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Selwyn Hughes Quote

Posted on November 21, 2022 by bigskybuckeye

It is not by accident, I believe, that the Bible opens with the thunderous acclaim: “In the beginning God.” I tell you with all the conviction of which I am capable: If God is not our primary focus, then everything else will soon get out of focus.

From Genesis 1:1-2: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.”

Selwyn Hughes (1928-2006) was a Welsh-born Christian minister and author. One of his best known works was the daily devotional EVERY DAY WITH JESUS.

Lasting Foundation

Posted on November 16, 2022 by bigskybuckeye

From Luke 21:17-19: “You will be hated by all because of my name. But not a hair of your head will perish. By your endurance you will gain your souls.”

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Facing life’s trials

To whom shall we turn?

Walking every mile

Faith in God shall yearn

Fading sun grows dark

From whom comes next light?

Igniting faith’s spark

God’s mercy glows bright

Leading each nation

To whom shall we pray?

Lasting foundation

God’s faith never sways

Fleeing darkest flames

From whom comes safe place?

Living God takes aim

Faith’s grace-filled embrace

From Malachi 4:2-3: “But for you who revere My name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall. And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.”

Charles Swindoll Quote

Posted on November 9, 2022 by bigskybuckeye

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Why does God lead us through desert places? That He might humble us, that He might test us, and that the true condition of our hearts might be revealed. There’s nothing like the desert to help you discover the real you.

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.”

Monday Memories: Never Forsaken

Posted on November 7, 2022 by bigskybuckeye

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Life feels upside down

Angry with fists clenched

Barking back at God

You have forsaken me

Please, please my Lord

Don’t push me away

Heart fills with courage

Waiting for my God

Look around to witness

Patience comes to many

Those immersed in faith

Righteous saints never forsaken

God asks for perseverance

More to one’s life

Than just plain enduring

Bring me staying power

God is my stronghold

In times of distress

For those seeking him

God will never forsake

God always walks ahead

He was with Moses

He’ll be with you

Never to forsake you

Ask for God’s protection

Through faithful, fervent prayer

God’s justice will return

Never, ever be forsaken

Open hands, open arms

Looking up toward God

Submitting to my Lord

Never to be forsaken

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Originally published June, 2019.

Walter J. Chantry Quote

Posted on November 2, 2022 by bigskybuckeye

Saddest of all God’s creatures in the world is the religious person who has disciplined himself to outward obedience, but who has no inward love to God.

From John 14:23-24: “Jesus answered him, ‘Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words, and the word that you hear is not mine but is from the Father who sent me.'”

Walter J. Chantry (born 1938) served for 39 years as pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He has also been a prolific Christian writer and editor.

Andy Andrews Quote

Posted on October 30, 2022 by bigskybuckeye

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When faced with a decision, many people say they are waiting for God. But I understand, in most cases, God is waiting for me.

From Isaiah 30:18: “Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you; therefore He will rise up to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.”

Andy Andrews born 1959) is an American author. He also speaks frequently to groups such as corporations, organizations, athletic teams, and the U.S. military.

Oswald Chambers Quote

Posted on October 28, 2022 by bigskybuckeye

The real test of the saint is not preaching the Gospel, but washing disciples’ feet, that is, doing the things that do not count in the actual estimate of men, but count everything in the estimate of God.

From 2 Corinthians 12:15: “I will most gladly spend and be spent for you. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?”

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.

Charles Stanley Quote

Posted on October 24, 2022 by bigskybuckeye

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If we expect God to work according to our timetable, we’re likely to face disappointment. Ours is a long-term walk of faith.

From Hebrews 11:1-3: “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Indeed, by faith our ancestors received approval. By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible.”

Beth Moore Quote

Posted on October 21, 2022 by bigskybuckeye

Faith is not believing in my own unshakable belief. Faith is believing an unshakable God when everything in me trembles and quakes.

From 2 Timothy 4:7: “I have fought the good fight; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith.”

Beth Moore (born 1957) is an American Christian evangelist, author, and teacher.

Jess Connolly Quote

Posted on October 19, 2022 by bigskybuckeye

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Let’s quit trying to be the hero. God is the hero. I am only part of the rescue plan.

From Isaiah 55:9-11: “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there until they have watered the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose and succeed in the thing for which I sent it.”

Jess Connolly (born 1984) is an American writer and life coach. Much of her writing focuses on family and faith. She assisted her husband, Nick, in starting a church in Charleston, South Carolina.

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