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Satan's a Lying Cheat
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By Michael P. Johnson
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SATAN'S A LYING CHEAT

When ill at ease, when down and out
When sad beyond compare
Trust will depart filling with doubt
The devil’s had to share

Prosperity will pass us by
Fruitless before the Lord
Like fools; we too are bound to die
To feel the Judge’s sword

God’s truth, the devil seeks to steal
To bring about man’s fall
He wants us think he isn’t real
No demons live at all

The devil is a lying cheat
No truth in him is found
The chaff is his, but not the wheat
Through Christ that’s Heaven bound

Though weak, or strong, though dull or wise
He’ll try us night and day
We never know in which disguise
The devil leads astray

Too oft we think life’s just no good
We’ll never make the grade
One’s purest thoughts he turns to mud
Where brightest lamps can fade

We must take captive every thought
The devil brings to mind
For every one that isn’t caught
He’ll use to keep us blind

Yet when God’s Spirit dwells inside
We’re greater than the cheat
God’s mighty arm turns swift the tide
Through Christ! The devil’s beat.....

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Submitted: Friday, July 15, 2011

Last Updated: Friday, July 15, 2011

About the Poet
I never wrote a word of poetry in my life. Till the day Jesus took my hand and touched my soul.....I invite your response. However most poems are not about me! Very few are. But the feed-back good, bad or indifferent is always desired. Not meant to offend, but I write about many things in many a guise. Of life, death, lost, found, saved, backsliders, new comers, repenting souls, doubting hearts, heathens, Christians, fire, water, Satan's daughter, wallowing in sin, saved, made sound walking in Light, graceful righteous. Suffering, ecstatic, bored, excited, sad, delighted, Sick, well, lame, able, living, dying, etc. etc. etc. Writing about anything, everything and everyone as the spirit leads. All meant to reveal, waken, revive, encourage, shame, help. Gladden, pick up, exalt, portrait, liberate. Again over 99% of my work is not about me. Although at times I write as though I were or am. Speaking e.g. in the first person. This is quite common even in the bible itself. Prophets speak of themselves, then God speaks, again the prophet, then God......Quite often it's difficult to distinguish whom it is that at any given time is speaking or narrating.

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