Conscience is God’s lamp within the human heart.
From Psalm 119:33-34: “Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, and I will observe it to the end. Give me understanding, that I may keep Your law and observe it with my whole heart.”
Billy Graham (1918-2018) was an American Christian evangelist.
Discipleship
Trusting student
Growing in enthusiasm
Faithfully following heavenly Master
Serving
Temptation
Darkness inviting
Righteousness guiding heart
Father’s perfect law speaks
Conscience
Judgment
Before Father
Living Redeemer’s sacrifice
Witnessing His nail-pierced hands
Salvation
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.
If I am in the habit of steadily facing myself with God, my conscience will always introduce God’s perfect law and indicate what I should do.
From Acts 24:16: “Therefore I do my best always to have a clear conscience toward God and all people.”
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.
Clear
Path ahead
Father’s guiding light
Spirit’s daily, quiet intervention
Conscience
Righteous
Fatherly lessons
Understanding, character counts
Faith’s season of grace
Integrity
Experience
Father’s goodness
Backed with love
Endurance, walking with peace
Self-control
Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.
The world is our consciousness, and it surrounds us.
Gary Snyder (born 1930) is an American poet, lecturer, and environmental activist. He has often been recognized as the “poet laureate of Deep Ecology.” He has also received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
An optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
The only guide to man is his conscience.
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) served the United Kingdom as Prime Minister from 1940-1945 and later from 1951-1955. He unwavering leadership during World War II lifted the spirits of his nation in the darkest of times. He was also a prolific writer with countless published works.
Harsh rhetoric harms
Angry political camps—
Nation tears apart
Division falls back
Country must always come first—
Democracy breathes
Conflict’s stormy waves
Navigating nation’s course—
Finding common ground
Life’s puzzling game board
Patience offers solution—
Much improved focus
Trauma’s darkness reigns
Deepest burdens lock up life—
Love offers its key
Accepting life’s flaws
Turning to another page—
Conscience walking free
“We the People” drafted
Constitution crafted
Forefathers build nation
Democracy’s station
Living in common cause
Unity never pause
Choosing “We” over “Me”
Finding means to agree
America’s ship sails
“We the People” prevails
World War II fought and won
Nation working as “One”
Sacrifices show pride
Freedom’s devoted ride
Imperfect union lives
Unselfish people give
What’s happening today?
Are we losing our way?
Debating common sense
Rhetoric becomes tense
Choosing “Me” over “We”
Lady Liberty flees
Good intentions aren’t enough to make a proposed plan right. Learn to appreciate your conscience–God’s gift of an internal warning system–and heed its admonitions.
From 1 Timothy 1:18-19: “I am giving you these instructions, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies made earlier about you, so that by following them you may fight the good fight, having faith and a good conscience. By rejecting conscience, certain persons have suffered shipwreck in the faith.”
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