Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
When a man starts to build a world, he starts first with himself.
Langston Hughes (1901-1967) was an American writer and social activist. He was an influential leader of the Harlem Renaissance.
From Hebrews 10:22: “Let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.”
Accepting Christ as Savior
Truth filling with His light
His blood pays for each sin
Mercy enriched, forthright
Witnessing wholeness of faith
Christ’s righteousness, must trust
Prayer’s voice guides changes
Victory over evil’s lust
Experiencing healing
Now taking deeper breaths
Christ offers lasting hope
Triumph rising from death
Encouraging each other
Horizon’s promised fate
From Gospel’s saving grace
Forgiveness offers clean slate
Walking in Christ’s light each day
No longer lost, but found
Peace breathes with every step
Faith forever heaven bound
From Hebrews 10:38-39: “but my righteous one will live by faith. My soul takes no pleasure in anyone who shrinks back. But we are not among those who shrink back and so are lost but among those who have faith and so preserve our souls.”
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May we step forward in trusting God’s vision as our faith sharpens its focus.
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(Updated November 20)
God will use failure in your life to break down that strong desire in your heart to see your name in lights. And when He finally breaks you of that lust for recognition, He may place you before the lights like you’ve never imagined. But then it won’t matter. You won’t care if you’re prime time of small time, center stage or backstage, leading the charge or packing the baggage. You’re just part of the king’s army.
From Galatians 5:26: “Let us not become conceited, competing against one another, envying one another.”
Most precious union
Trusted journey of marriage—
Love expressed each day
Treasured daily gift
Twin hearts always together—
Love’s refreshing breath
Couple sharing joy
Transforming experience—
Harmony’s grace sings
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A marriage offers so much more when both husband and wife embrace ways to work together.
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(Updated November 19)
The love of husband and wife is the force that welds society together.
From Matthew 19:4-6: “He answered, ‘Have you not read that the one who made them at the beginning made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
John Chrysostom served the early Christian church during the late 4th century and early 5th century in Constantinople where he preached and was a prolific writer.
This poem is written as a traditional Sonnet, but it can certainly be read as a prayer. God’s peace!
Lives pretending to follow a Holy God
Being of the flesh, greater than the spirit
Living as infants in our Lord Jesus Christ
Thirsty for our Father’s love, we shall fear it
Life filled with jealousy and quarrelsome times
Behaving outside of our Father’s design
Belonging to the Left, beholding the Right
Only walking with Jesus, should lives align
Sowing life’s seeds for a bountiful harvest
Thirsty for true living water and care
This world’s Master Builder brings His hope-filled Grace
Humbling kneeling at the Cross, hear our prayers
Only through our Lord Jesus, rests our foundation
Unifying voices throughout this nation
From 1 Corinthians 3:21-23: “So let no one boast about human leaders. For all things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all belong to you, and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.”
Originally published August, 2020.
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Any message of unity must be wrapped in the Gospel’s Word about love.
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(Updated November 18)
To love God and love our neighbor is the standard of God, which on our own we cannot achieve. But in Christ, a new command is issued.
From Matthew 22:36-40: “‘Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?’ He said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.'”
Randy Frazee is an American pastor and Christian author. As a teacher and innovator, he is dedicated to leading others in Bible engagement, spiritual formation, and biblical community.
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