Author: Jacob McGowen

You may have heard it said that it is better to have “treasures in heaven” than it is to have piles of loot here on Earth. You may have even criticized some for hoarding things while you could be hoarding experiences and memories. Yet, each and every one of us in a way wants to…… Continue reading Where’s My Jungle Book?

I can worry about many things. I can also be terrified of even more things. Yet, out of all the negative clutter that spins around in my mind wanting to divert me from sanity, one particular worry and fear has been with me for fourteen years. I am afraid of not being able to sleep. About fifteen…… Continue reading A Redeemer Story

By Faith(Jacob McGowen)1st Verse:You turn the bleakest of wintersInto the loveliest springYou hear the cries of the brokenAnd tend to those who are weakYou aren’t restrained by our chaosYou reign and rule on Your throneYet, Lord we are burdened and wearyHelp us cling to You, You alone!Chorus:God, you give grace upon graceAnd grant us strength…… Continue reading By Faith

Gift Worth Saving (Jacob R. McGowen) [1st Verse] It only feels like it was yesterday When I first held you in my arms When I first saw your eyes And your sweet face And vowed not to do you any harm [Pre-Chorus] For as you grew taller and older And had your laughter and your…… Continue reading Gift Worth Saving

Words Matter (Jacob McGowen) 1st Verse: We all search for meaning And relief in this life We all ask our questions And want answers to why This world is in such a messy And broken state So, we live our lives And as we walk out our days We find many reasons To fight and…… Continue reading Words Matter

Your Daily Bread(Jacob R. McGowen) [1st Verse]You fight and make such effortTo try and ease your troubled mindYou get lost in all your worryYour faith can’t even start to thriveYou often look to me and wonderIf I have left you on your ownAnd then you leave my Word unopenedAnd, you forget I’m in control! [Pre-Chorus]And…… Continue reading Your Daily Bread

Who Is This Jesus? (Jacob McGowen) 1st Verse You were always a good employer But, even more a friend You always loved everyone that knew you Till, till the very end You never had a lot of money Yet, you sought not wealth or fame You only sought to find your worth In your Savior’s…… Continue reading Who Is This Jesus?

Luke 10:36-37 NIV ” ‘Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers? The expert in the law replied, ‘The one who had mercy on him.’ Jesus told him, ‘Go and do likewise.'” In my almost thirty years on this earth, I have gone…… Continue reading Many Samaritans

Covenant (Jacob McGowen) 1st Verse: Pictures in a magazine Or looking at my TV screen Never, ever was enough for me So, I took a back end road To a place of untold woe And where evil ran wild and free Often thought I couldn’t change I was a man too far from grace And…… Continue reading Covenant

  Exodus 32:1 NIV “When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.”Whether we…… Continue reading The Cancer of American Idols