Only through faith in Christ do we have the assurance of hope beyond the grave.
From Romans 6:8: “But if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.”
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Gipsy Smith Quote
There’s no sight like seeing the light from Calvary kiss a human face as it fills the heart with the assurance of Divine forgiveness.
From Hebrews 6:10-12: “For God is not unjust; He will not overlook your work and the love that you showed for His sake in serving the saints, as you still do. And we want each one of you to show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope to the very end, so that you may not become sluggish but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.”
Rodney “Gipsy” Smith (1860-1947) was a British evangelist who conducted campaigns in both his native land and the United States for over 70 years.
All in with Jesus (Elfchen Series #167)
Elevating
Christ
Risen indeed!
Transforming faith’s cornerstone
Grace breathes with purpose
Justification
Transcending
Christ
Conquering death
Taking sin’s place
Calvary’s now empty tomb
Redemption
Following
Christ
Faithful shepherd
Hearing Savior’s voice
Wayward sheep now found
Assurance
Salvation’s True Hymn
From Romans 3:21-22: “But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been disclosed and is attested by the Law and the Prophets, the righteousness of God through the faith of Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction.”
Faith’s wayward journey
Bearing under sin
Without righteousness
Evil in sheepskin
Life’s unworthiness
Deceiving ourselves
Misery’s ruins
Man’s faith hides on shelves
Eternal darkness
Living without hope
God’s love sends Savior
He changes faith’s scope
Light born in stable
Proclaiming Good News
Father’s righteousness
Faith calls us to choose
Assurance in Christ
Believing in Him
Justified by faith
Salvation’s true hymn
From 1 John 5:13: “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.”
Father’s Love (Elfchen Series #164)
Connected
Assurance
Blessed relationship
Faith’s solid rock
Secure in Father’s love
Confidence
Devoted
Confidence
Blessed actions
Grace at work
Goodness from Father’s love
Hope
Valued
Hope
Blessed Word
Wisdom dwells within
Framed by Father’s love
Assurance
Oswald Chambers Quote
The love of God pays no attention to the distinctions made by natural individuality. If I love my Lord I have no business to be guided by natural temperament; I have to feed His sheep.
From John 21:17: “He said to him the third time, ‘Simon son of John, do you love Me?’ Peter felt hurt because He said to him the third time, ‘Do you love Me?’ And he said to Him, ‘Lord, you know everything; you know that I love You.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Feed My sheep.'”
Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) was a Scottish evangelist and Christian teacher. Following his death from an illness while in Egypt during World War I, his wife took on the task of transcribing the detailed notes she had written from his lectures and sermons. Gertrude Hobbs Chambers’ efforts resulted in the publication in 1924 of MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST. I frequently read from this devotional, and it has greatly deepened my faith and understanding of God’s Word.
Children of God (Elfchen Series #159)
Fulfilling
Hungering
For Father
Whole heart prays
Finding Him always near
Faith
Witnessing
Coming
To Father
Focusing on Light
Following His trusted wisdom
Peace
Assuring
Gathering
With Father
Restoring tomorrow’s hope
Climbing up mercy’s steps
Love
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.
Simply Grace (Elfchen Series #157)
Come
Receiving
God’s grace
Encountering His peace
Burdens given to Him
Freedom
Rest
Trouble
Seeking refuge
Father’s quiet grace
Forgiving sin’s heavy shame
Assurance
Life
Christ’s
Healing love
Resurrecting broken heart
Journey of nurturing grace
Redemption
Reliving Yesterday
Remembering past, page by page
Flipping through one more memory
Reliving yesterday’s heartaches
Manuscript’s incomplete, hollow words
Steaming locomotive hurls dreams
Sitting alone throughout this night
Waiting for next stop, none scheduled
Life’s empty script, more unfulfilled scenes
Seeing only darkness tonight
Looking out into gloom’s abyss
Thinking, will morning arrive soon?
Starless sky offers nothing to find
Hearing dreadful noise far ahead
Tumbling from seat, frail ego bruised
Realizing train’s journey derailed
Future’s blueprint—one big, jumbled mess
Waking to sunrise’s promise
Feeling blood flowing through veins
Pinching self, wanting to make sure
Yesterday forgotten, quiet now
Faith’s Hope
From Hebrews 11:1-3: “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Indeed, by faith our ancestors received approval. By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible.”
Faith fills assurance
Light brightens day’s hope
What’s seen and unseen?
Love viewed through God’s scope
Faith moves through Scripture
Testaments make clear
Witness Abraham
Hope waits, then appears
Faith grows, trusting God
Hope’s great centerpiece
Foundations built strong
Life of blessed peace
Faith matures with time
God’s perfection reigns
His Word guides with truth
Hope makes lifelong gains
Faith’s hope, joined as one
Journey’s promised land
God forever praised
Mercy’s steady hand
From the words of American pastor and Christian writer, Warren Wiersbe: “Love increases our faith, and when we have faith and love, we will have hope.”
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