REPEAT IT AGAIN, O LORD, REPEAT IT AGAIN
Composed on 25th Match 1998 Hong Kong
"I Am Alpha and Omega", says the Lord Jesus,
"The First and the Last, the Beginning and the Ending"
He is the same Yesterday, Today and Forever.
What He was, He is, and what He did, He does today.
The Gospels are not the mere record of what He did.
They are the records of the ever present "I AM".
Human needs too, remain the same today as before.
So, Repeat it again, O Lord, Repeat it again.
Jesus went about all Galilee in all places,
Teaching, Preaching, Healing, and Delivering people
Who're afflicted with diseases and demon possessed.
He accepted and healed every one who came to Him.
A man sick of the palsy was brought, lying on a bed.
When Jesus saw the faith of those who brought him to Him said,
"Your sins are forgiven; Arise, Go to your house".
Faith of those who brought the sick to Him! Oh grant it, Lord!
A certain broken hearted ruler came to Jesus
Coz his daughter, the beloved of his heart was dead.
He worshipped Jesus and asked Him to touch his daughter
Jesus went with him and raised his daughter who was dead.
A woman diseased with an issue of blood twelve years,
Though weak and anaemic ,yet struggled to touch Jesus.
And when she touched the hem of His garment from behind
She was made whole. Oh the touch of faith upon Jesus!
When Jesus passed by, two blind men cried to Jesus,
"Thou Son of David, Have mercy on us, the helpless".
He touched their eyes and made them to see God's creation.
Jesus is our eyes. He opens the blind eyes to see.
They brought to Him a dumb man possessed with a devil.
When the devil was cast out by Jesus the dumb spoke
The root cause of dumbness in his life was the devil.
The devil brings dumbness; Jesus delivers from it.
1n a Synagogue there was a man with withered hand.
Are there not countless withered hands in our churches too?
Jesus said, "Stretch out your hand ". When he stretched out his hand
'Twas restored perfectly as whole as the other hand.
A woman of Canaan, a broken hearted mother
Cried, "Have mercy on me; my child is demon possessed."
Though answer was delayed, for her importunity
He delivered her daughter and said "Great is your faith".
People in those days learnt to cast their burden on Him.
They brought the lame, blind, dumb, maimed; and the demon possessed
And cast them down at His feet; their burden rolled away!
They glorified God Who delivered them from Satan.
A father came to Jesus with a plea for his son.
He was possessed with a devil who vexed him sorely.
Jesus rebuked the devil and the son delivered.
Oh countless vexed sons! Fathers, why not bring them to Christ?
There's a man with an unclean spirit in Synagogue.
Is it not the unclean spirits of Satan today
Which make the redeemed of God sick, and Gospel hindered?
Jesus saved the man. So do we need the same today
Peter's mother in law was suffering from fever.
She was lying in bed; others ministered to her needs.
They invited Jesus and told about her problem.
Jesus rebuked the fever. She woke up and served Him!
A leper came to Jesus and knelt down before Him.
He said, "If You are willing, Lord, You can make me clean."
Jesus said,"I am Willing" .He touched him. He was cleansed.
Jesus is more willing to cleanse us than we desire.
When Jesus went across the sea with His disciples
He was lying in the hinder part of the ship asleep.
Then a great storm arose ; the waves beat into the ship.
But when He rebuked the wind, it ceased: there was great calm.
There was a certain man in the town of Gadara;
He lived in the tombs; He cut himself with the sharp stones;
No pow'r could bind him; Devils - a legion possessed him.
But Jesus saved him and made him a living witness.
One day the Lord Jesus went to a city called Nain.
The only son of a widow was dead and she wept.
The Lord saw her and had compassion on her and said,
"Weep not". He touched the bier and raised the man who was dead.
Mary Magdalene from the city of Magdala
was possessed with seven evil spirits of Satan.
Jesus delivered her and made her a brand new saint.
She became the most shining witness for her Savior.
A woman bound with the spirit of infirmity
For eighteen long years was brought to Jesus the Savior,
He cast out the evil spirit of infirmity
She was made straight; She got well and she glorified God.
In Bethesda a man was lying thirty eight years
Waiting for the moving of water for his healing
But he remained the same as before. None cared for him.
One day Jesus came to him. He was made whole. Praise God.
A man who was blind from birth, who never saw the light
Thought that was his lot. But Jesus opened his blind eyes.
Gladly he testified, "Once I was blind, now I see!"
Oh the touch of Jesus upon the blind eyes of men!
Lazarus was dead; He was lying in the grave four days.
