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A Dream and a Prayer: One Man's Journey
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A Dream and a Prayer (One Mans Journey) is the refreshing of my spirit through prayer and meditation. I am alone and lost in a cold dark world with no place to turn except to the author and finisher of life its self. I am seeking relief and comfort while trying to open my heart to a new life of perfect love through Jesus Christ.
These poems are the beginning of a once lost hope for a bright future. I am exploring myself and the means to change the tattered and torn wretch of a man that I had become. I can only hope that my life experiences, strengths, weakness, successes, and failures help others to reach out and take hold of their lost dreams and make them into a reality.
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Release dateOct 14, 2011
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A Dream and a Prayer: One Man's Journey
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Frederick L Sanders

I am a high school graduate with some college in my background. I am currently working on a novel. I have been writing poetry since I was a child and therefore It seemed practical to compile a book filled with what my heart desires most, to share the love of God with his creation. I am from Galesburg, IL; home of Carl Sandburg and I believe that his work has inspired a passion inside of me for poetry. Though our styles of writing are different our love for expressing our attitudes and feelings with words is obviously the same. Growing up an orphan has made constructing a stable life difficult. I put myself through many hardships by believing the lie that I'd never amount to much. I want to let the readers know that even in the most difficult of situations, Jesus Christ has never left or forsaken me. I can dare to dream again and so can you. Enjoy reading A Dream and a Prayer (One Mans Journey) and if life gets to tough....never give up...pray about it...God is faithful!

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    A Dream and a Prayer - Frederick L Sanders

    © 2011 by Frederick L Sanders. All rights reserved.

    No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

    First published by AuthorHouse 08/10/2011

    ISBN: 978-1-4634-4645-1 (sc)

    ISBN: 978-1-4634-4644-4 (hc)

    ISBN: 978-1-4634-4646-8 (ebk)

    Library of Congress Control Number: 2011913695

    Printed in the United States of America

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    Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

    This book is printed on acid-free paper.

    Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

    Contents

    Credit Where It’s due

    Authors Note

    Break Free

    I Can’t Keep On

    70 times 7

    Home to Me

    Promises Based on Lies

    Don’t Let Go

    Inside a Dream

    As She Cried

    I Know that You Love Me

    Banana Jamming Praise Song

    Let Him Reign

    Give Me What I Need

    Hear my Prayer Lord

    I Pray

    Have You Ever Been There

    I love You

    Big Boys and Real Men

    I’ve Been Working (John 5:17-30)

    Nothing is the Same

    No Longer Have to Roam

    Break Free and Make a Change

    Calling all Sinners

    Servants of the Most High God

    The Morning Star

    Goodbye Lonely Heart

    Jesus Loves You (love him back)

    This is… Psalms 118

    Lift It Up (it’s Jesus’ name)

    Listen and Listen Well

    The Love of One Man

    WWJD

    Set Free

    You Lord Only You

    The Life

    Walk with Me

    When’s it going to end?

    Welcome to My Life

    The Son is Rising

    Set Me Free

    Your Perfect Love

    A Dream and a Prayer

    Take Me by the Hand

    Love’s a Reality

    Faded by Destiny

    You’re Love beside Me

    Love me Day and Night

    There for you Dear Momma

    Reaching Out in Perfect Love

    23 Psalms (Even When I Walk)

    The Devil Keeps Messing With Me

    You Promised Me

    Behind Closed Doors

    Funky Beats to the Lord

    Quick Flash of Blue

    The Life Is in the Blood

    Jesus is in Control

    REPENT

    Joyful Spirit of Repentance

    Follow Me

    I Will Follow

    Rejoice

    Rejoice and Be Glad

    Let Your Light Shine

    Shine Through Good

    Honor Gods Law

    Your Perfect Law

    Be Reconciled

    Seek to be Reconciled

    Do Not Lust

    Lust Brings Consequences

    Keep Your Word

    I Will Keep Your Word

    Go the Second Mile

    Willing to Go

    Love Your Enemies

    Love Your Enemies

    Be Perfect

    Seeking to be Perfect

    Give Pray Fast Secretly

    Secretly In Jesus’ Name

    Lay Up Treasures

    Treasures in Heaven

    Seek Gods Kingdom

    Hungry for Your Kingdom

    Judge Not

    I Will Not Judge

    Don’t Cast Pearls

    Pearls before Swine

    Ask Seek Knock

    Crying Out To You

    Do For Others

    Bless Others

    Choose the Narrow Way

    The Narrow Way of Love

    Beware of False Prophets

    Liars and False Prophets

    Pray for Laborers

    Prepared and Sent

    Be Wise as Serpents

    Wise as a Serpent

    Fear Not

    I Will Not Fear

    Hear Gods Voice

    I Long to Hear

    Take My Yoke

    Honor Your Parents

    Honor to My Parents

    Beware of Leaven

    A Little Leaven

    Deny Yourself

    Sacrifice of Self-Denial

    Despise Not (the little ones)

