A Dream and a Prayer: One Man's Journey
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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.
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.
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First published by AuthorHouse 08/10/2011
ISBN: 978-1-4634-4645-1 (sc)
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ISBN: 978-1-4634-4646-8 (ebk)
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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