On Wings of Angels
On Wings of Angels
On Wings of Angels
By
Rev. Dr. Jeffry David Camm
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TOPIC
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Dedication
Copyright
Other Books by the Same Author
On Angels Wings
Artists Profile
Aussie Christmas
Behold I Stand at the Door and Knock
Changing Times
Gods Love
Heaven
Get Ready
If My People
On Judgement Day
Suffer Little Children
What does God see?
Busted
Gods Last Wrath
The Sun Goes Out
Our Purposes in Life
In the Darkness, Theres Light
The Seasons
The Christmas Story
Decisions
The Slice of Ice
Raining From Above
They Seek Him
A Thousand Days
In His Image
Abrams Song
Easter Message
The Son Sets
A Cry in the Wilderness
Will You Be There
I Love You Lord
Children of the Kingdom
Where there is Love
The Master Healer
The Miracle Worker
My Life
My Jesus
My Testimony
Were you there?
Faith as a Little Child
Wasted
In Whom I Believe
The Christmas Story
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Dedication
This book is dedicated to my wife Rani, who has loved me, guided me and
encouraged me, throughout more than twenty nine years of our marriage, and who
has been an inspiration to me and many others, as she has continued her Christian
walk, despite many hurdles in her family life, as well as battling a life threatening
illness.
To the people who read this book, may you feel uplifted by the poems, as I was
when they came to me, as an inspiration from the Holy Spirit.
This is His way of showing me that He loves me and He cares from me, just as I
am, with all the lumps, bumps, imperfections and scars, which over time He will
deal with, in His own way, using His own infinite wisdom, judgement, mercy, love
and compassion.
COPYRIGHT
Rani and Jeff are pleased to publish the 14th book by Rev. Dr. Jeffry David
Camm, as God Almighty, through the Holy Spirit, places inspiration into his heart to
share to others. Permission is given to reproduce items from this book for
evangelistic messages, or for teaching purposes, but must not be used or sold for
profit or gain.
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ON ANGELS WINGS
On angles wings the good news came,
Emmanuel with us Jesus His name,
Born to live, that all should know
He came to die, so that we would go
To heaven above, to see the King,
His love abounds in everything.
So, as we come to Christmas now,
Reflect on Him and on your life,
And somehow ask yourself
If you are worthy,
To live your life in this earthly place,
Or should you be down upon your face
In prayer to Him, To ask for grace.
We are all individuals, this of course we know,
But how we live our lives, our nation it does show
To the world, our love or hate,
Its not too late to correct it mate.
Come down from your lofty pride on high,
Jesus is down here not up there in the sky.
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Artists Profile
Jeffry David Camm
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Many people have an illusion about Christmas and its effects on people around the
world. Most Christmas cards show nice scenes with snow and warm cosy fires, but
here in Australia it is one of the most dangerous periods of the year, with bushfires
that kill thousands of livestock, burn down homes and unfortunately people lose
their lives. This year in Canberra, (2004) fire fighters were among the casualties. That
is why I dedicate this poem to the fire fighters who lost their lives, so our nation can
be a better and safer place.
AUSSIE CHRISTMAS
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BEHOLD I STAND
AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK
If Jesus came to your house today,
What would you do? What would you say?
Would you welcome Him, ask Him to come in?
Or would you turn your back and hide in your sin?
I want you to think on this, I want you to know the score,
Behold I stand at the door and knock, behold I AM at the door.
I want to come and sup with you, have fellowship and sing,
I want to enter into your life, in fact to live within.
I will not force you to change your life,
I will only plead;
I died for you at Calvary,
I will continue to intercede.
There will be a time, when it is too late
To look for me within,
For when your time of judgement comes
You will be judged by your sin.
So today, I ask again, what do you plan today?
Will you invite Me in, or just turn Me away.
Your life is valued thats a certainty,
Your life could be bliss - in eternity.
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CHANGING TIMES
First published in 2007 in: The Whos Who of Poetry The International Library of Poetry
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GODS LOVE
Over the mountains and over the seas,
The love of God flows - even through fleas,
As they run and skip and jump about,
Imagine that they scream and shout,
Just like the birds that fly on high,
Sing praises to God - all over the sky.
