Jerry Bridges Quote

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Preach the Gospel to yourself every day.

From Lamentations 3:21-22:  “But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope:  The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.”

Jerry Bridges (1929-2016) was an American Christian author and speaker.  In his autobiography, God Took Me by the Hand, Jerry said, “When I was seventeen years old, it seemed as if God took me by the hand and said, ‘Come with Me.’  And for more than sixty-five years, God has, as it were, continued to hold my hand and lead me in the path He has marked out for me.” 

Together as One

From Deuteronomy 5:12-14:  “Observe the Sabbath day and keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you.  Six days you shall labor and do all your work.  But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work.”

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Keeping His Sabbath Holy

Cherishing God’s blessed day

Strengthening our faith journey

Worshipping Commandments’ way

 

Submitting to Father’s way

Following His righteous road

Rescuing us from darkness

Relieving our burden’s load

 

Supplanting with mercy’s load

Praising Resurrection’s flight

Proclaiming Jesus as Lord

Allowing in grace-filled light

 

Trusting faith’s heavenly light

Walking daily with God’s Son

Shining His mercy upon

Stepping boldly now as one

 

Joining together as one

Sowing forgiveness of sin

Healing our relationships

Hearing Christ’s spirit within

 

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From 2 Corinthians 4:5-6:  “For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’s sake.  For it is the God who said, ‘Light will shine out of darkness,’ who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.”

From My Journal (6/16)

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From Big Sky Buckeye

Together in the Lord’s strength, we all grow stronger in faith.

Do you write a daily journal?  This inspiring thought comes from my journal, and much of what is written in my journal comes from reading and commenting on other bloggers’ posts.  Thanks to many of you for adding so much to my journal.

(Updated June 16)

Charles Swindoll Quote

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To make this thing called life work, we gotta lean and support.  Especially in God’s family . . . where working together is Plan A for survival.

From 1 John 5:1-2:  “Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child.  By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey His commandments.”

From My Journal (6/15)

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From Big Sky Buckeye

Sometimes, the presence of night invites one’s imagination and memories to join together.

Do you write a daily journal?  This inspiring thought comes from my journal, and much of what is written in my journal comes from reading and commenting on other bloggers’ posts.  Thanks to many of you for adding so much to my journal.

(Updated June 15)

Resurrection’s Voice (Elfchen Series #207)

Gathering

Hope

Never forsaken

Revealed at Calvary

Flesh nailed to cross

Love

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Empowering

Love

None greater

Messiah conquering death

Saving each of us

Jesus

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Everlasting

Jesus

Faith’s builder

Risen Savior experienced

Emmaus Road’s transforming light

Redemption

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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.

From My Journal (6/14)

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From Big Sky Buckeye

The Resurrection fills our faith’s daily breath with that of a Risen Savior.

Do you write a daily journal?  This inspiring thought comes from my journal, and much of what is written in my journal comes from reading and commenting on other bloggers’ posts.  Thanks to many of you for adding so much to my journal.

(Updated June 14)

Charles Stanley Quote

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As Christians, we are to emulate Jesus’ submission to the Father and spirit of servanthood.  We may never be applauded for our work here on earth, but our reward is in heaven.

From Matthew 20:26-28:  “It will not be so among you, but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your slave, just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve and to give His life a ransom for many.”

From My Journal (6/13)

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From Big Sky Buckeye

The adventure of seeing where imagination takes a series of thoughts nurtures both the writer as well as the reader.

Do you write a daily journal?  This inspiring thought comes from my journal, and much of what is written in my journal comes from reading and commenting on other bloggers’ posts.  Thanks to many of you for adding so much to my journal.

(Updated June 13)

God’s Home

From Psalm 98:1:  “O sing to the Lord a new song, for He has done marvelous things.  His right hand and His holy arm have gotten Him victory.”

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Praising Lord high above

Singing favorite hymn

Overflowing with His peace

Returning love to Him

 

Revealing mercy’s grace

Descending from God’s rock

Filling earthly, mortal place

Shepherding wayward flock

 

Declaring His purpose

Severing chains of sin

Forgiving each indictment

Teaching what should have been

 

Praying for faith’s new hope

Calling upon Lord’s name

Grasping heaven’s righteous rope

Granting grace, without blame

 

Climbing final mountain

Leaving this worldly dome

Dwelling jointly, wolf with lamb

Summoning to God’s home

 

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From Isaiah 11:6:  “The wolf shall live with the lamb; the leopard shall lie down with the kid; the calf and the lion will feed together, and a little child shall lead them.”