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Gospel Poetry Collection
Poems by J Alan R

Reflecting Christianity, Scripture, and Bible Themes
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10 Latest Poems:
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  1.
 ..While the Heat Increased..(2/17/2020)
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2.
 ..Candle Light..(2/14/2020)
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3.
 ..Heartwise..(2/13/2020)
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4.
 ..How Can I Not?..(2/10/2020)
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5.
 ..Piñata Love..(2/6/2020)
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6.
 ..Big Love..(2/4/2020)
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7.
 ..Why the Letters are Colored Red..(2/1/2020)
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8.
 ..Tokyo..(1/30/2020)
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9.
 ..Alway..(1/22/2020)
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10.
 ..Polluted Cranial Airspace..(1/16/2020)
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Complete List in Alphabetical Order:
 
153!..(4-22-2012)
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3:16..(2/25/2019)
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Abba's Lap..(6/14/2013)
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A Cold House..(1/12/2007)
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A Dark Place..(8/23/2019)
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A Gift from God..(1/8/2015)
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A Glory Often Missed..(6/10/2002)
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A New Song..(7/14/2015)
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A Saved Sinner's Song..(5/17/2013)
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A Shepherd Girl Danced..(12/13/2003)
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A Silent Salvation Thing..(12/18/2016)
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A Water Drop..(3/17/2012)
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A Well Steeped Life..(5/20/2013)
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Abide..(12/31/2009)
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again and again..(5/20/2013)
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Alive..(1/10/2008)
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All Comfort..(4/3/2014)
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All Our Might..(7/19/2019)
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All Out Deliverance..(7/25/2017)
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All That'll Matter..(11/29/2014)
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All That's Left..(11/9/2014)
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Alphabet Supreme..(6/29/2018)
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Alway..(1/22/2020)
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Always Thirsty..(10/1/2012)
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Am I Where..(5/29/2016)
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And Still Believe..(4/23/2019)
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And That's the Thing..(5/29/2011)
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And the Greatest of These..(11/28/13)
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And Then I Began to Fish..(3/3/2012)
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And Yet..(5/7/2014)
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Any Minute..(3/8/2019)
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Anyway...And Still..(5/22/2014)
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Arise and Shine!..(7/11/2019)
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Atop the Stack..(6/19/2017)
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"BAD DOG!"..(12/30/2019)
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Barely Bubbles..(12/8/2013)
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Be Like Water #1..(8/6/2019)
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Be Like Water #2..(8/7/2019)
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Be Like Water #3..(8/8/2019)
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Be On Guard!..(10/28/2019)
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Before..(2/13/2003)
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Before the End..(9/17/2015)
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Beheld..(2/2/2013)
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belies..(5/13/2010)
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Believing Is Wrapping..(9/20/2010)
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Be-live in Superman..(4/18/2011)
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Best for Last..(8/29/2019)
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Better Treasures..(10/12/2018)
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Between..(6/7/2004)
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Big Love..(2/4/2020)
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Bigger Eyes Than That..(6/23/2014)
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Bigger Than That!..(3/7/2001)
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"Blessed Are Those..."..(4/9/2017)
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Blessed to Glory..(5/7/2019)
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Blind..(10/12/2004)
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Blithsomeness..(12/29/2019)
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Blood Road..(4/14/2019)
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Bone Concert..(7/8/2009)
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Bota..(11/22/2015)
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Bottom Line..(9/3/2019)
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Breakfast on the Beach..(5/12/2014)
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Breathy Beckons..(11/2/2019)
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Bright Eyes..(11/11/2014)
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Broken..(1/17/2014)
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Bug Light..(10/12/2004)
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Built Without Hands..(9/16/2013)
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Bullseye!..(6/3/2014)
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Burning Bush..(4/2/2012)
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By Heart..(5/24/2015)
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By Our Love..(3/19/2019)
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By This We Can Know..(10/30/2011)
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Came a King..(9/15/2000)
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Camping..(3/7/2001)