The trees of the field all green or bare,
Lift up their hands to God in prayer.
But what of man, Gods highest being,
Where is the praise, where is it seen?
While men go about their daily tasks,
Deciding if Saddam should die or last,
Or if a nation we can blast,
Mankind has gone away from God,
He continues to toil, to till the sod,
Without giving God a second look,
Or even reading His Holy Book.
Weve taken God from our public sight,
Hoping He will go away in fright,
But Gods love is always there,
Even when we dont seem to care,
He continues to answer prayers,
To heal, to love, to even share
His Son with us, who died for Sin,
So to heaven He could let us in.
So today when you are out and about,
Consider Gods love, its without a doubt
The best thing you can have in your life,
It conquers death, sickness, even strife,
So come to Him again today,
Get down on your knees, to Him and pray
And thank Him again for His love,
That God in Heaven that God above.
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Heaven
I came up to heaven, it was such bliss,
I was greeted by Jesus; He gave me a kiss,
He said: "Welcome son, it's such a good day,
Please get on your knees, we need to pray
For those whose minds are not quite sound,
For those who are still down there on the ground,
For those who cannot see what I do for them,
When we are on bended knee."
Oh Lord, I am so blessed,
Of this place I am impressed,
That for these people so much you care,
To let me help - a little share,
But why me, Oh Lord I ask,
I am not worthy of this great task,
He looked at me with loving eyes,
And turned to me and smiled.
Don't you remember?
Others prayed for you, when you were dead,
I raised you up, right off your bed,
You went to nations in My name,
My glorious salvation to proclaim,
You were beaten, black and blue,
But by your faith, you did come through.
Now I want you, as angels pray,
Continually for the saints, each and every day,
Guard them all from trials and strife,
Protect them, I gave my life,
For all who call upon My name,
Their lives will change,
Will never be the same.
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GET READY
Get ready! Get ready! Get ready
For the coming of the Lord,
Get ready! Get ready!
He is coming by His power and His sword.
For the lord is merciful and righteous,
For the lord is loving and true.
The lord is faithful in his promises
Especially his promises for you.
So, get ready, get ready
He is coming with a sword in his hand
Get ready, get ready,
Only, the righteous ones shall stand.
Are you ready? Are you ready?
Are you ready for the coming of the Lord?
Are you ready? Are you ready?
Are you ready for the coming of the lord?
Well? - are you ready???
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If my people, who are called by My name,
Turn from their wicked ways,
Lift up their voices, in prayer to Me,
Forgiveness of sins shall follow to thee.
We are your people, We are called by Your name,
We will humble ourselves, and cry out in shame,
Forgive us, oh Lord, the sins we have done,
Forgive us, oh Lord, through the blood of your Son.
You are our Saviour, there's no-one but thee,
Through your Son, we have been set free
To live a life, oh worthy of God,
Into the promises of heaven,
In glory we plod.
We cry out, oh Jesus, our Saviour, our Lord
You are worthy of glory, sovereign of all.
We lift up our voices, in praises to sing
Of Jesus our Saviour,
Our peacemaker and king.
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ON JUDGEMENT DAY
Walking down the road, I saw a man broken and beaten,
Blood running through his hair and down his nose,
Should I go to him, help and be sincere?
Or, should I turn my back and not interfere?
There are many, who see people in need,
Who turn away, who dont take any heed,
But what about on judgement day,
How can you justify that you should stay.
When people around you were suffering and old
And you didn't do what you were told,
To love one another, in God's word it's true
You're crazy if you thought, it didnt apply to you.
God has said on judgement day
There will be many, who will just pass away,
I do not know you - He will say
Go to eternity - on the other side - go away.
Where torment and pain,
Will cut you off from God again.
You do not know where you're bin,
So live forever in your sin.
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BUSTED
I was driving down the road, a pleasant scene,
But my mind was not where it ought to have been,
The signs came and the signs went by,
I didnt see it, I continued to drive.
Then my attention was brought back to life,
A blue and red flashing light came into sight.
The policeman was nice, if you could call it that,
Gimme your licence, came out with a spat.
He read it and checked it, then started to write,
Youve been busted he said,
Now get out of my sight.
