victorious!
There will be a time
When Galilee of the Gentiles
Will be filled with Glory.
Glory as of the only Son of God
For the people who walk in darkness
Will see a Marvelous light
Upon those who live
In a land of deep darkness,
A light will shine.
This Light
Is Jesus Christ
In Him
We rejoice
As the starved delight in the harvest
As the slave in emancipation
As the rejected in acceptance
We too are brought near
Because God is with us
For unto us
A child is born
Unto us
A son is given
The government will rest on his shoulders.
And he will be called:
Wonderful Counselor,
Mighty God,
Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace.
His government and its peace
Will never cease.
He will rule with fairness
Avid for justice from the throne of his ancestor David
The passionate commitment of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies
Will make this happen!
Immanuel
Breaks the yoke of slavery
Immanuel
Lifts the heavy burden from our shoulders.
Immanuel
Jesus
You break the rod
Of the oppressor
By handing him your own body
And permitting it to be scarred
Flogged
Marred
Beyond Recognition
But the cat of 9 tails
Could not tear away His vision
For there was JOY to be had
As He breathed His last
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So Come, Oh Come Immanuel
And Ransom Captive Israel
Incarnation
Living the perfect life,
Your wore the boots of a warrior
Your every step was right
And when you return,
The bloodstained, battle weary uniforms will burn
Fuel for the fire
As we Behold
You making all things new
We hold tight to the promise
Because the Promise is holding us
The Word became flesh and
Dwelt among us
We,
His Beloved Church,
Have seen His Glory,
The Glory of the Only Begotten Son,
Sent from the Father,
Full of grace and truth
In purity uniting us in Love
Therefore,
In communion with the Holy Spirit
May all praise be to God the Father
Through Our Lord Jesus Christ
Amen
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