    You’re Command to Despise Not

    Go to Offenders

    Those Who Offend

    Beware of Covetousness

    Seduced by Covetousness

    Forgive Offenders

    The More Perfect Way

    Honor Marriage

    Forever and Always

    Be a Servant of All

    Serve All of Creation

    Be a House of Prayer

    My Body is Your Temple

    Asking in Faith

    Faith Not Wavering

    Bringing in the Poor

    Make a Special Place

    Render to Caesar

    That which is its Own

    Love the Lord

    Love You with All

    Love Your Neighbor

    Show Your Pure Agape Love

    Await My Return

    Readiness for Christ’s Return

    Take Eat and Drink

    In Remembrance

    Be Born Again

    Reborn of God

    Keep My Commands

    One Mans Journey (Through the Commands of Christ)

    Watch and Pray

    Watchful Prayers

    Feed My Sheep

    Feed the Truth to His Sheep

    Baptize My Disciples

    We Honor You in Baptism

    Receive Gods Power

    Your Power Strengthens My Heart

    Make Disciples

    Gods Love in Motion

    A Better Way

    A Father’s Love

    According to your Faith

    A World Divided

    An Ode among Friends

    Another Year Older

    Answer My Call

    Any Questions

    April Fools

    God’s Perfect Love

    Bring Me What I Need

    Call to Me

    Change

    Christ the King

    Cleanse My Heart-Make Holy

    this Temple

    Closer than a Brother

    Come Lord Jesus

    David and Goliath

    Dear God,

    Enter Into My Rest

    Everywhere and Everything

    Everywhere I Go

    Faithful

    Family Man

    Fast and Pray

    Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

    Feeling Twittered

    Fill the Halls

    Forever and Always

    Forever Wow

    Four Loves

    Freedom through Christ Jesus

    Glorious Love

    Glory to His Holy Name

    God and Man

    Gods Creation

    Grey is Black

    Hallelujah Jesus

    Hallelujah Mother

    Heavens Hurricane

    Held and Caressed

    Hello Child

    Hey There Daddy

    His Hearts Breath

    His Love Will Remain

    His Only Begotten Son

    His True Love

    Hopes and Dreams

    I Am Free

    I Am

    I Desperately Need You Lord

    I’m in Love with Jehovah

    I’m yours

    Jesus is the Miracle

    Jesus My Savior

    Jesus Said

    Join Us in New Life

    Joy in My Soul

    Lifetime Guarantee

    Light of Life

    Lip Service Christians

    Little Sins

    Look to My Lord

    Lost and Found

    Lost and Found

    Love Will Remain

    Love without Fear

    Loyal Servants

    Mighty Saints

    Miss You in Secret

    Missing Link

    My Best Friend

    My Buddy

    My Closest and Dearest Friend

    My Dad and Brother

    My Every Breath

    My Heart Tells Me to Listen

    My Jesus

    My Lost Dream

    My Love Endures Forever

    My Strong Tower

    New Life

    No Longer Bound

    Now Please Move Me

    Off to Work

    One More Night

    One Simple Gesture

    Our Example

    Our God is Love

    Our Passion and Joy

    Passionate Confessions

    Peace or Division

    Peaceful Satisfaction

    Please Respond

    Prevail Over Darkness

    Reaching Out In Love

    Reconcile and Deliver

    Rejoice this is Good News

    Restless Night

    Samples of Heaven

    Searching For

    Set Free From All Despair

    Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego

    Shifting Gears

    Sing a Prayer with Me

    Spring Begins

    Storm of Confusion

    Taste and See (Psalms)

    Thankful for the Hits

    The Butterfly

    The Day of New Birth

    The Family as One Unit

    The Great I Am

    The Heart

    The Holy One

    The Love of My Savior

    The Love of One Man

    The Morning Star

    The One

    The Perfect Love of My Lord

    The Wayward Child and Poor Boy

    This Sign of Two Hearts

    Tree of Life

    Turn my Frown Upside Down

    Turn to Ice

    United Forever

    Until the End of Time

    What Would Jesus Say

    When’s it going to End

    Where You’ve Gone We’ll Follow

    Without Warning

    You Can’t Afford o Loose

    Without Warning

    John 14:21 (NKJ) He who has my commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.

    John 14:23 (NKJ) Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make Our home with him.

