By Carl Waters
May 26, 2015, 7:58 p.m.
Covenant
I will stand by My covenant with you and expect you to do the same
All glory from heaven is available to you, to lose it would be a shame
Keep the covenant you profess from your heart and songs of your worship
It is important that you keep your focus and do not let your faith slip
In your covenant you worship My Son when you have communion with each other
You profess your faith by partaking of bread and wine with your sisters and brothers
Simple, but nonetheless, a covenant with Jesus to say
You will devote your body and your soul to His resurrection as you pray
Holy, holy, holy is the Lamb of God who sits at My right hand
The Kingdom of Heaven, the Covenant of God, on this earth will stand
Keep your eye focused on the change that is occurring in your city
And keep your covenant burning in your heart, for it to go out would be a pity
Look to heaven for the power you need to suppress the evil you see
And be charged up by your faith that comes from a covenant with Me
I am with you in all that you do, receive the peace that is beyond understanding too
Your covenant will last as long as you are refreshed each day with something new
(Gen 9:11 – 12 NRSV) 11 – I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.” 12 – God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:
(Exo 34:28 NRSV) He was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
(Isa 59:21 NRSV) And as for me, this is my covenant with them, says the LORD: my spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouths of your children, or out of the mouths of your children’s children, says the LORD, from now on and forever.
(Mat 26:28 NRSV) for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
(Mark 14:24 NRSV) He said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.
(Luke 22:20 NRSV) And he did the same with the cup after supper, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.
(Heb 9:15 NRSV) For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, because a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions under the first covenant.
(Heb 9:20 NRSV) saying, “This is the blood of the covenant that God has ordained for you.”
(Heb 13:20 NRSV) Now may the God of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant.
