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Oswald Chambers Quote

Posted on April 23, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Pray now; draw on the grace of God in the moment of need.

From 2 Corinthians 6:1: “As we work together with Him, we entreat you also not to accept the grace of God in vain.”

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.

Salvation’s Destiny

Posted on April 20, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Colossians 2:13-14: “And when you were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive together with Him, when He forgave us all our trespasses, erasing the record that stood against us with its legal demands. He set this aside, nailing it to the cross.”

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Witness faith’s new covenant

Genuine with every breath

Sufficient grace rises free

New life born in Savior’s death

Man’s sins meet at Calvary

Debts paid upon bloody tree

Ledger totally erased

Forgiven, now darkness flees

Father’s predetermined plan

Resurrection breathes with light

Eternal hell defeated

Righteousness stands with White Knight

Never any random act

Salvation’s destiny sown

With Spirit’s redemptive pulse

Seated at Messiah’s throne

Reconciled through Father’s love

Promised truth builds Heaven’s road

Made ambassadors for Christ

Eternity’s quest bestowed

From 2 Corinthians 5:20-21: “So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making His appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ: be reconciled to God. For our sake God made the one who knew no sin to be sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.”

John MacArthur Quote

Posted on April 20, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

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The simplicity of the Gospel gives what the complexity of human wisdom promises but never delivers.

From Micah 6:8: “He has told you, O mortal, what is good, and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God?”

John MacArthur (born 1939) is an American pastor and Christian author.

Testaments of Love (Elfchen Series #248)

Posted on April 18, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Replenished

Always

With Jesus

Walking with courage

Strengthened through Risen grace

Victorious

Reaffirmed

Blessed

Beyond earth

Eyes upon Savior

Embracing His timeless grace

Salvation

Reinforced

Faith’s

Eternal light

Departing from darkness

Journey trusts Messiah’s grace

Promises

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Charles Spurgeon Quote

Posted on April 18, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Oh! Yes, I do love Jesus, because He first loved me.

From Colossians 1:18: “He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He might come to have first place in everything.”

Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) was an influential English preacher. Even in modern times, his writings and many sermons have remained a constant source of encouragement to Christians around the world. He has often be referred to as the “Prince of Preachers.”

Promised Grace

Posted on April 16, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 118:1: “O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His steadfast love endures forever!”

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Christ shall endure forever

Witnessing His steadfast love

Forgiveness heals brokenness

Righteousness flows from above

Christ journeys to Calvary

Bringing man’s darkness with Him

Sin’s valley of death’s shadow

Light waiting at heaven’s rim

Christ becomes faith’s cornerstone

Yielding to Father’s design

Truth waiting at Roman cross

Sacred blood pays every fine

Christ foils enemy’s insults

Shedding eternity’s wrath

Love borne, no matter its cost

Promised grace reveals faith’s path

Christ builds heaven’s trusted bridge

Rising from now empty tomb

Passion’s flames light mercy’s quest

Brought forth into Father’s room

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From Psalm 118:19: “Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.”

Howard Crosby Quote

Posted on April 16, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Every path that leads to heaven is trodden by willing feet. No one is ever driven to paradise.

From Psalm 119:105: “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”

Howard Crosby (1826-1891) was an American pastor and academic professor.

Faith’s Clean Heart

Posted on April 13, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 51:1-2: “Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your steadfast love; according to Your abundant mercy, blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.”

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Heart feeling empty of faith

Crushing embers of hope

Wilderness of transgressions

Walking next slippery slope

Born into journey of sin

Following darkest road

Thorns of guilt penetrate soul

Stumbling under burden’s load

Year after year, without joy

Lowering head in shame

Chained to enemy’s false words

Searching emptiness in flames

Light shines upon Calvary

Breathing with Savior’s grace

Forgiven steps fill with hope

Ending sin’s unfruitful race

Deliverance filled with truth

Witnessing faith’s clean heart

Every sunrise guarantees

Elevating life’s fresh start

From Psalm 51:10-12: “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your holy spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit.”

Charles Stanley Quote

Posted on April 13, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

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Unseen by human eyes, a great exchange took place as Jesus hung on the cross. He took all our sin upon Him and bore the wrath of every single one . . . past, present, and future.

From Romans 8:38-39: “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Charles Stanley (1932-2023) was an American pastor and Christian writer. He was dedicated to leading a teaching ministry.

Faith’s Testament (Elfchen Series #247)

Posted on April 11, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Precious Steps

Witnessing

Savior’s light

Tomorrow will wait

Worry less, pray more

Today

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Treasured Place

Receiving

Savior’s peace

Burdens take rest

Healing waters of grace

Hope

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Promises Realized

Fulfilling

Savior’s love

Forgiveness erases darkness

Walking mercy’s Emmaus Road

Redemption

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.

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Replenished

Reaffirmed

Reinforced

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Precious Steps

Treasured Place

Promises Realized

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