Martha said, "Lord, he stinketh: he had been dead four days"
Bu Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth"
And he that was dead came forth alive. He lived again.
There’s a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb.
Peter said, "In the name of Jesus rise up and walk".
Walking, and leaping and praising he worshipped God.
There's still the same power in the name of Jesus Christ
God wrought many signs and wonders through the Apostles.
People brought their sick to the streets and laid them on beds .
Peter's shadow healed the sick and cast out the devils.
Are not our redeemed bodies more value than shadows?
Philip preached Christ in the city of Samaria .
The unclean spirits left the body; the sick were healed.
There was great joy in the city of Samaria.
The unchanging Gospel brings the same result when preached.
Aeneas was lying on bed eight years; hopeless and helpless.
Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus the Christ heals you,
Arise and make your bed." Immediately He arose.
The same Lord, Peter served is our Lord and Savior too.
Tabitha was a woman of good works and almsdeeds.
One day she was sick and died. It shocked the whole city.
Peter kneeled and prayed and then said,'Tabitha Arise" .
Tabitha came to life. He presented her alive.
Peter was kept in prison with two chains 'round his hands .
Herod had planned to behead him on the following day .
But prayer was made without ceasing of the church for him
God delivered Peter from it. How powerful is prayer !
There was a man at Lystra, a cripple from his birth,
He heard what Paul preached about Jesus and he believed.
Paul said, "Stand up straight on your feet!" and he leaped and walked.
Faith comes from hearing the Word and it brings the healing.
God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul .
By the touch of his handkerchief evil spirits left,
And all sicknesses, were healed and the people were blessed.
God wants to do more through us because we're His children.
God used Paul the servant of God as His instrument
Who turned the world upside down for Christ by His witness
He witnessed that Jesus is alive with evidence:
With signs, miracles 5and gifts of the Holy Spirit.
We do not have a ministry of our own at all.
It must be of the Lord and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
We are called just to extend Christ's ministry on earth.
That which is not like Christ's ministry is not His own .
(Mission Calling by Rev Dr T. Alem Meren is a collection of poems written over the years to inspire people especially young Nagas to take up mission work. Every Tuesday, the Morung Express will feature this column. As the writer states: “God laid upon my heart a burden to challenge the young
people of Nagaland for Christ’s Ministry beyond our home”).
Composed on 25th Match 1998 Hong Kong
"I Am Alpha and Omega", says the Lord Jesus,
"The First and the Last, the Beginning and the Ending"
He is the same Yesterday, Today and Forever.
What He was, He is, and what He did, He does today.
The Gospels are not the mere record of what He did.
They are the records of the ever present "I AM".
Human needs too, remain the same today as before.
So, Repeat it again, O Lord, Repeat it again.
Jesus went about all Galilee in all places,
Teaching, Preaching, Healing, and Delivering people
Who're afflicted with diseases and demon possessed.
He accepted and healed every one who came to Him.
A man sick of the palsy was brought, lying on a bed.
When Jesus saw the faith of those who brought him to Him said,
"Your sins are forgiven; Arise, Go to your house".
Faith of those who brought the sick to Him! Oh grant it, Lord!
A certain broken hearted ruler came to Jesus
Coz his daughter, the beloved of his heart was dead.
He worshipped Jesus and asked Him to touch his daughter
Jesus went with him and raised his daughter who was dead.
A woman diseased with an issue of blood twelve years,
Though weak and anaemic ,yet struggled to touch Jesus.
And when she touched the hem of His garment from behind
She was made whole. Oh the touch of faith upon Jesus!
When Jesus passed by, two blind men cried to Jesus,
"Thou Son of David, Have mercy on us, the helpless".
He touched their eyes and made them to see God's creation.
Jesus is our eyes. He opens the blind eyes to see.
They brought to Him a dumb man possessed with a devil.
When the devil was cast out by Jesus the dumb spoke
The root cause of dumbness in his life was the devil.
The devil brings dumbness; Jesus delivers from it.
1n a Synagogue there was a man with withered hand.
Are there not countless withered hands in our churches too?
Jesus said, "Stretch out your hand ". When he stretched out his hand
'Twas restored perfectly as whole as the other hand.
A woman of Canaan, a broken hearted mother
Cried, "Have mercy on me; my child is demon possessed."
Though answer was delayed, for her importunity
He delivered her daughter and said "Great is your faith".
People in those days learnt to cast their burden on Him.
They brought the lame, blind, dumb, maimed; and the demon possessed
And cast them down at His feet; their burden rolled away!
