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Monday Memories: Anthem of Grace

Posted on May 12, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Hebrews 11:1: “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”

Weary times, filled with quiet tears

Witnessing mankind’s cruelest hurts

Hate, division, violence, fears

God’s grace, peace, love . . . never deserts

When witnessing injustice, stand

Lift up voices, sing with passion

Offer a loving, helping hand

Filled with oneness and compassion

No longer sit with thoughts muzzled

Liberty-filled harmonies ring

God’s grace flows, days never puzzled

Loud as roaring seas, let us sing

God’s Word lighting eternal fires

Inside our faith, unwavering

Hope fills each heart, never expires

Teachings of Jesus, favoring

Jesus always front and center

Faithfully walking as His feet

Loving as His hands, our mentor

Marching on, His grace ever sweet

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From 1 John 5:3-5: “For the love of God is this, that we obey His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome, for whatever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith. Who is it that conquers the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?”

Originally published October, 2020.

Kurt Warner Quote

Posted on May 4, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

When you speak and represent the person of Jesus Christ in all actions of your life, people are drawn to that. You set the standard with your actions.

From 2 Corinthians 3:18: “And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.”

Kurt Warner (born 1977) is a former American professional football player. As a Christian, he has regularly praised the positive influence of God in his life, along with his family and teammates.

Oswald Chambers Quote

Posted on April 11, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Our Lord received Himself in the fire of sorrow, He was saved not from the hour, but out of the hour.

From John 12:27-28: “Now My soul is troubled. And what should I say: ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this reason that I have come to this hour. Father, glorify Your name. Then a voice came from heaven, ‘I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.'”

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.

Oswald Chambers Quote

Posted on March 31, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

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If you abandon to Jesus, and come when He says “Come,” He will continue to say “Come” through you; you will go into life reproducing the echo of Christ’s “Come.”

From Mark 1:17: “And Jesus said to them, ‘Follow me, and I will make you fishers of people.'”

Redemption’s Trusted Drum

Posted on March 9, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From the “General Confession” found in the Book of Common Prayer: “We have left undone those things which we ought to have done.”

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Skeptics whispering with doubts

Tomorrow shall never come

Priorities breathe empty

Hearing enemy’s distant drum

Disciples praise God each day

Indeed, His kingdom shall come

Priorities set on Christ

Hearing blessed, heavenly drum

Skeptics gather in darkness

Distant worries always come

Priorities ignore light

Hearing only, that hidden drum

Disciples find hope in God

Heaven’s light rises to come

Priorities embrace truth

Hearing faith’s righteous, heartfelt drum

Skeptic’s voices now wither

Tomorrow will surely come

Priorities flee darkness

Hearing echoes of faithful drum

Disciples accept God’s grace

Through Son’s love, sunrise will come

Priorities witness peace

Hearing redemption’s trusted drum

From 2 John 8-9: “Be on your guard, so that you do not lose what we have worked for but may receive a full reward. Everyone who does not abide in the teaching of Christ, but goes beyond it, does not have God; whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.”

J. C. Ryle Quote

Posted on January 10, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Obedience . . . is faith visible, faith acting, and faith manifest. It is the test of real discipleship among the Lord’s people.

From Deuteronomy 30:2-3: “Return to the Lord your God, and you and your children obey Him with all your heart and with all your soul, just as I am commanding you today, then the Lord your God will return you from your captivity and have compassion on you, gathering you again from all the peoples among whom the Lord your God has scattered you.”

John Charles (J. C.) Ryle (1816-1900) was an Anglican bishop in the United Kingdom.

Called to Discipleship

Posted on December 18, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 92:12-13: The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. They are planted in the house of the Lord; they flourish in the courts of our God.”

Witnessing early morning’s light of peace

Feeling Father’s presence, always nearby

Descending tranquility, never cease

Wiping away tears from yesterday’s cry

Harvesting faith’s sustaining, living bread

Accepting Savior’s forgiveness, now freed

Receiving Father’s grace, hope shall be fed

Thriving with righteousness, sowing her seeds

Praying with thanks, praising Father most high

Sharing eternity’s light, nourished with love

Sending Spirit, among bluest of sky

Scaling merciful path, heavens above

Called to discipleship, with Jesus Christ

Purchased at Calvary, blood sacrificed

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From Psalm 92:1-2: “It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to Your name, O Most High, to declare Your steadfast love in the morning and Your faithfulness by night.”

Monday Memories: Spiritual Messengers

Posted on December 2, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From the words of Scottish evangelist and Christian teacher, Oswald Chambers: “We are not turned into spiritual mediums, but into spiritual messengers; the message must be part of ourselves.”

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Our time here on this earth

Limited and finite

Humble servants of God

Carry on the good fight

Called to spread the Good News

Find one person at a time

Urged to evangelize

Sharing God’s paradigm

Giving us strength in faith

Our Lord standing with us

Invite all to listen

Proclaim His truth, a plus

As our God’s messengers

Hearts broken by our flaws

Baptized by Holy Spirit

Drafted into His cause

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From 2 Timothy 4:2: “Proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favorable or unfavorable; convince, rebuke, and encourage, with the utmost patience in teaching.”

Originally published August, 2020.

All About Jesus (Elfchen Series #223)

Posted on October 25, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

Love

Christ’s

Defining mercy

Encourages faithful steps

Sharing grace with others

Discipleship

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Rebirth

Savior’s

Righteous journey

Conquering fallen world

Taking Father’s high road

Redemption

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Promise

Messiah’s

Resurrected body

Sets us free

Fulfilling faith’s blessed tomorrow

Hope

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.

Discipleship’s Door

Posted on October 23, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From John 1:38-39: “When Jesus turned and saw them following, He said to them, ‘What are you looking for?’ They said to him, ‘Rabbi (which translated means Teacher), where are you staying?’He said to them, ‘Come and see.’ They came and saw where He was staying, and they remained with Him that day. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon.”

Meeting stranger

On life’s remote road

One calls Him, “Lamb of God”

Holy seeds, already sowed

Messiah found

Another saint born

Faithful see Father’s light

Trust growing, from grace airborne

Blessed greeting

Shared from Son of Man

Faith’s opportunity

Son of God’s trusted game plan

Always present

Christ be everything

Believers find their home

Hope transformed by stalwart King

Self-pride now sleeps

Spirit set to soar

Mercy’s reign opens wide

Discipleship’s righteous door

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From John 8: 31-32: “Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in Him, ‘If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.'”

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