His Proven Ways

From Deuteronomy 10:12:  “So now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you?  Only to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.”

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Facing yet another day

Father’s mercy offers hand

Overcoming each challenge

Solid ground covers sinking sand

 

Trusting path of wisdom’s light

Father’s Word guides each step

Escaping evil’s darkness

Destined for Calvary’s doorstep

 

Looking back at long journey

Father’s love fills wayward heart

Trading pride with humbleness

Hope renewing from faith’s restart

 

Embracing His proven ways

Father’s grace shining ahead

Resisting darkest shadows

Filled with Son’s everlasting bread

 

Blessing Savior’s righteous road

Father’s sovereignty leads

Offering bridge to follow

Blood of Christ saves each tender reed

 

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From John 14:5-6:  “Thomas said to Him, ‘Lord, we do not know where You are going.  How can we know the way?’  Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through Me.'”

Charles Hodge Quote

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To be in Christ is the source of the Christian life; to be like Christ is the sum of His excellence; to be with Christ is the fullness of His joy.

From 2 Corinthians 5:17:  “So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation:  everything old has passed away; look, new things have come into being!”

Charles Hodge (1797-1878) was an American theologian and Christian teacher.

Charles Stanley Quote

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God is constantly working in our hearts and circumstances to achieve His will in our lives.

From Psalm 143:10:  “Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God.  Let Your good spirit lead me on a level path.”

Charles Swindoll Quote

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Nothing makes us more uncertain and insecure than not being sure we are in the will of God.  And nothing is more encouraging than knowing for sure that we are.

From 1 John 2:17:  “And the world and its desire are passing away, but those who do the will of God abide forever.”

Adrian Rogers Quote

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We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon.

From Luke 12:40:  “You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”

Adrian Rogers (1931-2005) was an American pastor and Christian author.

Vance Havner Quote

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There is no such thing as part-time loyalty to Jesus Christ.

From Matthew 10:39:  “Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for My sake will find it.”

Vance Havner (1901-1986) was an American pastor and Christian author.  During his many years of service to the Lord, he preached throughout America.

Charles Hodge Quote

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Faith is not a blind, irrational conviction.  In order to believe, we must know what we believe, and the grounds on which our faith rests.

From 1 Corinthians 2:4-5:  “My speech and my proclamation were made not with persuasive words of wisdom but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God.”

Charles Hodge (1797-1878) was an American theologian and Christian teacher.

Charles Swindoll Quote

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Nothing is impossible with God.  Will you ask the Lord to handle that specific impossibility, and then leave it with Him in a faith that simply will not doubt?

From Jeremiah 32:17:  “Ah Lord God!  It is You who made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm!  Nothing is too hard for You.”

Action’s Steps (Elfchen Series #194)

Trusting

Hearing

Father’s desires

Deepening faith’s steps

Heart filled with grace

Believing

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Appreciating

Waiting

Faith’s adventure

Treasuring Father’s creation

Uniqueness of each day

Embracing

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Accepting

Floundering

Overwhelming trials

Father’s grace-filled light

Waiting at faith’s crossroads

Choosing

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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.

Berthold Auerbach Quote

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Being alone when one’s belief is firm, is not to be alone.

From Psalm 18:30:  “This God—His way is perfect; the promise of the Lord proves true; He is a shield for all who take refuge in Him.”

Berthold Auerbach (1812-1882) was a German poet and novelist.