Surrender your mind to the Lord at the beginning of each day.
From Isaiah 50:4: “The Lord God has given me a trained tongue, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning He wakens, wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught.”
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.”
Daily news fills with darkness
Wilderness, eternal home
Future forever empty
Trials continue to roam
Standing alone, Father speaks
Hearing His goodness in Word
Building life’s new foundation
Walking to His light’s watchword
Steps marching with assurance
Trust in Father grows each day
Hope strengthened in His mercy
Steadfast love charting faith’s way
Receiving this gift of faith
Praising Father’s divine lease
Fulfilling every promise
Inheriting grace-filled peace
From Psalm 33:20-22: “Our soul waits for the Lord; He is our help and shield. Our heart is glad in Him because we trust in His holy name. Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you.”
There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows that He is doing.
From Isaiah 40:26: Lift up your eyes on high and see: Who created these? He who brings out their host and numbers them, calling them all by name; because He is great in strength, mighty in power, not one is missing.”
Donald Miller (born 1971) is an American author, speaker, and business owner. Many of his personal essays and reflections deal with faith, God, and self-discovery.
Zion’s
Labor pains
Father delivers mercy
Drink deeply with delight
Rejoicing
Spirit’s
Overflowing stream
Father’s grace bestows
Faith flourishes, hearts rejoice
Reassuring
Comfort
Like mother’s
Rejoice with Jerusalem
Father reigns high above
Loving
From Isaiah 66:12-13: “For thus says the Lord: I will extend prosperity to her like a river and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream, and you shall nurse and be carried on her arm and bounced on her knees. As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.”
God is Holy. Exalted. He is the only wise God, the Creator, the Maker, the Sovereign Lord. He is the Master. We have but one directive, and that it is to do His will.
From Psalm 97:12: “Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous, and give thanks to His holy name!”
From Galatians 6:2: “Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.”
Created with purpose
Breathing with His desires
Divine God stirs up grace
Planting what life requires
Need for community
Designing faith’s pathway
Communion joins many
Tasting Savior’s buffet
Encouragement in Christ
Sharing in Spirit’s love
Saints gathering as one
Feeling joy from above
Fellowship’s lasting bonds
Confessing sins, repent
Prayer lifts others up
Witnessing God’s intent
Blueprint for believers
Bearing life’s overloads
Love shared with each other
Transforming faith’s crossroads
From James 5:16: “Therefore confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.”
The life of faith isn’t meant for tourists. It’s meant for pilgrims.
From Genesis 12:1-2: “Now the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.'”
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Life’s wilderness breathes–this dark, lonely place
Falling away with sin, feeling disgraced
Searching for hope’s light, weary of darkness
Shame and guilt unmask tracks, never erased
Coming to this place, filled with prickly thorns
Plowing straight through, left bloody and battered
Searching for new hope, never forgotten
This harsh life’s future, forever shattered
Ominous clouds loom over horizon
Lightning strikes, temple curtain torn in two
Searching for life’s fresh start, to be reborn
Plodding into darkness, absent of clues
Deserving life’s worst, approaching the Pit
End of time arrives, stop and surrender
Searching for God’s Grace, feeling forsaken
Heavens brighten up, with newfound splendor
Stumbling steps make haste, Eternity waits
From bloody Cross, hope springs from empty tomb
Searching and accepting, come near this Cross
Salvation through Christ, our Father’s heirloom
Jesus beckons, come forward, taking knee
Bring sin’s burdens to the Cross, forever free
From Titus 2:11-13: “For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all, training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions, and in the present age to live lives hat are self-controlled, upright,and godly, while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.”
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It does not matter what your personal deficiency, or whether it be a hundred and one different things, God has always one sufficient answer, His Son Jesus Christ, and He is the answer to every need.
From John 14:6: “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.'”
Watchman Nee (1903-1972) was a Chinese church leader and Christian teacher. He authored a collection of Christian books, and he endured persecution for his beliefs. Ultimately, he died while being imprisoned for the final twenty years of his life.
From Romans 5:8: “But God proves His love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.”
Knowing Father loves you
Sharing His peace, believe
Molding each life’s purpose
Pouring out grace, receive
Breathing with hope’s mindset
Tasting glory of God
Following divine Word
Seeing through evil’s fraud
Promising you His love
Filling each wayward heart
Leading away from sin
Bringing life’s fresh, new start
Sending His Son to you
Adding up sin-filled debts
Erasing through Christ’s blood
Freeing from deepest nets
Remembering always
Accepting Father’s love
Receiving Spirit’s gifts
Walking with Christ above
From 1 John 4:8-9: “Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent His only Son into the world so that we might live through Him.”
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