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Can You?..(9/20/2009)
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Can You See Me Now?..(1/16/2010)
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Candle Light..(2/14/2020)
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Check Your Melon..(4/14/2019)
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Chewed to the Bone..(7/29/2013)
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Chosen For Greatness..(10/21/2012)
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Clarity..(7/20/2014)
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Click..(9/5/2019)
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Cling..(6/2/2013)
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Closer Still..(5/4/2013)
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Come On Let's Play!..(7/22/2013)
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Could It Be?..(3/5/2017)
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Cracker Jack..(2/11/2015)
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Creation Cried..(4/21/2014)
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Cross Out..(2/23/2014)
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Crouching Lion..(2/10/2013)
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Daddy Eyes..(7/10/2019)
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Daddy's Feet..(3/8/2014)
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Dancing on a Rope..(1/30/2010)
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Dead Dudes Don't Do Diddly!..(4/10/2002)
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Death Yaps..(4/10/2002)
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Deep..(10/12/2004)
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Did Not the Lion Roar..(9/25/2011)
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Divining the Presence..(2/14/2019)
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Do Not Think it Odd..(7/18/2017)
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Do the Math..(8/10/2014)
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Don't Marvel, Believe Instead..(4/29/19)
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Downside Up..(3/5/2014)
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Easter..(4/7/2015)
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Enough Said..(12/30/2017)
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Eros and Agape..(1/16/2016)
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Eternity's in His Breath..(7/9/2019)
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Evangelions Roar..(4/12/2014)
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Even in the Deep..(3/18/2019)
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Ever Since..(6/12/2004)
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Evidence of God..(3/28/2014)
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Except For..(9/18/2015)
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Eyes to See 1..(3/16/2014)
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Eyes to See 2..(4/27/2017)
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Ezekiel's Hair..(6/7/2009)
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Face to Face..(6/5/2014)
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Feel Still I Do..(9/8/2012)
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Fight the Good Fight..(4/1/2019)
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Finding Blue Space..(3/5/2019)
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"Flames"..(8/12/2014)
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Flight Lessons..(7/21/2014)
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Flip the Switch..(3/21/2019)
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Flying the Eye of God..(10/12/2004)
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Fogbow..(3/11/2012)
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Foolish Fish..(4/10/2002)
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For..(10/19/2011)
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For Dreamers Only..(5/19/2007)
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"For Others"..(6/25/2014)
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Forever Cast..(12/5/2014)
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Forever Hug..(7/2/2014)
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Forever Kids..(2/25/2005)
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Forever Kisses..(2/20/2009)
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Forever Tender on My Mind..(6/15/2019)
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Forevermore..(2/21/2019)
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"for-ever"..(4/11/2019)
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Forgivable..(12/12/2015)
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Frady Kat, Frady Kat..(1/24/2015)
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From Him..(12/16/2012)
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From the Beginning..(11/23/2009)
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From the Heart..(8/20/2019)
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Full..(8/10/2015)
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Furgiven..(8/21/2014)
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Give..(5/10/2015)
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Glasses on a Rock..(8/18/2013)
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G.O.A.T...(6/4/2019)
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"Go Through It"..(6/10/2014)
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Godly Bootcamp..(11/5/2011)
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God Gave Us..(4/15/2016)
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God Stepped Down..(3/21/2005)
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God Within..(2/19/2019)
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God's Grip..(8/20/2014)
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God's Hallowed Walls..(10/16/2018)
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God's Math..(9/30/2012)
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God's Own Mirror..(5/8/2018)
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Good News Indeed!..(7/3/2013)
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Good Soldiers..(3/7/2001)
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Gospel of the Sleeping Seed..(5/15/2014)
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Gotta Go!..(4/10/2002)
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Greater Than All Hearts..(12/21/2013)
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H²O..(12/28/2009)
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Hallelujah Series 1..(5/25/2014)
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Hallelujah Series 2..(5/26/2014)
