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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.

Passion for Deliverance

Posted on April 2, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 32:6-7: “Therefore let all who are faithful offer prayer to You; at a time of distress, the rush of mighty waters shall not reach them. You are a hiding place for me; You preserve me from trouble; You surround me with glad cries of deliverance.”

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Journey’s faith seeking tomorrow

With every step, walking upright

God’s promises shall be fulfilled

Wilderness left, following light

Prayer’s faithfulness fills each day

Steadfast grace flowing from above

God’s mercy liberates each heart

Mission finished through Savior’s love

Darkness exits, righteousness leads

Passion for deliverance formed

Peace found in Savior’s forgiveness

Every breath of transgression transformed

God’s renewal of creation

Invitation to sinners each

Reconciled through Savior’s body

His blood flows, repairing faith’s breach

Mankind divided no longer

Each barrier crushed by love’s weight

Freedom’s light borne on Calvary

Redemption’s now visible gate

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From 2 Corinthians 5:17-19: “So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; look, new things have come into being! All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation: that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us.”

Craig Groeschel Quote

Posted on March 26, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

There is no sin too great for God’s grace. There is no habit too big for His healing. There is no label too strong for His love.

From Ephesians 2:8: “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.”

Craig Groeschel (born 1967) is an America pastor and Christian author.

Faithful Obedience

Posted on March 23, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Acts 5:29: “But Peter and the apostles answered, ‘We must obey God rather than any human authority.'”

Energized through God’s Word

Timeless blessings of grace

Called to journey in faith

Savior’s peace to embrace

Enter body of Christ

Spirit shall never rest

From sunrise to sunrise

Faith overcomes each test

Faithful obedience

Accepting divine will

Glory to God above

Mercy flowing downhill

Faith trusts with confidence

Tomorrow shall brighten

Christ walks ahead of thee

Life’s burdens, He lightens

God’s gift of repentance

Kneel at Calvary’s tree

Forgiveness from above

Savior’s blood sets us free

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From Romans 6:4: “Therefore we were buried with Him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.”

Redemption’s Seed

Posted on March 19, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Genesis 15:5-6: “He brought him [Abram] outside and said, ‘Look toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them.’ Then He said to him, ‘So shall your descendants be.’ And he believed the Lord, and the Lord reckoned it to him as righteousness.”

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Faith’s wilderness journey

Trusting Father above

His righteousness shineth

Doubts transfigured with love

Aimless breath transitions

Believing without fear

Promised Father’s actions

Salvation coming near

Faith’s encouraging steps

Absorbing Father’s voice

Comfort’s forgiving tone

Witness light’s blessed choice

Hope’s unshakable rock

Following Spirit’s lead

Connects with Father’s grace

Planted redemption’s seed

Faith’s confidence matures

Harvesting Father’s peace

Awakened from darkness

Savior’s risen new lease

From Psalm 27:1: “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?”

Everlasting (Elfchen Series #243)

Posted on March 14, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Faith

Patience

Rejoice always

Embracing each moment

Trust in God’s promises

Answering

Always

Courage

Faithfulness leading

Mercy opens door

God’s refuge of light

Unflinching

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Presence

Grace

Deepest love

Acceptance with humbleness

God’s passion for life

Forgiving

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.

Salvation’s Key

Posted on March 5, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Joel 2:12-13: “Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; rend your hearts and not your clothing. Return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from punishment.”

Earth quakes, full of darkness

Wilderness surrounds thee

Wayward steps, no escape

Misplacing salvation’s key

Hope dwells in empty faith

Where is God’s gracious love?

Enemy’s fire burns bright

Obscuring Spirit above

Each transgression concealed

Yet, God views every one

Righteous breath covers land

Offering grace to outrun

Heart fills with repentance

Every sin be confessed

God’s forgiveness shall come

Redeeming faith’s final quest

Christ waits at Calvary

Hidden in faith’s Good News

Hope’s new pathway of peace

Offering love to infuse

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From Proverbs 28:13: “No one who conceals transgressions will prosper, but one who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.”

Mercy’s Faithful Voice (Elfchen Series #241)

Posted on February 28, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Openhearted

Forgiving

One another

Embracing Father’s grace

Touched by His deliverance

Love

Connected

Supporting

Each other

Surrounding with grace

God’s timeless love shared

Fellowship

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Anchored

Following

Father’s commandments

Deepening love’s testament

Light from risen grace

Jesus

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.

Monday Memories: Finding New Life

Posted on February 24, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From 2 Corinthians 11:13-14: “For such boasters are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder! Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.”

Facing life’s harshest trials

Walking uphill in shadows

Keeping on the proper trail

Coveting greener meadows

Suffering darkest ordeals

Praying for divine advice

Listening for God’s response

Willing to pay any price

Hiding off the path, waiting

Offering cunning, false hope

Sliding into Satan’s net

Reaching up for rescue’s rope

Clutching God’s forgiving hand

Leaving the enemy’s grip

Finding new life with the Lord

Walking in His fellowship

From Romans 6:22-23: “But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the advantage you get is sanctification. The end is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Originally published September, 2020.

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Openhearted

Connected

Anchored

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