I could have got angry, I could have got mean,
I could have started yelling and started a scene,
But the grace of Jesus came flooding over me,
I have died for your sins, you have been set free,
To live a life worthy of me, so just pay the fine
And in future - dont speed!
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THE SEASONS
The seasons come, the seasons go
But Oh Lord, You put on a show.
Theres flowers and blooms and glorious things
And just over there, we see birds on new wings
As they learn to fly,
To sweep across your glorious sky.
The spring has come and things are in bloom,
On lovers lane there is no more gloom
As more and more people learn about love,
They stop to listen to the turtledove,
As it coos and warbles and ruffles and sings
Its praising our Lord, as it continues to sing.
But then comes the summer, then the autumn,
Things are changing - yes, turning to gloom,
We have overcast skies; we cant see the moon,
The leaves turn gold, then red, then brown,
People are cutting firewood, all over town
To get ready for winter, when cold is in fashion,
When food becomes short and sometimes we ration
Our needs and our fears, because we know that winter is here.
But do not fear for winter will end,
Then come the spring, once again.
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DECISIONS
Decisions; we make them, sometimes in haste
And walk around for hours, oh! what a waste,
Whichever decision we make in our lives,
Will have an impact on us - and our wives.
Some people make good choices and go onto glory
For others we know, its a very different story,
Its all about what books we do read,
What input we choose - our brains to feed.
So today if youre thinking oh what the heck!
Thats a decision which may get you a hit in the neck,
So make your decisions carefully, its not really blue,
Your future life and dreams, are all up to you.
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A THOUSAND DAYS
They walked with Him for a thousand days,
He was man to them, but God - in many ways,
He healed the sick, He healed the blind,
To the confused, the lonely and forgotten very kind.
He went about doing good,
We should be like Him we really should.
But many find it too hard and go astray,
Satan laughs at them, all the way.
But what of you oh innocent one?
Do you know Him? Do you know the Son?
The disciples were with Him a thousand days,
But did not recognise Him on the road to Emmaus,
In the dark days after His death,
Their faith disappeared, just like bad breath.
He appeared to more than five hundred people
In His resurrected form,
People rose from their graves
It was the norm,
The prophecies to fulfil,
The firsts fruits of the resurrection,
Eternally still.
But what of us in this dying world,
The truth to tell, the Spirit to unfurl,
Righteousness, holiness, seem so absurd,
To this generation, they call you a nerd.
But the time is coming, is almost here,
When on bended knee, in total fear,
All the earth will have to proclaim,
Jesus is Lord, He will reign!
On earth and in heaven for one thousand years,
A new heaven, a new earth
When eternal peace appears.
So today I say to one and all,
Choose Jesus, or else youll fall.
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IN HIS IMAGE
We are made in His Image, the good book says,
To have dominion over plants, animals and birds of the air,
To be good stewards of this earth and all,
But not to sin, for you will endure the fall.
But what sort of image do you have of Him?
That will help you to live without any sin
In Your life, make it pure and holy,
Not murky, morbid, mild or mouldy.
Are you kind to others, all the time
Not lukewarm with some
And with others you are fine.
Do you warm to some, do you call them your mates?
And detest others and display lots of hate?
Of course thats right, we do these things,
We are humans you see, not angels with wings.
We go about our daily lives,
We curse our bosses and ignore our wives,
We live our lives, like in a dream,
Shell be right mate, you wait and see,
The rains will come, the rivers will flow,
And down to the pub, all the men will go.
We are made in His image, the good book says,
Is this the image you have of Him?
That allows us to do whatever we like
And think that we will go to heaven
On a heavenly bike?
No way I say and so does the Book!!!
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ABRAMS SONG
Go out from your family, leave your home,
Go to a place where youll be shown,
Go with your wife, your flocks and things,
I have chosen you to visit kings.
So I packed my bags and all my belongs,
My wife, my sheep, and even my thongs,
I set off with God, for parts unknown,
To go to a place I would be shown.
I went for days, months and years,
But still no sign, only tears
Of despair for Sarah and for me,
There was no offspring for us to see.
We prayed, we cried out to God in despair,
We thought Hes gone, that He didnt care,
An angel came in the middle of the night,
Oh man, oh man, did it give us a fright.
Not to worry the angel said,
There will soon be a son in your bed.
