Apr 2014
You took me by the neck
And slit it with a knife
You told me I was dead
But I am alive
You lied to me
You buried me
But now I've changed
No longer in your chains
I am free to fly
And I am alive
He carried me
He set me free
Now I see
I've opened up my eyes
To eternity
I am alive
You lied to me
You buried me
He carried me
He set me free
My Savior's words of truth
Are stronger than your lies
So just know I am done with you
Because now I am alive
All I got was pain from you
Shame that cut me like a knife
But I'm no longer chained to you
No, I am free to fly
Through God I have escaped from you
And now I am alive
I never will return to you
I know that I'm alive
By the blood of Jesus Christ
In He I am alive
You lied to me
And buried me
But I am alive
He carried me
He set me free
And I am alive
By the blood of Jesus Christ,
**I am alive
And slit it with a knife
You told me I was dead
But I am alive
You lied to me
You buried me
But now I've changed
No longer in your chains
I am free to fly
And I am alive
He carried me
He set me free
Now I see
I've opened up my eyes
To eternity
I am alive
You lied to me
You buried me
He carried me
He set me free
My Savior's words of truth
Are stronger than your lies
So just know I am done with you
Because now I am alive
All I got was pain from you
Shame that cut me like a knife
But I'm no longer chained to you
No, I am free to fly
Through God I have escaped from you
And now I am alive
I never will return to you
I know that I'm alive
By the blood of Jesus Christ
In He I am alive
You lied to me
And buried me
But I am alive
He carried me
He set me free
And I am alive
By the blood of Jesus Christ,
**I am alive
|Written April 9, 2011|
*from my Ignite collection, being poem #4. Please see the collection page itself. P.S. I made a mistake in the order when I originally posted this. "No More Games" was written the day before this one, so this should come after.
A statement of freedom against the enemy. God was teaching me at this time, largely through a series of devotional books called Tribe by Michael Ross, and mainly the third and final book I read, "A Warrior's Battles", that Christ HAS WON the victory over any and all sin and addiction and weakness and shame for every believer and you DON'T NEED to struggle anymore. Freedom comes through RESTing and BELIEVing that HE HAS WON and that YOU HAVE VICTORY in Him.
I later expanded/added to Alive when making a song out of it. That form of it is incomplete.
© 2017 A.D. Sifford.
I'm okay with you sharing my poems, but I ask that you show courtesy. Please be honest about the authorship by attributing it to my name. Thank you,
- Sifford
*from my Ignite collection, being poem #4. Please see the collection page itself. P.S. I made a mistake in the order when I originally posted this. "No More Games" was written the day before this one, so this should come after.
A statement of freedom against the enemy. God was teaching me at this time, largely through a series of devotional books called Tribe by Michael Ross, and mainly the third and final book I read, "A Warrior's Battles", that Christ HAS WON the victory over any and all sin and addiction and weakness and shame for every believer and you DON'T NEED to struggle anymore. Freedom comes through RESTing and BELIEVing that HE HAS WON and that YOU HAVE VICTORY in Him.
I later expanded/added to Alive when making a song out of it. That form of it is incomplete.
© 2017 A.D. Sifford.
I'm okay with you sharing my poems, but I ask that you show courtesy. Please be honest about the authorship by attributing it to my name. Thank you,
- Sifford