    Deuteronomy 4:9 (NKJ) Only take heed to yourself, and diligently keep yourself, lest you forget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And teach them to your children and your grandchildren.

    This book is lovingly dedicated to my beautiful children James,

    Ericka, and Frederick II.

    In memory of the most wonderful mother a man could have

    ever asked for:

    Joyce Marie (Brasche) Helms

    Credit Where It’s due

    First and foremost I would like to thank God through my Savior Jesus Christ for walking me into this beautiful new life. Without the abundant grace provided by my Lord, I would have been dead and buried long ago. Praise God and thank you Jesus for extending my perfect love dream—it’s survived only by a dream and a prayer

    I have been blessed with an opportunity to learn the Commands of Christ @ Institute for Basic Life Principles. My gratitude is expressed here and now to IBLP in that without their research and development of the Commands of Christ (series 1-7) curriculum, my life may not have been touched so deeply with Gods perfect truth.

    All of my personal affirmation prayers and poems are a direct result of their studies. I quoted many parts of the affirmation statements for my personal prayers and the poems contain quotes taken directly out of the lessons. After reading my work it is safe to say you would have received a brief yet thorough summery of their countless hours of devoted research.

    Thank you, IBLP for your support in my hope to bless Gods children with ONE MANS JOURNEY (through the Commands of Christ). Without your loving blessing, this book would not be available to the world.

    I pray that God blesses you, the readers, with endless perfect love, wisdom, and knowledge. Remember to share what you have received with others in need!

    Authors Note

    Each one of us is called to work out our own personal salvation with fear and trembling. We know this means to take responsibility for our past, repent and live a new life in spirit and truth through Christ Jesus our Lord. A wise man once said, "God loves you exactly where you are but He loves you too much to leave you there.

    I have been restored by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, PRAISE GOD! Restored to what, you ask. Well, sanity for one and right standing for two. I was so lost, so desperate for attention, so alone that I believed the lies of the destroyer and accepted the ways of a dieing world as a matter of hope. I was such a fool.

    After much prayer and fasting, through a dedicated heart, with my mind devoted to learning the scriptures with the help of IBLP and the Commands of Christ curriculum I have started my journey toward eternal life with Jesus Christ and our Father God.

    Though I have by no means obtained the prize for which I have been called heavenward, I strive to please my Father and Brother through obedient faith that expresses its self through love. I will pray that everyone who God calls will answer NOW, His call, for this is truly the day of our salvation.

    Be blessed while reading A DREAM AND A PRAYER (ONE MANS JOURNEY). Might I suggest you also study the Commands of Christ curriculum provided by the Institute for Basic Life Principles? These commands come straight out of the scriptures. Check it out!

    Break Free

    Break Free-be washed in the blood of the lamb

    Break free-we’re blessed by the great I Am

    If all I ever do is sing you praise-I’m free

    My hearts been restored to him… Break Free

    I’m working my fingers—to the bone

    Waiting for Jesus—to carry me home

    Now, home is a place where I lay my head

    But when he returns it’s where I’ll rest my heart

    And home is the place where I’m loved by God

    And when Jesus comes back then forever starts

    Now, Break Free…

    I carry the gospel—everywhere I go

    You see, we’re all Gods children—and He loves us so

    So-pick up your cross and follow him and be prepared for his return

    So-pick up your cross and follow Christ-Yeah let’s love and honor him

    Break Free…

    I Can’t Keep On

    I can’t keep on walking down-this same old road that I’ve been walking down

    I got to pick up my feet and step into-A different part of town

    I said I can’t keep on walking down-this same old road-that I’ve been walking down

    Here it is and there it goes—superficial love is all I’ve known

    I’m with you and now I’m gone-we’re both alone so no one’s won

    Here I go again—

    Chorus

    I found love and now it’s gone-my broken heart is all alone

    It’s too dark and loves run cold-now I’ve destroyed-all I’ve known

    Here I go again

    Chorus

    You found me and all I see is perfect love everywhere—

    You’re with me how can it be-from such a simple prayer

    A prayer answered now here I go-It’s time to build my home

    Take my hand this time as friends Lord, let’s build us a home

    Because… chorus…

    70 times 7

    You’re a twisted little mean-grumbling machine

    And I don’t understand your spiteful anger

    You’re too quick to fight-and you don’t have the right

    To saturate my life with your slander

    But I can handle you-and everything you do

    I’ve found the perfect way-to forgive the things you say

    It’s-70 times 7-over and over again

    Yeah-70 times 7-I forgive you my friend

    I said-70 times 7-I’ll love you till the end

    70 times 7-over and over again

    Well, here they come-biting at my back

    I’m under attack-and there’s no place to hide: from your lies

    I’m mocked and scorned by the dark-but that won’t stop my heart

    From radiating love through the light of Christ

    It’s 70 times 7-over and over again…

    Would you like to know the truth and the way?