A father of many nations you will become,
He will be special to you, this old age son.
But forty years they came and went
And both our lives were nearly spent,
Still no son of promise came,
This Isaac - a glorious name.
When Sarah was ninety, her eyes did shine,
The Lords promise began its time,
A baby boy, Oh so grand,
In our old age, it was Gods plan
To show the world He is in control
Of all creation - not only our souls.
With praise and thanksgiving our voices raise,
Giving thanks to God, each and everyday,
He loves us, He hears us, come what may,
He is there beside us every day.
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Easter Message
When youre down and out and all alone,
When you cant get a signal on your phone,
When people look and turn away,
Or refuse to help, to give or pray.
What does the Lord see up above?
When we turn away, when we dont pray,
When we, as Christians dont show His love,
Do you think Hes happy, up there above?
He sent His son, to live and die
So that we may know the reason why
Gods love is abundant, more than you know
So why on earth dont you show
His love to others?
So they will understand and go back to Him
His love is real its not just a whim
He heals, He protects with open arms
If you trust in Him, there will be no harm.
He sent His angles to tell the world
The good news of heaven is now unfurled.
Its here my friends for one and all,
Why dont you try it? - give Him a call.
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MY LIFE
I wondered down along lifes way,
I did not care where I might stray,
I did not listen to Gods voice,
I was quite free it was my choice.
But the Lord did not abandon me,
He waited, waited patiently,
And slowly brought me to see,
The Word of God and now Im free.
Im free to dedicate myself to Him,
He is my saviour not just a whim,
Not a fantasy, nor figmentation,
A living being; an incarnation.
I praise the Lord for that bright day,
When salvation came along my way,
He will never abandon me,
I pray that He will always be,
Near, and dear, and close to me.
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MY JESUS
(Based upon Philippians chapter 2)
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MY TESTIMONY
I was greatly troubled and so alone,
And great was my despair,
I felt I was down in a bottomless pit,
And the world had just left me there,
But me chains fell off as He raised me up,
He said not to worry for the sins I had done,
I died on the cross for you My son.
Tis the cleaning blood of Calvary,
That washes our sins away,
And helps to lead us ever on,
To a bright and glorious day,
A day for Jesus, joy and power,
I could sing His praise for hours and hours,
I could sing His praise for hours and hours.
So at any time you want it to be,
The same for you, as it is now for me,
Open your heart and let Him in,
Try doing it today.
Open your heart and let Him in,
He wont for get you; Hell save you from sin,
He wont for get you; Hell save you from sin,
Tis the cleaning blood of Calvary,
That washes our sins away,
And helps to lead us ever on,
To a bright and glorious day,
A day for Jesus, joy and power,
I could sing His praise for hours and hours,
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WASTED!!!
Dedicated to the students who lost their lives in a car smash May 2009 on the road from Highfields to
Toowoomba.
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IN WHOM I BELIEVE
When I am sad and lonely, when I am feeling blue,
When all seems lost and hopeless, Oh Lord, I turn to you.
You always give me comfort, your grace it so abounds,
And round about you show me, with birdcalls, scenes and sounds
That you are always there to answer me, to hide me in your arms,
To raise me up, to console me, to make sure theres no harm.
But as I look around me, I see distrust and pain,
I hear souls crying out: Whats wrong with me? Make me right again,
I feel so dead and empty, my heart its in so much pain,
Is there no-one to help me, is my life all in vain?
You said we are to tell them, to preach your mighty word,
So all will know about you, that revival is not absurd,
You told us mighty saviour, you are always waiting near,
If they cry out to you: save me Lord - you promised you will hear.
But to this lonely city, to those who need to know,
Few are really ready, to give your name a show,
They go to church on Sundays - all seems right and clear,
But is their hearts a blockage, no reverential fear.
In your holy scriptures, you make it all so clear,
When judgement time is nearing and we know the end is near,
What then my friends, what will you say before the judgement seat,
When face down before the Lord, its now not so neat.
We all have to give account, tell what we were to do,
As you look within our hearts, the truth you already knew,
Did we show the world out there, the love of Christ so dear?
Or did we watch the TV in comfort and sneer,
At your words They dont apply to me!