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Hallelujah Series 3..(5/27/2014)
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Hallelujah Series 4..(5/28/2014)
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Hallelujah Series 5..(5/29/2014)
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Hallelujah Series 6..(5/30/2014)
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Hallelujah Series 7..(6/1/2014)
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Hands..(4/30/2014)
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"Hands"..(1/31/2014)
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Handshake from Heaven..(7/7/2004)
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He Don't Play..(5/14/2015)
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He Gave..(7/25/2005)
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He Lifts..(1/29/2016)
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He Lifts Us Up..(2/25/2019)
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He Made Us To Dance..(8/2/2004)
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He Sees You..(8/2/2012)
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He Will..(11/7/2019)
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Heartwise..(2/13/2020)
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Heavenly Peace..(11/11/2013)
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Heaven's Leaven..(7/23/2012)
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Helpmates Comparable..(10/10/2015)
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Here Comes the Bride..(9/1/2012)
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Here Lies..(11/8/2015)
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Hidden..(9/10/2017)
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High on a Hill..(5/14/2014)
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High Time..(7/4/2014)
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Highest Price Ever Paid..(2/18/2019)
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Highway to Holiness..(12/24/2012)
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Him All Along..(11/1/2019)
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Him We Have Known..(4/10/2002)
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His Beat Goes On..(3/12/2014)
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His Cape of Forgiveness Unfurled..(9/19/2019)
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His Cry..(9/14/2010)
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His for Eternity..(1/17/2019)
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His Knowing Nod..(11/23/2011)
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His Light Shone..(11/5/2012)
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His Way..(3/28/2014)
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Holy Steps..(12/6/2019)
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House of Bread..(10/12/2004)
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How Can I Not?..(2/10/2020)
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How Dare..(11/30/2008)
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How Is It?..(5/17/2014)
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How It Feels..(2/21/2010)
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How it Works..(6/24/2015)
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i am..(8/6/2014)
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I am a tree..(9/25/2014)
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I Am Come..(6/30/2019)
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I am Peter..(8/16/2019)
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I Cry..(4/10/2011)
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I Could Ask..(5/17/2009)
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I See Dad..(9/14/2018)
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If God Gave..(9/15/2009)
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If Only..(6/23/2015)
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I'm A Balloon..(6/27/2007)
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Impossible Fruit..(8/12/2012)
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instead of we..(11/12/2012)
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In the Desert Place..(3/20/2008)
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In the Glorious Darkening..(11/25/2015)
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In the Heart of Thee..(11/26/2011)
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In the House of His Heart..(2/16/2009)
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In the 'Mean'- Time..(11/8/2011)
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In the Middle of the Sky..(4/24/2015)
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In the Midst..(5/19/2019)
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In the Silences..(5/2/2019)
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in You..(4/17/2019)
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Inside Every Little Man..(7/24/2019)
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Integrous Man..(3/7/2001)
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Into My Storm..(11/30/2008)
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Is Empty..(3/31/2013)
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Is It Enough?..(4/18/2004)
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It's All About..(1/10/2008)
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It's Not Dark..(10/12/2004)
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It's The Eyes..(5/14/2010)
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It's What Rivers Do..(12/2/2019)
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Jacob's Limp..(12/12/2003)
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Jesus is the Handle..(9/7/2019)
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Jesus Prays..(6/4/2014)
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Jesus, Thank You for the Car..(3/11/13)
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Jeremiah's Song..(5/24/2009)
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Judging Eyes..(6/29/2013)
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Just Ask Joe..(4/26/2004)
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Kana!..(10/12/2004)
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Kleenex Bookends..(3/7/2001)
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Last Notes..(9/22/2019)
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Let All the Earth be Silent..(8/9/2009)
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Let the Arms..(11/17/2011)
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Let's Hold Hands..(7/15/2013)
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Like a Rose..(9/27/2015)
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Like Flowers Crushed..(7/29/2017)