    God’s humble love will always say-I forgive you for the hate

    Don’t be too quick to judge;

    Yeah the living word says-God is love

    So I know who can handle you-and everything you do

    He is the perfect way-who forgives for our hate

    It’s 70 times 7-over and over again… .

    Home to Me

    Did you hear me call your name out loud last night?

    I prayed for God to bring you home to me

    Too many times I sit alone and pray

    I pray for you to come safely home to me

    The sun comes up as the door slams shut-here you come stumbling in

    My tear stained pillow soaks up another drop-as I wonder where you’ve been

    Why couldn’t it be that you were here with me instead of living in adulterous sin?

    My lonely broken heart has cracked a little more-cause I know you were out with him

    Chorus

    There’s liquor on your breath and your hair is all a mess-please don’t try to lie

    I try to be patient then the pain overwhelms me-again I start to cry

    I’ve heard it all before-I can’t take it anymore-then you ask for another try

    I forgive you cause I love you-then you promise me again-not to see that other guy

    Chorus*2

    The sun comes up as the door slams shut-here you come stumbling in

    My tear stained pillow’s soaked up its last drop-and now we’ve come to the end

    Chorus

    Promises Based on Lies

    I remember-once upon a time

    You inspired life-but it’s over

    Yeah I’m broken-my heart is shattered

    I need help to-pick up the pieces

    When you came into my life

    We made promises based on lies

    I said I love you and you loved me

    We made promises based on lies

    All your promises were based on lies

    We said forever-and we said always

    My mind was warped and-my soul was battered

    Yeah I was beaten-and defeated—

    Cause all our promises were based on lies

    Too many promises based on lies

    Then I came back in your life

    You made promises based on lies

    I still love you and you love me

    No more promises based n lies

    Still those promises were based on lies

    Life’s not over-I’ve been restored by

    Faith and hope in-the perfect love of Christ

    My hearts still beating-though it’s been shattered

    One more last time-it’s the perfect lie

    No more promises based on lies

    Won’t you come and be my bride

    No more promises based on lies

    Till the end of time-cant you see

    I still love you and you love me

    One more last time-it’s a lie

    Yeah, all your promises are based on lies

    Don’t Let Go

    I’ve been captured by your love-hold me tight and don’t let go

    I’ll cherish you-all my life-I just want for you to know

    My heart rests in your grace. Won’t you give me life and don’t let go

    Lord, inspire me-not to let her go.

    Don’t let go of me. I won’t let go of you

    Together we’re a perfect pair-forever we will always share

    A perfect love that don’t let go

    I know you love me girl!

    Our Father won’t let go

    You know that I love you-and Jesus loves us so—

    Forever we will always share-perfect love that don’t let go

    Now we’re surrounded by your light. You’re the only hope we know

    Cherish me all my life-in perfect love we will grow

    My spirit rests in peace-with a patient enduring faith

    Don’t let go I love you so-in Jesus we can live free

    Don’t let go-come with me-yes I love you so-don’t let go-don’t let go of faith

    Don’t let go of hope-hold on to perfect love-never let us go.

    Inside a Dream

    Wake me up-cause I’m dying inside a dream!

    Am I alone? No one can hear my screams!

    Where’s my heart? Why can’t I feel it beat?

    Restless sleep-cause I live inside a dream-yeah I’m dying inside a dream.

    The warning sign says detour-before you wreck your life

    Well, I’m to late-yeah I crashed and burned-I think I’m always right

    I need your help-am I still alone-I’ll listen this time I swear.

    Take my heart-please hold my hand-I’m trembling with fear

    Chorus

    Sometimes I’m in control. I can regulate my thoughts.

    Other times I’m all alone-desperate and lost.

    What’s that noise-is someone there-I can’t find where you are

    I see perfect love within my soul-life shouldn’t be this hard

    Chorus

    As She Cried

    I heard this love tale yesterday, the Lord he took a brides groom away—

    And nothing could be done to stop those tears form streaming down her face!

    Well, as she cried she said why oh why-must I live without him by my side.

    As she cried she said I’d rather die then live this life without him by my side.

    So I told her when God called him home-he knew you’d make a choice.

    You’d either live and die loving your groom-or you’ll listen to his voice!

    Now, nothing is as it seems-everything will change—

    For better or worse-Jesus loves you-for all eternity.

    Well, as she cried she said why oh why-should I live without him by my side?

    And as she cried I prayed the Lord to

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