Randy Frazee Quote

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To love God and love our neighbor is the standard of God, which on our own we cannot achieve.  But in Christ, a new command is issued.

From Matthew 22:36-40:  “‘Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?’  He said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.  This is the greatest and first commandment.  And a second is like it:  You shall love your neighbor as yourself.  On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.'”

Randy Frazee is an American pastor and Christian author.  As a teacher and innovator, he is dedicated to leading others in Bible engagement, spiritual formation, and biblical community.

God’s Answers

From Psalm 32:8:  “I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you.”

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Facing today’s darkness

Tomorrow’s light, shrouded

Uncertainty gathers

God’s answers, unclouded

 

Teaching His righteous ways

Mercy shared from above

Molded by potter’s hands

God’s faithful, steadfast love

 

Filling future with hope

Spirit, faith’s anchorman

Welfare’s future promised

God’s always fruitful plan

 

Strengthening character

Darkness fades into light

Heavens eternal voice

God raises faith’s White Knight

 

Offering redemption

Calvary opens heart

Grace from living waters

Christ blesses new life’s start

 

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From Jeremiah 29:11:  “For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.”

Treasured Gift (Elfchen Series #226)

Always Present

Sowed

God’s love

Ready to bloom

Nourished with His patience

Grace

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Tender Witness

Endowed

With grace

Shared with others

Offering of love’s kindness

Generosity

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Tomorrow’s Light

Cherished

Simple life

Accepting faith’s grace

Blessed with daily hope

Harvest

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Charles Stanley Quote

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We can’t avoid darkness or pain in this life.  But we can go to the Lord in our weakness, knowing that In Him we are made stronger.

From 2 Corinthians 3:17-18:  “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.  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.”

Forsaken

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Running away to nowhere

Sky absent of any joy

Hope feeling forsaken

Worry arrives to destroy

 

Driving along road’s darkness

Sky absent of moonbeam’s light

Hope feeling forsaken

Worry invades every night

 

Fleeing from life’s harsh outcomes

Sky absent of any peace

Hope feeling forsaken

Worry refuses to cease

 

Navigating stormy seas

Sky absent of any stars

Hope feeling forsaken

Worry bleeds from every scar

 

Wasting each forgotten day

Sky absent of all sunlight

Hope feeling forsaken

Worry forever in flight

 

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Indeed . . . there is a faithful and forgiving Light, filled with unseen hope, as found in these verses of Scripture:

Matthew 11:28-30:  “Come to me, all you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.  Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Father’s Comforting Heart

From Isaiah 49:13:  “Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing!  For the Lord has comforted His people and will have compassion on His suffering ones.”

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Peace rises above

Father’s comforting hand

Over every high mountain

Answers cover distant lands

 

Love rises above

Father’s comforting sense

Compassion lifts up each saint

Answers come to one’s defense

 

Hope rises above

Father’s comforting voice

Light eradicates darkness

Answers offer trusted choice

 

Joy rises above

Father’s comforting grace

Every storm becomes quiet

Answers which all should embrace

 

Grace rises above

Father’s comforting heart

Discipleship feeds spirit

Answers sustain faith’s restart

 

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From the words of American Christian writer, Lettie B. Cowman:  “Put your hand into the hand of God.  He gives the calmness and serenity of heart and soul.”

Leighton Ford Quote

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God loves us the way we are, but He loves us too much to leave us that way.

From Hebrews 10:38-39:  “But my righteous one will live by faith.  My soul takes no pleasure in anyone who shrinks back.  But we are not among those who shrink back and so are lost but among those who have faith and so preserve our souls.”

Leighton Ford (born 1931) is a Canadian-born pastor and Christian evangelist.  During his fruitful life of ministry and witness, he has enjoyed relationships with other Christian teachers, including Billy Graham.  

Chance Eliminated

From Isaiah 43:1:  “But now thus says the Lord, He who created you, O Jacob, He who formed you, O Israel:  Do not fear, for I have redeemed you.”

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Heavenly Father

Knowing what is best

His eternal presence

Leads man on his quest

 

Protection promised

Ford every river

Faith’s redeeming mercy

Spirit delivers

 

Encouragement brings

Restoration’s grace

Walking through every fire

Christ’s love to embrace

 

Precious in His sight

Hope fills cup, as planned

Chance eliminated

Gathered in God’s hands

 

Calling all nations

Eyes no longer blind

Accepting Father’s truth

Just as He designed

 

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From Isaiah 43:9:  “Let all the nations gather together, and let the peoples assemble.  Who among them declared this and foretold to us the former things?  Let them bring their witnesses to justify them, and let them hear and say, ‘It is true.'”

Follow Me (Elfchen Series #225)

Welcoming

Christ’s

Door opens

Inviting another sinner

Come, walk with me

Awakening

Promised

Messiah’s

Blessed grace

Opens wayward heart

Waiting at Heaven’s door

Transformation

Merciful

Savior’s

Faithful witness

Father’s door opens

Rising with Calvary’s forgiveness

Redemption

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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.

Charles Swindoll Quote

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By making us in His image, God gave us capacities not given to other forms of life.  He gave us freedom to make choices.

From Deuteronomy 30:19:  “I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses.  Choose life so that you and your descendants may live.”