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Like Gloves..(12/14/2019)
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Long Promenade..(12/12/2003)
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Lookin' for Home..(2/5/2019)
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Look Up!..(8/25/2013)
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Lord Me..(5/9/2009)
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Love is Not a Battlefield..(12/19/2019)
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Love That Can Never Fail..(1/25/2014)
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Loved Me to Death..(5/6/2014)
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Loving Kindness in the Morning..(6/10/2019)
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Making My Way..(2/7/2018)
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Mantis Prays for Frog..(5/31/2019)
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Marks the Godly Man..(9/16/2014)
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Mirror Men..(4/10/2009)
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Monsters..(9/2/2014)
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More Than..(12/27/2012)
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"More Than..."..(11/13/2011)
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More Than a Must..(9/16/2019)
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"More Than Just Sunshine"..(12/30/2013)
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More Than the Ride in Mind..(10/22/11)
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Moving on Down the Road..(10/26/2014)
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Mud Bugs..(11/5/2019)
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My Best Friends..(2/13/2010)
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My Ears Don't Work So Good..(9/1/2015)
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My Gethsemane..(11/18/2008)
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my kingdom quest..(2/18/2012)
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My Pretty Box..(11/29/2004)
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Names Are Being Written..(3/7/2001)
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Natividad..(12/2/2019)
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New..(2/2/2015)
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News..(11/7/2015)
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Night and Day..(12/30/2014)
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No Big Death for Me..(10/29/2013)
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No Cannibal Stew..(7/19/2017)
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No In Me..(2/22/2015)
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None Taken Ahead..(2/5/2019)
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No Shadow of Turning..(5/8/2017)
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Not About Time..(2/25/2019)
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Not Drowning This Time..(5/25/2013)
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Not Just Cuts..(4/7/2012)
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Nothing left to shoulder..(4/16/2017)
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Nothing to Complain About..(12/27/2015)
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Of Fleas on Horses and in Love..(7/28/2019)
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Of Stones and Marking Essays..(12/19/2019)
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Okay to be Naked..(6/22/2015)
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Once in You..(1/13/2017)
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One..(3/30/2014)
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One Was Enough..(8/5/2016)
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On My Way..(4/5/2009)
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On That Dark Night..(12/10/2019)
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Only and Only Again..(7/7/2016)
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Only Him Instead..(1/3/2020)
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Only Tomorrow Lasts Forever..(7/24/2019)
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Our Eyes Are Upon You..(5/2/2013)
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Our Nativity Sets..(12/23/2014)
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Pa..(1/12/2009)
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Parade of Saints..(12/24/2011)
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Parts of Speech..(9/24/2012)
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Piñata Love..(2/6/2020)
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Place of the Cleansing Bowl..(6/20/2004)
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Plants of God's Good Field..(4/14/2006)
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Playin' Possum..(9/28/2013)
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Pointing the Way..(8/2/2009)
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Polluted Cranial Airspace..(1/16/2020)
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Poured It All Out..(10/6/2012)
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Pouring Now..(6/6/2014)
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Presence..(1/14/2020)
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Press On..(6/26/2015)
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Promising Forever..(4/18/2004)
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Pure Heart..(2/27/2019)
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Put It On Me..(4/17/2005)
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Raking Leaves..(1/10/2008)
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"Raw"..(11/6/2013)
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Real to Me..(5/26/2004)
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Realm Rider..(8/2/2004)
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Remembering Being Needy..(1/9/2020)
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Respite..(8/28/2010)
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Robe of Eternity..(7/31/2014)
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Rocket Rog, Part 1..(11/30/2011)
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Rocket Rog, Part 2..(12/2/2011)
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Roses Without Thorn..(5/29/2019)
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Sacred Space..(6/10/2012)
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Safe Harbor's Promise..(4/10/2002)
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Sanctuary Eyes..(12/19/2010)
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Sandals..(4/12/2015)
