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Randy Frazee Quote

Posted on February 14, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

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God never calls us to be successful. He calls us to be faithful.

From Romans 1:16-17: “For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is God’s saving power for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith, as it is written, ‘The one who is righteous will live by faith.'”

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.

Marie Chapian Quote

Posted on February 11, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

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Heaven on earth is knowing God, loving God, allowing Him to shine within us, and experiencing His power and presence in all we think and do.

From 1 Thessalonians 2:11-12: “As you know, we dealt with each one of you like a father with his children, urging and encouraging you and pleading that you lead a life worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.”

Marie Chapian (born 1938) is an American writer and radio ministry host.

Max Lucado Quote

Posted on February 9, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

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The God who spoke still speaks. He comes into our world. He comes into your world. He comes to do what you can’t.

From Isaiah 46:4: “Even to your old age I am He; even when you turn gray I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.”

Eyes Fixed on Jesus

Posted on February 7, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From Philippians 3:10-11: “I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the sharing of His sufferings by becoming like Him in His death, if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.”

Living in darkness

Flesh from evil lasts

Searching for God’s light

Breaking from sin’s past

Walking with Jesus

Loss shall replace gain

Redeeming at cross

Witnessing His pain

Wanting to know more

Resurrection’s light

Pressing on in faith

Praising all that’s right

Spending time with Him

Eyes fixed on Jesus

Growing in His Word

Liberating us

Completing life’s course

Jesus waiting there

Fulfilling mercy

Answering prayers

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From Philippians 3:20: “But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.”

Oswald Chambers Quote

Posted on February 7, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

If you want to be of use to God, get rightly related to Jesus Christ and He will make you of use unconsciously every minute you live.

From Mathew 6:33-34: “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.”

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.

Phillips Brooks Quote

Posted on February 5, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

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Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.

From Deuteronomy 6:5: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.”

Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) was an American pastor and Christian author. He was remembered for his charismatic preaching as well as writing the lyrics of the beloved Christmas hymn, “O Little Town of Bethlehem.”

Fresh Beginnings

Posted on February 4, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

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.”

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Just as farmers plant

Placing faithful trust

God’s mercy shall grant

From earth’s blessed crust

Mankind’s wayward thoughts

Filling sinful acts

Tender grace be caught

Truthfulness unpacked

Steadfast Spirit stirs

Creating clean heart

Joyfulness unblurred

Fresh beginnings start

God’s love envisions

Taking in His peace

Hope’s assured vision

Life’s renewing lease

Old ways put away

Hanging from Lord’s cross

Bridge lighted each day

Faith brings us across

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From Ephesians 4:21-24: “For surely you have heard about Him and were taught in Him, as truth is in Jesus, to put away your former way of life, your old self, corrupt and deluded by its lusts, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to clothe yourselves with the new self, created according to the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.”

Taken From a Church Sign

Posted on February 4, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

In the dark? Follow the Son.

From Colossians 1:13-14: “He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”

Faith’s Transformation (Elfchen Series #188)

Posted on February 2, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

Journey

Witnessing

Empty tomb

Christ conquers death

Good News travels afar

Discipleship

Interaction

Sowing

Gospel’s teachings

Christ always leading

Reaping light’s trusted way

Love

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Growth

Nurturing

Infinite wisdom

Shepherding wayward hearts

Christ’s perfect lesson plans

Life

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.

Monica Baldwin Quote

Posted on February 2, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

What makes humility so desirable in the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for the closest possible intimacy with God.

From 1 Peter 5:5-6: “And all of you must clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for ‘God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.’ Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you in due time.”

Monica Baldwin (1893-1975) was a British writer.

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