Echoing
Holy Word
Amplifying His love
Hope, grace, and peace
God
Stranded
In darkness
God reveals promises
Each heavenly, shining star
Found
Morning
Blessings awake
Landscape of grace
Responding to Creator’s peace
Prayer
If God sends us on stony paths, He will provide us with strong shoes.
From Isaiah 40:31: “But those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.”
From Matthew 14:25-27: “And early in the morning He came walking toward them on the sea. But when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified, saying, ‘It is a ghost!’ And they cried out in fear. But immediately Jesus spoke to them and said, ‘Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid.'”
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Following God’s commandments
Delivering steadfast courage
Building up one’s faith and trust
Go sends us forth, encouraged
Imagine walking each day
With Biblical superstars
Amazing stories with truth
God waiting near, not too far
Israel cries out in Egypt
God hears their anguish and pain
Moses’ courage answers prayers
Pharaoh’s heart, forever slain
God commissions a leader
Joshua destined to lead
His faith in God carries strength
His plan and vision succeeds
Daniel faces certain death
Overcoming his demise
God foils lions’ hunger
Courage arrives in disguise
Christ completes His final task
A Cross marks defeat, they say
His living breath creates light
Salvation, lives from that day
Boldness, defined by our Lord
Confronting uncertain pain
Faithful and steadfast courage
God’s love, never will abstain
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From American film actress, Dorothy Bernard: “Courage is fear that has said its prayers.”
Only by walking with God can we hope to find the path that leads to life.
From Proverbs 3:5-6: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.
We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.
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; I have called you by name, you are mine.”
Make no mistake about it, “He’s got the whole world in His hands.” In doing so, he weaves everything together into His design.
From Proverbs 16:20: “Those who are attentive to a matter will prosper, and happy are those who trust in the Lord.”
God has entrusted to us a great deal. He knows that we can do all things by His grace, so He’s trusting in us to trust Him.
From Psalm 31:7-8: “I will exult and rejoice in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have taken heed of my adversities, and have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; you have set my feet in a broad place.”
From Psalm 100: “Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come into His presence with singing. Know that the Lord is God. It is He that made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture. Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name. For the Lord is good; His steadfast love endures forever, and His faithfulness to all generations.”
Child learning of God’s kindness
Unaware of its vastness
Praise His eternal goodwill
Laboring with steadfastness
Goodness, perfect and Holy
From righteousness, living water
Worship always with gladness
Crafting hands, grace-filled potter
God’s blessings, never-ending
His mercy flows from above
Lives rescued with divine hand
Transforming with endless love
Lost sheep, needing daily grace
Good Shepherd’s assisting hand
Heaven’s gate, darkness scattered
Lifting eyes to God’s homeland
From the words of American pastor and Christian teacher, Charles Stanley: “At times when we’re struggling to trust God, we should remember all the ways He is good to us.”
Walking through life’s fire
Never to blindly stumble—
God always walks close
Darkness testing faith
Patiently trusting Father—
Accepting His plan
Holy Spirit seeks
Guiding tongues in bringing forth—
Pure and blessed speech
If we only give up something to God because we want more back, there is nothing of the Holy Spirit in our abandonment.
From Mark 10:28: “Peter began to say to Him [Jesus], ‘Look, we have left everything and followed you.'”
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