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Sandy, at the Cliff's Edge..(4/18/2004)
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Savior Stew..(5/4/2014)
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Say Sos..(11/27/2015)
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Scarecrows..(3/5/2009)
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Seamless..(8/2/2004)
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Seaworthy Once More..(1/23/2019)
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Secret Saints..(4/28/2004)
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See?..(11/21/2012)
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Seed of Forgiveness..(2/14/2015)
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Send Me..(12/2/2011)
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Sent From God..(2/27/2014)
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Sharper Than Sharp..(3/23/2015)
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Shuns in the Dark..(6/10/2002)
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Shut Our Eyes..(2/7/2014)
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Sideways..(2/18/2019)
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Simplicity's Joy..(1/14/2012)
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Sing, Sing, Sing..(1/17/2009)
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Sit for a Spell..(9/2/2013)
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Slaves to God..(9/22/2013)
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Small Things..(8/23/2009)
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Snapchat..(9/21/2019)
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So, Believe..(7/5/2019)
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So Cry..(5/3/2009)
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So Good to Know..(4/26/2015)
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So Little Eyes Can See..(5/7/2015)
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So Mercifully..(7/8/2014)
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Something Harder..(1/16/2014)
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Sometimes..(4/16/2009)
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Sounds of Salvation..(12/21/2011)
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Spilled..(2/18/2019)
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Squatting Jesus..(2/10/2013)
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stained..(7/14/2019)
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Stand in the Pouring..(2/13/2003)
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Stand in the River..(5/18/2019)
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Starlings Dancing..(12/9/2015)
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Still Stands..(11/23/2014)
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Straight Away..(5/31/2019)
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Strange Work..(1/8/2009)
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Streets of Walk This Way..(1/16/2012)
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Strengthen What Remains..(8/5/2015)
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Strong Arms..(8/15/2019)
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Stubbed Toes..(12/13/2017)
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Stubborn Hills..(6/10/2002)
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Stuck in Lodi, Again..(12/28/2012)
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Taken In..(2/15/2014)
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Taste the Rains..(8/7/2009)
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Tattle On..(5/14/2019)
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Tears..(5/23/2014)
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Tears from God..(12/29/2016)
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That First Easter..(4/6/2014)
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That First Waffle..(12/12/2019)
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That's All That Counts..(4/28/2012)
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That's All There Is To Know..(11/24/2012)
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The Big Fadeout..(12/30/2016)
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The Choice..(3/21/2012)
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The Cup..(4/5/2014)
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The Cure for Babylonianitis..(5/13/2012)
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The Dawnings..(4/10/2003)
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The Didymus Confessions
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The Door..(12/26/2012)
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The Dresser Calls..(4/18/2004)
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The Enemy's Mouth..(11/11/2011)
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The Example..(1/8/2020)
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The Farmer's at Hand..(12/18/2011)
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The Golden Cord..(8/10/2003)
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the hardest goodbye..(10/9/2016)
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The Incredible Shrinking Man..(4/29/14)
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The Just Right Time..(7/20/2009)
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The Last Kernel..(4/25/2014)
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The Light You See..(4/28/2014)
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The Maker..(3/7/2001)
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The Master's Elbow..(11/7/2005)
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The Most Horrible Thing..(7/24/2014)
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The Naked Man..(4/18/2004)
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The One Shiloh..(3/11/2016)
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The Only Thing Worthwhile..(12/7/2008)
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The Pearl..(7/28/2012)
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The Prize Fighter..(2/12/2012)
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The Promised Land..(5/30/2015)
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The Real Line..(5/13/2019)
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The Road to Forgiveness..(10/1/2013)
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The Seven..(5/29/2011)
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The Shofar's Blast..(12/18/2009)
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The Stonecutter's Stones..(3/7/2001)
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The Table's Been Cleared..(7/12/2014)
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The Time Has Come..(9/3/2009)