They glorified God Who delivered them from Satan.
A father came to Jesus with a plea for his son.
He was possessed with a devil who vexed him sorely.
Jesus rebuked the devil and the son delivered.
Oh countless vexed sons! Fathers, why not bring them to Christ?
There's a man with an unclean spirit in Synagogue.
Is it not the unclean spirits of Satan today
Which make the redeemed of God sick, and Gospel hindered?
Jesus saved the man. So do we need the same today
Peter's mother in law was suffering from fever.
She was lying in bed; others ministered to her needs.
They invited Jesus and told about her problem.
Jesus rebuked the fever. She woke up and served Him!
A leper came to Jesus and knelt down before Him.
He said, "If You are willing, Lord, You can make me clean."
Jesus said,"I am Willing" .He touched him. He was cleansed.
Jesus is more willing to cleanse us than we desire.
When Jesus went across the sea with His disciples
He was lying in the hinder part of the ship asleep.
Then a great storm arose ; the waves beat into the ship.
But when He rebuked the wind, it ceased: there was great calm.
There was a certain man in the town of Gadara;
He lived in the tombs; He cut himself with the sharp stones;
No pow'r could bind him; Devils - a legion possessed him.
But Jesus saved him and made him a living witness.
One day the Lord Jesus went to a city called Nain.
The only son of a widow was dead and she wept.
The Lord saw her and had compassion on her and said,
"Weep not". He touched the bier and raised the man who was dead.
Mary Magdalene from the city of Magdala
was possessed with seven evil spirits of Satan.
Jesus delivered her and made her a brand new saint.
She became the most shining witness for her Savior.
A woman bound with the spirit of infirmity
For eighteen long years was brought to Jesus the Savior,
He cast out the evil spirit of infirmity
She was made straight; She got well and she glorified God.
In Bethesda a man was lying thirty eight years
Waiting for the moving of water for his healing
But he remained the same as before. None cared for him.
One day Jesus came to him. He was made whole. Praise God.
A man who was blind from birth, who never saw the light
Thought that was his lot. But Jesus opened his blind eyes.
Gladly he testified, "Once I was blind, now I see!"
Oh the touch of Jesus upon the blind eyes of men!
Lazarus was dead; He was lying in the grave four days.
Martha said, "Lord, he stinketh: he had been dead four days"
Bu Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth"
And he that was dead came forth alive. He lived again.
There’s a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb.
Peter said, "In the name of Jesus rise up and walk".
Walking, and leaping and praising he worshipped God.
There's still the same power in the name of Jesus Christ
God wrought many signs and wonders through the Apostles.
People brought their sick to the streets and laid them on beds .
Peter's shadow healed the sick and cast out the devils.
Are not our redeemed bodies more value than shadows?
Philip preached Christ in the city of Samaria .
The unclean spirits left the body; the sick were healed.
There was great joy in the city of Samaria.
The unchanging Gospel brings the same result when preached.
Aeneas was lying on bed eight years; hopeless and helpless.
Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus the Christ heals you,
Arise and make your bed." Immediately He arose.
The same Lord, Peter served is our Lord and Savior too.
Tabitha was a woman of good works and almsdeeds.
One day she was sick and died. It shocked the whole city.
Peter kneeled and prayed and then said,'Tabitha Arise" .
Tabitha came to life. He presented her alive.
Peter was kept in prison with two chains 'round his hands .
Herod had planned to behead him on the following day .
But prayer was made without ceasing of the church for him
God delivered Peter from it. How powerful is prayer !
There was a man at Lystra, a cripple from his birth,
He heard what Paul preached about Jesus and he believed.
Paul said, "Stand up straight on your feet!" and he leaped and walked.
Faith comes from hearing the Word and it brings the healing.
God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul .
By the touch of his handkerchief evil spirits left,
And all sicknesses, were healed and the people were blessed.
God wants to do more through us because we're His children.
God used Paul the servant of God as His instrument
Who turned the world upside down for Christ by His witness
He witnessed that Jesus is alive with evidence:
With signs, miracles 5and gifts of the Holy Spirit.
We do not have a ministry of our own at all.
It must be of the Lord and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
We are called just to extend Christ's ministry on earth.
That which is not like Christ's ministry is not His own .
(Mission Calling by Rev Dr T. Alem Meren is a collection of poems written over the years to inspire people especially young Nagas to take up mission work. Every Tuesday, the Morung Express will feature this column. As the writer states: “God laid upon my heart a burden to challenge the young
people of Nagaland for Christ’s Ministry beyond our home”).
