Share Savior’s Grace

From John 20:19-20:  “When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors were locked where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you.’  After He said this, He showed them His hands and His side.  Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.”

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Witnessing faithful heart

Soul filling with boldness

Praying to Risen Savior

Transformed from Calvary’s coldness

 

Flowing from high mountains

Gift of living water

Feeding Jordan’s headwaters

Baptized each son and daughter

 

Proving mercy conquers death

Christ leads to faith’s rebirth

Walking no more in darkness

Anchored forgiveness at hope’s berth

 

Hearing “Peace be with you”

Spirit’s power now comes

Bestowing eternal joy

Heard from harmony’s faithful drum

 

Calling each believer

Go forth, share Savior’s grace

Blessing as He blesses us

Enriched with Resurrection’s embrace

 

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From Acts 4:32-33:  “Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common.  With great power the apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.”

Charles Swindoll Quote

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Even as we rest in what God has done on our behalf, let us be on the tiptoe of expectancy–working, serving, giving, loving, keeping the faith and demonstrating that faith to the world of men and woman around us.

From 3 John 1:4:  “I have no greater joy than this, to hear that My children are walking in the truth.”

Before God (Elfchen Series #186)

Journey’s Invitation

Discipleship

Trusting student

Growing in enthusiasm

Faithfully following heavenly Master

Serving

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Reverent Voice

Temptation

Darkness inviting

Righteousness guiding heart

Father’s perfect law speaks

Conscience

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Savior’s Love

Judgment

Before Father

Living Redeemer’s sacrifice

Witnessing His nail-pierced hands

Salvation

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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.

Samuel Rutherford Quote

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They lose nothing who gain Christ.

From Mark 9:34-35:  “But they were silent, for on the way they had argued with one another who was the greatest.  He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, ‘Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.'”

Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661) was a Scottish pastor and Christian theologian.

Moments with Our King (Elfchen Series #183)

Assembling

Guiding

Toward home

No longer lost

Shepherd gathers faith’s flock

Believers

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Welcoming

Loving

Savior Jesus

Faith’s solid rock

Cornerstone of God’s family

Children

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Dispatching

Calling

Each witness

Walking with Jesus

Sharing faith’s Good News

Disciples

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Heaven’s Enterprises

From 2 Peter 3:13:  “But, in accordance with His promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness is at home.”

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Lifetime of building

Man’s labors seem so bold

Smallish enterprises

Growing fragile and old

 

Christ’s building schemes last

Any cost, He equips

Trusted enterprises

Growing discipleship

 

Eternity calls

Grace building rescue’s net

Savior’s enterprises

Liquidating sin’s debts

 

Christ, building for more

Faith’s stalwart cornerstone

Righteous enterprises

Shaping mankind’s backbone

 

Passionate spirit

Every consuming fire

Heaven’s enterprises

Built, never to expire

 

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This poem was influenced from these words of Scottish evangelist and Christian teacher, Oswald Chambers:  “Jesus takes us over for His enterprises, His building schemes entirely, and no soul has any right to claim where he shall be put.”

Daily Endeavors (Elfchen Series #161)

Discover

Pursuing

Faithful voice

Jesus instills worthiness

Taking up thy cross

Life

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Witness

Following

Blessed teacher

Proclaiming God’s truth

Journey forward without fear

Jesus

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Serve

Sustaining

Christ’s mission

Sowing faithful seeds

Harvesting from all nations

Discipleship

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Serving Jesus

From Galatians 4:4-5:  “But when the fullness of time had come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children.”

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Wandering, undisciplined

Enslaved to darkness of sin

Unlikely heirs of God’s kingdom

Seeking Jesus, Scripture’s linchpin

 

Flaunting rebellious spirit

Indifferent to God’s Word

Fallible, filled with weakness

Finding Jesus, redemption stirred

 

Warming frozen hearts with grace

Light rising from blood-stained tree

Adopted as God’s children

Choosing Jesus, forever free

 

Breaking loose from evil’s chains

Deliverance, God’s design

Forgiven, more disciplined

Praising Jesus, mercy divine

 

Proclaiming Gospel’s viewpoint

Epiphany of God’s joy

Disciples, called to follow

Serving Jesus, mission deploys

 

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From 1 John 1:7:  “But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.”

Broken, Yet Chosen

From Psalm 51:17:  “The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.”

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Broken, yet chosen

Each doubt overcome

Following Jesus

Mercy’s sacred drum

 

Every believer

Jesus commissions

Making disciples

Spirit-led missions

 

God choreographs

Gospel-filled verses

Outlining faith’s map

Sin’s path reverses

 

Blessed tomorrow

One empty heart waits

Filling with Jesus

Shepherd opens gate

 

Hand-picked by Savior

Together as one

Stirring grace within

Eternity’s sun

 

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From Matthew 28:19-20:  “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you.  And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”