Im not an apostle, prophet, teacher, that my pastor said,
We dont want them around here - They get inside your head.
But now I know the reason, you sent them to our shores,
To search the hearts of pastors - to open wide the doors
Of revelation knowledge, to show us all the few,
Who love the Lord so dearly, they only think of you.
When all seems rejected, when all seems at an end
In comes the prophets message, to crush, to turn, to bend,
To change our hearts and minds, to give us the missing clue,
Its you I love, oh Lord. Its you and only you.
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Psalm 18
A psalm of love unto the Lord
When I come into Your presence and I look upon Your face,
I feel Your mighty power of love, there is no place for hate,
Like a rush of mighty waters, that flow across the land
Your grace and mercy covers me; on my face - I cannot stand
When my trials were so heavy, that I thought I would not
succeed,
Your love came down upon me, it satisfied every need.
You gave me new direction, a life that gives back to You
Something for the pain and suffering that You went through.
With my last breath I will praise Your name,
Not because of riches, not because of fame,
But because You loved me, even in my sin,
When all the doors were closed; You took me in.
I sing to You my praises, I sing to You my king,
Let there be a sense of holiness, an awesome offering.
Let them rise up to Your holy throne, into Your presence grand,
As you pour out Your Holy Spirit, upon this dry and thirsty land.
We need You, God our Father, more than we could ever know,
You show us Your awesome power, each time we see the snow,
It comes down so softly, without even a sound,
And then it lays there, as a cloak across Your holy ground.
Lay Your cloak of love upon me, today I pray, dear Lord,
Give me power to obey You, by the power of Your Sword,
Whenever I am led astray, Like Jonah bring me back,
I know sometimes I will fail You, in Your love there is no lack,
I come to You today Lord, To give You all my praise,
To lift Your holy name, above all other names,
Because Your word tells me, that Your promises are true,
I will dedicate my life to You, because I now know its true.
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I was walking down the street, in a kinda dream,
When I came across a site, an awesome scene,
There in the gutter was a terrible site,
a junkie in rags, as high as a kite,
Should I walk on, or should I stay,
should I help this man, should I help him today?
What should I do I ask, I say?
I know the needles are deadly these days.
So I say to the man: can I help today?
He looks at me and sneers and yells,
I dont need you, I need the shells,
That makes me rise and float and sing,
that makes me feel just like a king.
I looked at him in great dismay,
I wanted to help, to kneel, and pray,
To ask the Lord to do some scene,
to wake him up, to make him clean.
Oh Lord. I cried, hear me today,
right here in the gutter, oh, Lord I pray,
Reach down your hand, give healing power,
let this be for him, your finest hour.
He looks up at me with clear blue eyes,
I know Hes clean before he can rise,
He reaches out his skinny hands
and gives me a hug as he tries to stand.
I dont know what it is I feel,
but I do know that it is real.
I thank the Lord again today,
that He is there when we pray,
It may not be a special scene,
but the Lord knows and can intervene.
So dont get lazy come what may,
If you see a scene ask Gods help just pray.
And He will honour your mercy and faith,
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THE ELECTION
In 2010
The pollies make promises coming out of their ears,
But it aint what is seems, because there is fear
In their hearts that this time they will loose,
No more freebies, no more free booze.
They offer the earth, but its not theirs to give,
Its been sold off to people who live overseas,
Who make loads of money on our resources
But pay little tax,
Everybody screams when we ask for it back.
God told us to be good stewards of our native land
Not give it to people who rob us with both hands.
They take our iron ore for 100 a ton
And sell it back to us as cars for 1000 to 1.
The Pollies are all so nice at election time,
They promise the earth, pledge to reduce all the crime
But three years later, Oh what a farce
They all make excuses that make us all laugh.
Do they think that we are complete morons or nuts?
They dont tell the truth, havent got the guts
To really tell the truth, of this we all know,
But we are too complacent,
So we dont make them show
All of the mistakes that they covered up
With this group or that, Its sickening to think
Weve been reduced to that.
Oh Australia, the lucky country it once used to be,
But now we are creeping and crawling to those overseas,
Who come here in boats, which we dont send back?
They ruin our country and we pay them to stay
What crackpots we are: I am so dismayed!!!
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