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The Time is Near..(4/29/2012)
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The Vestibule of Heaven..(12/30/2010)
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The Voice of Many Waters..(9/5/2019)
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the Way, the Truth, the Life..(7/16/2014)
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The Wilderness of Judah..(2/20/2010)
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The Work..(5/24/2013)
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There Beats Your Heart..(6/9/2009)
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There's a Breaking In..(1/20/2013)
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there is where..(5/20/2012)
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There Was a Meeting..(10/25/2012)
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There You Go..(5/26/2004)
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There's a Cross on a Hill..(7/22/2005)
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There's No Home Here..(9/10/2013)
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There's So Much More..(3/12/2015)
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These..(8/25/2015)
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They're Watching..(2/18/2009)
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They Don't Have Ears..(4/10/2010)
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Things of This World..(10/24/2014)
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This Very Moment..(5/26/2004)
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Those..(4/14/2009)
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Those He Calls..(12/11/2014)
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Three Days..(4/19/2014)
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Three Mirrors..(8/24/2014)
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Through Each Day..(2/25/2005)
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Through the Holes..(3/7/2001)
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Through the Bath..(3/15/2014)
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Tides..(3/7/2018)
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Time to Get Chirped..(10/30/2015)
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To Be Loved..(1/13/2013)
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To Be, or Not..(12/30/2019)
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To Everything..(5/1/2017)
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Tokyo..(1/30/2020)
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Too late for you..(6/19/2015)
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Trees Don't Forget..(8/10/2003)
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Trinity..(8/31/2014)
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True Enough..(1/8/2017)
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True Poetry..(11/27/2014)
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Unless..(3/5/2015)
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Until I Forget..(1/1/2020)
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Until the Cupboards..(2/25/2016)
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Until the Sun Shines..(4/13/2014)
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Until You Are Weary..(2/3/2009)
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Up, Up and Away..(7/28/2014)
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Vertical Warrior..(1/2/2020)
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Vitis..(1/10/2010)
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Vulnerable..(11/12/2012)
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Waffles and Spaghetti..(11/14/2015)
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Waitin' at the Window..(6/14/2005)
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waits at the end..(5/17/2013)
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Walk with Me..(2/25/2005)
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We Are the Church..(3/4/2019)
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We Cry Out..(2/21/2019)
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We Would Do Well..(8/10/2003)
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Wept..(4/20/2014)
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We're All Homeless Here..(4/4/2019)
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We're at War!..(1/23/2010)
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Wear Me Like a Pair of Gloves..(2005)
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Well Worn Stones..(6/11/2015)
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What If..(7/7/2014)
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What Kind of Child..(12/17/2014)
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What More?..(5/26/2004)
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What the Servant Saw..(4/18/2004)
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What the Spirit..(5/21/2019)
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What This Woman Did..(2/3/2013)
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When as Yet..(8/30/2015)
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When God Talks..(12/7/2014)
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When Leaves Turn..(3/7/2001)
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Where Faith Does Trod..(8/12/2019)
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Where is my Samaritan?..(4/17/2014)
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Where Jesus Lives..(3/22/2019)
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Where the Goats Go..(11/12/2004)
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Where the River Flows..(3/7/2001)
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While the Heat Increased..(2/17/2020)
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Who Am I.....(1/17/2010)
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Who Are You?..(4/18/2014)
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Who Is Your Father?..(12/2/2008)
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Why the Letters are Colored Red..(2/1/2020)
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Will the Real Me, Please?..(9/2/2006)
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With a Holy Kiss..(6/15/2017)
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Yellow Asphodel..(4/6/2019)
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"Yes, Lord"..(5/21/2014)
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You Know I Don't..(7/8/2009)
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Yours..(6/14/2005)
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Zombies for Jesus..(7/31/2017)
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