A great many people are trying to make peace, but that has already been done. God has not left it for us to do; all we have to do is to enter into it.
From John 14:27: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.”
From Deuteronomy 8:3: “He humbled you by letting you hunger, then by feeding you with manna, with which neither you nor your ancestors were acquainted, in order to make you understand that one does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.”
Life’s darkening journey
Never exempt from pain
Evil always prowling
Adversity’s campaign
Seeking life’s foundation
Holy Word, God alone
Heavenly love provides
Troubles no longer groan
Praise our Great Comforter
Treasures open, His love
Understanding God’s law
Commandments from above
Freed from harsh wilderness
Rejoice with faithful trust
Delighting in God’s love
Filled with hope, life adjusts
Depend upon the Lord
Manna nourishing needs
Trials teach bold lessons
His great love always leads
From Romans 8:28: “We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to His purpose.”
If you quit every time things don’t go your way, then you’ll be quitting all through your life.
A setback only paves the way for a comeback.
Evander Holyfield is a former American boxing champion, who competed from 1984-2011. Throughout his life, he has found the inner strength to overcome many challenges in both his youth and his boxing career.
Every couple of months or so different snapshots about the Buckeye State of Ohio will be featured.
Just like the place where you live, Ohio is loaded with facts which very people may actually know. Being relatively new to Ohio (arriving here about 13 years ago), I am still searching and discovering more.
Ohio is sometimes referred to as the “Buckeye” state. But, how many people really know what a Buckeye is? The Buckeye tree is found throughout the state, and its nut is also called a Buckeye. While the trees are found in other Midwestern locations, only Ohio has adopted it.
Besides being a nickname for the state, Buckeyes is also used as the name for The Ohio State University’s athletic teams. To be honest, it seems a bit strange to use the name of a “worthless nut” for a college sports team name.
Ohio was granted statehood in 1803 while Thomas Jefferson was President. However, does anyone know the rest of the story? When the American Congress approved statehood for Ohio, they forgot one significant step. Ohio’s state constitution was not ratified by the federal government. This error was overlooked until 1953 when President Dwight Eisenhower signed legislation approved by Congress to rectify this oversight.
Ohio is home to eight of America’s Presidents. Any Americans who can name them all should be applying for a spot on the game show “Jeopardy.” With the exception of William Henry Harrison, all were born in Ohio. Harrison was born in Virginia, but lived in Ohio when he was elected President.
The remaining Presidents include: Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William Howard Taft, and Warren G. Harding. There has not been a President from Ohio since Harding (elected in 1920). Seeing that Harding has been ranked as one of the most inefficient Presidents in history, one might understand why Ohio has been on the Presidential sidelines ever since.
Man is created for the glory of God.
From Genesis 1:27: “So God created humankind in His image, in the image of God He created them; male and female He created them.”
G. Campbell Morgan (1863-1945) was a British preacher, evangelist, and author. He was one of the most reverent and competent Christian voices during his lifetime.
Anchor
God’s Word
Answers life’s doubts
Steadies each shaky step
Grace
Wilderness
Testing faith
Facing certain adversity
Christ walks with us
Strength
Guideposts
God’s wisdom
Growing in trust
Before life reaches new
Crossroads
This series of poems (written in the German-inspired style of Elfchen or Elevenie) shares a total of eleven words in each poem, with a sequence by line of one, two, three, four, and one words.
Real communication is an attitude, an environment. It requires more listening than talking.
Control your own destiny or someone else will.
From 1 John 4:17-19: “Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the day of judgment, because as He is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love. We love because he first loved us.”
Bringing anxiety
Life’s darkness encroaches
Where can we always turn?
Father’s light approaches
Bitten by sinful grief
Burdened at life’s abyss
Time to admit these fears
Seeking truth to dismiss
Frightened by life’s trials
Being honest with self
True feelings now exposed
Finding Bible on shelf
Coming to our Father
Reaching out to His hand
Time now spent in prayer
God’s Word faithfully stands
God’s hand vanquishes fears
Lasting comfort and peace
Heavenly rod and staff
Salvation, life’s new lease
Father’s infinite love
Grace casting out these fears
Supportive hand and Word
Conquering fear-filled tears
From the words of American pastor and Christian teacher, Charles Stanley: “When fear begins to sink in, I pray harder, study longer, and read my Bible more closely. God wants to cast out the fear and doubt in your life.”
The Cross is the point where God and sinful man merge with a crash and the way of life is opened–but the crash is on the heart of God.
From 1 Peter 2:24: “He himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that, free from sins, we might live for righteousness; by His wounds you have been healed.”
From Colossians 3:1-2: “So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.”
Living in Christ, never alone
Marked with genuine, lasting love
Walking in daily harmony
Bread of Life, feeding from above
Living in Christ, finding mercy
Filled with thirst for Holy kindness
Quenching faith with living water
Spirit healing sin-filled blindness
Living in Christ, cherished moments
Covered by His forgiving grace
Centering on infinite love
Patience guides, finishing life’s race
Living in Christ, tasting His love
Called to follow in faithful ways
Building new life with righteousness
Heavens singing with blessed praise
Living in Christ, God’s chosen ones
Baptized, newest children of God
Praising Heavenly Father’s love
Comfort received, His staff and rod
From Colossians 3:14-15: “Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful.”
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