EXCEEDING GREAT AND PRECIOUS 
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IN GOD'S BOOK, IF YOU'LL LOOK, ARE GIVEN 
DIVINE GUARANTEES DIRECT FROM HEAVEN. 
EXCEEDING GREAT AND PRECIOUS THEY BE, 
DIVINE PROMISES GIVEN TO ME. 
PRECIOUS THEY ARE, AND VERY GREAT, 
FOR JEHOVAH DOES NOT EXAGGERATE. 
 
PROMISES LIKE, "YE ARE SAVED BY GRACE", 
AND, "FOR YOU I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE." 
NOT ONLY THAT HE WILL COME AGAIN, 
BUT ASSURANCE OF VICT'RY OVER SIN. 
O, YES, GREAT AND PRECIOUS THEY BE, 
DIVINE PROMISES GIVEN TO ME. 
 
JOHN 3:16 AND EPHESIANS 2, 
SALVATION FREE AND LOVE SO TRUE, 
WITH JEREMIAH 32:27 
I KNOW I COULD SHOUT ALL THE WAY TO HEAVEN! 
"I AM THE...GOD OF ALL FLESH", YOU SEE, 
"IS THERE ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR ME?" 
 
AND VERSE 8 OF PSALMS 32 
GUARANTEES I'LL KNOW WHAT TO DO: 
I WILL TEACH AND THEE INSTRUCT, 
IN THE WAY THOU SHALT CONDUCT. 
AND WITH MINE EYE, THEE I'LL GUIDE, 
UNTIL YOU SAFELY REACH MY SIDE. 
 
THEN WITH ROMANS 8:28, 
MY HEART BEGINS TO PALPITATE. 
BUT TO GRASP IT REALLY WELL, 
ALWAYS MAKES ME HAVE A SPELL. 
SURELY GREAT AND PRECIOUS THEY BE, 
ALL THE PROMISES GIVEN TO ME. 
 
IN SECOND PETER, CHAPTER ONE, 
THANKS TO JESUS, GOD'S DEAR SON, 
ARE TWO VERSES, OH, SO SWEET; 
I WANT TO FALL AND KISS HIS FEET. 
HERE ALL MY DREAMS CAN COME TRUE, 
AND GOD SAYS, "IT'S MY GIFT TO YOU." 
 
EXCEEDING GREAT AND PRECIOUS I SEE 
IS EVERY PROMISE SENT FROM THEE. 
THAT FREELY TO A LITTLE CREATURE, 
YOU'LL IMPART YOUR HOLY NATURE. 
HALLELUJAH!  GLORY BE! 
THAT, MY FRIEND, IS MEANT FOR ME! 
 
O, YES, COME BEHOLD WHAT LOVE 
HAS BEEN PROMISED FROM ABOVE 
REPENT, BELIEVE, AND SIMPLY ASK, 
GOD WILL PERFORM HIS HOLY TASK; 
TO LIFT YOU FROM THE MIRY CLAY, 
AND HIDE YOU IN HIS LOVE TODAY! 
 
MARK BULLEN